Non Expiration pass question

[BelleNBeastie]

I bought a non-expiration pass for my 19 year old daughter in October. She does not want to come on our next trip, can someone else (me) use her ticket? She did the finger scan thing, but I have the original receipt showing I purchased her ticket... Does anyone know?

 

[DisneyGeek2000]

Read the back of your ticket, I believe it states something to the effect that all tickets are non-transferable.

They implemented the finger bio-scans to help reduce the number of people sharing tickets.

 

[TAKitty]

I know that some people will greatly disagree with this, but I am in the same spot regarding my tickets and a CM said to have the unused days encoded on my room key even though the ticket was my husbands to begin with. She said I shouldn't have any problems and that the non-transferable is not as big of an issue with your family.

Yes, I am aware that the tickets do say non-transferable.

 

[BelleNBeastie]

Well thank you Kitty, thats good news!

 

[Cruisin]

They implemented the finger bio-scans to help reduce the number of people sharing tickets.

Just curious about this. I was wondering if anyone really thinks those fingerscans actually work or are they more for "show".

We were recently at WDW and attached finger scans to our tickets. Just to see what would happen the next time through we accidently mixed up the tickets, I took my dad's and he took mine. We both got through without any problems. Now my dad is a small man and maybe his bone structure is not too different from mine.

The next time my husband took our daughter's and she took his. Big difference in hand sizes between the two of them. No problem, they both got through without a hitch

So I'm really wondering about the accuracy of those scans.

 

[eeyoreiscool]

It also seems that the CM's working the turnstyles just let people through if the scans don't work. We have had that happen to us on a few occasions and they never asked for an ID.

 

[GoldenOldie]

Just curious about this. I was wondering if anyone really thinks those fingerscans actually work or are they more for "show"....

They are definitely not just "show". Either of two things could have happened. There are times when the finger scan is shut down either due to a problem with the system or to speed entry into the park. Only thing is you won't know whether it's functioning or not when you put your ticket in as you will still have to go through all the same motions as when it's working.

The other thing is that tickets that are purchased at the same time will be cross referenced int the ATM system so the scan on file for one should work for all of them, so long as all the purchased tickets are still valid and none had been completely exhausted.

 

[TSR6]

I know that some people will greatly disagree with this, but I am in the same spot regarding my tickets and a CM said to have the unused days encoded on my room key even though the ticket was my husbands to begin with. She said I shouldn't have any problems and that the non-transferable is not as big of an issue with your family.

Yes, I am aware that the tickets do say non-transferable.

Reason that it wasn't an issue is that the tickets sold within the same transaction are "linked" so that if they are mixed up, the family can still get in.

Beastie - No, You would not be able to give that ticket to somebody else to use. It is linked to her, and yes, they are "Nontransferable" - should that become a problem.... they are also "revocable"

 

[D&DDisney]

We too have never had a problem with finger scans being linked to a specific person. During our May trip we frequently mix-up the tickets on multiple days and not once did we encounter a problem.

Would like to hear from someone who has encountered a problem with this.

 

[TSR6]

Like it's been said,

Tickets sold in the same transaction "may" be linked to eachother - meaning that you can swap them by accident, and still get in.

There are also times that Bio's may be shut off, due to many reasons.

Biometrics DO work.

 

[Schmeck]

Also, do not bet anything that the info one CM told you will be correct - Disney is notorious for having CMs give the wrong info! SO, don't count on being able to use someone else's pass, even if one CM said you could...

 

[TSR6]

Also, do not bet anything that the info one CM told you will be correct - Disney is notorious for having CMs give the wrong info! SO, don't count on being able to use someone else's pass, even if one CM said you could...

Well, the information she received from a CM is technically correct....

Because they were there as a family, and were having tickets encoded over to room keys - and I'm sure the CM could see that the tickets were linked - which is why she said it really didn't matter. In that case, because the tickets were linked together, it truly didn't matter. Thus her saying that.

 

[D&DDisney]

All that being said, I still would like to hear from someone who has actually had a problem getting in with the finger scan.

Also, our tickets were not bought all at once (mix of family & friends) so there is no way the CMs would know we were all together. We were also staying off-site so there wasn't even a room key to tie us together. Hmm...

 

[TAKitty]

I bought my tickets off of ticketmania and did not, as far as I know, have them linked. We were onsite but used our tickets as tickets and not on our keys. I am staying onsite this trip and am having my husbands left over tickets put on my key as my tickets. My friend, a CM, said that I will be fine.

 

[frayedend]

I'm not so sure the finger scans are accurate. We had a mixed party using tickets without our room key. They were bought at different times by different people with different last names. We never once had the correct tickets. We had them all stacked together and handed them out at the gate. The finger scan was working as it turned green after entering the tickets and we never had a problem. Once the CM told me I was using the wrong hand (I was using my left hand because I was going through the gate with a stroller) but before I could switch the light turned green and he said "oh well it worked anyway".

Now I know biometrics work, but I have to say, having been fingerprinted for a firearms permit, that the speed with which the disney machine gets and "accrurate" reading is just too quick. Any wrong movement with a biometrics machine will give a bad reading.

That is just my opinion based on my experiences. I know I could be wrong. But I would also like to hear from someone who actually got denied based on the finger scan.

 

[runwad]

Maybe it's all just smoke and mirrors to keep everyone on the up and up

 

[NancyK]

When DH tried to get into the park with my ticket, the CM stopped him and told us that we had our tickets mixed up. The ticket was on our resort ID, so maybe this makes a difference?