The bands can be customized to one of the following colours: pink, green, red, purple, orange, blue or gray. As well you can have your name or a nickname put on it. These can be ordered through your My Disney Experience account once you have a hotel reservation. Guest from the United States get them mailed to them before their visit. Because of the RFID technology they can not be shipped to Canada. However they will be customized as to your requests and waiting for you on arrival.
There are also limited edition bands released for special occasions. You can also order bands from the Disney Store online with villains, star wars, park characters, so many to chose from.
Photo is courtesy of disneyparks.disneygo.com
So in the next part of this post I will discuss the FastPass+ system. The last time I went to Disney the bands were just beginning to be tested I was not a lucky guest chosen to do so, so I have yet to experience them. The fast pass where still the paper system. You put the card in the terminal and it spit out a paper ticket with a time to come back to ride the ride. So you are probably thinking "OK" back up what does all of this mean. Rides at Disney have two lines. One line is called a stand by line. This line will have a sign telling you how long it is to wait to get on the ride. From as little as ten minutes to as along as 400 plus minutes (when Frozen opened and now Pandora). The second line is for Fastpass + guests. This is where you have reserved a time period to ride the line. Usually a time period of an hour. The guests in this line get on the ride first and get on very quickly.
So with your My Disney Experience account you can pre book Three FastPass+ per day for each day you have tickets. They are divided by Tiers for each park so you can usually only have one really popular ride. The FastPass+ are not just for rides they also include shows, parades and character interactions (something for everyone). You can link your whole party together also so you are all riding at the same time. Guest of Walt Disney can book their FastPass+ 60 days before their arrival. Guests not staying on site can only book 30 days out.
Once you use you three passes for the day you can then book another using either the app on your mobile device or a kiosk in the park. Once you use that one you can book another based on availability and so forth. Now I had clients at Disney at the beginning of June and they were a party of eleven. While getting the initial three passes a day was not a problem, trying to get an extra pass for that many people at once for the same time was not so easy. A smaller group will have loss problem securing extra passes.
So both the magic bands and the fast pass+ are not overly complicated but if you have any questions please feel free to ask away.
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