The Magic of Magic Bands

I love when I’m working with a new client on their Walt Disney World vacation and they tell me they definitely want to get Magic Bands!  And of course they want Magic Bands-these things are awesome! Good thing they are included in all Disney World resort packages!  So what is a Magic Band anyway? On it’s surface, it’s a colorful bracelet that you see everyone wearing all over the WDW property.  Some are solid colored, some have homemade designs and some are highly themed, but each is unique to the person wearing it. But what makes these bracelets so magical?

Leave the Wallet at Home: Magic Bands serve as your ID, credit card and room key-all right there on your wrist.  You are already lugging enough stuff through the parks, without having to worry about searching for a piece of plastic.  A simple scan of the wrist and it’s all there. The only downside-I’ve never been asked for my ID at Disney!

Dining Plan: Your Dining Plan can be used through your Magic Band.  Cast members can scan your band and know what plan you are on and how many credits you have left!  One less thing to worry about.

FastPass+: You planned hard to figure out what FastPass+ options were best for you and your family.  Once those are chosen, all you have to do is scan your band when it’s time to take your ride.  Mickey turning green always makes my family happy, and it couldn’t be easier!

Memory Maker: With 100s of photographers all over the parks, it’s hard to not stop and pose for tons of pictures.  Disney Photo Pass photographers will snap your pictures and scan your Magic Band. Within a few minutes, your photos will show up right in your MDE app.  You may even be surprised with a Magic Shot. My kids love the “boopeboop” sound the scanners make and feel so cool when their band is scanned!

We put our Magic Bands on before we’ve even landed at MCO and don’t take them off until after we are home.  They are waterproof, sweatproof, kidproof and pure Magic!

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About the Author:

Morgan Sheena, Global Travel Advisor
A Disney vacation makes Morgan Sheena "irrationally happy!" She's passed that love onto her entire family, having done seven Disney vacations personally in addition to being known by friends and family as a "Disney Expert". Morgan is a pure Bostonian, running the Boston City Moms Blog, but still has the native New Jersey in her. She married her college sweetheart, is a mother of three, and a graduate of Brandeis University and New England Law | Boston.