OK, OK, I have searched the forum and found lots and lots of posts saying that Magic Bands are not transferable and that is what I always thought. As a WDW family, we are used to that. But, we are headed to Disneyland and I would love to be able to buy some less expensive MB+ on eBay. Risky? Maybe. But I was reading on Undercover Tourist and they gave me some hope. I’m not sure how it could really be different. Am I reading it wrong? Any experience with this?
They say:
‘Can I Change the Ticket or Magic Key That My MagicBand Is Linked to?
Yes! At Disneyland, you can assign a MagicBand+ to any ticket or Magic Key pass on your Disney account. You can reassign a MagicBand from a ticket or pass to a different one in your app. You can also unlink it from your account and link it to a different account. This is different from Disney World, where the MagicBand is linked to a person and cannot be unlinked. You can assign and link or unlink MagicBand+ in the MagicBand+ section on the Disneyland app.
That being said, a MagicBand can only be linked to one ticket or pass at a time. If not everyone in the group has a MagicBand, the people without a band can use their phones instead.’
Ok do not take this as legal advice, but I could actually see this working.
At WDW, a MB+ is linked to a profile. At Disneyland, their technology is not so sophisticated, so you link your MB+ to a ticket. Other tickets linked in your app do not automatically link to your MB+.
This leads me to believe that Disneyland’s system would not be able to tell or care if your MB+ was once linked to a different person’s account, because they are not checking for that. Their system is not cross checking your profile to make sure you are the user who purchased / assigned the tickets. Rather, tickets are assigned based on the name entered at the time of purchase / use and the photograph taken at time of first entry.
So proceed with caution, but if I had to guess, I think it just might work.
Thank you for the feedback! I consider this a win! Does anyone know what happens when WDW comes into play? DH is not convinced. There are bunches of unlinked bands for sale, but we won’t know if/where they have been used. He’s saying we may be able to use at DLR but what about WDW? I’m thinking there is still a potential that it will be locked on to someone else at WDW if we actually buy a used, unlinked one.
You cannot re-assign a MB at WDW. So yes if you buy a used one that was linked to someone at WDW you will not be able to use it there but you can still use it at DLR.
Adding an anecdote. My DD is a CM, she used to have an AP with a MB+ linked to it. Even though she is the same person she can not link that MB to her CM main gate pass so it is essentially useless because she no longer has an AP.
