Can I exchange a DL.com voucher at the ticket booth the night before

[todzwife]

or do I have to do it at the turnstile when I go in the first day.

All this mess about the 4-5 day PH being punished by standing in an insanely long line makes me think that if we get there in time Sunday night that I should just exchange the tickets then, have everyone sign them THEN and hopefully bypass that part of getting in the next morning. I know it doesn't take a super long time to exchange them at the turnstiles, but my kids aren't the fastest signature signers, and anything we can do to speed up the process the better.


I hate to say this, but I'm looking forward to this trip less and less...

 

[ValpoCory]

Post deleted. I did not understand the process.

 

[mydisneymoney]

I was wondering the same thing. The more people that have tickets already printed and signed and have their ID ready to go, the faster the line will move. But the lines comes to a hault when a family has to print tickets, sign them and show ID.

I just emailed Disneyland and told them I was not happy with being treated like I am doing something wrong. I know it won't produce anything but the more people that voice their concerns, the better chance they might listen and maybe figure out a way to make it run more smooth.

 

[sonnyjane]

Deleted, I misunderstood your question.


I'm not sure you can do this though, can you? The DL.com printouts aren't vouchers, they are actual tickets. Even if they let you do this at a booth, would activating them early deduct a day?

 

[blackjackdelta]

If you buy tickets online from DL.com you're not buying a voucher. You're buying your actual ticket. When you print that out, you hand it to them at the turnstiles for your ticket. They'll hand you the card on the spot. There is no voucher to exchange.

I was in the process of posting this...until proven out many people are over reacting to the change, lets wait and see what experience shows..have a great trip.

Jack

 

[sonnyjane]

I was in the process of posting this...until proven out many people are over reacting to the change, lets wait and see what experience shows..have a great trip.

Jack

I deleted that first response because I thought the PP's didn't understand how the printouts worked. But upon reading more, I realized they did and just wanted to save a little time. I can't imagine the seconds saved by signing one's name in advance compared to doing it on the spot is really noticeable.

 

[todzwife]

I deleted that first response because I thought the PP's didn't understand how the printouts worked. But upon reading more, I realized they did and just wanted to save a little time. I can't imagine the seconds saved by signing one's name in advance compared to doing it on the spot is really noticeable.

It may be if you have a large group (which we do) and kids who have to sign their tickets and aren't really very fast at it LOL! I guess I'll bring a few pens so we can all sign at the same time. My 6 year old takes a good minute to write her name some days. It could theoretically take 5 minutes to get our family through the gates if we had to wait for the tickets to print, have her sign, have DS sign, have DH sign, have me sign, check ID etc..., and as you know, 5 minutes can mean the difference between a walk on to Peter Pan and a 30 minute wait LOL!

 

[sonnyjane]

It may be if you have a large group (which we do) and kids who have to sign their tickets and aren't really very fast at it LOL! I guess I'll bring a few pens so we can all sign at the same time. My 6 year old takes a good minute to write her name some days. It could theoretically take 5 minutes to get our family through the gates if we had to wait for the tickets to print, have her sign, have DS sign, have DH sign, have me sign, check ID etc..., and as you know, 5 minutes can mean the difference between a walk on to Peter Pan and a 30 minute wait LOL!

5 minutes?! The tickets print instantaneously, so just have everyone sign with those extra pens and you should be good to go.

 

[mydisneymoney]

I deleted that first response because I thought the PP's didn't understand how the printouts worked. But upon reading more, I realized they did and just wanted to save a little time. I can't imagine the seconds saved by signing one's name in advance compared to doing it on the spot is really noticeable.

If there are 30 people in line in front of you that have to print tickets and sign them and it takes 1 minute per person to do it, that is 30 minutes so it will make a difference. Many people are not prepared. I am one of those people who gets my check ready while waiting in line at a store or have my debt card out ready to go. I don't know how many times I have had to stand in line at a store while people get there s*** together. You have the family of 5 in front of you with two kids in a stroller and one of the kids is wanting to run around and the parents are trying to control the kids and get their tickets printed and signed, yeah, there will be delays.

 

[sonnyjane]

If there are 30 people in line in front of you that have to print tickets and sign them and it takes 1 minute per person to do it, that is 30 minutes so it will make a difference. Many people are not prepared. I am one of those people who gets my check ready while waiting in line at a store or have my debt card out ready to go. I don't know how many times I have had to stand in line at a store while people get there s*** together. You have the family of 5 in front of you with two kids in a stroller and one of the kids is wanting to run around and the parents are trying to control the kids and get their tickets printed and signed, yeah, there will be delays.

Perhaps, but then you're really only helping the people behind you in line by making your family's time spent processing reduced by one minute. You getting your tickets early does nothing to speed up your wait.

 

[mydisneymoney]

Ok, so if people were told to exchange their online tickets at a ticket booth for the real ticket and sign it etc. and then they went on got in the line, then everyone in the line would be ready to go so that the delay would be minimal for all. That way if I am on day 3 of my visit and I am not having to wait for those in front of me to exchange their tickets, sign etc. Everyone in the line would be ready to go and it would move quickly. Put the line at the ticket booth for exchanging and signing and take it away from the entrance. Yes, this means you will have to wait in a line at the ticket booth your FIRST morning (or the night before) but that means you won't have to wait as long at the entrance subsequent days.

 

[jkattk]

5 minutes?! The tickets print instantaneously, so just have everyone sign with those extra pens and you should be good to go.

Ha ha! You obviously have no kids. Yes, it takes my 5 year old 5 minutes to sign his name...

 

[starshine514]

Ha ha! You obviously have no kids. Yes, it takes my 5 year old 5 minutes to sign his name...

Do they really make little kids sign? It's been a little over a year since we had tickets instead of APs (and I ordered thru GAT and picked them up at the ticket booth), the CM wrote our names on all of them. I wouldn't think anyone with a child's ticket would be expected to sign them... just a printed name should suffice.

 

[starry_solo]

Make sure your .com tickets are printed when you have enough ink. If not, take a snapshot of the UPC code (whatever it is that they scan) and, if possible, handwrite it on the ticket voucher itself.

I was standing behind 2 guys who apparently printed their vouchers when the ink was on its last legs so it wouldn't scan. And it was hard to read the #s off the code. It took 10 minutes!

 

[DisneyMommy403]

Ha ha! You obviously have no kids. Yes, it takes my 5 year old 5 minutes to sign his name...

Wow, they're making 5 year old children sign their tickets? I'll just have my 4 & 5 year old sign them on the airplane then. Cause, it does take a while... and it takes a lot of real estate of writing space.

They aren't going to expect ID for my little ones right? I don't think they'd be THAT strict on checking ID's if my and my hubbs IDs match. But, not stoked on possibly missing MM time.

 

[jetskigrl]

Do they really make little kids sign? It's been a little over a year since we had tickets instead of APs (and I ordered thru GAT and picked them up at the ticket booth), the CM wrote our names on all of them. I wouldn't think anyone with a child's ticket would be expected to sign them... just a printed name should suffice.

Yeah, that is one that I would really need to see to believe. IMO, they just want the name of the person using the ticket written on it so that it can't be "rented" to other people.

So you come through the turnstyle, they print out your ticket and Mom or Dad writes everyones names on them....then off you go.
They aren't going to hold up a line to have people take their 3 year old out of a stroller to practice their writing skills

 

[Mary09]

The kids don't do anything. One adult writes the peoples' names on the tickets in their party. It took me maybe 12 seconds to do four of us when there two weeks ago. It's not really 'signing' them, just jotting a name down.