New Apple tech will allow purchase of park tickets on Itunes?

jakeman

jakeman

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Figment632 said:
Everyone who thinks this will cause massive backups, I don't think that this would replace the current ticketing system but work with it.
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It's the same idea at the airport, and it slows everything down.

Even as an experienced traveller who is technologically adept and was completely prepared, having the boarding pass on my phone was not quicker than the paper medium.

Unless they would dedicate a turnstile for people to fumble around with this technology that I can avoid, I'm going to say no thanks.
 
Figment632

Figment632

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jakeman said:
It's the same idea at the airport, and it slows everything down.

Even as an experienced traveller who is technologically adept and was completely prepared, having the boarding pass on my phone was not quicker than the paper medium.

Unless they would dedicate a turnstile for people to fumble around with this technology that I can avoid, I'm going to say no thanks.
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Even if at first it was just one gate that used the new system?
 
Figment632

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Phonedave said:
And this is based on what ?

Really, I work in a tech environment. When tech is usefull (or at least interesting) I am the first to use it. But I also understand that sometimes the 'old' way is cheaper, easier, or both.

-dave



-dave
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I just saying 25 years from now tech like this will be everywhere. 50 years from now there might not even be books :shrug:
 
jakeman

jakeman

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Figment632 said:
Even if at first it was just one gate that used the new system?
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Airports don't work that way.

If you dedicate a gate to electronic boarding passes, then everyone on a flight that uses that gate has to use this technology, and it would take forever to board the plane.

I am a business traveller that takes 4-6 flights a month. I tried the electronic boarding pass twice. Both times it was on my iPhone, perfectly sized and ready to go. The first time, TSA had trouble scanning it. The second time it was the gate. The second time, the phone also clicked off after a few seconds (as phones do) in the middle of scan.

It is not a superior technology. It may sound elitist, but if people who handle literally thousands of tickets a day have trouble and someone who knows the ins and outs of air travel has trouble, there is no way an average tourist can handle having a family's worth of tickets on their mobile device.

If they implemented this and I saw the person in front of me with their double-wide stroller whip out an iPhone instead of a set of paper tickets, I would immeadiately change lines.

Moreso, after having experienced electronic tickets firsthand, I wouldn't use them for myself or my family.
 
Figment632

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jakeman said:
Airports don't work that way.

If you dedicate a gate to electronic boarding passes, then everyone on a flight that uses that gate has to use this technology, and it would take forever to board the plane.

I am a business traveller that takes 4-6 flights a month. I tried the electronic boarding pass twice. Both times it was on my iPhone, perfectly sized and ready to go. The first time, TSA had trouble scanning it. The second time it was the gate. The second time, the phone also clicked off after a few seconds (as phones do) in the middle of scan.

It is not a superior technology. It may sound elitist, but if people who handle literally thousands of tickets a day have trouble and someone who knows the ins and outs of air travel has trouble, there is no way an average tourist can handle having a family's worth of tickets on their mobile device.

If they implemented this and I saw the person in front of me with their double-wide stroller whip out an iPhone instead of a set of paper tickets, I would immeadiately change lines.
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I meant in the parks if at first it was limited to one gate.
 
Master Yoda

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Phonedave said:
CAN work does not mean that it SHOULD work.

I can print a 3D barcode on a pop-tart (really) and you can scan it and then eat it.

It does not mean it's better.


-dave
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That all depends...I could get behind a smores pop tart ticket but I would have a tough time backing a cherry one.:lol:
 
jakeman

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Figment632 said:
What ever all I am going to say is get used to it because it is your future.
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Perhaps. However, Disney is smart at making money and generally keeping their guest happy.

Implementing a system that slows entry into a theme park and causes dissatifaction in their customers is not something I see them quick to jump on board.
 
Figment632

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jakeman said:
Perhaps. However, Disney is smart at making money and generally keeping their guest happy.

Implementing a system that slows entry into a theme park and causes dissatifaction in their customers is not something I see them quick to jump on board.
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For now and I wouldn't expect a complete switch over for lets say 10 years but as tech progresses it could eventually be faster :shrug:
 
jakeman

jakeman

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Figment632 said:
For now and I wouldn't expect a complete switch over for lets say 10 years but as tech progresses it could eventually be faster :shrug:
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But the people that use it will still be the same.

People can barely stick their ticket in a slot and those have been around for, what? 20 years?

I would love to be proven wrong, but I just can't see the technology making up for the shortcomings of people in this case.

I find it more likely for them to come up with a way for ticketless entry (Key to World card scanned while in your pocket) than this being implemented.
 
Figment632

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jakeman said:
But the people that use it will still be the same.

People can barely stick their ticket in a slot and those have been around for, what? 20 years?

I would love to be proven wrong, but I just can't see the technology making up for the shortcomings of people in this case.

I find it more likely for them to come up with a way for ticketless entry (Key to World card scanned while in your pocket) than this being implemented.
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You know what you are probaly right :shrug:
 
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Figment632 said:
What ever all I am going to say is get used to it because it is your future.
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It is 2010 and there are still people who have zero use for a computer. Add to that the sheer amount of people who still do not trust buying anything on anything electronically except a phone. The paper system will be around as long as I live and I'm only 25.
 
Figment632

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Monsterfan99 said:
It is 2010 and there are still people who have zero use for a computer. Add to that the sheer amount of people who still do not trust buying anything on anything electronically except a phone. The paper system will be around as long as I live and I'm only 25.
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I disagree 25 years from know imo I think we will see books being fased out completly by ereaders, the postal system is broke and in debt now so I think everything will be email by then (excluding packages) ect...
 

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