Magic bands NOT required -- Official Disney Reply

[danlb_2000]

One annoying thing with the RFID cards is that each one is linked to the name of a person in your party, but the name doesn't appear anywhere on the card so you have no way of knowing which is which. A few CM's here amused when they saw my wife's name pop up when I scanned my card. If you know this ahead of time I guess you could ask the CM at the entrance to let you know which card is which before you link your fingerprint to it.

 

[Thumper14]

We stayed at the Swan in April, we had the RFID cards and a separate Memory Maker Card. I bought a new lanyard for my pins and just added a card holder to attach at the end. I put my RFID, room key, Memory Maker and Disney Rewards cards in the card holder. We had no problem ever. Not with park entry, FP or ADRs. I had planned to buy a Magic Band but decided the RFID system was just as effortless.

Staying at the Boardwalk Villas this time-lets give the Magic Bands a try!  

 

[Thumper14]

One annoying thing with the RFID cards is that each one is linked to the name of a person in your party, but the name doesn't appear anywhere on the card so you have no way of knowing which is which. A few CM's here amused when they saw my wife's name pop up when I scanned my card. If you know this ahead of time I guess you could ask the CM at the entrance to let you know which card is which before you link your fingerprint to it.

The CM did mark our RFID cards with our names when we got them in April.
Also you can see the numbers in MDE.

 

[danlb_2000]

The CM did mark our RFID cards with our names when we got them in April.
Also you can see the numbers in MDE.

Did they mark them before or after you scanned your fingerprint for the first time? They will sometime mark the cards one you fingerprint is tied to them so you don't get them mixed up.

 

[Thumper14]

Did they mark them before or after you scanned your fingerprint for the first time? They will sometime mark the cards one you fingerprint is tied to them so you don't get them mixed up.

We had to pick them up at the Epcot International Gateway Will Call booth, they wrote our names with a black sharpie on each one. We had not entered the Park yet.