I've parked outside lot many times and never had a problem. I'm sure there's security there as there is for the covered lot. The only problem which we encountered the last time in October is that they changed the way parking payments was handled. You prepaid at the entrance and their little portable charge gadget was so slow (print receipt) that it created a huge back log. Previously, you paid at the kiosk upon debarking and exited upon presentation of receipt. When I sailed on February 9th since there was only Anthem, payment was at the kiosk.