Bag check--extra thorough!!!

[bookgirl]

Really? I got back from England on the second and the only place that checked our bags were the airport and the British museum would have but we didn't have one that day. No other tours, trains, etc did the entire time.

The majority of place I went if you were going inside they made you bag check or go through a metal detector. The were a few where there were just guards who kind of gave you the eye but yep lots of security. Maybe it was just the type of places I visited.

Disneyland Paris and Windsor Castle they put my bag and me both through separate detectors. Tower of London was a bag check (thorough check). Even the British Library made everyone go through security though it was just a bag check. The Louvre was bag xray before you even got into the building. Eiffel tower was a bag check in a portable building before you can even go into the area surround the base. I did mostly historic places and museums and only a couple allowed access without some sort of security. Was wanded a couple of time......can't remember where. Got pulled aside at Heathrow. But swept through US Customs on a breeze, they even let me step over to the Global Check line because the regular line was very crowded at DFW.

The train that made me xray my bag and go though security was the Eurostar to Paris, the local commuter trains in London did not make you check but there were tons of security.

 

[kamik86]

The majority of place I went if you were going inside they made you bag check or go through a metal detector. The were a few where there were just guards who kind of gave you the eye but yep lots of security. Maybe it was just the type of places I visited.

Disneyland Paris and Windsor Castle they put my bag and me both through separate detectors. Tower of London was a bag check (thorough check). Even the British Library made everyone go through security though it was just a bag check. The Louvre was bag xray before you even got into the building. Eiffel tower was a bag check in a portable building before you can even go into the area surround the base. I did mostly historic places and museums and only a couple allowed access without some sort of security. Was wanded a couple of time......can't remember where. Got pulled aside at Heathrow. But swept through US Customs on a breeze, they even let me step over to the Global Check line because the regular line was very crowded at DFW.

The train that made me xray my bag and go though security was the Eurostar to Paris, the local commuter trains in London did not make you check but there were tons of security.

Oh yeah they did "check" at the tower of London. I had the bag off my shoulder and the small front part open, they checked that as in they peaked in and didn't even look in the main pouch (its one of those one shoulder bags where if you have both open the stuff will fall out of one of the pockets).

I did notice more security, but that was only in London. Other areas we went didn't have any or just the little peak in (I think Warwick castle did the peak in too).

I went through Gatwick and both our checked bags were pulled but that was because we didn't realize all tablets needed to be pulled out not just laptops.

 

[JohnDaleswife]

Do the metal detectors ever detect a person that has some type of metal in their body? Like rods in your back?

 

[bookgirl]

Oh yeah they did "check" at the tower of London. I had the bag off my shoulder and the small front part open, they checked that as in they peaked in and didn't even look in the main pouch (its one of those one shoulder bags where if you have both open the stuff will fall out of one of the pockets).

I did notice more security, but that was only in London. Other areas we went didn't have any or just the little peak in (I think Warwick castle did the peak in too).

I went through Gatwick and both our checked bags were pulled but that was because we didn't realize all tablets needed to be pulled out not just laptops.

HAHA yep my ipad was the culprit for me as well. Oh and before that I got the scanner and the patdown.

 

[bookgirl]

Do the metal detectors ever detect a person that has some type of metal in their body? Like rods in your back?

They ask about pacemakers and body implants.

 

[NuJoy]

Do the metal detectors ever detect a person that has some type of metal in their body? Like rods in your back?

Yes. My husband has a metal plate from his elbow to wrist. It was detected several times.

ETA...as was his belt buckle a couple of times.

 

[JohnDaleswife]

Yes. My husband has a metal plate from his elbow to wrist. It was detected several times.

ETA...as was his belt buckle a couple of times.

How did they deal with the metal plate in his wrist? I guess they would just have to take your word for it?

 

[JohnDaleswife]

I'm sure my oldest child will be chosen to hit the metal detectors at every park now.

 

[NuJoy]

How did they deal with the metal plate in his wrist? I guess they would just have to take your word for it?

He has a long scar the length of the plate and he was able to show them that. It's pretty obvious in his case.