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[eticketplease]

Use the app to make sure your magicbands and/or magicbands+ are working properly to grant access to the elevators and your room. Essentially you can do the same thing the employees checking people in do, but just do it through the app.

How do you do that? Their iPads have a sensor that they tap the magic bands to.

 

[PolyRob]

Use the app to make sure your magicbands and/or magicbands+ are working properly to grant access to the elevators and your room. Essentially you can do the same thing the employees checking people in do, but just do it through the app.

You cannot do the same thing CMs do with iPads and computers in your own My Disney Experience app.

Activating a band on the guests end does not encode it to a room like a CM can when assisting guests. It just turns the access back on for that specific band.

 

[HooperSnag]

Hi Everyone - We came pack from a trip in August - We checked around 10pm which I know because the MK fireworks show was playing. There was two people there with Leis and tablets to assist us. Unfortunately, out MB+ didn't work and they had to re program them. Also, there wasn't any bell services and the manager had to bring our luggage to our room that we had transferred from Riviera.
I will say that the room was beautiful! We were in 8641 standard 1 bedroom that overlooked the monorail which was cool. It was also next to the Terrace Garden and we used to OFTEN, to read, watch my ipad, etc and there was never anyone in it. As a family of 5 we loved the 2 full bathrooms and tons of space and places to charge devices and Magic Bands. The only negative that I have to say was I wished there were hooks right as we entered like in most rooms, I wished the water dispenser worked inside the fridge, And I wish there was a door to enter the Tower on the side by the pool so you don't have to walk all the way around the restaurant.

Great stay! we are looking to buy so Poly points so we can stay more often.

We noticed a large number of people using the door through the bar into the restaurant to travel to the lobby.

 

[emchen]

We noticed a large number of people using the door through the bar into the restaurant to travel to the lobby.

Seems reasonable during downpours…also to reduce exposure to the oppressive afternoon heat. It also means imagineers fell short on finding the optimal path for pedestrians going from the Great Ceremonial Hall to the Island Towers Lobby.

You cannot do the same thing CMs do with iPads and computers in your own My Disney Experience app.

Activating a band on the guests end does not encode it to a room like a CM can when assisting guests. It just turns the access back on for that specific band.

We walked in today around 11am and CM with ipad immediately volunteered to encode our magicbands. Then throughout the day, I saw them busily doing so with all new guests (easy to tell with the leis).

Our CM stated that there will be CM till 11pm daily making sure no one has to go upstairs only to have to come back down or walk all the way to the GCH.

Loved that they are finally doing this after prior years’ of shlepping to a room direct, only having to shlep back to front desk to get MB encoded.

Last time was for me was at Poly a couple years ago before island towers. I had it happen too at VGC, AKV Kidani, and perhaps CCV. It only took 5+ years to workout the kinks in “direct to room” feature.

 

[eticketplease]

Last time was for me was at Poly a couple years ago before island towers. I had it happen too at VGC, AKV Kidani, and perhaps CCV. It only took 5+ years to workout the kinks in “direct to room” feature.

The direct to room feature works great but you have to pay attention to the asterisk.

* Once you have reached your room please return to the front desk to allow us to provide a complimentary key to the world card or encode your magic band. We also helped to sprinkle some pixie dust on your Fitbit / Apple Watch. Look at the head start we gave your step count!!

 

[PolyRob]

Seems reasonable during downpours…also to reduce exposure to the oppressive afternoon heat. It also means imagineers fell short on finding the optimal path for pedestrians going from the Great Ceremonial Hall to the Island Towers Lobby.

We walked in today around 11am and CM with ipad immediately volunteered to encode our magicbands. Then throughout the day, I saw them busily doing so with all new guests (easy to tell with the leis).

Our CM stated that there will be CM till 11pm daily making sure no one has to go upstairs only to have to come back down or walk all the way to the GCH.

Loved that they are finally doing this after prior years’ of shlepping to a room direct, only having to shlep back to front desk to get MB encoded.

Last time was for me was at Poly a couple years ago before island towers. I had it happen too at VGC, AKV Kidani, and perhaps CCV. It only took 5+ years to workout the kinks in “direct to room” feature.

Glad it worked out and CMs should be stationed in the tower to assist guests until 11pm

The MBs are messy especially for repeat guests so DVC members are a recipe for disaster

 

[emchen]

The direct to room feature works great but you have to pay attention to the asterisk.

