DVC AP Certificates and MB

[HookdonWDW]

I just thought of a question regarding DVC APs and MB. I just bought 3 DVC APs and linked them to DH, DS and my MBs. We are planning to pick up and activate the tickets at Will Call. There should be no issues with these APs.

If we did have a change of plans though, are the APs now linked to the three of us because they were attached to our MBs, or could they be used by any 3 people (who meet the criteria to purchase the DVC APs)? The same scenario could be applied to regular park tickets. If you attach a ticket to your MB, and don't use it, is it linked to that person forever?

I'd like to know, because it may change how far in advance we decide to link tickets to our MBs.

 

[drusba]

Don't know about other tickets, but what is on the bands for APs are just receipts not the APs. To get actual APs, you still need to go to a ticket booth or guest services at the parks and pick up the plastic card tickets, and any group of persons with IDs and with one having the receipt can get those. If you then want the actual APs put on the magic bands, guest services at the parks and hotels can do that after you get the actual AP plastic cards. It would seem what you lose by switching persons before arrival is only the FP+'s attached to the names on the bands.

 

[MouseMomx2]

You can reassign AP vouchers/certificates. Once the actual AP is processed it cannot be reassigned.

 

[Msmithmd]

RE: the bands: the actual AP will be linked to your MB right at the regular ticket window outside any park entrance when you turn in your voucher and are issued your passes. I just did this seven days ago. You do not have to go to guest services to have the AP and the band linked.

This is a big deal because FP+ has made the waits at guest services pretty terrible most of the day when the parks are busy. I rather like the concept of the new system, but in practice it is nowhere near ready for full rollout. Way, way too many bugs and errors still.

And another fundamental thing to understand: NOTHING is "on the band." The band is an RFID chip that passively and actively has a fixed code identifying who you are. What has "your stuff" is your MDE profile. This is what actually gets updated with your pass, your room assignment, charging privileges, etcetera.

So when they "link your band to a ticket," really all they are doing is scanning the band to ensure that your MDE profile has updated to reflect the pass associated so the band will work for you in the parks. This is why a single person can have multiple active bands- as long as that identifier is linked to your MDE profile the system "should" work. Emphasis on should.

 

[drusba]

RE: the bands: the actual AP will be linked to your MB right at the regular ticket window outside any park entrance when you turn in your voucher and are issued your passes. I just did this seven days ago. You do not have to go to guest services to have the AP and the band linked.

That must be a change made only recently. When we were there starting Veterans Day weekend, we were able to get the plastic AP cards at the ticket booths but they told us we had to go to guest services at the parks or hotels to get them put on the MBs. We used the plastic cards for entry the first day, and because guest services at the parks had those enormous "my magic band is not working" lines all day long, we had the APs put on the bands at the resort later at night (BWV).

 

[wdrl]

That must be a change made only recently. When we were there starting Veterans Day weekend, we were able to get the plastic AP cards at the ticket booths but they told us we had to go to guest services at the parks or hotels to get them put on the MBs. We used the plastic cards for entry the first day, and because guest services at the parks had those enormous "my magic band is not working" lines all day long, we had the APs put on the bands at the resort later at night (BWV).

We were at WDW beginning November 7th and were able to convert our DVC AP confirmation numbers to plastic cards and link them to our MagicBands at a will-call ticket window at Hollywood Studios. We did not need to go to Guest Services in order to link them to our MagicBands. In fact, when we first arrived at Hollywood Studios we went directly to the Guest Services window outside the Park. We were in line for about a minute when a Cast Member walked by the queue and asked if there was anything he could do to help us. When he found out what we wanted to do, he directed us to a regular will-call ticket window where we got everything done in less than 10 minutes.

 

[DebbieB]

That must be a change made only recently. When we were there starting Veterans Day weekend, we were able to get the plastic AP cards at the ticket booths but they told us we had to go to guest services at the parks or hotels to get them put on the MBs. We used the plastic cards for entry the first day, and because guest services at the parks had those enormous "my magic band is not working" lines all day long, we had the APs put on the bands at the resort later at night (BWV).

I had just the opposite on November 10th. I went to the ticket booth at the International Gateway to activate my DVC Promo AP (will call #) and she put my PAP on my magic band but could not give me the plastic card! She said she wasn't even supposed to put AP's on Magic Bands She directed me over to guest services, they said the same thing (AP's should not be on Magic Bands) but gave me the plastic AP card. I got a text that I needed to go to the front desk to get my room # at BWV, they had to recode my magic band and give me a new KTTW. After that, no problems for the rest of the week.

 

[wdrl]

One thing we noticed during our recent trip is that CMs still seem to be learning the system. The system is probably constantly evolving and what was true yesterday might not be true today.

We each received three sets of MagicBands for our trip. Right after we linked our Annual Passes to all three sets of MagicBands at the will-call ticket window outside Hollywood Studios, a CM supporting the FastPass+ kiosk inside the Park told us that our APs could only be on one MagicBand at a time. This was not correct.

I'm hoping that as time goes by, the system settles down and encounters fewer and fewer changes. This would help the CMs increase their knowledge level and be more consistent in resolving issues.

 

[Msmithmd]

Again all, there is a basic misunderstanding here. NOTHING is "on" a magic band. NOTHING. It has no flash drive, no Zip drive. All it does, and only what it does, is emit the numerical code that you see printed inside the band. That code is linked to your MDE.

If the code on that RFID device is linked to your profile, it accesses everything in your profile. Your annual pass card does the same thing (assuming you have a RFID annual pass that is). To prove this, we put our AP cards on the Mickey head readers at rides where we were using FP+. Worked just fine. Same as the band.

Because all the RFID chip does, is tell the system who you are. The main MDE system has your info on it.

So saying "you cannot put AP on magic bands" is both in a literal sense correct, and totally misses the point. If you have a valid AP on your MDE and have a magic band that is linked to your MDE profile, it will let you in the park. Theoretically unlimited bands per person can be linked to their profile. So far everyone in my family has three bands each, and all three work just fine per person.