MagicBand Question for Canadians with APs

[alc571]

So our plan is to get AP's on our next trip in November. We are staying offsite this time, but plan on staying onsite next time. My question is, how do we customize/receive MagicBands?

From what I could find, I get that if we buy them online in advance we get a voucher that we redeem at Customer Relations or we pick them up at Will Call. We would then customize our MagicBands and wouldn't be able to get any while we are there, unless we buy them at DTD or use our ugly grey ones from our last trip. Then, once customized, we have to have them sent to a US address... which essentially means our resort on our next trip to Disney. Meaning, in October 2015 (assuming we don't take an impromptu trip before that) we will finally get our customized MagicBands??

Does that sound right? Because that sounds awful to me..

 

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

you could try and see if you can have them sent to the place you're staying at off site so they are there when you arrive.

 

[alc571]

So I can customize MagicBands from the voucher? I thought I had to actually have the APs first...which I wouldn't have until I pick them up at DTD.

Am I right that if I get the passes online, that they're not active until I go to Client Relations to activate them?

 

[TagsMissy]

We just got out free AP bands sent to us, they were mailed to our friend WA who crosses the border often. He dropped them off to my husband this morning and I'm waiting anxiously for him to get home from work so I can see them. He did send me a lovely set of photos to taunt me of the box and him opening it

 

[roscoepc1]

You customize them online at disneygo.com, then they are waiting for you upon arrival at your resort.

 

[keaster]

A friend of ours has a place in Florida, we had them sent to him and he's bringing them for us when he comes home in a couple weeks

 

[alc571]

So from what you are all saying, I won't be able to get my magic bands until my trip in October 2015 (weeks before my APs expire) unless I find someone to smuggle them across the border? Or can I customize them from the voucher, and pick them up at a resort before I've actually activated my APs?

 

[smashing]

I'm not sure if the AP ones are the same or not. Our trip in September we customized them on-line and loaded them with all the fast pass selections for the week. They were there waiting for us when we arrived. Everything was programmed and ready to go . So I would think the AP ones would be the same.

 

[TagsMissy]

So from what you are all saying, I won't be able to get my magic bands until my trip in October 2015 (weeks before my APs expire) unless I find someone to smuggle them across the border? Or can I customize them from the voucher, and pick them up at a resort before I've actually activated my APs?

yes, Disney currently isn't shipping any MB out of the USA.