We used them this last April. They are fantastic! If I could link my cards to this device and use it rather to pay for goods and services outside the Magic Kingdom (with an accompanying pin control system), I absolutely would. No more handing my cards to random individuals in restaurants to take away for a few minutes to record the transaction. No more cards handled by tons of people in varying states of cleanliness only to be stored in my back pocket. And no need to whip out a cell phone to pay for something that I don't really want to whip out the cell phone for.

"And no need to whip out a cell phone to pay for something that I don't really want to whip out the cell phone for."

Such as?

I see no improvement in pulling out my cell phone to pay for a purchase over a credit card. Yes the cards in the US should use a different method of encoding data. But when you simply look at the process, I see no advantage to pulling out my phone over whipping out my wallet. Cell phone payment systems are ridiculous to me.

That sounds ridiculous, like having a waiter spoon-feed you, because you cannot be bothered to bring spoon to mouth, that is part of the experience of living.

The only purpose of the bracelet is to get you to spend more, and you are following like a sheep, thrilled to be fleeced. But, hey ... it's your money, enjoy it.

Yep they are getting you to spend more money.....by giving you a better experience. I call that a deal. And smart business.

I agree. Watching yourself fork over actual cash is harder than sliding a debit card and just using your wrist is even easier. All those credit cards...all u need is a dishonest person and a few things readily available online and u can have a wonderful vacation. On somebody else's dime.

I thought there was a law that limited my liability to $50 for unauthorized charges. At least the FTC seems to think so ...

What about unauthorized charges to the Disney bracelet? Is there a federal law to cover this?

Never lost a wallet on a trip, have you? Scaling down the number of items is a matter of convenience and contributes to the atmosphere Disney is trying to create. Superior Guest experience.

Context is king.

I think they call it an Apple Watch. :P
In all seriousness, it’s kind of cool how in Canada (and probably elsewhere) they bring a card terminal to your table rather than taking your card(s) to a central terminal. Downside is if the restaurant doesn’t have a sufficient number of them available during busy times.

haha .. may hahaahahahaah ///?

It's sort of like a casino, I guess.

The idea behind magic bands is great. I specifically booked an extra 3 days in 2013 to get in on the testing and overall the experience was good. However magic bands will never realize its true potential as long as Disney IT has anything to do with it. Their whole internet presence is built on top of the old go.com behemoth. The websites are atrocious clunky horrors not fit for human consumption. It's great you can reserve things with magic bands and make reservations for Be Our Guest. The system crashed for hours under the onslought the first day you could do it. In fact the system crashes often coincide with opening reservation days for anything or even the release of discounts. Before magic bands this didn't effect you inside the parks. Now your whole experience is tied to Disneys shaky inept system. Budget a week or so just to get your memory maker photos downloaded. It's that slow

Good call in Disney websites. They've sucked since Disney entered the WWW.

I'll be stealing that. Just so you know. It's far more succinct and just as accurate as my long winded explanation.

So presumably you gave them all of this *FEEDBACK* and they'll improve it?

I didn't realize an NFC transmitter with mouse ears cost a billion in r&ad.

The billion wasn't for R&D, it was for roll out. Did you even read a single sentence?

Yes, and I wouldn't believe Disney if they told me fire was hot.

After many years of visiting Disney, our worst experience by far was last year with the Magic Bands. Yes, there are a few gee-whiz moments like ordering food ahead of time and just going to your table, but in practice they are used to force you into going places you don't want to - or lose your right to any more Fastpasses that day. Forget spontaneity; want to watch a show, but it's not scheduled ahead on your Fastpass +? Forget it - 80% of the seats are reserved for people who did, except Disney clearly has no clue yet how many people are scheduled to be there so you are turned away from a mostly empty venue. At nearly every turn we found the bands to be major, vacation crushing fails. There is real potential, but so far they're not ready for prime time and are ominsously used primarily to force people into what Disney wants them to do, not what the guests want to do.

Easier solution: Don't have kids!

Easier solution to what?

than spending 10 grand to go on a kids vacation?

What? The only $10,000 vacations within the continental U.S. that I know of people taking are in Vegas, and they are definitely not for children. I bet they would love this tech there too.

