Taking Disney Pins through Security?
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denwol · 11-18-2010, 08:45 AM

Please forgive me if this has been asked before, but has anyone tried to take their pins through airport security recently? If so, were you wearing them on a lanyard, or did you just have them packed in your carry-on bag? My boys would really love to wear their pins, but I don't want to take the chance of having them confiscated....

Thanks for your help!

Jolin · 11-18-2010, 09:14 AM

I'd just pack them. its a lot easier to than being concerned about confiscation. when you get home or to wdw you can wear them again!

buckinghammr · 11-18-2010, 09:38 AM

My kids had all of theirs in their carry-on backpacks. No issues.

nurse_mom · 11-18-2010, 09:40 AM

Our kids wore them, and removed them to get threw security and then put them back on.

Carousel96 · 11-18-2010, 10:31 AM

I put them in my carry on.

Remember, the security folks at MCO see hundreds of these a day. It's a bigger deal for us than them.

elcodfish · 11-18-2010, 10:51 AM

Just put them in their carry-on, it may take an extra 5 minutes at security, but it's worth it to know they are safe. I have had hundreds of pins through security and it has never been an issue.

jimmymac · 11-18-2010, 05:05 PM

I'd put them in the carry-on

Papa Mouse · 11-19-2010, 01:49 PM

Being your children love wearing the lanyards so much I would say let them wear them. When they are ready to go through security merely have them remove them from their necks and put then in the trays that get xrayed (change and other small objects) and pick them up at the other end.

I would do it this way rather than walking through the xray section to eliminate time of security possibly body checking further, walking through xray again, using the wand, etc. when the metal dectors sound off.

I vote for wearning the lanyards with pins. They will only miss the pins for a minute or two while going through xray and everyone is happy.

SARH7 · 11-19-2010, 05:28 PM

Hmmm...never gave this any thought! This will be our first trip doing pin trading. Thanks for asking!

**Caldercup** · 11-20-2010, 08:51 AM

I have many pins permanently attached to the sling bag that I take with me to Disney. I just put it in the bin and it goes through fine. Sometimes the TSA agents helping get the bins in the machine will point it out to the TSA agent manning the video screens, but usually they don't.

Never had a problem.