Disney isn't building a 'super app' for park tickets, tech chief says

Disney is not planning to turn Disney+ into a hub for buying park or cruise tickets, the company’s chief product and technology officer for Disney Entertainment and ESPN told employees at a town hall. "At the moment, I can definitively say there is nothing on the road map about bringing either cruises or the parks into this," Adam Smith said.

Bloomberg reported that Disney had explored making Disney+ "the first stop for all things Disney," where fans could buy tickets, merchandise, and play games, but said those conversations were "at an early stage and no concrete steps have been taken toward developing the product." Smith acknowledged that companies "have seen 'super apps' work" in places like Asia, but added that the Mouse House is "a ways off from that." Smith emphasized his current priority is folding Hulu into Disney+ to create a single streaming destination.

"We really, really want to land this work with bringing Hulu over to Disney+ for our users and creating Disney+/Hulu as a fantastic spot," he said.

disney+, hulu, super app, park tickets, cruise tickets, adam smith, disney parks, streaming, disney entertainment, espn