Finger scanners and tickets

[donp]

Is each park ticket tied to the finger scan of the FIRST day user's FIRST day scan and NOT going back to prior years? So, say I went in 2013 and had an MDE account, etc, park hopper 7 day pass that was "tied" to the fingerprint scan that I had then. When I go back in 2016, will the system "remember" that scan and alert if the fingerprint does not match up with my new, 7 day pass that I try to use on the first day?

I know, weird question. We have a weird assortment of rooms and reservations, and may actually have to have someone be assigned to a ticket that was not actually "theirs", but someone else who had been to Disney years before.

Have I confused you yet?

 

[Accident]

I don't think disney has ever said how long they expire or if that changes depending on your ticket. My daughter has changed fingers between trips with different tickets so I think it's tied to the ticket and not the person. They are always helpful in trying to get you into the park so unless your doing something funny someone with a tablet will magically appear if your having turnstyle problems.

 

[DisneyWishes14]

Tickets are nontransferrable, so if you are talking about using days from a non-expire that was used years ago, only the person who originally used that ticket can continue to use it.

 

[donp]

I don't think disney has ever said how long they expire or if that changes depending on your ticket. My daughter has changed fingers between trips with different tickets so I think it's tied to the ticket and not the person. They are always helpful in trying to get you into the park so unless your doing something funny someone with a tablet will magically appear if your having turnstyle problems.

Yes, this looks to answer my question. Jon Doe uses a ticket and scans the same finger for a trip this year. 2 years from now, John Doe uses a different, new ticket, scans with a DIFFERENT finger, and is fine because the scan is tied to THAT year's ticket and not tied to his name and scan from years ago. This is what you are surmising with what happened to your daughter, right?

 

[donp]

Tickets are nontransferrable, so if you are talking about using days from a non-expire that was used years ago, only the person who originally used that ticket can continue to use it.

Yes, thanks. That is not what I was talking about (although I can see that it sounds that way from my question). I was asking about a NEW ticket years later.

 

[CAS239]

It should be linked with the ticket media within your MDE. So the picture of your finger (it doesn't take a full fingerprint scan), should still be saved.

If not and it doesn't work, you'll show I.D. that matches the ticket, they'll reset/clear the finger, and you'll scan new.

 

[amerikiwiroo]

I don't think disney has ever said how long they expire or if that changes depending on your ticket. My daughter has changed fingers between trips with different tickets so I think it's tied to the ticket and not the person. They are always helpful in trying to get you into the park so unless your doing something funny someone with a tablet will magically appear if your having turnstyle problems.

This was exactly my experience last week. For whatever reason, my fingerprint rejected on all subsequent days after my first scan. The tablet toting CM always appeared quickly--took my photo on day 2 and then over-rode the turnstile after checking the photo on subsequent visits. My 3 year old son's child ticket also popped up at the turnstile as being an adult named Margaret (computer glitch somewhere as tickets bought from Disney direct, linked on MDE fine and no Margarets in our travelling party). They wouldn't allow him to scan his finger as he's a minor, so they linked my finger to his ticket. The CMs were fast, courteous, and effective at getting us through the turnstiles quickly despite these problems.

From this limited experience, I'd say as long as you're not trying to cheat the system, Disney has systems in place to help you through fingerprint issues.

 

[bumbershoot]

I know, weird question. We have a weird assortment of rooms and reservations, and may actually have to have someone be assigned to a ticket that was not actually "theirs", but someone else who had been to Disney years before.

Maybe posting the actual issue might get some other ways of helping rather than doing that?

 

[Accident]

This is what you are surmising with what happened to your daughter, right?

Correct, it was a new ticket not an unexpired ticket.

 

[donp]

Maybe posting the actual issue might get some other ways of helping rather than doing that?

Okay--will give it a shot . . . .

We have a large family that likes to travel together. My party of nine that visited last month included my wife and I, my in-laws, and five kids. We booked a bounce back for free dining next year. In order to get as many rooms as possible, each adult booked a room on the bounceback--so four rooms were able to be booked. This is all fair and legal with BB rules. But, each one of those adults has to be the primary reservation holder on a respective room with a separate reservation for each. (As a frequent traveler with up to 18 folks at a time, this is always troubling since I am the one that organizes, reserves everything for everyone--would much rather there be one reservation number, one pot of Disney dining plan allotments, etc, but I digress). The reason for getting the four rooms instead of the two is so we can expand our trip to include other family members for next year. There is always such worry IF free dining will happen and when it does, there is always such a scramble---we were glad to be able to book the BB and include other members of our family.

