Stricter Security?

[loves to dive]

I always carry a water bottle, charger and cell phone, sometimes an umbrella. I always take all of those out of my bag before I walk through the scanners and hold them out in front of me. I make sure I put them in my hands where they are all visible, water bottle hanging from a finger and phone in one hand, umbrella and charger in the other. So far, I've not been flagged in any of the parks by doing this. I don't think I have anything else metal on me except maybe sometimes a rain jacket with a zipper but that's not very often. I tend to carry a poncho or a rain jacket with plastic snaps. I do have zippers on my skorts but those don't seem to set them off.

 

[Genie+]

I agree it is a combination of things together. Staff is one of those. Newer security might go slower and strictly by the book, while the more experienced/confident can run through things quicker. If a shift has a high ratio of newer staff that alone could back things up slower than typical.