The My Disney Experience website, where guests can manage their MagicBands, PhotoPass, reservations, tickets, and more, just released a nice little update that now displays the graphics of your MagicBands that have been linked to your account! Gone are the days of seeing tons of solid-colored bands. You can now see …
I was fortunate enough to be invited to do a podcast about MagicBands recently with Roger from DisKingdom.com, and I’d like to share it with all of my readers, especially people who are new to MagicBands. For my longtime readers, you’ll finally get to see and hear from the person who runs this …
Tonight Disney announced a bunch of new merchandise to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Disney Vacation Club and four new Limited Edition MagicBands are included in that announcement. The new design of the band and box celebrates the 25th anniversary of Disney Vacation Club and is available in 4 different …
Details coming soon… no word yet on a release date for this. I’m assuming for now that it’s Open Edition. For now check out this picture from yourwdwstore.net. Special thanks to Cindy for letting me know about this picture.
The Shop Disney Parks mobile phone app has debuted a new Tigger Open Edition MagicBand. Due to release in Walt Disney World on January 29th, users can get the Tigger band ordered before then starting today. For anyone who doesn’t know, Tigger is a character from Winnie the Pooh. Here’s a …
Thanks to @LSThrasher04 on Twitter for bringing this to my attention! It looks like graphic MagicBands, Limited Release MagicBands, and customized MagicBand On Demand bands have gotten a price increase. As seen at Pin Traders in Disney Springs (formerly Downtown Disney) today, the price of a standard Open Edition Graphic MagicBand …
Some more prototype MagicBands have surfaced. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s been discovered: E-Ticket MagicBand prototype This one caught me by surprise, as the released E-Ticket band itself is already one of the most desired and rare MagicBands there is. This is the first prototype I’ve ever seen of …
Today the Disney College Program held a homecoming event for their alumni at the Contemporary Resort in Walt Disney World. The cost was $200 per person, and to sign up you had to be a DCP alum. If you were lucky enough to know someone who was going, they were able …
It was announced today by Bob Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, that the new Shanghai Disney Resort opening in 2016 will not utilize MagicBands. Instead, he said, the company will rely on the Chinese to use their mobile phones to perform tasks that usually would be done with …
This will happen at the entry points of all four theme parks in Walt Disney World. They don’t do anything special at FastPass+ points though.