“MagicBands” are Walt Disney World wristbands that take the place of Disney World hotel rooms keys, park tickets, and–for now–Fastpass+.
MagicBands have been in a limited test for a while, and I’ll be testing mine in a couple of weeks, as part of a bigger September and October test.
(See this and its links for more on MagicBands and Fastpass+.)
In this post, I’m just detailing–memorializing for history??–the ordering and delivery process.
ORDERING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DISNEY WORLD MAGICBAND
To order a MagicBand, you have to be in the test. See the link above to see how you find out if you are in.
If you are in, then you can customize your MagicBand on MyDisneyExperience.com once you’ve logged in.
There’s multiple color options you can choose from among–you can pick the same color for everyone in your group, or mix and match. See the image at the top of the page for the colors available.
In addition, you can add text that will show on the inside of the Magic Band–both fun, and handy if your kids (or husband) all want the same color.
The text is limited to nine characters, so I couldn’t put on mine “Dave Shute”–just “Dave Shut.” So I opted for “Dave.” (I hear there’s a movement to convince Disney add more characters, so that my MagicBand could read “Dave, Shut Up.”)
GETTING YOUR MAGICBAND FOR WALT DISNEY WORLD
A few days later this parcel–about the size of a shoe box–came in the mail.
Inside you’ll find the MagicBand box–which, frankly, I like even more than the MagicBand…
My trip is solo this time–though I’m hoping to connect with Josh, as I owe him lunch–so my MagicBand sat in regal yet lonely splendor in the box.
Here’s how it looks right out of the box…
…and on my wrist.
I’ll be using it–and my Fastpass+–in later September: the 20th at the Magic Kingdom, 21st at Hollywood Studios, and 22nd at Epcot.
So since I’ll probably be posting and tweeting about the MagicBand and my overall experience with Fastpass+ (which I haven’t had a chance to test til now), you should probably…
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50 Comments on "More Detail on Disney World’s MagicBands"
Can’t believe that I misspelled “hand”! You can see that english is not my first language!
Do you know if, when they are rolled out fully later this year, they will be shipping the magic bands abroad too?
Can’t wait to get mine! I’ve just verified on My Disney Experience and the status shows that they might be shipped at any moment (been like that for at least a week) which makes me think that they will be delivered directly to the resort, since I’ll be there on the 21st. I will also be at Epcot on the 22nd with the family and I hope that I’ll see you so I could shake your hand!
Any more news as if WL will be getting these prior to Dec 2013??? Have fun on your trip – and can you do me a favor and point me in the right direction of getting the hours of Trader Jacks photo pass service at the Polynesian Resort – I need to pick up my pp + card Friday 12/6/2013 at about 7:00 p.m……I can not find hours posted anywhere – THANKS AND HAVE A GREAT TIME!!!!
FYI- I will be at WDW in October, so when I personalize my Magic Bands it shows that I have until 9/20 to make changes. That is exactly one month before I check-in. I am taking that to mean that the magic bands will ship one month before your trip.