Magicband 2 at Resorts
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Checked in today at CBR... old style, which is weird because my parents checked in last Thursday and received the new style
Did you get different colours?
That's the only thing I can think of that makes sense with the mixed reports. My guess is that if they have run out of the old style of a colour in your order, you get new bands. Otherwise old. Purely guessing though, I have no supporting evidence!
Minniemoo15
DIS Veteran
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- Jan 27, 2016
Hmm, maybe. We got purple, pink and green. My parents got red and orange.
Maybe red is the magic colour? There was a picture posted recently showing two new-style red bands.
Someone also reported receiving a new yellow band several pages back. Most people aren't reporting colours though, so hard to draw any patterns.
I imagine we'll get a lot more data points over the next couple of weeks, as people start checking in for their March Break trips. 9 days for us!
growingupdis
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- May 2, 2013
Purple was our request. Saw people getting grey new ones at the desk though!
DisneyNB
Enjoying the Magic....
- Joined
- May 28, 2014
Thank you for reporting back, it seems like there are people getting both. Yikes!
Tanooki
Mouseketeer
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- May 18, 2009
Just came back and, although we didn't get mb at check-in because we were staying offsite, we upgraded our tickets to annual passes and were able to customize new mb for them. I had them sent to a friend's address (why on earth can't we have them shipped to Canada? Especially for AP! Doesn't make sense 
) and we met with her on our way back so we got them and they're the new ones! Unfortunately, they are out of ap sliders at the moment so we'll only get them later on (May I think).
When we did the upgrade at the TTC ticket booth, my son's mb (from a previous trip) actually broke when we detached it to put it on. The CM, after asking a supervisor who examined the broken one very carefully, gave me another one to replace it but all she had was the old model. That was fine with us (replacing an old mb with an old model one) but I also think that's all she had to offer to anyone (they were displayed in her booth's window) so I think the mb2 are not even available for people who just want to buy one with their ticket.
) and we met with her on our way back so we got them and they're the new ones! Unfortunately, they are out of ap sliders at the moment so we'll only get them later on (May I think).When we did the upgrade at the TTC ticket booth, my son's mb (from a previous trip) actually broke when we detached it to put it on. The CM, after asking a supervisor who examined the broken one very carefully, gave me another one to replace it but all she had was the old model. That was fine with us (replacing an old mb with an old model one) but I also think that's all she had to offer to anyone (they were displayed in her booth's window) so I think the mb2 are not even available for people who just want to buy one with their ticket.
I had them sent to a friend's address (why on earth can't we have them shipped to Canada? Especially for AP! Doesn't make sense
I believe it has to do with the need for regulatory approval in order to commercially import RFID technology. Or something to that effect. Doesn't explain why they are sticking us with the old inventory though!
namedafteru
Earning My Ears
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- Jul 20, 2016
Checked in last week (February 26th), got old style bands in pink and blue as requested with our names on it. I asked the CM checking us in and he didn't know when they were switching over to handing out new ones.
DisneyNB
Enjoying the Magic....
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- May 28, 2014
I don't think when you customize affects when they are actually produced. They allow you to update or change them until they lock it down and send them to production. This info was given to me by "Accident" the Dis member who runs the MB FAQ thread.
DisneyNB
Enjoying the Magic....
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- May 28, 2014
That is so strange! Do you mind sharing which colours were in the new group/old group?
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