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Disney introduce RFID ticketing at Epoct

Nic

Nic

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http://www.insidethemagic.net/2011/11/d ... urnstiles/

OK, so the technology is nothing new (it's the same kind of thing as Oyster cards, or hundreds of other examples you may care to mention) but is this the first time it's been used for park entry tickets? Do you think this is something that'll catch on?

I can almost see the point at a park like Epoc where prople are likely to be coming-and-going fairly regularly over the course of a week or so. However, if it was somewhere like Thorpe for instance where the majority of people visit once a year and come in in the morning, then don't leave until they go home, then I see little point. That said, would it really speed up entry any more than an automatic ticket reader like the barcode ones they have at Merlin parks? I could see annual passes being a good potential application if teamed up with fingerprint readers as they are in this case. It would save you having to wait for a human to check the photo on your card every time you enter... but again, does it add anything that a barcode reader can't?

Discuss :)
 
You don't have to get your AP checked you know....... They work in the three turnstiles on the right hand side. Just walk in! =P

It's a good idea, but not really worth the cost for the tiny decrease in difficulty of entry. But I suppose cost isn't an issue for Disney :lol:

And it's worth noting, most people who visit Thorpe visit 2/3 times a year. Unless they have Sun Tickets, in which case they only come once and DON'T BUY A BLOODY CAR PARK TICKET BEFORE THEY GET TO THE BARRIER /blatesnottraumatisedbypeoplewithsuntickets
 
I think they should expand this system to tier parks properly.

I've been nagging about this for years too ;)

When you pay for your ticket, you buy either "basic entry" (i.e. only 0.9M rides and under), 1.2M and 1.4M. You're measured at the ticket booth by an electronic measuring device (unless you're a grandparent and only want to be a carer for young children on the under 0.9M rides). You're given an RFID wristband for entry.

Each ride has an RFID turnstyle (like Blackpool's only that work :P ), and you can't get onto the ride without the correct RFID band.

You could then tier entrance prices and also cut back on complaints about height markers through the park being wrong. If you're too small, you can't go on the rides, but you also pay a bit less. Disappointment is at the entrance, not randomly dished out through the park.

Everything else is pretty much the same. Still doing occasional manual height checks on the turnstyles for people who look suspiciously short. AP holders could have their AP updated with new height on it by visiting the AP office.

Or something like that, it's a framework that will never be used anyway, but it's more than a simple "it's a good idea" type of reply ;)
 
I think it sounds pretty cool, but wouldn't this create more security issues with people trying to slip by the gate without paying for a ticket without a physical barrier to block their way?
 
It's a good move as in the Orlando parks it can take time to get in the parks due to the finger print scanners which don't always work 1st. I think it's good they are doing this for pass holders.

When I was a pass holder the only park I ever had a problem with was Legoland for some reason my pass would not work and I had to go via customer services. Thorpe is normally ok and chessington is normally walk in anyway.
 
marc said:
It's a good move as in the Orlando parks it can take time to get in the parks due to the finger print scanners which don't always work 1st. I think it's good they are doing this for pass holders.
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Wait... Finger print scanners? What the hell for?
 
^So you can't give your tickets to other people I assume. When you go in you have to scan your ticket and then your fingerprint.
Guess it stops people selling or sharing their park hopper tickets or annual passes.
 
^That sounds about right. When we were there (centuries ago) we bought 14 day passes, with 6 days left on them, off the bell boy at the hotel for a ridiculously low price. I guess that's not happening any more.
 
But it still has the fingerprint scanners that I guess still won't work, so what does it speed up...?

It's neat but I struggle to see what the point of it is.
 
^ My thoughts exactly. Just out of curiosity, how long does it take to set-up the finger print and ****? I mean, it takes long enough at most parks just to print a ticket off...
 
It does not take long to setup, maybe 2 mins if it works 1st time. But in the summer when your hot it has problems reading it and then in the winter we found it a pain due to how cold we were. Sometimes it took over 5 mins for it to read our prints.

The new system works like the Oyster card you just swipe it no need to scan from what I read. Everyone has said its 99% faster.

I still prefer the old ticket system when you got a 14 day pass but it was for 14 days so if you only used 7 the next time you went you could use the same ticket. Now days it expires after 14 days from your 1st use.
 
But, you still have to do the fingerprints, which is what takes the time.

I really don't see how the Oyster card readers are THAT much faster than a normal ticket one, especially when you're standing around doing your fingerprint ANYWAY.
 
Season ticket holders won't need to use the finger print system though from what I understood, maybe I'm wrong.
 
OK...

So, now I don't see what security system they've introduced instead then? The Oyster card readers could still be used by anyone...?

Maybe they've just stopped giving a crap and realised it's not worth the faff for season pass holders.
 
I understand that, what I'm saying is they've obviously been using finger prints with season passes to stop people lending out their pass to others, have they now decided that the photo is enough proof and not to bother with that then?
 
Ah sorry misunderstood what you meant lol. No idea maybe the face comes up on a screen and the ticket attendants will stop people? Nothing's been said about it.
 
Wait..... What?! Disney passes don't have the picture of the passholder on them?.......

Even Merlin manage that! XD
 
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