Why can't the bar codes of our tickets be scanned when entering the parks?

[ancestry]

I But everytime i've seen them used at the turnstiles they look paper. Very flimsy.

They look like paper but they are not paper. As mentioned above they are Tyvek. Tyvek is much more durable than the plastic KTTW cards although it may not seem that way from just looking at them.

As description of Tyvek from Wikipedia is as follows:

Tyvek is a brand of flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers, a synthetic material; the name is a registered trademark of DuPont. The material is very strong; it is difficult to tear but can easily be cut with scissors or a knife. Water vapor can pass through Tyvek (highly breathable), but not liquid water, so the material lends itself to a variety of applications: envelopes, car covers, air and water intrusion barriers (housewrap) under house siding, labels, wristbands, mycology, and graphics. Tyvek is sometimes erroneously referred to as "Tyvex."

 

[kirrrby]

I'm not sure why you are still calling them single day tickets because they are used from everything to a MNSSHP to a 10 day park hopper to a 365 day Annual Pass.

They are just as thick as a KTTW card and while not at all flimsy they are a tad flexible which means they can hold up to more abuse than a KTTW card which could split in two if you put it in your back pocket and sat on it wrong.

See, i've always known them as the passes you purchase at the window in the parks. I've become accustomed to the KTTW cards because it's how we book our packages and only recently have we used different types of tickets (Military Promotional Tickets)

They look like paper but they are not paper. As mentioned above they are Tyvek. Tyvek is much more durable than the plastic KTTW cards although it may not seem that way from just looking at them.

As description of Tyvek from Wikipedia is as follows:

Tyvek is a brand of flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers, a synthetic material; the name is a registered trademark of DuPont. The material is very strong; it is difficult to tear but can easily be cut with scissors or a knife. Water vapor can pass through Tyvek (highly breathable), but not liquid water, so the material lends itself to a variety of applications: envelopes, car covers, air and water intrusion barriers (housewrap) under house siding, labels, wristbands, mycology, and graphics. Tyvek is sometimes erroneously referred to as "Tyvex."

thanks for clarifying that. it's good to learn things.

 

[larryz]

How long until the RFID ticket shows up...?

 

[larryz]

They look like paper but they are not paper. As mentioned above they are Tyvek. Tyvek is much more durable than the plastic KTTW cards although it may not seem that way from just looking at them.

As description of Tyvek from Wikipedia is as follows:

Tyvek is a brand of flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers, a synthetic material; the name is a registered trademark of DuPont. The material is very strong; it is difficult to tear but can easily be cut with scissors or a knife. Water vapor can pass through Tyvek (highly breathable), but not liquid water, so the material lends itself to a variety of applications: envelopes, car covers, air and water intrusion barriers (housewrap) under house siding, labels, wristbands, mycology, and graphics. Tyvek is sometimes erroneously referred to as "Tyvex."

And, if you get terribly hungry, you can chew it up and eat it. It has no nutritional value, but it will fill your stomach and pass thru your system like any other high-fiber material.

 

[chartle]

But back on topic. What was the deal with some sort of system they were testing at Epcot that had something to do with the turnstiles.

 

[SDSorority]

Last month when I went to Epcot for the 1st time for whatever reason my Annual Pass didn't work when I put in the ticket machine, so the Cast Member working at the entrance gate scanned the bar code of it on the back and I was able to enter. Now that got me wondering why can't the Cast Members scan our tickets like that all the time when entering the parks? Is it because of the finger scan or another reason? I would think it's a much faster process for getting guests into the parks, especially when we are there for the openings and major holidays.

For us, it's more about de-magnitizing! If they were scanned, we wouldn't worry about it, but for whatever reason, we always de-matnitize the strip by the ticket being close to a cell phone or credit card.

 

[Robo]

we always de-matnitize the strip by the ticket being close to a cell phone or credit card.

I believe that it does become demagnetized, but I don't believe that those are the things that cause it.