This was GREAT information. Explains how to sign up for DAS, rules and perks, what to do if we miss a return time, if Genie+ is worth it, and how to navigate with scooters. Puts me at ease.
I am an autistic adult and the Disney Parks are my special interest! I have not been since I was around 10-11 years old, and in planning Disney Trips with my friends, this process has given me the most anxiety out of everything because I don't like doing things without knowing what to expect first! This video is the first thing that has properly explained the process in a way that is easy for me to understand, so thank you so much!!!! :]
You and I are the same! I wasn't diagnosed until a couple years ago. My brother's autism was more noticeable so I was written off as "normal enough". But ever since I found out it's been life changing! I have a Disney hyperfixation with Disney too. It's basically my happy place. But some long lines with screaming kids makes me anxious and I have autistic melt downs. I wish I knew about he DAS Pass when I went 4 months ago.
Thank you SO much. I just got registered for DAS and I've never been to Disney so I was so confused about ILL, LL, GENIE +, and DAS and this was EXTREMELY helpful and made total sense. You are a Disney Angel! 🥰
Thank you for this video. We were able to visit disney world this past weekend and DAS help out a lot. Our ASD boy was able to ride all of his favorite rides.
Ahhhh I keep coming back to this video to ease my mind and feel prepared! We are finally 6 days out from being able to register after starting our trip countdown at 229 days ago! Will be mine and my sons first time, 2 days and 3 parks. This has been such a huge help with this whole process. I just need to see since he is very specific on what he wants if we can even preselect anything that's allowed.
Thank you so much for this video! We just hit Disney for the first time this past Saturday and having all this education on the DAS pass really made the process so much smoother. I don't know how people navigate the pass without watching a tutorial like this. In fact, one cast member said to me, "It looks like someone did their homework!" Hah
I used DAS for the first time last year and it was such a life saver. Your video was the exact refresher I needed for this year's trip. Thank you! You explain everything so clearly!
This is so well done, It is amazing how clearly you explained everything. I really needed this. I am going to have my granddaughter watch it also, so if I forget something, she might remember it. Thank you!!
Thank you so much! I was about to apply but I felt a bit overwhelmed and your video helped me understand it better. Your suggestion to have my itinerary and top ride picks ready was very beneficial to making the process easier. ❤
Did the online pre-registration and it was pretty frustrating but the cast member was super helpful and made it worth the wait and getting kicked off a lot 😂
Thank you so much for this video. My wife and I are visiting in February from the UK, we are being joined by my wife’s parents. Her mum is 80 and registered disabled in the UK. Due to her disability it will be impossible for her to spend time in line. Thank you for explaining the process brilliantly. Roll on February.
So glad it was helpful! I believe if trying from outside the US you may need a VPN so something to look into (check the comment section on this video!)
Thank you SO MUCH for explaining this! I feel so much better about using this service without all the anxiety I was previously feeling. You are awesome!
Thank you so much for all the detailed information! A friend had suggested DAS out for some issues I deal with. Seeing this video makes me feel so much more confident!
At the 2:58 mark you say that the advance DAS selections that you make cannot be changed. You can do an online chat with a Cast Member if you need to make any changes and they can definitely change to whatever is showing available in their system. You can also go to Guest Services before the return time and they can also make changes to the DAS advance selections.
Thanks for letting us know! I wonder if that just changed because we went told several times it couldn’t be changed, only deleted by a CM at the parks.
This video was very helpful! A couple questions for you.. 1. Should you register 30 days before your first park day? (Meaning, will the pass still be good for subsequent park days that are more than 30 days out? 2. We have 2 people who should qualify for DAS - I think I would like to do both. Should I apply for them in the same chat or do a different chat for each person?
We did it 30 days from our first day park and could pre-register for our whole trip. I would recommend registering more than one person if you plan to do the same rides. It makes it more complicated to have to select for two groups…
Thanks so much. We signed on at 7:00 EST time and quickly were connected to a cast member. Got registered. But then when we were chatting to choose pre-selects, we weere told were under the wrong account. We were using my husband’s. But we had to use mine because the original trip package used my email, etc. so we had to start over. We were pretty quickly connected again to a cast member. Registered a second time, then everything went smoothly. We were able, despite the glitch, to get all our first choices for a holiday weekend. Pretty amazing. Cant thank you enough. But everyone out there, make sure you're using the right MDE account before you start.
This was such an informative video! Thank you so much. We are new to Disney and DAS and this explained everything I needed to know! My only questions is if the Advanced DAS return time window works the same as the in the park selections? For example do we have to go to our advanced booking at the exact return time or do we have until the end of day to go if we can’t get there at that exact time? Thanks again!
We registered our son today and I asked about what was mentioned about reserving a ride once we are in the park that we already have as a pre-selection later in the day and the cast member that interviewed me said that you can definitely reserve a ride through DAS on the app that may be one of your pre-selects that happens to have a later return time. She said they are completely different buckets and you would just get to ride it multiple times. So if we have Big Thunder Mtn as a pre-selection at 4:00 in the afternoon - we can still reserve it on our app once we are in the park for that morning for example. So maybe I misunderstood when you mentioned your Soarin' example.
Thanks for watching! Did you see the news that the process for registering is now different? You should Google that for the latest about that part, rest is the same!
