Disney gives lifetime ban on Guest

[LiLIrishChick63]

You can't disagree with my experience. I was there. It worked for YOU, not me. You are very naive to believe that they can't keep you out if they wanted to. The machines scan one fingertip for its fingerprint information. WDW does not store the entire fingerprint image, but only numerical information about certain points. I know exactly what it is. I never said it was a fingerprint scanner. I said finger scanner.
My point is, that they can keep you out if they wanted to. If a company as big and as wealthy as WDW can't keep a petty thief out, then it should not be operable. There is a reason that the government with to WDW after 9/11 for security lessons.
This a quote from http://newsinitiative.org/story/2006/09/01/walt_disney_world_the_governments

"But surprisingly, after the Sept. 11 attacks the federal government sought out Disney’s advice in intelligence, security and biometrics, a tool that teaches computers to recognize and identify individuals based on their unique characteristics. The federal government may have wanted Disney's expertise because Walt Disney World is responsible for the nation's largest single commercial application of biometrics, said Jim Wayman, director of the National Biometric Test Center at San Jose State University.

"The government was very aware of what Disney was doing," he said. "Everybody's interested in a successful project."

i thought that when i went there and did the KTTK tour they told us that it wasn't a fingerprint scanner but it had something to do with your bones that it scanned certain details about your bone in your finger and that's how it determinded if it was you or not. i could be wrong, but that's really what i thought we were told.

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

You can't disagree with my experience. I ."

Sure I can, Disney is most adept at forced perspective. You see what they want you to see. Since I work in an area that deals with ALL kinds of biometric devices, I can tell you that the parameters for scanning are not consistant with the finger devices at the enterence gates. The very fact that a CM can "override" the device tells me that it is more for show that security. If it was for security, EVERY time a "bad" match was hit, a security person should be verifying , with ID from the Guest, why it dosn't match! That doesn't happen.

 

[Mickeyistheman]

Disney has all sorts of cameras all over the park, come on people. I know many of you have seen that on the Travel Channel or maybe Discovery not sure. If you don't think they are watching every move you make, then yes you are quite naive.

I do think that this person who is an adult should be prepared for the consequences and I agree with several other posters, it was his fault and now he should deal with it, not try to find a way around it. What will that show his children (when he has them) that you should always find a way around things you get in trouble for.

That is not a great lesson to teach your children, everyone should have to follow the rules.

 

[mamacatnv]

Disney has all sorts of cameras all over the park, come on people. I know many of you have seen that on the Travel Channel or maybe Discovery not sure. If you don't think they are watching every move you make, then yes you are quite naive.

I do not think many disagree that Disney is watching closely. With so much of their visitor base being children, if they didn't provide a safe environment or the appearance of a safe environment I would assume it would affect their visitor volume.
The question however, is how does Disney actually enforce a life time ban? So far I haven't seen any information in this series of posts that show they have the ability to enforce it which reinforces my opinion that it is more bark than bite.