Disney Guest Told to Throw Bag Away, Says "Magic is Being Chipped Away For Money" - Inside the Magic

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  1. Nick B

    They should just cave and make it the same rules as sporting events, clear bags only.

  2. Noel

    There is more to this story than she is saying. They wouldn’t have guessed a diaper bag is a booster seat out of the blue and definitely would not have told her to throw a diaper bag away. Sounds suspicious and I’m not buying it.

  3. Aldridge

    It’s sad this is all people have to write about nowadays. As if many want to hear about such little minor inconsistencies.

  4. I was told to throw away a new bubble gun in the package. This was a few years ago. They used to sell the exact same ones in the park with extra bubbles. Now they only sell wands because they don’t want anything that looks like a weapon.

  5. UberChemist

    The Disney employees (I’m not going to call them cast members anymore, because Walt’s idea is dead) love telling guests to stick it now. They’re openly hostile.

  6. Ian

    Hahaha. They think they are real cops. What an absolute joke.

  7. Anon

    I accidently left a knife in my backpack one time and nobody said a word. I had one in my pocket one time and never had anything said to me. Wife accidentally left her concealed gun in her purse at disney springs. Went the entire day with a gun on us and nobody knew a thing.

  8. M

    I’m sure some of the people on here will say I’m making this up but preCOVID I was wearing a skin colored security belt under my jeans. I used it for international travel before and never had to remove it for airport screening since it’s flat and just holds my money, ID card, credit card. Plus no metal. I used it so I didn’t have to carry a purse into Disney. They saw a bit of it peaking above my jeans. Could have been underwear with how it looked. (Again, it was flat and I was still quite thin). They asked what it was, I said my security belt. They told me I had to fully take it off. I told them I can open it and show them it’s just cash and 2 cards. They said it must be fully removed. I had to unbutton and unzip my tight jeans to get it off. It was so embarrassing. I don’t do well with confrontation though so I complied, even when someone with me was telling me to refuse. I was so rattled and went to guest relations after to report it at the urging of that friend since if really felt like I was being forced to strip in public. Guest relations gave me fast passes and told me that the security was contracted out so they couldn’t do anything more. I’m not going to say all security is like this but I will believe people’s stories until proven false. All those saying the stories are false, your tune will change if it happens to you or someone you love. When that happens, I doubt you will remember to return and apologizing for telling people who have traumatic experiences that they are lying though.

  9. CJ

    I guess we need paid for Lockers at the Entrance (well that would make Team Disney Anaheim more money – lol!) vs just toss it in the trash (aka oh hey look at all the freebies Security can claim later!) if I tell you to (because who’s going to waste time going back to their vehicle!) …. oh and where was Security when Disneyland needed them on July 5, 2019 in ToonTown ? That Family was beating each other up for way too long (it took the intervention of other Park Guests to thwart it!) before Security even arrived – talk about epic fail!

  10. Sally

    I have to walk with a cane because of a back injury, which at the time was still fairly fresh (about a year old.) My favorite ridiculous disney security story was a guy looking at it and insisting at first I couldn’t have it (because I look young and I have a nice cane people often assume it is a fashion accessory, which usually doesn’t bother me.) then when I said I needed it to walk, he insisted it much be concealing a weapon and that he would have to dismantle it to prove it was ‘clean’. I was like ‘sure thing buddy but imma have to lean heavily on this table while you do that.’ So he sits there and wastes everyone’s time screwing the hand grip off the rest of the cane to find *gasp* solid wood. I didn’t say anything snide or anything, but I am bitter after this he STILL had an attitude and refused to apologize. Bonus points we were there to celebrate my MIL becoming officially cancer free, and he was treating us both like we were faking our disabilities. Literally no other security person questioned my cane.

  11. Brandon P.

    I don’t get it. You’re bringing a BOOSTER SEAT to Disneyland? Why? It’s perfectly reasonable that Disney says no. What next, do you want to bring a sofa and a picnic umbrella? The entitlement of people today is shocking.

    1. Dr. Gonzo

      Stfu you absolute tool.

    2. Yes

      I had one of these and brought it everywhere even Disney when my child was young because it was/is a high chair not a booster for a car and the ones in the park just didn’t cut it because he could easily wiggle out whereas this kind is a 3 point harness and also attached to a regular dining chair eliminating the need to have that extra high chair in the walkway since we are only a family of 3. It was used throughout our first trip. The extra pouches are also awesome for stashing snacks.