Super useful video! I (DAS holder) did use the bail out option on a ride after scanning in and my daughter still rode. So, I guess you don't have to technically ride, but go through the line.
This was amazing. Thank you for explaining so well. I am planning to go Disney in few days. I was approved for IAC card. Would you know if this helps with reducing que times? Or i have to apply for DAC as well? Does the care giver to a teenager get any discount?
This is INCREDIBLY helpful and answered ALL my questions. We’re using DAS for the first time next week. Registration was fast and easy, but I didn’t completely understand how to use the one-at-a-time/day-of reservations. You explained it perfectly and your screenshots were EXACTLY what I needed to understand it. (I’m Autistic, so the visual with the verbal description was just what I needed.) Thank you, so much, for making this video! #pixiedusted
Let me add this though..I called yesterday to do my preselections and was dismayed to find out you couldn't do your second park of the day ahead of time..I missed that in my research..and for 2 weeks out, nothing was available in the morning,;( so if you are preselecting..30 days out,when you get your DAS registration, is when you need to make your selections..any later and you may be screwed!. I bet lots have DAS now...wonder how lightning lanes will be..
Thank you for your time. Being our first visit, we are or were very overwhelmed. Signing up for DAS because of our disabled son and trying to figure out why our video chat person wanted us to pick our two preselected rides. But, we don’t know what day yet. We only have 3 days in the park with a 9 night stay at the fort Wilderness. Depending on the weather April 8-17. Once we know what day, how do we do the 2 preselected rides. Once we’re at the campground?
You can only do pre-selections when you register. Otherwise, you don’t get them! So it would make more sense to pick park dates and reserve rides, and if weather is bad and you adjust, then you just lose the pre-selections…
Super helpful video. Thank you. We are travelling from the Uk next year and never knew we could do this. My husband will definitely be applying for DAS. Thanks for your fantastic tips ☺️
I just registered for DAS yesterday and it was so easy! I felt much more prepared having watching your video. I waited less than 10 minutes to chat with a CM fortunately. One question I forgot to ask and hopefully you or someone else knows: can I select rides with DAS pass BEFORE my pre-selected ride times? Or must we “use” our pre-selections first?
What does can't pre-select mean? I chatted with a CM and she selected the seven dwarfs mine train What if I want to add Space Mountain? Do I need to chat with them again or what I do? My first time going! Thank you
@@fatimachoual1108 did you pre- select two rides per day? They should have allowed you to do that. Then, you are done with them and nothing else to do until you are in the parks and then you are selecting rides one at a time!
I just did DAS under the new 2024 guidelines and was told during the interview we could only have 4 guests total, which was disappointing as we have three grandsons visiting. Hopefully, cast members at the ride entrances will let us all go in together.
Hi this was super helpful. We are taking our daughter with special needs to Disney for the 1st time. Am I understanding correctly that outside of 2 Das passes. The Das can be used almost like a lightning lane the rest of thr day once you have scanned into the park? As long as the Das rider is riding the rides.
We VPN’ed the DAs registration from the UK, took 20 mins in total for the video registration process. Today we booked our first 8 days of rides (2 per day) and it was complete within an hour with a good choice of ride times :)
Thank you so much for this video. Questions: as soon as it's 30 days from my first park visit I can already do the pre-selection of all the parks (that will be on following days)? Also, we are not getting magic bands for our party, how to do the scans at each ride, through the app???
Very helpful!! I have the Disney Experience log in but my husband is the one requesting DAS, does he need his own log in or can he give them mine? I will be doing all of the ride selections and such.
Brilliant video, very clearly explained, Unfortunately we’ve just got back and out of the 3 of us 2 would have qualified for a DAS Pass but we never knew about it 😢😢😢 Wish I’d seen this video BEFORE we went
I would appreciate your advice, I have 3 people in my group that could have DAS and 2 of them will definitely not go on extreme rides, any advice is really appreciated- thank you
Question : what are we scanning at the park and rides ? My phone app where I have all of our tickets ? Or do they give you something to scan for DAS for the whole family ?
This was amazingly helpful! Thank you so much! One question: once you do the video chat to get approved, can that cast member set up your 2 preselection rides? It looked like you were in a chat to do that part.
I did my online registration for California Disneyland and it was hard with the online registration because the chat box kept getting “error” messages and buffering. But once it connected to cast member it took less than 20 mins. But it did require us to log out of the Disney app while being in chat via computer
Thank you so much for this video. Do you have to have your Disney passes purchased and visits booked before you apply for DAS? And do you get magic passes after qualifying in the mail or is that included in the ticket purchase?
Thank you for this information… But do you know what you are supposed to do if your party has more than 6 people? My husband and I have 5 children, one of whom qualifies for DAS. My parents will also be going on the trip, so that’s a total of 9 people, and we certainly would all want to be together. Thanks for any advice you can offer.
Disney sometimes makes exceptions, especially if it’s more kids than adults in a group,’so you can try! Otherwise, you may want to consider doing das with 6 and then doing Genie+ to ride together as a group without much waiting
Yes. The best part is making two pre selections. So you would need to know a date to do that. If you don’t care about that, you can just get approval and it’s good for 60 days.
