News Disney to offer discount on new MagicBand designs as an optional alternative to complimentary solid color MagicBands

[dodgr98]

I finally got the one I wanted for my solo trip. I had been trying since this offer began. I made it to the checkout several times with it but somehow it was no longer available when I clicked on the complete order tab. Glad it's done.

 

[mgf]

I quit. I gave up and went with the freebies.

 

[dploew]

I’ve been out of the country for a week and just tried 20 minutes ago when I got home. No idea how it worked for the haunted mansion band, but we’ll see if it actually shows up. Interestingly, I was actually in Disney springs today as we had a couple of hours to kill between our cruise (not disney) and our flight to the DC area. I was not able to find the band in person, but didn’t try all that hard.

 

[JokersWild691]

Over 60 bands currently available in MDE.

 

[Disney Loving Swede]

Over 60 bands currently available in MDE.

So they say...grr...every time I go to check out the one I want is out of stock...then stop showing it to me Disney! I don't even have my heart set on one, I've tried up to 4. I thought by now Disney would have gotten it's act together on this. (\rant over)

 

[GLM]

very poor system.. tired of getting to check out and something is out of stock.. tried different ones...also out of stock at checkout. There were 61 available....how can so much be out of stock 10 seconds after they were posted.

 

[danv3]

So I successfully ordered today. Gave up on one of our party and got them a solid color one, leaving only two "special" bands to order. We got a confirmation page and everything. Now we'll see what I actually get in the mail!

 

[TheGuyThatMakesSwords]

very poor system.. tired of getting to check out and something is out of stock.. tried different ones...also out of stock at checkout. There were 61 available....how can so much be out of stock 10 seconds after they were posted.

Same thing occured to DW & I. I was able to "snag" a DVC band. Tried to get one for DW. "Out of Stock".

This is just a rotten Web process. It could be corrected by following the "lock" process used by Restaurant Reservations:

1) My Bands
2) "What's in stock" (pick how many: 1-X).
3) Assign them to: pick people (you have x minutes - and your picks are "locked" for that amount of time).

Current system is hunt & pray - resulting in multiple MB Reservations for the same trip. Having gone through "hunt & pray" about 6 times? I'm hoping WDW does not end up sending my family 6x2=12 free Magic Bands for one trip in NOV . I keep getting new order numbers - all free .

Bad for WDW, and probably bad for us . I'm actually now afraid to even TRY to upgrade .

 

[cinderellafan6]

How long after you finally got the order in did the bands ship? I ordered 4 days ago and haven't received a notice that my bands have shipped yet.

 

[SteveAZee]

How long after you finally got the order in did the bands ship? I ordered 4 days ago and haven't received a notice that my bands have shipped yet.

I think it was about a week from the time of ordering to getting a shipment notification. This happened about a month ago... may not be the same now.

 

[Monorail_Orange]

I just put in an order on Saturday (today's Thursday)..so 5 days, and I haven't gotten a shipment notification yet either.

 

[BoardwalkGlenn]

How long after you finally got the order in did the bands ship? I ordered 4 days ago and haven't received a notice that my bands have shipped yet.

I ordered mine on Friday 8/9, and when I logged in to MDE yesterday, it showed that my order had shipped (along with a tracking #), but I didn't receive a tracking email yet.

 

[Monorail_Orange]

As a follow-up, got the e-mail this morning that mine shipped today. So I'm right on schedule with BoardwalkGlenn.

 

[jrogue]

I'll also chime in with the about a week party! Took me only a couple of days to get my email, and about a week to receive the MBs.

(and as a reminder, if you ordered just the free ones, those won't ship until closer to your trip!)

 

[cinderellafan6]

Thanks guys!! I just received my email saying the bands have been shipped and I ordered 5 days ago!! Yay!!

 

[*Q*]

There seem to be no upgradeable options available today...

 

[cosmicgirl]

There seem to be no upgradeable options available today...

It's been like that since yesterday morning. When I got up (European time) there were 20-30 options and a couple of hours later nothing.

 

[danv3]

My bands arrived today. Much to my surprise, I actually received what I ordered.

 

[Marianne75]

Lots of bands added again this morning. I was finally able to get one of everyone's top 3 choices at the same time.

 

[got2lovedisney]

I've been trying for a week to get either Olaf, Ariel, Kuzko, Rafiki&Simba, Darth Vader, BB8, Dory. Some actually made it to my cart but I couldn't finalize anything. Moana popped up earlier and I was lucky to get her especially since my arrival date is 09/01.