5 My Disney Experience App Features You're Totally Ignoring (That Will Change Your Trip)

Disney Travel Secrets - How to do Disney

Kerri Stuart

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

3.2 • 995 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Are you leaving Disney magic on the table every time you open the My Disney Experience app? Most guests only scratch the surface — checking wait times, grabbing Lightning Lane picks, and mobile ordering lunch. But buried inside that app are features that can save you time, reduce stress, and make your Walt Disney World vacation feel effortless.

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In this episode of the Disney Travel Secrets Show, your hosts and best-selling authors Rob & Kerri Stuart break down the 5 most overlooked features in the My Disney Experience app — and how to use them before you even set foot in the park.

Here's what we're unpacking this week:

📍 How to track Character Meet & Greet locations in real time
📸 How to find PhotoPass Magic Shot locations using the app's filter — and why you must ask for them
🛍️ Merchandise Mobile Checkout — skip the crazy lines at World of Disney in Disney Springs
🚻 How to quickly locate restrooms, Baby Care Centers, and First Aid without wandering the park
ℹ️ The Guest Services hub hiding inside the app — and why it's more useful than you think

We also sound off on the $219 peak one-day Magic Kingdom ticket price — is Disney really pricing out the middle class, or is the internet overreacting? (Spoiler: it's complicated.) Plus, Rob has thoughts about Disney's recent partnership with a certain NFL wife and her very... colorful podcast.

Whether you're a first-time Disney World visitor or a seasoned Annual Passholder, these app tips will help you do more and scroll less — so you can stay present and soak in every magical moment.

🎙️ New to the show? Rob & Kerri Stuart are veteran Disney travel agents, best-selling authors, and the founders of Creating Magic Vacations, broadcasting from their studio in Windermere, Florida — right in Disney's backyard.

📅 Planning a 2027 Disney World trip? Click the link in the show notes to start working with Rob & Kerri and take the stress out of planning.

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0:00.0	odds are you probably have the My Disney Experience app on your phone right now.
0:05.5	But I guarantee you you're not using it to its full potential.
0:09.4	So today we're pulling back the curtain on the feature's most guests scroll right past.
0:14.4	And trust me, some of these are game changers.
0:17.9	Now Disney has built an entire empire on the idea that their brand is safe, clean,
0:22.8	and magical for the whole family. So when we tell you, they partnered with a podcast that literally
0:28.8	promotes itself with an expletive, you might want to sit down for this one. Hello, my friend,
0:34.7	and welcome to the Disney Travel Secrets podcast. We are your travel agent host and bestselling authors, Robin Carey Stewart.
0:41.5	We are right here in the CMV studio in beautiful Windermere, Florida.
0:45.8	This is episode number 480 with their original air date, April 27, 2026.
0:52.8	And okay, that was our first, I think, double hook that we've done in the intro to the show.
0:58.5	But one of the most frustrating things when you're walking around any of the Disney parks here in
1:03.3	Orlando is the My Disney Experience app.
1:06.0	That is true.
1:06.5	But it doesn't have to be, and we're about to make it your best friend.
1:10.1	Also, today we're going to clarify some things about working with us and being an agent.
1:13.9	After we started going through some of the things, we realized, I think there was something that didn't come across just like we wanted it to.
1:19.6	So we will explain that in just a couple minutes.
1:22.0	And finally, another Rob's rant.
1:24.6	Yes, it's back.
1:26.1	And this is based on a number, and that number is 219. And...
1:31.6	That's very cryptic. We also have an... Are You Serious? Oh, yeah, I forgot that. So get ready.
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