Originally Posted by
Vito
And yet again, I ask: How would losing a KTTW card be any different than losing anything else? Your park pass must come out of your pocket/wallet/pouch to obtain fastpasses, to enter parks, to get into your room... How are you any more likely to lose your KTTW card than any other card that comes out of your pocket for any of the various daily WDW tasks? Could not you lose your card on a bus? At a restaurant? Why on earth would anyone hold on to their card in their hand all the time? If a child is so young as to not have a way to carry the card, the parent should hold onto the card for them, or give them a way to secure the card (lanyard, belt pack, etc).
Am I crazy? Am I the only one who doesn't see some insane increase in the amount of lost cards of any kind? Speaking from personal experience, I'm constantly taking one kind of card or another out of my pocket for any number of things at WDW. This is no different. If I'm not losing cards any other way, why would this be any riskier? Has anyone here ever lost their credit card when taking it out to pay for food or souveniers at WDW? Have any of you ever lost your park ticket while pulling it out of your pocket/beltpack/wallet and then putting it back after the card never leaves your hand? If your child can't hold on to a KTTW card for EMH, what do you do with their park tickets? How do you obtain fastpasses?
Scrutiny is one thing, overreaction, panic, hyperbole, and dramatization are a whole different thing. I'm not saying you are doing any of those things, and despite how contrary I sound, I do absolutely see where you're coming from - in theory, the more "transactions" you have to make with a card of some type, the more likely you are to lose it, but that's like saying the more times you play the lottery, the more likely you are to hit the big jackpot, or the more you fly in an airplane, the more likely you are to be involved in an accident of some kind. While that's technically true, if the odds go from one in a million to TWO in a million or THREE in a million, aren't the odds still ridiculously against it happening?
My point here is that some people are making this sound like the end of the world and that there are going to be now suddenly hundreds of people losing their KTTW, children everywhere having to hold onto their cards with nowhere to put them when they previously didn't have to, etc. I just don't see how that's happening.
Get a waistpack, put your KTTW and only your KTTW into the front zippered pocket. Get a lanyard. Keep the card in your pocket. Punch a hole in it, get a keychain, attach the keychain to your belt/beltloop. Keep the card in your back pocket.
Inconvenience? Obviously yes. Major inconvenience? Please, really, think about it. You used to have to pay for E-ride nights. Yes, maybe it was better and more empty and fun back then, but now you get it for free. Go the extra mile to find a way to secure your KTTW just like you secure your park ticket, room keys, car keys, credit cards, ATM cards, and cash.
I'm constantly in my daily life taking things in and out of my pocket/wallet. I've never come close to losing something that never leaves my hand, and during EMH, your KTTW never leaves your hand. How is your risk of losing it suddenly through the roof? How are you suddenly so inconvenienced by this that you're considering never going to another EMH. Is that really the deciding factor here? That's really putting you over the top?
Sorry to ramble on so much. I'm honestly not intending to sound as harsh as I imagine I probably do, and believe me, I honestly acknowledge that this is definitely somewhat of an inconvenience in contrast to the wristbands. However, to me, this is hardly the one thing that would deter me from attending an EMH night. Personally, I kind of like the idea of not having to obtain a wristband and being able to just stay in the park. I slip out my card when the mood suits me to hop in line for an attraction, slip it back in after it's checked.