Question About Park Ticket

[NightGuardianAngel]

If someone bought tickets for Magic Kingdom and they had to close because the ticket system is down all day and it will take more than a day to fix it, do they forfeit their fee or can they get a refund or at least a ticket for another day during the same season?

If NASA put the first man on the moon in the year 1969 without using a single computer and using pencil, paper, and slide rules, then i don’t know understand why Disney cannot check the tickets without computers or technology.

 

[SteveMouse]

The Disney ticketing system is designed to use computers and other technologies. In many cases, guests may not even have a physical ticket. There is not a full manual backup solution.

A parallel is your car. If the car’s computer fails, it will not run. Did we once have fully manual cars, that didn’t even need electricity to start? Yes. You could, and did, start a car with a crank. Starting today’s vehicles with cranks is not an available option.

 

[lanejudy]

If someone bought tickets for Magic Kingdom and they had to close because the ticket system is down all day and it will take more than a day to fix it, do they forfeit their fee or can they get a refund or at least a ticket for another day during the same season?

I'm assuming this is a hypothetical. Since tickets have been electronic for years and no issues have occurred, it's a rather unlikely hypothetical. But anyway I'll answer...

• A wholly unused ticket will hold it's value towards a new ticket. This is true regardless of the reason why the ticket wasn't used (park closed, guest was ill, flight delayed, etc.). You will need to change the date of the ticket, possibly paying any extra if the new date is more expensive, and also be sure to make a new theme park reservation for the new date.
• A partially-used multi-day ticket...if WDW closes and no park is available for entry, more than likely WDW will announce some form of compensation. For example, during the recent Hurricane Ian closure those partially-used multi-day tickets are all extended for a year (to 9/30/2023).
  • If something else happens preventing the guest from entering a park for part of a multi-day ticket, you may need to plead your case and hope WDW will offer something (a 1-day comp ticket or such).

 

[Love Tink]

If someone bought tickets for Magic Kingdom and they had to close because the ticket system is down all day and it will take more than a day to fix it, do they forfeit their fee or can they get a refund or at least a ticket for another day during the same season?

If NASA put the first man on the moon in the year 1969 without using a single computer and using pencil, paper, and slide rules, then i don’t know understand why Disney cannot check the tickets without computers or technology.

The Apollo Guidance Computer first flew in 1966. (Mission control used computers as well.)

 

[rwdavis2]

The Apollo Guidance Computer first flew in 1966. (Mission control used computers as well.)View attachment 711644

And there were a lot of computers used by ground systems to help guide the spacecraft. Plus lots of slide rules for the engineers.

This is the second time today I read that someone declared no computers were used in Apollo.

 

[Mrs.AMC]

If someone bought tickets for Magic Kingdom and they had to close because the ticket system is down all day and it will take more than a day to fix it, do they forfeit their fee or can they get a refund or at least a ticket for another day during the same season?

If NASA put the first man on the moon in the year 1969 without using a single computer and using pencil, paper, and slide rules, then i don’t know understand why Disney cannot check the tickets without computers or technology.

Guess I don't understand why you've made up something that is not based on fact
#1 - in all the years they've done electronic tickets they've never NOT been able to scan a guest in
#2 - how do you know they can't check guests in without computers or tech? Assume much?
#3 - Nasa did use computers in 1969
#4 - Disney has always offered a way to replace an unused ticket. Always. Why would you think, even in your impossible example, it would stop now?

 

[parasail_of_congress]

And there were a lot of computers used by ground systems to help guide the spacecraft. Plus lots of slide rules for the engineers.

This is the second time today I read that someone declared no computers were used in Apollo.

Yeah, I'm trying to figure out why someone would suggest computers weren't used in Apollo when the UNIVAC was created and used in the '40s. By the late '60s, they were working on the ARPANET, which was the precursor the Internet.