Every guest entering at IG went through metal detector

[AngiTN]

I didn't understand why the kids were not sent in the metal detector too

They are given no screening

Makes me wonder what age they choose to not screen them too

 

[Aurora0427]

I didn't understand why the kids were not sent in the metal detector too

They are given no screening

Makes me wonder what age they choose to not screen them too

Yeah it's weird. It would just make more sense to send the kids through the detector, then mom and dad. That way, everyone is screened and families stay together.

 

[Dis_08]

I am here now and was pulled at DHS to go through them, but they made my daughter go as well.

 

[RachaelA]

seriously? I'm not going to let my TODDLER out of my sight for a second, especially at at place like Disney World. Has nothing to do with little Johnny, as you put it, being upset. You don't separate a child, especially a small child, from their parents. Even TSA understands that concept. OP said they were sending children to the side to stand with a security guard. The process used at airports where kid goes through the metal detector first and stands directly on the other side, then parent, works just fine. No reason Disney can't do it that way.

Exactly! plus my 2 year old thinks it's hilarious to run away from people. I'm not trusting some random Security guard to keep an eye on her (along with my other child and potentially other kids).

 

[kandb]

Or likely it was out of respect for the tragedy.

Was at WDW Dec 15-23 and saw many teenage boys, some middle aged men and women, a few older men getting called out for the metal detector. What I witnessed was nothing more than theater. Providing the illusion of screening and security is enough to discourage all but the most intent on causing harm.
I don't fault WDW for doing it, but I was so pleased with the new "tapstile" entryway and openness. I would not like to see the entrances choked down to metal detectors and gates again.

No, I don't believe they closed out of "respect". I believe they were unsure of what was going in in the US and how many more attacks were coming after the plane crashes. DC and Pennsylvania had many deaths as well, who knows what else they had planned.

 

[Angel Ariel]

No, I don't believe they closed out of "respect". I believe they were unsure of what was going in in the US and how many more attacks were coming after the plane crashes. DC and Pennsylvania had many deaths as well, who knows what else they had planned.

Rather than speculate, here is an article from Jim Hill including cast member and tourist accounts of what happened at Disney World on 9/11.

 

[FeralCatRogue]

Is that their power level of the number of minutes to allow to enter the parks?

Unsure, when i tried to purchase it divided my wallet by 0 and it imploded.

 

[tarak]

We went back through IG this morning
They are still sending everyone through the detector
If you beep going through you are wanded
And if that happens no one else can go through the detector till the guard wands you
I had to be wanded. The Minnie watch face the sell for the band set it off

We just left and they are still sending all guests entering in the detector

Based on my limited observation this is the new normal at IG

So they aren't sending kids through? My 3-year-old has a pacemaker and can't go through the regular metal detectors at the airport. The wands can cause more problems. If she were older and understood the full body scan, we'd be okay, but she's not at the point where she would hold still long enough. So she gets patted down at the airport. We're used to it. We'd do it at Disney if we had to. Just wondering if there would be some huge kerfuffle about it.

 

[Dismama2boys]

Let's not make a big deal about "the children are separated from their parents." It's not like they took the children into a separate room on the other side of Disney. People can't be that paranoid if they can't see their child for a few seconds (who is standing with a guard). I am guessing they could probably still see their parents but the parent just had to go thru the detector. If little Johnny is going to get that shaken up, maybe one parent can stay behind with the child while the other goes thru and then the child can go meet the parent on the other side of the detector.

How very condescending. And not every family has two parents.

 

[AngiTN]

So they aren't sending kids through? My 3-year-old has a pacemaker and can't go through the regular metal detectors at the airport. The wands can cause more problems. If she were older and understood the full body scan, we'd be okay, but she's not at the point where she would hold still long enough. So she gets patted down at the airport. We're used to it. We'd do it at Disney if we had to. Just wondering if there would be some huge kerfuffle about it.

As with all of these changes it's hard to say

They did not at the IG but someone else said their kids went through one

I took the same bag in all parks. The bag holds my phone and nothing else. It's a phone case on a string. Only MK guards did more than a cursory glance. At MK he made me take my phone out and looked inside with his flashlight

 

[CampbellzSoup]

As long as he was visible I personally wouldn't have had a problem with DS standing with a true security person for a few minutes when he was little. I don't know if these people dressed up as phone salesmen are true security people.

I was wondering... Why all of this security just for the parks? Couldn't bad things happen at Disney Springs or at the resorts? Citywalk is at least past the Universal security checkpoint due to layout but even their resorts aren't included in all of this.

Well Disney Springs nor the resorts can hold the capacity of crowds that the parks can.

You're not going to lose your child - it's for your security and theirs. This is 2016 this is well beyond needed.

If people only knew what a hot target Disney is, and if this, even for face value makes a terrorist or crazy person think of it as a deterrent then job well done.

