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.
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.
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.
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 😂
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!
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
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. ❤
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!)
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!!
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.
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!
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 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..
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…
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.
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 :)
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!
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
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 ☺️
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.
For someone with disability this process sounds very......unfriendly. Listening to this is triggering my anxiety and I'm not even the person that needs this.
I completely hear you on this. That’s why I wanted to make a resource that people could listen to, go back to, rewatch as needed because it’s such an involved process!
@U2_U I truly do not believe this to be abuse of the system. We also had two people with DAS. So always had one person with DAS with us. But sometimes one person was tired and wanted to rest and stayed back. If we didn’t scan them in, they couldn’t do anything else the rest of the day… this is not abuse. Abuse would be forcing them to ride instead of listening to their bodies
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.
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!
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!
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!
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…
Programs like this need more scrutiny...I mean for 99% of people they are just abusing this. So u take advantage of some nebulis ailment and get genie+ for free and on top of that u can buy genie+ and double dip....well now thanks to ur video i cant wait to take part in it.
That is incredibly insulting. I have only used DAS on one trip when I traveled with someone who needed it. You do not know them or have any reason to say they did not need it. I made a point in the video to say this is a great system for those who need it - and Disney does well at spotting those who abuse the system. In fact, they say being approved once does not guarantee future approval. And how is paying for Genie+ to get on other rides cheating the system?! It uses the same line that DAS does. Disney even encourages it, they want the money.
@ACoupleTravelers well it was meant to be insulting to the 99% who abuse the system. If you feel your party used a nebulis ailment to play the system and felt insulted, that's a you issue. I didn't say it's cheating to pay and double up. I said it's good to know that I can. And I most definitely will...Although if you can aggressively juggle both apps and run all day from lightening lane to lightening lane, it makes u wonder about the original need. When you could have just paid and waited like a normie. And it's a slap in the face that Das users get two free picks and one at 7 am so 3 before paying members and u can rope drop too...oooh wee.... I'm tired of having my blood boil paying an arm and a leg for flash passes and time savers when all I had to do was tell disney and universal reaching in my wallet and waiting causes me to black out and have anxiety. Your video and the countless other let me know I shouldn't be ashamed and there's a program for me.
@@jeffsmith6155 who said anything about “aggressively” juggle? You are blowing things out of proportion here. When our party had DAS we didn’t use Genie+ because that was all that person could handle. But sometimes the person can handle more, especially if they are waiting virtually in a four hour line for a popular ride. They should just sit on a bench somewhere? Having another system that is paid like Genie+ allows them to do more so they aren’t wasting more time (and more money) AND probably feeling bad that they can’t keep up with their family who wants to do more. It’s not “paying and waiting like a normie.” Yes, they can wait. It’s the standing- you don’t know their situation. Don’t make assumptions and don’t abuse the systems which it clearly sounds like you are trying to do.
@ACoupleTravelers well if the issue is standing ALL disney lines are wheelchair accessible so.......that kinda falls flat. They even warn das isn't for mobility related issues so you might be part of the problem here too if that's the case 🧐. And I'm sorry I was merely pointing out it's a system rife with abuse hence my original point that it needs scrutiny....even if it gets to that point I'm diabetic and have vaso vagil syndrome so I've got my two invisible illnesses ready to save my wallet and time 😁
@@jeffsmith6155 dude exactly! INVISIBLE illnesses. Not everything about standing or needing this has to do with needing a wheelchair. You really don’t need any more response from me, you just don’t get it and are talking in circles. This video has helped a lot of people who actually need it and I’m proud of that.
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.
Great video! It was very helpful for our upcoming trip. I know you said the person with the DAS pass has to ride, but what if at the last moment when we are about to get on the ride, they change their mind? My son has Autism and he changes his mind so much I am worried he will do this a lot and we will have done the whole DAS pass for nothing.
So glad it was helpful! After all the checkpoints, I’m not sure the Cast Members will know that you have DAS, since it’s also the Genie+ line, so at that point it may not be an issue.
@@KWEENxKillUHxKAT yes, as long as the ride offers rider swap! just let the cast Members know when you are entering the line and they will provide instructions!
Hello a couple travelers, I am glad I found this video and that you are partial to people with disabilities. This is totally off-topic, but I have invisible disability and I’d like to go to a sandals resort. I also have mobility issues and was looking at going to raw carousel, sandals resort, but you made a mention that the resort is huge and that people get around on bikes. I cannot do that because of my mobility issues and because I am blind. Do you have an email that I can talk with you and not put everything out there to the Internet universe and these comments? Thank you Janice.
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.
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?
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???
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.
When you scanned the two people in using their magic bands (the ones who didn’t want to go on the ride), did the cast member say anything? I could see this possibly happening to my group at some point
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
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
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
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.
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 ?
If the DAS person changes their mind and does not feel like riding the attraction after scanning the return time, are they able to step aside and not ride it?
Disney cannot force anyone to ride who doesn’t want to, but if they know you are DAS, they may ask your whole group to leave too since you aren’t supposed to rod without them…
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!
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!
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?
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!
