Disney is testing an AI assistant for Disneyland that answers questions by voice or camera, and it can run through Meta smart glasses or AirPods instead of a phone screen.
The Disneyland Enchanted Guide will arrive in beta for Magic Key holders through a new opt-in app called Imagineering Labs. The app sits alongside the main Disneyland app rather than replacing it. Guests can ask in plain language where the nearest Dole Whip is or how long the Rise of the Resistance line is, and can point a phone camera at something in the park to ask about it. Disney said the answers draw on its own trusted sources, including real-time park information. The interface is a Disneyland map with wait times and a Mickey-shaped button for questions.
The hands-free part relies on Meta's Wearables Device Access Toolkit, which lets the Guide use a pair of compatible glasses' microphones, speakers, and cameras. Bluetooth earbuds, including AirPods, also work, but without a camera they cannot handle the visual questions. A wake word is planned, though Disney has not finalized it. Disney said prompts and images are processed and then deleted, and the Guide does not support video.
The limits matter. Asa Kalama, a Walt Disney Imagineering executive creative director, said some features, including Lightning Lane booking, remain in the main app, and that other capabilities are on a roadmap but not yet built. He offered one Disney example of what might come: asking to be alerted when the Dumbo wait falls under 10 minutes. Disney did not confirm that alerts or Lightning Lane reminders will ship. Disney also showed only a pre-recorded preview, so real-world performance is untested.
That gap defines the pitch. Disney has long said phones break immersion, yet the app is the park's logistics hub, and this assistant leaves booking in it. Camera-equipped glasses also raise privacy questions in a crowd, since the Meta glasses' capture LED may not be obvious to other guests.