Here is the rub. My wife and I will sleep in the same room even though we are "technically" in different rooms. The same will happen for my in-laws. We have managed this in the past with just using one of our bands to get in the room (and then allows one of us to have the other band to get into the room where our other kids are sleeping with in-laws). We all eat together, and use the dining plan credits very carefully, keeping receipts and keeping track. What would seem the easiest thing, in IMO, would be to have my FIL's band actually be worn by my wife's brother, and vice versa--that way, he can get into the room that he is sleeping in, be attached to the dining credits in said room, etc. My concern is that since my FIL has been to Disney many times, will his OLD fingerprint image data be tied to his NAME, and his ticket tied to his band. Does that make sense? (I know that this is dizzying). So, when my wife's brother (now going on day one with a ticket that is actually in my FIL's name) goes on day one to scan his NEW ticket for next year, would be get potentially stopped because in actuality, he is actually using a band that is tied to my FIL and his biometric data from year's past. OR, is the image taken on the scanner refreshed every time a new ticket is tied to it. By the above responses, I am getting both opinions!!?? So, we are not trying to cheat anyone, just trying to get people shuffled around a bit within the four rooms to sleep with their mate PHEW!

 

[DisneyWishes14]

Okay--will give it a shot . . . .

We have a large family that likes to travel together. My party of nine that visited last month included my wife and I, my in-laws, and five kids. We booked a bounce back for free dining next year. In order to get as many rooms as possible, each adult booked a room on the bounceback--so four rooms were able to be booked. This is all fair and legal with BB rules. But, each one of those adults has to be the primary reservation holder on a respective room with a separate reservation for each. (As a frequent traveler with up to 18 folks at a time, this is always troubling since I am the one that organizes, reserves everything for everyone--would much rather there be one reservation number, one pot of Disney dining plan allotments, etc, but I digress). The reason for getting the four rooms instead of the two is so we can expand our trip to include other family members for next year. There is always such worry IF free dining will happen and when it does, there is always such a scramble---we were glad to be able to book the BB and include other members of our family.

Here is the rub. My wife and I will sleep in the same room even though we are "technically" in different rooms. The same will happen for my in-laws. We have managed this in the past with just using one of our bands to get in the room (and then allows one of us to have the other band to get into the room where our other kids are sleeping with in-laws). We all eat together, and use the dining plan credits very carefully, keeping receipts and keeping track. What would seem the easiest thing, in IMO, would be to have my FIL's band actually be worn by my wife's brother, and vice versa--that way, he can get into the room that he is sleeping in, be attached to the dining credits in said room, etc. My concern is that since my FIL has been to Disney many times, will his OLD fingerprint image data be tied to his NAME, and his ticket tied to his band. Does that make sense? (I know that this is dizzying). So, when my wife's brother (now going on day one with a ticket that is actually in my FIL's name) goes on day one to scan his NEW ticket for next year, would be get potentially stopped because in actuality, he is actually using a band that is tied to my FIL and his biometric data from year's past. OR, is the image taken on the scanner refreshed every time a new ticket is tied to it. By the above responses, I am getting both opinions!!?? So, we are not trying to cheat anyone, just trying to get people shuffled around a bit within the four rooms to sleep with their mate PHEW!

Yes, dizzying! But I think I got it! New, never used WDW tickets are transferable, so you shouldn't have a problem. In other words, that ticket belongs to no one until you tap at a tapstile and provide a finger print. Once that's done, it belongs to the person who matches the finger print. It shouldn't matter whose name is on the MB.

 

[SueM in MN]

If he has any problems scanning during the trip, he may have issues.
If he is asked to show ID to show the ticket is his, his ID won't match.

 

[msmama]

Could you just change the names on the room when you check in? So that everybody has their ticket and their mb will open their room?

I don't know if that will affect the BB offer or not but it seems like it would alleviate the ticket problem at least!

 

[donp]

Could you just change the names on the room when you check in? So that everybody has their ticket and their mb will open their room?

I don't know if that will affect the BB offer or not but it seems like it would alleviate the ticket problem at least!

That would seem like the best option, but I have been told that the four adults bouncing back HAVE to be the lead person on the reservation for each respective room, or else the BB offer would be negated. Now, at the front desk, that is a good question--maybe there is a bit of grace there . . .

 

[maxiesmom]

That would seem like the best option, but I have been told that the four adults bouncing back HAVE to be the lead person on the reservation for each respective room, or else the BB offer would be negated. Now, at the front desk, that is a good question--maybe there is a bit of grace there . . .

They won't change the lead person on a room. They can and will move other guests around, but they won't change the lead.