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There are other changes as well.
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It's time to move on and move forward.
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When I plan on going to Disney, I pick out the color of the Magic Band. Then I design (inside) the 9 spaces that Disney allows to create in naming it.
This trip I picked yellow (1st time wearing)and my son picked red. I designed our names/labels. I usually incorporate the year and month, and depending what event I may add that into the mix.
I have had the Orange, Pink, Green, and Purple. I wish they would have a Teal one!
Few Questions:
1. What color do you pick?
2. Do you design or do you use just your name?
3. If you could add a color for the Magic Band, what would it be?
Thank you for answering!
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I have green and yellow ones. I'm thinking they are out of battery by now though.
Blue would likely be my next choice.
My DD added a design to one set we have. We won't pay extra for them or buy designed ones.
I have pink, blue, yellow and purple. I have used my name on 2 of them and created fun names on the other 2. I agree with you that teal would be a nice color-that or turquoise.
Few Questions:
1. What color do you pick?
2. Do you design or do you use just your name?
3. If you could add a color for the Magic Band, what would it be?
1. I picked purple for me, grey for my 23 yr old son and blue for my 11 yr old son.
2. On mine, I listed MstrGracy because the purple reminded me of the HM wallpaper. The grey is P Life for Pirates Life as my oldest like Jack Sparrow, etc. And the little guy got ExitExit as it's a long standing joke from when he was 4 yrs old on the Haunted Mansion ride.
3. I'd like to see another blue-something darker. Or mixed up colors.
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Among the three of us, we have at least one of every color - including the gray - of the original MB design and on the inside, all we did was our name (my name was too long so I used my nickname) and the year.
For the new version of MB's, we're going with pink, purple and blue this year. Again, name and year on the inside. I like the design of some of the special ones but don't like the price tag so they stay on the shelf.
If I could pick a new color for the MB's? Maybe lighter shades of some of what they have - like a lighter purple and a lighter blue. White might be good too - goes with anything (but just can't be used between Labor Day and Memorial Day )
Among the three of us, we have at least one of every color - including the gray - of the original MB design and on the inside, all we did was our name (my name was too long so I used my nickname) and the year.
I like the idea of using the year, especially if you are regulars of WDW & don't re-use your magic band.
My youngest is into Disney hats. The ones that can be embroidered, we have started added the year to as well as his name.
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I have purple, blue and red. DD has pink, blue, purple, and green. We don't always use our names. For instance, I used MBA Grad for our May trip as I've just gotten my MBA. For our August trip, I will do something for my birthday. One year I did Cpt Jack as he's my favorite.
We've previously ordered some decals for the MBs, but we didn't for this trip. I did, however, order the purple wall one because I like purple and this gives me a different option than the purple they offer.
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I love the idea of adding the year. It would help us know how old the ones we have are (if we'd done that) and whether their battery might still be working.
I have an MK 45th anniversary band that I splurged on. Right now, whenever I go to enter a park, instead of flashing green, it flashes multi color. One of the cast members commented on it yesterday. She's never seen the entry lights do that before.
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I got the Flower and Garden Festival orange bird band this past trip. Like the above poster said, different bands react differently to the scanners. I did not know this at first and thought something was wrong with my new band. I actually lost one of my use anywhere/anytime fastpasses because I scanned my band twice thinking something went wrong the first time. I think it took me another day before I realized that this band did not show a green ring when scanned. It showed a white ring. The good news was that, since the rest of my family still had the use anywhere/anytime fastpass, they allowed me to go in the fastpass entrance without it actually being on my band. They stated that if the majority of the party had it, they would usually allow the one without to go in with them.
I have an MK 45th anniversary band that I splurged on. Right now, whenever I go to enter a park, instead of flashing green, it flashes multi color. One of the cast members commented on it yesterday. She's never seen the entry lights do that before.
I've heard of this before. Don't the Star Wars ones make Star Wars noises when scanned? I think another one made sounds too, I just forget which design I read it about
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