Traveling in a group of 15 ticket question

[princesseng]

We are traveling in a group of 15. My question is should we label our tickets so that we know whose is whose? If we collect the tickets for one person to go get fast passes, will it matter the next day at the gate if the tickets don't match up to the finger that used it the previous day. The tickets were purchased through undercovertourist, but not at the same time. We have several repeats for ticket pictures, so we can't tell them apart that way.

Also, what is your experience with groups this large staying together inside the parks? Would you recommend trying to stay together or split up and do your own thing?

 

[bluefaery]

If 1 person collects all 15 tickets to get a fastpass, i know of a few guests (not myself) who will be extremely upset if they are behind that person. IMO instead of collecting all 15 tickets have each person get their own fast pass.

Each person has to use the same ticket each day. On the back of each ticket there is a place for the person to sign his or her name. I suggest you have each guest do that so there is no confusion on who has what ticket.

I suggest splitting up in small groups, then have a check in time at a certain area. That way it will be easier for each group to stay together. A group of 15 can be hard to handle all together.

 

[Master Yoda]

If 1 person collects all 15 tickets to get a fastpass, i know of a few guests (not myself) who will be extremely upset if they are behind that person. IMO instead of collecting all 15 tickets have each person get their own fast pass.
Each person has to use the same ticket each day. On the back of each ticket there is a place for the person to sign his or her name. I suggest you have each guest do that so there is no confusion on who has what ticket.

I suggest splitting up in small groups, then have a check in time at a certain area. That way it will be easier for each group to stay together. A group of 15 can be hard to handle all together.

I would not worry so much about that narrow minded guest that will be aggravated by someone getting multiple fast passes. I guarantee you 1 person with 15 tickets can get fast passes much faster that 15 people with 1 ticket each.

 

[RiversideBunny]

In the natural course of things, 15 people are not going to want to stay together all the time. You will probably wind up splitting into 3 or 4 smaller goups.
Stay in touch with cell phones. Meet up when desired.

If you are staying in a Disney resort, you could get your ticket added to your room card. The room cards have names on them.

Good luck.

 

[DizneyPryncess]

Like Madame said, everyone will have to sign the back of their tickets so make sure everyone does and you won't have trouble keeping track of them. Also, there's a character on the front of each ticket so if everyone knows their character it will make it easier to sort. There will be some duplicates as there is only 4 character designs, but it will still help to know what yours is.

You should check out group discounts - I think groups of 8 or more get a ticket discount. Ask about that when buying tickets.

Also, if you're staying on Disney property, groups of 8 or more can sign up to do the "Grand Gathering" things like the Grand Voyage Pirate Ship to watch the fireworks, or the Desserts during Illuminations. There's some things that sound really fun, but I haven't done them as I've never had a big enough group staying on property.

Here's a link I think will be helpful to you regarding all of this:
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wd...s/ggLandingPage?id=GrandGatheringsLandingPage

 

[princesseng]

What's the difference if 15 people walk up to the fast pass or 1 person with 15 tickets? Not that it would necessarily be 15 since some are young children and can't ride everything, but I don't see the harm.

If everyone else is waiting in a different section of the park when a fast pass time comes up, what is wrong with making the most of the system by having one member obtain the next set of fast passes?

Is this inappropriate Disney Fast Pass etiquette? :veryconfu

 

[Master Yoda]

What's the difference if 15 people walk up to the fast pass or 1 person with 15 tickets? Not that it would necessarily be 15 since some are young children and can't ride everything, but I don't see the harm.

If everyone else is waiting in a different section of the park when a fast pass time comes up, what is wrong with making the most of the system by having one member obtain the next set of fast passes?

Is this inappropriate Disney Fast Pass etiquette? :veryconfu

There is no harm in one person getting fast passes for multiple people. In reality it helps speed up the process. I have no less that 5 tickets in hand when I get fast passes. I got behind a large tour group of 30+ people last week each with one ticket in hand and it made complete chaos of the Soarin fast pass line.

 

[bluefaery]

I would not worry so much about that narrow minded guest that will be aggravated by someone getting multiple fast passes. I guarantee you 1 person with 15 tickets can get fast passes much faster that 15 people with 1 ticket each.

very true

 

[bluefaery]

You should check out group discounts - I think groups of 8 or more get a ticket discount. Ask about that when buying tickets.

I think the OP said that they already bought their tickets

 

[Rob562]

There is no harm in one person getting fast passes for multiple people. In reality it helps speed up the process. I have no less that 5 tickets in hand when I get fast passes. I got behind a large tour group of 30+ people last week each with one ticket in hand and it made complete chaos of the Soarin fast pass line.

