More details on the upcoming Play Disney Parks app

Jun 12, 2018 in "MyMagic+"

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Posted: Tuesday June 12, 2018 8:19am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has revealed a few more details on its upcoming Play Disney Parks app, which is now available for pre-oder on the App Store and Google Play.

Play Disney Parks app screenshot

According to Disney, "The Play Disney Parks app will allow guests to play with family and friends while waiting in line for some favorite attractions. There’s something for everyone to enjoy, from activities that interact with select attraction queues to games that bring favorite Disney stories to life in immersive new ways.

Guests can also earn and share digital collectibles when they receive themed achievements, earned for experiences both in the app and across the Disney parks. And with the Disney trivia feature, family and friends can band together to see if they have what it takes to become Disney trivia masters as they discover fun facts about their favorite theme parks."

Play Disney Parks app screenshot

Play Disney Parks will be free, and available for both iOS and Android this summer. The in-queue games in the app will require a minimum of two players, and the trivia games can be played with a single player.

This new app will not be part of the My Disney Experience app, which will continue to be the vacation planning and management tool for visitors.

You can see more details on Play Disney Parks on the App Store and Google Play.

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tissandtullyMay 18, 2019

Yeah all the workings for the SWGE stuff is already in the play Disney app. Have a friend who heads up that group.

JJJMay 18, 2019

Does anyone know about any AR experiences coming to the Play Disney Parks app, or am I missing an announcement? I was scrolling through the Android code and noticed in the strings.xml file (where text in the app is stored for easy translation), there are some mentions of ARCore, Google's sdk for Augmented Reality apps: This application requires the latest version of ARCore. This feature requires the latest version of ARCore. Installing ARCore… Maybe this is part of the interactivity coming to Star Wars land? I remember it was announced one feature would be translating text from Aurebesh to English, so maybe they'll put this text back into the real world? Either way, AR would be a really cool new way to interact with the parks! (Sorry again if this is old news) Edit: for what it's worth, I also see mentions of OpenCV.

larryzOct 25, 2018

It depends... do you keep your phone in your back pocket?

MisterPenguinOct 25, 2018

Does the pin come out the top or the bottom of my iPhone?

geekzaOct 25, 2018

Yeah, I love it when companies give me the exclusive opportunity to give them more of my money for completing virtual tasks on my phone.

RSoxNo1Oct 25, 2018

Available for purchase...

Lora Baines BradleyOct 25, 2018

Any idea how much the pins are?

larryzOct 25, 2018

They started that with the VMK app. You could complete in-park scavenger hunts, create a character in the park, and buy random box assortments of VMK pins that came with codes you could enter online to get the virtual version.

Andrew COct 24, 2018

ok...that is kinda cool.

wdwmagicOct 24, 2018

Play Disney Parks achievements can now be converted into physical pins

wdwmagicOct 19, 2018

Play Disney Parks app expanded to include more Walt Disney World locations

solidyneSep 12, 2018

The line may have been slower for a moment, but it would speed up once people stopped playing and moved on. You didn't lose your position in line, so you'd end up reaching dispatch at the same time. Unless, that is, the gap grew big enough to reach the FP merge, but I'm sure people would yell at the stoppers long before then. What's more, some stoppers would let people pass them while they were playing, so these games may have been a net gain in efficiency for those who didn't want to play!

SuperStretccchSep 11, 2018

It disappoints me a bit that they're now removing interactive elements in favor of this app, but I guess that's just the way of the future. At least the line will move faster, which is always a plus.