I has been two years since i've attended but for four years in a row I had made it a point to make it to Orlando, it was interesting to watch the severity of security procedures increase.
The last time I went, it took my party 45 minutes to move from the spinning globe just outside the park into the gates to a point where we could walk without being caught in a crowd. That's 2-3 houses with an express pass.
But as you said, there's a greater need for security based on events occurring in the world that hadn't been considered or prepared for. We're all going to suffer for that garbage in the long run.