Well, seven nights at Animal Kingdom lodge or the Polynesian will cost you $3,000 alone, Add food, extras, tours, flights, and tickets for four people and $10k comes pretty quickly.

I am sure you can spend 10Gs of you want to, but you certainly don't have to. Disney is actually relatively affordable for a family vacation if you do it right.

by "do it right" you mean stay in hotel that also rents rooms by the hour?

I will resist the urge to make a Yo Mama joke.

There are always packages you can get, and avoid holidays... stuff like that can make it pretty cheap.

So the rooms by the hour are ok if you avoid the holidays?

Typically your mom is booked over Christmas so what's the point.

Sorry, you forced my hand.

You would know... she's waiting for you to arrive.

For that kind of money, instead of staying in Animal Kingdom, go to Cape Town. Instead of Polynesian go to Thailand. You'll come back with way more interesting stories and photos.
The only thing is you can't take small kids on long-haul flights.

I've backpacked through Africa and Asian. It's awesome.
But I love the Disney magic. In fact, we spent an entire day on a back stage tour learning about the way they manipulate you (in a good way) and that is priceless.

LOL, so everybody is supposed to share your idea of what a fun or interesting vacation is? I'll take my kids where they have the most fun. How about instead of telling people what they should do with their money, go fucking enjoy your own life instead of bitching about where other people vacation at?

Hahhaaaaaa, you've been taken, if you think that's what Disney costs.

We did the upscale version of Disney last year and easily spent $7,000 on two of us.
We did have an awesome time, though, and the bands worked magically.

We've done "deluxe" for the past 2 years at $4500, including several "signature" dinners. I'm sure for $7k, you got the best of the best, and were treated like royalty also. I'm so unused to the genuine kindness and helpfulness at Disney, that I'm left hanging while I wait for snark. It's what brought us back this year, in fact.

You spent $7,000 to be in Orlando? In a theme park? Surrounded by cartoon characters? Jesus Christ.

Their money, what's the problem?

It's a pretty sh*tty way to waste $7,000.

Like I said, what's it matter to you? If it's not a waste to them, what concern do you have? You have zero say in what people spend their money on. If it's worth it to them, it's not a waste. Just because you can't or won't spend it, you don't have to look down on them for doing so, in fact, you have zero right to do so.

Like I said, what's it matter to you? If it's not a waste to them, what concern do you have?

Just giving some logical, helpful advice.

You have zero say in what people spend their money on.

I never said I did.

Just because you can't or won't spend it, you don't have to look down on them for doing so, in fact, you have zero right to do so.

Yes, I can. I'm doing it right now.

Nope, you are in your own mind, but nothing you type makes will sway a person's opinion about how they spend their money. Your internet world exists only in your mind.

Nope, you are in your own mind, but nothing you type makes will sway a person's opinion about how they spend their money

That's quite a sentence.

Your internet world exists only in your mind.

Huh?

Do you want me to hold your hand through this? This little internet bubble you live where you can cast judgement and belittle people for how they spend their money is burst.

You can talk down on people all you want, the ONLY place it makes a difference is in your own little mind.

Pretty funny how you can talk to somebody about "talking tough behind a computer" when you're talking just as much shit about people.

Do you want me to hold your hand through this?

To follow your asinine logic? Yes, please.

This little internet bubble you live where you can cast judgement and belittle people for how they spend their money is burst.

Actually, this is reality. You just can't accept the fact that you have really sh*tty taste and get extremely emotional when someone speaks the truth about a sh*tty place that you enjoy.

You can talk down on people all you want, the ONLY place it makes a difference is in your own little mind

Again, with the failure to accept reality.

Pretty funny how you can talk to somebody about "talking tough behind a computer" when you're talking just as much shit about people.

A) How am I talking tough?

B) Do you really think I wouldn't say this in yours or anybody else's face? Why wouldn't I? As usual, that doesn't make any sense.

What do kids have to do with Disney vacations?

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Why are you spending 10,000 dollars to go to Disney? Are you staying for a month?

But you're glad your parents did, right? ;-)

I'm even more glad they didn't just take me to CPS and demand their money back!

Lots of people go to DisneyLand (and world) without kids. It's actually a very nice vacation, as it's very stress free compared to almost any place on earth... there are a lot of fun things for adults to do there.