MagicBand+ announced

[Minthorne]

Have you stumbled across Mira D'essent yet?

With that name I totally expected this to be a drag Queen on Ru Paul’s drag race!

 

[MichWolv]

So the righteous TWDC uses shell companies and registers things in Delaware to avoid taxes too? Odd...i thought they cared about everyone and stuff.

It isn’t taxes that lead companies to register in Delaware. https://whyy.org/articles/why-do-so-many-corporations-choose-to-incorporate-in-delaware/

 

[George]

I feel like a good way to plus the Magic Band might be to bring in a top notch hired gun like Nita Strauss on guitar. I also feel like the Cantina band from the Star Boom Boom movies dressed up as Disney characters would be a big hit.

 

[No Name]

If they wanted to go they route, they'd sell a launcher/UI for Apple Watch. They're not a hardware company.

I never suggested they’d make the watch themselves. Also note that they weren’t a theme park company before 1955.

 

[cranbiz]

I agree, this looks like they originally planned to put an lcd screen on it and then that part got cut from the project. Could have been basically a parks smart watch.

Also it could be that the screen was planned and they can't get them in sufficient quantities or at all now and changed the design so they can be produced. The chip shortage is real and so is the import/shipping delays at the ports.

 

[dreamfinder]

Do we know if these pucks can fit in regular MB bands? Would get even more confusing otherwise, not that WDW seems to care much about keeping things simply lately.

 

[pdude81]

Do we know if these pucks can fit in regular MB bands? Would get even more confusing otherwise, not that WDW seems to care much about keeping things simply lately.

The bands as is look to be a different shape so I assume the puck won't be a 1:1. The new ones look more flat at the top and sides rather than a true oval. Would be great if they were compatible though

 

[Chomama]

This

Sounds like MagicBand-meets-Glow-With-the-Show.

was how it was described to me by someone in the know last week - verbatim. So good job!

 

[Tink76]

I thought the promo for the band was pretty cool with the interactive feature inside the parks… but they lost me on that whole echo dot look alike in your room.
I don’t need Mickey invading my personal space. I wonder if it will light up red instead of blue when it’s listening?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I thought the promo for the band was pretty cool with the interactive feature inside the parks… but they lost me on that whole echo dot look alike in your room.
I don’t need Mickey invading my personal space. I wonder if it will light up red instead of blue when it’s listening?

The device is opt-in. The camera is permanently disabled and the microphone is off unless you turn it on.

 

[CntrlFlPete]

I've been regularly going to WDW for 30+ years, and worked at MK for several of them, and not once have I ever heard a CM proclaim that Disney would NEVER sell tickets that expire. That would be quite a lofty statement for a front-line CM to make in the first place.

I would not know if anyone ever said 'never' but I certainly recall the spiel on the tram from the parking lot to the TTC where they would say stuff like 'Disney tickets never expire' and 'Disney is open 365 days a year' so I could easily see people expected that as policy, but policies change.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

I would not know if anyone ever said 'never' but I certainly recall the spiel on the tram from the parking lot to the TTC where they would say stuff like 'Disney tickets never expire' and 'Disney is open 365 days a year' so I could easily see people expected that as policy, but policies change.

Exactly. At the time that those announcements were made, they were true. Tickets did not expire, and tickets sold at that time have still not expired and can be used to this day.

 

[pdude81]

The device is opt-in. The camera is permanently disabled and the microphone is off unless you turn it on.

I'm curious how it would work without the microphone on by default though. Is it just showing park times otherwise?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I'm curious how it would work without the microphone on by default though. Is it just showing park times otherwise?

Unless you switch it on, I don't think it really does anything.

 

[Figments Friend]

Do you stay on property? I've always valued a MagicBand at the resorts more than in the parks. I like going to the pool with absolutely nothing... no phone, no wallet, no room key, just my band and my Crocs.

I do hope 'swimsuit' is also being brought along with your MagicBand and Crocs....



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[CaptainAmerica]

I do hope 'swimsuit' is also being brought along with your MagicBand and Crocs....



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[Castle Cake Apologist]

I do hope 'swimsuit' is also being brought along with your MagicBand and Crocs....



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Calm down, kids. It's too early in the day for WDWMagic After Hours+.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

It isn’t taxes that lead companies to register in Delaware. https://whyy.org/articles/why-do-so-many-corporations-choose-to-incorporate-in-delaware/

You beat me to it…

…Delaware is favorable for companies to operate from a legal standpoint. The federal circuit courts in Delaware are also easy/useful to navigate.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Calm down, kids. It's too early in the day for WDWMagic After Hours+.

Only $66.99 (per person, per day).

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

Only $66.99 (per person, per day).

Will Lightning Lane be available? Asking for a friend...