I know this has been discussed to ad nauseum, but I'm still confused! So, we have TWO season passes and all the vouchers - I bought my passes early. Can I use two vouchers at the same time if only one of the pass holders is present? I will be the only pass holder, but I'd like to treat my sister and niece.
I think as long as you are the season pass holder it doesnt matter. But I could be wrong, its been known to happen
I did this last year and it worked great, but as they say on those stock broker TV commercials, "past performance is no guarantee of future success".
Well since they have redone this program you can't just go through the turnstiles with a voucher.
You must take your voucher with the correlating Season Pass holder to a ticket booth first.
If you purchased your passes together then they should all be part of the same confirmation number, this number is located at the bottom left of your pass and voucher. As long as your numbers match you can exchange that voucher for a ticket.
So if you have a pass that matches two vouchers for the appropriate date than only one pass holder needs to be in line with your photo ID and Season Pass.
Copper, that's what I thought, too. Hopefully, it will work.
Cooper-
That is exactly what the lady told us when we bought our passes. We made sure to be clear since we buy so many passes and we rely on the baf for other family members coming along.
For instance we bought 10 season passes, but all have the same "serial number" and the baf has the same "serial number" so they are not a one to one relationship.
Honestly I am glad they did this. It was wither that, OR the would continue losing money from people selling their passes.
It's not even just the loss of potential income from the sold passes, I'm sure there were a TON of issues we don't even know about from the black market that was in such force during the last few seasons. Everyone and their dog expected to get into the city for less than $25. That brings in a certain type of clientele for one thing...
I hope they can come up with a better solution soon.
I can't wait for the day when I can search about Branson on eBay without sifting through dozens of BAF passes. :P
I SOO agree Ozark! I know times can be tough, and this id the only way for some to get to the park...buy a discount ticket on the black market, BUT we are all going to lose this priveledge if is continued to be abused as it was. The powers that be will simply say "ok no more freebies!" and then a few bad apples will have spoiled all for us folks that DO in fact utilize them and do not abuse the system. A bit more furstrating I agree, but a small price to pay I guess.
I def agree they needed to put a new plan in place, but...they should also train their employees to be consistent. There have been many posts in the past few years, on this forum and others, from people discussing how they got in with BAFs w/o a pass holder.
i think that they have the right idea, but maybe just went a bit far with the rules...
They should let the BAF through the turnstile with corosponding ((spell?)) passes... they could have 1 "lane" that takes the passes, IF somebody tries to get in without the season pass holder.... they simply would be turned away..
As mentioned the employees need to be instructed and then held accountable.
Well it seems to be pretty consistent now- if you don't have a pass holder with your voucher you can buy a ticket or go get your pass holder. Can you imagine how long the SP Only turnstile would be and then when the person that doesn't get in starts to yell at the turnstile employee and backs the line up even more, that would be crazy and a nightmare.
you know the funny part is sometimes those BAF passes on ebay go for as much as a buy get one day free ticket.
LOL!! you right jmc.. I have seen them bring 35-45.00 each AND they are 10 or 15.00 BAF'S!!! how funny!!
Has anyone used the BAfs yet? I am interested in the execution of the new procedure and if its easy or time consuming.
I used 2 and we all got there at 9am and got right on thru no problem. Easy peasy. Told the turnstyle lady they were with us and zipped on thru. Got ID'd both days. That was the first time I had ever been asked for ID.
Used our BAF's for our neighboors and had to pay the $10 apiece for them but my daughter used hers for here 4 year old son and did not have to pay.
Thats great! Glad the BAF's are working..!!!
I always give them my I.D. with my pass..
Quote from: MissinTheGreenTrams on March 18, 2012, 02:53:14 PM
I used 2 and we all got there at 9am and got right on thru no problem. Easy peasy. Told the turnstyle lady they were with us and zipped on thru. Got ID'd both days. That was the first time I had ever been asked for ID.
I thought it had this all figured out but now I'm a bit confused. Why would the turnstyle lady care who they were with? I thought you went to the ticket window with your guests where they exchanged the vouchers for a one day pass. Then to the turnstyles to present the one day pass which I was assuming would appear to be just like a ticket someone had walked in and bought. Since you've already proven you're there with the guest at the ticket window, why did they have to ask again at the turnstyle? I know they ask for your ID as a passholder, but why your guests?
They ID'd me and checked my tickets with theirs.
