Help Settle a Fastpass Bet

[Cinerbelle]

My Sister and my Hubby are having a disagreement regarding the Fastpass system. My Sister thinks she can borrow our AP's (once we get them next week) and take them with her when she goes at the end of Feb. and use them to get fastpasses... this way she can use her tickets and our passes and get double the fastpasses... Hubby does not think this would work, he thinks the AP's would have to be swiped at the gate in order to work in the FP system that day... does anyone know for sure??

 

[Stacerita]

No, doesn't work. I know there have been a few it has worked for. But unless its "activated" at the main gate, it won't give you a fast pass.

 

[BillyFan]

True. A pass shouldn't work in the FP machine unless it has been activated at the entrance of one of the parks.

 

[BecBennett]

I think it comes up saying "Ticket was not used for entrance" or something similar, and doesn't work.

 

[jenpace]

Ya...your husband definitely wins that argument!

 

[disneykreyzee]

Ok I was wondering a similar question....my sister and mom are going to meet us a day late at disneyland. Their flight doesn't get in till later in the afternoon. If I take their tickets with me that morning will I be able to swipe them at the gate along with mine at the front gate, and then pick up some fast passes for them to use later in the evening when they get in? I'm assuming not but thought I'd ask

 

[Disney Dreams]

Ok I was wondering a similar question....my sister and mom are going to meet us a day late at disneyland. Their flight doesn't get in till later in the afternoon. If I take their tickets with me that morning will I be able to swipe them at the gate along with mine at the front gate, and then pick up some fast passes for them to use later in the evening when they get in? I'm assuming not but thought I'd ask

Nope. You cannot swipe someone else's AP at the gate if they are not there.

 

[GBShorts]

Ok I was wondering a similar question....my sister and mom are going to meet us a day late at disneyland. Their flight doesn't get in till later in the afternoon. If I take their tickets with me that morning will I be able to swipe them at the gate along with mine at the front gate, and then pick up some fast passes for them to use later in the evening when they get in? I'm assuming not but thought I'd ask

Tickets aren't transferrable so how would you be able to swipe multiple tickets? I just don't see it as being feasible. The CM's won't be willing to scan in 2 tickets for you.

 

[silence]

Well......

My mom was there over MLK weekend. I had given her all of our AP's, though hubby and I didn't make the trip.

Our APs still worked for FP.

This is the 3rd trip in a row. No one had them activated at the gate.

 

[Echie]

I don't know anything about APs, but I just wanted to say that when we were there recently we had 3 day park hoppers and on day 2, two of us entered the park (we had the third person's ticket with us as well), and we accidentally entered the third person's tickets in the FP machine (I thought it was mine at first), and it printed a FP ticket for us... and that ticket hadn't been activiated that day yet at the gate so it worked for us as well.
Obviously it's not supposed to, but I guess sometimes it does...

 

[MAH4546]

Your husband might win or lose the bet.

Sometimes the blocking of non-used AP's is blocked, sometimes it is not. The most recent I heard, which was this past December, they are currently not blocked, so your husband would lose. Though they might have unblocked them again.

I don't really know why this loophole seems to open and close so often.

 

[DLR29]

When I went in December it was a block out day for me and I purchased the special block out ticket. I was required to show both at the gate, but they only scanned the block out ticket. I was able to get FPs with both.

 

[Disney Hot Mama]

Was just there yesterday - my DD and I. I by mistake put my husbands annual pass into the Fast Pass machine... Not only did it give me a Fast Pass for the ride (he obviously had not gone throught the ticket gate) BUT his annual pass had expired two days prior!!!!!! So when that worked I put my sons annual pass (not expired) and received another fast pass...... So for us it did work .. which I still think is very strange especially with the expired AP. We ended up not needing fast passes for ANYTHING yesterday. It was a beautiful clear and uncrowded day! Best day in a long time as DL.

 

[pixiewings71]

When we were there earlier this month DBF had his old AP and DD12s in his lanyard pouch. He accidentally put DDs in the FP machine and he was able to get a FP off her expired (expired July 08) AP and his as well. So had we wanted to we could have had a lot of FPs. We didn't tho, it felt like cheating.

