Third Party Purchase and Ticket Linking

[mickeyfan0805]

We have two days at DL, and they are January 1 and 2. With this in mind, the last thing I want to have to do is wait in line to claim a ticket. We want to be able to walk up and right in, using MaxPass from the first moment of arrival.

Can this be done with tickets purchased from Undercover Tourist? When I have purchased through them for WDW, I can link them directly to the app and never go to guest services. Does the same work for DL?

 

[Cal-Pie]

Purchase tickets that include maxpass through UT. Download the DL app, click tickets and passes~link tickets, and scan the barcode on the ticket. Maxpass will be ready to use once you scan your phone at the gate.

 

[twodogs]

As Cal-Pie says, once you scan the bar codes from UCT into your app (which you can do as soon as you get the email from UCT, which for me took about one minute from purchase time), you go straight to any ticket gate at the park you want to enter. On first entry, they will scan the ticket from the app, then issue each person a paper ticket which you can use for claiming your fast passes through MP and to get back into the parks each day. They also take each person’s photo at that time, which is used to verify that the same person is using the paper ticket for park entry from then on.

Tip: Make sure to ”name” each ticket correctly as you scan each bar code in from UCT (the app initially defaulted to naming them all my name since I bought the tickets from UCT, but you can rename each one as you scan it in; however, you must rename right when you scan in the ticket or the option to rename disappears). Then when you get to the gate for the first time, scan the correctly named ticket, then have that person go through the turnstile and get their photo taken. This way the right ticket is named correctly in the app, which makes managing FPs for multiple people so much easier.

Last tip: Take a photo of the back of each paper ticket once they are issued on first gate entry. This helps tremendously if a ticket is lost in the parks and needs to be replaced. Also a photo of the ticket can be used to scan in for a FP if needed (app goes down, for example, which happened to us). I text the photos of all of the tickets to DH and DDs so that if we are in different parks and someone wants to use someone else’s FP, they can scan that person’s tickets at the FP machine from the photo (example: we booked 4 FPs for GOTG, but two of us are at DL and don’t want to ride it; the other 2 who are in DCA can each ride it twice, once with their own FP and once with ours; they can scan the FPs from the app or use their paper tickets to scan in for their own FPs, but they will need our paper tickets, the photos of our tickets or our FPs from the app to use our FPs; if the app goes down (and it does!), having the photo of the tickets can save the day and lots of steps trying to deliver paper tickets to them in another park; hope this makes sense).

 

[Butterfly123]

As Cal-Pie says, once you scan the bar codes from UCT into your app (which you can do as soon as you get the email from UCT, which for me took about one minute from purchase time), you go straight to any ticket gate at the park you want to enter. On first entry, they will scan the ticket from the app, then issue each person a paper ticket which you can use for claiming your fast passes through MP and to get back into the parks each day. They also take each person’s photo at that time, which is used to verify that the same person is using the paper ticket for park entry from then on.

Tip: Make sure to ”name” each ticket correctly as you scan each bar code in from UCT (the app initially defaulted to naming them all my name since I bought the tickets from UCT, but you can rename each one as you scan it in; however, you must rename right when you scan in the ticket or the option to rename disappears). Then when you get to the gate for the first time, scan the correctly named ticket, then have that person go through the turnstile and get their photo taken. This way the right ticket is named correctly in the app, which makes managing FPs for multiple people so much easier.

Last tip: Take a photo of the back of each paper ticket once they are issued on first gate entry. This helps tremendously if a ticket is lost in the parks and needs to be replaced. Also a photo of the ticket can be used to scan in for a FP if needed (app goes down, for example, which happened to us). I text the photos of all of the tickets to DH and DDs so that if we are in different parks and someone wants to use someone else’s FP, they can scan that person’s tickets at the FP machine from the photo (example: we booked 4 FPs for GOTG, but two of us are at DL and don’t want to ride it; the other 2 who are in DCA can each ride it twice, once with their own FP and once with ours; they can scan the FPs from the app or use their paper tickets to scan in for their own FPs, but they will need our paper tickets, the photos of our tickets or our FPs from the app to use our FPs; if the app goes down (and it does!), having the photo of the tickets can save the day and lots of steps trying to deliver paper tickets to them in another park; hope this makes sense).

That is a great explanation (thank you!) but I have a question. If you scan your eticket into the phone when you get it, and then get a paper ticket at the gate, won’t the barcodes be different? Doesn’t that cause problems?

 

[pharmama]

That is a great explanation (thank you!) but I have a question. If you scan your eticket into the phone when you get it, and then get a paper ticket at the gate, won’t the barcodes be different? Doesn’t that cause problems?

No-the app will automatically update to match the paper ticket once you scan in at the gate.

 

[Butterfly123]

No-the app will automatically update to match the paper ticket once you scan in at the gate.

Ah, that’s clever! Thanks for the info.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

And when you receive your e-tickets from UT, take a screen shot of each ticket as a safety backup, just in case something happens to the tickets or to your phone. Email the screen shots to yourself and to another trusted person. After you scan your tickets at the gate and receive your paper tickets, take a moment to take a photo of the back of each ticket with a clear image of the barcode and numbers. Name each photo so that you know whose ticket you're looking at. Again, email the photos to yourself and to a trusted person. In case the app eats your tickets (rare, but has been reported here) or the tickets get lost/stolen/destroyed on a water ride/etc., you'll be able to get the tickets replaced quickly and easily at Guest Services using the photos.

 

[mickeyfan0805]

This is all great info. Thanks everyone! Really helpful!!