Disney World installs security barricades to protect parks

Well, Disney has been noted a number of times in the news as a target of terrorist activity, if they were to strike anywhere... so it makes sense in a way.

But... in no way would I want that at any other "normal" theme park including the likes of Cedar Po!nt, a Six Flags park, Paramount... etc etc. It would just make me feel really uncomfortable. The metal detectors are bad enough...but for Disney, it's a different story.

Seeing more security would make you feel more "un"comfortable? When I go out late at night I am happy to see police, not upset by it. I don't follow your rationale here.

Police presence = good.

Barracades, metal detectors, body cavity searches, & electrical barbed wire fences = bad.

It's the overall atmosphere. Police/park security is great. But the other stuff mentioned makes me feel a little uneasy like the park is some sort of target, and they're protecting it as if houses the queen.

I'm not following you. How are barracades a bad thing? Its not like they built the Berlin Wall in front of the park, its just a small measure of protection that the company wisely added on their own. A little barracade is not going to keep me out of a park. Body cavity searches, on the other hand... ;)

Here is a link to what they should look like(barracades).

http://www.deltascientific.com/tt207s-2.htm

Plust the barracades are in the SERVICE enterences, not infront of the park. Plus, unless you get access to service roads, you can't even come close to the Magic Kingdom.

Nothing short of a hovercraft is going to reach the Magic Kingdom main gates.

Actually you can get to the Main Gate via roadway following the route past the Contemporary and leading up to the bus drop-off/pick up area.

The bigger concern they would have at the Magic Kingdom is if someone could get a vehicle with explosives into the Utilidors. A truck as big as a Wells-Fargo truck can fit under there. The resulting explosion could do damage from Fantasy Land to Main Street and from Tomorrow Land to Adventure Land.

These barricades are unobtrusive...unless they need to be used. They pop up out of the ground.

And, if you don't think the most famous Amusement Park in the world is a potential target then you are being pretty naive.

Exactly. I would think ANYTHING on Disney property would be fair game for a terrorist attack.

...what about Tigger? Is Tigger fair game? Or does he play for the other team after all he's been through?