I know in the world of disney, things/systems are ever changing. Is this video still prevalent, or has Disney made any recent changes to using the DAS system? I would like to forward this video to a friend to have a better understanding of using DAS, but I want to make sure this is up to date. Thank you
This is still up to date. Only thing to double check may be if rides switch on/off the pre-selection list, which you can find on the Disney website! As new rides come out this can definitely change!
We are going to Disneyland soon and I got my son the DAS pass. Unfortunately, we are going with friends and the rest of them exceeds 5 people. So we can’t add them all. So the advanced selections we made may not work if we all want to go. We may need to use Genie+ instead. Disneyland’s ride selections are less than Disney World, so there are not too many anyways. I will see how DAS compares with Genie+ there!
Not many people use Genie+ at Disneyland, you’ll get soooo much done. And use rope drop to prioritize the rides that don’t have it- like the fantasyland rides (Peter pan, etc)!!
@@ACoupleTravelers we just got back from Disneyland. Our friends ended up going on some different rides that my son didn’t want to go on so we used the DAS pass for others. We mostly used it for some rides that don’t have GeniePlus like the Fantasyland rides.
I am sorry to bother you ,you are awesome . Do you think if I put the tickets on my daughters phone, would I use her phone to apply for DAS . I don’t know how the technology works . Would both have to be on the same phone ? Once we are in the park then we can use her phone for LL and stuff . Honestly such a Canadian senior rookie at this !thanks
It doesn’t matter who’s phone you use! For us, the person who applied for DAS didn’t even have a My Disney Experience account, there ticket was under someone else’s account as family/friends (daughter). It’s no problem!
What was the issues you had with having the 2 das? I have 2 kids that may want to do diff rides. Am I able to book them on different rides at round about the same time?
If you want to do different rides then great! We wanted to do the same mostly and it was annoying to have to each select a return time instead of one person doing it for the whole group. We were a party of 6, so it didn’t make sense to need two people to do it
Hello. Both me and my son have ASD and I was thinking of getting DAS for both. At your video you said that's not necessarelly a good thing. I have somes questions about that: 1. In having two DAS users in my family group, will I have 4 advance ride bookings and 2 to book via app at the park? 2. He doesn't have his own account at My Disney Experience (he's only 3, so he doesn't even have an e-mail). If I go thru with it and register us both, will he need his own account? 3. At the park, will I be abble to use my account to book a ride just for him and his mom or will I need to keep changing accounts?
If you both have one, you won’t be under each others. For example, you wouldn’t be a “guest” under him and vice verse. So it wouldn’t be a hack to get more pre-selections. So just do you, with him as a guest under you or vice versa. He doesn’t need his own account to have his own DAS, it would just link to his ticket!
Yes, would be able to book for just him and his mom under your account. It’s about the ticket and you don’t need separate accounts if you do separate DAS requests if that helps!
One phone can have multiple tickets on it. You scan, swipe to the next, scan again. Magicband+ is not worth the cost. World of Color with them is neat, but not that neat, and is poorly implemented the few other places using the plus lighting. Using them to scan in was usually more trouble as you need a phone out constantly anyway to select Genie+/LL reservations, look up wait times, mobile order food, etc.
Once you have DAS, it’s good for 60 days. But you need to have tickets linked, so not sure if you have purchased tickets but the 60 days really is for annual passes so it would make sense probably to know your dates and buy tickets first!
I thought that when you start the chat, that you are supposed to be logged out of your app, and just do it through the Disney website. Also, can you see the chat on both your computer and phone at the same time? And when they are ready to start the chat or video, do you get some kind of audible sound, or do you have to keep watching your phone, and keep the screen from going dark?
I believe you can only see the chat on both phone and computer IF you are logged in… When they finally responded in the chat I headed them, they asked if I was ready, and then invited me into the video chat No need to keep phone from going dark, but make sure you will hear alerts!
Is it quick to just do it in person? I realize you cannot preselect, But honestly I don't know if we would even make it to the right place at a specific time! Also we have booked our five day passes (a special for Canadians) and we are confirmed, can we just show up to whatever park we want? Or do we still have to reserve in advance? We don't know what days to go or rest Thanks
It’s quick to do in person, would just depend on the line at guest relations. You don’t need park reservations if your tickets are date based. Are those tickets date based? Check with wherever you booked!
Thank you for this! We just had our live chat and were only able to book our first pre-registered ride at 2pm and second pre-registered at 8pm. Does this mean we can't book a time for any other rides once we get there until after 2pm?
HEY THERE 😊 Two questions: What would you do if you have two people in your party that would qualify for DAS going on a trip with four base day tickets, that on two park days we will be a party of Five but then the other two park days we will be a party of Seven (We have other family joining us). My other question is as long as the DAS person is going on the ride can we modify the members of the party for each ride; based on who wants to go? Thank you in advance this video has been so immensely helpful ❤
You may need two separate DAS then since they will only link 5 people (I don’t think they will link 6 even if not everyone will ride everything every time) it may be a question for the cast member when you go to register!
I also suffer from anxiety especially in large crowds and dark and small spaces are so hard for me. Im good for a few minutes but long term, i cant do it! I hope they approve me.
question for you regarding being in a line for a ride and needing to immediately find a restroom.....what are guests options with regard to this? I have heard that Rise Of The Resistance has this option but not sure where? Thanks
You might’ve already answered this question but I can’t find it. If we decide not to ride our preselected rides do we have to check in to those before choosing our next ride with DAS?
