Person one says:
Only people staying on site can use their magic band to charge things at restaurants and shops.
Person two says:
Anyone (day guest, passholder, resort guest, etc) with a magic band linked to a card can charge things with the band at restaurants and shops.
Who is correct?
Person one.
There is no credit card linked to the Magic Band - plus or otherwise - ergo, you cannot charge to it.
Only resort guests can charge on a MB if they have charges set up through their resort
but you can mobile order and charge the food via the MDE app if you have that set up to take charges , which means you could MO in many of the shops and charge it that way
Yes, I forgot to add you have to have set up charging to the room.
Only those onsite can charge to a magic band which is actually charging to your onsite room account.
As other posters have said, Magic Band charging requires linking to a card, which is accomplished at the Disney resort one has lodging at.
It is possible to have the MDE / Disney app on one’s phone and have a card stored there. Then you can use the MDE app for mobile ordering/charging.
It might be easy to get the two confused if one hasn’t been to Disney often, or lately.