Magic Bands and food carts...

[Badger Brent]

I've looked on here and didn't see the anwser to my question I had. Will we be able to use our MB's at a soda, popcorn, icecream cart? I remember using our room cards and was wondering if they hooked up the MB's also. Otherwise we will have to carry more cash in the parks. Thanks...

 

[DisneyJoe]

Yes, you can; tap your MB, enter your PIN code, and you are done. It's all part of the Tap to Pay service.

 

[Tuvalu]

I've looked on here and didn't see the anwser to my question I had. Will we be able to use our MB's at a soda, popcorn, icecream cart? I remember using our room cards and was wondering if they hooked up the MB's also. Otherwise we will have to carry more cash in the parks. Thanks...

Be aware that not every cart has the MB reader yet.

 

[stevehousse]

Be aware that not every cart has the MB reader yet.

Went in Nov, had the dining plan, so we got our fair share of snacks, and never saw one that didn't have touch to pay...

 

[lostpro9het]

Be aware that not every cart has the MB reader yet.

And if they do you need to hope they are "online". We encountered two carts this past week that, for whatever reason, were offline and were only taking cash despite having all the reader equipment there.

 

[Tuvalu]

Went in Nov, had the dining plan, so we got our fair share of snacks, and never saw one that didn't have touch to pay...

Bought a drink at the stand on World Showplace promenade last week that didn't.

 

[dreamfinder]

And if they do you need to hope they are "online". We encountered two carts this past week that, for whatever reason, were offline and were only taking cash despite having all the reader equipment there.

Seems to happen when they overload their data network. Happens to us a few times during each of our F&W trips at Epcot, but never anywhere else. I'd imagine they had extra carts out last week assuming heavy crowds.

 

[Rob562]

Seems to happen when they overload their data network. Happens to us a few times during each of our F&W trips at Epcot, but never anywhere else. I'd imagine they had extra carts out last week assuming heavy crowds.

Most of the small food stands/carts operate on an encrypted wireless network. I've heard that sometimes lightning in the immediate area can knock out the network and it takes a little while for things to get rebooted.

-Rob