 

[TheTXTaylors5]

Ok I was wondering a similar question....my sister and mom are going to meet us a day late at disneyland. Their flight doesn't get in till later in the afternoon. If I take their tickets with me that morning will I be able to swipe them at the gate along with mine at the front gate, and then pick up some fast passes for them to use later in the evening when they get in? I'm assuming not but thought I'd ask

From what others have posted, it doesn't sound like you need to swipe your Mom and sisters ticket at the front gate to obtain a FP with their tickets. It doesn't hurt to try at the FP machine. Good Luck!

I've read on other threads about people running over from DLP to DCA to obtain Soarin' FP for their entire party, even if the park tickets aren't scanned at DCA too? Is this possible? I don't want to send DH over if it doesn't work. Thank you in advance for any responses.

- Jennifer

 

[disneykreyzee]

For those of you who have had it work...does it only work for AP's or does it work with regular park hopper tickets as well?

 

[AndyLL]

From what others have posted, it doesn't sound like you need to swipe your Mom and sisters ticket at the front gate to obtain a FP with their tickets. It doesn't hurt to try at the FP machine. Good Luck!

You should not be able to do it with regular parkhoppers. It sounds like there is some debate about the APs.

What they should NOT do it go in with one set of tickets, go back out and then go in with the other set of tickets to activate all of them. Once activated they will not be able to be used without the handstamp.

And although APs do not require handstamps I would never try to do that with APs either. If you get caught using someone elses AP it could be canceled.

I've read on other threads about people running over from DLP to DCA to obtain Soarin' FP for their entire party, even if the park tickets aren't scanned at DCA too? Is this possible? I don't want to send DH over if it doesn't work. Thank you in advance for any responses.

Yes it does work. Once activated in one park it works for both. We've done it on both our last trips.

Andy

 

[TheTXTaylors5]

Yes it does work. Once activated in one park it works for both. We've done it on both our last trips.

Andy

Thanks for the confirmation.

So, at DLR they still stamp your hand upon exiting the parks? Why? Isn't the ticket enough proof for re-entering? We are WDW pros (no handstamping). They do have the adults put their finger on this scanner-type thing to avoid fraud. We are DLR newbies. So, the handstamping is new to us. We will have Park Hoppers. Will we get a stamp at DLP AND DCA upon exiting? The only place I had to do that was at our local Six Flags last summer. Seems kind of cheap and un-Disney to me.

Jennifer

 

[DLR29]

Thanks for the confirmation.

So, at DLR they still stamp your hand upon exiting the parks? Why? Isn't the ticket enough proof for re-entering? We are WDW pros (no handstamping). They do have the adults put their finger on this scanner-type thing to avoid fraud. We are DLR newbies. So, the handstamping is new to us. We will have Park Hoppers. Will we get a stamp at DLP AND DCA upon exiting? The only place I had to do that was at our local Six Flags last summer. Seems kind of cheap and un-Disney to me.

Jennifer

They do it so that a person can't enter the park with a ticket, then exit the park and give that ticket to someone else. That makes the handstamp necessary. The ticket is necessary because the stamps don't wear off for a few days, so if they only checked handstamps, then a) people could make their own and b) they could get in after their ticket expires. And you only have to get 1 handstamp per day which is good for both parks.

As to the statement about it being cheap and un-Disney, my guess is that Disney invented the "re-entry handstamp" that is now used at most amusement parks today. It's just that WDW's biometric super technology is probably the future of DLR re-entry/ticket policy. Remember, WDW only started fingerprinting in 06, not that long ago.

 

[AndyLL]

Thanks for the confirmation.

So, at DLR they still stamp your hand upon exiting the parks? Why? Isn't the ticket enough proof for re-entering? We are WDW pros (no handstamping). They do have the adults put their finger on this scanner-type thing to avoid fraud. We are DLR newbies. So, the handstamping is new to us. We will have Park Hoppers. Will we get a stamp at DLP AND DCA upon exiting? The only place I had to do that was at our local Six Flags last summer. Seems kind of cheap and un-Disney to me.

Jennifer

They don't have the finger machine at Disneyland so they have to stamp. You only have to get stamped once... either at DCA or DL