Our 1st day at MK was a disaster at security. We were first in line and for some reason they gave us no instructions. We tried to put a few things in the basket and they said no, just go through the detector and then when we beeped they asked us why we didn’t take out our metal items. !!! So, I had to stop and and open my bag and show them everything but they won’t touch anything themselves, they just tell you what to move around or open.
The next day at DHS we were one of the first in line for RD and while we were held at the health check station b4 it opened there was a security guard there, so I picked his brain. He said that you should not put your metal items in the bucket but hold them in your hand, and then walk through the detector like that. They can clearly see what made you beep, they can wand your bag if they want to be sure that the beeps are only coming from your handheld items. I was skeptical but went with it. We were the 1st group in the park that day! As the mom I had a bunch of things w metal, band aid tin, personal fans, inhaler, etc, etc, I put all of it in a ziplock bag so I could easily hold it and gave anything that didn’t fit to other family members to hold, and we sailed right through.
This worked at AK the next day too. They never did wand me even though I beeped both times.
When we were there, they told everyone to take out umbrellas and hold them in front of you. Didn’t say anything about metal. We had two metal water bottles and it took us a couple of days to figure out we needed to hold those as well. I agree, they could be a little more forthcoming with the info!
Yes! They were saying that for us too. They were just listing specific metal items to take out of your bag instead of saying take out metal. Very strange.
At DHS, AK and the IG at Epcot they are using the new Evolv technology, where you take out metal objects and hold them in front of you. If you set off the alarm you will be directed to a CM who will do a search of your bag.
At MK and front gate of Epcot you remove metal items, put them in the trays and go through the detector. And they may or may not do a no-touch bag search.
That would make sense why the trays at some parks and not others… and the guard did mention a new system, I just didn’t know what it was. Does Evolv technology show the screener where the violation is occurring, hence the hold it in your hands?
It seems they would want less of everyone putting their things in the trays repeatedly for germ spread reasons.
is it for bags?