After an initial test with Cast Members at EPCOT in February, Walt Disney World is once again testing the X-ray machines with guests this Wednesday, August 14, at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

X-Ray Machine Testing

This is the first time we’ve noticed this new equipment being tested with guests; the machines are likely not ready to be fully implemented. When we entered Disney’s Animal Kingdom on Wednesday morning, the X-ray machine was not in use. We were instructed to zip up and remove our bags for scanning when we returned to the park in the afternoon.

Cast Members took our bag and dropped it through the machine, saying what color shirt our reporter had on — maybe to match the bag with its owner. We still walked through the contactless scanner holding a cup. Every person with a bag that didn’t also have a wheelchair or stroller had to put their bag through this scanner.

When we left and returned to the park later in the day, the machines were no longer in use, confirming this was just a test.

The contactless scanners were first tested and installed in 2020, replacing metal detectors and X-ray machines. Since then, most guests have been able to walk through a single machine without removing their bags. The scanners flag guests for further screening if something potentially dangerous is detected on their person or in their bag. The flagged guests then step aside to have their bags searched and to have a metal detector wand waved over them.

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