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olegc
03-15-2005, 11:20 AM
I just renewed my AP - and noticed my new (and significantly longer) ID number. Why are we assigned a new ID number every year? It seems that this would be how to track mailings, announcements, and even more importantly for the DLR - when I come to the park, what I buy for a discount, how often I am there, etc. I mean - it seems such a no brainer to capture this info in one place. I WANT to be marketing to specifically so I don't have to get ALL of the announcements.

My other worry is that with a new ID number does everything else need to be reset? Mailing lists, registration to disneyland.com, etc. - what a pain!!!! :mad:

Andrew
03-15-2005, 11:54 AM
One reason is so your expired AP can be invalidated for FastPass. Until this policy went into effect (and until they started checking whether a particular ticket had been used for admission) it was possible to get additional FastPasses with expired APs.

olegc
03-15-2005, 12:46 PM
One reason is so your expired AP can be invalidated for FastPass. Until this policy went into effect (and until they started checking whether a particular ticket had been used for admission) it was possible to get additional FastPasses with expired APs.

I guess my next take would be why not have the FastPass system look at a daily entry of ID nums.. Becuase you could "borrow" other valid APs and get fastPasses - even though those folks did not enter the park?

Does it make a huge difference, not really. but it would be more efficient from a "data" perspective. But that also requires a lot of connectors between FastPass and the entry systems.. I have heard that WDW is going to a CRm system for hotels and marketing. it won't be long for day-2-day activity tracking - similar to Slot Clubs at casinos...

bljfour
03-15-2005, 12:56 PM
I guess my next take would be why not have the FastPass system look at a daily entry of ID nums.. Becuase you could "borrow" other valid APs and get fastPasses - even though those folks did not enter the park?

Does it make a huge difference, not really. but it would be more efficient from a "data" perspective. But that also requires a lot of connectors between FastPass and the entry systems.. I have heard that WDW is going to a CRm system for hotels and marketing. it won't be long for day-2-day activity tracking - similar to Slot Clubs at casinos...

One time I went into the park with my AP but apprently it wasn't scanned properly into the system. When I went to get my first FastPass of the day, I got an interesting print out saying that my ticket had not been activated for the day. Not only does your ID number matter but the pass must be in the system for the day to get FastPasses.

cstephens
03-15-2005, 08:20 PM
We just renewed our APs, and while the first 5 digits of my number are different, all the other numbers are the same, including the 6 digits after all the zeros, and both numbers have the same number of digits. I don't have my other APs with me, but I'm wondering if the last 6 digits are the actual ID number and the first several digits are used to identify something else.

And yes, if an AP is not scanned as having entered the park, it is not valid for getting Fastpasses.

They are also still having the problem with renewals that once they process your renewal, they deactivate your current AP. A friend went to the park on Sunday, and they had processed her renewal but she hadn't received the new card yet, so when she tried to use her current AP (which technically doesn't expire for another week or two), it rejected it, and she had to wait for a lead to come and validate her AP before she could enter.