Thorough bag checks

[bobogator]

Just curious...visited AK and HS today, and both bag checks were deeper and longer than usual, including removing items from the bags for closer inspection. Is there an elevated threat level at the parks or is this the bag check routine going forward?

 

[disney4life2008]

I think it varies. Sometimes they ask you remove items other times they spot check.

 

[marni1971]

Depends who's doing it and what side of the bed they got out of.

Each year we have some who takes one glance and clears, others who want every last zipper opened.

 

[Matt_Black]

I brought an old bag to the parks once, and the guards were none too pleased. Understandable- my mother-in-law gets on my nerves too!

(Kidding- I don't actually have a mother-in-law)

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Were you showing your Disney side as the cast of Aladdin?

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

I think it depends on who's doing the checking.

 

[pixiesteno]

I think it depends on the guard that you get. There maybe times that the threat level is higher and they just check better but it is not like they are going to say "hey, we feel there is an elevated threat" and cause mass hysteria.
There is also instances that a guest's behavior leads to a longer check as illustrated: We were going into the international gateway entrance to EPCOT one day and it was mid-day and not busy at all. Generally, the guards will check one person on one side and then one on the other side. There was a gentleman across from us in a wheelchair, then it should have been to our side with my bag next. Well, this woman came waltzing up in the line behind the gentleman with the wheelchair and essentially threw her purse down towards the guard and declared in her best step-sister voice "I am next" She almost pushed the poor man in the wheelchair out of the way to get closer to the guard. We were all pretty taken aback by her demeanor and behavior. So the guard gave her what she wanted, he searched her bag next. Yep, the whole bag, made her take out stuff and all. He had her cooling her heels for a couple of minutes while he leisurely inspected the bag. Then he apologized to me for the wait, glanced in my bag and told me to go ahead. She was still repacking her designer handbag when we walked away.

 

[JIMINYCR]

When I approach the bag check lanes I stand aside momentarily and watch to see which lane has a Barney Fife type whose being about every small pouch and item. Then I step into the line thats got a guy who looks, does his job, but isnt going overboard. Theres always ONE guy every time...

 

[Hakunamatata]

When I approach the bag check lanes I stand aside momentarily and watch to see which lane has a Barney Fife type whose being **** about every small pouch and item. Then I step into the line thats got a guy who looks, does his job, but isnt going overboard. Theres always ONE guy every time...

Yep and you better hope that one guy is the one the dude with the pipe bomb chooses as their line to go through.

 

[JIMINYCR]

Yep and you better hope that one guy is the one the dude with the pipe bomb chooses as their line to go through.

Be real....Bag checks are a joke. If they were really interested in doing a thorough job there would be more technology to screen out your "pipe bomb" guest or anyone else thats intent on getting through. Even the Barney FIfe bag check guy isnt thorough enough to stop someone serious. So the way it is now, its more a nagging delay instead of being a real check.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Yep and you better hope that one guy is the one the dude with the pipe bomb chooses as their line to go through.

One can walk through the No Bags line with pockets stuffed and over flowing.

 

[Hakunamatata]

One can walk through the No Bags line with pockets stuffed and over flowing.

That is true.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I brought an old bag to the parks once, and the guards were none too pleased. Understandable- my mother-in-law gets on my nerves too!

(Kidding- I don't actually have a mother-in-law)

My coffee hadn't kicked in yet, this one took me a minute but then I had a good laugh!

 

[Polydweller]

Be real....Bag checks are a joke. If they were really interested in doing a thorough job there would be more technology to screen out your "pipe bomb" guest or anyone else thats intent on getting through. Even the Barney FIfe bag check guy isnt thorough enough to stop someone serious. So the way it is now, its more a nagging delay instead of being a real check.

Be real...you should have seen what they found at bag checks this week. I saw two knives, selfie sticks, and several other sharp objects. Every time I went through they found something.

The other thing, take a look at the people casually standing around. They are observing people to see if they look suspicious. Three times last week I saw people who got through bag check who were 'greeted' by these casual observers who took them aside and did a much more thorough check, and in two of those cases called over the Orange County Sherrif officers. Be real...the real cops are there just not very obvious.

So, there is a lot more going on than you may think. Just be a bit more observant the next time.

 

[mousehockey37]

One can walk through the No Bags line with pockets stuffed and over flowing.

I went through bag check with a decent screener only to be stopped 2 steps later by a plain clothers officer asking what was in the pockets of my cargo shorts (it was my wallet and cell phone). Take that FWIW.

 

[Rescue Ranger]

I wish they were always more thorough. Better safe than sorry. Do not wait for something very serious to happen before implementing more secure checks.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I wish they were always more thorough. Better safe than sorry. Do not wait for something very serious to happen before implementing more secure checks.

So stop and search every vehicle as it enters property?

 

[Rescue Ranger]

So stop and search every vehicle as it enters property?

Even if it was some sort of scanner the vehicle went through when going through the gates.

It's a crazy world. Whatever needs to be done to keep the parks safe!
I'm one of the ones who is happy when it takes long to board a flight. Check every last nook and cranny before getting anything or anyone on the plane I say.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Even if it was some sort of scanner the vehicle went through when going through the gates.

It's a crazy world. Whatever needs to be done to keep the parks safe!
I'm one of the ones who is happy when it takes long to board a flight. Check every last nook and cranny before getting anything or anyone on the plane I say.

So continuing to trend toward less violence and more peace than any other known point in human history is now crazy?

 

[disney4life2008]

I think it varies. Sometimes they ask you remove items other times they spot check.

Be real...you should have seen what they found at bag checks this week. I saw two knives, selfie sticks, and several other sharp objects. Every time I went through they found something.

The other thing, take a look at the people casually standing around. They are observing people to see if they look suspicious. Three times last week I saw people who got through bag check who were 'greeted' by these casual observers who took them aside and did a much more thorough check, and in two of those cases called over the Orange County Sherrif officers. Be real...the real cops are there just not very obvious.

So, there is a lot more going on than you may think. Just be a bit more observant the next time.

In regards to selfie sticks the ban seems to have almost eliminated people using their cell phones. I visited MK and EP yesterday and during dark events usage was considerably low. It was the first time in a long time I have rode Haunted Mansion and didnt see bright lights from the doombugies.