PHOTOS - Retail MagicBands take prominent position in Walt Disney World shops

[Mouse_Trap]

They even have CMs outside stores advertising them!

She could sell me one anyday"


On another note.....how long before we see the band added to the characters costumes?
Surely seeing your favourite mouse wearing a band would make everyone want one.

 

[BigTxEars]

She could sell me one anyday"


On another note.....how long before we see the band added to the characters costumes?
Surely seeing your favourite mouse wearing a band would make everyone want one.

Ah yes a woman in Minnie poke dots

 

[marni1971]

People would complain if Disney did not sell them, they can't win.

They can. Just stop ramming it down guests throats.

A few small stands in each park would suffice. Not a look of desperation trying to flog them as the next best thing in an attempt to make some money back.

 

[disney4life2008]

One of my favorite things to do at WDW is use my FP+ to walk by the people standing in the 140 minute Soarin' queue playing those games.

what is your point? i was able to secure multiple Soarin legacy FP and do the same thing. Under FP+ in its current state, I can ride once with my reservation then I am stuck with the standby line if I want to re-ride. This is a good thing?

 

[BigTxEars]

They can. Just stop ramming it down guests throats.

A few small stands in each park would suffice. Not a look of desperation trying to flog them as the next best thing in an attempt to make some money back.

I would bet the MBs are selling well for them, they are new and hot why would you not go big in marketing them?

If Disney does sell them they are greedy or trying to offset cost on their "over budget" project, if they do not sell them they are treating everybody but resort guests as second class visitors. Disney can't win.

Goodness, simple enough if you want one buy one, if not then don't. Nobody is forcing anyone to buy one. If you can not stand to look at them in the shops then don't. Why try to rain on every bodies parade if you don't want one?

 

[flynnibus]

The advantage for an offsite guest would be that they no longer need to be concerned about pulling a card out to enter the park, PhotoPass or to use FastPass+. The MagicBand will also give them access to some of the attraction NextGen features when they come online - the cards cannot do this.

Do we have any confirmation of ride photos auto associating with magic bands ?

To all the 'why' posts.. I think it's clear what we have now is not the end-game. I agree there is little value NOW but that will continue to change.

 

[Tigger1988]

Do we have any confirmation of ride photos auto associating with magic bands ?

Ride photos for Space Mountain, Test Track and others automatically showed up on my account in Nov.

 

[flynnibus]

Ride photos for Space Mountain, Test Track and others automatically showed up on my account in Nov.

I know it's been seen... I'm trying to understand if it's something Disney is promoting yet and is mainstream

 

[flynnibus]

No. They have purchased alternative admission media.

They will still be issued RFID cards.

The only functional differences between the RFID cards and the bands (outside of form factor) is that the cards do not have Active RFID (see my post earlier), only Passive RFID (cause...where are you gonna put the battery in a card? It's too thin...).

Therefore, it will interface with the Passive readers (xPD and xTP), but not with the Active ones (xBR).

To clarify with your earlier post... The battery powered portion is not active RFID - but a proprietary 2.4gig radio system. That is why you will note the FCC filings for the tap readers cite the RFID ISO compliance while the long range elements do not.. But instead list the frequencies in use. They also do not mention RFID while the other readers do.

The band has two passive RFID tags...and the powered 2.4g radio that interacts with the long range readers. The cell battery is for that radio. Calling it active RFID is inaccurate - this system operates differently and presumably has much better range and capabilities. Think more akin to Bluetooth le than RFID

 

[englanddg]

To clarify with your earlier post... The battery powered portion is not active RFID - but a proprietary 2.4gig radio system. That is why you will note the FCC filings for the tap readers cite the RFID ISO compliance while the long range elements do not.. But instead list the frequencies in use. They also do not mention RFID while the other readers do.

The band has two passive RFID tags...and the powered 2.4g radio that interacts with the long range readers. The cell battery is for that radio. Calling it active RFID is inaccurate - this system operates differently and presumably has much better range and capabilities. Think more akin to Bluetooth le than RFID

Yes, I actually know this, but left it out. It's bluetooth. It's just that people keep calling it RFID, so I'd keep it simple.

It was not meant to be an exhaustive review.

 

[flynnibus]

Yes, I actually know this, but left it out. It's bluetooth. It's just that people keep calling it RFID, so I'd keep it simple.

It was not meant to be an exhaustive review.

It's not standard Bluetooth either it's a vendor specific protocol. It really is a separate system and treating it as such will help people grasp why one "token" will work for feature but not the other. It's not just range differences but capability as well

 

[aladdin2007]

They can. Just stop ramming it down guests throats.

A few small stands in each park would suffice. Not a look of desperation trying to flog them as the next best thing in an attempt to make some money back.

Agree, I noticed at Animal Kingdom today which was very busy including the stores, not one person was even looking or browsing at the big wall where this stuff was.

 

[englanddg]

It's not standard Bluetooth either it's a vendor specific protocol. It really is a separate system and treating it as such will help people grasp why one "token" will work for feature but not the other. It's not just range differences but capability as well

That, doesn't surprise me. Though, Staggs called it Bluetooth. A flavour of the protocol perhaps?

 

[flynnibus]

That, doesn't surprise me. Though, Staggs called it Bluetooth. A flavour of the protocol perhaps?

I believe that quote is a lazy one on staggs' part trying to give an answer suitable to the lay.

 

[Virtual Toad]

Do we have any confirmation of ride photos auto associating with magic bands ?

No ride photos tied to our bands appeared in our Photopass account after our recent weeklong stay, but we did not sign up for the Memory Maker or whatever they're calling it.

 

[dreamfinder]

I know it's been seen... I'm trying to understand if it's something Disney is promoting yet and is mainstream

Had quite a long conversation with a Photopass CM back in January, and they indicated that they still we having issues with the "long range identification" photos on the rides. Seemed a bit more knowledgable than a bus driver, and most of what she said meshed with what I have found out about their systems through trial and error.

 

[marni1971]

Why try to rain on every bodies parade if you don't want one?

Is that generic or directed at me in particular?

 

[Communicore]

My friend has a Disneyland AP and he saw some people there with Magicbands lol

 

[BigTxEars]

Is that generic or directed at me in particular?

It's to everybody who made comments that called into question why people would buy a MB in a way that implied they were foolish for doing so. I honestly do not know if you did that or if you did not, if so then yep it's aimed at you among others. To those who did it I still say if you don't like the ideal of buying MB then don't. But to try and dampen somebody's excitement who did is silly, rude and just plain wrong IMO.

 

[Thumper14]

I buy several pins each of my Disney trips. Many cost $12.95 or more. So why is everyone complaining about buying a MB. I plan to buy one or more and bling them up with more un-necessary bandits and sliders!


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