Do magic band special effects still work when DVC?

[SarahVR1234]

Hi everyone!

I recently found out that some limited edition magic bands have special effects when touching them to a touchpoint (when entering a park or when scanning your fastpass). On our last trip both me and my mom bought a limited Rise of the Resistance magic band, which has one of those special effects. I scanned mine and it worked perfectly, but my mom (who is a DVC member) scanned hers, and the touchpoint lit up purple (which is what usually happens when you're a DVC member). Now I'm wondering if anyone knows if the purple DVC effect overrides the special effect on the magic band? Or did my mom get one with a defect? The special effect doesn't work anywhere for her, not at the entrance and not for fastpasses, and we did use it at Hollywood Studios where mine did have the effect.

 

[Friendlyadvice2]

It has nothing to do with the fact that she is DVC. I have bands that behave differently from others with the same band as well. Some of this is affected by the various entry and fp touch points even though yours might work just fine. I even have a couple bands from the Halloween and Christmas parties for a given year that have now adopted the special affects of one of the party bands for an entirely different year. The next time she goes, she may find that the band works just fine. I've found as the years have gone by that there is an increase in the inconsistency of the various special effects for the limited edition bands.