thestevied
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We've been here just over a week now, at the yacht club, and are having an amazing time! Thought I'd just do a quick update on how we're getting on with the magic bands.
They were waiting for us at check in, in a nice little box, both personalised in the colours we chose a month or so ago. We've had them on almost constantly (they're waterproof) only really taking them off at night when we sleep. So far we haven't had a single problem.
Getting into the parks has been easy, and there haven't been any queues with other guests not being able to use them properly. Just scan the band at the turnstile and then your index finger. Turnstile turns green and you're in the park.
When we've charged purchases to the room, again this has been easy, just scan the band and type in your pin. It's probably quicker than using a card.
Using dining plan credits is simple, the server scans your band when you first enter the restaurant, and then your bill comes with your dining credit already deducted.
The best bit for me is the fastpass+. We booked these as soon as we saw we had the bands. I was worried they wouldn't work, but at the allocated time slot we've just turned up at the attraction, scanned our bands at the fastpass entrance and we're in the ride. A few times, the cast members have said, "thank you Steve and dawn", as we enter the ride, so I guess our names appear on a screen as we enter.
Today I changed our fastpass selection using the mde app on my iPad, as we decided to do MK instead of Epcot on Tuesday. Again this was easy to do, assuming there are fastpass selections still remaining, of course. Wifi in the parks and hotels has also been good. We can check our fastpass times from the parks, so there's been no worry about forgetting what times we have booked.
All in all I'm really impressed. We've enjoyed using them and can't wait to use them again! It may not be as perfect when every guest will have access to them, maybe fastpasses will run out quicker. But for now we have no complaints at all. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask away.
They were waiting for us at check in, in a nice little box, both personalised in the colours we chose a month or so ago. We've had them on almost constantly (they're waterproof) only really taking them off at night when we sleep. So far we haven't had a single problem.
Getting into the parks has been easy, and there haven't been any queues with other guests not being able to use them properly. Just scan the band at the turnstile and then your index finger. Turnstile turns green and you're in the park.
When we've charged purchases to the room, again this has been easy, just scan the band and type in your pin. It's probably quicker than using a card.
Using dining plan credits is simple, the server scans your band when you first enter the restaurant, and then your bill comes with your dining credit already deducted.
The best bit for me is the fastpass+. We booked these as soon as we saw we had the bands. I was worried they wouldn't work, but at the allocated time slot we've just turned up at the attraction, scanned our bands at the fastpass entrance and we're in the ride. A few times, the cast members have said, "thank you Steve and dawn", as we enter the ride, so I guess our names appear on a screen as we enter.
Today I changed our fastpass selection using the mde app on my iPad, as we decided to do MK instead of Epcot on Tuesday. Again this was easy to do, assuming there are fastpass selections still remaining, of course. Wifi in the parks and hotels has also been good. We can check our fastpass times from the parks, so there's been no worry about forgetting what times we have booked.
All in all I'm really impressed. We've enjoyed using them and can't wait to use them again! It may not be as perfect when every guest will have access to them, maybe fastpasses will run out quicker. But for now we have no complaints at all. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask away.
they could stop that at any time as one of the T&Cs for FP+ is that you can only use one FP type. In future if you opt for FP+ you are effectively opting out of legacy FP.