If we have 8 people, one being a toddler, can we use DAS and parent swap (or whatever it's called)? also should we get two genie+ passes so we could all go on a ride?
You can use parent swap but only if parent of the 6 using DAS. You can’t have 6 using DAS and use parent swap to get more people in, if that makes sense. It’ll also be really hard to try to line up genie selections with DAS selections unfortunately :(
If you have park hopper I am assuming you cannot select for your next park until you scan into it? I have used DAS many times but my coming trip will be my first hopper trip.
This was GREAT information. Explains how to sign up for DAS, rules and perks, what to do if we miss a return time, if Genie+ is worth it, and how to navigate with scooters. Puts me at ease.
We are so glad!!! Thanks for watching!
I am an autistic adult and the Disney Parks are my special interest! I have not been since I was around 10-11 years old, and in planning Disney Trips with my friends, this process has given me the most anxiety out of everything because I don't like doing things without knowing what to expect first! This video is the first thing that has properly explained the process in a way that is easy for me to understand, so thank you so much!!!! :]
I am so glad it was helpful for you… exactly why I made it!!
You and I are the same! I wasn't diagnosed until a couple years ago. My brother's autism was more noticeable so I was written off as "normal enough". But ever since I found out it's been life changing! I have a Disney hyperfixation with Disney too. It's basically my happy place. But some long lines with screaming kids makes me anxious and I have autistic melt downs. I wish I knew about he DAS Pass when I went 4 months ago.
Thank you SO much. I just got registered for DAS and I've never been to Disney so I was so confused about ILL, LL, GENIE +, and DAS and this was EXTREMELY helpful and made total sense. You are a Disney Angel! 🥰
I am go glad to hear that!!!! Makes my day! Thank you for watching and have a great trip!
Thank you for this video. We were able to visit disney world this past weekend and DAS help out a lot. Our ASD boy was able to ride all of his favorite rides.
Amazing!!
Ahhhh I keep coming back to this video to ease my mind and feel prepared! We are finally 6 days out from being able to register after starting our trip countdown at 229 days ago! Will be mine and my sons first time, 2 days and 3 parks. This has been such a huge help with this whole process. I just need to see since he is very specific on what he wants if we can even preselect anything that's allowed.
So glad this is helpful! Good luck and have a magical trip!!
Thank you so much for this video! We just hit Disney for the first time this past Saturday and having all this education on the DAS pass really made the process so much smoother. I don't know how people navigate the pass without watching a tutorial like this. In fact, one cast member said to me, "It looks like someone did their homework!" Hah
That’s such a good compliment from the cast member! So glad it was helpful!
I used DAS for the first time last year and it was such a life saver. Your video was the exact refresher I needed for this year's trip. Thank you! You explain everything so clearly!
We are so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!
YOU ARE THE BEST! I have been on many you tube channels for explanation of DAS and you are hands down the best! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Wow, thank you so much!!!
The whole setup process from start to finish took me 20 minutes last Sunday morning.
That’s amazing! Did you do it right at opening?
same it took me 15 minutes on sunday morning at 7 am. I was done by 7:15
OMG, I can’t thank you enough. This video is soooo useful. The best DAS explainer on YT - thank you, you guys ROCK!
Thank you so much!!!!
@@ACoupleTravelers can you make a similar vid for universal please 🙏
We go to Disney every year but this is the first time we will be using DAS so i appreciate the insight! Well done!
Thank you for watching and have a great trip!
This is so well done, It is amazing how clearly you explained everything. I really needed this. I am going to have my granddaughter watch it also, so if I forget something, she might remember it. Thank you!!
So glad to hear it!!!
Thank you so much! I was about to apply but I felt a bit overwhelmed and your video helped me understand it better. Your suggestion to have my itinerary and top ride picks ready was very beneficial to making the process easier. ❤
I am so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!
I recently spent 3 day at Disney World and got the DAS pass for my autistic daughter and it definitely made the park enjoyable for us overall.
So glad it was helpful for the trip!
Did the online pre-registration and it was pretty frustrating but the cast member was super helpful and made it worth the wait and getting kicked off a lot 😂
Glad it was worth the wait! Better than wasting time in the park when you spent so much money to be there!!
Thank you so much for this video. My wife and I are visiting in February from the UK, we are being joined by my wife’s parents. Her mum is 80 and registered disabled in the UK. Due to her disability it will be impossible for her to spend time in line. Thank you for explaining the process brilliantly. Roll on February.
So glad it was helpful! I believe if trying from outside the US you may need a VPN so something to look into (check the comment section on this video!)
Thank you SO MUCH for explaining this! I feel so much better about using this service without all the anxiety I was previously feeling. You are awesome!
I’m so glad!! Thank you for watching!
Our son was approved for DAS a couple of weeks ago. I got straight through and on and off the call quickly and easily (thankfully).
Your video was so helpful. I’m attending magic kingdom for the first time with das soon and I’m so relieved knowing there are so many accommodations.
So glad it was helpful, thanks for watching! Have a great trip!
Thank you so much for all the detailed information! A friend had suggested DAS out for some issues I deal with. Seeing this video makes me feel so much more confident!
So glad to hear it! Wishing you a wonderful trip!
