Disney Is Pushing Its Inclusion Agenda Through Its Own App
Disney just made a change to the My Disney Experience and Disneyland apps that a lot of guests have probably been waiting on for a while. Spanish translations are now live, and it’s the first time either app has offered anything beyond English since they launched. This is true inclusion.
Disney had actually previewed this back in May, saying Spanish would be the first additional language added to My Disney Experience. Now it’s actually live, so if you’ve been navigating the app in English as a second language, that just changed.
What’s Actually Updated
Most of the app is now available in Spanish. That covers the day-to-day stuff guests use constantly, things like checking wait times, making dining reservations, and managing Lightning Lane selections.
There are a couple of spots that haven’t caught up yet though. Mobile Order menus and Mobile Merchandise checkout are still in English only, even if you have Spanish selected everywhere else in the app. Disney hasn’t said exactly when those pages will get updated, but the expectation is that full coverage is coming eventually.
Select pages of the My Disney Experience and Disneyland apps are now available in Spanish! Disney confirmed the update as part of a wave of updates aiming to make planning easier
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Why Inclusion Matters More Than People Might Think
The My Disney Experience app isn’t optional at Walt Disney World. It’s basically how you run your entire day at the parks, from checking wait times to grabbing Lightning Lane passes to making last-minute dining changes. For Spanish-speaking guests, doing all of that in a second language has been an added layer of frustration that most English-speaking visitors have never had to think about.
Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the United States, and Disney’s parks draw massive numbers of guests from Latin America, Puerto Rico, and Spain every year. The fact that the app has been English-only this whole time while the Walt Disney World website has offered multiple languages for years is honestly a little surprising in hindsight.
Where This Fits Into the Bigger Picture
Disney added a fifth key back in 2021, Inclusion, which joined the original four of Safety, Courtesy, Show, and Efficiency. That addition stirred up a lot of debate in the Disney community, with some fans feeling it was a meaningful step and others arguing it was more performative than practical.
This app update is the kind of thing that makes the inclusion argument feel a little more grounded. It’s not a logo change or a policy statement. It’s a functional update that directly affects how millions of guests experience their vacation, which is a lot harder to dismiss as symbolic.
What Might Come Next For Inclusion
Disney has hinted that more languages could follow Spanish down the road, though nothing specific has been confirmed yet. For now, Spanish support is live across most of both apps, and it’s a solid first step toward making the digital side of a Disney vacation feel as welcoming and inclusive as the parks themselves are supposed to be.
If you’re a Spanish-speaking guest heading to Walt Disney World or Disneyland soon, the app experience just got a lot more accessible.
