cottontail
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2001
Hello: I have read that there is a shortage of magic bands. Is it possible to bring a magic band from a few years ago and have it recalibrated for the new trip?
Deb.
Deb.
The old ones — MagicBand and MagicBand2 — will work just like normal at any tap point, so the entry gates, queue entrances and resort room doors will be no problem. Those functions do not require a functional battery in the device. The thing you are tapping has power to read the chip in the band, the chip in the band is associated with your MDE account, so the tap point uses the info from the chip to access your MDE info in order to perform its function. A MB+ with an uncharged battery will work the same as the others above.As long as the MB is linked to your MDE account you are good to go, no matter when it was obtained or last used it. If it's real old, like maybe 3 or 4 years, it's possible you might not get ride photos but otherwise, it will work for everything else. I have had to have a CM at the front desk of a resort reset mine for some reason but that doesn't happen often nor does it happen with every MB. I have them all the way back to when they were first testing them with just a few resorts and all of them will get me in my room and into a park. I rarely look at ride photos so I'm not sure how my oldest ones work for that and I don't charge to them but from what I understand, even the oldest ones will work for that.
As far as a shortage, only the nonMB+s are in short supply. If you want the new ones, you can find those everywhere.
If it is not linked simply stop at the resort desk and they will link them.As long as the MB is linked to your MDE account you are good to go, no matter when it was obtained or last used it. If it's real old, like maybe 3 or 4 years, it's possible you might not get ride photos but otherwise, it will work for everything else. I have had to have a CM at the front desk of a resort reset mine for some reason but that doesn't happen often nor does it happen with every MB. I have them all the way back to when they were first testing them with just a few resorts and all of them will get me in my room and into a park. I rarely look at ride photos so I'm not sure how my oldest ones work for that and I don't charge to them but from what I understand, even the oldest ones will work for that.
As far as a shortage, only the nonMB+s are in short supply. If you want the new ones, you can find those everywhere.