At first I wasn't for the bands. Being a pass holder during the change, I've had a few problems. But, for the most part they worked great. I have never had a problem with a fast pass. You have to give Disney credit, it was a big expense and gamble. I think as time goes by, everyone will like them. I have a pretty good collection of them now. Technology is always changing. Smart phones didn't work so well when they started. Now, we all have them! Looking forward to collecting more bands in the future! Have a magical day! :)

i love the magic bands and mymagic+ but i do not like the fast pass + at all. i am not a planner and i like to go to what ever park i want to without having to make plans 60 days out.people spend more time on their phones looking to see where they have to be and i think it takes a lot of fun out of going to disney world

I like those wristbands

I have been to WDW twice using Fastpass+. I strongly dislike the system. There is no consistency in answers concerning Fastpass+ among the cast members. There is very little room for spontaneity. It strongly discourages social interaction (many guests become tied to their phone app which is linked to Fastpass+). I think Walt Disney would be appalled at what has happened to his parks. I was hoping Disneyland would avoid Fastpass+ and maintain the original values Walt had of a family oriented park.

im sorry but I don't think it should be for the general public. I think it should be for people who either have a package deal or who stay at one of the hotels in Disney or DVC members or pass holders that's what these members of Disney pay all that extra money for is to get that little extra in the parks. They stay there to get into the parks earlier then the general public and to get fast passes and dinning reservations easy. If you just come for the day and not a member of Disney one way or another I don't think you should have the same rights as those who scrimp and save there hard earned money and time of for that little extra stuff . Maybe that sounds unfair but we pay that extra to get those benefits so if all the public get the same benefits why should we pay that extra from now on to get the same as the rest who don't pay more?

In reply to by Currie Markham (not verified)

I agree with you do not think that they should have the fast passes bands out to everyone like you said, totally agree with you that's the perks of being an annual pass holder and doing all the extra packages. If everyone gets them then what's the point of being fast

In reply to by Currie Markham (not verified)

I agree with you do not think that they should have the fast passes bands out to everyone like you said, totally agree with you that's the perks of being an annual pass holder and doing all the extra packages. If everyone gets them then what's the point of being fast

I loved the Magic Bands, but we had some issues. We booked through WDW and after paying for our package, we decided to add dining, which turned out to be a wonderful decision. But as they added the dining, they somehow duplicated everyone in our party.

As we arrived at our Resort, there were 11 people registered. The Concierge deleted the extra duplicated guests, but did not look to see which of those duplications were linked to the FastPasses that I had made in advance.

As a result, we lost three people's fast passes on all of our days. So the rides that we booked way in advance were only available to two people in our party. The Concierge and Guest Services tried to reestablish our FPs, but we had glitches throughout our vacation.

Disney did make it right with us by providing us with some floating FPs and some other super perks. I guess my takeaway is that they will be finding some issues, but Disney is very committed to making the experience as easy as possible for the guests.

In my opinion, the bands outstrip the paper fastpasses because you no longer need to worry about losing them or getting the papers wet.

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