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Metal Detectors and bag checks in Hall H line?
« on: July 19, 2018, 08:27:54 AM »
My husband just texted me a picture of metal detectors in the Hall H line and he said there were bag check stations. Whaaaat? Anyone have more details? How is this working with people being in line all night?

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Re: Metal Detectors and bag checks in Hall H line?
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2018, 09:06:05 AM »
Update... my husband says that the metal detectors and bag check are at the front of the chutes. It takes 45 minutes to fill each chute.

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Re: Metal Detectors and bag checks in Hall H line?
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2018, 09:33:12 AM »
Hopefully they let people in earlier because of this

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Re: Metal Detectors and bag checks in Hall H line?
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2018, 10:21:03 AM »
When I went through that section, they had us go through the metal detectors, but weren't checking bags. Only person I saw having anything checked had a prop that was inspected.

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Re: Metal Detectors and bag checks in Hall H line?
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2018, 10:53:24 AM »
Yeah. They checked my backpack. Guess they’re not playing around this year.

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Re: Metal Detectors and bag checks in Hall H line?
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2018, 03:19:01 PM »
Funny they only do s bag check at hall h. You'd think they'd do it for every room.

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Re: Metal Detectors and bag checks in Hall H line?
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2018, 03:33:21 PM »
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Funny they only do s bag check at hall h. You'd think they'd do it for every room.
Indigo Ballroom also has a bag check.

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Re: Metal Detectors and bag checks in Hall H line?
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2018, 04:41:13 PM »
Metal detectors also a Hall H bathroom pass return area.




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Re: Metal Detectors and bag checks in Hall H line?
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2018, 04:44:17 PM »
By the time they let us into the chutes, they were not doing a bag check or using the metal detectors.  But for bathroom pass you did have to tap in/out and go through bag check and.a metal detector.

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Re: Metal Detectors and bag checks in Hall H line?
« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2018, 06:47:11 PM »
I went through it getting in for Better Call Saul. No big deal. Not as intense as at the airport.

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Re: Metal Detectors and bag checks in Hall H line?
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2018, 08:32:01 AM »
This morning (Friday Hall H)the metal detectors weren’t even on. I walked through them with all of my bags and camping chair.

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Re: Metal Detectors and bag checks in Hall H line?
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2018, 08:34:02 AM »
They were doing nominal bag check when we went into the chutes.

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Re: Metal Detectors and bag checks in Hall H line?
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2018, 11:10:04 PM »
For a brief moment on Thursday, I was actually caught doing this even though I was part of the EE line going in.  I will say, this all seems like theater.  I had to unzip my backpack, but the checker only looked in the main compartment and ignored like the other 5 or 6 pockets in my backpack.  I also had to open my camera bag, but the person only took a glance then told me it was fine.  And I also had to empty out my pockets, which took forever because I have so much stuff (wallet, keys, battery charger, schedule, phone, sunscreen, etc.).

The moment, I passed through though, the security supervisor was screaming, "What are you guys doing?!?! Let these folks in, we don't have time for this, we need to get everyone into the exhibit hall!"  And thus, they stopped doing this.  I could not imagine trying to do this every single time coming in and out of the building.

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Re: Metal Detectors and bag checks in Hall H line?
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2018, 08:24:58 AM »
We went early most mornings for the EE line and we never got checked before entering the chutes. In fact, at least 3 times throughout the weekend (whether for the EE line in the AM or Hall H) they let us walk through the side and bypass the metal detectors.

Indigo Room on the other hand was very thorough, which is why I think the line was super slow despite there sometimes being open seats. They checked all pockets of my bag and had me move stuff around in the biggest compartment. One at a time through metal detectors and all.

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Re: Metal Detectors and bag checks in Hall H line?
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2018, 09:22:50 AM »
Like with all security people, your experience can vary greatly.  The outside security people when I first went into Hall H were...... not nice.  Generally I unzip everything for them and move things aside so they can have a look.  The guy I got would have none of that.  He insisted on manhandling my bag himself.  So against my objections he unzipped everything and didn't bother to rezip any of it.  He pushed my bag to the other side of that table that stretches across the metal detector and let things spill out.  I was not happy.

On the other hand, the guys working the bathroom pass return line were much nicer.  They let me unzip things and move things aside.  I told them that they were nicer than the people outside.