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DisnFanatic10

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I have heard that the entrance gates have changed to get into the park from when I visited last time. Are they using some sort of recognition system? How does this affect the line in? Thanks

I am so glad classes are done now, the whole last semester I was losing productivity by the day. kept spacing off.....me on Splash Mountain, walking down main st, on POTC.....


I'm so excited!!!:sohappy: :sohappy:
 
JDM

JDM

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Don't know when you visited, but they now use a fingerprint recognition system. You place your finger on a scanner and they encode it into your park ticket so no one else can use it.

Didn't adversely affect any lines that I could see.
 
ImaYoyo

ImaYoyo

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The systems have been in place for a few years, but were recently upgraded from a 2 finger system to a 1 finger bio-algorythm. If the lines get too long, the system can be temporarily deactivated.
 
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DisnFanatic10

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That's cool, yeah the last time I was down there (4 1/2 years ago) you just put your ticket in and then it spit it back out and walked through . This time we didn't get a resort package though so the park keys and room keys are seperate. Still staying at a moderate resort though, but it was a lot easier to have everything on one card. :shrug: Oh well can't complain I'm going to my favorite place on earth.
 
daverube

daverube

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ImaYoyo said:
The systems have been in place for a few years, but were recently upgraded from a 2 finger system to a 1 finger bio-algorythm. If the lines get too long, the system can be temporarily deactivated.
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Sorry to hijack, but is it true that the finger system "locks" the fingerprint presented to the ticket used, thus, not allowing others to use the ticket in the future??? I heard rumor of this once, but never asked about it...

thanks,

dave
 
ldsprincess

ldsprincess

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i just did a project for school about this! haha. it's not a "real" fingerprint. suposedly it just records geometric measurements of your finger to prevent ticket fraud. if you don't want to do the finger print you can show photo id...but it's not a big deal. it's way quicker than showing a real id.
~Renee
 
Captain Hank

Captain Hank

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daverube said:
Sorry to hijack, but is it true that the finger system "locks" the fingerprint presented to the ticket used, thus, not allowing others to use the ticket in the future??? I heard rumor of this once, but never asked about it...

thanks,

dave
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If the biometric reading does not match the one stored on the ticket, you may present photo ID that matches the signature on the back of the ticket.

Note that the system does not actually register your fingerprint. It measures several attributes about your fingerprint, then feeds those measurements through a formula, which generates a number. It is possible for more than one guest to have the same number, so there is no way to personally identify a guest based solely on the biometric data from the turnstyles.

Edit: looks like I was just beat to it! :wave:
 
Chape19714

Chape19714

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It is also of note that tickets purchased at the same time are linked together. ie, if you and your spouse buy 2 tickets at the same time, you can use your spouses ticket and your fingerprint, and your spouse can use your ticket and his/her fingerprint.

By the Way, this new system has been named Ticket Tag and is required for use of all tickets. This system has eliminated the need for handstamps at re-entry. Just use the biometric readers.
 
PigletIsMyCat

PigletIsMyCat

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DisnFanatic10 said:
That's cool, yeah the last time I was down there (4 1/2 years ago) you just put your ticket in and then it spit it back out and walked through . This time we didn't get a resort package though so the park keys and room keys are seperate. Still staying at a moderate resort though, but it was a lot easier to have everything on one card. :shrug: Oh well can't complain I'm going to my favorite place on earth.
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You can have Concierge 'add' your tickets onto you Key to the World card. That way, you can have your park tickets and room key entry on the same card.
 
CleveRocks

CleveRocks

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daverube said:
Sorry to hijack, but is it true that the finger system "locks" the fingerprint presented to the ticket used, thus, not allowing others to use the ticket in the future??? I heard rumor of this once, but never asked about it...

thanks,

dave
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By linking a specific ticket to a specific person, they pretty much eliminate sharing, giving away, or selling partially-used multi-day tickets. This was necessary because the new (as of 2005) ticket pricing system is such that Day 5 through Day 10 on your ticket cost only about $2 more per person per day. For example, a 3-day base ticket costs $204.48, a 4-day costs $215.13 and a 10-day costs just $230.04. The only way they can offer such low prices for multiple days is to assure that people won't simply split the cost of a ticket.
 

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