Will you actually have that many people or are you just wanting the extra bands? You have to have tickets attached to the bands to actually use them for FP+. Also, I don't know if they charge for extra adults at campsites like they do at the resorts, but if they do, it would be cheaper to just buy the extra bands.
Is this possible? We have a campsite booked for 6 and now that I think about it, I'd like to change it to 9 or however many is allowed to get the extra bands. Is there any way to do this?
Disneyhappy said:For what it is worth to anyone, a CM mentioned throwaway rooms yesterday when I questioned why I am having a hard time finding a value resort for my sister and husband from Tampa who want to join us on the 11/14 weekend (no space for them in our BLT villa). She first mentioned free dining but went on to say that the folks at Disney were aware of people booking throwaway rooms and are working on a solution. She specifically mentioned the powers that be are monitoring a thread on DIS boards. Seemed like an awful lot of info for a reservation CM to share - very strange. Is it true or is she the source? I don't know but thought I would share.
For what it is worth to anyone, a CM mentioned throwaway rooms yesterday when I questioned why I am having a hard time finding a value resort for my sister and husband from Tampa who want to join us on the 11/14 weekend (no space for them in our BLT villa). She first mentioned free dining but went on to say that the folks at Disney were aware of people booking throwaway rooms and are working on a solution. She specifically mentioned the powers that be are monitoring a thread on DIS boards. Seemed like an awful lot of info for a reservation CM to share - very strange. Is it true or is she the source? I don't know but thought I would share.
If I book one night campsite for a party of 8, will I receive magic bands even if I have no tickets purchased? Do I need tickets linked to my Disney experience account to get magic bands?
Magic bands are generated from your resort stay, so no, you don't need tickets linked.
When I went to book, it only said documents would be sent. No mention of magic bands. Is that normal?
I'm new to the whole throwaway room idea so forgive me if this is a stupid question. You get extra magic bands by booking a throwaway room but if there's no ticket attached, you still can't make FP+ beforehand correct? So wouldn't just buying a mb from disneystore.com give the same benefit (and be slightly cheaper)?
I'm new to the whole throwaway room idea so forgive me if this is a stupid question. You get extra magic bands by booking a throwaway room but if there's no ticket attached, you still can't make FP+ beforehand correct? So wouldn't just buying a mb from disneystore.com give the same benefit (and be slightly cheaper)?
Again, sorry if I'm way off. There's seems to be so many different ways, I'm trying to understand everything.
Sorry, I feel like this is a MB 101 question, anyway, the free parking associated with the MBs, is that for all parks or just for the resorts?
TIA, Karen
The free parking is associated with your resort stay. It gives you free parking at the Parks on the days of your stay (including check in and check out day)
You can park at at the resorts for free whether you are staying on or off site. The resorts close to Epcot and Magic Kingdom they are more strict on parking (to stop people parking there for free and going to the Parks all day) You are allowed to Park at the resorts for the purpose of shopping or dining. Technically they can tow your car after 3 hours. You can Valet at the Deluxe Resorts all day for $20 + tip.
So, I decided to give this a try because I was going to buy MagicBands anyway even though we are offsite (think my kids would enjoy having them). Between that cost and parking, it ends up being less expensive plus the advantage of FP+ at 60 days.
So, I booked a campsite for 1 day. It linked no problem to my MDE account. I already had our tickets linked (we have the Military Salute 4-day hoppers). But, when I look at making FP+ selections, it is still only showing me an option to book 30 days out rather than 60. Does it take awhile to update that part of it or is it because I already had the tickets linked?
Are you 60 days out now? It won't show it until you are.
And it does appear to take a day or so for everything to update sometimes.
No we are at 62 days. That makes sense now that I think about it that it won't show it until the 60 day mark. Thank you!