Fingerprinting at the Parks

[leebier]

I was there last week and they were having everyone do the scan. However, if people had trouble fore more than about 10 seconds (after being told to "squeeze your fingers together"), the hit the button and waved them in. It did seem to slow the lines a bit, but even during a very busy time, the line was never more than 4-5 people deep. Seems like they're beginning to get into the swing of how to use them quickly (enough).

 

[disneydata]

Hmm, this seems weird to me. When I went in January, my boyfriend's dad held all of our tickets in his wallet. He'd give us each a different ticket every time I'm sure...How come we had no trouble getting in?

If you purchase all your tickets in a package, most of the time all the tickets will be "linked" in a sense with the biometrics. After it gets the reading for all the members on all the tickets, if one person accidentally uses another ticket in the bunch, it will recognize it as one of those in the set. It will basically pool the biometric readings together. It doesn't work that way with all packaged tickets and I don't know why. I can ask around with my ticketing friends and see what I can find.

 

[Woody13]

If you purchase all your tickets in a package, most of the time all the tickets will be "linked" in a sense with the biometrics. After it gets the reading for all the members on all the tickets, if one person accidentally uses another ticket in the bunch, it will recognize it as one of those in the set. It will basically pool the biometric readings together. It doesn't work that way with all packaged tickets and I don't know why. I can ask around with my ticketing friends and see what I can find.

Interesting concept. It tends to validate my experience. All of our AP's work flawlessly no matter who in our family uses them at the scan.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Hmm, this seems weird to me. When I went in January, my boyfriend's dad held all of our tickets in his wallet. He'd give us each a different ticket every time I'm sure...How come we had no trouble getting in?

What kind of ticket media did you use to get in?

 

[DisneyInMyVeins]

What kind of ticket media did you use to get in?

What do you mean?

 

[tecowdw]

Sorry to get back on track here, but....

During our last trip in February, we found this system to be a royal pain in the buttocks. It was slowing down the lines unbelievably, and the CM's at the gates seemed overwhelmed with all the problems (and short tempered to boot). And the parks weren't even crowded. My wife and I were wondering what would happen in the really busy season, like this week. If they suspended the system this week, it wouldn't suprise me.

I realize they had to do something about the illegal ticket sales, but I have to wonder if someone at Disney isn't regretting the decision to go with this system. Has anyone heard anything?

I agree. I think this system slows down park entry to a crawl. And that's after the crawl through security (and that's a rant for a different thread). The system is pretty reliable for me but there's always lots of people around that are having problems with it, slowing things down. As someone else said, I find it amazing how many people don't know what to do with those things. I mean there are diagrams and lights on the machine guiding you -- just pay attention people! :zipit:

Funny thing, over the past few years they had reduced the number of CM's manning the gates to one for every two or three ticket machines. With nearly everybody using the finger scan now, I noticed they had a CM for each ticket machine during my recent trip. So, I guess the "stealing" of tickets they were experiencing cost way more than doubling the CM labor.
:dazzle:

 

[Pixie Duster]

I never thought that people would walk away thinking they have been finer printed.

Seriously if you have been to WDW a lot and have some time to spare time spend 30-45 minutes at the turnstiles at MK... WOW.

 

[Woody13]

I agree. I think this system slows down park entry to a crawl.

I disagree. I have found that many guests don't know how to enter the parks by making 2 lines. Just as most of the WDW attraction queues have 2 lines, the entrance turnstiles are just the same. I often notice that people tend to herd like cattle and they tend to stand in the first line they see while ignoring the vacant line immediately adjacent to them. If you see one long line at a turnstile, look to the left or the right and you may indeed find that you can march right up to the scanner ahead of the others. It works for me.

 

[Captain Hank]

Seriously if you have been to WDW a lot and have some time to spare time spend 30-45 minutes at the turnstiles at MK... WOW.

With some of the things I've seen, I can only imagine. Also, I've found what Woody said to be absolutely true. Interesting study in psychology...