New no-stop security scanners now at EPCOT main entrance

Oct 14, 2020 in "EPCOT"

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Posted: Wednesday October 14, 2020 10:15am by WDWMAGIC Staff

The new no-stop security scanners are now in operation at EPCOT’s main entrance.

Originally piloted in June at Disney Springs, the new scanners greatly reduce the need for bag checks and provide a much improved guest experience.

With the main entrance at EPCOT, the scanners are now in use at International Gateway, Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

According to the manufacturer, Evolv Express is the first no-stop weapons-screening system built to automatically screen groups of people as they walk through without slowing or stopping. Express screens visitors individually or together, while automatically differentiating weapons from personal items. It is the fastest weapons-screening system on the market, consistently screening 60 people every minute for firearms and other threats. That’s 3,600 people per hour, or 10X faster than a traditional checkpoint system.

Check out the video below for a look at how the system works and its benefits over traditional metal detectors.

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peter11435May 28, 2024

Im assuming he parked in grapefruit which only uses K9’s instead of the scanners seen in orange and lime

CompedMay 28, 2024

Seriously? I haven't seen this anywhere else...

TrainsOfDisneyMay 28, 2024

While I would usually say it’s a shopping mall and probably doesn’t need the security checks - with the drone show attracting such large crowds it does seem like an odd time to not have the checks. I do know that once when getting dropped off after closing I had to explain to 2 different security officers I was simply walking back to the Hilton. So even if there isn’t a check point they are around and watching.

monothingieMay 28, 2024

In Bob we trust.

monothingieMay 28, 2024

Grapefruit or Lime

ToTBellHopMay 28, 2024

That’s not cool. Profit is the new 1st Key to the Kingdom ahead of Safety?

TrainsOfDisneyMay 28, 2024

Where did you enter? I’ve never seen them when exiting the bus loop although they do funnel you past a location that typically has dogs.

monothingieMay 28, 2024

When did Disney Springs loose the security check points and scanners? Went to the drone show and security checkpoints were gone.

GoofyernmostMay 27, 2024

They are being stopped for the most part now. At the time they were allowed the population was not quite as insane and paranoid as they are now. Until planes ran into the twin towers no one had ever done that before. Until idiot teens walked into classrooms with an AR15 killing innocent children, it never happened before either. There are so many examples of why it is relevant today when it wasn't needed in the past. There are some out there that don't give a tinkers damn about others because all they want is control by terror, just because they haven't done it before, does not mean they won't and with the current social attitude, this era is when it would be more likely to happen. Any effort is better than none.

DisneyCaneMay 27, 2024

I wouldn't let that remote possibility ruin the magic. I'm sure that since WDW opened hundreds of thousands of firearms have gone through the gates and there's never been an incident. A much bigger risk is a road rage shooting on the way to WDW and even that is extremely rare. The security is mostly pointless as some nut who was intent on doing something would just do it outside the security perimeter. It's not like airport security where some kind of ground attack in the terminal is "better" than a hijacking or other attack in the air. It's just as bad if there was an incident at the TTC as it would be in the middle of main Street. The security screening at theme parks is more to cover the owners in case something happens. Hence the room check policies implemented after MGM resorts was sued under the ridiculous premise that they should have prevented the Vegas shooting.

GoofyernmostMay 27, 2024

What makes me lose the magic is thinking that someone(s) might be bringing in a firearm (this is Florida after all) and is untrained and unable to evaluate a situation might decide that a loaded gun would be the quickest solution to a minor problem and let the testosterone kick in. To me if that one little minor reality check scan lasting less than a minute would ruin the magic then the magic isn't very deep in your system. It's todays world and all of us, through lack of interest have allowed to be that way, so we have to take additional measures just to insure our human population is civil. There were a lot of things about the last century that was not so good, but people at least had common sense and class. That no longer exists with the new/old wild west mentality that is so popular today. This too shall pass, but in the meantime we must take some measures to protect ourselves no matter how out of place it may seem. It really isn't!