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topmouse
03-17-2005, 11:51 AM
Anyone know the Disneyland/California Adventure policy for bringing food in? We haven't been to DL in two years and I keep reading about people bringing food in.

bradk
03-17-2005, 11:55 AM
as with most issues at security, it appears to be a crap shoot. they won't be unreasonable when it comes to bringing in snacks and bottles/juiceboxes or whatnot, but if it looks like you're bringing in your own meal, prepare to be referred to the picnic area or the lockers.

Susan L
03-17-2005, 11:55 AM
I have never had a problem bringing in snack food or bottled water to each of the parks.

justlittleoldme
03-17-2005, 12:01 PM
I have two youngins and a stroller and diaper bags. I have never had a problem with the fruit cups, crackers and juice we usually bring. We have had bag checkers look at everything, and then ones that barely look in the bag. They really don't seem to care too much what you bring in, as long as they can look.

Just a hint though for eating in the park- most nights we buy the main part of the meal- like pizza, or bengal BBQ, and then I give the kids crackers and juice/water. Most meals, feeding me and 3 kids, we can do under $20.00. Most of the time that involves just drinking water insted of buying a soda (which is better for you anyways).

nvmom
03-17-2005, 12:02 PM
We had no problem w/our water bottles, juice boxes, or the occasional box of animal crackers, etc. I did see on women who got her botttle of Pepsi taken away.

nvmom

Pirate Kevin
03-17-2005, 12:03 PM
Anyone know the Disneyland/California Adventure policy for bringing food in? We haven't been to DL in two years and I keep reading about people bringing food in.
Security will confiscate glass bottles (if they notice them). They really don't care about other food.

CrazyTrain
03-17-2005, 01:23 PM
I saw a family once with sandwhiches and two big bags of chips!

MammaSilva
03-17-2005, 02:06 PM
Like someone else said it really is a 'crapshoot' with who you get. We went 3 days in a row, 1st day the checker barely glanced in the bag, the second day they were actually ESCORTING people over to the locker area if they felt they were bringing in "too much" 3rd day we got another barely glanced at look at our bags. I saw people in the line next to us get told they couldn't bring in their soft side cooler but it was one of the 'bigger ones' not like I used for my daughters snacks for her medical issues. So it really depends on the luck of the draw. It is nice that once you get thru security getting IN to the parks is much easier/faster now.

mystycalchyk
03-17-2005, 02:22 PM
We *knocks on wood* have never had a problem.

We bring water and capri suns
trail mix, lunchables or other crackers-n-cheesey type things
fruit cups, fresh fruit

sometimes in a small 6 pack size soft side cooler or just in a backpack.

DangerMouse
03-17-2005, 02:28 PM
We have always brought in our lunches in a backpack and then rented a locker on main street. We usually eat at the tables right by the locker area. Not once have we had any questions or problems with it.

sierranevada
03-19-2005, 06:17 AM
We bring in sandwiches, lunchables and ziplocks of snacks, and of course, water bottles and have never had a problem. They are just put in our backpack with everything else - no cooler.

SCUBAbe
03-19-2005, 09:45 AM
I've brought in oranges, apples, and bananas before. They let me in. Call me cheap, but I'm not paying $2.75 for a piece of fruit in the park and I don't eat the junk food snack crap they have throughout the park. ..

PapiBear
03-22-2005, 05:28 PM
I've brought in oranges, apples, and bananas before. They let me in. Call me cheap, but I'm not paying $2.75 for a piece of fruit in the park and I don't eat the junk food snack crap they have throughout the park. ..

You're not cheap, you're thrifty.

Park food was overpriced 15 years ago when I was a CM, and it's still overpriced today. I remember once giving some advice on an inexpensive place to eat in the park to a guest who didn't look exactly well-heeled, and I got reprimanded for it! :mad: Boy, that chapped my hide. Is there really something inherently wrong with not wanting your entire bank account to be handed over to the Disney company in one day?

MsYumiBr
03-22-2005, 06:01 PM
You're not cheap, you're thrifty.

Park food was overpriced 15 years ago when I was a CM, and it's still overpriced today. I remember once giving some advice on an inexpensive place to eat in the park to a guest who didn't look exactly well-heeled, and I got reprimanded for it! :mad: Boy, that chapped my hide. Is there really something inherently wrong with not wanting your entire bank account to be handed over to the Disney company in one day?

lol. We know the feeling well. But on vacations, don't you always drain your bank account, and then some? Disney has given our family so many priceless memories (like my youngest's expression on her face the first time she rode space mountain, I laughed soooo hard) that it is worth draining the account once every few years. But some people don't make money like our family so it's a matter of budget. There's absolutely no excuse for filing for bankruptcy just because you spent too much money at Disneyland. People bring coolers full of food and leave it in their cars. I've been known to do this too during the early *lean* days when I didn't work all the time. What's wrong with suggesting a place in the *park* to eat? That's just wierd. I don't think you should have gotten reprimanded for it.