Another video mentioned that you should register 30 days from the last day of your trip so that you can make pre-selections for all of your park days. If you do it 30 days from your first day you won't be able to make pre-selections for your other park days. Have you found that to be true?
We saw it mentioned someone too but that wasn’t the case for us, it was like dining that on the first day we could make preselections for the entirety of the trip. Who knows if it’s a hard and fast rule, but that’s what we did and what we heard others doing!
If my son is the guest registered for DAS, does that mean he has to create his own My Disney Experience account to do the reservations for the 4 of us in the party, or will he show up in my account as the registered guest so that I can make the ride selections through my account?
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
Could anyone clarify how a underage das pass user scans in without a magic band or a phone that has the app? My little one (who has autism) and my husband will be on my account but I want to make sure that's how she will check in through my phone
Hello Great tips, I hope you see this since this video was made 5 months ago. My question is one of my return times for my preselections is 5:00 pm does this mean when we get into the park early we have to wait until we ride that attraction that has the DAS for 5:00pm before we can get another DAS attraction?
Nope! Ignore the pre-selections in the park and treat those as bonus rides! Once you scan in, you’ll select your first ride. Then, it’s the one at a time rule!
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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.
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!
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!
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).
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!!
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!!
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!
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
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!
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!
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!)
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!!!
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!!!
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!
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 🙏
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
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!
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!
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!!
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!
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 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!!
Woke up Saturday and logged on at 7am . by 720 was on a video and got to pick my rides.
Amazing!!!
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..
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!!
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…
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!
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!!
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 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!
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 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!!
I wish u had a video for Disneyland too not just Disney world
We don’t normally qualify for DAS, traveled with someone who did, which is why I could make the video there!
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!
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!
Awesome video! So informative!! You were great at explaining the process! Thank you!! ❤
Thank you 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?
For someone with disability this process sounds very......unfriendly. Listening to this is triggering my anxiety and I'm not even the person that needs this.
I completely hear you on this. That’s why I wanted to make a resource that people could listen to, go back to, rewatch as needed because it’s such an involved process!
@@ACoupleTravelers thank you so much for this it helped me a lot. I did it yesterday, only took from 11am until 7pm
We got up and did this between 7-7:30 am. We were done by 8:00 am. It went great.
@@vvvcfg so glad!
@U2_U I truly do not believe this to be abuse of the system. We also had two people with DAS. So always had one person with DAS with us. But sometimes one person was tired and wanted to rest and stayed back. If we didn’t scan them in, they couldn’t do anything else the rest of the day… this is not abuse. Abuse would be forcing them to ride instead of listening to their bodies
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.
@@Nanasworld62 fingers crossed!
Extremely helpful video! Thank you so much!
So glad it was helpful! 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!
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'm so happy I found your page I just requested for a vacation help
Wonderful!!
Such a great video, so helpful. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
this is so helpful! thank you for this video!
Thanks for watching!!
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!)
Thanks so much 🎉🎉
Thanks for watching!
This was so helpful thank you!!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks so much ❤️ this was super helpful
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!
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!
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…
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
Great job on this video! Thanks
Thank you for saying so- and for watching!
Programs like this need more scrutiny...I mean for 99% of people they are just abusing this. So u take advantage of some nebulis ailment and get genie+ for free and on top of that u can buy genie+ and double dip....well now thanks to ur video i cant wait to take part in it.
That is incredibly insulting. I have only used DAS on one trip when I traveled with someone who needed it. You do not know them or have any reason to say they did not need it. I made a point in the video to say this is a great system for those who need it - and Disney does well at spotting those who abuse the system. In fact, they say being approved once does not guarantee future approval.
And how is paying for Genie+ to get on other rides cheating the system?! It uses the same line that DAS does. Disney even encourages it, they want the money.
@ACoupleTravelers well it was meant to be insulting to the 99% who abuse the system. If you feel your party used a nebulis ailment to play the system and felt insulted, that's a you issue. I didn't say it's cheating to pay and double up. I said it's good to know that I can. And I most definitely will...Although if you can aggressively juggle both apps and run all day from lightening lane to lightening lane, it makes u wonder about the original need. When you could have just paid and waited like a normie. And it's a slap in the face that Das users get two free picks and one at 7 am so 3 before paying members and u can rope drop too...oooh wee.... I'm tired of having my blood boil paying an arm and a leg for flash passes and time savers when all I had to do was tell disney and universal reaching in my wallet and waiting causes me to black out and have anxiety. Your video and the countless other let me know I shouldn't be ashamed and there's a program for me.
@@jeffsmith6155 who said anything about “aggressively” juggle? You are blowing things out of proportion here. When our party had DAS we didn’t use Genie+ because that was all that person could handle. But sometimes the person can handle more, especially if they are waiting virtually in a four hour line for a popular ride. They should just sit on a bench somewhere? Having another system that is paid like Genie+ allows them to do more so they aren’t wasting more time (and more money) AND probably feeling bad that they can’t keep up with their family who wants to do more.
It’s not “paying and waiting like a normie.” Yes, they can wait. It’s the standing- you don’t know their situation. Don’t make assumptions and don’t abuse the systems which it clearly sounds like you are trying to do.
