The wife, kid, her little friend and I went to Orlando last month. Going in to Universal Studios the girls all had to open their hand bags while somebody probed through them with a stick. When we actually went into the section with the rides, everyone was finger printed, to which I protested but complied. Wasn't going to ruin my kids vacation. The girls bought hot dogs for like 4 bucks each and were given a bag of some kind of chips, so they carried them around the park in their bags all day in case they wanted them later. Around seven we got to the Hard Rock Cafe where we had reservations, and the women's bags were searched again, and we all had to go through airport type metal detectors and empty our pockets. Of course I bitched about that. Already been through two security checks and now this final insult? What do you think I did, watch McGiver and manufacture an AK47 out of paper clips and bubble gum since I came in the park? Then the made the kids throw away the chips they carried through the stupid park all day.
It gets better. We were toward the back of the seating as the hall filled in, and two rent a cops lit me up with pen lights from the side isle until I finally gave them a glare and started to get up to confront them. Was wishing I'd brought my Surefire, but it probably would have been confiscated at the door. However, security was no where to be seen while the women a few rows in front of us decided it was ok to block everyone's view with their damn camera phones held over their heads to video tape the show.
I will NEVER go back to Universal Studios. Probably never go back to Orlando, or Fla., and I lived there for a few years. I can sit on the plane for another hour and be in Aruba.