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Starting this Saturday,  all U.S. Walt Disney World and Disneyland resorts and parks will require anyone under the age of 14 to be accompanied by someone who is older than 14. Since kids that age typically do not carry identification with them, an employee will verbally determine whether the guest is too young to enter on his or her own. (Apparently, Disney is very trusting.) If the visitor is underage, their parent/ guardian will be contacted and will need to physically come accompany the child into the park. The parks have no minimum age requirement now, but chose 14 based on guest surveys and input from child-welfare organizations. A Disney spokesperson said that no particular incident triggered the change in policy. Rather, it was a move to set a consistent age policy across domestic resorts.