Magic bands & Food & wine?

[travelgoddess]

can we use our bands when visiting the booths at Food and Wine festival or is it cash?

 

[wilkeliza]

You can use your bands at the booth. Just remember that you need your ID if you want to purchase alcohol.

 

[thornton0511]

We had no issues using our bands at any of the booths. We did originally try to use our Disney Rewards Card at the booths and it would not register a valid form of payment so we ended up charging it all on our bands and then paid the balance off at the resort that evening using the rewards card lol!

 

[piccolopat]

I think the answer is it depends. If you have Magic Bands, are staying onsite at a Disney hotel and have a credit card linked to your MDE account, the answer is yes. Otherwise you may not be able to use your Magic Bands for any purchases. We have Magic Bands from our Yacht Club stay last year and used them for food purchases but we are staying at the Swan this year and we can't use them the same way.

 

[NYCANC]

We used our bands and I told them to use our snack credits.

 

[mickeygirl78]

I used my band for snack credits on the ddp with no issues

 

[wilkeliza]

I think the answer is it depends. If you have Magic Bands, are staying onsite at a Disney hotel and have a credit card linked to your MDE account, the answer is yes. Otherwise you may not be able to use your Magic Bands for any purchases. We have Magic Bands from our Yacht Club stay last year and used them for food purchases but we are staying at the Swan this year and we can't use them the same way.

I forgot that someone may be asking about old magic bands they have and still use but are not actively staying on site. Good to point out you must be actively staying at a Disney owned resort with a credit card on file to be able to charge with the magicband.

 

[brinkley07]

We used our magic bands for the booths as snack credits and as charges without any trouble, but we were staying on site.

 

[Stinky_Pete]

I love to use my MB to purchase items at the F&W booths. But I recommed you have an alternate form of payment. The MB system can crash and if that's all you've got you'll be sad. Also, sometimes the MB readers at specific booths don't work well.

I carry a credit card and some emergency cash whenever I go into the parks. Just in case...