How Does Park Re-Entry Work These Days?

[AngryEyes]

It's been a while since we were able to make it to either DL or WDW and I remember hand stamps for re-entry at one or both parks. How does it work these days?

We plan to leave the parks just about every day for pool/nap at the Poly. Do you just swipe out and then back in or does the KTTW automatically allow multiple entries to the same park?

 

[nepalostparks]

All done with your KTTW card/ticket media automatically.

Also, no swiping out, just use your ticket on the way in.

 

[Disney_Dad88]

I talked to a CM on WDW Chat the other day, and they said they use a fingerprint system now. When we go on our trip, I wanted to eat at Be Our Guest that night but I wanted to leave the park and get freshened up and then come back. When I asked them about it, that's what they said they do. Not sure if anybody else has had this done to them though.

 

[englanddg]

It's been a while since we were able to make it to either DL or WDW and I remember hand stamps for re-entry at one or both parks. How does it work these days?

We plan to leave the parks just about every day for pool/nap at the Poly. Do you just swipe out and then back in or does the KTTW automatically allow multiple entries to the same park?

WDW hasn't had stamps in a long time. DLC was still using them when I went in Feb though...

You just use your park ticket (or key to the world card or magicband) at the turnstyle and put your finger on a reader.

 

[nepalostparks]

I talked to a CM on WDW Chat the other day, and they said they use a fingerprint system now. When we go on our trip, I wanted to eat at Be Our Guest that night but I wanted to leave the park and get freshened up and then come back. When I asked them about it, that's what they said they do. Not sure if anybody else has had this done to them though.

Correct. You would scan (or with the new RFID media, wave) your ticket and place your finger on the biometric scanner. When you leave the park, you just go through turnstiles, no ticket or biometric scan required.

If you are re-entering the park on the same day, it's the same as if you are visiting the first time. No special return lines or anything, just repeat the process above.

 

[rsoxguy]

Helicopter.

 

[Figgy1]

Helicopter.

Submarine

 

[AngryEyes]

Helicopter.

I like his idea best.

Thanks, everyone. I just wanted to make sure we didn't do something stupid and waste a day on our tickets. I guess I was thinking more of Disneyland.

 

[Patrick_Ears]

I talked to a CM on WDW Chat the other day, and they said they use a fingerprint system now. When we go on our trip, I wanted to eat at Be Our Guest that night but I wanted to leave the park and get freshened up and then come back. When I asked them about it, that's what they said they do. Not sure if anybody else has had this done to them though.

Yes sir we sure did.

 

[RJB]

they use a fingerprint system now...

It's not an ink kind of fingerprint. You put your finger on a little reader. Be sure to remember which finger you used when you first went in.

 

[DManRightHere]

Stamps are more fun, but I know it's not needed anymore.

I could have sworn the wife had her hand stamped 3 years ago I think. We had hopper tix anyways, but she got a stamp. Or at least I thought.

 

[harryk]

The magic-bands solved all those problems and issues. Just remember what finger you used the first time you entered any of the 4 parks. DW still has those memory problems!!

 

[Tinkerfan4ever]

If you are at DisneyLAND - you still have to get a handstamp. (At least as of Aug 2013). We tried to park hop with our parkhopper tickets from DCA to DL and didn't get the handstamp. We received quite the talking too and didn't we read the really tiny print on the back of our ticket? They did let us hop but told us any time we leave a park to make sure to get our hand stamped. Believe me... we didn't even think about leaving without a handstamp at that point! (That was really the only negative thing I have to say about DL by the way!)