NextGen/RFID news, info and experiences

[GrumpyFan]

Are the turnstiles away from all parks now?

If you're asking do they still have the old turnstiles, the answer is yes, as of April 25th, 2013. However, they are in the process of removing them and converting to the new swipe and go style.
Although, I think they will keep about half of them until the project fully rolls out.

 

[luv]

A friend used one of my old tickets (pre-MYW) at Typhoon Lagoon. They scanned it through a handheld device. So, they don't need turnstiles for old tickets. FWIW.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

We had the RFID keycards when we went at the begining of May and for the room doors and park enterance we had no issues whatsoever .
My only issue was with the reader at the gate to get the rental car in (We stayed at CSR) . It was very tempremental . It always worked in less than 5 minutes of swiping/threatening the unit.

 

[LorangeJuice]

Setting up my family profiles and linking the resort information was cake. Site is still very slow, and I too have myself listed twice in my family for some reason.

Making dining reservations was also a breeze and linked right up with my family.

I booked the Undiscovered Future World Tour and the Behind the Seeds tour over the phone when I booked the resort and received confirmation numbers for both. I tried linking them as both resort reservations and dining reservations (both tours showed up as WDW DINE TICKETS on my CC), but no dice.

Is it currently possible to link tours on the MyDisney Experience? I realize this only has the effect of placing it on my itinerary (and get a reminder on my smart phone when it's time for the tour?) and I guess cancel them, but it would be nice to do so. If not currently, then has there been any word on whether or not it will be possible in a subsequent stage of this rollout?

I also realize that tours might be unrelated to the actual RFID part of the MyDisney Experience - the subject of this thread, so my apologies in advance

 

[Sneezy62]

interesting thread here http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/magic-bands-question.866992/unread

 

[LorangeJuice]

I just wanted to add another question (and bump this thread ).

Can you add Disney gift cards as a payment option to your MyDisney Experience account?

This would make things really convenient for say F&W where I don't want my CC charged every 10 min. Which brings me to another question (lol). I know it's early, but has anyone heard whether or not you will be able to use Magic Bands at the F&W kiosks?

 

[RSoxNo1]

I just wanted to add another question (and bump this thread ).

Can you add Disney gift cards as a payment option to your MyDisney Experience account?

This would make things really convenient for say F&W where I don't want my CC charged every 10 min. Which brings me to another question (lol). I know it's early, but has anyone heard whether or not you will be able to use Magic Bands at the F&W kiosks?

My understanding is that it's one of the things that's planned, but isn't live yet.

 

[LorangeJuice]

Thanks! I received a gift card for my birthday. Hopefully I can add it for my Food and Wine trip!

 

[Genie of the Lamp]

So I updated my MDE app for my IPhone 4s (version 1.4). New enhancements that came with this update included:
-Access official Disney Parks wait times without signing in
-Discover new content for special events
-Explore all new detailed pages for theme parks and resorts
-Enjoy additional fixes and performance improvements