Disney wants to scan your face at the gate: Here's why

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on FoxNews.com. You walk up to the entrance at Disneyland or Disney California Adventure, tickets in hand, kids already pulling you forward. You scan in, and for a split second, a camera looks right back at you. It happens so fast you barely notice. For most people, it feels no different than tapping a phone or scanning a ticket. Just another step to get inside. But that quick moment is doing more than you might think. Facial recognition is now part of the experience at Disney parks. You probably just keep moving. Most of us do. But that split-second scan comes with tradeoffs worth knowing about. BIOMETRIC IRIS SCANNING LAUNCHES IN US CITIES FOR DIGITAL IDENTITY People walk past Cinderella's Castle at Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., on April 3, 2025. At the gat