Do they check ID for age at Check In?

dopeylover

dopeylover

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My husband and I are taking my sister to Disney the week after Thanksgiving for a Christmas/Birthday/Early Graduation present. She will have turned 17 exactly one month before we go.

My question is...Do they check ID when you're checking in to make sure everyone is as old/young as they say they are? I know the 'Adult' pricing starts at age 17 at WDW, and it just kills me that she is just a month over getting childrens pricing!!! :p

Can we book it saying she's 16? Will they check?

Just wondering...
 
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brent2124

brent2124

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It is 18+ but they will not check anyones ID unless 4 men with beards shoe up at checkin for a room booked for 1 adult and 3 kids or another crazy situation like that.
 
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mickeystoontown

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Adult pricing for tickets and dining plan starts at age 10. If you have a child over 18, they will charge you an extra fee for them to stay in the room with you. The extra charge depends on which resort you are staying in.

Only the person whose name is on the reservation needs to be present upon check in. For the past three years, I have had to show my i.d. upon check-in (reservation was under my name).
 
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Pioneer Hall

Pioneer Hall

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The only person who has to show an ID is the person actually checking in to the room. The rest of the party doesn't even have to be at the desk for the CM to see. Adult pricing, as others have said, starts at 18 in rooms. So you don't have to make up the age anyway.
 
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WDW_Emily

WDW_Emily

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rather than make a new thread i have a question somewhat the same.
In April next year, I'm with 3 18 year olds(including myself), two parents, a 10 year old and a 13 year old. we are getting 2 rooms at pop now is there any way to avoid paying for the extra person over 18? if its all under the same name do we have to pay for 3 extra people?
 
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The Mom

The Mom

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CrazyEm said:
rather than make a new thread i have a question somewhat the same.
In April next year, I'm with 3 18 year olds(including myself), two parents, a 10 year old and a 13 year old. we are getting 2 rooms at pop now is there any way to avoid paying for the extra person over 18? if its all under the same name do we have to pay for 3 extra people?
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You rules say you would have to pay for 1 extra person. 2 18+/room, plus one extra. No one is going to check to see who is sleeping where. (I hope)


I've never had anything linked to my room, such as dining, so once my daughter turned 18 (which was at the beginning of her senior year in HS) I followed a "Don't ask/Don't tell" policy at check-in.
If we had been asked her age at check-in (her age was given when making the reservation) we would have paid extra. But since she was still 100% dependent on us, I was OK with it, and didn't draw the front desk CM's attention to the fact that we weren't being charged.

Others might draw their moral line in the sand elsewhere, but whoever took the reservation didn't think to add her as a 3rd "adult" so I suspect she silently agreed with me.
 
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WDWRLD

WDWRLD

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Disney keeps the information on chirldrens ages. I have made many reservations over the years and when I do they and they ask for the names of the persons in my party as soon as I tell them they already know how old my son is. Same goes for dining reservations, once you give them your reservation number now they know who is eating and how old they are. Now as long as you always keep their age straight you will be ok but when they get older and want to take a tour and you tell them that your child is 10 and their records show he should only be 9 then it will catch up to you. Now for a 17 yo and a room it isnt that big of a deal. Im just saying for those with small chirldren tha plan on going to Disney often you better off just being honest and paying up now and avoiding the confusion later.
 
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DisneyPrincess5

DisneyPrincess5

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brent2124 said:
It is 18+ but they will not check anyones ID unless 4 men with beards shoe up at checkin for a room booked for 1 adult and 3 kids or another crazy situation like that.
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:lol: That's funny.

But we had our IDs checked when we checked-in last trip. They must need to see if you are really who you are...
IMO, they should be checking them anyway if you're paying by credit card upon arrival. Unfortunately, people's cards get swiped by criminals now-a-days.
 
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