finger scanner @ the parks

[Jenny]

i know that tickets are supposed to be non-transferable BUT my mother has one day left on her 5 day hopper & wants to give it to me for my upcoming quick trip in Jan. She definitely used the hopper pass w/ the finger scan. Will I be able to enter the park w/ her pass?

 

[Eljay]

No, you will be required to use the scanner and it won't match, Don't risk the embarrassment!

 

[Jenny]

unfortunately, that's what i thought. my mom wanted to help me out by saving me some $ but i guess not. bummer.

 

[netposer]

This (scanning) is just another example of consumer rights being taken away from us.

If you purchased a ticket you should be able to re-sell it or give it away.

You can buy a $20,000 car and sell it or give it away. You can buy a book, read it, then give it away or sell it. Why not tickets?

I understand people get ripped-off on ebay but they can get ripped off no matter what they are buying.

If they cared about the consumer they would give you a way to transfer your tickets. Maybe pay a small fee to transfer the unused portions to a relative or friend. Maybe an online form to change the name? There's a number of things Disney could do if they really cared about their customers.

Let's say you buy a 10-day park hopper that doesn't expire, you used a few days, and want to give the other 7 to a needy child? Is there anyway to do this legally? <-- extreme example but you get the point.

 

[NJBlackBerry]

Excellent. Where's my popcorn?

 

[jim and meesie]

I was behind a family at Universal last week who had multi day tickets with the finger scan. None of the finger scans worked despite multiple attempts (I was waiting for 5-10 minutes behind them). Finally they just had them sign their names and they were let in. I know it's Universal not Disney, but these people didn't look like they were trying to pull any scam so my assumption is that the finger scanners do malfunction on occassion.

 

[lassiem1127]

This might start a little controversy.....I work with biometric scanners...believe me when I tell you they are not 100% reliable. For instance....if a person was to use a scanner for the first time and then at the end of the day....get there nails done...then the readers would not work the following day.

My wife has problems using the scanners....they almost never let her in...the CM's always let her in as long as she has an ID.

 

[ryley26]

Twice last trip one of our cards would not work. You have to go get it remagnetized it stinks. I understand it for annual passes and length of stay but the other should be your choice how you use them.

 

[Zmsksirt]

Our family members have 5 AP's. Mom holds all of the AP's in her fanny pack and then hands them out to family members just as we enter the parks. However, we have noticed that Mom doesn't always hand out the right pass to the right person. Even so, we have never had a problem entering any of the Disney parks. I have used my wife's pass, both of my daughter's passes and my son's pass on different occasions without a single problem.

 

[twotoohappy]

You have to go get it remagnetized it stinks.

How do you remagnetize them? My dd's annual pass went through the wash, I'm wondering if it'll still read her biometrics.

 

[MermaidsMom]

Our family members have 5 AP's. Mom holds all of the AP's in her fanny pack and then hands them out to family members just as we enter the parks. However, we have noticed that Mom doesn't always hand out the right pass to the right person. Even so, we have never had a problem entering any of the Disney parks. I have used my wife's pass, both of my daughter's passes and my son's pass on different occasions without a single problem.

Same with us, I don't think it makes any difference at all and I would take it and use the extra day. It wasn't legally "assigned" to anyone, your family paid for X number of days and that is what you would be using. I believe that by non-transferrable they mean you can't resell, trade or barter them for profit. I doubt it means using Mom's extra day.

 

[mickeyluv'r]

As I understand it, though I'm not a CM, if you use your pass to enter the park- the CM gets one signal. If your family mixes up their passes - the CM gets a different reading, but still a green light, so long as the passes were all bought together. Presumably, if you go as a group, another family member would get the same reading.

If you bought the tickets together - it would be slightly immoral (According to some on this board), but it might work. Would it be worth the hassle to you if it didn't? Or would you buy a back up ticket ahead of time anyhow? If you didn't buy them together, then it could be a significantly bigger problem.

Personally, I think the system is a pain. It would be much better to put your picture on the pass - or just have adults show a photo id with their pass. It just seems like this would be faster than so many guests having to rescan their fingers multiple times.

 

[peter11435]

This (scanning) is just another example of consumer rights being taken away from us.

If you purchased a ticket you should be able to re-sell it or give it away.

You can buy a $20,000 car and sell it or give it away. You can buy a book, read it, then give it away or sell it. Why not tickets?

I understand people get ripped-off on ebay but they can get ripped off no matter what they are buying.

If they cared about the consumer they would give you a way to transfer your tickets. Maybe pay a small fee to transfer the unused portions to a relative or friend. Maybe an online form to change the name? There's a number of things Disney could do if they really cared about their customers.

Let's say you buy a 10-day park hopper that doesn't expire, you used a few days, and want to give the other 7 to a needy child? Is there anyway to do this legally? <-- extreme example but you get the point.

Florida State Statute 817.361 states that:
Multi day and multi event ticket media must be used by the same person on any and all days. Thus they are actually following the law.

When you buy a car you are purchasing the car. You can then do with that car what you want. When you by a 10 day WDW ticket or an Annual Pass you are purchasing a 10 day WDW ticket or an Annual Pass for yourself it is and always has been part of the sales agreement that it is for you and you only. Now with the finger scans they have simply found a way to properly inforce a already existing rule and state law.

 

[CarolA]

Excellent. Where's my popcorn?

I have the same feeling, this is always a good one. Almoswt as good as pool hopping and/or refillgable mugs....

 

[MrsToad]

Please take this as just my opinion:

I do not begrudge Disney trying to enforce this policy at all. I think what is sometimes missed is that Disney is, as a good business practice, selling multiday tickets to each seperate individual at a discount over single day tickets since that individual is committing to visiting on multiple days. Maybe transferring or selling tickets would be a different story if we were paying the single day ticket price for each day. To me, the "volume discount" for multiple days is for the individual person the ticket was originally purchased for.

Thanks for listening.

 

[PinMan]

annual passes have finger scans ? and 10 day passes ?

 

[peter11435]

annual passes have finger scans ? and 10 day passes ?

All tickets require finger scans. Even 1 day tickets.

 

[DisneyMomJen]

We have annual passes. This past December my husband decides that he is going to prove that the finger scan does not actually work and switched his and my pass. Well, it did beep and they would not let him in.

 

[peter11435]

We have annual passes. This past December my husband decides that he is going to prove that the finger scan does not actually work and switched his and my pass. Well, it did beep and they would not let him in.

The finger scans when being used do work. Very well I might add.

 

[CleveRocks]

This (scanning) is just another example of consumer rights being taken away from us.

If you purchased a ticket you should be able to re-sell it or give it away.

You can buy a $20,000 car and sell it or give it away. You can buy a book, read it, then give it away or sell it. Why not tickets?

Disney is a business, not a public utility. We don't have a "right" to enjoy Disney. In order to enter a Disney theme park, we enter into a contract. We agree to pay money and to abide by certain rules. One of the rules is the non-transferable nature of the ticket media. When you buy a car, you don't buy it on the condition that you won't let anyone drive it. When you buy a book, you don't have to agree not to give it to anyone else. But when you buy a Disney admission, in buying it you agree to not let anyone else use it in your stead.

If you don't like the rules, then you don't go into a Disney theme park. No one's forcing anyone to fork over the money and abide by the rules. We each make that decision for ourselves.

If Disney offers an attractive-enough product, then you have a tough choice about whether or not to pay the money and follow the rules. God Bless America.