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If security screening is now at the TTC before getting on the monorail, how does this affect going to Epcot?
I get why Disney moved the security screening to the TTC and the resorts. My question is this though - if you go through the screening before getting on a monorail and you're going to Epcot via the monorail do you still have to go through the screening once at Epcot?
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Luke says currently guest do have to go through security at Epcot, but this will possibly be changed in the future. Something will probably have to be redone at Epcot, but right now Disney wants to focus on the Magic Kingdom.
I'm really wondering if the monorail resort security checks will make hopping from one to the others to shop or see holiday decorations a pain. Seems you'll have to get checked before getting on the train at each monorail resort.
I suppose, like all such changes, we'll get used to it because we must.
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I'm really wondering if the monorail resort security checks will make hopping from one to the others to shop or see holiday decorations a pain. Seems you'll have to get checked before getting on the train at each monorail resort.
I suppose, like all such changes, we'll get used to it because we must.
Probably so, but it will be a much smaller number of people on any given train.
So I was thinking...are they doing this also to provide safety for the monorail riders i.e. bombs and such? They've never really provided any type of security for such a busy transportation option at one of the most popular places in the country.
So I was thinking...are they doing this also to provide safety for the monorail riders i.e. bombs and such? They've never really provided any type of security for such a busy transportation option at one of the most popular places in the country.
Yes. I think it was The Orlando Sentinel that mentioned increased tensions worldwide as the primary reason for this change.
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Too many soft targets at the parks. I for one, I'll take the extra security measures any day. No inconvenience is to great to keep me and mine and all of you safe.
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We were at MK yesterday. How it works is that they do the security monitoring for everyone at TTC. These people are funneled into MK from certain lines. Then guests coming in from different ways - ex, coming from busses or monorails not directly from TTC, were funneled in to different lines, which then had to go through security before entering the park. It cuts down probably 1/3 of the security traffic that way, and I thought the CM's were doing a great job.
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Nobody has answered my question though. If you go to Epcot by way of the monorail and you've already been through security do you have to go through again once you reach Epcot?
Nobody has answered my question though. If you go to Epcot by way of the monorail and you've already been through security do you have to go through again once you reach Epcot?
Yes, I believe you do have to go through bag check again. I'll check next time I'm there. To go back to the MK, you don't as the entrance is within the security area.
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If i remember correctly, the entrance to the Epcot monorail station is past security checkpoints so I would think you would be in a “secure zone” once on board the monorail/TTC
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Hello! I'm planning our first trip to WDW and we will be staying at Bay Lake Tower. This is a question I have too, if we are taking the monorail from the Contemporary to Epcot, do we go through security to get on the monorail then again at TTC and again at Epcot?
I agree that security is worth it, I just want to be prepared time-wise and to prepare my 5 and 2 year old for the process.
Hello! I'm planning our first trip to WDW and we will be staying at Bay Lake Tower. This is a question I have too, if we are taking the monorail from the Contemporary to Epcot, do we go through security to get on the monorail then again at TTC and again at Epcot?
Currently, yes.
DBIL just returned from a GF stay and said that it was a pain having to do all that when they got onto the monorail and again to board the Epcot one.
Once Disney refines their procedures and systems this may change, of course. We certainly hope so anyway as we typically use the monorail to get to MK and EP both. Driving to EP may now be simpler since we go at a less busy time and can use disabled parking.
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