Traveling to Walt Disney World with kids is already a handful — but its latest requirement for children could prove another hassle for parents.
Walt Disney Co (ticker: DIS) theme parks are now mandating children ages 3 to 9 years old have their fingers scanned upon arrival, reports the Orlando Sentinel. This is all in an effort to stop ticket fraud in its tracks. The finger scanning was already in place for older children and adults.
Scanners have been around for more than a decade at Disney, employing “finger geometry” — “pictures of several points on people’s fingers.”
Before this mandate, children’s tickets lacked these finger pictures. Parents who are wary of the change, however, can have their fingers scanned in place of their children’s.
DIS’s latest earnings report showed capital expenditures ticked up $630 million to $3.7 billion. This was due to higher spending at Disney’s core theme parks in Orlando, California, and Hong Kong. Despite beating earnings per share and revenue estimates, the company’s third-quarter performance failed to impress investors.
DIS stock is down 10.8 percent on the year. It was trading steady at $93.77 as of Wednesday morning.
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