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    Default Magic Band test - at DISNEYLAND!

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    I just saw a post that today there was a magic band test today at Disneyland at Space Mountain. The pictures and description sound more like a fastpass+ RFID test to me.. but so much for the statement that 'it will never come to Disneyland.

    John's Edit - here is a link to the OC Register article and pics:
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    It looks like just a test to electronically scan paper FP tickets, rather than having the lines manned by a CM who has to check the times. I would welcome this, honestly. People who try and enter before their time are annoying and cause back ups.

    Disney has said they MAY bring just FP+ to Disneyland, but they have not worked out the details of how it would work. They have expressed that it has to be very different from WDWs version. We shall see. If the tests don't go well, they will not move forward. They haven't fully invested into the idea yet. There is still not WiFi in the parks yet even.
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    What they should do is create FP+ kiosks in the park where you can get a FP for any attraction instead of having to get the FP at the particular attraction. Don't do the 60 reservation thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RunDMV View Post
    What they should do is create FP+ kiosks in the park where you can get a FP for any attraction instead of having to get the FP at the particular attraction. Don't do the 60 reservation thing.
    I think that is the plan. Same day FP+ and only once you are physically in the park. Will work on a version of the MDE app that requires location data to make sure you are actually in the park. There is talk of advanced reservations only for Disneyland hotel guests at this time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BrerGnat View Post
    It looks like just a test to electronically scan paper FP tickets, rather than having the lines manned by a CM who has to check the times. I would welcome this, honestly. People who try and enter before their time are annoying and cause back ups.

    Disney has said they MAY bring just FP+ to Disneyland, but they have not worked out the details of how it would work. They have expressed that it has to be very different from WDWs version. We shall see. If the tests don't go well, they will not move forward. They haven't fully invested into the idea yet. There is still not WiFi in the parks yet even.
    That would be awesome, but I am wondering if they will put a gate there that's linked to your paper scan and opens only during your valid window. What would stop someone from walking into the FP queue if there's no CM there to check the return times on the tickets? I would think there would still be the need to have some kind of check involved at the entrance.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BriarRose0708 View Post
    That would be awesome, but I am wondering if they will put a gate there that's linked to your paper scan and opens only during your valid window. What would stop someone from walking into the FP queue if there's no CM there to check the return times on the tickets? I would think there would still be the need to have some kind of check involved at the entrance.
    During the test there are CMs present. I assume there would still be a CM present like they have at WDW. It's just easierand faster to read a green/red light vs looking at the times on every ticket.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BrerGnat View Post
    During the test there are CMs present. I assume there would still be a CM present like they have at WDW. It's just easierand faster to read a green/red light vs looking at the times on every ticket.
    Agreed, that makes the picture a little clearer for me. An automated gate system would also eliminate a lot of CM positions at both DL and WDW so I could also see them going that route some day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BrerGnat View Post
    During the test there are CMs present. I assume there would still be a CM present like they have at WDW. It's just easierand faster to read a green/red light vs looking at the times on every ticket.
    And so many times when a group of Fastpassers arrive with a stack of tickets the CM will take the stack and wave them through without even checking the time or number. Kind of defeats the purpose of assigning so many Fastpasses per a certain clock time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tinkwest View Post
    And so many times when a group of Fastpassers arrive with a stack of tickets the CM will take the stack and wave them through without even checking the time or number. Kind of defeats the purpose of assigning so many Fastpasses per a certain clock time.
    In my last few visits, CMs have let groups go into Radiatior Springs Racers when only a couple people had the correct return time because they all wanted to ride together. Really made me shake my head.
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    As I have said in other posts, the infection begins. Might sound like a good idea at first.. but then...
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