Is Walt Disney World going to 100% security screenings at the parks?

[zaccaglin]

Epcots no bag line was 100% metal detector this evening.

 

[bluezy]

Epcots no bag line was 100% metal detector this evening.

Did you happen to notice if they had a dedicated "small bags" line? I carry a wallet on a string that I often keep in my pocket for the start of my day but sometimes end up wearing it as a crossbody bag. I'm just trying to figure out if it's going to be quicker/easier to wear it as a bag and go through a "small bag" line or to just keep it in my pocket and go through the no bag line and need to go through the metal detector. Did those going through the metal detector need to empty *everything* out of their pockets or just the things that have metal...would I have to pull out the rain poncho, lip gloss, etc. or just my phone and wallet with metal clasps?

 

[zaccaglin]

Did you happen to notice if they had a dedicated "small bags" line? I carry a wallet on a string that I often keep in my pocket for the start of my day but sometimes end up wearing it as a crossbody bag. I'm just trying to figure out if it's going to be quicker/easier to wear it as a bag and go through a "small bag" line or to just keep it in my pocket and go through the no bag line and need to go through the metal detector. Did those going through the metal detector need to empty *everything* out of their pockets or just the things that have metal...would I have to pull out the rain poncho, lip gloss, etc. or just my phone and wallet with metal clasps?

No I did not notice, nor was I looking, I was just passing by on my way to break. They were doing it again tonight.

 

[bluezy]

No I did not notice, nor was I looking, I was just passing by on my way to break. They were doing it again tonight.

Thanks for responding. I worry about the most insignificant things some times. We're heading to Epcot for a few hours in the evening on our arrival day so I'll be able to try the no bag line and see just how much of a pain it is to empty my pockets for the metal detector (if they're still making everyone go through it). We won't be in a rush that night so it won't matter how long it takes.

 

[beer dave]

We have been no bags all week-- and have been sent through the metal detectors every time, along with everyone else no bag. The detectors are set so sensitive that the snaps on my cargo shorts set them off. Most of the staff have been very respectful, but the whole process is getting old. When everyone sets off the detector for a baggie tie, it's going to get really slow. my wife has a cloth phone case / wallet. They are calling it a bag now. I can fit it in my cargo shorts (it's the size of my wallet) and take it through the scanner, but the clasp for the strap sets off the metal detector also.

 

[bluezy]

We have been no bags all week-- and have been sent through the metal detectors every time, along with everyone else no bag. The detectors are set so sensitive that the snaps on my cargo shorts set them off. Most of the staff have been very respectful, but the whole process is getting old. When everyone sets off the detector for a baggie tie, it's going to get really slow. my wife has a cloth phone case / wallet. They are calling it a bag now. I can fit it in my cargo shorts (it's the size of my wallet) and take it through the scanner, but the clasp for the strap sets off the metal detector also.

I'm beginning to think that I might as well just allow the extra time to go through the regular bag check every day. I can do that while my husband inevitably will be holding up the line for the people going through the metal detectors as he has an artificial hip and always unintentionally causes a scene at airports as well. Maybe I should make him carry my wallet-on-a-string (that is usually in my pocket) and go through the bag check line so he can avoid the metal detector and *I'll* go through the no bag line. I'm only half joking.

 

[AngiTN]

We have been no bags all week-- and have been sent through the metal detectors every time, along with everyone else no bag. The detectors are set so sensitive that the snaps on my cargo shorts set them off. Most of the staff have been very respectful, but the whole process is getting old. When everyone sets off the detector for a baggie tie, it's going to get really slow. my wife has a cloth phone case / wallet. They are calling it a bag now. I can fit it in my cargo shorts (it's the size of my wallet) and take it through the scanner, but the clasp for the strap sets off the metal detector also.

Yuck. Wonder if they set the sensors up on them or something? DH wears only cargo shorts and snaps or zippers have never caused it to go off in our trips. And I have a metal loop on my pouch that holds my ID and AP and that hasn't set it off. We are back in 2 weeks so we'll see if that changes things.

The bag your wife has sounds like the one DD has and we did find that in some cases they called it a bag and others they didn't. Maybe they clarified the rules to all guards now?

 

[beer dave]

Yuck. Wonder if they set the sensors up on them or something? DH wears only cargo shorts and snaps or zippers have never caused it to go off in our trips. And I have a metal loop on my pouch that holds my ID and AP and that hasn't set it off. We are back in 2 weeks so we'll see if that changes things.

The bag your wife has sounds like the one DD has and we did find that in some cases they called it a bag and others they didn't. Maybe they clarified the rules to all guards now?