@ACoupleTravelers well if the issue is standing ALL disney lines are wheelchair accessible so.......that kinda falls flat. They even warn das isn't for mobility related issues so you might be part of the problem here too if that's the case 🧐. And I'm sorry I was merely pointing out it's a system rife with abuse hence my original point that it needs scrutiny....even if it gets to that point I'm diabetic and have vaso vagil syndrome so I've got my two invisible illnesses ready to save my wallet and time 😁
@@jeffsmith6155 dude exactly! INVISIBLE illnesses. Not everything about standing or needing this has to do with needing a wheelchair. You really don’t need any more response from me, you just don’t get it and are talking in circles. This video has helped a lot of people who actually need it and I’m proud of that.
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!
super helpful! Thank you.
You are very welcome!
Great video. Thanks for the help
So glad it was helpful!
Thank You So Much🎉❤❤❤
Thanks for the info!
Thanks for watching!
Great video! It was very helpful for our upcoming trip. I know you said the person with the DAS pass has to ride, but what if at the last moment when we are about to get on the ride, they change their mind? My son has Autism and he changes his mind so much I am worried he will do this a lot and we will have done the whole DAS pass for nothing.
So glad it was helpful! After all the checkpoints, I’m not sure the Cast Members will know that you have DAS, since it’s also the Genie+ line, so at that point it may not be an issue.
That makes sense. One more thing, do you know if it works with the parent ride swap? I’m trying not to find out the hard way 😬 thank you
@@KWEENxKillUHxKAT yes, as long as the ride offers rider swap! just let the cast
Members know when you are entering the line and they will provide instructions!
Wish I knew about this thirty days ago LOL
Oh no- now you know!
Hello a couple travelers, I am glad I found this video and that you are partial to people with disabilities.
This is totally off-topic, but I have invisible disability and I’d like to go to a sandals resort. I also have mobility issues and was looking at going to raw carousel, sandals resort, but you made a mention that the resort is huge and that people get around on bikes. I cannot do that because of my mobility issues and because I am blind.
Do you have an email that I can talk with you and not put everything out there to the Internet universe and these comments?
Thank you
Janice.
Yes! Email me: j.buraczenski@magicalvacationplanner.com
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!
I am sure I’m going to Disneyland in Das pass with my friends and sometimes mh knee goes out so should I use a wheelchair ?
Yes you could always rent a scooter through the park!
If that’s the only reason for needing DAS, you may not get approved for DAS though because a scooter can go through the lines…
This is a great video.
Thank you!
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.
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! 🫶🏼
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!
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).
Thank you for the information
Thanks for watching!!
Great video!
Thanks for watching!
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!
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!
When you scanned the two people in using their magic bands (the ones who didn’t want to go on the ride), did the cast member say anything? I could see this possibly happening to my group at some point
No they told us to do it. It’s fine as long as the person who has DAS is riding still. Otherwise, no one can ride!
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
I registered today and made preselects on video
Oh interesting! Funny how quickly things change!
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?
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!
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!
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!
If the DAS person changes their mind and does not feel like riding the attraction after scanning the return time, are they able to step aside and not ride it?
Disney cannot force anyone to ride who doesn’t want to, but if they know you are DAS, they may ask your whole group to leave too since you aren’t supposed to rod without them…
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!
I have diabetes, do they need proof when I register/interview?
They never ask for a diagnosis or proof- they can’t do that!
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.
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.
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! 😊
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!
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!
Wait is this for Disneyland or Disney world
Another video mentioned that you should register 30 days from the last day of your trip so that you can make pre-selections for all of your park days. If you do it 30 days from your first day you won't be able to make pre-selections for your other park days. Have you found that to be true?
We saw it mentioned someone too but that wasn’t the case for us, it was like dining that on the first day we could make preselections for the entirety of the trip. Who knows if it’s a hard and fast rule, but that’s what we did and what we heard others doing!
@@ACoupleTravelers Thank you for your reply! We'll go ahead and try 30 days out from our first day and hope it works out for us. Thank you again.
If my son is the guest registered for DAS, does that mean he has to create his own My Disney Experience account to do the reservations for the 4 of us in the party, or will he show up in my account as the registered guest so that I can make the ride selections through my account?
The latter… can be under your account, he doesn’t need his own! Das will link to his park ticket
Thanks. I have been wanting to go to disney for years but since covid my anxiety disorder has gotten really bad.
Highly recommend it! DAS definitely helps take away the overwhelming lines!
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
Could anyone clarify how a underage das pass user scans in without a magic band or a phone that has the app? My little one (who has autism) and my husband will be on my account but I want to make sure that's how she will check in through my phone
It’s linked to their ticket, so you can scan their ticket on your phone!
Hello Great tips, I hope you see this since this video was made 5 months ago. My question is one of my return times for my preselections is 5:00 pm does this mean when we get into the park early we have to wait until we ride that attraction that has the DAS for 5:00pm before we can get another DAS attraction?
Nope! Ignore the pre-selections in the park and treat those as bonus rides! Once you scan in, you’ll select your first ride. Then, it’s the one at a time rule!