Hello, all! I recently e-mailed Disney with the following question and want to confirm that I was given the right answer.
My questions related to an upcoming visit. We will be visiting Typhoon Lagoon on a Monday, staying off-site that night, and checking in to our Disney hotel on Tuesday. This means we'll have a set of MagicBands linked to MDE (to which I also have a credit card linked), but we will not have checked in for our onsite stay yet when we visit Typhoon Lagoon.
I e-mailed and asked Disney: (1) if we buy single-day Typhoon Lagoon tickets online ahead of time, can I link them to MDE and use our MagicBands to get in to Typhoon Lagoon; and (2) either way, will we be able to use the MagicBands to make purchases while at Typhoon Lagoon? Disney's answer to both questions was, "No, there's no way to link waterpark tickets to MDE, and you won't have checked in to your Disney hotel. As such, you won't be able to use the MagicBands for park access or to charge purchases while at Typhoon Lagoon."
Does this sound right to you? I know I've seen photos and read accounts of people using MagicBands at the Disney waterparks. Does this mean that they were all just checked-in onsite guests with Waterpark Fun & More (now known as Parkhopper Plus) tickets, and that those tickets are able to be used for waterpark access via MDE/MagicBands, while single-day waterpark tickets aren't?
It's no big deal either way -- carrying a credit card with me won't be much less convenient than wearing a MagicBand -- but I was just curious.
My questions related to an upcoming visit. We will be visiting Typhoon Lagoon on a Monday, staying off-site that night, and checking in to our Disney hotel on Tuesday. This means we'll have a set of MagicBands linked to MDE (to which I also have a credit card linked), but we will not have checked in for our onsite stay yet when we visit Typhoon Lagoon.
I e-mailed and asked Disney: (1) if we buy single-day Typhoon Lagoon tickets online ahead of time, can I link them to MDE and use our MagicBands to get in to Typhoon Lagoon; and (2) either way, will we be able to use the MagicBands to make purchases while at Typhoon Lagoon? Disney's answer to both questions was, "No, there's no way to link waterpark tickets to MDE, and you won't have checked in to your Disney hotel. As such, you won't be able to use the MagicBands for park access or to charge purchases while at Typhoon Lagoon."
Does this sound right to you? I know I've seen photos and read accounts of people using MagicBands at the Disney waterparks. Does this mean that they were all just checked-in onsite guests with Waterpark Fun & More (now known as Parkhopper Plus) tickets, and that those tickets are able to be used for waterpark access via MDE/MagicBands, while single-day waterpark tickets aren't?
It's no big deal either way -- carrying a credit card with me won't be much less convenient than wearing a MagicBand -- but I was just curious.
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