I just would like to chime in about this:
The Cast Members that work this event are very dedicated to what they do, they want the guest to have a good experience and that's their main goal. Naming a specific CM and taking his word for what he said that day and applying it to the rest of the weekends is not Ok. That same CM told me I could forfeit my wristband and give to my daughter but this has to be asked every time you plan on doing this, they recieved tons of complaints from guest about arriving at the park and not being able to get a celeb Fp so that's why they have this new rule about 1fp per guest per day. It makes sense to me. It gives the opportunity to more people being able to meet the SW celebs. It's not perfect and I'm sure they'll improve on it, but being sneaky, not asking is not cool. Using the name of a CM each weekend is not cool. These people put 12hours shift in the heat, in the rain to bring you an awesome event so lets not ruin it. Let's know the rules, play by them and if you need to forfeit your wristband ask first at that moment and not be sneaky about it.
I have been thinking some time to try to understand what your point is.
I do not believe that his was some individual offer for a one time only situation. I thought that this was the standard rule that applied to everyone. Actually, I continue to believe so, but I edited my original post to remove the name and to clarify that this may not be the case. However, of course, your post still does name this person.
Now, as to what is "cool." What would not be cool would be for a "rule" to apply to one person and not to apply to another person. Frankly, I do not believe that is the case, and I believe that those cast members you are referring to would not be that unprofessional. For that reason, I am quite confident and comfortable in believing that I was told I could do would apply to every single other person who bought a ticket to go to the studios.
In other words, that IS the rule, that's why you and I were told the same thing. It wasn't a personal favor.
My point, if you will review, was that one did not need to be "sneaky" and take off wrist bands if they are giving them to their children. Rather, they can look a cast member in the eye and explain exactly what they are doing.
The "sneaky" comes from people taking off the wrist bands either because they do not think they can or because they are trying to go back through the line again without waiting two hours. There is no point in being "sneaky" in taking off the wrist bands if you are on the up and up, just say what you are doing and do it.
Now I will say this - and it completely negates the whole point. I had a stand by for a celebrity two weeks ago and got tired of waiting. As I was getting ready to leave there was a park guest who was asking about how to get in the line because his son really wanted an autograph. The cast member was explaining about the fast passes, and basically that this guy was shut out because he didn't know in advance to come early in the morning. So as I was going out I said here, you can have my standby. But the cm said, no, the wristbands. So I said "well can I forfeit him my wristband?" and the cm said no, not your child. So that, to me, is exactly opposite of the goal of trying to get more people a fast pass.
