Terminal 2 is the International Terminal at Dublin Airport, and this place gets real busy…read more
Start your adventure back to the States by going to the main airline counters (where you check your luggage) and inquire about the Fast Track option (which will allow you to avoid customs). The agent we encountered was helpful, despite his long, often hard to follow, explanation of where we had to go to get through security and locate our departing gate.
Security that we encountered here was surly, at best. Sharp, barked orders greet us. Take off your belt. Put everything in the trays. Shoes above the ankle need to be removed. Put it in the trays. Now! Keep moving, don't hold up the line! Walk through the scanner and be prepared for anything they throw at you. My traveling companion had a long-sleeved tee shirt on that had a hood. "Can you take that off?" Well, yeah, she could take it off, but it's her shirt and she has undergarments underneath - and that's it. "Can you take that off?" she was asked once again. She finally lifted up the front of her shirt and flashed them her torso showing only her bra. I think they got the picture then, but proceeded to FULL BODY scan her (foot up on a chair, scan between the legs, that sort of full body scan).
Meanwhile, I'm being yelled at to "keep moving!" I was attempting to put my belt back on and there were hardly any people behind me. The agent continued to bark at me to move, stack the trays, go down to the end - NOW. Jeez. If you obviously have no patience for this job, then perhaps you should find another line of work.
Once you finally make it through security and towards the gates, you are bombarded with duty-free perfume shops (and smells) and duty-free liquor kiosks.
Once you get to where the gates are, don't expect a whole lot of concessions. There was a coffee counter near our gate and it was hopping. A walk down to the end produced a few other spots to purchase food, but there were not many. Leaving on a morning flight, we only wanted coffee, and we did get that.
This is obviously a busy airport, and things did go smoothly once we were at the gate and ready to board. But that whole security encounter was a bit over the top.