At a recent performance of “Festival of the Lion King” at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, we experienced the limited-time MagicBand+ interactions featured during the show. ‘Festival of the Lion King’ MagicBand+ Interactions In mid-June, the Disney Parks Blog announced that MagicBand+ interactions would be added to “Festival of the Lion King” at Disney’s Animal Kingdom for … Read more
The 50th Anniversary decorations are set to come down beginning this weekend, but the golden Fab 50 character statues introduced as part of the celebration are expected to remain across Walt Disney World, at least for now. The removal of EARidescent décor will continue this weekend, including the phased removal of the 50th decor donning … Read more
MagicBand+ users can have a little extra fun while interacting with the Disney100 décor around the Disneyland Resort. Waving your MagicBand+ in front of this Disney100 medallion will cause Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather to cast a spell of purple lights around the edge of this special 100 Years of Wonder display. The three good fairies … Read more
MagicBand+ interaction will begin today with some of the Disney100 decorations at Disneyland Resort. MagicBand+ will be able to interact with these platinum medallions and the platinum statues of Mickey and Minnie. The interactions will be similar to those at Walt Disney World with the golden Fab 50 statues, where you wave your MagicBand+ to … Read more
I’m going to preface this by stating, you do not need to have the Play Disney app to play Star Wars: Batuu Bounty Hunters, or interact with Fab 50 Statues. Every child and/or guest is going to have a different experience, and these are my own opinions based off my family’s experience. When MagicBand+ launched, … Read more
The “Wintertime Enchantment” light show on Sleeping Beauty Castle has returned to Disneyland Park for the 2022 holiday season. In this nightly show, the icicle lights and decorations on Sleeping Beauty Castle are illuminated while holiday music plays. Guests wearing a MagicBand+ will see their band interact with the show by glowing different colors at … Read more
This past Friday, “Believe… in Holiday Magic” nighttime fireworks show returned to Disneyland for the holiday season. The show, which runs through January 8, 2023, is a pyrotechnical spectacle. The sky overhead Sleeping Beauty Castle lights up with a colorful display of fireworks. As with select shows around the parks, “Believe… in Holiday Magic” will … Read more
Hey there, hi there, ho there! We headed down to the Disneyland Resort to test out the new features of the MagicBand+ that launched for everyone today, and we stayed through for some nighttime entertainment. So join us for this most recent photo report from both parks. Our MagicBand+ day began even before we passed … Read more
MagicBand+ is now officially available for all guests at the Disneyland Resort, so we’re visiting Disneyland and Disney California Adventure to see what kind of effects they produce. The MagicBand+ can do many things, like function as admission media, check in for Lightning Lane, connect with PhotoPass, and interact with elements around the park. We … Read more
As MagicBand+ begins to roll out across the Disneyland Resort, band linking is now available on the Disneyland app. Linking can be found in the profile section of the account, noted with the three horizontal bars on the far right of the menu bar. Accessing that will take you to a screen where you can … Read more
Good Morning, World Travelers. Today is the highly anticipated launch of MagicBand+. We’re rope dropping EPCOT to shop the selection, and then try it out. Let’s get going! Pin Traders is the only location at EPCOT that you can buy a MagicBand+, currently. Of course, we were one of the first guests in the door. … Read more
Hello Wilderness Explorers! Today is the debut of MagicBand+ at Walt Disney World. We are here at Animal Kingdom to buy a new MagicBand+ and see how it interacts in the park. We will be reporting on all of our findings as we test out our new band today. Luckily crowds seem pretty low, so … Read more
Good morning from Hollywood! Today, we’re taking a tour around Disney’s Hollywood Studios before taking a ride on the Disney Skyliner to check out Disney’s BoardWalk. First things first, we tapped in at the gate with our MagicBand+, which we were able to link to our account in the My Disney Experience app. We could … Read more
Set your alarms! New MagicBand+ designs are coming to shopDisney tomorrow, July 27 at 10 a.m. ET. Guests will be able to pick from five different designs, so choose wisely! The designs range from a variety of colors and themes, from a pink 50th Anniversary band, a Minnie Mouse “Mom” band, to a classic grey … Read more
As a part of the update that came out yesterday for the MagicBand+, the band now reacts to firework shows by glowing and changing color, in theory much like the Made with Magic and Glow with the Show technology of years ago. We stuck around Magic Kingdom last night to watch Disney Enchantment and witnessed … Read more
We snagged a MagicBand+ when it was accidentally released early, and now we’re starting to see the slow rollout of effects for the Fab 50 character statues throughout Walt Disney World. We already completed this quest at EPCOT and Magic Kingdom, now we’re taking our MagicBand+ around Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Check out our video tour, … Read more