MagicBand+ announced

[wdwmagic]

Waiting for footage of the statues.

they just play a small audio clip when someone with a MagicBand+ waves at them. It isn't anything elaborate.

 

[wdwmagic]

Another question is, does the MB+ work WHILE connected to the charging connector?

Yes it does.

 

[VJ]

they just play a small audio clip when someone with a MagicBand+ waves at them. It isn't anything elaborate.

wow.. talk about overhyped

 

[Stevek]

they just play a small audio clip when someone with a MagicBand+ waves at them. It isn't anything elaborate.

#magical (or not)

 

[CaptainAmerica]

wow.. talk about overhyped

They didn't hype it! It's a minor product upgrade with a minor price increase with a minor marketing campaign. All of the hype came from us!

 

[VJ]

They didn't hype it! It's a minor product upgrade with a minor price increase with a minor marketing campaign. All of the hype came from us!

Disney constantly crowing that "later in the celebration you can interact with the Fab 50 statues" on the Parks Blog isn't hyping?

Silly me for expecting "interaction" to mean actually interacting with the statues in a meaningful way (such as augmented reality or special lighting or... something!) instead of a short sound clip playing, I guess.

 

[wdwmagic]

Disney constantly crowing that "later in the celebration you can interact with the Fab 50 statues" on the Parks Blog isn't hyping?

Silly me for expecting "interaction" to mean actually interacting with the statues in a meaningful way (such as augmented reality or special lighting or... something!) instead of a short sound clip playing, I guess.

Sorry I should clarify. There is an augmented reality segment for some of them via the Play Disney app. But the status don't physically do a nothing beyond play the sound.

 

[VJ]

Sorry I should clarify. There is an augmented reality segment for some of them via the Play Disney app. But the status don't physically do a nothing beyond play the sound.

Oh! I see.

 

[bhg469]

I think I read on Twitter earlier, possibly Tim Tracker that they come with about a 30% charge on them

Any news from him is suspect. He regurgitates everyone else's info second hand.

 

[wdwmagic]

I think I read on Twitter earlier, possibly Tim Tracker that they come with about a 30% charge on them

Seems to be variable depending on the actual unit. Some have been about 50 or 60%, others have been about 10% to totally dead.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Disney constantly crowing that "later in the celebration you can interact with the Fab 50 statues" on the Parks Blog isn't hyping?

Correct. They also announced the return of noodles at Ohana on the Parks Blog. The Parks Blog isn't hype. Advertising Galaxy's Edge with a stormtrooper takeover of Monday Night Football is hype.

 

[aaronml]

There's no reason to believe that any such thing is an issue. ONE tweet says the batteries are dying quickly, and that tweet came from a user who was doing nothing but heavy MB+ use.

I fully expect that most people won’t have the extremely short battery life that the user in question experienced. All the same, TWDC claims that they last 1-3 days on a charge. That is a wide range, and depending on usage and charging frequency, some folks may have their band die in the middle of day 2 or 3. Having a low battery mode could help with things in those cases.

They literally did the thing you're mad at them for not doing.

The screenshot you posted doesn’t show a “low battery mode” specifically as an option. What I’m thinking of would be enabled automatically once your battery drops below a certain level, not multiple settings that you’d have to manually disable.

 

[Patcheslee]

I fully expect that most people won’t have the extremely short battery life that the user in question experienced. All the same, TWDC claims that they last 1-3 days on a charge. That is a wide range, and depending on usage and charging frequency, some folks may have their band die in the middle of day 2 or 3. Having a low battery mode could help with things in those cases.


The screenshot you posted doesn’t show a “low battery mode” specifically as an option. What I’m thinking of would be enabled automatically once your battery drops below a certain level, not multiple settings that you’d have to manually disable.

Is that something that could be resolved with a software update?

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

It’s way to early to know anything about battery life yet. Give it a week and we’ll have hundreds of reviews and data points, for all we know the couple hour report was not charged or they just got a lemon.

they just play a small audio clip when someone with a MagicBand+ waves at them. It isn't anything elaborate.

It might not be elaborate but I’m excited for it. I saw a clip of stitch earlier and it’s a fun feature, I’m equally as excited about the fact it’ll connect to play parks and will track which statues we’ve waved at.

I did. Ordered 3.

We ordered ours for our January trip this morning. We have one from every trip we’ve done, they are a relatively cheap souvenir.

 

[Disstevefan1]

It's too bad the MB+ is not the "puck" design like the previous version. I did enjoy mixing and matching the bands.

 

[correcaminos]

It's too bad the MB+ is not the "puck" design like the previous version. I did enjoy mixing and matching the bands.

You can remove the puck in the center.

 

[Disstevefan1]

You can remove the puck in the center.

So, you can mix and match bands with MB+?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

It's too bad the MB+ is not the "puck" design like the previous version. I did enjoy mixing and matching the bands.

It is and you can.

 

[Disstevefan1]

It is and you can.

Excellent. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Scott the Lawyer]

I think part of the problem with the hype is the moniker- Magicband+ Sounds like something pretty special. If it were just the Magicband 3 with periodic fun upgrades, I think there would be far lower expectations.