Good evening all!
The following is a step by step procedure to get you and your group ready for Disney.
1. Go to My Disney Experience
2. If you haven't done so yet, create your account.
3. Once you've created your account and signed in, link your 12 digit ticket number to your account. No matter if you're on the website (best, in my opinion) or mobile app...you should see prompts to do this.
4. Search for the members of both your tour group AND your room group via the Family and Friends. You'll need both: Tour Group for FastPass Ride reservations and Room Group to link your resort.
5. Once you have added all of both groups and see them via Family and Friends, link your resort. You'll need your room reservation number for this. This will be provided via class as the ticket numbers were. Once you click the Link Resort prompt, you'll need to enter that number PLUS the last name of the adult chaperone of the room. These numbers will be made available on Thursday, 3/29. If I do not have you in class, email me at bryce.miller@kenton.kyschools.us to receive your reservation number.
UPDATE: We're finding that in some cases, chaperones need to do this step and then add the students in their rooms. Make sure your room students are added as Friends and Family. Prevailing rule seems to be that students under 18 HAVE to be added by their chaperone.
UPDATE 2: Once chaperones have added their students to their room, students will still need to link the resort themselves. Once they've filled in the name and number on that prompt, they're asked to click other members who are coming. When this is done via the chaperone already, they can simply click the blue "Review Reservation" button at the bottom and then confirm.
6. After your room is linked, personalize your MagicBand ASAP. Website is best for this. If you wait too long to do this step, customization is not guaranteed. At this stage, these will not ship but instead wait for us at the resort.
7. Coordinate with your tour group to pick your FastPasses (these are essentially ride reservations). This step does not have to occur at school or even in person if you are able to contact your group members via other means. You must keep the itinerary and performance times in mind with FastPasses. You'll see the prompt to pick FastPasses in My Disney Experience.
8. If you would like to view Disney's FAQ concerning this process, click here.