Jess & Mase Anniversary & Family Trip Report 2013

Worked for me, viewing from my iPhone. The bands look cool, first time I've seen the underside of one. We've got to wait til we get to the resort until we get ours.

I do not have mine yet, but it looks like I will be getting two also. One for AKL, and one for the 2 nights I move over to SS.

I wonder if Disney will ever reload those for new trips so that they do not have to incur the cost of a new band for each reservations? Would that be a logistical nightmare? Would it require a physical trip to the desk or Guest Services to load it? Could there be a "number" attached to your band that could be activated electronically with your current trip data? Hmmmm...

Doc from what I've been told, I think Disney plans on re-using the bands because once the trip ends, the reservation on the bands end as well. Then you can just activate the new reservation to the band. This is from what I've been told and could change.

Looking forward to hearing about your trip. Hopefully, we'll be able to meet up while we're down there.

As far as the second video, my only suggestion would be to lower the volume on the music. It was hard to hear what you were saying over the music.

Awesome ! I Mase videos!

I called and asked if we could transfer the second half of our stay onto the first band and they told me yes. But since I don't trust it yet, I went ahead and ordered the second set. I'll ask at check in if it's still possible, but I won't wait for a ton of time for it to happen.

That's the same exact thing I said about the music being to loud...lol

Yeah they will be reusing them and you don't have to take them anywhere to reload them...it is all done wirelessly....we already have our magic bands and i added the dining plan yesterday. I asked the lady how it got on there since we already have our bands...and she's like it's on there now....it's just like "magic".

I was wondering the same thing about the bands. Glad to have all that info now! Also, thanks for showing your names on the bands, I was wondering how that worked... I wasn't sure where they were going to be, although I knew they would be on there.

Also I don't know if you knew this or not but it doesn't have to be your name on there....You can put whatever you want...Like my daughters says Princess

"Kids' size." Heh. I might need "kids' size." If I peel out the colored part, it will just barely buckle. If I leave the black part on, I'll have the extra length wrapping nearly all the way around my wrist. Not sure what I'll end up doing with it.

Mine is blue, hubby's is green. They look quite nice together in the box, just as your red and pink bands do.

Thanks for the video tour, it was good to see all round them. How secure are they when they're on? I'm a bit of a big clumsy duffus and I'd hate for it to pop off and get lost.

The guy that checked us in at the Beach Club said the bands are virtually indestructible - you can even swim and shower with them on. Cool!

Thanks for the info, thought I might need to staple it to my wrist, just in case.

Looks like you got your videos down pat.

So excited for the TR. I loved the updates and videos last time. So awesome!

Going back to the Magic Bands since I've been MIA for a few days... Being that the bands come apart to make them smaller for kids... Do they come apart easily? Does it seem like maybe one side would come apart and make it uncomfortable for an adult? Just curious... How strong the two sizes are bonded together... I would hope you really have to tug at them to come apart so that the adult size doesn't just fall apart from messing with it... I'm kind of antsy and always messing with my rings, bracelets, etc... out of habit... So the kid size adult size thing kind of got me wondering.....

Also, awesome that you can add your gift cards! What did you have to do, call and they added them for you? I wish there was a way to do all that online... Probably someday... And do you know if you can add cash to it? So that it becomes like a gift card? Cause that would be real awesome...

Just some thoughts..

The magicbands don't fall off easily. You have to really pull at them to get them off. I'm guessing it's the same once you make them child size as well.

I know that they won't fall off... but because of there being two sizes that you manually pull apart, I was wondering if they come apart easily... Or if it takes a good tug to re size the band... lol, I think it's kinda hard to explain what i'm getting at... whoops lol

The nubs that hold the band in place (I think that's what your talking about) hold pretty tight. Unless you mean when you take off the grey part to make it child size.

From my experience, the bands can come off if you catch them on something. My band came off several times during our trip.