Earlier today there was a Disney Parks Blog Orange Bird MagicBand released and I have some high quality pictures. It also looks like this is the first band to have new electronic internals like I predicted new bands would a few posts back. Click here to read the details of these changes. Take a look:
Notice the model number: MB-R2G1.
This is an update from all other released MagicBands which have model MB-R1G1.
Just got our AP renewal bands about a week ago. The grey band and the pink band were both R1G1’s, but the green band was the new R2G1 version.
Thanks for letting me know Hopper! I image they’ll all be changed out to R2G1 fairly soon.
Just got bands for a trip over Easter. The green, orange, and red are R2G1 models, but the blue is still R1G1.
Thanks for the details Dave!
The newer Disney Cruise Band is still Blue and has no year again, BUT does show R2G1 on its back.