TwoAtDisney
Julie
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- Jun 18, 2010
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DH & I returned yesterday. Neither of us liked the MB. We find it unlikely, but we hope Disney gets enough negative reviews of the MBs to give a choice of the MBs or a normal hotel room/account card.
I realize a lot of people like the MBs & feel they work well & are convenient. I'm glad for all of you.
1. Shape is wrong - will not lay flat on a wrist. The battery part humps up, will not lie flat.
2. If it is fit tightly so will not spin on the wrist, it causes sweating under the band & causes some squeezing, marking, irritation.
3. If it is fit loosely, it slides up & down the wrist & turns, always requiring the other hand to pull it down & set it upright. Plus, sometimes we wore long sleeved shirts which were buttoned at the wrist. The band would slide up under the sleeve & require the other hand to set it upright - sometimes requiring an unbuttoning of the shirt sleeve. This was a real pain when we had something in our other hand (which we always seemed to have). I hated it for opening our room door, had other hand full.
4. Must be taken off to reach the pad that opens the resort gate - at least at POFQ - or open car door & step out (not!).
5. We had to contort our wrist at out room door when/if the band had twisted on our arm, or use the other hand to position it. Often the door jam blocked our hand/wrist from being at the needed angle, unless we used other hand to position it. I really griped about this because we come/go a lot to/from our room.
6. We wear our watches on our left arm. So our MBs on right arm. Not a big deal during low crowd times, but at parks must first touch MB to Mickey & then touch finger pad - does take a little longer.
7. DH's MB worked at MK, but not at DHS. Worked at some food places, but not all. He never knew what would happen. For food, I was with him except once - POR. The cashier had him take the band off & she entered the # from the underside of the band. The other times, we used my MB for food.
8. Since I didn't like the MB, I ended up keeping it in my purse/bag & pulling it out like I would a KTTW card. But that was a pain because obviously it does not fit as well into a bag/purse as a thin flat card does.
MB EXPIRATION - I asked if we are supposed to bring back our current MB at our next checkin. Was advised that we could if wanted, but a new one will be waiting, because the maximum life of the MB battery may only be 2 years or less. I asked what happens to unexpired park tickets on non-accessible MBs. I was advised Disney does not have that answer yet - they are working on this issue. I asked so how do guests "prove" they have unexpired tickets. Answer - "Hopefully" the MDE account will still show the tickets. The guest should print their account info with the remaining tickets. My thought, but I didn't ask, is how can the guest prove the tickets weren't spent after the print was made. I did ask the above questions of a few CMs at our POFQ front desk, concierge, & guest relations & always got the same answers.
I realize a lot of people like the MBs & feel they work well & are convenient. I'm glad for all of you.
1. Shape is wrong - will not lay flat on a wrist. The battery part humps up, will not lie flat.
2. If it is fit tightly so will not spin on the wrist, it causes sweating under the band & causes some squeezing, marking, irritation.
3. If it is fit loosely, it slides up & down the wrist & turns, always requiring the other hand to pull it down & set it upright. Plus, sometimes we wore long sleeved shirts which were buttoned at the wrist. The band would slide up under the sleeve & require the other hand to set it upright - sometimes requiring an unbuttoning of the shirt sleeve. This was a real pain when we had something in our other hand (which we always seemed to have). I hated it for opening our room door, had other hand full.
4. Must be taken off to reach the pad that opens the resort gate - at least at POFQ - or open car door & step out (not!).
5. We had to contort our wrist at out room door when/if the band had twisted on our arm, or use the other hand to position it. Often the door jam blocked our hand/wrist from being at the needed angle, unless we used other hand to position it. I really griped about this because we come/go a lot to/from our room.
6. We wear our watches on our left arm. So our MBs on right arm. Not a big deal during low crowd times, but at parks must first touch MB to Mickey & then touch finger pad - does take a little longer.
7. DH's MB worked at MK, but not at DHS. Worked at some food places, but not all. He never knew what would happen. For food, I was with him except once - POR. The cashier had him take the band off & she entered the # from the underside of the band. The other times, we used my MB for food.
8. Since I didn't like the MB, I ended up keeping it in my purse/bag & pulling it out like I would a KTTW card. But that was a pain because obviously it does not fit as well into a bag/purse as a thin flat card does.
MB EXPIRATION - I asked if we are supposed to bring back our current MB at our next checkin. Was advised that we could if wanted, but a new one will be waiting, because the maximum life of the MB battery may only be 2 years or less. I asked what happens to unexpired park tickets on non-accessible MBs. I was advised Disney does not have that answer yet - they are working on this issue. I asked so how do guests "prove" they have unexpired tickets. Answer - "Hopefully" the MDE account will still show the tickets. The guest should print their account info with the remaining tickets. My thought, but I didn't ask, is how can the guest prove the tickets weren't spent after the print was made. I did ask the above questions of a few CMs at our POFQ front desk, concierge, & guest relations & always got the same answers.
