I agree bigred, we just become AP holders and it's stupid we can't get our magic bands... I imagine we cannot schedule ride reservations either unless we have our magicbands?
Two questions:. We just have to get ours at Guest Services when we arrive. .
As for FP, you can do that 30 days out. That I know for certain. You just can do it for your whole stay. You have to do them 1 day at a time.
Well, I got off the phone with Disney Customer Service about Annual Passholders and Magicbands. The Disney policy is to treat Annual Passholders below regular ticket holders. The only way to get a MagicBand on your initial visit is to purchase one at the store for $25-$35+. I asked why and they had no real answer other than not wanting Guest Relations to have to activate passes. I then asked why not just provide a voucher at Guest Relations for AP holders to get a free Magic Band at one of the stores that sell them. A long silent pause of "wow, that would be logical" followed by "this is not how it works".
I have escalated the complaint and will reply when I hear more. I even asked the question of making a dummy reservation for 1 night, get the MagicBands in, then cancel the reservation after they arrive.
I am also looking into reactivating my old MagicBands, have the APs linked to those, and then seeing if the old MBs allow me to request new MBs.
Well, I got off the phone with Disney Customer Service about Annual Passholders and Magicbands. The Disney policy is to treat Annual Passholders below regular ticket holders. The only way to get a MagicBand on your initial visit is to purchase one at the store for $25-$35+. I asked why and they had no real answer other than not wanting Guest Relations to have to activate passes. I then asked why not just provide a voucher at Guest Relations for AP holders to get a free Magic Band at one of the stores that sell them. A long silent pause of "wow, that would be logical" followed by "this is not how it works".
I have escalated the complaint and will reply when I hear more. I even asked the question of making a dummy reservation for 1 night, get the MagicBands in, then cancel the reservation after they arrive.
I am also looking into reactivating my old MagicBands, have the APs linked to those, and then seeing if the old MBs allow me to request new MBs.
No need to do it at all if they simply provided Annual Passholders and equivalent benefit. What is the purpose of not allowing an AP holder the ability to order the Magic Bands before the first use?Am i the only one who has a problem with you wanting to make a dummy reservation? Seriously
Making the dummy reservation? Or posting something clever like that? Which is worse? Oops...I meant which is worser?Am i the only one who has a problem with you wanting to make a dummy reservation? Seriously
You do not need magic bands to schedule your FPs.I agree bigred, we just become AP holders and it's stupid we can't get our magic bands... I imagine we cannot schedule ride reservations either unless we have our magicbands?
No need to do it at all if they simply provided Annual Passholders and equivalent benefit. What is the purpose of not allowing an AP holder the ability to order the Magic Bands before the first use?
Strange....I renewed my AP online just before Christmas and havn't been to the parks since. I just went in MDE and was able to "customize" my AP band, but no where was the new Band 2.0. Same customization as in the past...choose color and name only.My assumption is that Disney thinks that most AP holders are local or localish and are willing to wait a week or so to get a MB in the mail. Every time I have purchased a AP for myself or someone else the option to get a MagicBand and personalize it didn't appear on my MDE account until after I used my AP for the first time. I just got a new AP after a couple of years and when I picked it up at the EPCOT ticket window I noticed that the cast member had a rack of colored MB's in the booth. I got excited and asked if they were going to give me one on the spot. He told me that I would be able to order one once I entered the park and personalize it. My response was: It would save Disney a lot of money if you could just hand me one right now. He said no but offered to sell me one. No thanks I said. Sure enough as soon as I entered EPCOT my MDE account showed that I had a MB that was waiting to be ordered. At this point in MagicBand history it seems that it would make more sense to pick up your MB at a ticket booth or if you want it personalized at one of the places inside the park. They could even take the moment to upsell you a more expensive MB. It makes no sense to me that they want to mail them.
Just out of curiosity, when you customized, did it show the 2.0 Bands, or the old ones?You do not need magic bands to schedule your FPs.
Who told you guys that you can't get your MBs? Have you logged into your MDE and checked if it said "customize"? Did you link them already?
Like I said, I received mine prior to first use. I also used old bands. It's not as complicated as needing to make fake reservations.
Just customized my AP Band a few mins ago, and it looks like the old style....BTW paid my renewal pre-Christmas and haven't been to the Parks since early DecI just saw a post in the last two days of a pic where someone who had just got their AP bands and they were the new ones. We renewed our APs mid December and they sent us the original bands. Same for our January trip. So it seems like they're starting to roll out now.
That's what I was assuming would happen...I'll advise what band I receiveMy wife just received her renewal AP band. Though it showed the old style on the site, the band she got was the new style.
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