More or less. Some of the CF parks' pass processing centers are outside the park gates but their system is a lot quicker, instead of putting your photo on the pass itself, it's stored in their system so your mugshot will come up on the screen when your pass is scanned at the gates. Major time saver, and you'll have an active pass the first time you pass through the gates - no worrying about losing a voucher in the park if you bought the pass online. Also, the platinum pass is the same price and can be processed at any park no matter which park you buy it from, where a SF season pass has to be processed at the park where you bought it from before you can use it at another park.