POLL: Disney World Theme Parks Now Require Children to have a Biometric Fingerprint Scan

[matt9112]

I don't see what the big deal is. If Disney wants to require scans, then, whatever. Just show your child how to stick his finger in the scanner like everyone else. Pick him up and help him/her if necessary. If it turns into a logistical nightmare, then Disney will abruptly, without notice, change the policy again.

Personally, I wouldn't use my finger scan instead of my child's. What happens at the next park if daddy is with him and I'm not?

i agree but what happens when your childs print fails to register over and over? so you redo it everytime you enter park? if system worked well i wouldnt care but so far its had some issues scanning tiny fingers.

 

[Clamman73]

I agree, I can't imagine why anyone would be against this, though I'm also with you in wondering how they're going to efficiently manage this with the especially younger set (3-6ish) that can't reach the finger pad. I suppose they can have the parent pick them up or use some kind of hand-held scanner, but that will slow things down. They can install shorter finger scanners, but that would take money.

I say just require an adult's finger for all and be done with it.

"Easy living...it's always been just around the corner"
-Horizons

 

[Minnie Mum]

i agree but what happens when your childs print fails to register over and over? so you redo it everytime you enter park? if system worked well i wouldnt care but so far its had some issues scanning tiny fingers.

I don't disagree that this is problematic. But if it was me and my child that had an issue with the scanners not working properly, I'd go to the alternate procedure of asking them to use a photo, instead. That protocol has been in place for years for adults who can't/won't use the finger scan.

 

[doctornick]

It likely all adds up to even longer waits at the touch points.

That's the only real issue. Obligating children to use the scan will lead to slower movement through the gates. At busy times, it will get annoying.

That said, I can understand the shift to this by Disney and don't have any problems with it. It's a reasonable request.

 

[Sans Souci]

I won't allow it. I've read that scanning children creates autism.

I have heard from my "Natural Living" Facebook group it can cause schizophrenia with negative symptoms.

 

[Bocabear]

I have heard from my "Natural Living" Facebook group it can cause schizophrenia with negative symptoms.

LOL

 

[rob0519]

I'm not an attorney, but I would think that if they so desired, Disney could make the finger scan a requirement for admission. If you are old enough to require a paid admission, no scan, no admittance to any park. Simple and done. Of course there would have to be policies to be sure it is all compliant with ADA and any other government mandated policies. Other than Disney being afraid of ticking off a few paying customers I don't see why it can t be done.

 

[TeriofTerror]

I see some kids loving the fact that they can go through the entrance just like the grown ups.

Then there will be kids that will freak out and will refuse to do it.

Kids that are too short to reach, and the parents already have their hands full with newborns etc and unable to lift them up.

Then the parents who think its a privacy issue and will refuse.

It likely all adds up to even longer waits at the touch points.

Whatever you do, don't get in line behind me. I invariably choose... poorly.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Whatever you do, don't get in line behind me. I invariably choose... poorly.

For good news: that's your mind playing tricks with you.

When you have chosen poorly, you get to stand about in agony as you watch all the quick lines evaporate. By contrast, when you have chosen wisely, you don't see there are any non-moving lines, because, well, you are not in any line anymore but have moved on.

Also, imagine a place having two lines, every day. One ten minutes long, the other thirty. If you choose correctly fifty percent of the time, you will spend ten minutes in the fast line one day, and thirty in the slow one the next. Your intuition would tell you you picked incorrectly three quarters of the time, because you spend three quarters of your time in the slow line (30 out of forty minutes). But in fact, you picked correctly perfectly statistically correct.

My life infinitely improved once I figured the above out. ^_^

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Is this sarcasm?

No it's me, The Empress Lilly. -_-

 

[TeriofTerror]

For good news: that's your mind playing tricks with you.

When you have chosen poorly, you get to stand about in agony as you watch all the quick lines evaporate. By contrast, when you have chosen wisely, you don't see there are any non-moving lines, because, well, you are not in any line anymore but have moved on.

Also, imagine a place having two lines, every day. One ten minutes long, the other thirty. If you choose correctly fifty percent of the time, you will spend ten minutes in the fast line one day, and thirty in the slow one the next. Your intuition would tell you you picked incorrectly three quarters of the time, because you spend three quarters of your time in the slow line (30 out of forty minutes). But in fact, you picked correctly perfectly statistically correct.

My life infinitely improved once I figured the above out. ^_^

Thanks! But I was really just going for an Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade nod.

