When do magicbands get shipped?

[EMHDad]

We are going in Jan. No more complementary magicbands. So, we paid the $5 per and bought them. Because we paid for magic bands, do they get shipped out immediately like whem premium bands are bought, or do we need to wait until after the 30 day window starts? Hoping to get before Christmas.

 

[Fangorn]

We are going in Jan. No more complementary magicbands. So, we paid the $5 per and bought them. Because we paid for magic bands, do they get shipped out immediately like whem premium bands are bought, or do we need to wait until after the 30 day window starts? Hoping to get before Christmas.

I don't know that anyone really knows yet, but I suspect that the old "ship at 28 days" process will go away in favor of the process being used now when buying premium bands. It would not be a good move to wait months, potentially, to ship items that the guest has purchased.

Steve

 

[EinHoden]

We are going this weekend. Ours never shipped and I just got an email saying they would be available for pickup at our Resort. The family we are travelling with that has a separate reservation got theirs shipped a couple week ago. Looks like they might be in the middle of a transition period with no norms right now.

 

[sparkle78]

Thanks. We go next weekend and never got ours, I’m calling this evening , I’ll check my junk folde for an email. Thanks for info

 

[DSLRuser]

I just booked for 25 days out, and they say processing now. usually the arrive about 20 day prior to your trip.

We have a closet full of them. Decided to get on more fresh set before they are no longer complimentary.

I was able to use my very 1st band I got years ago, and it still works for room doors and things like that.

 

[MeridaICR]

I believe that the reservation say now that they would keep them at the resort to get when you arrive.

 

[partypug]

We're going in early January and our magic bands arrived two weeks ago. Your reservation in MDE will usually say what the cutoff is for them to be picked up at the resort.

 

[condorthb]

I believe that the reservation say now that they would keep them at the resort to get when you arrive.

Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of online check in? Having to go to check in to get them.

 

[DSLRuser]

Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of online check in? Having to go to check in to get them.

well.....a great deal of people already have magic bands from previous visits. Our bands from when the program first started work fine for doors and payments. check into your room, and send one person down for the new bands.

 

[Erzengel]

My wife ordered the Child magic band that wasn't really available anywhere else. When we arrived, she was told something along the lines it being sold out and when that happens it doesn't always get back to the person purchasing it. She found another one because we did the Springs the day we arrived before we went to the park but it was an awesome one.

 

[DSLRuser]

I booked a trip Monday 11-16 for a trip on 12-11...just got my USPS tracking # emailed to me today.

 

[wdw_dine_junkie]

I put in an order for 5 free magic bands when they were still free, for a Jan reservation. No idea if they will ship or not. The status just says order has been received, placed back on July 26th.

 

[Alynw]

It could be possible that some people will get their bands shipped while others will have to pick up when they check in. Reason I say this is because Disney has had a big issue with people that have the dining plan that show up early before their rooms are ready and they just go straight to the parks without checking in first and when they try to use their dining credits it gets denied because u must check in first to activate ur dining plan. Then they end up having to pay for the food and then Disney has to go through the hassle of refunding their money and adjusting their dining credits. Not saying there anything wrong with going straight to parks without checking in but alot of people are not aware that u must check in first if u have the dining plan before u can use it.

 

[Kalea]

We just ordered today for a trip starting Jan 18. The confirmation email says they'll be delivered about 10 business days prior to the trip.

 

[RanDIZ]

I received all of mine for our Dec trip. They came about 20 days before. We also purchased ones which shipped out immediately.

 

[winnieofpooh]

We received ours on Nov. 19 for our trip starting Dec. 13. Not sure how the process will differ now that they aren't complimentary though.

 

[EMHDad]

We just got ours yesterday. 43 days from our trip. My assumption is that because we paid the $5 per, they got sent quickly.

 

[Castillo Mom]

I made reservations for our split stay for F&W at exactly 11 months out and received our magic bands within approximately two weeks of booking. Not sure if this was because I ordered premium bands for all of us for both segments of our trip.

 

[ksueboo]

We have some from a June 2019 trip. Will they still be usable for a Jan 2020 stay? I wasn’t sure how long the batteries/RFchip worked. I also didn’t realize until just now that they weren’t free anymore!

 

[Dave006]

Battery life is 2-3 years but the chip is almost forever. The batter is not needed for normal use. It only provides extras like auto ride picture selection (select attractions), and enhance standby queue interactions at select attractions.

Dave