* Once you have reached your room please return to the front desk to allow us to provide a complimentary key to the world card or encode your magic band. We also helped to sprinkle some pixie dust on your Fitbit / Apple Watch. Look at the head start we gave your step count!!

My finger was poised on the mad emoji for a sec before I realized there was no such asterisk.

 

[Girlstar30]

Glad it worked out and CMs should be stationed in the tower to assist guests until 11pm

The MBs are messy especially for repeat guests so DVC members are a recipe for disaster

We had to call the help desk before our trip to figure out how to pair them, etc and then there was issues with some tickets not showing up or some could only be scanned thru our wallet and not the band, I dont know they need to make it easier, I couldnt imagine some of my family members even knowing they have to do all this or botherm

Disneyland doesnt implement magic bands as much as fl does so i never felt a need for one at Disneyland and then you have VB that doesnt use the app at all.

Im just glad I didnt have to deal with virtual queues this time, that was really annoying having to stop what we were doing in hopes that we would get the ride everyone wanted to go on the most.

The dvc booking site seems archaic like one day im going to be like remember when we had to clear our cookies and history 30 times a day to stalk, how did we ever deal with that lol.

Disney IT needs a boost.

 

[eticketplease]

Disneyland doesnt implement magic bands as much as fl does so i never felt a need for one at Disneyland and then you have VB that doesnt use the app at all.

You can use your magic band at VB but yes, the app doesn’t work. If you want to do online check and I think you have to go to something like beach.disney.com or something like that.

 

[Girlstar30]

You can use your magic band at VB but yes, the app doesn’t work. If you want to do online check and I think you have to go to something like beach.disney.com or something like that.

I mostly commented on this so I can receive updates on a poly thread i must admit

 

[Disney Spaz]

I mostly commented on this so I can receive updates on a poly thread i must admit

I saw your review of PIT versus RIV and was surprised to see you are now considering a PBV contract. Our fir stay beyond 1 night is in 8 weeks and we cant wait. The 2 bathrooms in a 1bdrm sold us last November.

 

[Mikey15]

I saw your review of PIT versus RIV and was surprised to see you are now considering a PBV contract. Our fir stay beyond 1 night is in 8 weeks and we cant wait. The 2 bathrooms in a 1bdrm sold us last November.

2 bathrooms in a 1B (3 in a 2B) is a big feather in the cap for Kidani, BLT, and PIT in my opinion.

From afar I like Riv or Poly Classic for studios, but the 1B at PIT looks amazing.

 

[Girlstar30]

I saw your review of PIT versus RIV and was surprised to see you are now considering a PBV contract. Our fir stay beyond 1 night is in 8 weeks and we cant wait. The 2 bathrooms in a 1bdrm sold us last November.

No one was more surprised than me to find out that both me and my wife, that didnt even want to stay there, are now saving for direct Poly

The 2 bathrooms def was a selling point, as was the terrace view for fireworks which is only for guests, and the studio was very nice with the extra seating and kitchenette.

That's why I like blt studios so much too, the extra stuff really makes a difference, where I feel like riv studio should have had those extras too

 

[Girlstar30]

2 bathrooms in a 1B (3 in a 2B) is a big feather in the cap for Kidani, BLT, and PIT in my opinion.

From afar I like Riv or Poly Classic for studios, but the 1B at PIT looks amazing.

This is what fascinates me too. I toured PIT and Riv before staying there and I fell in love with the idea of Riv and I was pretty anti PIT.

I loved the elegant and polished look of the Riv studio and the headboard and the marble. Staying there for me was different.

Extra bathroom was a win at PIT. The marble floor was cold to me at Riv and not as nice and soft as having carpet at PIT. As a person who is always freezing and has all these sensitivities lol PIT is the better choice for my comfort.

The kitchenette in the studio for my cousin at PIT was very useful and she missed it staying at Riv.

Its so different staying somewhere than touring. I didnt know Riv one bedroom had a jacuzzi tub and that was a stronger selling point there vs the PIT soaking tub. Also Riv studios with firework viewing dont have luminous music on the TV channel synced whereas I believe poly tpv does have the music synced. These little details are important to a most magical stay for me. I thought the iPad situation at PIT would annoy the hell out of me and it didnt, communication between them and the GCH happened rapidly

Im just so glad we got to do both before we purchase and if LSL opens before we sign we will stay there too to see, we take our direct purchase seriously

 

[eticketplease]

The kitchenette in the studio for my cousin at PIT was very useful and she missed it staying at Riv.

