If you purchase tickets online either from Disney or Undercover Tourist do you scan you phone to enter park?

[bcinohio]

If you purchase tickets online from either Disney or Undercover tourist and are not staying on property (no magic bands, we are staying at the Doubletree at Disney Springs) do you scan the tickets barcode on your phone to enter the park? That is how it was when we were at DL. or do you need to go somewhere to get a paper ticket?

Also with no magic band and you want to have a photo pass picture taken do they still give you cards?

 

[MarcIsMe]

I have purchased Undercover tickets in the past and used it to “create” the tickets in MDE which then linked them to my magic bands. I would imagine you need to take your email to a ticket booth or customer service outside the gate to get a card. The entry gates use a touch point (RFID) reader and not a bar code scanner. I know for rides if you don’t have a magic band you have to go to a counter at the exit gift shop to see your pictures. Not sure if the photographers still hand out the cards.

 

[Robo]

If you purchase tickets online from either Disney or Undercover tourist and are not staying on property (no magic bands, we are staying at the Doubletree at Disney Springs) do you scan the tickets barcode on your phone to enter the park?

Nope.
Just have the ticket numbers with you (the info on a cell phone will work fine) when you go to the first park entrance gates. A CM will issue each of you a plastic RFID card to use for entry during this trip.

 

[Earningmywings]

If you have an old magic band from a previous trip you could link everything to it.

 

[subtchr]

If you have an old magic band from a previous trip you could link everything to it.

To clarify, you aren't linking anything specific to an old (or new) MagicBand.

But you can certainly use one. It will automatically access your current information, as long as it is still active in MDE (which it will be unless you specifically deactivate it).

 

[bcinohio]

By the time we go it will be over 2 years since we used our last magic bands. I don't think the batteries last that long do they? If we can get a card at the gate that will work since there is no FP's right now. I don't want to have to buy a magic band.

 

[LizzyDragon]

By the time we go it will be over 2 years since we used our last magic bands. I don't think the batteries last that long do they? If we can get a card at the gate that will work since there is no FP's right now. I don't want to have to buy a magic band.

Even if the batteries are dead in the magic band, they can still be used for park entry and any other touchpoints where you hold the band up to the Mickey icon. The band might not work for certain attraction features where the band is read at a distance (like with some on-ride photos).

 

[Robo]

By the time we go it will be over 2 years since we used our last magic bands. I don't think the batteries last that long do they?

To answer that question directly...
Yes, the batteries can last for over two years.

In addition, as was said, even if the batteries do happen to be dead,
the MBs will still work for ticket functions (and many other "touch to operate" functions.)