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Tom Staggs - "MagicBand probably won’t come to Disneyland..."
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TP2000
Well-Known Member
I think MagicBands work their best in WDW when you are staying onsite at a Disney hotel. That's where the real convenience comes in. But there are so few Disney-owned hotel rooms at Disneyland Resort that it just wouldn't pencil out to install all this infrastructure for a small segment of the Disneyland visitor base. Anaheim Resort District has 18,000 hotel rooms that aren't Disney-owned, plus 2,500 Disney hotel rooms. MagicBands just aren't needed in that environment.
But in WDW, where tens of thousands of hotel rooms are owned and operated by Disney, a MagicBand makes a lot more sense financially and logistically.
Walt Disney World
23,000 Disney hotel rooms
4,700 DVC hotel rooms
Disneyland Resort
2,500 Disney hotel rooms
50 DVC hotel rooms
MagicBands just don't pencil out. Not to mention they already seem like fading technology from 2010. But I'm sure an app-based process that cherry picks the best parts of MyMagic+ from WDW will soon be coming to Anaheim, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
But in WDW, where tens of thousands of hotel rooms are owned and operated by Disney, a MagicBand makes a lot more sense financially and logistically.
Walt Disney World
23,000 Disney hotel rooms
4,700 DVC hotel rooms
Disneyland Resort
2,500 Disney hotel rooms
50 DVC hotel rooms
MagicBands just don't pencil out. Not to mention they already seem like fading technology from 2010. But I'm sure an app-based process that cherry picks the best parts of MyMagic+ from WDW will soon be coming to Anaheim, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
Stevek
Well-Known Member
Magic Bands and MM+ would be terrible at DL. FP+...wouldn't really have a problem with it. Really liked the flexibility at WDW.
"But the future of Disneyland will apparently not include MagicBands, a wristband that uses microchip technology to let guests use the bands in place of theme park tickets, hotel room keys and even credit cards. The wristbands debuted at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., in 2013.
Disneyland does not plan to offer the wristbands at the park anytime soon, said Mary Niven, vice president for Disneyland Park.
She said the wristband won't work with Disneyland's guest demographics. Many visitors are local residents who do not stay for long periods at the nearby hotels, where the bands would be used heavily"
Disneyland does not plan to offer the wristbands at the park anytime soon, said Mary Niven, vice president for Disneyland Park.
She said the wristband won't work with Disneyland's guest demographics. Many visitors are local residents who do not stay for long periods at the nearby hotels, where the bands would be used heavily"
englanddg
One Little Spark...
DCL is the next best place for it to go...but that said, I don't see why it wouldn't work well at Disneyland, outside of the fact they prefer their multiple ID and picture ticket system they have now (unless you are AP)...
I give it 5 years or less, and MBs and FP+ and the whole lot will be out there...this is damage control to keep the more rabid fans at bay (this is a wdw centric forum, and if you think WE get rabid about things, you've never seen Disneyland fans riled up)...
I give it 5 years or less, and MBs and FP+ and the whole lot will be out there...this is damage control to keep the more rabid fans at bay (this is a wdw centric forum, and if you think WE get rabid about things, you've never seen Disneyland fans riled up)...
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
I don't think it's "wouldn't work well" as much as "wouldn't work well enough to justify the cost." It could work just fine, but there's really no need for it. Hotels and dining are a tiny fraction of the Disneyland model compared to WDW.
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habuma
Well-Known Member
This may not be hugely popular, but...
I was very skeptical of MagicBands and MM+ before it came to WDW. But having been to both WDW and DL within a 5 month period, I can say that I found myself wishing I had a MagicBand at DL. MM+ (pre-booking FastPasses) maybe not so much, but the ability to carry my FP selections, hotel room key, and charging capabilities on my wrist would've been useful. As it were, we each had 1 card for hotel room, 1 card for park tickets, 1 card for PhotoPass, and although we could charge using our hotel room card, we usually also had to pull out a drivers license when doing so. And although I felt so retro-cool carrying around paper FPs, that was just one more thing that was stuffed into the pocket at the end of the lanyard.
I don't necessarily want to pre-arrange my FP+ selections 60 days in advance. But walking up to a kiosk and having them assigned to me on a band would be okay. Even then, if they kept the FP system as-is I'd be okay with that. I just want fewer things that I have to pull out of the lanyard pocket all the time.
That said...as my pin collection is taking off, I wonder what people put at the end of the lanyard in WDW if you don't have cards to put in there. Seems silly to have a lanyard full of pins with nothing at the end of it.
I was very skeptical of MagicBands and MM+ before it came to WDW. But having been to both WDW and DL within a 5 month period, I can say that I found myself wishing I had a MagicBand at DL. MM+ (pre-booking FastPasses) maybe not so much, but the ability to carry my FP selections, hotel room key, and charging capabilities on my wrist would've been useful. As it were, we each had 1 card for hotel room, 1 card for park tickets, 1 card for PhotoPass, and although we could charge using our hotel room card, we usually also had to pull out a drivers license when doing so. And although I felt so retro-cool carrying around paper FPs, that was just one more thing that was stuffed into the pocket at the end of the lanyard.
I don't necessarily want to pre-arrange my FP+ selections 60 days in advance. But walking up to a kiosk and having them assigned to me on a band would be okay. Even then, if they kept the FP system as-is I'd be okay with that. I just want fewer things that I have to pull out of the lanyard pocket all the time.
That said...as my pin collection is taking off, I wonder what people put at the end of the lanyard in WDW if you don't have cards to put in there. Seems silly to have a lanyard full of pins with nothing at the end of it.