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WDW Security Checks
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Dr Albert Falls
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Disney is a private company and they are free to profile all they want. Yes, they should APPEAR to check every grandma's handbag and every kid's backpack. But if you're a young man who's appearance or behavior would make the average person take a double-look at you in the airport... well, I'm sure Disney is gonna do the same.
Hurricane
New Member
Two things:
If someone wants to get something into disney or onto a plane there is no stopping them no matter how vigilant you are they will still get it past any number of security measures. At disney anyone thats done their homework (including reading this board) would know that they could sneak anything into the park by hiding it on their body and not carrying a bag
Second, The security checkpoints are very effectual at detering, they may not be very effective in catching contraban, but they may very well scare off someone who would bring something like that into the park, which I believe is their main purpose (otherwise everyone would be metal detected, patted down and every bag would be searched. Security checkpoints at the parks merely for deterence purposes
If someone wants to get something into disney or onto a plane there is no stopping them no matter how vigilant you are they will still get it past any number of security measures. At disney anyone thats done their homework (including reading this board) would know that they could sneak anything into the park by hiding it on their body and not carrying a bag
Second, The security checkpoints are very effectual at detering, they may not be very effective in catching contraban, but they may very well scare off someone who would bring something like that into the park, which I believe is their main purpose (otherwise everyone would be metal detected, patted down and every bag would be searched. Security checkpoints at the parks merely for deterence purposes
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
Lets look at this from a psycological viewpoint for a second.
Guests will feel safer from seeing guards search everyone and everything, no matter how effective or uneffective it is. So people with go to WDW and keep coming back because of the impression of safety.
Guests will feel safer from seeing guards search everyone and everything, no matter how effective or uneffective it is. So people with go to WDW and keep coming back because of the impression of safety.
RogueHabit
Well-Known Member
It would be pretty daft to do so.
Nice to know that the contingency is in place, and frankly no one on the outside needs to know and that's the way it should be.
Firewolfe51
Member
We were at WDW in October 2002 and May 2003. Both times there were security people at the front of every gate. All they did was make us open our bag. They didn't even dig around in it, in the pockets or anything!!! I really did not see them peeking into any strollers. Would we be offended if they asked to remove the kid? Security....not a big deal, they mean well.
Timekeeper
Well-Known Member
pointless
While some form of security may be necessary, the security searches at the front of the gates are pointless.
Anyone who wanted to bring something "bad" into the parks would not be deterred by someone with a blue baseball cap and a 6 inch wooden stick.
People do not go to or return to amusement parks because they feel safe, they go to feel amused. (My apologies to those who consider it blasphemous to refer to Disney as an "amusement" park. I really meant "theme park.") I am willing to bet that, all other things being equal, attendence rates would not change if the security searches were removed.
The searches are a waste of time and man-power. They are a high inconvenience for guests visiting during the summer. Not only are the parks more crowded, but it tends to rain on a daily basis. And does Disney provide shelter for guests forced to stand 5 to 10 minutes in line waiting to be checked? Of course not.
Whether or not Disney is a "private" organization some level of privacy must exist on behalf of the guests. At the airport, where people are most likely to have "bad" items with "bad" intentions, bag searches are nevertheless performed behind a small wall or curtain to ensure the privacy of the passenger. Does Disney take any such consideration for their guests in this matter? Of course not. If I wanted to bring an "adult toy" into the Magic Kingdom, I believe that doing so would not violate any of their security measures. However, should I be required to remove it in front of 50 strangers? Of course not.
And let's not get started on the security employees themselves. Let's not get into the situation where a lady when shopping in a Downtown Disney giftshop, while holding a piece of merchandise, stepped "beyond the cashier" in order to grab her 3 year old daughter who was walking away from her. Let's not address the security lady's intelligence as she insisted that the police be contacted because this mother took a few steps forward in order to hold on to her daughter so that she would not wander off. Let's not get into how Disney's street sweepers afford much more of my respect and how they would probably score much higher on standard IQ tests than Disney's security personel.
When I think of Disney's security staff, three words come to mind:
equal, opportunity, employer
So I suppose I should applaud the Disney company after all
Tk
While some form of security may be necessary, the security searches at the front of the gates are pointless.
Anyone who wanted to bring something "bad" into the parks would not be deterred by someone with a blue baseball cap and a 6 inch wooden stick.
People do not go to or return to amusement parks because they feel safe, they go to feel amused. (My apologies to those who consider it blasphemous to refer to Disney as an "amusement" park. I really meant "theme park.") I am willing to bet that, all other things being equal, attendence rates would not change if the security searches were removed.
The searches are a waste of time and man-power. They are a high inconvenience for guests visiting during the summer. Not only are the parks more crowded, but it tends to rain on a daily basis. And does Disney provide shelter for guests forced to stand 5 to 10 minutes in line waiting to be checked? Of course not.
Whether or not Disney is a "private" organization some level of privacy must exist on behalf of the guests. At the airport, where people are most likely to have "bad" items with "bad" intentions, bag searches are nevertheless performed behind a small wall or curtain to ensure the privacy of the passenger. Does Disney take any such consideration for their guests in this matter? Of course not. If I wanted to bring an "adult toy" into the Magic Kingdom, I believe that doing so would not violate any of their security measures. However, should I be required to remove it in front of 50 strangers? Of course not.
And let's not get started on the security employees themselves. Let's not get into the situation where a lady when shopping in a Downtown Disney giftshop, while holding a piece of merchandise, stepped "beyond the cashier" in order to grab her 3 year old daughter who was walking away from her. Let's not address the security lady's intelligence as she insisted that the police be contacted because this mother took a few steps forward in order to hold on to her daughter so that she would not wander off. Let's not get into how Disney's street sweepers afford much more of my respect and how they would probably score much higher on standard IQ tests than Disney's security personel.
When I think of Disney's security staff, three words come to mind:
equal, opportunity, employer
So I suppose I should applaud the Disney company after all
Tk
Re: pointless
I think it's sad when Disney is pickier about who it hires for entertainment than for security. At least we have to go through an audition. Any idiot off the street can go to casting and get hired for security on the spot. That's not a good thing to do.
They should at LEAST give them a test.... at the very least
I think it's sad when Disney is pickier about who it hires for entertainment than for security. At least we have to go through an audition. Any idiot off the street can go to casting and get hired for security on the spot. That's not a good thing to do.
They should at LEAST give them a test.... at the very least
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
So, basically what youre saying is that the AAs from PotC make better security guards, right? 