 

[roj2323]

OK guys here's the deal

As a former Park greeter I have experience with this.

1. Kids, nine times out of ten put their finger on the reader anyway.
2. The readers do not read the finger print but rather the shape of the finger and the underling blood vessels as it's actually not legal for disney to collect guest fingerprint records.(what I was told in training) (This is why the readers don't work if you push too hard like a lot of seniors do)
3. There is now a photo alternative to fingerprints created for those who have issues with the readers (seniors and ADA mostly) and for those who object to having their finger scanned.
4. Finally and here's the reason they are doing it, Adults have been using Child tickets linked Magic bands to get into the park and because the readers were not activated for those tickets it was difficult to catch as a park greeter.

 

[Dead2009]

Who really cares.

Disney cares, hence this poll.

 

[No Name]

I voted other. And so I feel that I should explain my vote and what it means.

To me, the part of this that I find most interesting is not the votes, not the issue, but rather the wording of your poll itself.

I see three significant negatives to this decision by Disney. The first negative is that a three-year-old's immune system isn't fully built up, and so while it's terrible to live in fear of disease and sickness and such, I don't know if it's best to have them place their finger on the same reader as thousands before them have. The second negative is that it'll make the entry lines slower and therefore longer. And the third is that it won't be a one-try thing with many children, for many reasons.

I also see positives. I know and have been with many children who had wanted to do the fingerprint thing. It will also hopefully stop whatever problem Disney is trying to solve. A problem that I do not know the exact details of. Actually, a problem that I have no remote idea of, and would welcome someone to explain.

My second and third negatives are reasons that I may not agree, but not reasons that would stop me from having my theoretical young child participate. I am someone who tends to go with what a company wants me to do, because while I may find it a pain, and I may see reasons against it, there is usually a good behind-the-scenes reason that they're having me do it. So that's why I find the poll funny, and also why I voted "other." It just reminds me of the kind of thinking that I've been seeing more and more lately. The "if I don't have to do it, and I don't want to do it, well then I just won't do it" mentality. I may not agree with the decision for various reasons, but I will likely have my future three-year-old do it anyway.

 

[Hakunamatata]

I don't have kids so it doesn't effect me, but i am curious what the argument against the scan would be

Scientific research has shown a link between biometric rays and finger print disease.

 

[Nemo14]

The argument is your child's finger print ends up in a law enforcement data base. Kid does something stupid and they can figure it out by their finger print. Effectively you through your child under the bus and could possibly help the police ruin their lives.

They had a big thing at my children's school where they wanted to make ID cards with finger prints, photos, etc in case your child was kidnapped. It was a giant flop from what I heard. I know for one I didn't want my children involved in it and no one on my street did either.

But it's not a fingerprint.

 

[Nemo14]

They say it isn't but how do you know? I know I didn't like when they started with the finger scanning thing. I don't need my finger prints or worse yet DNA in any data base. Why do you believe what they tell you? Your cell phone is monitored 24/7/365 by the government but of course they are just looking for basic info? No they aren't, much bigger then that but they aren't going to say they are. Will it effect you? Probably not but what happens if you are that guy?

I know for a fact that it isn't.

 

[Biff215]

My son just turned four. In the past year since he's had a ticket, it has been interesting at best getting him through the entry in a timely fashion, especially since he wants to do it himself. At 40" tall, he already has to climb on the base to reach the Mickey, so getting to the finger scan will be tough. Then there's the fact that he regularly mixes up his left and right hand, so using one consistent finger will be a challenge. I could use mine, but what happens when I'm not with him for whatever reason?

I'm not against any of this and we'll get by just fine, but as others have pointed out, it will no doubt slow up the process. Heck, there's enough adults who can't figure it out that are already clogging up the front gates. No doubt though that people are gaming the system, like the many who tell their 3-4 year olds that they're still 2 in Disney.

 

[LongLiveTheKing]

The argument is your child's finger print ends up in a law enforcement data base.

The readers do not read the finger print but rather the shape of the finger and the underling blood vessels as it's actually not legal for disney to collect guest fingerprint records.(what I was told in training) (This is why the readers don't work if you push too hard like a lot of seniors do)

 

[LongLiveTheKing]

They say it isn't but how do you know?

Because if Disney takes our fingerprints while saying they don't, when we eventually find out (we absolutely would eventually), they will be sued for SOOOOOOOOOOO much money, will lose oceans of PR and many people high up would end up in jail.