How should I mark my MYW tickets?

[shatzjsl]

I bought our MYW tix at The Disney Store last night!

Bad new is that they all look a like.

Please correct me if I am wrong, but won't we have to use the same ticket each time because of the finger scan? If so, how should I mark them. I thought about just using a marker to write each persons name on them. I would do initials but two people have the same initials. Your thoughts?

 

[jckdisneybound]

I'd use a sharpie and write their names on the front.

 

[3CindersMom]

I read somewhere that tickets activated together are read as a group. In other words, if Mom and Dad's tickets were activated together, the scanners will recognize Dad even if he uses Mom's ticket because they are part of a group.

I got my tickets at a Disney store too and was wondering if this group activation works with tickets bought there. Anyone have any more info on how it works?

 

[tjkraz]

Do they have a signature line on the back? If not, I wonder if you'll have to redeem them for different passes when you arrive. Photo ID (matched to the signature) is used as a backup when the biometric ID system fails.

 

[shatzjsl]

No, no signature line. They are hard plastic with a magnetic strip. I don't think they have to be exchanged at the park. I'm just going to write each persons names on them.

 

[seashoreCM]

If family

 

[seashoreCM]

If family members separate during the vacation, it is necessary to identify each person's pass. Otherwise you might hand out a pass with no plusses remaining to a child headed for a water park.

Also if you ever need to carry more than one pass per person, you need to identify the passes. For example you bought new MYW passes with no plusses and also carry an old pass with both days and plusses remaining for water park visits. You definitely do not want to use the old pass's days at the theme parks by accident.

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/dispass.htm

 

[shelleyz]

You could just put #'s on them like 1 for the oldest or youngest then so forth.

 

[shatzjsl]

You could just put #'s on them like 1 for the oldest or youngest then so forth.

How smart are you!?! Great idea. Of course, as scatterbrained as I am I'll probably forget if I did it old to young or young to old! Hmm...maybe I could write #'s on foreheads, too.....

 

[always quiet]

If I'm not mistaken, you will have to exchange the ones you got at the Disney Store at Guest Relations at the parks. They will put the guest's name on the front of the ticket and also do the finger scan at that time. I think the kids are going to get a kick out of having their names on the tickets!

 

[shatzjsl]

I think it is the resort keys that have names on them.

 

[tjkraz]

I think it is the resort keys that have names on them.

True, but there was also supposed to be identifying information on the park passes as well with the introduction of the biometric scanning. One of Disney's goals was to eliminate illegal resales of partially-used passes on eBay and by roadside vendors in Orlando. That is the driving force behind the biometric scanners being used for all ticketholders. If the biometrics fail, the backup is supposed to be a photo ID. All of the posts I've seen from folks using the new Magic Your Way passes indicate that there was a signature stripe on the back of the pass, and holders were asked to sign their name before passing through the gates for the first time.

Passes without names or even signature lines defeat the purpose of these changes. Biometrics fail...anyone could simply show an ID and claim ownership of the pass.

Until someone definitively says otherwise, I'm inclined to think that you'll have to exchange the cards you are holding for different passes upon arrival.

 

[always quiet]

Found this on allearsnet.com

What happens if I can't get all the LED's to go out?

Then your pass will have to be overridden by the CM at the gate. They will ask you for your ID to verify that the name on the pass matches yours.

 

[Rhoda]

I received my passes in the mail yesterday that I ordered directly from Disney online. They are hard plastic with the characters on them, and none have a signature line. They do say if they are for an adult admission or a child's, and our last name is on the back, but no first names. I can't imagine I'll have to trade them in for new ones at the gate - that kind of defeats the purpose of having them on hand before the trip (other than the discount of course). Does anybody know for sure?

Our only disappointment was the children's passes came with Goofy on them, and DD (7) wanted Minnie Mouse. I canlive with that.

 

[TXTink]

Oh my gosh! I am so glad you all are asking these questions! I had no idea these tickets were so very different from the old ones we are used to!

So, even if you buy them through Disney on line, they will exchange them at the parks?

And, if so, do you do that at the gate of any park, or at the (Disney) hotel? I would like them to be activated before we try to enter the first morning! I don't want to waste touring time.....

 

[tjkraz]

They do say if they are for an adult admission or a child's, and our last name is on the back, but no first names. I can't imagine I'll have to trade them in for new ones at the gate...

I agree that with your name on them you should not have to exchange for something else.

They big mystery continues to be these Disney Store passes with no identifying info. Either they do have to be exchanged, or Disney did some sloppy work in issuing them without the ability to include identifying info.

 

[shatzjsl]

Okay, I called the super secret special 800 number that I got for purchasing my tix at Disney store and after giving my life's information (including the numbers on the back of the ticket) I spoke to a CM that said that these are the tickets we will use at WDW. For further confirmation, I called CBR, not Disney reservations, and the CM confirmed. I also asked if we would be able to put our tickets on our resort key card and was told no. The only way to do that is if the tix were tied to our reservation. We will have two cards, our ticket and our resort card. The resort card will have each persons name on it. The tickets do not need a name on them.

 

[always quiet]

I think this might answer lots of questions!!

Disney Stores begin new system for selling Walt Disney World park passes.

In late January 2003, The Disney Stores began a brand new way of selling multi-day WDW park passes. You can now pick up WDW tickets off a castle-shaped display fixture and bring them up to the register to pay for them and have them activated. The transaction is handled much like other major retailers like Walmart or Target activate prepaid gift cards. All tickets will be on a credit card sized hard plastic media. Customers will pay the WDW advance purchase prices where available and save a few dollars off the prices charged at the park gates.

Since the tickets can be activated for different ticket values, the Disney Store can now offer more options for guests than they could before and the stores are less likely to run out of stock. Customers can can build their own Magic Your Way passes. They can also get Annual and Premium Annual Pass vouchers as well. Prior to this new system, guests had to order the AP/PAP vouchers and wait anywhere from a week to three or four weeks for them to come in. Now they can purchase them with no waiting.

All tickets and annual passes are vouchers which must be exchanged for the actual ticket. You pay for the voucher at Disney Store and must take the voucher and photo ID to Guest Relations at one of the four WDW major theme parks or to either Guest Relations office at Downtown Disney to trade it in for the actual activated ticket/pass. The 365 days of use on the AP/PAPs starts on the day you do the exchange at Guest Relations, not when you purchased the voucher.

Two receipts will print up with the purchase/activation of these Disney Store tickets. If customers hold on to their receipts lost tickets can be more easily replaced at Walt Disney World Guest Relations. The receipts include ticket serial number information which is essential in replacing lost or destroyed tickets. These receipts eliminate the need to keep a photocopy of your tickets.

The receipts that print up with the purchase/activation provide the guest with an exclusive, unpublished toll-free WDW vacation planning phone number for hotel and dining reservations or to simply ask questions. The guests must have their tickets in hand to use the services offered at this number.

Please note that these tickets purchased from The Disney Store cannot be encoded onto your Resort ID when checking into a WDW Resort.

 

[shatzjsl]

Thanks for the information. That was on the old Park Hoppers, not the MYW tickets. I guess I'll just have to wait until I get there to find out.

 

[BonnieA]

I was at the MK the last week in January. There were tables set up before you entered the turnstyles and people were being encouraged to sign their passes. My son had a MYW ticket with a signature line on the back so he signed his.