Last August for the trip they didn’t have bands.
This August they also found us ride photos. It’s a tool right in the app. They ask for a block of time and ask for a detail from other photos to determine whom they are looking for. I can usually give an extremely tight window and photos are found in hours to days.
I see new Magic Band 2’s unsynced on Ebay & am wondering if they will still work. Anyone know?
They aren’t synced when you buy them, so it’s definitely possible for someone to resell them. It all comes down to trusting the seller though.
I think a big issue with the MB+ is that they come loose. So much so that many people use the band that secure them in place. Mine has come off several times in the parks. I almost lost it on Tron! DH has the “basic” MB that they still sell in the gift shops. It’s only a couple years old. His hasn’t ever come loose.
Yes. We have always done this. Highly recommend doing so.
I purchased the little band holders that ryan1 suggested. they were something like $7. insurance!
DS7 wants to re-use his R2D2 MB+ that was purchased in October 2024 (so about a year old) for our upcoming trip. If I charge that year old MB+ should it have all the functions of a new MB+ (like on-ride photos)?
Yes.
You can also perform an update to the firmware, if the MB+ of it doesn’t have the latest, from within the MDE app. I would do this, since the most recent firmware update added fixes to improve battery life while using it. It went from the battery sometimes depleting in less than a day to being able to go 2 days on a single charge.
Hey…. WDW is dropping the MB discount for prearrival orders… I forgot that they used to be free/complimentary w/ a resort reservation
Disney World Fans Are Furious About This Major MagicBand Change | the disney food blog
I didn’t care for this either. We monkeyed around and didn’t buy ours yet, and now it’s $50 more! I’m hoping they will roll this back.
Honestly think this discount removal won’t affect much of anything. Fewer guests are paying for the MB+, and the discount to guests was minimal at best. I doubt this will make much of a difference. And while people have complained about each loss of benefit…Disney has not struggled to fill rooms (up until just very recently) nor the parks.
So…is a $10 discount on an optional item going to make or break anyone’s stay?
The bigger issue is optics. But loss of DME didn’t slow people from coming. So we have all trained Disney to charge us more and more without consequence!
Yes. I use my same one each trip. I’m not buying a second unless mine breaks. DH is fine with his basic black one.
Looks like the discount would make a difference in that case, to entice folks to buy. I know, $10 doesn’t affect much, but it’s annoying. Penny pinching.
For sure, it is annoying. And people will complain about it (I mean, obviously they already are…hence the DFBGuide article)…but I don’t think, ultimately, it will make any difference to Disney…nor guests. That’s my only point really.
The discount didn’t entice me. The loss of the discount doesn’t bother me. I figure people will buy them if they want them. For those people, the discount was nice. If it bothers me at all, it’s because it feels like Disney is taking away, little by little, part of the magic. They give back in room discounts but for some, that’s not enough. I think Disney is starting to see the effects of people choosing different vacations destinations.
So what do they do? Raise ticket prices!!! 
I think the picture is very complex, so these small considerations get lost.
In some areas, Disney has revoked privileges or benefits that they have historically offered.
In other areas, they have added or restored benefits (like free parking at parks and resorts - which by the way, is a HUGE benefit and much more valuable to me than a discount on MBs).
At the same time, they are continually adding new rides and upgrading existing ones. It’s easy to lose sight of that in a lull. But the parks today are completely revamped compared to 10 to 12 years ago (before new Fantasyland). And look at all they have planned for the next 5+ years - each park has something major coming.
Prices have gone way up, but inflation has also gone up and luxury items tend to inflate faster than everything else when more families are moving into a comfortable middle class income so demand is higher and can support higher prices for vacation expenditures.
oh I forgot about this! ppl were SO angry when they started charging guests to park at resorts. It’s nice to know ONE thing was reversed. Well two if
we count Kimmel 
Oh, now you done it! 
I just feel like they are stripping the value of a Disney vacation. If they bring some back, even if it cost them money, they will make it up. Discounts on resort stays doesn’t necessarily get people in the parks when the ticket prices are so high. I know people that are going to be using the Disney resort discounts but going to Universal Studios. So I’ll Disney gets a little of their money they won’t be going to Disney parks and spending money on food and merchandise. The more people that you have to pay for on vacation the bigger the issue becomes
I’m just glad I bought our discounted MBs before this announcement! It’s a novelty to be sure and I mostly did it for ride photo insurance.
honestly without the discount I probably wouldn’t have purchased. $40 in savings is still $40!