I h ave taken little things, like balls, swim sticks, stuff like that. I have seen some noodles, but they are probably people who drove to WDW or bought it there. The only problem I had was when DS was using the sticks.....they are weighted and you have to swim to the bottom to retrieve them. When we were at AKL he threw them too close to where the slide enters the water and the lifeguard told him to move away from there so that he didn't get bumped into.