Unboxing the AP MagicBand
So I have been a Walt Disney World Annual Passholder for two years now. Once you activate your AP at Disney, you can then order a complimentary MagicBand. Of course this is a bummer if you were hoping to use the MagicBand and the AP slider on your first trip as a passholder. I suppose they do this because when you buy an AP, you don’t have to activate it for around 10 years. At least that was the expiration on my last one before I activated it at Disney Springs. And I guess there is the chance they will change MagicBand styles or even have a whole new system in 10 years.
Ordering the MagicBand is very easy. You just log into your My Disney Experience Account and go to the MagicBand page. You should find a link there to customize yours. Unlike resort MagicBands, once you hit ship, it immediately will beginning processing and shipping. You can’t make any other changes.
It ships similarly to the resort MagicBands. It arrives in a simple white box. So it is not obvious what it is.
The inside of the box does look different that the box the resort MagicBands come it. It has the AP logo on it and is yellow (for now).
One one side of the box is your passholder information. It just gives you the basic information on how to use the MagicBand.
On the other side of the box is your MagicBand Slider. I have heard that they don’t always have these in stock, which is really disappointing. I actually received two this year. They gave me one when I activated my pass, and another came with my band.
The of course you have your MagicBand. It is not anything special in comparison to any other standard MagicBand, but it is complimentary, so you might as well take it!
