Please HELP with questions about Pal Mickey

[js]

Hi. I have a new Pal Mickey still in the box and never used from a trip two years ago.

Does he automatically update when you walk into a park? I would like him updated with the most up to date information.

Are there any places, other than the parks, where I can get the little guy updated?

Our first day in the park will be MGM and would like to begin my touring as soon as rope drops and not wait 15 minutes or so updating Mickey?
THANK YOU all for your help.

 

[MareSINY]

Mickey should update automatically when you enter the park. The best suggestion I received was to bring extra batteries. The update takes a lot out of poor Mickey and his batteries poop out pretty quickly. I bought my niece a Pal Mickey for Christmas through Ebay, not sure how old he was eventhough he was still new in the box. Our first day in the park his batteries died towards the end of the day. My niece was walking around saying, "He's dead." It was pretty comical. When we went to get onto the TTA one of the CMs said something about her carrying "his boss" and I said, "Yeah you should have heard her five minutes ago saying that Mickey was dead." LOL

Make sure you wear or carry Mickey facing forward so he can get updated without any problems. If he doesn't automatically update you can bring him into one of the stores to get uploaded with the newest data. Not sure which stores do that though.

 

[sticker231]

You don't have to sit somewhere and get your Pal Mickey updated. Since you have an older Pal Mickey or "classic" Pal Mickey as I call mine, you won't get some of the info the Pal Mickey in the tux gets. Just have him turned on when you enter a park and you are good to go. I love my Pal Mickey and can't wait to travel home with him in October.

 

[js]

You don't have to sit somewhere and get your Pal Mickey updated. Since you have an older Pal Mickey or "classic" Pal Mickey as I call mine, you won't get some of the info the Pal Mickey in the tux gets. Just have him turned on when you enter a park and you are good to go. I love my Pal Mickey and can't wait to travel home with him in October.

Sticker, we are leaving the same day out of EWR on CO. How about you!
Thank you. My dm told me she read I had to bring him somewhere to get him updated (she really has PM and is giving it to my ds on our trip when we arrive). I thought he just updated when we went into a park (like my dd's PM did last trip). Then I thought since he was "older" I had to have him tuned or something LOL Thanks.

 

[sticker231]

We are leaving from Newark and taking Jetblue. Just have Pal Mickey turned on and you are ready to go. Are you from Jersey also? Enjoy your trip. The days are going so slow aren't they?

 

[Hope73]

I would say to put frest batteries in him before you go. I bought one of the first ones. Mine has the traditional clothes on. Anyway I gave mine to a friend to use this Jan 2006 and she said it was a lifesaver. They were ther during a tropical depression and it gave weather info and as you entered the park it said waht rides were open and delayed. I never knew it did all of that. I am glad to see that my older guy has the new tech and i don'e have to buy a new one.