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Disneyland fights fake FastPasses

Disney's FastPass Disneyland faces a growing problem of forged FastPasses as visitors increasingly purchase the line-cutting tickets online or print sophisticated fakes at home.

Bundles of counterfeit FastPasses regularly sell on the EBay online auction site for prices reaching $500, reported Jim Hill Media, a Disney news website.

The FastPass ride reservation system allows visitors to return at a designated time and enter through a shorter line.

Although Disney officials called the illegal incidents “isolated” and “infrequent,” the theme park giant acknowledged the testing of FastPass bar code scanners at Disney World in Orlando, Fla., in an effort to streamline efficiency and catch cheats.

Until the new electronic systems are installed, Disney employees have been instructed to run their fingers across the perforated tops of the tickets to weed out fraudulent FastPasses laser printed on cardstock paper, Hill reported.

“Admission Re-Entry” FastPass tickets are particularly coveted because they contain no date stamp and can be used for any attraction at any Disney park. (Hat tip to Screamscape.)

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— Brady MacDonald / Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

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This entry was posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 at 3:03 pm by Brady MacDonald and is filed under Disney's California Adventure, Disneyland, Family & Kids, News, Tips & Advice, San Diego, Theme Parks. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

One Comment on “Disneyland fights fake FastPasses”

James Fagan Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Yes, I got scammed with fake “re-entry” tickets from ebay. When i tried to use them, no go. However, I also used some expired tickets we had from our last visit, about two months prior… the one’s you get out of the machines in front of the attractions. I used all 16 without issue. Just told the cast member that I was unable to use them last time, which was the truth, and they let us through. I have seen both these “rentry passes” and the traditional fastpasses you get from the machines on ebay. The latter are usually legit, but stay away from the black and white “re-entry” passes.