Since some guests staying at Jambo House at Animal Kingdom Lodge and Disney’s Contemporary Resort are currently testing out MagicBands as part of MyMagic+, Disney decided to go ahead and try to start selling those guests accessories for their MagicBands:
Here is the display currently at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Some example decorated MagicBands are on display
These are CoverBands, they cover the entire MagicBand
A Pirates of the Caribbean CoverBand
There are also 3-packs of CoverBands for sale
These are MagicBandits, and no, they don’t steal things…
A few different varieties for sale
Phineas and Ferb, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Tinker Bell MagicBandits
These are MagicSliders, they go on the band and around the Mickey icon touch point on the bands
While MagicBand has not been rolled out to a majority of guests yet, it sure is interesting that you can buy accessories already. Stay tuned as more information becomes available on the actual rollout of MagicBand to guests.
So, what do you think? Do you like the idea of MagicBand accessories? What characters or designs would you like to see?
Today is the beginning of guest testing with MagicBands…select guests checking in today and the next two days at the Contemporary and Animal Kingdom Lodge are receiving them.
I mention it because although at the top you mention testing, at the bottom you say it hasn't been rolled out to any guests yet…
So does this mean there coming out soon???
That would depend how how successful this test is
Um, where are they Star Wars ones?
I think its pretty cool.
would be better if you could get them before your trip, let you customize your band before you get there
Are those receiving magic bands also able to use FastPass+ and thus book attraction times online?
Yes, they were able to do it early before their trip
I've got reservations for the Contemporary in Early August and haven't heard anything :/
I'm a sucker for cheap gimmicks so I kind of hope they have some versions of these available at the D23 Expo. Cause I wont be at Disney World again for a couple of years most likely but I REALLY want these wrist bands and some of the decorations.
The wristbands are programmed for the dates of your visit so you can’t get them until you are going. The are online sites that have “magic band bandits” which are the decorations that you could get ahead of time.
I love Tinkerbell one..
Why is there 2 sometimes 3 different prices listed
Prices vary based on the number of items in the package
There's no way WDW is ever going to get me to wear one of these. Ever. All this next gen stuff, especially FastPass+, really defeats the purpose of a "vacation" IMO. Why would you want to micromanage your vacation down to the point of deciding what you're going to ride and do and when in advance? It creates such a tight schedule and deadlines to meet its not a vacation anymore. Its just stressful. And is it really that much of an inconvenience to use your room key/credit card/debit card/cash to pay for things, and to use your actual ticket to get in the parks and get FastPasses?
I guess some people like it, but I just don't get it.
I wonder if the Crocs things (I forget the actual name) will fit? They look VERY similar in design. Not sure about how the MagicBandits attach to the actual band.
The use of the "key to the world" card as the resort room key, the park admission ticket, fastpass pickup and disney dinning/"credit card" has made the entire disney vacation experience far more relaxing, easy and enjoyable in the past. If a separate item was required for each of those things, you would go crazy trying to keep track of them (not to mention trying to find them when you inevitably lost them)—I would only imagine the MagicBands, when they are fully tested and ready to be implemented across the resort, will make the experience just as enjoyable and should add no more hassle than you would allow it to to your vacation. The use of the current fastpass system can create a "schedule" of sorts around which you must plan your day. However, it is not required and those guests who do not wish to use it can always go standby.
Where can you buy these items, now? Only Animal Kingdom Lodge and Contemporary?
We got bands in a test in January 2014. They are so convenient to use. You don’t forget to carry them like door entry cards. You can swim in them. The track your photos to them. The scheduling of events cant cause a tight schedule (as someone suggested above) because you are limited to a couple of scheduled fast passes per day. It really just assures that you WILL get to ride a popular ride that you might never get to ride otherwise (sometimes all fast passes are gone within an hour of opening). Although spontaneity is important to a vacation, relaxation is also. The bands make for a more relaxing trip. Besides, where does standing in line for two hours rank on the spontaneity scale?