At the 2:58 mark you say that the advance DAS selections that you make cannot be changed. You can do an online chat with a Cast Member if you need to make any changes and they can definitely change to whatever is showing available in their system. You can also go to Guest Services before the return time and they can also make changes to the DAS advance selections.
Thanks for letting us know! I wonder if that just changed because we went told several times it couldn’t be changed, only deleted by a CM at the parks.
Amazing video! Clear and easy to follow, answered all my questions much better than the Disney website. Thank you so much
You are so very welcome!!
Just got mine today. After watching your video and following your tips it made the process so simple and easy. Thanks!
That makes us so happy to hear! Have an amazing trip!!
Thanks very much for the video. You explained it so well, I feel so much more comfortable going to the parks now.
So glad it was helpful!!
I just went thru this process. This is a VERY good tutorial of the process. Great video
So glad it was helpful! Have a great trip!
This video was very helpful! A couple questions for you.. 1. Should you register 30 days before your first park day? (Meaning, will the pass still be good for subsequent park days that are more than 30 days out? 2. We have 2 people who should qualify for DAS - I think I would like to do both. Should I apply for them in the same chat or do a different chat for each person?
We did it 30 days from our first day park and could pre-register for our whole trip. I would recommend registering more than one person if you plan to do the same rides. It makes it more complicated to have to select for two groups…
Thanks so much. We signed on at 7:00 EST time and quickly were connected to a cast member. Got registered. But then when we were chatting to choose pre-selects, we weere told were under the wrong account. We were using my husband’s. But we had to use mine because the original trip package used my email, etc. so we had to start over. We were pretty quickly connected again to a cast member. Registered a second time, then everything went smoothly. We were able, despite the glitch, to get all our first choices for a holiday weekend. Pretty amazing. Cant thank you enough. But everyone out there, make sure you're using the right MDE account before you start.
That’s a good tip! Thanks for sharing that experience! Just shaved a lot of people from making the same mistake! Thanks for watching!!
This was such an informative video! Thank you so much. We are new to Disney and DAS and this explained everything I needed to know! My only questions is if the Advanced DAS return time window works the same as the in the park selections? For example do we have to go to our advanced booking at the exact return time or do we have until the end of day to go if we can’t get there at that exact time? Thanks again!
For the advanced selections, it’s only the one hour window!
Thank you for the information, well organized video, and response to my question. Really appreciate it!
Thank you for watching!!
Thank you so much for breaking this down! This will be my first time using DAS at Disney next month with my twin girls!
Thank you for watching! Wishing you a magical trip!
Woke up Saturday and logged on at 7am . by 720 was on a video and got to pick my rides.
Amazing!!!
Excellent summary! I feel much more ready!! It’s our first trip to Disney and navigating all the tech. LOL
So glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
We registered our son today and I asked about what was mentioned about reserving a ride once we are in the park that we already have as a pre-selection later in the day and the cast member that interviewed me said that you can definitely reserve a ride through DAS on the app that may be one of your pre-selects that happens to have a later return time. She said they are completely different buckets and you would just get to ride it multiple times. So if we have Big Thunder Mtn as a pre-selection at 4:00 in the afternoon - we can still reserve it on our app once we are in the park for that morning for example. So maybe I misunderstood when you mentioned your Soarin' example.
Oh maybe that is new or it changed!? It wouldn’t let us book it! Or maybe we would have had to redeem it first?
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Awesome video! So informative!! You were great at explaining the process! Thank you!! ❤
Thank you for watching!!
Thanks so much 🎉🎉
Thanks for watching!
So helpful!
Thanks for watching! Did you see the news that the process for registering is now different? You should Google that for the latest about that part, rest is the same!
Super useful video! I (DAS holder) did use the bail out option on a ride after scanning in and my daughter still rode. So, I guess you don't have to technically ride, but go through the line.
Good to know!!
wow thank u so so helpful.. must ask.. where did u get those ears from my daughter and me would love a pair
Thanks for watching! They are ears from Disney (they were on the ShopDisney website but not sure if still available!)
This was amazing. Thank you for explaining so well.
I am planning to go Disney in few days. I was approved for IAC card. Would you know if this helps with reducing que times? Or i have to apply for DAC as well?
Does the care giver to a teenager get any discount?
@@salimananji1678 please be sure to check the Disney website because the DAS process has changed since I made this video!
This is INCREDIBLY helpful and answered ALL my questions. We’re using DAS for the first time next week. Registration was fast and easy, but I didn’t completely understand how to use the one-at-a-time/day-of reservations. You explained it perfectly and your screenshots were EXACTLY what I needed to understand it. (I’m Autistic, so the visual with the verbal description was just what I needed.) Thank you, so much, for making this video! #pixiedusted
Thank you so much for saying this! It took so long to make this video and comments like this mean it was worth it to help!!
I'm going next week and using DAS too! ☺️
I just sent this video to my whole family who is going in November. The best description I've ever seen of this system!
@@blessed1969 so glad it’s helpful!!
Let me add this though..I called yesterday to do my preselections and was dismayed to find out you couldn't do your second park of the day ahead of time..I missed that in my research..and for 2 weeks out, nothing was available in the morning,;( so if you are preselecting..30 days out,when you get your DAS registration, is when you need to make your selections..any later and you may be screwed!. I bet lots have DAS now...wonder how lightning lanes will be..