It was only one that said it was a bag. It just made it more difficult to decide what to do-- We really want to do what we are supposed to do, but they don't seem to know what that is...Really don;t want to go through bag check just because DW needs some hygene products...... a little violating.

 

[betrent75]

It was only one that said it was a bag. It just made it more difficult to decide what to do-- We really want to do what we are supposed to do, but they don't seem to know what that is...Really don;t want to go through bag check just because DW needs some hygene products...... a little violating.

I have a wristlet I carry on trips to WDW and always have to use the bag check lane. It's only big enough to hold my AP, an ID, and my cell phone but it's a bag. A small bag line is hugely efficient! I always get stuck behind the family moving into the park with 10 bags. I'd
Love to put it in a pocket and go through the no bag line, but I want to do the right thing. I get too nervous otherwise.

 

[AngiTN]

I have a wristlet I carry on trips to WDW and always have to use the bag check lane. It's only big enough to hold my AP, an ID, and my cell phone but it's a bag. A small bag line is hugely efficient! I always get stuck behind the family moving into the park with 10 bags. I'd
Love to put it in a pocket and go through the no bag line, but I want to do the right thing. I get too nervous otherwise.

I have a Disney Vera zipper pouch with a loop in my pocket that holds my ID and AP and I sure don't use the bag line for it. You can always view your wristlet as your wallet. Plenty of people carry a wallet in the park all the time and they sure don't use the bag line for it. Your bag holding an ID and AP is the same thing. Take your phone out of it for going in if that makes you feel better, that way it is only holding what a wallet holds.

 

[betrent75]

I have a Disney Vera zipper pouch with a loop in my pocket that holds my ID and AP and I sure don't use the bag line for it. You can always view your wristlet as your wallet. Plenty of people carry a wallet in the park all the time and they sure don't use the bag line for it. Your bag holding an ID and AP is the same thing. Take your phone out of it for going in if that makes you feel better, that way it is only holding what a wallet holds.

I sure would love that but A screener told me to use the bag check so I do. The actual bag is a little larger than my hand (I'm a very tall person-big hands).

I've considered just switching to a small wallet and carrying my phone in my pocket. I wish they'd make ladies jean's pockets larger

 

[ponyboy]

I would agree but when you have people trying to bring guns into MK in the last year it helps sway me the other way.

You are around people with guns all of the time when you're out in public. What makes Disney any different?

 

[Maistre Gracey]

You are around people with guns all of the time when you're out in public. What makes Disney any different?

True, but there's no denying WDW would be a trophy place for the terrorist nutjobs.

MG

 

[manning]

It's going to be interesting when I refuse to go thru the metal detector. I have a defibrillator. If I went thru it I'd get one hell of a shock. At the airport they pat me down.

 

[1lilspark]

I have a feeling that after the senseless shootings in Orlando this weekend they will go 100% for bag and no bag

 

[Guyton dis lover]

I have a feeling that after the senseless shootings in Orlando this weekend they will go 100% for bag and no bag

I am OK with that. Some folks need to wake up we are at war. I have been to war and all I can say is they are winning. They can check me any time.I am all for it.

 

[Shanti]

I am OK with that. Some folks need to wake up we are war. I have been to war and all I can say is they are winning. They can check me any time.I am all for it.

I'm supportive of intensive security checks (the more, the better, imo), but disagree that "they are winning". On the contrary, I think their fundamentalist worldview & lifestyle is in its death throws, they know it, and that's why they're rallying together to strike out, in a last-ditch effort to succeed. They're inflicting damage, but that's not the same thing as winning their Islamic fundamentalist culture war. That is already lost, and in a generation or two will be only a memory. In the meantime, though, the normal world has more tragedies and security issues to cope with.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

This was a hate crime from the surface...

Can we wait and see what happens before we start rolling out Dick Cheney taglines?

 

[Guyton dis lover]

Yea
Paris
San Bernardino
Brussels Air Port.
Orlando
Inflicting Damage.
Damage is something that you can fix. Those people that went out in Paris, went to the Air Port inBrussels , to the Christmas party in San Bernaedino were not damage , the people in Orlando. They were people
I live in a military town and I see what is going on. Our military is being reduced to the pre WW2 size. We are at war you can take it to them or they will take it to you.

 

[PuppyJonathan]

After the past two nights the city has went through, I will gladly accept 100% security at the parks. I am heartbroken for Orlando and I definitely don't want this to damper my future visits. Because I love that city so much I am only hoping for things to get better