Today the Disney Parks Blog announced the first retail MagicBand 2, and it will be a Limited Edition size of 2000 to celebrate the release of Rogue One (the new Star Wars movie) in theaters. This band will be released on Opening Day December 16th, 2016 and features Director Krennic, one of the main villains of the movie. If history is our guide here, this should make special effects at certain touch points. The price is $32.99 and should be available in all four theme parks as well as in Disney Springs at the Star Wars Galactic Outpost.
Here’s a quick first look at this new band:
Well. Looks like the chances were in my favor. Lol.
Great news that it will be released in all theme parks and on the app!
I was hoping they would come out with one around the launch of the movie. Can’t wait!!
I think most of the Hollywood Studios magicbands have a good track record when it comes to special effects which is good.
Steven Miller on the Disney Parks Blog posted in the comment that the price will be $32.99. Heres the comment:
“The retail MagicBand 2 will be $32.99 and it will be released on December 16. As for other retail MagicBand 2 designs … stay tuned.”
Thanks for the update!
Not sure where to post this question, but looking at this and thinking about the lights and sounds aspect of magic bands …
Will it be the band or the puck that will trigger the lights/sounds in the future? I.E. once i have a “puck” I was assuming I would keep it and I could just interchange the bands. But if the band doesn’t hold the chip that triggers the specials and it’s in the puck in stead, then i would have to swap in the whole thing, defeating at least some of why I thought they wanted to make the pucks to begins with …
Any ideas/thoughts? Hopefully that’s not too rambling and makes sense.
the puck is what generates the lights and sounds. one of the main reasons that magic band 2 was created was so that you wouldnt have to wear it as a band you can place it on your waist as well.
Understood. I thought I read that the sheer numbers of live RFIDs that the system needed to “know” was causing them performance issues, so they also wanted people to reuse the pucks to reduce that number.
It’s available to order in the Shop Parks app now! (As of 7:45am eastern)
Is it still limited edition?
Yep!
Thabks Ethan. As a report, Hollywood Studios doesn’t have any on release day. Could be an error in shipment, but I was able to confirm with two Cast Member operational area leads.
Yeah I heard that from someone else as well. Very odd that they wouldn’t have it there!
They are in stock at mickeys at HS entrance. Buying one now 🙂
They must have restocked mid-day or something. Epcot’s Mouse Gears had plenty at 9:30 am this morning!
I bought from Shop Parks App. The “Find on Map” hasn’t shown one available.
Confirmed does nothing at Epcot 🙁
Effects may not be turned on at entrances to parks. As with today at Magic Kingdom.
Same, no effects at Magic Kingdom yesterday or Hollywood Studios today
Did nothing at Hollywood Studios or on Star Tours today. My wife’s small world band did nothing at Magic Kingdom yesterday.
Had an effect at Epcot entrance last night (19th). Single red light went around in a circle. Couldn’t hear the sound effects tho, it was too loud. This was with the Krennic band
Sorry last night was the 20th.
Hopefully it is very something with a Death Star sound!
So small update, it is actually 2 red leds that circle the top and bottom to meet in the middle. I never did get any sound effect. We didn’t go to Hollywood studios on a day when effects were turned on either.
Thanks for the details! Hopefully someone soon will be able to get a video with the sounds.
Used it at Hollywood earlier tonight and still no sound. The lights go around twice. Quicker than the LE Kylo Ren magicband.
Thanks Jason, hopefully someone will get a video with sound soon.
Used it today at the Magic Kingdom, same red circling light that others have reported, however it also has the death star alarm noise from the Rouge One trailer.
Chris, if you could take a video of it with sound, that would be awesome! Send it to me at ethanwa@me.com and I’ll include it on the website.
Found this on youtube:
https://youtu.be/YkJYW8t9o0E
Sound for reference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NECwV6rPik