Thank you for your time. Being our first visit, we are or were very overwhelmed. Signing up for DAS because of our disabled son and trying to figure out why our video chat person wanted us to pick our two preselected rides. But, we don’t know what day yet. We only have 3 days in the park with a 9 night stay at the fort Wilderness. Depending on the weather April 8-17. Once we know what day, how do we do the 2 preselected rides. Once we’re at the campground?
You can only do pre-selections when you register. Otherwise, you don’t get them! So it would make more sense to pick park dates and reserve rides, and if weather is bad and you adjust, then you just lose the pre-selections…
Hello very detailed! Thank you. I have to use a walker will the same apply?
Hi! I unfortunately am not able to speculate on what may or not may not qualify you for DAS.
Super helpful video. Thank you. We are travelling from the Uk next year and never knew we could do this. My husband will definitely be applying for DAS. Thanks for your fantastic tips ☺️
So glad to hear it was helpful!! Enjoy your trip!
You will need a VPN to access the DAS registration from from the UK 👍
Oh brilliant. Thanks for this. Just seen your above comment. Any recommendations? For VPN?
@@MartinBradbury thank for letting us know!
Such a great video, so helpful. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Awesome video! Do you have any tips about universal studios and island too?
We only spent a few hours one morning so definitely didn’t get to experience it and have that many tips to share!
Hi its 30 days before the first day of my trip, the last day of my trip or it doesnt matter? Thanks for the video!
We did it 30 days from first PARK day of trip (not arrival day of your trip).
This was so helpful thank you!!
Thanks for watching!
I just registered for DAS yesterday and it was so easy! I felt much more prepared having watching your video. I waited less than 10 minutes to chat with a CM fortunately. One question I forgot to ask and hopefully you or someone else knows: can I select rides with DAS pass BEFORE my pre-selected ride times? Or must we “use” our pre-selections first?
Yes! You begin one-at-a-time once you scan into the park for the day! The pre selections are just a bonus!
What does can't pre-select mean? I chatted with a CM and she selected the seven dwarfs mine train
What if I want to add Space Mountain? Do I need to chat with them again or what I do? My first time going! Thank you
@@fatimachoual1108 did you pre- select two rides per day? They should have allowed you to do that. Then, you are done with them and nothing else to do until you are in the parks and then you are selecting rides one at a time!
I just did DAS under the new 2024 guidelines and was told during the interview we could only have 4 guests total, which was disappointing as we have three grandsons visiting. Hopefully, cast members at the ride entrances will let us all go in together.
Yes this video is a little out of date now. They weren’t willing to make an exception? They used to, especially if it was more kids than adults
Hi this was super helpful. We are taking our daughter with special needs to Disney for the 1st time. Am I understanding correctly that outside of 2 Das passes. The Das can be used almost like a lightning lane the rest of thr day once you have scanned into the park? As long as the Das rider is riding the rides.
Yes, selecting one ride at a time!
This was super helpful, thank you!
So glad!! Thanks for watchingn
We VPN’ed the DAs registration from the UK, took 20 mins in total for the video registration process. Today we booked our first 8 days of rides (2 per day) and it was complete within an hour with a good choice of ride times :)
Amazing!!!
What vpn did you use as im struggling to find one that works
I was just told by Disney it’s not available for pre registration form the U.K., what VPN do you use?
Thank you so much for this video. Questions: as soon as it's 30 days from my first park visit I can already do the pre-selection of all the parks (that will be on following days)? Also, we are not getting magic bands for our party, how to do the scans at each ride, through the app???
Yes, correct! And you would use the app on your phone. So make sure you have portable chargers!
Very helpful!! I have the Disney Experience log in but my husband is the one requesting DAS, does he need his own log in or can he give them mine? I will be doing all of the ride selections and such.
He can log be logged in under you account. He doesn’t need his own MDE account, just can be a family member listed under your account!
Thanks so much ❤️ this was super helpful
Thanks for watching!
Great job on this video! Thanks
Thank you for saying so- and for watching!
Brilliant video, very clearly explained,
Unfortunately we’ve just got back and out of the 3 of us 2 would have qualified for a DAS Pass but we never knew about it 😢😢😢
Wish I’d seen this video BEFORE we went
Wish you would have known before… for next time, then!
@@ACoupleTravelers Well we’ve just booked a villa for next time so we’ll use your help to make it even more special
@@vlofvl wonderful!
This is a great video.
Thank you!
Thanks for the info!
Thanks for watching!
I would appreciate your advice, I have 3 people in my group that could have DAS and 2 of them will definitely not go on extreme rides, any advice is really appreciated- thank you
Just have one of them who does the extreme rides get it and everyone will be able to use the service!
Question : what are we scanning at the park and rides ? My phone app where I have all of our tickets ? Or do they give you something to scan for DAS for the whole family ?
You would scan your magicband or your ticket on the MDE app, since DAS would be linked to that!
Thank you! I'm using DAS next week, and this is very helpful. Can you do any ride with DAS once in the park? Or are some rides not included?
It works on anything that has standby. But if a ride required you enter a virtual queue, you need to do that first (I.e. guardians)
@@ACoupleTravelers Thank you so much! 🫶🏼
I'm so happy I found your page I just requested for a vacation help
Wonderful!!
Great video!
Thanks for watching!
super helpful! Thank you.
You are very welcome!
