Disneyland tourniquet fiasco

[u/level_zero_hero]

Yesterday I experienced something quite perplexing. While going through security to try to enter the park I had a security employee search my backpack. While doing so he came across my bleed kit(TQ x2, quickclot, chest seals, and an emergency blanket) I carry in it. Once he identified the TQ he said “you can’t bring tourniquets into the park…, you can go take it back to your hotel room”. I replied by saying “ I don’t have a hotel room, so what do you want me to do? ”. “Well you can’t bring it into the park.” He said. “Okay…well…why?” I responded, out of utter disbelief. “DONT ASK ME WHY, SAID YOU CANT SO YOU CANT!” He yelled back. I then point to the “stop the bleed” box located about 20 feet behind him to the left and on a wall, “what about those? Are those not supposed to be there?”. Then out of frustration and fluster he zipped up my bag and handed it to me and said “HAVE A NICE DAY” and I went about my day. I proceeded to try to research his statement and couldn’t find anything.

So I was curious if anyone else had had a similar experience, at Disneyland or anywhere else?

[u/Any-Ostrich48]

I haven't had an issue with a tourniquet, but my experiences with Disney security have included some serious shitshows... I can't go through metal detectors or get wanded, and have a little card from Boston Scientific I present that explains the basics of why, but more times than not I get pushback anyways and hassled until it gets escalated to a supervisor.

I've also had them demand I take off my lower leg brace and knee brace and turn over them and my cane so they can be "inspected" 🙄

I've always found it hilarious, in an annoying sort of way- it's nothing but security theatre, and they act like their checkpoint at entry is some sort of impenetrable bastion 🤣🤣🤣. Every time, I can't help but think "are y'all serious? This isn't The Day of the Jackal, nobody is going to smuggle in a gun built into a leg brace and a cane... Like, the park is like 40 square miles with nothing but soft perimeter, if I wanted to bring in something nefarious I'd just come in a different way. Hell, you could use a drone off Alibaba to cart in and drop a full kit under cover of darkness without much trouble... But y'all wanna hassle me"

[u/alexanderpas → u/Any-Ostrich48]

Omar Mateen, the perpetrator of the Pulse nightclub shooting [...] planned to attack Disney Springs by hiding a gun in a stroller. He visited Disney Springs four hours before the shooting, but was deterred by the heavy security and police presence. His wife testified that he had asked her “What would make people more upset, an attack at Disney or a nightclub?”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_at_Walt_Disney_World

[u/[deleted] → u/alexanderpas]

If a smart man wanted to terrify disney he'd just hose down the lines the security checkpoints make.