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Reusing old MBs
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sxeensweet
Love a little Disney every day!! ;)
As long as it's still linked and active in your MDE account once you are there it all works interchangeably with any band currently linked in your MDE account. You shouldn't have to do anything as long as your reservation and park tickets are linked in your account that your bands are on.
We have used bands from previous trips several times with no problems.
We have used bands from previous trips several times with no problems.
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yedliW
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Just keep in mind that there is a battery in there that does have a finite life cycle. It is not used for most of the interactions (i.e. entering parks, charging, photo pass photogs, etc..) but it is used for the long range stuff.. (i.e. ride photos is the main thing now.. but they keep hinting at more in the works). I think they said the expected life cycle of the battery is 2-3 years. After that, they will still work for the short range stuff (i.e. Mickey head to Mickey head), but you might not get your ride photos automatically, and talking Mickey at the Town Square Theater might not address you by name.
lostpro9het
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Been on the same band since the testing roll out a few years ago(Sept'13 I believe). As long as you keep it active in your MDE account you should be good to go. One thing we learned from a CM last year is, for whatever reason, if you have an excessive amount of bands linked they recommend you deactivate the ones you don't use as it can cause problems down the line. The deactivated ones can be turned into Christmas garland:
Wow that is a lot of bands!Been on the same band since the testing roll out a few years ago(Sept'13 I believe). As long as you keep it active in your MDE account you should be good to go. One thing we learned from a CM last year is, for whatever reason, if you have an excessive amount of bands linked they recommend you deactivate the ones you don't use as it can cause problems down the line. The deactivated ones can be turned into Christmas garland:
Rob562
Well-Known Member
Been on the same band since the testing roll out a few years ago(Sept'13 I believe). As long as you keep it active in your MDE account you should be good to go. One thing we learned from a CM last year is, for whatever reason, if you have an excessive amount of bands linked they recommend you deactivate the ones you don't use as it can cause problems down the line. The deactivated ones can be turned into Christmas garland:
Yeah, the most common issue I've heard are the door locks. The lock gets overwhelmed when it's given like 50 Band ID's at once and told "ok, all of these can unlock the door".
Might fix it somewhere down the line if it's a persistent issue with a large enough population of Guests, but they just replaced all 10k+ locks on property at once, so I don't see them jumping to replace things again so soon.
-Rob
Thank for the info and love your recycling idea.
Also remember that you can now turn down the MBs for a future trip. If you want to reuse, just decline the new ones.
JohnD
Well-Known Member
I count 51.
WillCAD
Member
Can't remember off-hand where I heard this (it was either from a CM or from one of Disney's online FAQs), but MyDisneyExperience limits each person to ten active MagicBands at any given time. You can have more than ten total, but only ten can be active.
Frontier21
Member
Was wondering because my profile shows two active. So I was just going to bring both and see what they tell me at the desk. 44 days and counting down.
Rob562
Well-Known Member
All Bands listed as Active in your profile can be used interchangeably throughout your trip. Just grab the color you want each morning.
-Rob
Frontier21
Member
Thanks Rob.