MYW tickets don't look real.

[calena]

I just received our MYW tickets in the mail and they look so different than the Park Hopper passes. The PH were like credit cards and these are like laminated paper. Don't like them as much. They just don't seem real. Also, there is a place to sign your name on the back. Strange.

 

[justhat]

That is how the APs have been for awhile.

 

[eeyore0062]

The tickets you received are the tickets that have been sold at WDW gates since they started with the magnetic strips. Don't know why, but that material with the magnetic strip enables the magnetic strip to hold more information than the plastic cards. SeaWorld and Busch Gardens have also switched this form of ticket.

 

[disneygoof]

How long did it take for your tickets to arrive? I'm trying to decide the best way to purchase for an upcoming trip.

Thanks!

 

[Razor Roman]

I ordered mine from Ticketmania, and got them in about 10 days. They will also deliver to your resort and they may be able to rush it (for a fee) if you need them faster.

 

[Tinkim]

I thought the same thing when I recived mine from Ticketmania. On our first trip in 1999, we got similar tickets with the Lion King characters on them and then the last trip last year we got the credit card type which I liked a lot better as they just seemed more durable. Then again as long as it gets us in the front gate of my happy place I don't care what it looks like!

 

[rwodonnell]

All the parkhoppers I've ever gotten were card stock type paper, just like the new MYW are from all appearances. Were your previous PH passes also your room keys, or maybe did you get them from the Disney Store? We got PHs from Downtown Disney, TicketMania, Paramount, among other places, and they all looked the same - heavy paper.

 

[Tinkim]

All the parkhoppers I've ever gotten were card stock type paper, just like the new MYW are from all appearances. Were your previous PH passes also your room keys, or maybe did you get them from the Disney Store? We got PHs from Downtown Disney, TicketMania, Paramount, among other places, and they all looked the same - heavy paper.

The first hoppers we got in 99 were actually from the office at our resort (non-Disney). This was before I discovered the world wide web and didn't know much (OK nothing) about planning a WDW trip. Then in 2004 (being a more enlightened WDW traveler) I bought our tickets from Disney.com and they were the credit card type. The passes I have seen at our Disney Store are also the credit card type (or they were last time I was there anyway which was early December).

 

[CarolA]

YOu don't sign the tickets, they do biometric scans. (You might want to write your names on them so you know who is who, or maybe you can remember the character!)

 

[WillCAD]

The tickets you received are the tickets that have been sold at WDW gates since they started with the magnetic strips. Don't know why, but that material with the magnetic strip enables the magnetic strip to hold more information than the plastic cards. SeaWorld and Busch Gardens have also switched this form of ticket.

Actually, the magnetic strip doesn't hold any info except the serial number of the pass. All other info, such as how many days it's been used and where, the name of the passholder, and the biometric info, is all kept on the WDW central computer system. The card is nothing but a type of ID that accesses the computer system, which is why you can get it cancelled out and replaced if you lose it, as long as you have the serial numbers.

 

[SnackyStacky]

Actually, the magnetic strip doesn't hold any info except the serial number of the pass. All other info, such as how many days it's been used and where, the name of the passholder, and the biometric info, is all kept on the WDW central computer system. The card is nothing but a type of ID that accesses the computer system, which is why you can get it cancelled out and replaced if you lose it, as long as you have the serial numbers.

Actually, biometrics are encoded onto the mag stripe. It's one of the few instances that the machines write to the stripe, and don't just read it.

 

[MBIJ]

Based on this dialogue, should I presume the best place to purchase tix in advance is ticketmania? Or is the Official ticket Center good? Or the Disney Store?
Just wondering....

 

[DisneyBill]

Based on this dialogue, should I presume the best place to purchase tix in advance is ticketmania? Or is the Official ticket Center good? Or the Disney Store?
Just wondering....

I just posted a price quote in another thread that I started prior to discovering this one. Prices from a DS would be the same a disneyworld.com.

...I just priced 4, 10 day passes with everything from both www.disneyworld.com & www.ticketmania.com. WDW advanced total was $1609, ticketmania was $1516, for a $93 difference. That was just a straight price from ticketmania without any click-thru from allearsnet.com.

 

[Carrieberry]

I bought ours a few weeks ago from TDS and they were credit card type. Worked great! Had no problems with the biometric scanners at all. Our last day there at Mk the machine kept saying it could not read my DS ticket but they took it to a different machine and it worked fine.

 

[PIPER618]

DISNEY BILL,
I looked at Floridaorlandotickets.net and found the 10 day non exp passes for 2 adults and 2 children at $1,376.00 with $7 shipping $1,383.00 total. I am thinking of purchasing thru them. Anyone have any experiance with them.

 

[RoyalCanadian]

YOu don't sign the tickets, they do biometric scans. (You might want to write your names on them so you know who is who, or maybe you can remember the character!)

The "paper" ticket media now being used by Disney has a place to sign one's name. CMs were at the entrace to MK in early January instructing guests to sign their tickets -- regardless of the type of ticket.

 

[shellybaxter]

YOu don't sign the tickets, they do biometric scans. (You might want to write your names on them so you know who is who, or maybe you can remember the character!)

Actually, all adult ticket holders do sign their MYW tickets. They have tables set up just before the entrance stations for signing. I guess if they are signed and the biometric stuff doesn't work Disney can still look at IDs, just like APs, or even have you sign your name and compare.

Shelly

 

[SuzyQue]

I ordered from FOT, they had the best price for the 10 day premium non/exp. MYW passes, even after adding the $7 shipping. I received them in 10 days along with maps, coupons and a phone card.~~

 

[Irish9697]

We just got back on the 27th and purchased our 6 day park-hopping MYW tickets ahead of time at The Disney Store (that was by far the best price I saw of anywhere I looked--was I missing something?). Ours were the plastic type credit cards with a magnetic strip and Minnie Mouse on them. We did not sign our cards (though we were asked to sign our room keys upon check-in so we could use them for charging--although, we then switched rooms and they gave us new cards and didn't ask us to sign them and we never did, and we still were able to charge all week long), and I don't think the biometrics are all that precise. We had two adult tickets and two kids'. And, each time we hit a ticket machine, we'd put the two kids' tickets through first. They'd go through just fine. Then, we'd stick in an adult ticket not knowing if it was my husband's or mine since there was no signature or indication. I would stick my fingers in the scanner thing and it worked every single time. We had no way of telling the tickets apart, so you can't tell me we guessed correctly every time we used them...I just think the "bio-metrics" aren't so precise...

 

[WillCAD]

Actually Irish, the WDW computer system keeps a record of tickets that are sold in batches, like your family's tickets, and will allow any of the tickets to be used with any of the biometrics in the group, specifically to speed things up when a whole family goes through the gates.