magicband question

[LMHB]

On our upcoming trip, my children and I have tickets linked to our magicbands, we have three day tickets and my husband has a one day ticket because he will be joining us mid-week. I would like to go into Epcot one additional night for dinner and will need to upgrade my ticket one day, which costs about $31. Either my husband or a teen will join me for dinner, so I had planned to upgrade one of my teen's tickets another day as well. It is cheaper to upgrade my teen's 3 day ticket than my husband's 1 day ticket ($80). Can my husband use the teen's ticket/magicband for that evening? He was the one who paid for all of the tickets, so can't he use it himself? Are tickets grouped within a family? If he goes with me to dinner, I don't want to pay $80 instead of $30 to upgrade a ticket to get into Epcot. How would they know? Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks!

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

Once tickets are used by a person they are non-transferable. The single person usage is confirmed via biometric scan.

 

[DLM1980]

Pretty sure tickets will be linked via biometric fingerprint to the teens so Dad, even though he bought them, won't be able to use them

 

[DisneyWishes14]

May I suggest picking a resort restaurant for dinner? It sounds like you want to upgrade to a hopper in order to have your dinner in EPCOT, which, yes becomes pricey if you are only using that hopper once. Your money may be better spent on a great restaurant at one of the resorts or at Disney Springs.

 

[LMHB]

That is a good suggestion, except that I really want a restaurant in Epcot and plan to go on a day when we are not going to the parks, just hanging around the pool, so park hoppers would not help. We actually never buy park hoppers because they are so much more expensive. We need an extra day of ticket for me and one other person. I'm seeing that tickets are non-transferable, but I thought I saw something about being used within a family. Does that ring a bell with anyone? After all, if my husband uses a day of my teen son's ticket, he actually paid for that day. I can understand Disney wanting to keep people from selling extra days to other people, but this is within a nuclear family with the same person paying for all of the tickets. Thanks!

 

[JimmyV]

I can understand Disney wanting to keep people from selling extra days to other people, but this is within a nuclear family with the same person paying for all of the tickets.

How, exactly, would Disney police that?

Sounds like an expensive proposition to start extending tickets to add park days just to go to an Epcot restaurant. In addition to the already high price of the meal, you are adding a significant expense for the privilege of being overcharged for the meal. Skip the Epcot meal and go eat at the Swan/Dolphin instead. Better food. Less money. Less hassle. Win-win-win.

 

[subtchr]

I'm seeing that tickets are non-transferable, but I thought I saw something about being used within a family. Does that ring a bell with anyone?

Nope, that has never been the case, at least since tickets became non-transferable.

I agree with the others. There are so many wonderful resort restaurants, many better than anything even in World Showcase. Sanaa was our favorite meal by far on our last trip. If you are really set on Epcot, pay the $110 and have a wonderful evening.

 

[IrishNYC]

You won't be able to just add and use a park day to get into Epcot at night if you were at a different park during the day. You'll need to buy a park hopper. You can't use two single park entitlements on the same day.

 

[subtchr]

You won't be able to just add and use a park day to get into Epcot at night if you were at a different park during the day. You'll need to buy a park hopper. You can't use two single park entitlements on the same day.

She posted that she wants to go on a day they were not planning to go to a park.

 

[IrishNYC]

She posted that she wants to go on a day they were not planning to go to a park.

Whoops! Sorry! I was reading while cooking dinner.

 

[MattsPrincess]

It has nothing to do with who paid for the tickets.

When you first enter the park with your ticket, they scan your fingerprint and it attaches that scan to that ticket. You rescan the same finger every time you enter a park. If the fingerprints don't match, they don't let you in. Period.

 

[DisneyWishes14]

That is a good suggestion, except that I really want a restaurant in Epcot and plan to go on a day when we are not going to the parks, just hanging around the pool, so park hoppers would not help. We actually never buy park hoppers because they are so much more expensive. We need an extra day of ticket for me and one other person. I'm seeing that tickets are non-transferable, but I thought I saw something about being used within a family. Does that ring a bell with anyone? After all, if my husband uses a day of my teen son's ticket, he actually paid for that day. I can understand Disney wanting to keep people from selling extra days to other people, but this is within a nuclear family with the same person paying for all of the tickets. Thanks!

I'm sorry. I misinterpreted your question and thought you were referring to hoppers when you were really referring to adding an extra day. Yes, that gets very expensive when you are adding on to a 1 to 3 day ticket. Unfortunately, Disney will not allow you to share tickets even within a nuclear family. What restaurant in EP are you thinking of? Maybe we could help you think of a good alternative? By adding a day to your tickets, that EP meal will be awfully expensive

 

[cigar95]

Nope, that has never been the case, at least since tickets became non-transferable.

Although it was never publicized, it generally was the case back in the days when people carried physical tickets around. So many families would mix up whose physical tickets was whose that the system was programmed so that tickets purchased in a single transaction were largely interchangeable.
Now that Magic Bands are personalized, this potential loophole has, I believe, been closed.

 

[marciemi]

Although it was never publicized, it generally was the case back in the days when people carried physical tickets around. So many families would mix up whose physical tickets was whose that the system was programmed so that tickets purchased in a single transaction were largely interchangeable.
Now that Magic Bands are personalized, this potential loophole has, I believe, been closed.

I also remember this back around 2007. We stayed offsite and I'd usually hand them all 5 for our family and we'd all just scan our fingers (kids were teens then). I remember them telling us it didn't matter within the family as long as we were all together but obviously this was way before the time of MB and FPP!

 

[subtchr]

Although it was never publicized, it generally was the case back in the days when people carried physical tickets around. So many families would mix up whose physical tickets was whose that the system was programmed so that tickets purchased in a single transaction were largely interchangeable.
Now that Magic Bands are personalized, this potential loophole has, I believe, been closed.

I also remember this back around 2007. We stayed offsite and I'd usually hand them all 5 for our family and we'd all just scan our fingers (kids were teens then). I remember them telling us it didn't matter within the family as long as we were all together but obviously this was way before the time of MB and FPP!

I guess I remember this, too, but to me there is a difference between what was a common practice for expediency and what was and is official policy, which is that tickets are non-transferable, even back then, and even within families.

I hope the OP either decides that her dinner at Epcot is worth an extra $110, or she can have a very nice dinner outside the parks.

 

[bumbershoot]

Although it was never publicized, it generally was the case back in the days when people carried physical tickets around. So many families would mix up whose physical tickets was whose that the system was programmed so that tickets purchased in a single transaction were largely interchangeable.
Now that Magic Bands are personalized, this potential loophole has, I believe, been closed.

I remember reading of that, too.



Doesn't matter who paid for a ticket. After all, someone generally pays for things in all situations, but it doesn't make things transferable. Frequent flier miles go to the person whose rear was in that seat, not to the one with the CC. etc.