New to the ShopDisney is a Lion Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lion King MagicBand 2. This is part of the new Hakuna Matata collection at the Disney’s Animal Kingdom, shown in our earlier post here. Printed on the top of this bright orange MagicBand is Hakuna Matata, and along the sides are the Disney’s Animal Kingdom logo and … Read more
Last month Disney released a brand new MagicBand color, millennial pink, and today they shared that they will be introducing two more colors, as well as several new designs based on some of our guests’ favorite Disney films. With Walt Disney’s timeless classic “Peter Pan” marking its 65th anniversary this month, Disney is rolling out … Read more
Our latest photo report brings us to the Magic Kingdom for a look at what’s new (mostly merchandise) around the park… Welcome to the Merchant Kingdom! The 2018 limited release MagicBand for sale. The seven Dwarfs brown MagicBand is also now available. Some cute new comic strip style mugs were just released. They retail at … Read more
MagicKeepers, the MagicBand key chain, are now available in three new colors pink, purple, and blue! They retail for $12.99 the same as the original black version. No additional colors for the Minnie Magic Keeper has been spotted yet. New Magic Keeper Colors How to Install MagicBand Puck into MagicKeeper If you need … Read more
DisneyStore.com has just released five new MagicBands featuring Marvel characters ahead of their imminent release at Walt Disney World. These are open edition MagicBand 2, so they are available at the $22.99 price point. This collection features Black Widow, Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Thor. It is unclear if these will ever be sold … Read more
Yesterday, Disney released a new update for the My Disney Experience app for both iOS and Android, bringing a bunch of new features to the app. Walt Disney World Annual Passholders will now be able to renew their pass on the app directly on their mobile device. Additionally, guests using the Disney Dining Plan will … Read more
As we told you earlier this week, Disney is cracking down on anyone who tries to cheat the FastPass+ system at Walt Disney World. Today the new policies have gone into use, as well as a more effective way of stopping guests from doing such activities again than we had even speculated. Beginning today, any … Read more
Good news if you ordered your MagicBand after December 28th, 2016: you should be receiving a MagicBand 2 when your bands arrive prior to your vacation. Guests (who are non-annual pass holders as they have been getting the bands for a few weeks now) have already reported receiving the bands in the new packaging as … Read more
Our first photo report of 2017 brings us to the Magic Kingdom to see the latest adjustments and merchandise additions around the park. Let’s jump right in, shall we? Welcome to the Magic Kingdom Good morning Magic Kingdom! They have slowly been repaving the area outside of Mickey’s Philharmagic over the last few weeks. … Read more
We are beginning to get more details on the MagicBand 2, just announced and released this morning at D23’s Destination D event. The MagicBand 2 will be mailed to Walt Disney World annual pass holders starting in December 2016. In January 2017, resort guests will start to receive the new MagicBands as well. Around the … Read more
Guests at D23’s Destination D event are going to be the very first to sport the new style of MagicBand for Walt Disney World. The new MagicBand is indeed the puck style that was rumored a few months back. As you can see, it can be worn in bands, keychains, and possibly other holders. No … Read more
As it turns out, those big cardboard boxes you get in the mail carrying your Walt Disney World MagicBands were bad for environment… Who would have guessed? Anyway, it seems enough people complained to the point where Disney has completely redesigned the boxes and made them out of recyclable materials. The new boxes also probably … Read more
Last week, we told you about many of the MagicBand interactive features around the parks that had recently been deactivated. Well, since we posted that story, a few of these elements have returned to service at the Magic Kingdom. Space Mountain and “it’s a small world”, which boast two of the simpler “name display” effects, … Read more
Over the last few years, we have slowly seen Walt Disney World install screens at many of its theme park attractions for new interactive elements that would utilize the technology in a guest’s MagicBand. Many of these effects were eventually turned on, such as the Hitchhiking Ghost scene at the end of the Haunted Mansion, … Read more
A new style of MagicBand is in development according to MagicBandCollector.com. A new post on the FCC shows some pictures of a prototype MagicBand puck that would, in theory, fit into an interchangeable strap or other items. This would allow guests to simply keep this puck and interchange different straps and accessories to their pleasing. … Read more
WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen brings us a few quick updates from Epcot today: Most of Innoventions West is still behind construction walls with no announcement of what will fill this space yet Work progressing on the new Frozen meet and greet area, set to open in May 2016 Lots of new MagicBandit accessories were released … Read more