Taking food and drink into theme parks

Hi,

Are you allowed to take your own food and drink into the various theme parks (Disney and Universal)?

Can I take in a cool box?

Thanks in anticipation

The parks have no problems with you taking foods into the park, although taking and dragging a coolbox around with you will be very tiring, I would suggest, maybe putting some water bottles and cookies etc in your bag to keep you going for a couple of hours and put the coolbox in a locker inthe park, or you can leave it in the car and come back to it for a break, Disney have the trams that run to all the parking lots, and universal is a multi sorty, that is within easy reach of the entrances.

We tend to take a small ruck sack or something similar with our lunch in. As stated taking a Cool Box would be very tiring.

I picked up some small ruck sacks in WalMart that just hold 2 bottles of water and some sandwiches. That way the kids can carry their own water, as one person carrying water for 5 people was too much. The more they remember to drink, the lighter their bags become!

Hi

we always freeze bottles of water and then as the day goes on they start to thaw and are nice and cold to drink.

Julie

We freeze water too and also take the small baby carrots for snacks, they stay cool next to the iced water!!

Travel light! Carrying a cool box around all day woud be a pain-don't forget there are loads of water fountains in every park and if you're hungry get one of those Turkey legs they'll keep you going all day!! (only joking-i appreciate the different budgetary/dietary needs on the forum-serious about the water fountains though)

we always take a cool box with us and I think the only park to have an issue with it is Animal Kingdom. But it is heavy for the person who has to drag it along we have one that looks like a suitcase with wheels.

Hi,
Not taken a cool box into parks for some time but did when the children were smaller and bought a locker for the day at the park enterance popped the cool box in and returned at various times during the day for food and drink. I am sure you can still hire the lockers for the day.

Val

richo, can I suggest you don't bother taking food and drink in? Honestly, the thought of lugging it around all day is a real turn off. The parks are full of food and drink. If you don't fancy the prices, eat a huge breakfast before you go and drink water from the fountains - either option seems much better than the alternative. Storing it in a locker means a good walk back there and interrupts the flow of the day.

We have a couple of small backpack, the kind with drawstrings at the top, that we carry in with us. We got a great tip a couple of years ago to freeze gatorades and carry them in the backpacks. We usually take 4 of the .5 liter frozen gatorades and sip on them as they melt. Not very heavy and the cold against your back feels great in the summer months. As far as food, we eat a good breakfast, arrive at the first park we are going to that day right before it opens and stay until midday then go back to our villa, and either pick up lunch or fix something there. We always pack the Walmart trail mix and granola bars that won't melt in the backpacks also and snack on that while in the parks. Security will look through your backpack as you go in but will not have a problem with any of that.

Chuck

The last time we went to Cypress Gardens they did not allow you to take in food and drink.

We bought a padded ruck sack from the Nike shop and it has a cool bag compartment built in it. The straps are really padded and even with 12 cans in it it does not feel uncomfortable.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Albert the Frog
and if you're hungry get one of those Turkey legs they'll keep you going all day!! [/quote]

Sorry to go off-topic, but this made me smile. A couple of weeks ago my eldest son (23) came home and told us he'd had a sudden flashback of himself trying to eat a turkey leg that was about as big as himself! He had no idea where or when it had happened. I reckon it was about sixteen years ago when he was 7 !

Richo, there really is no need to take drinks into the parks, all the cafes and stands which serve soda from machines will give you as many free beakers of iced water as you want.

You don't even need to queue, simply very politely stroll up to the serving counter and ask politely for free iced water.

Food is another matter, I guess some people will need celiac or gluten-free etc., but really, please don't lug water around with you.

Have a great time

VV

we always take a cool ruck sack type thing with sannies and lunchables for kids and drinks.But you run out pretty quick on the drinks down to the heat. But i cant help myself buying a mickeys premium ice cream or the strawberry one.mmmmmm canny beat it..

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Dads_Taxi
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Albert the Frog
and if you're hungry get one of those Turkey legs they'll keep you going all day!! [/quote]

Sorry to go off-topic, but this made me smile. A couple of weeks ago my eldest son (23) came home and told us he'd had a sudden flashback of himself trying to eat a turkey leg that was about as big as himself! He had no idea where or when it had happened. I reckon it was about sixteen years ago when he was 7 !
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Yep, off topic again but one of those bad boys fed my two boys and their Gran for the whole day[msnsmile2]

We did the pack lunches the first time we visited Orlando to save a few quid but to be honest it probably cost the same as eating in the parks. We had the luxury of a pram having to hang stuff off but it was still a pita.