MyMagic+ testing beginning for Annual Passholders

[Dan Murphy]

http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/mymag...ual-passholders-during-the-next-few-weeks.htm

 

[ArwenMarie]

Thanks! We've been thinking about APs for next year, so this is very helpful!

 

[OKW Lover]

I really hate that we will still have to have a separate card that shows we are eligible for AP discounts.

 

[wiigirl]

Awesome!

 

[ucfknight]

I wonder if passholders, like me, who have a MagicBand already linked to their account from a previous resort stay will get another one when they roll this out to all AP.

 

[ucfknight]

I really hate that we will still have to have a separate card that shows we are eligible for AP discounts.

I really don't see the point of this. I can see why they'd still want to check a photo ID, but I don't see why you would still need a separate physical card to show you are a passholder.

Whenever a MagicBand is scanned, it shows your name. I'm sure they could add in a few lines of code which would query the ticket type associated with your account. If it is an AP, it should just tell the cashier that you are. Better yet, it could automatically deduct your discount without any intervention from the cashier.

 

[hedberg1661]

I really don't see the point of this. I can see why they'd still want to check a photo ID, but I don't see why you would still need a separate physical card to show you are a passholder.

Whenever a MagicBand is scanned, it shows your name. I'm sure they could add in a few lines of code which would query the ticket type associated with your account. If it is an AP, it should just tell the cashier that you are. Better yet, it could automatically deduct your discount without any intervention from the cashier.

I agree. Seems like we are asking for the world with this but oh well what can you do. You should still have to provide ID when using a discount so the name on the scanned ban (which should populate on the screen) should match the name on the ID hence no giving out your discounts.

 

[sunflare]

It would seem that the majority of the usage for the separate card would be to instantly identify who has free parking and who does not. Perhaps the separate card will be eliminated once they work out the bugs for magic bands and parking.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

We only stay on-site, so we've been eligible for awhile now, but it's still cool.

 

[mom2mickeyfan]

I agree. Seems like we are asking for the world with this but oh well what can you do. You should still have to provide ID when using a discount so the name on the scanned ban (which should populate on the screen) should match the name on the ID hence no giving out your discounts.

It would seem that the majority of the usage for the separate card would be to instantly identify who has free parking and who does not. Perhaps the separate card will be eliminated once they work out the bugs for magic bands and parking.

I think it is more that if you forget to show your card, you don't get the discount and then Disney gets more money from you.

 

[Porsche44]

You see this is MY major worry. 7 days FP+ reservations and then you have to wait 60 days before you can make any more. We travel from Australia and stay for 14 days or more at a time. We always buy AP's for the deep accommodation discounts we get and the fact that it works out cheaper on park entry tickets. IF when all this is finally rolled out AP holders are only allowed to book 7 days worth of FP's and are then locked out for 60 days until they can make more, we will be forced into buying say 2 x 7 days of tickets which will definitely be more expensive AND we will not be eligible for all the discounts we currently get, not to mention the fact that we will have to pay more for park hopper privileges which are included in the AP. This has been my worry all along with the new system. This is what will be the make or break rule for us regarding returning trips to WDW.

 

[PJ]

Yay!!!! This is what we've been waiting to hear.

 

[Missyrose]

You see this is MY major worry. 7 days FP+ reservations and then you have to wait 60 days before you can make any more. We travel from Australia and stay for 14 days or more at a time. We always buy AP's for the deep accommodation discounts we get and the fact that it works out cheaper on park entry tickets. IF when all this is finally rolled out AP holders are only allowed to book 7 days worth of FP's and are then locked out for 60 days until they can make more, we will be forced into buying say 2 x 7 days of tickets which will definitely be more expensive AND we will not be eligible for all the discounts we currently get, not to mention the fact that we will have to pay more for park hopper privileges which are included in the AP. This has been my worry all along with the new system. This is what will be the make or break rule for us regarding returning trips to WDW.

No, it's a rolling seven days that can be made 60 days out. So if you have a 14-day trip, you'd have to make another day of FP+reservations after using a day. So at the end of Day 1, you'd make Day 8.

 

[Momtomouselover]

You see this is MY major worry. 7 days FP+ reservations and then you have to wait 60 days before you can make any more. We travel from Australia and stay for 14 days or more at a time. We always buy AP's for the deep accommodation discounts we get and the fact that it works out cheaper on park entry tickets. IF when all this is finally rolled out AP holders are only allowed to book 7 days worth of FP's and are then locked out for 60 days until they can make more, we will be forced into buying say 2 x 7 days of tickets which will definitely be more expensive AND we will not be eligible for all the discounts we currently get, not to mention the fact that we will have to pay more for park hopper privileges which are included in the AP. This has been my worry all along with the new system. This is what will be the make or break rule for us regarding returning trips to WDW.

I would think you would be able to make a new FP reservation as you use up days. What I mean is that you would pre-book 7 and then after you use the first day make FP plus for the 8th, then the next day the ninth and so forth. Your reservations would still be a week ahead of time but hopefully that is sufficient. It would really blow if you could only have 7 days every 60 days.

 

[delmar411]

You see this is MY major worry. 7 days FP+ reservations and then you have to wait 60 days before you can make any more. We travel from Australia and stay for 14 days or more at a time. We always buy AP's for the deep accommodation discounts we get and the fact that it works out cheaper on park entry tickets. IF when all this is finally rolled out AP holders are only allowed to book 7 days worth of FP's and are then locked out for 60 days until they can make more, we will be forced into buying say 2 x 7 days of tickets which will definitely be more expensive AND we will not be eligible for all the discounts we currently get, not to mention the fact that we will have to pay more for park hopper privileges which are included in the AP. This has been my worry all along with the new system. This is what will be the make or break rule for us regarding returning trips to WDW.

Where did you get this understanding? LOL

It is a rolling 60 day window in which you can only hold 7 days worth at a time. So make 7 and on the first day make the 8th, and so on. As you se one day up another become available.

 

[bean]

I just noticed today that the Fastpass + section showed up on my My Disney Experience app. Hmmm...

 

[ucfknight]

Where did you get this understanding? LOL

It is a rolling 60 day window in which you can only hold 7 days worth at a time. So make 7 and on the first day make the 8th, and so on. As you se one day up another become available.

Maybe they are confusing the reality (7 days in a rolling 60 day period) with some of the early false rumors that didn't sound very good for AP (like the one that said you'd be limited to 5 days every calendar quarter).

 

[ferd]

My husband and I (with our 2 year old) were at the parks on Saturday, and we are annual passholders. We were stopped in new Fantasyland and asked if we could do a 30 second survey. They asked our zipcode and then asked if we were passholders. We said yes and he said 'Great!' and asked if he could email us some questions and information about our experiences. We said sure and gave hime the email. (We do not have magic bands at this point.) However we have yet to have gotten any kind of email from Disney so ??

 

[ucfknight]

My husband and I (with our 2 year old) were at the parks on Saturday, and we are annual passholders. We were stopped in new Fantasyland and asked if we could do a 30 second survey. They asked our zipcode and then asked if we were passholders. We said yes and he said 'Great!' and asked if he could email us some questions and information about our experiences. We said sure and gave hime the email. (We do not have magic bands at this point.) However we have yet to have gotten any kind of email from Disney so ??

Anytime Disney has asked me to participate in an email survey, it usually takes at least 5 to 7 days to arrive.

 

[ferd]

Anytime Disney has asked me to participate in an email survey, it usually takes at least 5 to 7 days to arrive.

Ahh, good to know. Thanks. I've only ever been asked to do onsite surveys before. I was sort of hoping they were gonna pick us for the AP testing.