What was missed? I thought the only thing that was missing from RIV was the dishwasher?

 

[PolyRob]

We had to call the help desk before our trip to figure out how to pair them, etc and then there was issues with some tickets not showing up or some could only be scanned thru our wallet and not the band, I dont know they need to make it easier, I couldnt imagine some of my family members even knowing they have to do all this or botherm

Disneyland doesnt implement magic bands as much as fl does so i never felt a need for one at Disneyland and then you have VB that doesnt use the app at all.

Im just glad I didnt have to deal with virtual queues this time, that was really annoying having to stop what we were doing in hopes that we would get the ride everyone wanted to go on the most.

The dvc booking site seems archaic like one day im going to be like remember when we had to clear our cookies and history 30 times a day to stalk, how did we ever deal with that lol.

Disney IT needs a boost.

WDW paid billions to implement MyMagic+. Everything feeds into MyDisneyExperience. When it works, I love it. When it doesn't, I hate it

Each guest has their own profile within MDE. They can be managed by one person or each person can have their own account and manage themselves. It can get confusing when you have minors and need to share profiles, but each individual MB only ever works for one single guest. It should access their room, ticket, LLs, charging privileges, etc. Watches and phones can hold passes for multiple people.

You see how much the ticket and LL touchpoints back up when you have a guest that is pulling out physical cards or scanning multiple tickets from one mobile device. A MB or watch/phone in express mode for a single guest really speeds things up.

 

[Girlstar30]

What was missed? I thought the only thing that was missing from RIV was the dishwasher?

I have no idea, thats what she told me, ill ask her

 

[Girlstar30]

WDW paid billions to implement MyMagic+. Everything feeds into MyDisneyExperience. When it works, I love it. When it doesn't, I hate it

Each guest has their own profile within MDE. They can be managed by one person or each person can have their own account and manage themselves. It can get confusing when you have minors and need to share profiles, but each individual MB only ever works for one single guest. It should access their room, ticket, LLs, charging privileges, etc. Watches and phones can hold passes for multiple people.

You see how much the ticket and LL touchpoints back up when you have a guest that is pulling out physical cards or scanning multiple tickets from one mobile device. A MB or watch/phone in express mode for a single guest really speeds things up.

I totally agree with this is really like the magic band experience when it works well! I think its great we dont have to go to the front desk at all esp after moving rooms and a long theme park day, thats my favorite part about it!

Also nice to have on our wrist instead of whipping out tickets for everything! Now that we're setup i think it will be smooth sailing from here, but I was on that phone call for way too long We had another issue, something about it being matched to a different person at DL, that was a whole other debacle


I just think about my wife's parents and people that aren't tech savvy and no way theyre going to understand this whole system or even bother. It was hard for me to grasp that things would just be on my magic band automatically when I purchased something online with my email, almost like I didnt believe it unless I could physically see it and I must have asked that question a few times I feel old

 

[PolyRob]

I totally agree with this is really like the magic band experience when it works well! I think its great we dont have to go to the front desk at all esp after moving rooms and a long theme park day, thats my favorite part about it!

Also nice to have on our wrist instead of whipping out tickets for everything! Now that we're setup i think it will be smooth sailing from here, but I was on that phone call for way too long We had another issue, something about it being matched to a different person at DL, that was a whole other debacle


I just think about my wife's parents and people that aren't tech savvy and no way theyre going to understand this whole system or even bother. It was hard for me to grasp that things would just be on my magic band automatically when I purchased something online with my email, almost like I didnt believe it unless I could physically see it and I must have asked that question a few times I feel old

Oh yeah Disney is forcing smartphones on every guest in order to have a decent experience. It's really sad. The old FP+ kiosks stationed around the parks were all ripped out.

 

[Girlstar30]

Oh yeah Disney is forcing smartphones on every guest in order to have a decent experience. It's really sad. The old FP+ kiosks stationed around the parks were all ripped out.

Yes I remember being really sad when dcl phased out the paper activity sheet, I looked forward to getting one and circling what I liked to do every day but now im used to the app and "hearting" instead