In case you are wondering where your ticket increase is going....

[lostpro9het]

We received this in the mail today:

We have a stay coming up in May that includes 3 different resorts and a stay in September. These envelopes are to let us know to customize, which we already had, the TWELVE, 3 for each resort stay, magic bands that are coming our way. Mind you, the same people are listed on all reservations. These same people were on the reservations from this past Christmas that netted us TEN magic bands! So, we'll be up to 22 magic bands in a few weeks for the three of us...

 

[EOD K9]

Great, next Christmas you can use it for an Advent Calendar. Just link them together then remove a band each day til the 25th.

 

[lostpro9het]

Great, next Christmas you can use it for an Advent Calendar. Just link them together then remove a band each day til the 25th.

Ha! Like it.

 

[EOD K9]

Its all about repurpose and recycling. You can learn that in Epcot.

 

[jlsHouston]

I know..I will have all the colors available for myself November (if we go at Thanksgiving again) I currently have pink, orange, red and green. I am going to order the blue and yellow for my August trip. I really don't want gray. Maybe they will add purple or beige or black to the color scheme. They all are suppose to work too.

 

[G8rchamps]

Uh- we only have a dozen, but I can customize my bands for my June trip and get 4 more sent out!

 

[EOD K9]

I think there comes a point where it seems like a waste.

 

[Nubs70]

Great, next Christmas you can use it for an Advent Calendar. Just link them together then remove a band each day til the 25th.

Or four sets of replica Olympic rings.

 

[sparky03]

The money that's being wasted in this program is absurd. The packaging and shipping costs alone that they send all this crap in must be staggering.

 

[wogwog]

We received this in the mail today:

We have a stay coming up in May that includes 3 different resorts and a stay in September. These envelopes are to let us know to customize, which we already had, the TWELVE, 3 for each resort stay, magic bands that are coming our way. Mind you, the same people are listed on all reservations. These same people were on the reservations from this past Christmas that netted us TEN magic bands! So, we'll be up to 22 magic bands in a few weeks for the three of us...

All while Iger claims to be making the parks more Green for the environment.

 

[loveofamouse]

When you do MDE, instead of asking you to choose new colors, it should ask if you already have bands and to simply register a band number.

 

[lostpro9het]

When you do MDE, instead of asking you to choose new colors, it should ask if you already have bands and to simply register a band number.

Right, but since MDE already knows I have many bands, it displays them by name to me when I click on "Magic Bands & Cards", you could skip the first question and just ask the user if they would like to link current band(s) rather than receiving new bands.

 

[lostpro9het]

Looks like we will be up to 25 bands now! Just logged in to see that they are now sending us 3 more bands because we are AP holders! But that is not the best part, they are shipping them out in TWO separate shipments!

 

[bgraham34]

The money that's being wasted in this program is absurd. The packaging and shipping costs alone that they send all this crap in must be staggering.

Believe it or not its not that terribly expensive. Its the shipping that costs more. The packaging itself is probably around .70 to $1.30 because they are buying it such bulk the costs becomes nothing.

 

[lostpro9het]

Well, sure enough on the same day we get this example of efficiency:

I do like the AP clasp they sent:

 

[Daxiegirl]

The way they package them is super cool. However, all the waste and replication really is disgusting.
<shaking my head>
That being said I suppose if I really wanted to protest that badly I wouldn't be making this once in a lifetime bucket list trip.

 

[lostpro9het]

Well, we received FOUR separate shipments this week for our visit in may. We still have two more scheduled shipments in August for our fall trip, our MME account is blowing up! Just a reminder that this is a product of just THREE visits:

 

[lostpro9het]

We still have two pending shipments coming in the summer:

 

[jaklgreen]

I have 4 separate reservations for my Oct trip plus my annual pass. So I am getting 5 new magic bands soon and I have 1 from last year. I will have every color but grey.

 

[cw1982]

I have 4 separate reservations for my Oct trip plus my annual pass. So I am getting 5 new magic bands soon and I have 1 from last year. I will have every color but grey.

That seems to be the common theme. No one seems to want that grey color lol

ETA: except for the OP. The OP may be one of a small handfull of people who owns a grey MB.