AP rule breaker?

[iceskatejen]

No AP only line (though they toy with the idea now and again), but scanning goes really fast as long as each person has their own AP in hand to hand to the CM. Once I was behind a family where one person handed the CM the entire family's APs (and it was at least 6 or 7 people). Took forever.

 

[Leggyb]

That makes me proud that Disneyland is that thorough with checking to make sure it's the person... but at the same time, I would be SO upset if they were suspicious of me when it was ACTUALLY MY AP!

That is sad about the former CM...

 

[PNO4TE]

WDW has gone to a system where every single person entering the parks has their finger scanned. It ties that particular hopper to the first person who used it. Makes it almost impossible for people to "share" tickets anymore. Not a bad thing, and really not that time consuming.

 

[JohnsPrincess]

Actually they didnt have anything to do with your finger prints. You used your index and middle fingers. There was like a post that you put your fingers on making a peace sign (sort of) and it measured your fingers. Now this was back in 2001/2002 when i had an WDW annual pass. I dont know if they still use that system.

They don't do the "peace sign" anymore. It's now your index finger...the biometric thing that someone above posted.

I had no idea DL used pictures. I had heard that you got nice plastic passes though. Ours are paper and I'm constantly worried about them...even though I know I can have a new one printed if I really needed to.

 

[Snookies]

Do the AP have their own line? If not is the scanning faster than at WDW?

Sometimes our passes don't scan, or the fingers are wrong, etc. For regular passes I hate not knowing how many days are left.

I've had annual passes to both DL and WDW at various times both before and after biometric scanning started at WDW (first used with APs, then expanded to all tickets). AP holders do not have their own line at either DL or WDW. If there is a problem with the biometric scan, CM will ask for picture ID. They'll reset the scan and in you go. My experience has been that scanning is faster at WDW because there is no checking to see if your picture matches your pass like at DL unless there is a problem.

 

[moikturtle]

I had heard that you got nice plastic passes though. Ours are paper and I'm constantly worried about them...even though I know I can have a new one printed if I really needed to.

The plastic used for our passes used to be a bit nicer, now it's very thin and flimsy. Though that's still better than paper. I have no idea how much a WDW AP costs, but I'd imagine significantly more than the DL one, so I don't really get why it's "cheaper" over there.