Military salute tickets, magic bands & split stays

[Maddies Mama]

In March, we knew we had a trip coming up to Disney World, so I went to ITT and ordered the 4-day park hoppers for the 3 of us. I was able to link our vouchers to MDE and select fast passes.

Last weekend, we stayed at AoA for 4 nights and used 3 days of the 4-day tickets. We took our vouchers to Guest Relations the first morning of our stay and she then activated the 4-day tickets on our bands.

Now I got an e-mail after I booked our stay at POR for later this month that I need to customize a new set of magic bands. But right under the "Confirm shipping address" button, it says that all bands and tickets are interchangeable as long as they're not deactivated. My daughter and I have one set of bands from last fall and then my daughter, husband and I all have another set of bands from last weekend.

First question: Do I have to order new magic bands or can we bring the ones from this last time and they will work?

However, I don't see any active tickets or any record of an active ticket on our bands from the stay last weekend. I do see 2 inactive tickets on my and my daughter's bands, one from the MNSSHP and one from a split stay we did in Oct/Jan (also Salute tickets). We should still have 1 day left on the tickets bought in March since they don't expire until September, but this does not reflect at all in MDE. I do think the system recognizes we have a day left because I have FP selections booked for 1 day and I tried to book them on one additional day and it says the parties are not eligible for FP selections.

Second question: Is this normal now that ticket numbers no longer show up in MDE if a hard ticket is not issued and tickets are attached directly to the band?

Third question: Is there no way for me to view in MDE how many days remain on my ticket anymore since the ticket does not show up? Previously when I did a split stay like this, I could click the active ticket picture and it would tell me how many days are remaining.

Clicking on the magic band itself only gives me the # for the band.

 

[Lynne G]

I can generally answer the first question. Whether you want the new bands or not, they will send them. Any one of them can be used for your new stay, unless you deactivate it. Many people have several bands from several stays, many like to order different colors each time, and coordinate with their outfits.

There has been issues with the website. You can always call Disney.

I am going to have to figure out how to add 6 military tickets to my bands, that the three of us are going to use back to back.

I hope all gets figured out for you, and you have a great trip coming up.

 

[Maddies Mama]

Thank you for the insight. I'm glad to know we can use our bands from the last trip. We had them customized with Star Wars names, which is fitting since we're going back for Star Wars Weekends this time around.

Not sure if the system was glitchy last night or what, but the tickets are now showing under the account. They definitely weren't last night, as all I could see were the hotel & dining reservations we have. But now it shows up 1 day remaining for each of us. Phew!