Bringing food into the park.

[bcla]

We watched some people ahead of us in line have 6 cans of beer taken away, but they got to keep their soda and food. Dude looked like he wanted to cry

That shouldn't be any surprise. I don't know of any kind of amusement park, stadium, or performance venue that allows outside alcohol at all.

I did get busted once before a concert. I was there early in the parking lot and I wasn't sure if I could consume alcohol or not as would be legal at a stadium parking lot. So I cracked open a 24 oz can of PBR I bought for less than $2 at a supermarket. I see the cops comes by for their patrol of the lot and I instinctively just put it away. They come by, one cop says she saw me put away something and I honestly say I didn't know the policy but just did it out of instinct. I don't get cited, but she makes me pour it out. Guy in the car next to mine says that he would recommend using a cup or bottle next time.

Now I did look up the law. The parking lot is technically in a city park where it's legal to possess and consume alcohol, but not within 50 feet of the main parking lot for this venue. And the irony is that when I get into the concert venue, they've got 24 oz cans of PBR for sale at $12 each.

 

[dorchrislen]

At DL, I brought in a McDonald's bag one time and a Subway another. At DCA, I took in the grocery sushi container. No problems, and I know they saw them.

 

[At Least Many]

^That blinkie is mesmerizing. Can't.stop.watching.man.dance......

 

[ORMom2Four]

I'm pretty sure that even if they were enforcing the policy as stated, there is a published exception for special dietary needs.



And I find it interesting that WDW has an official policy that's pretty similar to what we expect at Disneyland.



I've never had an issue at DL. They've searched our cooler at security. I've dropped a bag of snacks boarding a ride and a CM retrieved it and tossed it back to me. I've had a full McDonald's bag in plain sight. I've spilled a can of Coke and a CM saw it and said that it was no problem and she'd have someone clean it up. As long as you're reasonable there's no enforcement. They'll only enforce as a pretense for something else or if you're totally unreasonable.

That is the ONLY time we have been told that we could not bring food in. BIL had a bag with 4 McD's egg mcmuffins one morning, and they would not let him through security with it. We were able to go in with our cooler filled with ice and canned soda though with no issue.

 

[Gisele]

That is the ONLY time we have been told that we could not bring food in. BIL had a bag with 4 McD's egg mcmuffins one morning, and they would not let him through security with it. We were able to go in with our cooler filled with ice and canned soda though with no issue.

That's odd. I wonder what that was about?