Digital Key Feature in My Disney Experience App Expands to Additional Disney Resort Hotels
Over the last several months, Walt Disney World Resorts and Parks received great feedback from Guests using the recently launched vacation tools in the My Disney Experience app – from shopping for merchandise and mobile ordering food to checking into our Disney Resort hotels on the go and viewing bus times.
One of these exciting new features includes the ability for Guests to use their Bluetooth®-enabled mobile phone to unlock their hotel room door. This represents another seamless room-entry option for your family to use, in addition to their MagicBands. This technology made its initial debut at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge earlier in 2018, and now it’s completing its rollout to Disney Resort hotels at Walt Disney World® Resort, including Disney Vacation Club properties.
Using a digital key can help add convenience and flexibility to your stay, whether you simply prefer the look and feel of your mobile phone, or if you need a backup option after accidentally locking yourself out of your room (it happens to the best of us). The feature was designed with a distinctly Disney touch, and if your family listens closely, they’ll hear the sound of pixie dust filling the air as your hotel door opens.
You can also use your digital key to unlock the hotel entrance gate and common area doors requiring a key, which may include fitness centers, elevators, and club-level lounges. And if you have checked in online you may even use your digital key to bypass the front desk, similar to what you are able to do with the MagicBand, giving you the opportunity to go directly to your room when it is ready and start your vacation even faster.
Everyone staying in the room with a My Disney Experience account may opt-in and activate the feature on your check-in day through a brief setup process in the app. To enter your room, tap the “Unlock Door” button and then simply hold your phone against the door lock.
This is the latest in the evolution of keyless room entry, which began with the MagicBand, the unique all-in-one device that allows you to effortlessly access the plans and vacation choices you’ve made in My Disney Experience. You can choose to use either or both options for room entry throughout their trip, but please remember to wear your MagicBand for all other uses, including park entry, FastPass+ redemption, linking Disney PhotoPass images, and more.
Be sure to download the latest version of My Disney Experience today for iOS or Android to opt-in and activate their digital key during their Disney Resort hotel stay and discover all of the other great features in the app.
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