That part is not complicated or difficult. When have to also use an app to book rides, know when you can and how often makes it complicated. Most other parks you just get into their version of LL whenever you want.
The other parks are not the "most magical places on earth". Since we specifically want to visit Disney parks with minimal wait, we're willing to learn whatever systems they provide.
The app literally sends you a push notification when your LL is ready to be used, when your mobile order is ready, when your ADR approaches, when your LL becomes a MEP (and explains what that is), if I remember correctly it also tells you when you can book another. You don't -have- to know or remember anything. At the most you need to remember to book another right after using it and unless you have MB+ (more fun tech!) then your phone is already open on the app on your hand.
In general no it's not hard and I have no problems doing it. Again my point is Express pass is much simpler to use for skipping lines.
can i like this again?
The WDW version of the app sucks too. It's probably one of the worst apps I've used.
to me its part of the ever evolving disney. it seems like lately, in a lot of things, Disney cant pick what direction they want to go. They seem to change processes every few years.
Honestly this is the thing they need to work on fixing, maybe that will help with the mental block lots of folks have. A nice user friendly app can do wonders.
MDE has been awful for so long that I genuinely believe Disney doesn't care at all to improve it.
Could it be tied to the number of people who actually use it in each location?
Something will have to give eventually. As a dev, logic tells me the first thing to fix is MDE and the DLR app. Disney IT is notoriously terrible in general tho and it's bizarre that they haven't been given the budget to fix the apps. From experience I could guess that a lot of the issues they face are because they are patching and patching onto the original framework instead of starting clean. Maybe the powers that be can spare a few millions of the genie+ profits and use them to fix the apps. A girl can dream.
And this goes back to people needing to be tied to their phones. You cannot just put it in your backpack and pull it out when you need something.
What type of push notifications do you have?? My phone vibrates and beeps and I hear it/feel it from my pocket and/or my backpack.
If they haven't done that to upkeep ride maintenance, they sure aren't doing that to fix their awful IT.
Love it when a CM asks to see my AP in the app and the dang thing just keeps freezing. It's like rule that it must happen a couple times every trip. If they're gonna require you to use the tech you'd think they'd bother to make the crap work
