New Carry-On Restrictions

[ZoZo]

Forgive me if this information has already been posted . . .

With all of the new restrictions imposed by last week's terrorist activity, I would not count on carrying on anything liquid, including shampoo, make-up, etc.

I had some friends traveling on Sunday (after the new restrictions were in place) and they said they were making passengers throw away anything that could possibly be a problem -- and we're talking about things like liquid make-up, shampoo, chapstick, lipstick, etc.! You can check this stuff in your checked luggage, but they will make you toss out anything remotely suspicious in their carry-ons. There were many people upset with these new rules (one woman said they were making her throw away about $500 worth of beauty products!) because they didn't tell you about the restrictions until they reached the security checkpoints; because everyone had had already checked their baggage, it didn't give people a chance to move things from their carry-ons to their checked luggage.

Just be aware of the new restrictions and plan to check anything potentially suspicious.

 

[MickeyMonstersMom]

Thanks! There are several conversations related to the new restrictions in the Transportation forum; anyone interested may want to head over there.

 

[marconat]

Thank's for the info.

 

[SnoopyDancer]

I got back from WDW yesterday. We left before the new travel restrictions went into effect. If it hadn't been for the Poly giving everyone a letter about the restrictions, I wouldn't have known about them.

The TSA did not make me throw away my lipstick or chapstick. However, I forgot about a bottle of water that I had in one of the compartments of my carryon. When they xrayed my bag, they found it and made me throw it away. When I opened the trash bin, there were several bottles of coke and toothpaste.

They also wouldn't let me take my spray sunscreen. Since I asked about the sunscreen before going through the checkpoint, I was able to give two bottles some people waiting to pick up some of their friends.