Board Thread:Disney Magic Kingdoms Discussion/@comment-35224440-20180405180033/@comment-34146217-20180419200154

It does generate much less, about one-fifth of what you get for sending a character on tasks. Which is why I only use it for the events.

I have 94 characters in my park. Sending everyone on tasks takes some time. Only 24 of my characters have tasks to help with the Lilo & Stitch Event, so... I sent 70 characters "home".

Now I can focus on the event. Updating my kingdom takes much less time. Since I'm focusing my attention on the event, I'm not spending any magic levelling up anyone, so the magic my "sent home" characters generate just adds to my total without me doing anything.

For new players this may not seem to make much sense, because I know you're trying to generate as much magic as you possibly can to buy land/welcome new characters/level up. I understand because I've been there.

But when you get to a point when magic is easier to generate because you have so many characters, using the send home function to make your life less complicated during an event makes sense.