mpb2000
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2017
Some ride photos are transferred “over the air” as opposed to tapping your magic band/card at the end of the ride, such as haunted mansion and frozen ever after. Pre-Magicband+ bands had a non-rechargeable battery inside that enabled this transfer, but it died eventually, after a few years in my experience and from what I’ve heard from others. I didn’t know this was why I was missing those photos for a long time. With MagicBand+, when the rechargeable battery dies, will you lose that functionality? I assume so, as there would have to be a separate battery inside tied to the photo transfer. I know the “tap” photo transfers will still take place even with a dead battery, but Disney hasn’t said anything about the other transfer type. Early reports are the bounty hunter game will drain a fully charged battery in a few hours. I hate the idea of having to watch the battery on my MagicBand just to be sure I don’t lose out on some photopass photos. Is there any way to get those over the air photos other than via a MagicBand? The cards can’t do it since they aren’t powered. Will they sync via your phone if you have MagicMobile set up? I guess you could buy a regular MagicBand and keep it in a bag until it’s battery dies, but that’s annoying.