AuburnJen 771 Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 According to magicbandcollectors.com and wdwnt.com, all AP's can order your magicband2's starting today. Everyone else can get them next month. Here is the story.... Thanks guys and gals for the info, I am going to go order mine to see what they are like! http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/12/52738/ According to magicbandcollectors.com, new and renewing annual passholders for the Walt Disney World resort ordering their complementary MagicBand from today on should receive the new MagicBand 2 style. The MagicBand 2 was introduced at the Destination D event just last month and the first retail version of the new item is slated to be released later this week in celebration of Rogue One. All other resort guests should be able to receive their MagicBand 2 starting next month. The widespread release of retail bands and accessories will take place in January 2017. photo, video and article credits: magicbandcollectors.com and wdwnt.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ceemike...Mike & Judy 50 Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Cool. We'll be renewing our APs next week, so we'll get something new for our MB collection. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 771 Posted December 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 I had to actually go and check on magicbandcollectors.com to double check that I was doing this right. I am glad I did because the app/website has not been updated. To be honest, I still haven't figured out all the stupid changes to the app and I punted on the app and waited until I got home to get the magic bands. So, here we go. The website on the computer version still shows the graphic of the old style magic bands, however, it has been reported by peoples on several sites and CM's that what will be shipped out is indeed the second generation magicband. I ordered ours for our AP's just now, so I will post a picture when they get in. Stay tuned! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cortezcapt (Derek) 156 Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 I'm kinda excited to get the new MB. I like the idea of it being in a key chain or something, I'm not a big watch wearer and usually end up with my MB attached to a belt loop. Having something I can just clip to my belt loop and not worry about loosing will be great. It says all other resort guests should be able to receive them next month. I wonder if that means for purchase or if they will be given to people staying on property as well and completely replace the original MBs? Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duane 150 Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 I was in Tampa the past couple of days for work and wandered over to Disney Springs last night to kill some time and to have my AP activated. I asked the CM who activated my AP about when I would be able to request my band. She said that now that the AP had been activated, that an order request would be generated for me to go in and customize the band... I'll let you guys know how it turns out... I just got back home a little while ago, so haven't had a chance to take a look yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duane 150 Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 I got around to linking my AP "card" last night with the MDE app and the Magic Band order request came up. I went in to customize the band, but only had the choices of the current styles... Since I don't have a trip on the horizon as of yet, thought I would wait a few days to see if anything changes and the new style bands were added. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 771 Posted December 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 The app has the old styles on it, but they will send you the new styles if you order the bands. Several people have been posting that they have received the new bands and they ordered from the app. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duane 150 Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Oh okay good to know... Since it really doesn't matter to me which style I get, I will go ahead and order to see what comes in the mail. As long as I am allowed to enter the turnstile at the park, I will be good to go! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duane 150 Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Just walked out to the mailbox and retrieved by box from Disney containing my Magic Band... As Jen said, the new style Magic Bands are being shipped even though the website still shows the pictures of the old style. They even threw in the little passholder slider. Now just need to go and schedule a trip! ceemike...Mike & Judy and BradyBzLyn...Mo 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 We just bought ourselves some special edition ones of the new style.... (Us dummies with 10-15 MBs a piece left every single one of them at home). I like the way they rest on my arm. Very comfortable and not as thick and stiff as the original ones. BradyBzLyn...Mo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 On 12/29/2016 at 1:42 PM, Duane said: Just walked out to the mailbox and retrieved by box from Disney containing my Magic Band... As Jen said, the new style Magic Bands are being shipped even though the website still shows the pictures of the old style. They even threw in the little passholder slider. Now just need to go and schedule a trip! On 1/1/2017 at 10:21 AM, mouseketab.....Carol said: We just bought ourselves some special edition ones of the new style.... (Us dummies with 10-15 MBs a piece left every single one of them at home). I like the way they rest on my arm. Very comfortable and not as thick and stiff as the original ones. Good to know! DH will be getting the new style if we make it down in March. I've still got a few months left on mine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cortezcapt (Derek) 156 Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 Renewed our passes Friday and ordered our new bands, kind of excited to get the new ones and see them in person. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 Renewed our passes just before Christmas, got an email that bands have shipped. Will be torn between wearing the new ones or my Orange Bird or Kylo Ren. BTW, my Kylo Ren hasn't made sounds or changed the scanner lights color the last 2 times I've gone to HS! