Magic band... (Don't hate me for the million ?'s)

[celiacmom]

We are staying on site. Do I have to buy magic bands or are they included? Can we get cool ones?

[pinkpeony6210]

They are included, but I'm pretty sure you have to pay extra for the cool ones with designs, or you can decorate your own. There are a ton of ideas on Pinterest.

[hymen]

You can choose from like 6 colors on my Disney experience (website, not app). If you don't they automatically send you gray.

[TBM]

If you want cool ones, you can buy the ones that they sell and register them with your account, or you can design your own and decorate with decals from somewhere like magicyourband(dot)com, or you can do it yourself with paint, nail polish, crystals or anything else that you can think of.

There are a lot on this thread, along with tips from people who have done them, (including me) but it is a very long thread with a lot of information to sift through, and some truly inspiring designs. www.disboards.com/threads/has-anyone-decorated-their-magic-bands-please-show-us-the-pictures.3190181/page-218#post-55734930

I've used nail polish, acrylic paint and acrylic leather paints, and the leather paints are my favorite medium.  It has also held up the best and goes on the nicest.  I wear all of mine pretty much every time we go, because I can never decide on just one.

This is my Nightmare Before Christmas band.  The Mickey head glows in the dark.





My croc embossed band.   I used a color changing nail polish on it....it really looks black-ish most of the time.



The Tiki Room band that I lost.






All of our bands (just DH and I) that are painted.  We just renewed our AP and got new ones that I haven't had a chance to design yet.



DH's bands are the Goofy and Stormrider.  StormRider is a ride at Tokyo Disney Sea. DH worked on the hydraulic system for the ride so it has special meaning to him. They recently announced that they are replacing it with a Nemo ride, so we are glad that we had the opportunity to go to the park and ride it several years ago when we were visiting our daughter who lives there.
 There are light radar lines on it that glow in the dark.

[Awkward]

TBM, Those are amazing, you are so talented!

I wasn't planning on decorating our bands, but this has inspired me.

[estrellita]

TBM those are so cool! We got them included the last time we went. I got a plain pink one because they were still fairly new at the time and they didn't even have decorated ones, though they did have sleeve things and little add on things for them at the shops. Then it randomly stopped working while buying breakfast at the hotel and I got stuck with a grey one. Boo!

[TBM]

May 12, 2016 20:53:20 GMT -5 estrellita said:

TBM those are so cool! We got them included the last time we went. I got a plain pink one because they were still fairly new at the time and they didn't even have decorated ones, though they did have sleeve things and little add on things for them at the shops. Then it randomly stopped working while buying breakfast at the hotel and I got stuck with a grey one. Boo!

Thanks.

I almost always start off with gray, because it is the only color that I would actually wear as is. lol Plus, it just seems like a nice blank canvas for me to decorate.

This time we both got purple (DH's favorite color) and it is interfering with my creativity. I am not sure how much purple I'll keep on mine, but I am trying to come up with an idea that it will work with.