DL Passport question...

[shepp]

I noticed that ebay and craigslist are full of folks selling leftover days on DL/DCA multiday passports. While I fully realize that it's not permitted blah-blah-blah, I'm curious: I seem to recall there was some system from preventing passport sharing, but the sellers all reassure buyers that they'll have no trouble using the remaining days. How true could that be?

[pvcoasterguy]

Disney uses two different systems (I think...)

 

 

Above is the fingerprint reading machine. Your card is assigned a fingerprint, and it will only work with that fingerprint.

 

In addition, I remember reading somewhere about Disney putting in retina scanners... anyone confirm this?

[Jeezus Juice]

^ Actually that's biometric scanning, not fingerprint reading. What it's doing is using infrared light and an optical scanner to record features from your fingers. How far apart the joint is, how wide your fingers are ect.

 

Do you know that there are people who think that it's actually an x-ray device?! "Sure, just stick your fingers in and we'll give you a dose of radiation right at crotch level!"

 

Anyway, while you probably can't set up your own shop selling unused tickets across the street from one of the parks, I'm sure there is very little Disney can or cares to do about online sales of unused tickets.

 

Of course the people selling them say you can use them, but I wouldn't trust them. After all, if you get denined entry at the gate you have no recourse at all against the seller. I think that if you try and use someone elses ticket they'll confiscate it.

 

While you're not supposed to sell them, nothing says you can't give them away right? Anyone in guest services want to give us the rundown on resales?

 

-Don

[shepp]

 

Of course the people selling them say you can use them, but I wouldn't trust them. After all, if you get denined entry at the gate you have no recourse at all against the seller. I think that if you try and use someone elses ticket they'll confiscate it.

 

-Don

 

Yeah, and one other thing I thought of...the only record of prior use is on a magnetic strip, right? So just because someone says there are two days left on the passport doesn't mean that there really are...

 

Still, given Disney's paucity of deep discounts, I can see why buying leftovers seems like an attractive option.

[DerekRx]

I believe only WDW uses the biometrics so far, and they only started doing it in 2005. If you had a ticket older than that, you could still use it today without it being bioregistered. I don't know how or if you can actually use one purchased off of ebay with someone else's stuff on it, but I wouldn't want to risk getting one to begin with. I'll stick with buying excess days with no expiration and saving some money overall.

[BarryH]

I don't recall DLR using biometrics. You can probably use the unused days, but the problem is seeing how many unused days are on them. You can't tell by looking at them. The buyer may know, but he or she may be hiding the truth or selling old tickets without any days left. Remember these two words when buying tickets with unused days: cavet emptor. You can check the eBay user's feedback rating to see if he or she is trustworthy, but you might be better off just buying the tickets outright through official and sanctioned channels.