Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=73890" target="_blank"><b>Latest: OCReg: Disneyland opens new kiosks to buy park passes</b></a> <p>Portable ticketing kiosks have been set up in the new Toy Story parking lot.</p>
Originally Posted By mousermerf *sigh* How hard is it to put in a touch screen kiosk that has all the ticket options just like Walt Disney World has at the Ticket and Transportation Center? Instead DLR gets glorified ice cream carts..
Originally Posted By mousermerf Does a touchscreen at my Albertsons take cash? The answer is yes. I can't vouch for WDW's machines, but Albertsons does, so it's not impossible, so both theoretically could.
Originally Posted By mousermerf I also deposit cash and checks into the ATM directly at my bank with an envelope and either reads my check and tells me how much the check it worth or counts the cash and has me verify.. oh the wonders of technology..
Originally Posted By Mr X That's cool. I'm pretty behind the times on American tech being over here in Japan. The ATM machines here have accepted cash (no envelope) for as long as I've been around which surprised me at first (I guess you Yankees have finally caught up! ). Checks sound like a neat trick though, that's pretty cool (they don't use checks in Japan).
Originally Posted By mousermerf It even prints a cute little image of the check on the receipt for your records.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Last Saturday I witnessed a father have a big fit over these registers not taking cash. They might want to rethink that. I'm sure it's very convenient to have a ticket before you get to the park, but how would anyone know they can't use cash until they get there?
Originally Posted By mousermerf I still occasionally confuse clerks by having one of those actual RF-chip credit cards and using it, you know.. where it just wave it near a pad and lights blink. I sometimes have to convince them that if the register suddenly says zero it does indeed mean I actually paid and did not perform a magic trick. Back to the topic - this just seems like more of the technological divide. Yes, a person to help expedite sales would be nice, but you don't full staffing. That's not in the company's best interest. As it is, with how simplistic tickets are at DLR they are really over-staffed at the ticket booths when they should have more emphasis on computerized transactions since it's such simple options that do not need explanation or human intervention. It's just slowing things down and taking up space. Universal Orlando has a good system going with a combination of booths with sellers and kiosks integrated into their booths - WDW's separate stand alone kiosks don't get enough foot traffic, so the Univeral Orlando model seems to be the best one to follow. If anything, DLR needs to be less technophobic overall, and for gosh sake, give you balloon sellers credit card reading PDA's. Sheesh.
Originally Posted By Westsider mousermerf, you should march into TDA on Monday morning and declare yourself the King Consultant From The Sunshine State who is here to teach Disneyland how to be just like Dizzy World. I'm sure TDA would welcome you with open arms. You might even get an official Company Buick to drive around Anaheim in.
Originally Posted By mousermerf While that Buick would make parking at my local In-N-Out much easier (Move it or lose it granny!) it's not a matter of doing things "like Dizzy World" but simply doing things better. I wouldn't recommend things unless I thought they'd be better solutions for these situations. Shouldn't Disney be striving to be its best?
