Magic Band article on Bloomberg

[Grumpy and Grandma 740]

Here's a Bloomberg article about Magic Bands on Yahoo.

http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-07/disney-bets-1-billion-on-technology-to-track-theme-park-visitors?campaign_id=yhoo

[tim5055 120]

Interesting article.  We enjoyed the Magic Bands on our last trip.  I guess we are somewhat unique, no kids and we only ride a few rides (unless there is no line somewhere).  We were able to schedule the rides we wanted and play around between ride times.  I found it less stressful than before.

[ceemike...Mike & Judy 50]

My wife and I share the gripe of the Daytona Beach annual pass holder.  We're snowbirds, spending the winter in an RV park near Disney, and we too are annual pass holders who enjoy going to the parks but find ourselves shut out of fast passes for the better rides. We feel like second class guests when it comes to fast passes.

 

In addition to being annual pass holders, we're also DVC members, so we've spent a good deal of money with Disney, and all we'd like is a level playing field with WDW hotel guests for fast passes. We've expressed our displeasure with this system to CMs stationed at the FP+ locations and they tell us to let Disney know how we feel, and I would if I knew how. 

 

We're coming to the Fort in October so at least we'll have access to the FP+ system for the length of our stay.