Magic Bands Upgrade

Hmm. Why would I need to do them by June 1 do you think? That doesn't jive. I'm trying to remember but I think they have mailed them to me before. Maybe they just don't advertise it.
Nope they've never mailed them to Canada. I'm Canadian too and even though they give us a 'customize by' date they don't ship them to us. They'll be waiting at the resort.

All your MagicBands are customized!
You may update your customization selections until July 9, 2019. If you are traveling internationally, you will receive your MagicBands at your Disney Resort hotel Front Desk.
 
Pretty poor planning (and poor customer service) to announce something like this before it is ready as all the people who have upcoming trips will just feel bummed they are missing out UNTIL this is finally released.

It is one thing to announce early to build up hype, but another to not announce something until it is ready.

I guess this is just a marketing thing -- wanting to build up the hype before IT was ready to implement it. Just using it as another reason (along side the Extra Extra Magic hours and early SWGE opening) to get people to book trips this fall.
 
Pretty poor planning (and poor customer service) to announce something like this before it is ready as all the people who have upcoming trips will just feel bummed they are missing out UNTIL this is finally released.

It is one thing to announce early to build up hype, but another to not announce something until it is ready.

I guess this is just a marketing thing -- wanting to build up the hype before IT was ready to implement it. Just using it as another reason (along side the Extra Extra Magic hours and early SWGE opening) to get people to book trips this fall.

I agree. My wife got really mad when someone posted that the upgrades were for new reservations only. This will not be the case. She became even more irate when she called WDW and no one knew anything about the upgrades. Disney should have released the upgrade when it was ready to sell them.
 
In this instance, waiting until it was available also makes more business sense. By announcing this some (now unknown) amount of time before it's available encourages people to wait before selecting their MBs but also discourages anyone who might otherwise have been looking at purchasing a MB from doing so now and instead makes them likely to wait and see when this becomes available.

We bought specialty MBs for our kids a couple months ago for this summer's trip. If we hadn't done that back then and were still looking at it, we'd be waiting to buy our daughter's Tink MB until this went live, whereas if we hadn't bought it yet and this wasn't announced, we'd probably not want to wait any longer (we bought our son a discontinued one on ebay - Happy Birthday one - and actually bought the Tink one on ebay as well because they were out of stock on ShopDisney at the time, but are back in stock now - so where we'd otherwise jump on it being there, we'd be taking our chances likely and waiting for the upgrade $10 price instead).
 


Maybe they don't ship to BC. They deffo have shipped in the past to Ontario and mine are set to ship. I've declined the magic bands and I'll leave it that way until after my ship date and see what happens before the date where I can pick them up at the resort.
 
Maybe they don't ship to BC. They deffo have shipped in the past to Ontario and mine are set to ship. I've declined the magic bands and I'll leave it that way until after my ship date and see what happens before the date where I can pick them up at the resort.

I'm in NS and also haven't had them shipped. My 11 day shipping window to customize passed and it just says "hurry, they're shipping soon!". It says I can still customize until 6 days before! But I think by shipping they mean shipping to the resort. As far as I know it's now illegal to ship the MagicBands across the border (maybe just the 2.0) because of the RFID chips in them. It does say on the MagicBand customization page that they only ship to US addresses.
 
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Maybe they don't ship to BC. They deffo have shipped in the past to Ontario and mine are set to ship. I've declined the magic bands and I'll leave it that way until after my ship date and see what happens before the date where I can pick them up at the resort.

Just adding that this is what my page says, yours probably is the same or will be soon!

MagicBand.jpg
 


Maybe they don't ship to BC. They deffo have shipped in the past to Ontario and mine are set to ship. I've declined the magic bands and I'll leave it that way until after my ship date and see what happens before the date where I can pick them up at the resort.
I live in Ontario and nope they haven't ever shipped here
 
Maybe they don't ship to BC. They deffo have shipped in the past to Ontario and mine are set to ship. I've declined the magic bands and I'll leave it that way until after my ship date and see what happens before the date where I can pick them up at the resort.

They do not ship to Canada. Not even if you buy them on the online store.

directly from their website:

I do not live in the United States. Will you ship my MagicBand internationally?

A.
Unfortunately, MagicBand orders cannot be shipped to all countries. When you customize your MagicBand, you’ll be asked to provide a shipping address. If, during this process, you discover that we do not ship to your country—but you plan on staying at a Disney Resort hotel—your MagicBand will automatically be waiting for you at the Front Desk when you arrive at your Disney Resort hotel. Likewise, you can also arrange to have your MagicBand sent to a non-Disney Resort hotel with a valid shipping address prior to the start of your vacation.

If you are a Passholder with an address where we do not ship, we ask that you provide us with an address where we can send your MagicBand at least 11 days before you plan to visit Walt Disney World Resort.
 
Interesting. Well, I've declined them until after June 1, which it says is the shipping date. I'll go back to them after that and still be way before the 15 days out from July 2 to pick them up at the resort. Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll have upgraded the system by then. :)
 
Maybe they don't ship to BC. They deffo have shipped in the past to Ontario and mine are set to ship. I've declined the magic bands and I'll leave it that way until after my ship date and see what happens before the date where I can pick them up at the resort.

I’ve been getting MBs since they started testing them at POP in 2013 and never have they been shipped to me. It always states waiting at your resort. I know some people have said they received them but that isn’t the norm and very rare so I wouldn’t expect them to ship. Btw I’m in Ontario as well and have multiple trips with them.
 
Someone in one of my FB groups contacted Disney IT yesterday and was advised the option should become available within 7-10 days and as long as you haven’t passed your customization date you will be able to upgrade. We all know how reliable Disney IT is so hopefully this time they will be right.
 
Someone in one of my FB groups contacted Disney IT yesterday and was advised the option should become available within 7-10 days and as long as you haven’t passed your customization date you will be able to upgrade. We all know how reliable Disney IT is so hopefully this time they will be right.

Noooooooo!!! Leaving in 9 :(
 
I wish they would hurry up and and the upgrade option. I have 5 more days to change my bands.

Ashley
 
I'm thinking, we just tell them that we'll be upgrading to the Wizarding World of HP ones.....And then see how fast they make them readily available for the masses..:teacher:
 
I’ll try to post all of them, I took screenshots. No special solid colors, unfortunately. I really wanted mint or white!
 
Alright it’s saying the images are too large to upload. I’ll try again from my computer but for now, they have:

Ariel
Belle
Baymax
Captain Marvel
Most Magical Place on Earth Castle
Daisy
Snack Food
Donald
Dory
Spaceship Earth
Flynn Rider
Elsa - Frozen Ever After
Genie
Haunted Mansion Butler
I Am Goofy
I Am Mickey
I Am Pluto
Jack Skellington
Black Panther
Captain America
Groot
Thanos
Mickey Birthday
Rainbow Pride
Minnie Bows & Polka Dots
Minnie All About the Bows
Minnie Rock the Dots
Moana
Olaf
Dole Whip
Pirates of the Caribbean
Sorcerer Mickey
BB-8
Darth Vader
Stitch Big
Stitch All Over
Thumper
Tinker Bell
Slinky Dog
Toy Story
Vanellope
Villains - Maleficent, Ursula, Evil Queen
Villains - Chernabog, Dr. Facilier, Gaston
 

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