Someone selling TSM Fast Passes!

[johnGorski]

My sister just returned from a great WDW trip with her family. She was telling us all about the TSM rope drop craziness. They first got TSM Fast Passes then went to see Buzz and Woody after that they noticed no more TSM fast passes for the day. As they were walking out of Pixar Place a man approached them with 8 extra TSM fast passes and was willing to sell them for $10 a piece. They told him no but the other family he asked did by them.

WoW, I did ask if they reported this person? They did not.

Anyone else here of this?

 

[McIntoshTx]

My sister just returned from a great WDW trip with her family. She was telling us all about the TSM rope drop craziness. They first got TSM Fast Passes then went to see Buzz and Woody after that they noticed no more TSM fast passes for the day. As they were walking out of Pixar Place a man approached them with 8 extra TSM fast passes and was willing to sell them for $10 a piece. They told him no but the other family he asked did by them.

WoW, I did ask if they reported this person? They did not.

Anyone else here of this?

I vote instant park ejection....for life! That is just wrong in so many ways.........

Mickey's not happy...............

 

[DLB]

HORRIBLE! I really hope that the next person that this happens too reports the person for doing it. It is ruining the "magic" of disney

 

[sazzifrazz]

I heard that people were selling home made fast passes for it. Crazy!! The ride is cute but its not THAT great.

 

[SDSorority]

My sister just returned from a great WDW trip with her family. She was telling us all about the TSM rope drop craziness. They first got TSM Fast Passes then went to see Buzz and Woody after that they noticed no more TSM fast passes for the day. As they were walking out of Pixar Place a man approached them with 8 extra TSM fast passes and was willing to sell them for $10 a piece. They told him no but the other family he asked did by them.

WoW, I did ask if they reported this person? They did not.

Anyone else here of this?

That is CrAzY!!

 

[jpmandan]

We love the ride. I have given FP tickets away when we leave a park and the peopl we have given them too love to get them. But to sell a FP. NO WAY!!! I would never buy one either.

 

[PIRATEGIRL007]

I would never sell FP's but given the crowd level at a reasonable price I might buy them. We virtually did that with our GAD tickets vs using them for an upgraded ticket. So we "paid" $80 equivelant to get 3 TSM FP's and 3 Star Tours FP used on a Star Wars weekend, saving us a grand total over over 6 1/2 hours in line. At around $13 an hour for 4 people we still thought we got a pretty good deal. On vacation time is money to me.

 

[johnGorski]

My Sister did say he informed them that no more Fast Passes today this must be his sale pitch, the other family did not hesitate to buy all 8 of them.

I am sure its illegal for someone to do this as Fast Passes do say "Not For Sale" . I sure hope if he gets caught, at the very least he is banded from the Parks.

 

[mariepapa]

When we were there in April a woman was kind enough to give us her four FPs for an earlier time than we would have been able to get at the time. It was very nice. She said she was and her family were leaving.

 

[revjulian]

Was in Orlando this past June for a Convention and was able to take my DD. On the one day we had free we decided to go to Epcot (she LOVES Soarin'). Well, it was June. Hot, crowded, and chaotic.... and it was only 10AM. We were getting ready to get in line for Soarin' and a man approached me and asked if I wanted to trade my FP tickets to Test Track for his FP to Soarin'. I figured this was within the rules since no money exchanged hands. He gave me the two passes and we went to the FP line. IMMEDIATELY the CM noticed that they weren't real and called a manager over. Imagine my embarrassment when I had to answer his questions about how I came across fake FP tickets. Of course, the creep was nowhere to be found. The manager believed me and actually gave us two FP for Soarin'.

He explained to me that people make them, print them off and then come to the park with them. Some are very good at doing this. It fooled me, but not the CM. Chances are the person that paid the money for those might have gotten a HUGE surprise when she went to TSM.... of course they could have been legit too. Either way, it's wrong to the bone!

 

[McIntoshTx]

Was in Orlando this past June for a Convention and was able to take my DD. On the one day we had free we decided to go to Epcot (she LOVES Soarin'). Well, it was June. Hot, crowded, and chaotic.... and it was only 10AM. We were getting ready to get in line for Soarin' and a man approached me and asked if I wanted to trade my FP tickets to Test Track for his FP to Soarin'. I figured this was within the rules since no money exchanged hands. He gave me the two passes and we went to the FP line. IMMEDIATELY the CM noticed that they weren't real and called a manager over. Imagine my embarrassment when I had to answer his questions about how I came across fake FP tickets. Of course, the creep was nowhere to be found. The manager believed me and actually gave us two FP for Soarin'.

He explained to me that people make them, print them off and then come to the park with them. Some are very good at doing this. It fooled me, but not the CM. Chances are the person that paid the money for those might have gotten a HUGE surprise when she went to TSM.... of course they could have been legit too. Either way, it's wrong to the bone!

Wow interesting, I would not have guess FPs were counterfeited so much as to be that well know by CMs.

 

[revjulian]

I was amazed. The manager showed me several of the fake ones they had confiscated that week. The flight desk, next to Soarin', apparantly has a drawer full of them. Some they could tell because the color was off just a little. The one I had traded for did not have a jagged edge on top and bottom. He said some people print them off and don't think about the top and bottom and just cut off with a straight edge.

It was pretty interesting... next time you go, just watch the CMs as they take up the FPs. They run their hands over both the top and bottom. I learnded A LOT in the 5 minutes I spent with the manager. He shared with me more than I expected. It was kind of like taking a 'behind the scenes' tour of how people try and 'outsmart' Disney. 9 out of 10 times they fail!

 

[Halloweenqueen]

I was in the Test Track line last year and a man pulled a baggie out of his pocket with an UNO deck worth of FPs. I knew he must have printed them out of something. He had two small kids and the CM didn't even look at the tickets when they were collected.


Stand-by line was 15 minutes. Why would anyone risk getting thrown out of the park to save 15 minutes?

 

[ValpoCory]

This happens all the time with sports tickets. Sometimes patrons or alumni get free tickets, then try to sell them to make money on them because there is a market for it. Heck, some even started companies based on this exact concept (TicketCity.com, etc.). It is considered ethical with sports tickets, so maybe that guy compartmentalized enough to think along these lines.

 

[ValpoCory]

I was in the Test Track line last year and a man pulled a baggie out of his pocket with an UNO deck worth of FPs. I knew he must have printed them out of something. He had two small kids and the CM didn't even look at the tickets when they were collected.


Stand-by line was 15 minutes. Why would anyone risk getting thrown out of the park to save 15 minutes?

My DVC friend also has >100 FPs. He collects them from his many trips to WDW.

 

[ValpoCory]

It was kind of like taking a 'behind the scenes' tour of how people try and 'outsmart' Disney. 9 out of 10 times they fail!

I spent a day with one of them and none of his dozen attempts on several different riders were noticed.

 

[♥Tinkerbell♥]

WOW.. I cant believe this... I for sure would have reported it... how DARE someone do this within the park... as if paying the $1000 (family of four for 5 plus days) isnt bad enough.. now they have people selling fastpass tickets... Jezzzz

 

[goofy4prez]

Selling FP's, what's next, selling one's ADR at Le'Cellier?

 

[wtccheermom]

SEveral years ago I saw FP and baby swap tickets on Ebay and always wondered if there was anyone out there stupid enough to buy them and if it was legal to sell those. It is amazing what people will try to make money from selling.

 

[sunsetbeachgal]

As another thread coined the expression "Sad Commentary IMHO". Agree that it should have been reported