Disney World scanners mock TSA!

ORLANDO, Florida - May 26, 2011 - By the time they arrive at Disney World, families would normally expect they'd seen the last of TSA's infamously rigorous full-body scans.

Instead, when they enter one of the revamped rides in Orlando, Florida, they'll find themselves subject to apparently stringent checks - at the hands of two Star Wars droids.

But in fact the scans are fakes, designed by Disney as a joke at TSA's expense for fans waiting to enter the new simulator, Star Wars: The Adventures Continue.

The satirical security checks have been installed just weeks after TSA faced a barrage of criticism because its staff gave full-body pat downs to a baby, a six-year-old girl, and an eight-year-old boy on his way to Disneyland.

They have been placed near the entrance to the historic ride, which was opened by Star Wars director George Lucas last weekend after a revamp.

The crowds of fans who lined up for hours - in full costume -  were ushered into two rooms, the second of which has been mocked up as an airport security checkpoint.

The two droids inside, G2-9T and G2-4T, were used in the old simulator, but they have now been modified to satirize TSA's more stringent security.

According to Disney, visitors will “enjoy paying a lot of attention to what the scans of the luggage show inside” as they are “scanned” by G2-9T.

Then they will move forward to be scanned by the other droid - and will find themselves subject to a fake version of the thermal body imaging installed at U.S. airports.

The droids may even shout at people as they file past, mocking the agents who take passengers to one side.

Disney has been quick to assure visitors the scans are meant only as a parody, and says the thermal images are not real security scans.

The checkpoint has so far been attracting laughs rather than groans as families encounter yet more checks.