I was just wondering if our 4 year old Grand-Daughter will be required have her prints scanned.
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Finger Prints
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SteveUK
Member
As already mentioned, and as I'm sure will be mentioned another 50 times here, it's not actually fingerprints that are taken. It's biometric data from your fingers, not specific prints.
But as for whether a 4yr old has to do it - I'm not entirely sure, but I'm sure somebody will help shortly.
But as for whether a 4yr old has to do it - I'm not entirely sure, but I'm sure somebody will help shortly.
cndrellagrl
Member
Nope - according to allears, children under ten dont need to do this.
heres the link http://allears.net/pl/fingerscan.htm - hope it helps!
heres the link http://allears.net/pl/fingerscan.htm - hope it helps!
cndrellagrl
Member
I've had the same problem. I have to try several times and eventually they just tell me to go through so I stop holding everyone up. I was just reading allears, which says that you don't have to use that stupid thing. Next time you go - you can use a photo id instead. Check out the link I posted above.
darthjohnny
Active Member
As long as a person has a child ticket, they don't have to get scanned.
Goofy Tourist
Member
I had the same issue, the trick for me at least was to lightly set, not press my finger on the scanner. I think the force from pushing down changes how the system reads your finger causing it to not recognize it as the same person. Hope that helps.
daringstoic
Active Member
The finger reading system isn't all that accurate anyway. When we used to have season passes, my mom accidentally went in using my dad's AP one day when he wasn't with us. We didn't figure it out until later in the day when her ticket wouldn't work for FPs and his was activated.
At any rate, the newer one-touch finger system is a vast improvement from the previous "peace-sign style." My roommate on my CP worked turnstiles on Main Street, and she used to tell me stories about how difficult it was for some people to figure out the concept. I didn't believe her until she made me stand by her at her turnstile one day when I was visiting the park. After only 5 minutes of observing guests entering the park, I never doubted another one of her stories again. We used to have a theory that the finger scanners somehow sucked peoples brains out as they entered the park, or zapped the etiquette and common sense centers of the brain so that they were numb for the duration of the person's stay.
At any rate, the newer one-touch finger system is a vast improvement from the previous "peace-sign style." My roommate on my CP worked turnstiles on Main Street, and she used to tell me stories about how difficult it was for some people to figure out the concept. I didn't believe her until she made me stand by her at her turnstile one day when I was visiting the park. After only 5 minutes of observing guests entering the park, I never doubted another one of her stories again. We used to have a theory that the finger scanners somehow sucked peoples brains out as they entered the park, or zapped the etiquette and common sense centers of the brain so that they were numb for the duration of the person's stay.
Ha ha :ROFLOL:
Yeah, I'm sure it does that though. The author of Mouse Tales, David Koeing thought that most people loose 30 IQ points as soon as they walk into the gates of a Diney theme park.
Aside from that, I've never had a problem on the few occasions they were running the system while I was there. Anyone know why they run it sometimes and don't other times?
luckyeye13
New Member
Although I was never trained on turnstiles, I have worked a few shifts at Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon, which also use the biometric scanner. From what the coordinators at Blizzard Beach told me, if a Guest purchased a set of tickets at the same time, the biometric information from the tickets will be cross-linked; in case someone in the group used the wrong ticket. So that would explain why your mom was able to use your dad's pass to enter that day. My guess is, though, that this only applies to tickets issued at WDW, since outside vendors probably wouldn't have access to Disney's ticketing system to input that information.
RiversideBunny
New Member
The first time that you use the scanner seems important.
I think it puts your data on file at that point.
The only time I had a problem was when I accidentally had my finger turned a little during the first scan. Thereafter when I did not have my finger turned, it caused a problem.
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I think it puts your data on file at that point.
The only time I had a problem was when I accidentally had my finger turned a little during the first scan. Thereafter when I did not have my finger turned, it caused a problem.
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