(31 Jul 2015, 6:31 pm)R852 PRG wrote The last time I was there for photos (for Tornado) was when I was on a Get Around (so no rail tickets/Explorer to get me through with the assumption I was going to travel), I was with Adrian and Adam. We didn't go through any of that procedure, we asked at a little information kiosk, and got redirected over to the ticket barriers where we asked for permission to go through. No questions were asked.
That may have been for that day only, as the SMC would have been heaving!