Originally Posted by Xandrios

The priority lanes help immensely. Only if there is a general halt in pax being allowed to enter the terminal you'd have to wait outside. The 'outside queue' that is usually shown (the one with the tents) is actually the (regular) security line. When using priority you would not have to get into that line. Under normal circumstances the wait in the priority security line would be <60 minutes, usually even <30 min.