Dolphin resort and purchasing magic bands in advance

thestevied

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Hi all. My wife and I are visiting the dolphin resort for two weeks this September, coming from the uk. We've been once before and loved it, but this is our first time here since dolphin guests are able to use magic bands. We used magic bands when we were last at disney , staying at the yacht club, and it's something we would like to do again. On the my disney experience app I've managed to link our resort reservation and our disney tickets that we've bought over here, so that's all good.

My question is, how do we purchase the magic bands for use at the dolphin? Can we do this in advance or does it have to be done at check in? Also, can we still make advanced fastpass reservations if we haven't yet purchased the bands, as that's something I'm also keen to do.

Thanks for any help!
 
Firstly, if you still have your old bands you can re-use them as long as they are still showing as active on your MDE account.

If you want to purchase new bands you can only do this once you arrive at Disney. They are only sold in certain shops and currently have to be linked to a ticket when purchased. They are selling the same 7 colours that resort guests get to choose from for free.

If you buy new bands you can also use your old ones as well. We now have 4 sets of bands and can use any one at anytime. The band just reads the information in your account.

On FP+, as long as your reservation is linked and tickets are linked you can pre-book at 60 days otherwise its 30 days. Magic bands have nothing to do with whether or not you can pre-book.

Finally, as you are staying at the Dolphin you will not have charging on your bands they will only work for park admission and FP+.
 
Firstly, if you still have your old bands you can re-use them as long as they are still showing as active on your MDE account. If you want to purchase new bands you can only do this once you arrive at Disney. They are only sold in certain shops and currently have to be linked to a ticket when purchased. They are selling the same 7 colours that resort guests get to choose from for free. If you buy new bands you can also use your old ones as well. We now have 4 sets of bands and can use any one at anytime. The band just reads the information in your account. On FP+, as long as your reservation is linked and tickets are linked you can pre-book. Magic bands have nothing to do with whether or not you can pre-book. Finally, as you are staying at the Dolphin you will not have charging on your bands they will only work for park admission and FP+.
Thanks, this is helpful!

So I've checked on the mde app and my (our) old bands are still active. Does this mean any reservations I make for dining or Fp will be stored onto my old bands? If so that's great, no need to buy new ones. So we literally just turn up with our old bands and they'll work like on our last trip? Will our ticket details be stored on there too? Sorry for all the q's!
 
Your bands just read any info on your account.

If your tickets are on your account they should just work (I say should because the systems isn't perfect yet :rotfl2: )

Dining reservations are not read by the bands at the moment - you still have to give your name when checking in.
 

Your bands just read any info on your account. If your tickets are on your account they should just work (I say should because the systems isn't perfect yet :rotfl2: ) Dining reservations are not read by the bands at the moment - you still have to give your name when checking in.

thats great, thanks for your help. As you say, we can't charge anyway, staying at the dolphin, but will be nice to be able to use them again to enter the parks and access our Fp reservations. My wife is now very excited.
 




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