This was amazingly helpful! Thank you so much! One question: once you do the video chat to get approved, can that cast member set up your 2 preselection rides? It looked like you were in a chat to do that part.
Once approved, they pass you off to another person in a chat!
Can’t do the pre registration for overseas guests which means we have to do in person. We then lose out on the two per day pre registration rides
Thank you for the information
Thanks for watching!!
I did my online registration for California Disneyland and it was hard with the online registration because the chat box kept getting “error” messages and buffering. But once it connected to cast member it took less than 20 mins. But it did require us to log out of the Disney app while being in chat via computer
Good to know! Bummer there was so many errors!
I keep getting error message as well. Did you just refresh the page or close the window?
Great video. Thanks for the help
So glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for this video.
Do you have to have your Disney passes purchased and visits booked before you apply for DAS?
And do you get magic passes after qualifying in the mail or is that included in the ticket purchase?
Yes, you need to purchase your tickets first and know which parks you plan to do on which days!
What do you mean by magic passes?
@@ACoupleTravelers thank you! I mean the wrist bands.
@@amylb4761 oh! You have to pay for those now and you buy them in your my Disney experience account
@@ACoupleTravelers Ok. Thank you!
Oh another question:
My Disney experience app shows for Disney World . Is it the same as the Disneyland app? For DAS
Yes the same. Download the one you are going to but it works very similarly in each!
Thank you for this information… But do you know what you are supposed to do if your party has more than 6 people? My husband and I have 5 children, one of whom qualifies for DAS. My parents will also be going on the trip, so that’s a total of 9 people, and we certainly would all want to be together. Thanks for any advice you can offer.
Disney sometimes makes exceptions, especially if it’s more kids than adults in a group,’so you can try! Otherwise, you may want to consider doing das with 6 and then doing Genie+ to ride together as a group without much waiting
Hi! Thank you for this great video! Do you know if there is a way to add 1 more person to a group (our group is of 7.people. 3 Adults, 4 kids).
You will have to simply ask and hope they make an exception! It’s not guaranteed. Good luck!
This video is so helpful! Thank you ❤
We are so glad! Thanks for watching!!
Would I-need to know the date that we are going to Disney world magic kingdom . We can’t decide on which day in 2 weeks time ! Thank you
Yes. The best part is making two pre selections. So you would need to know a date to do that. If you don’t care about that, you can just get approval and it’s good for 60 days.
So do you recommend having Genie Plus along with DAS?
If doing as many rides as possible is a priority, then yes!
With DAS do you get a wrist band to use to scan into the rides? or how else do you scan in for a ride?
You would have to buy a MagicBand or you use your park ticket or can use the app on your phone!
I know in the world of disney, things/systems are ever changing. Is this video still prevalent, or has Disney made any recent changes to using the DAS system? I would like to forward this video to a friend to have a better understanding of using DAS, but I want to make sure this is up to date. Thank you
This is still up to date. Only thing to double check may be if rides switch on/off the pre-selection list, which you can find on the Disney website! As new rides come out this can definitely change!
Can you clarify please..do I need to reserve for every ride in advance? Also Does DAS work to meet Mickey?
Can only reserve 2 rides per day in advance (in one park). The. It’s one at a time day of!
Yes, it works to meet Mickey at certain locations (not when there is randomly a line outside but official meet and greet points).
We are going to Disneyland soon and I got my son the DAS pass. Unfortunately, we are going with friends and the rest of them exceeds 5 people. So we can’t add them all. So the advanced selections we made may not work if we all want to go. We may need to use Genie+ instead. Disneyland’s ride selections are less than Disney World, so there are not too many anyways. I will see how DAS compares with Genie+ there!
Not many people use Genie+ at Disneyland, you’ll get soooo much done. And use rope drop to prioritize the rides that don’t have it- like the fantasyland rides (Peter pan, etc)!!
@@ACoupleTravelers we just got back from Disneyland. Our friends ended up going on some different rides that my son didn’t want to go on so we used the DAS pass for others. We mostly used it for some rides that don’t have GeniePlus like the Fantasyland rides.
I registered today and made preselects on video
Oh interesting! Funny how quickly things change!
I am sorry to bother you ,you are awesome . Do you think if I put the tickets on my daughters phone, would I use her phone to apply for DAS . I don’t know how the technology works . Would both have to be on the same phone ? Once we are in the park then we can use her phone for LL and stuff . Honestly such a Canadian senior rookie at this !thanks
It doesn’t matter who’s phone you use! For us, the person who applied for DAS didn’t even have a My Disney Experience account, there ticket was under someone else’s account as family/friends (daughter). It’s no problem!
What was the issues you had with having the 2 das? I have 2 kids that may want to do diff rides.
Am I able to book them on different rides at round about the same time?
If you want to do different rides then great! We wanted to do the same mostly and it was annoying to have to each select a return time instead of one person doing it for the whole group. We were a party of 6, so it didn’t make sense to need two people to do it
Hello.
Both me and my son have ASD and I was thinking of getting DAS for both. At your video you said that's not necessarelly a good thing. I have somes questions about that:
1. In having two DAS users in my family group, will I have 4 advance ride bookings and 2 to book via app at the park?
2. He doesn't have his own account at My Disney Experience (he's only 3, so he doesn't even have an e-mail). If I go thru with it and register us both, will he need his own account?
