Walt Disney World takes biometrics to a whole new scary level. If you want to hang with Mickey and Goofy, get ready to get fingerprinted the high-tech way …

While biometric identification in time and attendance systems has become more and more commonplace in the workplace, the world of leisure had lagged behind … just a bit.

That’s all over now, baby blue.

Welcome to the remake of George Orwell’s 1984, brought to you by Disney and Company, twenty-one years in the making.

If you want to get into Disney World this summer, you need to be ready to show your index and middle fingers to a new-fangled fingerprint scanner that links your digits to your ticket. Disney’s Ticket Tag scanners rely on geometry scans, rather than ink pads and prints. The company rolled out the system for all mouse-eared fun-seekers after a pilot run with season ticket holders.

I’m not sure if I have a problem with it or not, given our day and age. After all, it sure beats having your head cryogenically frozen …