Complimentary MagicBands will no longer be issued to Annual Passholders at Walt Disney World

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Posted: Tuesday May 18, 2021 10:02am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has written to its Annual Passholders today advising them that complimentary MagicBands will no longer be issued to Annual Passholders at Walt Disney World.

Disney MagicMobile

With the launch of Disney MagicMobile, allowing guests to use their own devices for MagicBand functionality, the distribution of MagicBands for passholders will end for new pass purchases and renewals from August 16 2021 and beyond.

Disney MagicMobile in use

Disney has already phased out MagicBand distribution for Walt Disney World Resort hotel guests, but it continuing to offer MagicBands at a discounted price for those who still wish to use them. Disney has also said that passholders will be able to buy MagicBands at discounted pricing.

May 2019 MagicBand options for resort guests and passholders

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BrianLo20 days ago

I know I’m bumping an older thread. I completely slept on this - but at some point express pass has been added to iPhone as well for the pass. So it also works with a dead iphone. Discount affiliations are also nested in the Apple wallet pass (DVC Y, annual pass, etc). Honestly this is a pretty slick and advanced usage that I’ve only experienced in Japan so far with their transit passes

JeffHNov 18, 2021

You can now use a reloadable card (like a 5% discounted Target Disney gift card or your Disney Visa rewards card) to pay off your resort bill and now get that 5% (or more with the Sam's black Friday gift card deal) ALL your purchases in addition to your resort bill.

jaklgreenNov 18, 2021

I use the same card so this does nothing for me.

nickysNov 17, 2021

Finally!

dreday3Nov 17, 2021

We were trying everything at food/wine - finally the CM just told me to remove it for fear of the angry mob forming behind me in line! 🤣

donsullivanNov 17, 2021

It charges back to your room folio account if you are a Disney hotel guest with that set up.

nickysNov 17, 2021

So does this charge direct to the card on file, or is it charging back to the room like when buying merchandise?

donsullivanNov 17, 2021

I have a friend who described the same issue ( I use iPhone). It seems the issue is you need to manually trigger Google Pay first and then tap the payment point. If you don’t do that MagicMobile intercepts the RFID read so Google Pay never sees it. I have to do exactly the same thing on iPhone or Watch I just double tap the watch button to trigger ApplePay and it works fine.

dreday3Nov 17, 2021

Since this was bumped... I never was able to add Google Pay when paying with mobile order, but just used one of my credit cards and it charged card directly. I was able to use Google Pay directly at stores/kiosks, but ONLY after I removed the magic mobile cards from my G-pay! Whenever I tried to pay, it kept automatically defaulting to the magic mobile card and not the card I wanted to use attached to G-pay. A lot of people were having that issue and cast members told me just to remove magic mobile card if not using (which I wasn't).

Disstevefan1Nov 17, 2021

I wish the card on file could be a rewards card of a gift card or some sort of reloadable card, not tied to any account.

DCBakerNov 17, 2021

Addition to MagicMobile - "NEW: Charge food and merchandise purchases to the payment card on file at your Disney Resort hotel room during your stay" https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2021/11/disney-magicmobile-service-enjoy-new-features-and-fun-designs-celebrating-walt-disney-world-resort-50th-anniversary/

CaptainAmericaOct 06, 2021

I read the post I was responding to as if she wanted to use Google Pay to pay with a credit card, not MM.

ItsBillyOct 06, 2021

You never need to open the Google Pay app. To ensure that the MagicMobile pass is transmitted, don't unlock your phone. Just have the screen on and phone locked. Payment cards need the phone to be unlocked, but again, you still don't need to open the app unless you're paying with a card other than your default.