Disney's sending out flash drives again

[StarWarsGirl]

Maybe I'm paranoid but there is no way I'd plug a Disney flashdrive into my personal computer. They are datamining enough already.

I'll stick with the fridge magnet, thanks.

I scanned mine with Windows Defender once I plugged it in. It said it was safe. All that was on it were two links to videos. I formatted the flash drive to completely wipe it and it has been a nice little 6 GB flash drive ever since, and this was over a year ago.

 

[Pacha]

So, there are 4 of us going Jan. 22-28 and for some odd reason, they sent us 3 flash drives, all with the same stuff on them, and all in boxes good enough quality to display fine jewelry in.

 

[EdisonKimble]

About how long after booking did you receive the packet? What's a normal turnaround?

 

[shannon12]

About how long after booking did you receive the packet? What's a normal turnaround?

I want to say about 2 weeks.

 

[WDWVolFan]

So is this flash drive coming after you book or does it come with the multiple packages and mailers you get between the arrival of the first package until you leave for your vacation?

 

[Todd H]

I want to say about 2 weeks.

Yep just got mine and it's been about two weeks.

 

[Grumpy4196]

I received one for a trip a couple years ago but have not received any since then. I currently have a bounce back booked and didn't receive anything other than the standard "Welcome Back" mail.

 

[jprieur]

looks like some folks are putting them up on eBay for $40+, yikes!

 

[disneypearl]

Wish they would send me one. Are they sent with room only reservations or package bookings only?

 

[scoobygirl39541]

Aww I want one! Had a trips in Dec 2013, May 2014, Dec 2014, and have one coming up for Feb 2015... and I've never received a flash drive

 

[popcenturylover]

We received one in the mail today! We booked a room only ressie for May.

 

[Grumpy4196]

Surprisingly received one today for a June room only booking.

 

[Tuvalu]

Got ours on Monday for a room only in June also.

 

[yedliW]

We got one (a Mickey jump drive) last year for our January trip. We booked last month for a trip in November, just got a book this time. It is a nice little book, it has our name on the cover, with dates an info about the resort we are booked for. Both trip are DVC trips on points.

 

[MagicFantasmic]

I got two of them because I booked 2 rooms. They are really cute.

 

[MorganKelly]

I booked @ OKW (our home resort) for August and received ours today.

 

[SnarkyMonkey]

This is what we just got to, for our trip for September 2015. We got the flash drive & magnet for last year's trip - it was handy having that magnet around!

I have stayed at WDW A LOT and I have never received a flash drive or a magnet. How sad!

Maybe I'm paranoid but there is no way I'd plug a Disney flashdrive into my personal computer. They are datamining enough already.

I can't tell you the last time I have actually used a flash drive, with the cloud and all, but I can understand your concern. Never thought about it before but they could easily mine data if they wanted to.

 

[WhatJaneSays]

Maybe I'm paranoid but there is no way I'd plug a Disney flashdrive into my personal computer. They are datamining enough already.

I'll stick with the fridge magnet, thanks.

There’s really nothing “on” the drive itself. It’s just a web link to the information on the website.

I just got one two days ago for my stay stating 1/20. I only booked it about a week and a half ago. When I went to reformat it I noticed it was a smaller capacity than the previous ones I’d gotten. It was only a 1GB drive and all the others I have were 2GB.

 

[lebeau]

There’s really nothing “on” the drive itself. It’s just a web link to the information on the website.

I just got one two days ago for my stay stating 1/20. I only booked it about a week and a half ago. When I went to reformat it I noticed it was a smaller capacity than the previous ones I’d gotten. It was only a 1GB drive and all the others I have were 2GB.

From my understanding, you wouldn't know if Disney was doing something sneaky or not.

I'm no expert but I have been told by people who are that these devices pose a great security risk.

Do I really think Disney would do something under handed? Not to that degree. Could they? I am told, yes. I would rather not take a chance.

 

[SnarkyMonkey]

Absolutely. They could easily install malware or worse on to your computer without being detected. I'm not saying they would or that I'm particularly worried about that (I thought flash drives had gone the way of the dodo. Apparently not.) but they could if they wanted to.