Florida Resident Tickets for non-Florida residents

[Jack-Jack]

My sister in law desires to do a "budget" trip to WDW and part of her cost-saving strategy is to get her aunt, who lives in Florida, to buy her Florida tickets. Someone please tell me Disney has safeguards against this.

For the record, I can't imagine my aunt-in-law would be complicit in this little scheme, so this is probably just an academic discussion.

 

[Feralpeg]

Sorry. Her aunt cannot buy Florida resident tickets for a non-Florida resident. Florida id is required for each individual.

 

[rlovew]

When using a Florida resident ticket one can be asked to show Florida ids at any time (meaning even if she got away with it one day they could ask her a different day. Also you have to show florida ids to pick up the tickets.

Rebecca

 

[Jack-Jack]

Please don't apologize. I find it abhorrent. I just want to make sure she won't get away with it. So ID is required at the gate?

 

[glitterkittyy]

ID is sometimes asked for and sometimes not, but you never know when it will be asked for. I wouldn't risk it if I were her.

 

[Vemnox]

If you were to buy these online or over the phone, your aunt would be shipped 'exchange certificates' which she would then have to take to the gate to redeem for the actual physical tickets. At that point in time, an ID will have to be seen for each person in the party age 16+ as proof of Florida residency. Alternatively, if she put the tickets at 'Will Call', the same thing would happen. And AGAIN the same thing would happen if she just tried to get the tickets at the gate.

There is absolutely no way around this, no strategy, and no possible loophole in the safeguards. It's pretty black and white - Florida state-issued ID for each person in the party (excluding children - who need to be accompanied by a FL-ID carrying parent/guardian).

 

[Vemnox]

ID is sometimes asked for and sometimes not, but you never know when it will be asked for. I wouldn't risk it if I were her.

ID is ALWAYS asked for now. The ID is actually physically scanned into the computer.

 

[IloveDMB]

It's pretty black and white - Florida state-issued ID for each person in the party (excluding children - who need to be accompanied by a FL-ID carrying parent/guardian).

Nope, they do not take only Florida state issued IDs. I go to school in Florida, and my school ID is an acceptable form of identification to get the Florida resident discounts.

And I was there in May, and the guy looked at my ID and asked me if that school was in Florida, which I replied yes. He handed it back to me, without scanning anything in, so I don't know when the scanning of the IDs began.

 

[glitterkittyy]

ID is ALWAYS asked for now. The ID is actually physically scanned into the computer.

I'm talking about each time you enter the park...not when you initially purchase or get your pass. After your id is issued, they sometimes *still* ask to see ID when you enter the parks. They don't always, but they do often enough that I wouldn't try something like this. I go every week, and I am asked for ID about 3 out of 4 times.

 

[carlyle688]

I'm talking about each time you enter the park...not when you initially purchase or get your pass. After your id is issued, they sometimes *still* ask to see ID when you enter the parks. They don't always, but they do often enough that I wouldn't try something like this. I go every week, and I am asked for ID about 3 out of 4 times.

That's interesting. I go to Epcot several times a week and I have never been asked for an ID. I just do my finger scan and go on my merry way.

 

[sorcerormickey]

When the ticket is purchased, each person needs to show Florida ID and their name is printed on the tickets. If done by mail order, you would receive Exchange Certificates which need to be exchanged for real tickets, along with Florida ID.

 

[jfap]

I just bought Florida Res. tickets last week and the first thing they asked for was a Florida Picture ID.

 

[Winston1204]

From my personal experience, you need to show the Florida ID to purchase the tickets. Of all the times I've ever been to WDW (too many to count), I've never been asked to show my Florida ID. I just put my ticket in and do the finger scan thingy and go through the turnstile. Some people have said they were asked to show their Florida ID when going into the parks, but in my experience neither I nor any of my Family or Friends have ever been asked to show Florida ID at the gate when using the tickets.

 

[Vemnox]

Nope, they do not take only Florida state issued IDs. I go to school in Florida, and my school ID is an acceptable form of identification to get the Florida resident discounts.

And I was there in May, and the guy looked at my ID and asked me if that school was in Florida, which I replied yes. He handed it back to me, without scanning anything in, so I don't know when the scanning of the IDs began.

If you are under 16, then that is acceptable but nowadays if you are 16+ you absolutely have to have a state-issued ID (this includes an ID from a Florida college or public high school), voter's registration card, or military ID from a Florida military base. There are no exceptions.

 

[Mickey's Neighbor]

We just renewed our seasonal passes and one annual pass that belongs to our teenager. We had to show Florida ID's for all of them to be renewed.

Interesting a couple of years ago we had Seasonal passes and our other teenager left her ID in the car. Her pass didn't work at the fingerscan point and when they asked for her ID and she didn't have it they confiscated the pass. Seems when we had renewed that year at EPCOT the CM had somehow put my birthdate on all 4 passes and of course she didn't match the info at all. We were able to get it fixed at MK guest relations and get the info changed to the correct birth dates for everyone.

 

[fla4fun]

Any time you buy any Florida Resident ticket, you have to show one Florida ID per adult ticket you buy. This is whether you are buying a one day, multi day, or Florida Res AP. If you are activating a voucher you received in the mail for a Florida Res ticket, you will have to show the ID at the ticket window when you exchange the voucher.

Once the ticket is purchased, you MAY be asked to show ID at the gate at any time. I've had to show mine a few times when the finger scanners were acting up, a couple times when my ticket was demagnetized, and one day when the ticket scanners themselves weren't working. I don't have to show my ID often, but it does happen.

If you are trying to use a resident ticket and you are asked for ID at the gate for some reason, they may confiscate the ticket or (more likely) require you to go to the ticket window and pay the difference to upgrade to a general public ticket. It's just not worth the risk to me.

 

[dizchick]

My boyfriend is a Florida resident and he always has to show FL ID in order to buy the reduced-price FL tickets. I don't remember them ever asking for ID at the gate, but he always has it on him in case they do.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

Any time we sell a Florida Resident ticket, or print a ticket from an Exchange Voucher, we are required to put in the name, address, and birth date of each person. For anyone age 18 or older we are required to see each person's photo ID and take the information from that; for people under 18 we are allowed to use information provided by an accompanying parent.

 

[abolanwoski]

You can also use a utility bill from a florida address, military orders assigning you to a Florida installation (military ID doesn't specify where you are stationed) and they used to accept a Florida lease as well (not sure if they still do this). Not all who live in Florida actually have a Florida ID.

When we got ours a couple years ago, we showed a lease with DHs name on it and they didn't require additional ID for me - not sure if that's changed, but for a military family, most don't change their license every time they get re-stationed.

 

[Claire&TheBoys]

I'm pretty sure you can't use utility bills anymore and I don't think they accept leases either. They've gotten a lot stricter. If you are military, your ID has to show your home station as being in FL.