Disney Magic Band at Resort Room Door, Epcot Attractions & All Kids Fingerprinting

Disney Police State Finger Scans 4 Park Passes All Person and Kids Fingerprinting.
The fingerprinting is part of a child abuser check btw, separate from a normal background check. I worked in a government facility that had zero to do with kids, in fact they were not allowed on site because of the dangerous shit there, and I had to have it done.

Finger scans. Just the mere mention of it suggests something out of a Star Trek movie. But finger scans at Walt Disney World are not evil. In fact, they are a necessity if you purchase any current WDW admission media. Hopefully this will take some of the fear of the unknown out of doing a finger scan for your park admission.

In early 1996, Disney began a new system to identify users of annual and seasonal passes. Abandoned was the barcoded laminated photo ID pass in favor of a new mylar paper one. This new pass had no photo and only contained minimal visual evidence of ownership – your name and the expiration date of the pass. What was new was the magnetic strip on the back.

This magnetic strip stored all of your pass information that the previous photo one had plus it would reference one new piece of information: your biometric finger scan or as Disney now calls it, your ticket tag.

Disney expanded the use of the ticket tag system in 2005 with the introduction of Magic Your Way tickets and then expanded it to include all tickets no matter when purchased.

The original 1996 scanners used two fingers inserted in a "V" shape into a reader that identified key information about the shape of the fingers. See the photo of the original two finger scanner below. In 2006, Disney upgraded their scanners with single finger scanners. See the photo of the original single finger scanner below. The single finger scanners scan one fingertip for some data points that are chosen and turned into a numerical value that is stored in the ticketing database linking that person to that ticket.

Beginning in December 2012, Disney started converting turnstiles at the theme parks to accept the new RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) admission media (single day tickets, Annual Passes and MagicBand bracelets). Eventually all turnstiles were converted to this new method of entry.

Finger scans are still required for admission. If you look at the photo of the new turnstile, you will see that there is a place to put your finger for scanning just below and to the right of the Mickey ears.

In its simplest terms, when a ticket is first used, your finger scan is read and tied to the ticket in the computer. Subsequent admissions then use that scan to compare against the original one. If there is a match, you are allowed in. If there isn't, your entry will be declined.

You must always use the same finger for the scan. It doesn't matter which finger you use (most people use the index finger on their right hand), but if for some reason you did not use that one, make sure you always use the same one. If you use a different finger, the system will not recognize it and your entry will be declined.

My 30F, older brother, 35,recently had his kids taken by CPS. I was asked to take the kids until he is able to have them back. Unfortunately I am the only relative that can. My parents and sister jumped through hoops to meet the Cps lady and do background checks, only to be told they couldn’t have the kids. This took them an entire day and they had to leave work to do what the cps wanted. Cps told me that they “weren’t found appropriate during the background checks”. I don’t know what this means but my sister and parents were told they couldn’t take my siblings.

I did 2 background checks. They came and looked at my house, said it was fine and that I needed beds for the kids. I couldn’t buy beds right now but they could have mine and I’ll sleep on the couch. Cps told me she would have beds paid for by the state. The cps worker gave me a notarized paper that would let me pick out two beds and have them sent to my house for free since my brother didn’t have beds for them. She told me when the kids go home the beds would go with them. That’s fine. She gave me another thing for bedding from a store and one for $200 for each kid for free clothes, which they needed.

When I was approved she told me I’d need to get “Emergency fingerprints” done. She said this had a 2 day time limit because I was “emergency placement”. I already did the background check. I don’t know why she needs this too.

She called them “wards of the state” and that we had to follow policy. I was not shown a copy of policy but was told I could look it up on the state website. She told me if I didn’t do it she’d “look at alternative placement”.

For a week she bugged me asking what my appointment date was for it. I just put her off. I didn’t have time. I was getting the beds, new clothes, and changing their bus route to my house.

About a week later she showed up with cops saying she had to take the kids to a “respite” until I got the finger prints done. She told me this was a foster home that took kids short term as emergencies.

Here’s where I’m pretty sure I’m an asshole. I called her a baby snatcher and that kids needed to be with their family and not put in foster homes. Cps always takes kids away and then traumatizes them in the system. I would know because by siblings and I were in foster care for a year as kids.

She then left with the kids and now my brother is yelling at me for not doing what I was asked. He says that I'm the reason the kids have to go to foster care. But he’s the one that lost his kids! He says I’ve made things worse for the case because I yelled at the cps worker who then asked him if he had any other relatives who could take the kids.

I know I should have done the finger printing. I know I’m the asshole for that. But am I the asshole for yelling at the cps lady? She didn’t tell me she was coming to take the kids. I think she should have warned me. If she had I would have rushed to get it done.