We stayed 7 nights at POR in a Riverview room (Magnolia Terrace). We also had park hoppers and the regular
DDP.
First of all, overall we LOVED the magic bands. I know everyone has different opinions but I really don't understand all the complaining (true IT glitches notwithstanding). They worked every time for room entry, park entry and dining credit use. The CM's at our meals never had to scan them more than once and never seemed bothered by them. Park entry and hopping was as smooth as it's ever been. Got in each time with no problems and even my four year old had NO trouble touching Mickey to Mickey and looked forward to the times she got to do it herself. The
MDE app worked just fine, though it was a little laggy in the parks but that's to be expected with thousands of guests trying to use it constantly. A few times during our trip we had rides go down during our FP return time and we were offered the option to go to a list of other rides to use our FP or we could wait for the ride to come back up and use it later. Those worked fine as well. Shopping was probably TOO easy with MB lol. Again, never a problem with any purchase. I'm sorry to those who say 'I'm not going back' 'Our family is done with Disney' 'FP+ Blows' but I really dont think its worth cancelling or ruining a trip over. I think these posts are so melodramatic. It changed next to nothing for us, with the exception of making our mornings SO much less stressful. We were able to get up and make it to a park by 10 and still have fastpasses for headliners later that day and great short waits for rides until then.
We loved FP+ and cannot wait to go back next January! The only thing I could say would be I wish you could park hop and use the FP at more than one park per day. Maybe that will come since its still BRANDNEW and they're optimizing its use for EVERYONE.