  12. RJ

    I would have just said that my child had back problems and the booster seat was to help with her disability. You don’t have to disclose a disability. I have a service dog and I don’t even tell them what my disability is. I just say he is a service dog, show his registration, and walk right on in to places. They are free to ask you what his purpose is, but you do not have to answer. Calling ahead makes the process easier though.

  13. Silja

    I went to Disney long before all the COVID panic started.

    Totally not worth the far too much money spent. Literally the only thing I remember is standing in line after line under the hot sun being bored out of my mind.

  14. Rosie

    I wasn’t turned away for my disabilities. I was forced to rent a wheel chair.
    Essentially, this cost more to be a guest. I did not appreciate being in a wheel chair as that is not specific for my disabilities. Where do you get off making people pay more for something they don’t really need?
    I presented my handicap placard information. I did not roll up in a wheel chair.
    I have limits but feel it is tragic to be forced to do something like this. Do you have a qualified medical doctor on staff, because I’m sure the people I spoke with just wanted me to put on a show for the rest of your guests. It’s wrong on so many levels. I will not return to your establishment because of this.

  15. ak1

    One December we went to Disneyland and bought a jingle bell on a necklace for my wife. The next day she wore it and we got stopped at security and told she could not wear it. Even though we had just bought it inside the park. Security said it was considered a noise maker and would disturb others listening to the music on Main St. How can they sell something inside the park but you can’t bring it back inside?

  16. Crystal

    Once while heading to Disneyland security at the bag check wouldn’t let me take my Keychain in. It was our 3rd day and this was the first time anyone said anything about it. We were told to either turn it over or take it back to our car. Even better was it was bought at Disneyland! It was a Buzz Lightyear astro blaster that was about 2-3 inches big. But they said it looks like a weapon.

  17. Mandy

    I smoke cigarettes. And one day when going to the park it was super windy so I took a torch with me to light my smokes. Outside of the park of course. I had been in and out of the park several times already without it being an issue until i was on my way back into the park for my third time or so right before dinner my family was already waiting for me at the restaurant and had ordered my food too. Thinking I’d be on my way in in a few minutes.. but when I got up to the security check the dude told me I couldn’t take my torch in this time even though it was a small one and not very powerful or anything not much more than a lighter really. They said I had to throw it wmaway or go take it back to my hotel since I walked to the park and didn’t have a car i could go put it in. I had more than one torch on me though but they had only seen the one so far so I said I’d take it back to my room instead of throwing it away. I had to go find somewhere I could hide it because walking back to my hotel would take way to long and my food was already getting cold so I hid it somewhere along the walking path instead to grab when I left the park for the night. But it was funny to me because every other time I went through security the person would pull out the torch ask me what it was I told then I had because of how windy it was for when I smoked before going knto the park and they all said okay. One lady even lit it to see how powerful it was and made the joke of not lighting anything on fire and let me go I’m. But this one dude wasn’t having it. And was really rude about it too. When he told me I had to throw it away in fact they almost didn’t give it back to me they were ready to throw it away without even giving me the option to take it back I had to ask them if i could have it back to take back to my room and for a second I thought they were gonna tell me no…. but then after like a minute of then not answering they gave it back to me. It was ridiculous and the next day I didn’t have a single problem with taking it into the park either just that one time with that one dude.

  18. Alisha

    Oh yes. We had a bubble blower that apparently looked like a gun. I was forced to take it out of my little girl’s hands and throw it in the trash. Went into a bunch of the stores and saw toy guns, swords, cannons, etc EVERYWHERE. But whatever, just ruin the magic for my two-year-old.

  19. Rob

    Security has been hit and miss lately. Sometimes we get waved through with a quick check and othet times they scrutinize everything we have.

    One time I had thrown a tiny screw driver and some batteries in our bag for my sons bubble blower. The Security was so slow that day it took over half an hour to get to the guard. He asked me what it was for, I told him and he said i had to take it back to the car. Instead i handed it to him and said you deal with it then. He looked shocked and asked why i dont want to take it back to the car. I told him you are so slow it will take me another hour to get to the park for a 25 cent screwdriver. It was 3 inches long total including thr handle. Because you know us parents might go on a stabby spree on main street.

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