3. At the park, will I be abble to use my account to book a ride just for him and his mom or will I need to keep changing accounts?
If you both have one, you won’t be under each others. For example, you wouldn’t be a “guest” under him and vice verse. So it wouldn’t be a hack to get more pre-selections. So just do you, with him as a guest under you or vice versa. He doesn’t need his own account to have his own DAS, it would just link to his ticket!
Yes, would be able to book for just him and his mom under your account. It’s about the ticket and you don’t need separate accounts if you do separate DAS requests if that helps!
Does Disneyland have wrist bands now too? Or how do they scan parties in? My younger kids don’t have phones for the app.
Yes you can buy MagicBands now for Disneyland too! They work on both coasts!
One phone can have multiple tickets on it. You scan, swipe to the next, scan again. Magicband+ is not worth the cost. World of Color with them is neat, but not that neat, and is poorly implemented the few other places using the plus lighting. Using them to scan in was usually more trouble as you need a phone out constantly anyway to select Genie+/LL reservations, look up wait times, mobile order food, etc.
Have I got this right can I not pre register from the uk thank you 😊
I believe you can with a special software or location blocker? Look at the comments below! Think it’s been answered somewhere!
Do you need to know the exact date before applying for DAS ? We are not decided on two days .
Once you have DAS, it’s good for 60 days. But you need to have tickets linked, so not sure if you have purchased tickets but the 60 days really is for annual passes so it would make sense probably to know your dates and buy tickets first!
I thought that when you start the chat, that you are supposed to be logged out of your app, and just do it through the Disney website. Also, can you see the chat on both your computer and phone at the same time? And when they are ready to start the chat or video, do you get some kind of audible sound, or do you have to keep watching your phone, and keep the screen from going dark?
I believe you can only see the chat on both phone and computer IF you are logged in…
When they finally responded in the chat I headed them, they asked if I was ready, and then invited me into the video chat
No need to keep phone from going dark, but make sure you will hear alerts!
Is it quick to just do it in person?
I realize you cannot preselect,
But honestly I don't know if we would even make it to the right place at a specific time!
Also we have booked our five day passes (a special for Canadians) and we are confirmed, can we just show up to whatever park we want? Or do we still have to reserve in advance? We don't know what days to go or rest
Thanks
It’s quick to do in person, would just depend on the line at guest relations. You don’t need park reservations if your tickets are date based. Are those tickets date based? Check with wherever you booked!
My cast member didn’t offer preselecting rides. I didn’t know you could until I watched this video. Can I still contact them and preselect rides?
Yes, reach back out!!
Thanks for this. I’m trying to do this on my phone and iPad but it’s not taking me to the DAS link. Do you have to start it on a computer? Thank you
I’ve heard a lot of people
Do it on their phone, but a computer works well so I’d try that if you are having issues!
@@ACoupleTravelersThank you. I’ve just found out that you need to use a VPN as it need to be done on the US website.
Thank you for this! We just had our live chat and were only able to book our first pre-registered ride at 2pm and second pre-registered at 8pm. Does this mean we can't book a time for any other rides once we get there until after 2pm?
Nope! Think of pre-selections as bonus and you can do one at a time once you scan into the park!
Oh that's great! Thank you for clarifying!!@@ACoupleTravelers
HEY THERE 😊 Two questions: What would you do if you have two people in your party that would qualify for DAS going on a trip with four base day tickets, that on two park days we will be a party of Five but then the other two park days we will be a party of Seven (We have other family joining us).
My other question is as long as the DAS person is going on the ride can we modify the members of the party for each ride; based on who wants to go?
Thank you in advance this video has been so immensely helpful ❤
You may need two separate DAS then since they will only link 5 people (I don’t think they will link 6 even if not everyone will ride everything every time) it may be a question for the cast member when you go to register!
@@ACoupleTravelers okay, thank you! 😊
DAS has been a lifesaver for my daughter and her anxiety. She's been able to do so much more than she ever felt confident doing before!
That is wonderful to hear!!
I also suffer from anxiety especially in large crowds and dark and small spaces are so hard for me. Im good for a few minutes but long term, i cant do it! I hope they approve me.
@@TraciB62 fingers crossed!
question for you regarding being in a line for a ride and needing to immediately find a restroom.....what are guests options with regard to this? I have heard that Rise Of The Resistance has this option but not sure where? Thanks
Sorry, I only know of a bathroom in the Flight of Passage queue, but it’s not in the Lightning Lane queue which is where you’d be with DAS…
You might’ve already answered this question but I can’t find it. If we decide not to ride our preselected rides do we have to check in to those before choosing our next ride with DAS?
Nope, you don’t need to cancel those! Only if it’s a ride you selected day or would you need to cancel before you can book something else!
If we have 8 people, one being a toddler, can we use DAS and parent swap (or whatever it's called)? also should we get two genie+ passes so we could all go on a ride?
You can use parent swap but only if parent of the 6 using DAS. You can’t have 6 using DAS and use parent swap to get more people in, if that makes sense. It’ll also be really hard to try to line up genie selections with DAS selections unfortunately :(
If you have park hopper I am assuming you cannot select for your next park until you scan into it? I have used DAS many times but my coming trip will be my first hopper trip.
Correct! Can only make pre-selections for your first park of the day and can’t select into any other parks until after you hop and scan in!