Magical Express won't check a bag.

[BigTxEars]

I feel a debate coming on!!!

Oh yeah I can see that!

But not to worry I have enough in my house for me and that other poster....and a "few" more folks as well. During the Zombie apocalypse, ya'll all head this way! But bring some food and drink.

 

[stevehousse]

Oh yeah I can see that!

But not to worry I have enough in my house for me and that other poster....and a "few" more folks as well. During the Zombie apocalypse, ya'll all head this way! But bring some food and drink.

I'll take Michone's machete!

 

[BigTxEars]

I'll take Michone's machete!

 

[HatboxGhost]

Guns don't kill people................its those damn bullets!!!

 

[Goofyernmost]

Guns don't kill people................its those **** bullets!!!

Wanna bet that I can hit you with a gun hard enough to kill you. Pay in advance though, if you don't mind.

 

[The Mom]

Could people get back on topic, please? Thank you.

 

[SilentWindODoom]

THANK YOU. Even after 10 years of countless WDW visits, we were UNAWARE of this practice. Now we understand that it could occur... in which case, we're just grabbing a cab to the airport, forthwith.

Aw. I hope you're being sarcastic. I can't tell. XD

This is our third year of using Magic Express, and the first time it's happened or I've even heard of it happening. It's a rare enough occurrence that the benefits far outway the risks. Plus, my dad mentioned what happened at the front desk, and they said they'd take my mom's bag anyway. I'm not sure how that works, but I guess we managed to slip through the cracks of the system. Given how many of us had never heard of this, and how many people have used the service, I'm sure the risk is slim to none.

 

[Victor Kelly]

I feel a debate coming on!!!

Nope personal choice.

 

[Victor Kelly]

So to avoid the issue with TSA while at Disney, would it be reasonable to believe that you can just check in at the airport instead?

 

[BigTxEars]

So to avoid the issue with TSA while at Disney, would it be reasonable to believe that you can just check in at the airport instead?

When they hit us with it in June we just took all of our bags to MCO and checked in. No harm no foul, MCO does a great job of getting people thru the airport IMO.

 

[Tom]

Never heard of that either but I guess it is common.
It never fails that on my flight home from Disney, TSA searches my luggage.
I never understood why. I don't buy souvenirs, but no matter who I travel with, every time I open my suitcase and find the note that says due to blah..blah..blah TSA safety blah.. your luggage was pulled for a security check. But no one else in my party ever has it happen to them.
I wish they would at least fold my clothes back instead of just jamming them back into the suitcase!

Exactly why my smelliest dirty laundry goes on top of everything else in my suitcase. I was disappointed that I didn't get a TSA love note in my bag after our recent August trip

 

[LAKid53]

Never heard of that either but I guess it is common.
It never fails that on my flight home from Disney, TSA searches my luggage.
I never understood why. I don't buy souvenirs, but no matter who I travel with, every time I open my suitcase and find the note that says due to blah..blah..blah TSA safety blah.. your luggage was pulled for a security check. But no one else in my party ever has it happen to them.
I wish they would at least fold my clothes back instead of just jamming them back into the suitcase!

I believe unless you've paid the fee to be on the bypass list, then TSA has every right to search your luggage. I'd rather TSA paw through my luggage than risk getting blown out of the sky.....

 

[LAKid53]

Pack a flare gun, and only a flare gun. You declare it to the ticket agent. If TSA wishes to search your bag, they have to page you. You must be present to open the suitcase. You cannot touch it other than that. They are not allowed to open it due to federal firearms transportation laws.

It works very very well.

And a flight you might be missing.....

 

[Tom]

And a flight you might be missing.....

Yeah....sounds like a brilliant idea.

 

[LAKid53]

Yeah....sounds like a brilliant idea.

Yup. Two words I've told my daughter to never utter, even in jest, once you've walked into an airport terminal - "gun" and "bomb". That is unless you want to miss that flight to Hawaii, be stripped searched and end up on a "no fly" list....

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

I believe unless you've paid the fee to be on the bypass list, then TSA has every right to search your luggage. I'd rather TSA paw through my luggage than risk getting blown out of the sky.....

? I never said they didn't.

I was just saying that my luggage always gets searched but no one else in my travel party and made a "joke" about them folding my clothes back.

 

[LAKid53]

? I never said they didn't.

I was just saying that my luggage always gets searched but no one else in my travel party and made a "joke" about them folding my clothes back.

Well, I've never flown since the new rules were implemented and NOT had a TSA agent go through my check-in luggage. And my rinky dinky airport has the "explosives" scanner the luggage goes through first.

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

Well, I've never flown since the new rules were implemented and NOT had a TSA agent go through my check-in luggage. And my rinky dinky airport has the "explosives" scanner the luggage goes through first.

Okay. It only happens when I come home through MCO. But I don't really care, I was just joking about them folding my clothes back.
They can search my luggage all they want. I have nothing to hide.

Ironically whenever I check my various knife kits (for culinary purposes) they never search my luggage lol.

 

[LAKid53]

Okay. It only happens when I come home through MCO. But I don't really care, I was just joking about them folding my clothes back.
They can search my luggage all they want. I have nothing to hide.

Ironically whenever I check my various knife kits (for culinary purposes) they never search my luggage lol.

I flew back with my dad's ashes in a nice bronze "urn" (more like a square box) that couldn't be opened. That TSA agent took his time going over that "urn" with his magic piece of cloth, even though I handed him the notice from the funeral home. And that's when I learned to NOT TALK TO THEM - he kept giving me dirty looks - and let them do their jobs. Yeah, he left the clothes in my suitcase all in a jumble, but they would have been that way anyway once the baggage handlers finished throwing our suitcases around. I'm just glad he let me go through because I would have had to explain to the family why me and Dad didn't show up for his service.....

 

[Tom]

I flew back with my dad's ashes in a nice bronze "urn" (more like a square box) that couldn't be opened. That TSA agent took his time going over that "urn" with his magic piece of cloth, even though I handed him the notice from the funeral home. And that's when I learned to NOT TALK TO THEM - he kept giving me dirty looks - and let them do their jobs. Yeah, he left the clothes in my suitcase all in a jumble, but they would have been that way anyway once the baggage handlers finished throwing our suitcases around. I'm just glad he let me go through because I would have had to explain to the family why me and Dad didn't show up for his service.....

Idiots.

My wife brought home a tin of hot chocolate mix and you would have thought she actually had a bomb in her bag. Alcohol swabbing, x-rays, etc. You just want to say, "Really? Why don't you do your profiling now, and use some logic in this situation?"