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 3 minutes ago, Travisma said: BTW, my Kylo Ren hasn't made sounds or changed the scanner lights color the last 2 times I've gone to HS! Time to buy a Rogue One Magic Band 2.0. I am sure it's only a coincidence that your Kylo Ren one stopped working. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 17 minutes ago, Tri-Circle-D said: Time to buy a Rogue One Magic Band 2.0. I am sure it's only a coincidence that your Kylo Ren one stopped working. TCD So we are starting out 2017 with the Year of a Million Schemes (TM Dave in TN) Version 2.0? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 We got our new improved? MB 2.0 versions today. I ordered them just before Christmas. As others reprted they came with the undated passholder sliders. They cut down on the packaging tremendously. There was a zip pull on the shipping box. When you unzipped it, the MBS were right there on a thin black cardboard sleeve. No more wasteful Incredible box inside of an outer shipping box. Two thumbs up for Disney being greener! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 771 Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 Here is what Travisma is talking about with the box. We have ours now as well! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
h2odivers...Ray 952 Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 On 1/3/2017 at 1:32 PM, Travisma said: Renewed our passes just before Christmas, got an email that bands have shipped. Will be torn between wearing the new ones or my Orange Bird or Kylo Ren. BTW, my Kylo Ren hasn't made sounds or changed the scanner lights color the last 2 times I've gone to HS! How old is your Kylo Ren one? They say they are suppose to last two years. But you probably use yours more than most. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
h2odivers...Ray 952 Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 On 1/3/2017 at 2:45 PM, Travisma said: So we are starting out 2017 with the Year of a Million Schemes (TM Dave in TN) Version 2.0? Speaking of the Year of a Million Schemes...is anyone surprised Disney hasn't set up the MyDisney Exp app to allow you to attach a credit card to your acct so you can use you magic band to charge purchases at the Workd? I mean for AP holders and non-resort guests. I think a lot of people would take advantage of it. At least I would. Lol. And probably spend more money at the parks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 55 minutes ago, h2odivers...Ray said: How old is your Kylo Ren one? They say they are suppose to last two years. But you probably use yours more than most. Got it just before/after Episode 7 came out. It works to get me in, just doesn't do the lights/sounds. And Disney was cheap (big surprise) anyway. It only did the sounds/lights at HS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 3 hours ago, h2odivers...Ray said: Speaking of the Year of a Million Schemes...is anyone surprised Disney hasn't set up the MyDisney Exp app to allow you to attach a credit card to your acct so you can use you magic band to charge purchases at the Workd? I mean for AP holders and non-resort guests. I think a lot of people would take advantage of it. At least I would. Lol. And probably spend more money at the parks. I wish they would too, although it's probably difficult programming. So their IT department can't handle it. The question is though how often do they charge to the card in that case, every charge, once a day, a set limit? It would be nice if they could do it similar to SunPass. You have $$ on your account, when it hits a low balance, it automatically charges your card an amount you choose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 5 minutes ago, mouseketab.....Carol said: I wish they would too, although it's probably difficult programming. So their IT department can't handle it. The question is though how often do they charge to the card in that case, every charge, once a day, a set limit? It would be nice if they could do it similar to SunPass. You have $$ on your account, when it hits a low balance, it automatically charges your card an amount you choose. My concern is how easy it would be for someone to use one of the old MB's associated with my account to charge. I still don't know what the parameters are, but there are transactions where you can use the MB without having to enter the PIN. I don't like that. There's a controllable risk of abuse/fraud when I'm a resort guest, but it would be hard to monitor if I always had a credit card associated with my MB's. On the other hand, I guess it would be easy enough to deactivate all of my old MB's. And, of course, I assume that I could avoid the whole issue by simply not connecting a card to my MDE account. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 771 Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 5 hours ago, h2odivers...Ray said: Speaking of the Year of a Million Schemes...is anyone surprised Disney hasn't set up the MyDisney Exp app to allow you to attach a credit card to your acct so you can use you magic band to charge purchases at the Workd? I mean for AP holders and non-resort guests. I think a lot of people would take advantage of it. At least I would. Lol. And probably spend more money at the parks. I, as a rule, do not set up my magic bands to have charging privileges at all. This way I keep everyone in control, mostly myself. h2odivers...Ray 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 56 minutes ago, AuburnJen said: I, as a rule, do not set up my magic bands to have charging privileges at all. This way I keep everyone in control, mostly myself. Maybe MB 3.0 will give you a shock if you try to spend over a set limit ! Ooh look a $300 purse... ZAP! fladogfan aka Gretchen and wendinator 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 1 hour ago, AuburnJen said: I, as a rule, do not set up my magic bands to have charging privileges at all. This way I keep everyone in control, mostly myself. I like to set mine up, because with online checkin, if I stay in the bubble, my CC never has to leave my wallet. I have more troubles with my card in Florida. Not just actual issues, but my CC company almost obsessive nature of protecting me. Even though we notifiy them we're going to FL, it gets shut down at least once every time we're there, and we have to call, AND one time they flat out canceled it on us, and called us after the fact and they had to express us a new one. So the less I have to actually flash my real credit card out to purchase something, the happier I am. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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