A couple suggestions for "good FastPass ettiquette" I would consider if you're getting 15+ FastPasses at one time:
-For really large groups, perhaps have multiple people go and get FastPasses and split the tickets up so that each person isn't getting more than 15-20.

-Choose an out-of-the-way machine. Not always a possibility, but at some locations there are "more convenient" machines that are closer to the main walkway. Space Mountain comes to mind where the machines closer to the central plaza are busier than the ones near the actual entrance.

-If there's a line for all machines, try and warn anyone who gets in line behind you of what you plan to do so that they can make an informed decision as to whether to stay in that line or switch to another machine. It's the same prinicple as a supermarket checkout. If there's two lines open and one has a cartload of stuff and one only has a couple items, a person would prefer to get behind the couple items. You are that shopping cart loaded with stuff. At the FP machines, people don't have the same visual cues about which transactions will take longer, and assume that everyone has one item.

-When you finish, give a quick "Sorry about that" to anyone who's been held up behind you.

-Lastly, as you leave, check the time on the LAST FastPass that you got and use that to plan your return time. There's a good chance with large groups that the FP time will change between the time the first and last ones are printed. If you return at the very beginning of the first FP's window, you may find yourself with part of the group not being able to enter. So to make both the CM's life and yours easier at FastPass Return, come back *after* the latest FP time in your group.


-Rob

 

[RedGear]

i hear you on this one, there are 21 in our group (really 22, but she doesnt need a ticket she's too young) and I dont think you will be in trouble if the cards get mixed up because we've done it before, and sometimes there are just way to many people trying to get fastpasses and it's way easier for one or two people to do it instead of all 15 of you (I've seen people get nasty and cut in front of people and it's not a pleasant experiance) so just do one or two people for the whole group.

have fun! It's always a blast to go with so many people, and sometimes its better to go with just your signifcant other (I'm sure I will feel this way by the end of our trip!) :wave:

 

[kjd469]

A couple suggestions for "good FastPass ettiquette"

-If there's a line for all machines, try and warn anyone who gets in line behind you of what you plan to do so that they can make an informed decision as to whether to stay in that line or switch to another machine. It's the same prinicple as a supermarket checkout. If there's two lines open and one has a cartload of stuff and one only has a couple items, a person would prefer to get behind the couple items. You are that shopping cart loaded with stuff. At the FP machines, people don't have the same visual cues about which transactions will take longer, and assume that everyone has one item.


Well said - I couldn't agree more!!!

 

[ELopez]

I'm not really sure if you need to keep up with whose is whose with the tickets, but I know when we buy tickets, the cm is always careful to point out which tickets are adult passes, and which ones are children's. With our family, the pics are enough to help distinguish them. Beyond that, we never worry about it.

As far as your group - do several classic or big attractions together, then split up based on everyone's interests (like those that want to just keep repeating the thrill rides, those that want to spend some time shopping, etc). That way - everyone's happy! You'd hope.

 

[Rob562]

One thing about mixing the tickets around...
From what I've heard about the Disney ATS system, if tickets are all purchased in the same transaction *from Disney*, they're usually "linked" together in the system so that after the first use of the tickets and the biometric info is stored, the tickets are interchangable. This is to help with just such as occurrance, as families and groups do tend to collect the tickets after park entry, and then dole them out again when needed.

But, if the tickets were purchased from Disney in separate transactions, or they were purchased through an authorized reseller, they won't be linked, and you'll have to keep track of which ticket is which. I'd suggest making sure that the name is written on the back (perhaps signed and printed as well), or try taking a black sharpie marker and write the person's name on the front (non-mag-stripe) side. Just make sure not to obsure any of the printed info on the back or the mag stripe.

Or do like another poster suggested and have the front desk of your hotel (if you're staying at a Disney hotel) encode the tickets onto peoples' room keys. Then you'll have names already printed on them.

-Rob

 

[wolf359]

Yes, I would write down names on each ticket, because since they weren't all bought at the same time and not through Disney each bio scan needs to be matched up with each ticket.

Also, be sure to write down the code number on each ticket so if one gets lost or damaged you can easily get it replaced. And I can tell you from experience this might happen a lot more than you'd think. Also, the paper tickets do NOT have a very durable magnetic stripe on them so keep them as flat as possible and away from any other magnetically coded card (I wouldn't carry it in my wallet, for example) or else you'll have a hard time using them at the turnstiles or the fastpass machines.

I just took a group of 52 down to WDW a couple weeks ago, so I pretty much saw it all when it comes to travelling in a large group.

For a group of 15, I'd still probably want to break up into smaller groups. First, I highly doubt everyone will want to keep the exact same touring schedule the entire time. Second, it'll make getting into each attraction a lot easier. The last thing the CM asking "how many" wants to hear is "15!"