Disneyland implements facial recognition to keep the lines moving, but guests say they didn’t know it was optional

If you want to visit the “Happiest Place on Earth,” you’ll go through a new gatekeeper first: facial recognition. Recommended Video The Anaheim resort has expanded facial-recognition technology at entrances to Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure after months of limited testing, reads Disney’s privacy notice, in which the company states the intention is to make reentry easier and to prevent fraud. Disney says the system is optional: Guests who do not want to use it can enter through non-facial-recognition lanes, where a cast member manually validates their ticket. However, those guests may still have their photos taken, even as Disney says biometric technology is not used on those images.

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