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cjkeating
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It's very unlikely we'll see these in Paris in the future as in simplest terms the scanners aren't that reliable. In essence they are 'intelligent' detectors that use some AI/algorithms to try and decide if the object you are carrying is suspicious or not. They can be pretty reliable when detecting firearms as they were made for the US but knives or explosives far less so and DLP needs to be screening for all of those.
The ancillary checkpoints are (finally) being upgraded to something bigger and more substantial and to match the style of the main gate ones. Although why they’ve cleared the wider area by HNYAOM I’ve no idea.
In theory the main gate has enough lanes now to reduce wait times as opposed to installing new styles of equipment (which as cj said is unlikely) although in the bigger picture would that also need replacement scanners at the hotels too? And would that potentially need to address the historic lack of checks at the values too?
Trekkie101
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The values aren't contained enough I don't think that you ever could.
They have a US style one at the Newport, I figured it was being tested last time I wandered through it.
They have a US style one at the Newport, I figured it was being tested last time I wandered through it.
Indeed. It’s odd you can walk into and through Santa Fe with a backpack and enter New York via the lake entrance. A flaw in the system or a hole in the theatre. Or a bit of both.
Trekkie101
Well-Known Member
It does seem theatre at the hotels. The DLH is the only hotel I've seen it taken seriously. Although I've heard for Bastille Day and NYE they take it a lot more serious across the whole resort.
nickys
Premium Member
From the bus / parking lot?
Lake side
nickys
Premium Member
To get to the lake side you’ve been through security.
If you arrive by train you go through the Disney Village security as if you were heading to the parks.
I assume if you arrive at the south side you also have to go through security before entering the Village.
There certainly used to be security on the lake side of each hotel.
And Santa Fe doesn’t have security anymore if I’m not mistaken? You can reach any hotel via the lake through Santa Fe
nickys
Premium Member
And thinking about it, I did leave via the front entrance to the parking lot and I don’t remember seeing any security on my way out, my previous visit they were right by the main entrance with the bag scanners. May have just missed them as I wasn’t exactly looking for them but I’m pretty certain they weren’t there.
Sequoias lucky in that there is a little indoor corridor to the right of the main entrance doors they use as an “in” that has the checks in there . A bit like the DLH. Newport is the poor relation still using a tent outside. Not quite the upmarket experience.
Aside from covid checks I don’t think I’ve ever seen any security checks lakeside at any hotel. I assume the out of hours magic pass readers still wotk on those doors.
We had to go through lakeside security scanners at Newport in 2018. I honestly don't remember if any of the other lake hotels had them.
Gusey
Well-Known Member
Cheyenne has a bag check when you walk into the main lobby building, and when people tried to use the right-hand side doors, they were made to walk back through the left doors for a bag check. But if you're not going into the main lobby, you can still get through to the rooms and river via a side entrance near the starbucks
They were gone in 2020 and 23. Don’t think they had them in the early 2000s
mrflo
Well-Known Member
TWDC just announced their Q3 FY24 Earnings results. DLP was mentioned as part of the Q4 outlook as well:
"At our Experiences segment, we expect that the demand moderation we saw in our domestic businesses in Q3 could impact the next few quarters. While we are actively monitoring attendance and guest spending and aggressively managing our cost base, we expect Q4 Experiences segment operating income to decline by mid single digits versus the prior year, reflecting these underlying dynamics as well as impacts at Disneyland Paris from a reduction in normal consumer travel due to the Olympics, and some cyclical softening in China."
Full report here
"At our Experiences segment, we expect that the demand moderation we saw in our domestic businesses in Q3 could impact the next few quarters. While we are actively monitoring attendance and guest spending and aggressively managing our cost base, we expect Q4 Experiences segment operating income to decline by mid single digits versus the prior year, reflecting these underlying dynamics as well as impacts at Disneyland Paris from a reduction in normal consumer travel due to the Olympics, and some cyclical softening in China."
Full report here
