How strict is Disney with SoCal Tickets?

Originally Posted By EEEyore

We found the Disneyland SoCal Summer tickets for $99 at the store. I talked to the cashier and she suggested we just go for it and purchase the tickets even though we do not currently have proof of SoCal residency yet (CA drivers license). We still have our AZ drivers licenses. She said she didn't think Disney would turn away a sale if we showed up with them and could not offer the residency proof they "might" require. However, the tickets are not refundable and I would hate to purchase tickets that I can't use or return for a refund.

Does anyone know how strict Disney is on the use of these tickets? They are hopper passes for three days and I also wondered if anyone knows if they make you show proof of residency EACH day or do they just require it the first day of use? Thank you for any help!!

EEEyore

 

Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x

If Disney doesn't let you use them, they'll just have you pay the difference.

Have you moved to SoCal? Do you have a lease or some other documentation saying you now live here? I've taken a utility bill when I wanted to buy a 2-Fer when my DL still said Northern CA.

However, if you pre-buy it, and use it at the turnstiles, I don't think they'll ask for proof of residency. It's only if you buy it at the ticketbooths.

 

Originally Posted By dlkozy

I have seen people who were turned away at the turnstiles because they could not prove residency.

If Disney did not do this everyone would try being a resident too.

 

Originally Posted By SuzieQ

Bring along a utility bill that shows your name and current address. That works in our schools!

 

Originally Posted By Kathi K

I just saw this. We got one of the $99 tickets for our son and he used it twice. They never asked for any proof.

 

Originally Posted By charming husband

If Disney has any reason to believe otherwise, you will be asked for it (proof).

I too have seen people denied entry. If you had the proof necessary you would not be looking here for advice.

 

Originally Posted By queenbee

<<If Disney has any reason to believe otherwise, you will be asked for it (proof).>>
Why would Disney have any reason to believe otherwise? My mom went to DLR with us in August and used one of these tickets. She lives in SoCal but was never asked to prove it.

<<If you had the proof necessary you would not be looking here for advice.>>

She moved from AZ to So CA and was wondering how much proof, if any, she needed. What is wrong with asking advice?

 

Originally Posted By charming husband

Then she/he would have a utility bill-wouldn't they?

 

Originally Posted By charming husband

I too have seen people refused at the ticket booths (and some of their reasons are just entertaining!) and refused at the entry gates.

There will always be those that try and skirt the rules thinking the rules apply to all but them.

 

Originally Posted By SuzieQ

^ In this case, she qualifies but lacks proof. She asked about driver's licenses. Many people don't know that a utility bill can be used. Unless you live in an impacted school district where you have to show that type of proof, you'd have probably never heard of it!

 

Originally Posted By quincytoo

So people who live in SoCal but who do not have driver licenses can not buy Socal tickets???.....

Sorry but there are other methods of proving residency, one of which SuzieQ has shown.

 

Originally Posted By charming husband

I live in CA and utility bills needed for residency are a very common thing. It is one of the first thing anyone gets when they move in somewhere.

If the OP cannot prove residency with a utility bill it does make one wonder why.

 

Originally Posted By charming husband

+ In this case, she qualifies but lacks proof+

Without proof we would all qualify. As I mentioned in my comment previous, a utility bill is a great thing because any new resident would be able to come up with it.

 

Originally Posted By queenbee

<<If the OP cannot prove residency with a utility bill it does make one wonder why.>

Where did the OP ask anything about a utility bill? She asked about a CDL. Others suggested she use the utility bill. Why all the finger wagging Charming?

 

Originally Posted By SuzieQ

Exactly what I was wondering!

 

Originally Posted By Mickeysbestfan

I guess Charming must walk around with his utility bills just in case he needs to prove his residency.

I think suggesting the utility bill is a great idea, most people especially older people wouldn't think about that one.

 

Originally Posted By Darkbeer

But not everyone has an utility bill, some folks move in with friends and family, and the utilities are already set up in someone else's name....

Almost everoyne has either a state Driver's License or ID Card.

 

Originally Posted By charming husband

hellooooo--the OP hasn't been seen for almost a month now and has never reposted since =so obviously I am answering what others have said.

 

Originally Posted By charming husband

+I guess Charming must walk around with his utility bills just in case he needs to prove his residency+

I certainly would plan ahead if I was planning on trying to buy a SC pass w/o a CA dl.

 

Originally Posted By queenbee

<<If the OP cannot prove residency with a utility bill it does make one wonder why.>>

Well, hello, Charming. Perhaps it was this statement of yours that led me to believe you were addressing the OP.