I just wanted others to be aware of the wine opener requirements that are now being strictly enforced in Galveston.
I left on the Breeze out of Galveston on January 30th. When going through security, they pulled my luggage to the side to inspect the wine opener I had packed. The screener said that openers that have the small 1" cutter are not allowed and he was going to confiscate my opener. I told him I've boarded with that opener for the past 8 years and have never been questioned. He went on to say it was a long standing policy but is only now being strictly enforced and security had a big meeting that very morning about acceptable wine openers. He was cool about the whole thing and eventually discreetly placed the opener back in my luggage with the instructions to keep it hidden in the room and not to board with it again.
I'm not sure if other ports will also be enforcing this weapons policy too, but I wanted to share the Galveston experience. So off to Amazon I go to look for an opener without the "knife".
