Magic bands and airport security

[Auntie Sherry]

Does anyone know if you can wear your MB through body scanners and metal detectors? I was hoping to put mine on before leaving home.
Thanks for any help.

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

I don't know why you couldn't. You don't have to remove watches or bracelets.

 

[bookgirl]

I don't think I'd risk it. We had ours in our carry on and put them on when we got to MCO. It survied the regular xray machine.

I know pacemakers go through those scanners but still...... I'm not sure how RFID would stand up to a stronger power of scanner.

I'd ask.

 

[pooch]

couldn't you just take the band off and put it back on again after you cleared security?? Not sure I see the point of wearing it before you get to WDW anyway.

 

[ain0004]

I think its hit or miss. I wore mine no problems. But the kids had to take theirs off. So we put the rest in my bag with other goodies.

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

I don't think I'd risk it. We had ours in our carry on and put them on when we got to MCO. It survied the regular xray machine.

I know pacemakers go through those scanners but still...... I'm not sure how RFID would stand up to a stronger power of scanner.

I'd ask.

These machines won't harm the bands. Lots of passports have a RFID chip, as do credit cards, keys, etc. and go through X-ray machines at airports every day.

Once again, there should be no problem wearing these. In the worst case, you'll have to remove it and put it through the X-ray machine; no problem.

 

[bookgirl]

These machines won't harm the bands. Lots of passports have a RFID chip, as do credit cards, keys, etc. and go through X-ray machines at airports every day.

Once again, there should be no problem wearing these. In the worst case, you'll have to remove it and put it through the X-ray machine; no problem.

I think the OP was talking about the walk through scanners not the xray machines. Mine did go through the xray, I did not attempt to walk through the scanners. They don't let you take your passport through the scanner and while you can wear your watch it's not RFID, so I'm thinking that the rfid might be a no go.

 

[wiigirl]

I don't know why you couldn't. You don't have to remove watches or bracelets.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

I think the OP was talking about the walk through scanners not the xray machines. Mine did go through the xray, I did not attempt to walk through the scanners. They don't let you take your passport through the scanner and while you can wear your watch it's not RFID, so I'm thinking that the rfid might be a no go.

I have held my passport and boarding pass in my hand in the scanners.

I believe most TSA agents (except possibly those working at MCO) have no idea yet what a magic band is or that it has an RFID chip. Anyway, this really is a non-issue! Just take it off if asked.

 

[bookgirl]

I have held my passport and boarding pass in my hand in the scanners.

I believe most TSA agents (except possibly those working at MCO) have no idea yet what a magic band is or that it has an RFID chip. Anyway, this really is a non-issue! Just take it off if asked.

Probably not a problem. I'm just overly cautious.

The flight attendant on my flight home from WDW two weeks ago was wearing a MB.

 

[Auntie Sherry]

Thanks I think it will be just as easy to put it in my carry on.

 

[Mary T in PA]

I put all 4 of our MBs in a small clear Ziploc baggie and it was in our carryon luggage in mid Oct. No problems.

I do not like the feel or wear of the bands, so we wore them as little as possible.

We did see a number of people on our flight home that was still wearing their MBs so it can be done and without any trouble.

 

[DebbieB]

I didn't put mine on until after I got off the plane in Orlando, I had it in my purse. I was afraid with handling luggage that it could accidentally fall off.

 

[Ladygoldenhair]

My two thought as a band user. I was super exited for them.....but, they are sweaty, and can screw up. I was in lines to fix them, forever!!! Especially at the World, who wants to miss time for an electronic to be repaired or reformatted.


Also, the jibbitz to dress it up, fall out before you get to the park. Two of my Minnie pieces were gone by the time I hit the security line. I was given my money back with the comment, "there known to do that, it is a problem."

After the first two days mine lived in my bag. Also, never use it for photopass if you are on a share, and do not add old tickets if you have a package.

 

[bumbershoot]

Correct me if I'm wrong (and I know y'all will), but if it can handle going through the xray machine in your carryon, it can handle going through the scanning machine on your body if they'll let you wear it. Because, and again, correct me if I'm wrong, aren't the scanners LESS radiation than the proper xray machine? (I don't go through the scanner, preferring to be tickled by TSA people, but I still say it's less radiation than a normal carryon xray machine)

And even if you put it in checked luggage, it still gets xrayed, doesn't it? Just behind the scenes?

 

[bookgirl]

Correct me if I'm wrong (and I know y'all will), but if it can handle going through the xray machine in your carryon, it can handle going through the scanning machine on your body if they'll let you wear it. Because, and again, correct me if I'm wrong, aren't the scanners LESS radiation than the proper xray machine? (I don't go through the scanner, preferring to be tickled by TSA people, but I still say it's less radiation than a normal carryon xray machine)

And even if you put it in checked luggage, it still gets xrayed, doesn't it? Just behind the scenes?

I wouldn't think the radiation would be the problem but the magnetic properties. Kind like when you put a credit card on the scanner at the grocery or in a pocket with your cell phone and it fries the strip.

 

[Dina]

I wore my band going to orlando and coming home, and I was picked both times to go through full body scanners---no problem. i read in our paperwork to wear it to the airport because would need for magical express.. saw lots of other people wearing them when we got to the airport in Atlantic City on our way to MCO.

 

[bumbershoot]

Kind like when you put a credit card on the scanner at the grocery or in a pocket with your cell phone and it fries the strip.

But that's a magnetic strip, not an RFID chip that's getting fried.

And I don't think the scanning machines use magnets?

David J. Brenner, the Higgins Professor of Radiation Biophysics at Columbia University, explained quite simply in an interview with NPR late last year that "both [scanning technologies] work on the same basic principle of firing a beam of radiation at the individual and looking at what it's reflected back, quite similar to radar or sonar, but in one case using millimeter waves, which are not so different from microwaves, in fact, and the other uses X-rays."

 

[jlewisinsyr]

Few points of clarification, there are different types of body scanners, none should have any impact to credit cards, RFID, etc. Next, this is a YMMV situation on if you will be allowed to wear it through security; it's not all that difficult to take it off.