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Beginning next week, guests staying offsite, not on Walt Disney World property, will be offered the opportunity to pre-book Fastpass+ reservations using My Disney Experience. Off site guests will be allowed to reserve Fastpass+ options up to 30 days before their date of park visit. Off site guests would be allowed to book for up to 7 days at a time.
Guests will be allowed the option of purchasing a MagicBand at the park for $12.95 each, but they aren’t required as the ticket media is all RFID enabled and will operate just fine without the MagicBand. The Magic Band would basically just make you look like all the cool people and keep you from pulling your ticket out of your pocket three times per day.
Offsite guests will need to link their ticket number to the MyDisneyExperience website before being allowed to make reservations. After linking your ticket to the system, you can use the My Disney Experience app and website freely to reserve, change, copy and delete Fastpass+ options.
Be sure to check out my post on booking difficult to find Fastpass+ reservations to get FP+ for Anna and Elsa
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Georgie
Thursday 12th of February 2015
Does the RFID in your paper ticket work for the Memory Maker or do you have to buy a Magic Band to do the Memory Maker? The reason I ask is I don't really want to waste time getting a magic band at the park the first morning when I need to be running to Anna & Elsa. Can I prebuy it as an offsite person and have it shipped to me? This way we'd be ready to go for princess pictures.
kennythepirate
Friday 13th of February 2015
Memory Maker gives you a special RFID card to use. MagicBands aren't terribly helpful to offsite guests. The tickets are RFID enabled already.
John
Thursday 27th of March 2014
Reference your three times comment. What are those three times and I purchased memory maker. That would greatly increase the amount of times I use the magic band, correct?
Jerry
Friday 28th of March 2014
Yes the photopass photographer would scan your band at each picture spot instead of a photopass card and they will be uploaded to the MyDisneyExperience app/website once you've linked it all. It is more convenient than pulling out card or having the card on the lanyard around your neck all day.
kennythepirate
Thursday 27th of March 2014
You would use the Magic Band or RFID ticket each time you board a FP+ attraction...3 times per day
Sherri
Wednesday 26th of March 2014
We've pre-purchased tickets, but won't have them in hand until we arrive at the park. Can we link it with our confirmation number? And thanks for the heads up on the Star Wars character dining. We got both meals for May 4, our last day on vacation.
kennythepirate
Thursday 27th of March 2014
No, must be actual ticket number. Welcome
Erica
Wednesday 26th of March 2014
Any idea what would happen if I had a dummy hotel reservation and then cancelled it? (The tix are linked and FP+ reservations are made.) I would hope I could keep the reservations.
kennythepirate
Thursday 27th of March 2014
I don't know
Jennifer
Wednesday 26th of March 2014
So psyched for this! We're going 3rd week of April and staying off property...