4 and 5 day passes now must show ID and use separate entrance

are there really that many more people with 4, 5 (and I am assuming) 6 day passes than single, 2, 3, or AP...
Well, if anyone knows for sure, Disney does. They own the data.
 
Ugh! And, once again, Disneyland policy solidifies itself as unfriendly to vacationers vs. locals, at the same time their PR and marketing arm are saying the opposite. Just ridiculous. Glad our vacation is past and we don't have to deal with this. Trust me, the entry lines are already long enough, at both parks, with the current crowds.
 
I would think that because Disneyland is no longer offering more than a 5 day pass, they wouldn't put it on the sign. I know that there are still longer passes out there valid to the end if the year (8 day hopper here!) but I think if they did it would most likely cause confusion at the ticket booths with people thinking they could get those longer passes again. Yes, 4 days & longer would have been a much better sign but if Disney has no intentions in ever selling longer passes, then the sign is fine...after December 31.

Just my thought on it. Have a great day!
 
Why don't they install the finger scanner machines like WDW has?

Checking IDs is cheaper.

I would think that because Disneyland is no longer offering more than a 5 day pass, they wouldn't put it on the sign. I know that there are still longer passes out there valid to the end if the year (8 day hopper here!) but I think if they did it would most likely cause confusion at the ticket booths with people thinking they could get those longer passes again. Yes, 4 days & longer would have been a much better sign but if Disney has no intentions in ever selling longer passes, then the sign is fine...after December 31.

Just my thought on it. Have a great day!

This is what I was thinking too. Since they don't sell 6+ days anymore and don't want anyone to think that could be an option, I doubt they want to put it on the signage.
 

I would love to see a pic of those two lines compared to one taken at the same time of the regular lines.
 
We were there Oct 14-19 and never put names or signatures on our 5 day hoppers.

Interesting. We were there Oct 13-17 and when we traded our vouchers for 5 day hoppers at the window, the CM wrote our names on the back of each ticket. Then we were asked for ID sporadically over the days, and only one of us in our party had to show it.

It's the two turnstiles thing that would have me livid.
 
I think checking IDs is great, but if I had a 4- or 5-day ticket I too would be frustrated by being restricted to two turnstiles. I guess we watch and see how it works though. As a PP pointed out, Disney knows their numbers.
 
Ugh! And, once again, Disneyland policy solidifies itself as unfriendly to vacationers vs. locals, at the same time their PR and marketing arm are saying the opposite. Just ridiculous. Glad our vacation is past and we don't have to deal with this. Trust me, the entry lines are already long enough, at both parks, with the current crowds.

Agree! :thumbsup2 I am almost wishing we weren't going this year. I get cracking down on ticket fraud. I don't get inconviencing honest, paying guests.

We are coming from the east coast, just to go to DL. Arriving on Sunday, leaving late Friday. Staying in a premium view room at DL Hotel. Had planned to go into the parks all 6 days. Can't buy a 6 day ticket now. So instead of going into the park on our arrival day, we'll browse Downtown Disney & the hotel decorations. Very dissapointed about that. We're staying on site for crying out loud. Why can't they make a Keys To The Kingdom type ticket, tied to our hotel length of stay??! WDW has dining credits that expire on your checkout day. Why can't DL make park tickets the same way?

Yeah, I know I could buy a 1 day ticket at full price, but I am not going to do that. I'm already spending $3000 plus just for the room & tickets, plus all our food & about $450 for 2 tours. That's enough money for a 5 night stay.
 
We've used 5 day military tickets for the last 3 years, and everytime we've been asked to right our names on the them, including the kids and my husband and I have been asked to show ID the majority of the time. (the kids haven't needed any ID except for their room key card during EMH. I've never thought it was a big deal. We are organized, DH always has everybody's ID fanned out for the cast member to check, and we've never had a problem getting through the turnstules quickly. The ID thing is a good thing I think, but I don't see why they are confining the people that are staying longer (spending more money than a day tripper)to just 2 turnsyles. A few people taking longer (signing tickets, not being ready to show ID) spread out wouldn't add much time to overall lines. I just don't get why they want to punish people on vacation. Unless there are soo few people with 4 and 5 day hoppers that they'll get through faster that way? I doubt it.
 
Well we will be arriving at the parks on Saturday (not for opening though unfortunately) with our 5 day park hoppers & IDs. If I get a chance I'll report back about the lines (with pics if possible). Sunday we will be there for opening. I am totally fine with the ID thing, just hoping that the 2 lines aren't ridiculous! :(
 
I can see a special line perhaps for just the first time you use it, so you can sign it, have your name entered into the computer, and whatever else they need to do. But then in subsequent uses, don't see why they don't set it up so you can show ID's at any line.
 
I would hope that if the lines get too long they will reserve more of them for these passes instead of making everyone with the 4-5 day passes wait an extended time to get in. If not Im sure they will be hearing quite a few complaints.
 
No way. I bet the bulk of visitors are day trippers with 1-day tickets. From everything I've heard 4+ day tickets are still not very common.

I would have to second this.
We sell Disney tickets at my store, but, we only sell 3, 4, and 5 day PHs. We get asked all the time for single day & 2 days. 3 days sell out very quickly. 4 days don't sell too fast at all. 5 days, well, thats another story. The adult tix sell fast, and it is usually a person coming in and buying up to the maximum allowed, and they usually already know the policies on buying the tix, so.........:rolleyes2
 
We were there the last week of April when we brought our print outs to the window they asked me to write all of our names on a piece of paper and all of the tickets had the names printed on them. Then when we got to the turnstiles they people in front of us were being detained because they couldn't tell them when the first day of use was for their tickets. They asked my husband for id and told me I was ok and never once asked the kids for their id's. Children aren't usually given id's so I don't see how they could enforce that. On another note you can take them to DMV and it a State ID card. If they can cut down on fraud maybe they can stop raising prices!!
 
On the ID question - when they first removed the photos from the APs we had some issues when our sons, then ages 10 and 11, tried to purchase things and use their AP discounts. CMs kept asking them for ID. I know I complained about the issue verbally and in writing, and I am sure other parents did too. When we returned to the parks a few months later, the CMs no longer asked my younger boy for ID, just asked him to state his name each time he handed over his pass when making a purchase. They mostly didn't bother my older boy either anymore although several CMs told me that we should start getting in the habit of bringing "the teenager's" school ID. My son was 12 at the time and in 6th grade, and our elementary school doesn't issue IDs. Now that he's 13 and in junior high, we will just have him carry his school ID with him in case. So from this long-winded explanation, I would say that I wouldn't expect Disney to check kids for ID, but if they're going to do so at all it's the teenagers they might ask for and you can use school IDs for that.
 





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