mickEblu
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Right and getting into the park quicker as well… if enough people buy them.
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Right and getting into the park quicker as well… if enough people buy them.
Consumer
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That's what I was hoping to hear.
I would be surprised if they brought MagicMobile to DLR. Mainly because they can use the inconvenience of scanning the barcode from the app to help fuel MB+ sales.
It technically wouldn’t be too much work to support AFAIK but I’d be surprised if current leadership were to do that.
I agree. I don't think it will come here (at least for a year or two) in order to make people buy Magic Bands.
Jiggsawpuzzle35
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Does this magic band plus play musical Disney Melodies after I flush the toilet or vibrate if I forget to wash my hands?
PiratesMansion
Well-Known Member
Indeed, it will play "Little April Shower" immediately after flushing to remind you to wash your hands.
Unless Disney decides it would rather have you buy a churro or book a Genie+, at which point it will begin playing "Heigh Ho" or "You're Late! You're Late! For a very important date!" depending on the situation.
In entirely coincidental news, Disney's internal studies show that as a result of their targeted "hurry up" prompts, the number of men in the restroom who wash their hands subsequently dipped to an average of 5 men per hour from its previous standard average of 8 per hour.
networkpro
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- Yes
Magic mobile and apple wallet use in wdw sucks exhaust pipes. Always some buffoons trying to use them for a large party and failing miserably.
DrAlice
Well-Known Member
Am I understanding this thing correctly?
MagicBand:
* Park entrance gates
* LL entrances
* Photopass links to account
* blinky lights and vibrations at select nighttime shows
* play a game in GE (requires phone too)
Cell phone:
* make your LL reservations
* mobile order
If this is all it is at this point, I don't see the benefit for me. I don't care if I light up during a show. I won't play the GE game. If I have to take out my phone to make LL reservations throughout the day, I'll just use it to go to the entrances. Unless this is dirt cheap (highly doubtful), it's a Meh from me. Maybe I'm missing something?
I agree that if many others use it, it will make entrance into the park and LL entrances go more smoothly. I'd just need more from this thing to make it worth something for me.
MagicBand:
* Park entrance gates
* LL entrances
* Photopass links to account
* blinky lights and vibrations at select nighttime shows
* play a game in GE (requires phone too)
Cell phone:
* make your LL reservations
* mobile order
If this is all it is at this point, I don't see the benefit for me. I don't care if I light up during a show. I won't play the GE game. If I have to take out my phone to make LL reservations throughout the day, I'll just use it to go to the entrances. Unless this is dirt cheap (highly doubtful), it's a Meh from me. Maybe I'm missing something?
I agree that if many others use it, it will make entrance into the park and LL entrances go more smoothly. I'd just need more from this thing to make it worth something for me.
mickEblu
Well-Known Member
I believe they can also scan the Magic Band for the Magic Key discount but you still have to take out a form of payment and this probably doesn’t apply to you anyway. Haha
chadwpalm
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
That about covers it.
If they are using the same bands as WDW (which I'm sure they are), this is what they go for:
Disney Magic Bands | shopDisney
With a MagicBand wristband. you can redeem FastPass selections. enter Theme Parks and more. Get a Disney MagicBand at Disney Store and unlock the magic of Walt Disney World Resort.
www.shopdisney.com
I'm sure they will be fashion accessories for many people.
chadwpalm
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
I mentioned that earlier. I think they were called "Made with Magic". There were ears, wands, and Mickey hands. I seem to remember them working for all of the 60th shows, but maybe they came later?
PiratesMansion
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The bands ARE easier to fumble with than tickets or phones, so if they're compatible I may start bringing my ancient WDW MB over.
They just need to attach payment functionality for all guests using the bands, not just those staying at Disney resorts. It's not like they don't ALREADY have a stored credit card on many of their guest Disney accounts.
They just need to attach payment functionality for all guests using the bands, not just those staying at Disney resorts. It's not like they don't ALREADY have a stored credit card on many of their guest Disney accounts.
waltography
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They'll make it worth more for you by inconveniencing you with what the free options used to be.
For example, using the phone for LL entrances wasn't so bad before; typically you could stick your phone into the reader and swipe quickly and it would register super fast. Now, you have to pull your phone out entirely and stick it back in for the machine to register each new pass, adding at least a minute for each party. No explanation why it works this way now and it's frustrating.
There was an attempt for the 60th to reignite interest in that line (I remember there being paint brush-shaped light wands so you could glow with Paint the Night), but it didn't catch on.
truecoat
Well-Known Member
I can't wait for everyone with magic bands to wave them above their heads when I'm trying to watch the fireworks.
AJFireman
Well-Known Member
I was hoping as well to use my older bands but the announcement on Disney Parks blog says they will not be supported but did add "at this time" so maybe there is hope.
"MagicBand and MagicBand 2 will not be supported at Disneyland Resort at this time."
TP2000
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Thank you for this succinct summary. I was trying to figure it out in my pea-sized brain, and it was too hard to do; even dead sober as I am on a Friday night (which is no way to live!).
No kidding. I don't get it. Why all the bother? Why all the expense of all that infrastructure and huge energy resources of humans and electricity to keep it all going? It's still just a freaking theme park.
God no. Who does care about that feature? Maybe narcissistic 8 year olds? Or desperately bored housewives whose husband's stopped paying attention to them in 2006? The mind boggles who this silly feature actually entertains during a theme park water show.
Me either. The big Billion dollar land isn't entertaining on its own? We need iPhone video games to keep us entertained there? I would much rather engage Ky'le From Tustin in an immersive discussion about the wild keg party he attended last weekend on the Planet Fullerton, just like Bob Chapek told me to do.
I don't think you are missing anything, my dear Doctor and lady.
You just need to get 75,000 to 100,000 humans from around the planet (and even some western Canadian provinces!) arriving daily in the Esplanade to figure it all out and do it all the same. Then it's perfect.
In the meantime? This is one of those things that looked fabulous on the PowerPoint screen in TDA. But in reality, in that pesky theme park south of TDA, it fails to live up to the PowerPoint promise.
As per usual, for an organization whose executive leadership rarely, if ever, uses their own product.
PiratesMansion
Well-Known Member
Probably makes sense from their end, but I'm definitely not buying a brand new MagicBand (when the one I got was free) just so I can use it at Disneyland where it might sometimes be helpful.
