Ok I have not read through this entire thread but I can tell you from my experience that many times the CM never looked at the picture on the card to verify if the DAS holder was riding. On the last day I did lose my card and had to high tail it back to get a new one. This upset my DD and DH but what could I do, we needed a new card and town hall is the only place to get it. We had to maneuver around a parade and thousands of people. I WISH they would electronically pair it to the magic band!!! Would have saved me on my last day nightmare. When I got the new card I told the guy we had a 2:00 return time for the mine train so he did electronically attach that to my magic band but it took him some time to do that. If they can figure out how to do this quicker it would eliminate the need for the paper card. Seriously, in this day and age to have a paper card is crazy!
LOL. You just said in your other thread that you'd prefer a paper card that allows you to bypass waiting, despite that fact that your daughter can wait, because it's harder to plan. If we're going to talk about "this day and age," let's not make light of the planning that millions of guests have been doing for years, due to lack of a paper card, and to account for your preference to skip waiting.