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Magic band battery. Just bought from Disney store/trip in October.
I have a strange question. I just bought a couple magic bands from the Disney site because they were on sale. I have heard battery life is 1-2 years. My trip is not until October.
If they were already marking them as "sale" and my trip is 5 months away......what if they don't work when we get there? I would be so bummed.
I know I will get regular magic bands from Disney a few weeks prior to my trip so I will have those to fall back on. I plan to use those util check in at the resort anyway then have them switched to the new ones. I know I can do that online but it just seems less risky to do it when I get there.
I would do what you plan to do & carry the ones you're sent with during the day for backup. The price combined with the fact that the battery isn't replaceable is why I wont buy one. And I'd love a Figment one.
I'd definitely keep the back up one handy in your bag or such, but I suspect you will be fine. By the way, you can have multiple magic bands linked to your name in your MDE account. There's no real reason not to go ahead and link them up. My account probably has about 5 or 6 linked. I sometimes switch them out when traveling just for the fun of it.
I'd definitely keep the back up one handy in your bag or such, but I suspect you will be fine. By the way, you can have multiple magic bands linked to your name in your MDE account. There's no real reason not to go ahead and link them up. My account probably has about 5 or 6 linked. I sometimes switch them out when traveling just for the fun of it.
This is us too; we each have three attached bands at the moment, and will be getting a new one on our upcoming trip. I agree that you should go ahead and attach them to your MDE account but definitely bring the backups.
The battery in a MagicBand only powers its long-range function, which is used in situations like ride photos, and food delivery at BoG.
Even if the batteries of your MagicBands are doa, you won't know until you go through a few attractions with automatic ride photos and they fail to show up in your PhotoPass account, or if you have lunch at BoG and the servers can't find you to deliver your food.
The close-range functions of a MagicBand which require you to tap the MagicBand against a reader - park entry, PhotoPass scanning, FastPass redemption, etc - are powered by the reader itself, so they will work essentially forever.
The battery in a MagicBand only powers its long-range function, which is used in situations like ride photos, and food delivery at BoG.
Even if the batteries of your MagicBands are doa, you won't know until you go through a few attractions with automatic ride photos and they fail to show up in your PhotoPass account, or if you have lunch at BoG and the servers can't find you to deliver your food.
The close-range functions of a MagicBand which require you to tap the MagicBand against a reader - park entry, PhotoPass scanning, FastPass redemption, etc - are powered by the reader itself, so they will work essentially forever.
That is interesting...I didn't realize there was such a difference in how the bands were "powered."
It would be really nice if they would make the batteries replaceable!!!
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I have bands that are over two years, or about and they still worked in the haunted mansion ride, with the new interaction at the end. It showed my name with the hitch hiking ghosts.
I have bands that are over two years, or about and they still worked in the haunted mansion ride, with the new interaction at the end. It showed my name with the hitch hiking ghosts.
Name-shmame! There should be an in-ride photo at that point. :::::grumble, gripe:::::
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I really wish they lasted longer. There are so many fun ones I would love to have, but I cant justify the $25-$30. Oh well, I will just decorate my free ones.
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