Memory Maker Question

[MareSINY]

Hello My family and I are leaving tomorrow for a week at Disney We are staying offsite and have prepaid for tickets and the Memory Maker. We'll be picking up our tickets at Will Call and plan on purchasing the Magic Bands (kids really want them). How does the Memory Maker work? Will that get added to the bands as well as the tickets? If we don't get the bands how does the Memory Maker work? Do we still get a card from the Photopass photogs or do we use our ticket as our Photopass card? I haven't used Photopass since January 2013 and so I'm not familiar with the new Memory Maker procedures.

Thanks for all the help!

 

[Robo]

Hello My family and I are leaving tomorrow for a week at Disney We are staying offsite and have prepaid for tickets and the Memory Maker. We'll be picking up our tickets at Will Call and plan on purchasing the Magic Bands (kids really want them). How does the Memory Maker work?

Will that get added to the bands as well as the tickets?

Nothing gets "added to your bands."
(But, yes, you can USE the MBs to access MM.)

Just to keep things as clear as possible-

There is no reservation info, or ticket info, or credit card info,
or FP+ info "put onto" a MagicBand.

The MagicBands just contain a unique serial number that is used
to access the information that is stored in your MyDisneyExperience computer file.

So, even if you were to lose a MagicBand, the info stays locked in your file.
Disney can just set up a new band (different serial number)
to access the info in your MDE file.
Disney can also issue ADDITIONAL MB's to a guest and each
additional band can be used for the same purposes as the first band.
So, yes, there can be multiple MB's per person, and each of them can be used by that person.

The MagicBand works like the combination to a locked safe, or a key to a locked door.

Why does this distinction matter?
Because there is so much fear about losing bands and,
in turn, losing all of a guest's information thought to be on the band.

The MB, itself, is not the file of info or the container of the info.
The MB just unlocks the file of info, allowing it to be accessed from your MDE account when needed.

 

[MareSINY]

Thanks Robo! I wasn't worried about losing the bands or someone stealing info, I was just unclear about Memory Maker.

If we don't end up buying the bands is the Memory Maker tied to our tickets or do I get a Photopass card like I have in the past?