We take our safety for granted - Disney is a hot target.

 

[Bullseye]

I don't see that as sarcastic. I see it as entirely possible. In an age when you have to stop at the California border to declare whether or not you're carrying fruits or vegetables, and BICE can stop you within 100 miles of the border just to see if you're an American citizen, there's nothing stopping Disney from doing pre-entry vehicle checks at the WDW borders.

Logistically though think how hard that would be to do considering all the roads that enter WDW property. 7/24 coverage would be very costly. The backups on S535 entering Hotel Blvd alone would be crazy. Plus aren't all the roads on property considered public roadways...Disney can't decide who travels on them. Visitors don't have to be staying on property or going to parks to spend a day in WDW so what would you be stopping cars to verify?

 

[Angel Ariel]

You're not going to lose your child

People lose children at WDW every day. To think it's impossible for it to happen at *any* point where parent and child are separated is a bit overly optimistic, IMO. Anything can happen to anyone, even the *best* parents, and the *best* security guards.

If people only knew what a hot target Disney is, and if this, even for face value makes a terrorist or crazy person think of it as a deterrent then job well done.

We take our safety for granted - Disney is a hot target.

Don't assume that people who disagree are taking their safety for granted or don't understand the target Disney is. Disagreeing with how security is being implemented is not the same thing as lacking the understanding or knowledge that Disney is a target.

Speaking only for myself, I do not take our safety for granted. My husband has been deployed twice to fight for our freedom and safety here. I am more than well aware of what's at stake, as is he. And we both agree that the current measures are more theatre than actual added security.

 

[CampbellzSoup]

People lose children at WDW every day. To think it's impossible for it to happen at *any* point where parent and child are separated is a bit overly optimistic, IMO. Anything can happen to anyone, even the *best* parents, and the *best* security guards.



Don't assume that people who disagree are taking their safety for granted or don't understand the target Disney is. Disagreeing with how security is being implemented is not the same thing as lacking the understanding or knowledge that Disney is a target.

Speaking only for myself, I do not take our safety for granted. My husband has been deployed twice to fight for our freedom and safety here. I am more than well aware of what's at stake, as is he. And we both agree that the current measures are more theatre than actual added security.

So what exactly is your point?

I already said that it's only being used as deterrent so maybe people might think twice before bringing things in.

Thank your husband for his service, a amazing man to do that for our country.

 

[RachaelA]

You're not going to lose your child - it's for your security and theirs. This is 2016 this is well beyond needed.

People lose children at Disney daily. If I turn my head for one second, my 2 year old can take off and be lost in a crowd of people. She's also not going to hold some random stranger security guard's hand.

We aren't disagreeing with the metal detectors. But rather once again the crappy unorganized way Disney starts trying to throw something together.

If the TSA doesn't have to separate kids from their family in order to scan people, why does Disney?

 

[Angel Ariel]

Your post seemed to be saying that those who disagree with these new security measures don't understand what a target Disney is. My point is that is a very big assumption, and likely very inaccurate in many cases (and illustrating how it is inaccurate for my family specifically, as that is the only group I can speak with authority on).

As for the comment about not losing children, I thought my point was rather clear.

 

[CampbellzSoup]

Double post my accident

 

[bumbershoot]

In an age when you have to stop at the California border to declare whether or not you're carrying fruits or vegetables...

In an age? That's been going on for decades. I moved to WA in '87 and traveled home to CA often, and they had the stations then and they weren't new.

 

[kandb]

How very condescending. And not every family has two parents.

Not condescending. I am sure Disney is not taking away a small child from their parent(s) and keeping them separated for any amount of time. Do you really think Disney would do this? My children go thru the metal detectors alone and I am on the other side and they just stand there and wait for a minute or two. I am sure if there was a single parent there with a child and they told the guard there was no one to stay behind with the child, I am sure they would figure something out, Disney is beyond kid friendly.

 

[Dismama2boys]

Not condescending. I am sure Disney is not taking away a small child from their parent(s) and keeping them separated for any amount of time. Do you really think Disney would do this? My children go thru the metal detectors alone and I am on the other side and they just stand there and wait for a minute or two. I am sure if there was a single parent there with a child and they told the guard there was no one to stay behind with the child, I am sure they would figure something out, Disney is beyond kid friendly.

I found your tone condescending ("little Johnny"??? "Paranoid", etc). Incredibly so. You are advising people based on nothing but your assumptions of how you think they will handle things, when the truth is no one knows. It seems to be very fluid. What is being described here is not the kids simply being a foot or two ahead of the parents. What I do know is that I, and many others, will not be separated from my children, full stop. I don't have to explain my reasons, but for some children this can be extremely traumatic and not something one wants to experiece on vacation. Kindly remember that not all families are like yours, and not all children are developmentally typical. You should refrain from expressing the judgement you clearly feel.