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Ok, so my Disney trip will be just DH & I.
I have him showing on MDE, but it has the link to "invite" him.... so I did email him an invite (but he hasn't responded yet, of course!!)
Is this totally necessary for him to respond and does he actually need to set up his own account,... or will I be able to set everything up for him, without his responding to my invite?
Just wondering if I need to give him a little Kick,...er, nudge...
Thanks!
I was wondering the same exact thing for our upcoming trip in April! We have two ressies that are linked ~ my family of 4 and then my parents (party of 2)
I invited my mom and she accepted and now our 6 traveling guests are linked together and I was able to make ADRs for all 6 of us and on Wednesday, I'll be able to make FP+ selections. My mom is able to do the same! She can modify ressies for my dad and herself or for all of us (especially if they plan on doing stuff without us!)
My DH has an invite button next to his name but I figured since I'm the one making all the plans anyways it didn't really matter if I formally invited him. My DH wouldn't know where to start! He leaves all the planning to me! His words are and I quote "Tell me what time I need to be ready to go to the airport" and "Can I go for a early morning run before we leave for the park?" :
If your husband wants to be able to modify FP+/ADRs then I think he'll need to be invited, otherwise all changes will be controlled by you!
I didn't "invite" anyone from my F&F on MDE.......and I've been on 3 trips since I set it up, with different F&F each time. I could (and did) set all reservations and I could include whomever on my F& F list and control their reservations. FWIW, we were all staying in the same villa. Don't know if that matters or not.
I haven't actually done this yet, so I'm going off descriptions that others have posted, but...
It's my understanding that the email invite will take a person to a page where they create their own MDX account. I don't believe that you can add people to your F&F list unless they have an MDX account, because what the F&F list does, essentially, is links a bunch of MDX accounts together.
Once you link someone else's MDX account to yours, you don't control their entire account, they still do. However, you can copy your ADRs and FP+ selections to their account so that everyone in your party can be synced. They can also still make their own separate ADRs and FP+ selections, and so can you. And if you change a FP+ selection, it will change for everybody who has that FP+ selection linked to their account.
But it doesn't cascade. If your kids are linked to your spouse, and your spouse is linked to you, that doesn't automatically link your kids to you. You have to manually link each member of your party to your account. You're not joining a party, you're simply linking A to B and A to C and A to D.
It seems to work very similar to Friending on Facebook - you can't Friend someone who doesn't have a Facebook account, and when you Friend someone, you don't automatically get all of their Friends list added yours.
It's my understanding that the email invite will take a person to a page where they create their own MDX account. I don't believe that you can add people to your F&F list unless they have an MDX account, because what the F&F list does, essentially, is links a bunch of MDX accounts together..............
It seems to work very similar to Friending on Facebook - you can't Friend someone who doesn't have a Facebook account, and when you Friend someone, you don't automatically get all of their Friends list added yours.
Yes and no. The invite will take a person to a page to create an account. But you absolutely CAN add people to your F&F if they don't have an account. I have 7 F&F, and I am the only person with a MDX account.
Edited to add: For clarity, some of my F&F are children, and of course it makes sense that children would not need their own MDX account and could be on their parent's account only. But some are adults and the system still allows me to have them as my F&F without their own account
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Yes and no. The invite will take a person to a page to create an account. But you absolutely CAN add people to your F&F if they don't have an account. I have 7 F&F, and I am the only person with a MDX account.
In the case of someone who doesn't have an MDX account, I assume that you have to add their passes and make all of their reservations for them using your account. Can you split the party, i.e. make different reservations for some? I can imagine a family wanting to split up due to someone not liking a thrill ride or not wanting to see a show or parade that doesn't appeal to them. I can even imagine a family wanting to split up for a whole day and go to different parks.
In the case of someone who doesn't have an MDX account, I assume that you have to add their passes and make all of their reservations for them using your account. Can you split the party, i.e. make different reservations for some? I can imagine a family wanting to split up due to someone not liking a thrill ride or not wanting to see a show or parade that doesn't appeal to them. I can even imagine a family wanting to split up for a whole day and go to different parks.
Yes, I had to add their passes and make all the reservations. When making FP+ reservations, you can choose who will be on the FP reservation. Only those who have valid passes linked can be added. I did not try to split up so I cannot say for sure that the system would offer more passes for those who don't yet have 3 FPs assigned to their MB, but I'm guessing that it is possible or why would I be given the option? I would love to hear from someone who has actually done it to see how to navigate the system in this case.
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Yes, Will, you can split up FP reservations so that different F&F members have different ones. Generally, the best way to do it is to first make the same ones for everyone. Then you go in and change the ones you want to to different experiences.
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