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Well, we just got back Sunday night from our WDW trip. All in all, with the heat, crowds, and Arlene, it was a good trip. The only real problem was our tickets! Now, on our first 2 trips there we had packages, so our tickets were together with our room keys , so they were hard plastic. This trip we got an AP and had to do the tickets seperately. What a hassle!
Our first day there they demagnetized...though this was our fault. I'd put them in the same pocket as my cell phone! We had 4 of our 5 regular tickets replaced. Within an hour, and I took everything with a magnetic strip out of my fanny pack, the last one was shot as well!
Over the course of our 1 week trip, we had EVERY ticket replaced twice! My oldest daughter's was actually replaced 4 times! We kept them all in the special holder my hubby got with his AP, all facing the same way so the strips didn't touch, and in a stiff pocket so they never got bent...but still, we had problems! It got so that everytime we went to a park at least one ticket had a problem! We never did figure out what was going on with them! Though I will say that all the many cm's who helped us were very friendly! Miss WDW a lot, but glad to be home! Ruth
That stinks! I remember last summer, it had been almost a year since I used my AP, and when I went to get a Fastpass it said that I wasn't using a valid ticket, so I had to get it replaced. They are very nice about it though, I must say!
uggh. I wonder why they don't put the AP on hard cards? It doesn't take much to get a picture onto a hard card, my employee id is a hard card and has a picture on it.
APs are less disposable then "Keys to the World" cards are.
APs are supposed to last a year, whereas most Keys to the World are only good for the length of a stay.
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I wonder why they don't put the AP on hard cards?
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I had a CM explain to me that it's not the hardness of the ticket that's at issue -- it's the magnetic strip at the back of the pass. Both the key cards and the paper APs can get de-magnetized if they come into contact with various things.
I demagged my tickets by stuffing a fridge magnet in my bag -- also my cell phone sometimes causes problems, even though it's in a pocket on the other side of my touring bag.
sorry to hear about your troubles. Last time I went I bent my AP and had to show ID as it wouldn't read for 1/2 the trip. Never ever let your pass get creased or bent.
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sorry to hear about your troubles. Last time I went I bent my AP and had to show ID as it wouldn't read for 1/2 the trip. Never ever let your pass get creased or bent.
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Next time that happens, just take it to a ticket window and get a replacement printed. Only takes a few minutes and doesn't cost anything.
on one of my trips..the first one in April..the cm at the ticket turnstile went and got me a new pass himself so I did not have to eait in line...yeah!!!
Welcome back! I'm glad you had a great trip overall but I'm sorry that you ran into so many problems with your annual pass tickets. On our December trip, that same sort of thing kept happening to my son's AP but not to mine or my husband's.
Wow... I've never had a magnetic strip card of any kind demagnetize on me, ever.
I carry my park pass, ID, room key, and any FP slips in a plastic pouch on a lanyard and never had a single problem (it also makes them convenient to access). You can get similar lanyards and pouches at WalMart, in the jewelry section on the rack with wallets, wallet windows, etc. for only $0.97.
Sorry you had so much trouble with your AP's. We had trouble with hoppers onced at TL, the CM asked if the ticket had been in contact with lotion(which at the time they hadn't)CM's were nice and replaced them but its just the time it took out of our day, that was aggravating. After all we were after those good chairs!
That is aggravating, you have your plan all mapped out and you just want to go have fun and instead you're standing at a counter getting something done that you should have to worry about-
Other than that your trip sounds well worth the effort, I'm so glad!!
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We never did figure out what was going on with them! Though I will say that all the many cm's who helped us were very friendly! 
Miss WDW a lot, but glad to be home! Ruth 
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