PHOTOS - New bag check areas greatly enhance Magic Kingdom arrival experience

[larryz]

Wow - that sure eats some Security CM hours!

 

[Shane7694]

I think this is a great idea!!

 

[PREMiERdrum]

I'm wondering with WDI there if they are planning on incorporating a more permanent or thematic structure for this.

Yes. They're testing the layout now, and permanent, themed structures will be built after they see what works best.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Wow - that sure eats some Security CM hours!

Disney creating jobs instead of cutting.

 

[glvsav37]

Placement at the contemporary seems intrusive and problematic. How do guests access that restroom now?

It all looks very sloppy and thrown together. I seriously hope it will become more well integrated and presentable

since they started talking about this, the CR is the one place where I was wondering how it would set up. I agree, its an awkward and really obtrusive location. I was thinking they would set up more by the escalators but that leaves the elevator open. No real good location for this at all there.

 

[ToTBellHop]

How lovely it will be for those arriving by bus to NOT see a mob at security on arrival. I'm sure they will make the screening areas more aesthetically pleasing with time. For now the focus is exact positioning, guest flow, and staffing. It will certainly mean shorter lines for most.

Contemp is the most clunky. Perhaps they will create a fenced-in walkway to the restrooms and arcade with time.

 

[deeevo]

Anyone have a photo of Poly? Just curious to see the setup. I assuming it is on the platform.

 

[Tebo]

Any word on how traveling to Epcot via monorail works? Does one have to go through 2 security checks now?

 

[Brent_S]

I've never and don't plan on park hopping at WDW so some of the talk here doesn't bother me. Love the clear view though upon getting to the entrance now.

 

[Rteetz]

Any word on how traveling to Epcot via monorail works? Does one have to go through 2 security checks now?

Each time entering a park you have to go through a security check. Only time that changes is if you have the express bus.

 

[nickys]

The photos aren't opening up for me.

What's the arrangement for the walking path from Contemporary? At the end of the path, or do we join the bus lines?

 

[Horizons78]

I am all for metal detectors and "making guest feel safe", but this does nothing for the problem of biologicals.

It does nothing for a number of possible threats, but that's not what they are attempting to address. Moving security out from in front of MK and away from significant groups of stationary people is the goal.

 

[PREMiERdrum]

What's the arrangement for the walking path from Contemporary?

You will be directed into the new tents screening those arriving by bus.

 

[Rteetz]

You will be directed into the new tents screening those arriving by bus.

I had heard there was a single screening just for the walking path. Is it for sure that you are directed to the bus screenings?

 

[PREMiERdrum]

I had heard there was a single screening just for the walking path. Is it for sure that you are directed to the bus screenings?

I'm 995 miles away in beautiful Columbus, Ohio, but that's the way it was described to me last night.

 

[JDL30]

I am all for metal detectors and "making guest feel safe", but this does nothing for the problem of biologicals.

How would you propose they tackle a threat like that? No system can be fool proof - but the changes here address the issue of bottle-necking at the front of the park. The only way to tackle the threat of bioglogicals is to stop masses of people gathering in one place - kind of difficult to stop...

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Any early feedback about how each area is handling the load? That location in the Contemporary strikes me as a major nuisance for resort guests.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I am all for metal detectors and "making guest feel safe", but this does nothing for the problem of biologicals.

Wh...

Yeah it doesn't do anything to prevent a nuclear warhead either. What's your point?

 

[danlb_2000]

I had heard there was a single screening just for the walking path. Is it for sure that you are directed to the bus screenings?

Is the Epcot monorail station within the security perimeter?

 

[wdwmagic]

Anyone have a photo of Poly? Just curious to see the setup. I assuming it is on the platform.

It is on the platform, exactly like the GF.

 

[wdwmagic]

Placement at the contemporary seems intrusive and problematic. How do guests access that restroom now?

The Contemp setup is messy. There is a security point for guests using the escalator, and a second one for guests using the elevator. There is a gap in between the two that allows access to the restroom.