Allowing Section Drop-Ins vs. Selling Daily Admission Passes

Updated on Dec 03, 2025

Who is a drop-in?

A drop-in is a participant who joins a section without registering up before the start time on PARKS DIRECT.

What are daily admissions?

	Pros	Cons
Section Drop-Ins	Counted toward a section’s maximum participants (12 out of 15 registered, which allows three drop-in spots) Only need one report for a section, List/Course revenue list Career staff can add drop-in availability without assistance from the Help Desk Calculates attendance properly	Can only be sold one hour before class start times (and throughout a class) Still needs an Activity Section to be created in order to support a “Drop-In Only” program Not sold for sections that are full
Daily Admission Pass	Sold at any time Easier to process additional sales outside of scheduled class times Can be re-purposed for “Drop-In Only” programs	Calculates attendance at the time of sale (not associated with class times) Not counted toward a section’s maximum participants Need to run multiple reports to collect attendance/revenue numbers (ex. section roster report and daily pass report) Career staff can’t create daily admissions alone, requires assistance from the Help Desk

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