Finger scans for tickets these days

[paulfoel]

Are they still as useless as they used to be? In the past, if the scan fails they usually just wave you in anyway.

I know someone who shared a few annual passes that friends had bought. Surely Disney are wise to this now?

 

[paulh]

The finger scan works that day as it's stored in the system for one day only
As for annuals they have photos on if I recall
Paul

 

[paulfoel]

The finger scan works that day as it's stored in the system for one day only
As for annuals they have photos on if I recall
Paul

With finger scans they dont seem to work that well. Cast members just seem to give up and wave you through.

Do annuals have a photo now? Never used to.

So how do all these people get away with renting out their AP for free parking? (i.e use it to get free parking but not park access)

 

[ford family]

The finger scan works that day as it's stored in the system for one day only
As for annuals they have photos on if I recall
Paul

We renewed our APs in December, no photos on them, just the same flimsy card as the regular tickets.

ford family

 

[Netty]

If its very busy at the gates they turn the finger scans off

 

[disneyholic family]

years and years ago, the APs had pictures....our first APs had our pictures..
but they haven't had photos for a very long time....

 

[2Tiggies]

I wonder if the finger scan recognition works depending on how well the initial activation scan 'took'. I only mention this because I have had virtually no problems with them, except in 2009 when I had to be waved through virtually every single time. It just never seemed to work for me. A lot of the time the CM would ask me to try again, but as above, if it failed again (which it tended to do) they just waved us through.

 

[cooks]

I don't think they work. Last September I accidentally took DGF ticket and went through the gate she had mine. It "recognised" a match and let me through the gates. I didn’t realise I had her ticket until I gave it back to her for it to go back into her purse.

 

[purple figment]

Are they still as useless as they used to be? In the past, if the scan fails they usually just wave you in anyway.

I know someone who shared a few annual passes that friends had bought. Surely Disney are wise to this now?

I don't think I would call them "useless." I'm more inclined to say that CMs assume that most guests are honest so if the finger scan doesn't work, it's not because the guest is trying to cheat the system, but for one reason or another it didn't work. There are probably certain scenarios where the CM would require the guest to go to GS or the ticket booth such as trying to enter a second park without a hopper or using a ticket with no more days on it.

When the scan doesn't work with my ticket, I'm glad the CM let's me through because I know my ticket is valid. I've never been asked to go to the ticket window, but it wouldn't bother me.

Your friend was fortunate that the AP users weren't stopped. If they couldn't produce ID to match the names on the APs, they would have been confiscated.

I don't think they work. Last September I accidentally took DGF ticket and went through the gate she had mine. It "recognised" a match and let me through the gates. I didn’t realise I had her ticket until I gave it back to her for it to go back into her purse.

Tickets that are purchased or used together the first time will have the finger scans tied to all of the tickets. That way anyone in the group can use the tickets and as you found, it didn't matter which ticket you used. Many people don't keep track of which ticket belongs to who so this saves time at the turnstiles.

We renewed our APs in December, no photos on them, just the same flimsy card as the regular tickets.

ford family

I also thought they were flimsy paper, then found out how durable they really are.

 

[skelfbsfb]

We have not experienced any problems with our tickets so far.

 

[UKDEB]

I don't think they work. Last September I accidentally took DGF ticket and went through the gate she had mine. It "recognised" a match and let me through the gates. I didn’t realise I had her ticket until I gave it back to her for it to go back into her purse.

As purple figment has already pointed out, tickets purchased together are tagged so that the stored finger scans of each member of the party will work with any ticket.

When we visited Epcot in March, we used a new-fangled type of scanner which, I suspect, was in test stage. They were set up in banks of 4 to allow multiple guests to enter at the same time, but it was such a faff that it was just causing chaos. You had to simultaneously laser-scan your ticket's barcode with one hand whilst scanning a finger of the other hand. All available CMs were having to assist every guest and, as there was no turnstile, it would have been easy for hoards of people to just walk past without even having a ticket!

 

[cooks]

As purple figment has already pointed out, tickets purchased together are tagged so that the stored finger scans of each member of the party will work with any ticket.

When we visited Epcot in March, we used a new-fangled type of scanner which, I suspect, was in test stage. They were set up in banks of 4 to allow multiple guests to enter at the same time, but it was such a faff that it was just causing chaos. You had to simultaneously laser-scan your ticket's barcode with one hand whilst scanning a finger of the other hand. All available CMs were having to assist every guest and, as there was no turnstile, it would have been easy for hoards of people to just walk past without even having a

Ahhh I see. Thankyou I'll show dgf this as she was worried about always having the correct ticket. Thanks :

 

[disneyholic family]

As purple figment has already pointed out, tickets purchased together are tagged so that the stored finger scans of each member of the party will work with any ticket.

When we visited Epcot in March, we used a new-fangled type of scanner which, I suspect, was in test stage. They were set up in banks of 4 to allow multiple guests to enter at the same time, but it was such a faff that it was just causing chaos. You had to simultaneously laser-scan your ticket's barcode with one hand whilst scanning a finger of the other hand. All available CMs were having to assist every guest and, as there was no turnstile, it would have been easy for hoards of people to just walk past without even having a ticket!

that definitely looks like someone could just push on through...

 

[Stitch's Greatest Fa]

If your GF is worried about having the right ticket then there is a space on the back where you are supposed to sign your tickets.

Also does anyone remember the good old days (1995) when you had to visit a booth to have your photo put on your ticket - an no, it wasn't an annual pass just a regular 10 day ticket!