Question for a CM

[phorsenuf]

I know that by being a CM you can bring guests into the parks for free. My question is how does that work? Are you given passes to hand out or can your guests just show up at a park and get in with or without you?
The reason I ask is my MIL is going to go to FL the same time as us. Her sister knows a cm who works for Disney. My MIL is under the impression they can go to the park when she is working in get in. Is that so? I also don't know where or what the friend does at Disney.
I'm just trying to fnd out ahead of time so that there are no surpsizes.
Thanks!

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

My sister used to work at WDW during college summer breaks and they used to give her a specific number of passes to use. It was all supervised and they weren't allowed to just open the gates and let friends in whenever they pleased. Mind you, this was over ten years ago, so things may be different now...but knowing Disney, I doubt it...

 

[1Prince2Princesses]

My husband is a CM. We have a maingate pass that can be used to get guests in, but the number is limited. For example, we have the CM plus four people (the # in of people that need ticket in our family plus one). When we need to get people in to the park, either myself or my husband have to meet them at the ticket entrance of the park, then we get them through the turnstyles. They each get one park hopper pass good for that day only. There is a limit to the # of times we can do this per year.

We also randomly get passes that can be given to others to use as we see fit that do NOT require us to enter the parks with them.

Hope that answered your question. If not, feel free to pm me!

 

[kathy387]

My Moms friend had 2 sons that worked down there. They just me us at the turnstiles and were able to get us in. I think that they handed the cm at the ticket entry a couple of passes and we were on our way.