^^I wonder if the answer to the question of ID'ing at the turnstiles is that some people arrive with tickets already in hand, therefore bypassing the ticket booths. Also, there is relatively free access to the area between the booths and the turnstiles, around the waterclock and such. It's possible that some underhanded deals could be made in that area that ID'ing at the turnstiles would discourage.
QuoteI used 2 and we all got there at 9am and got right on thru no problem. Easy peasy. Told the turnstyle lady they were with us and zipped on thru. Got ID'd both days. That was the first time I had ever been asked for ID.
So are they not requiring you go through the standard line to exchange the voucher for a ticket and THEN go through the turnstyle? Or are they just checking your id at the turnstyle??
Go through the ticket line to exchange then through the turnstyle. It sounds like a hassel but its not too bad.
I am glad its not time consuming. I do get antsy when I am making my way in to the city.
It does sound like a hassle especially if you have to get "checked" twice. If someone has a ticket from a voucher then that means they have been to the ticket booth with the passholder so sdc should be satisfied. Not sure what kind of underhanded activity could be taking place by the waterclock. I suppose you could go redeem your vouchers and then try to sell them between the ticket booth and turnstyles but I really don't see that being a big issue. Once again I don't see the need for double id'ing. Once the voucher has been exchanged for the ticket sdc should be satisfied and that guest should be no different than someone who shows up at the park and pays cash for a one day pass. Sdc doesn't care who they are or who they're with, the same thinking should prevail once the vouchers have been exchanged.
WELLLL remember........ the people at the turnstyle doesnt know who has been ID'd or not.....
They dont know if you are walking straight in form the trams, or if you have been through the ticket booth...
Right??? ??? ??? or not? or am I looking at this wrong..
When it comes to exchanging vouchers you need to go to the ticket booths with the people you are getting in and show your ID and Season Pass that matches the voucher. You then can proceed to the turnstiles where you can enter with or without your guests. (Guest Vouchers once exchanged must be used on that day) As for IDing at the turnstiles- if you are a Season Pass holder your pass says you may be ID, so you need to have it with you just in case they ID you.
It is best to arrive before 10:00am and after 1:00pm or you may have to wait in line.
So as I said before I used 2 BAFs. The people I used them on were back home in Joplin by 2 that day and made time to stop at Bass Pro.........I am a little peeved. >:(
Home by 2 ???.
And stopped in springfield? ???
On opening weekend? ???
Thats what? like 2 hours in the park? ???
SAY IT ISNT SO!!!! :o :o :o :o
Quote from: MissinTheGreenTrams on March 21, 2012, 09:27:55 AM
So as I said before I used 2 BAFs. The people I used them on were back home in Joplin by 2 that day and made time to stop at Bass Pro.........I am a little peeved. >:(
Doesn't that burn your britches?
QuoteSo as I said before I used 2 BAFs. The people I used them on were back home in Joplin by 2 that day and made time to stop at Bass Pro.........I am a little peeved.
I would be a little upset myself, 2 hours is not worth you wasting your free pass on, I guess you know who you will NOT be taking again.
Um just by a little bit.....On one hand it wasnt like I was using them but on the other if I am going to just hand over some free tickets to the best place on earth.....ugh. Next time either one of yall get my BAFs or my Daddy does.
Quote from: sanddunerider on March 20, 2012, 07:09:46 PM
WELLLL remember........ the people at the turnstyle doesnt know who has been ID'd or not.....
They dont know if you are walking straight in form the trams, or if you have been through the ticket booth...
Right??? ??? ??? or not? or am I looking at this wrong..
No. And yes you're looking at it wrong. :) The people at the turnstyle shouldn't care about id'ing you unless you have a season pass. That's the only ticket that has a name on it, unless these new voucher exchange tickets have the name of the guest you're bringing, which I couldn't imagine. The ID'ing should take place at the
ticket booth with the season pass holder when trading the voucher for a ticket. And yes, the passholder should get id'd at the turnstyle. The guest that now has a ticket should
not need to be id'd, since it's already been established that the season pass holder is there, otherwise they wouldn't have a ticket in the first place. That's the part I had a problem with, and I'm still not sure if that's what's going on but when I read in the previous post "we told the turnstyle people they were with us" that's when I started getting concerned. With the old BAF's your guest was never ID'd, nor should they have been. Perhaps checking to see if the passholder was there, yes, but SDC doesn't know your guest from Adam and shouldn't care. Hope that makes sense....