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How to Prepare your Phone for Your Disney Trip

3/16/2019

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How to Prepare your Phone for Your Disney Trip
By Jennifer Stuart
Whether you are going to Disneyland, Walt Disney World or on a Disney Cruise there are 6 simple but important things you should do to prepare your phone for your Disney trip.
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Clear it off

How to Prepare your Phone for Your Disney Trip
Step one is to clear off your phone.  It seems like common sense but it is amazing how much stuff (photos, videos and more) that we have stored on our phones on a daily basis.  Time to back it all up and start with a clear phone.  This is important for a couple of reasons. 1- you will need the space for more photos and videos of all the fun you are having on vacation. 2- you would be devastated if your phone was lost and you lost all the photos and videos that you only had stored on there. I'm not saying that you will lose your phone on vacation, but the chances go up and it is better to be safe.

Clear it all off 

Now is the time to do a real phone clean up.  Do you have extra apps that are cluttering up your phone and taking  up precious space?  To make more space take the time to clear off apps that you aren't using anymore.  If you really need more space consider temporarily deleting apps that you won't need for your trip. 
How to Prepare your Phone for Your Disney Trip

Take pictures of the important things

How to Prepare your Phone for Your Disney Trip

Now that your phone is cleared off take pictures of your important documents.  I always take a picture of our passport identification pages and the backs of our park tickets.  If there is a problem and these things are lost or stolen  having a picture can make the process a lot smoother. Other things you might want to take pictures of include health insurance cards and contacts and credit card contact information.

Download the App 

How to Prepare your Phone for Your Disney Trip
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Download the Disney app that you will need for your vacation.  These apps are either essential or will make your life SO much easier that we always recommend downloading the official app. Whether you are going to Disneyland, Disney World or on a Disney Cruise make sure you download the appropriate app.  You will be glad you did.  Read our post on 10 Reasons You Should Download the Disneyland App.

Pack extra space

How to Prepare your Phone for Your Disney Trip
Even though newer phones come with more and more storage capabilities we find that the upgrade in camera quality and subsequent increase in file size makes it feel like they hold less than before.  One of our favourite travel finds in the last few years is an external USB storage for your phone that connects to the lightning port in your phone.  This has been a game changer for us as I take a LOT of pictures and video. 

Power up 

How to Prepare your Phone for Your Disney Trip
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The other essential phone accessory is an external battery pack.  There is nothing like a long day in the park to drain your phone battery.  Between pictures and video and app use we tend to find that we go through 3 full charges in a day.  Since we are not running back to the hotel to recharge, we make sure that we have at least one battery in our park bag.  We have a couple of different sizes/powers -- one that will do a full charge and one that will do several charges.  There are available at all electronic stores or on amazon.

Insider Tip:

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You may also want to consider downloading the new Disney Play App.  This app has interactive games and elements that you can play while waiting in line at both Disneyland and Disney World.  Rumour also has it that there will be special interactive elements with this app in Galaxy's Edge (Star Wars Land) when it opens later this year

If you enjoyed this post you may be interested in some of our  other Disney posts.
10+ Reasons You Need to Get the Disneyland App
How to se Maxpass at Disneyland - a Step by Step Guide
How to Beat the Heat at Disneyland
Photos by Jennifer Stuart
Comments?  Questions?  Do you have any other phone prep tips to share?  We would love to hear from you.
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