What can you take into the park?

[jnorthington]

We are planning a trip in June. We are travelling with another couple and there will be 3 children. We were looking into taking a backpack filled with water and snack items to help defray some of the cost.

Is there a limit on what you can take into the park? Has anyone tried out the backpack coolers? What ideas are there out there.

We are staying off premise. We are looking to eat breakfast at our townhouse, eat a late lunch, snack on snacks that we take into the park and a light dinner back at the townhome. Of course we will do 1 or 2 character dinings.

All suggestions and input are welcome


10 months till our 7 year old princess experiences the magic

Eric

 

[2ndStar2theRT]

Just got back from our trip...we ALWAYS bring food and water in with us. We bring a Camel Back backpack ( has a water a removable water pouch and drinking tube) that we fill with ice and bottled water. We also bring in our own refillable water bottles. No one minds - and you can ask for water (if you care for the mineral taste) and ice at any of the stands. Some people bring the small packets of Crystal Ice to flavor the water.

I always bring in small packets of trail mix, peanut butter cracker packs ect..stuff that can be eaten in a pinch and won't take up too much room. Last year I even packed those PBJ sandwhiches that you get in the freezer section. By the time my DD wanted one it was defrosted.

Some people bring in their own soft -sided coolers, store them in a locker or shove them under thier strollers.

They will check all you bags before entering the park -so don't bother trying to pack "adult beverages"!

Hope that helps!

 

[Whitewater]

All my recent research for my upcoming "1st time as an adult for our honeymoon" trip suggests that they'll let you bring in anything so long as it's non-alcoholic, not in glass containers and it's not on wheels. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong? I also seem to remember a maximum size for coolers, but I haven't paid much attention since we aren't going to have a cooler with us.

We're planning on bringing in a couple of Nalgene containers (you know, those round plastic sports bottles) for water, one 16oz and one 32oz, to hang off of our bag (or belt loops!) via carabiner clips and some mixed nuts/trail mix and beef jerky in little ziplock bags to go in our park bag. We'll just prepare the baggies the night before.

Try allears.net or mousesavers for specific info, I think it's on one of those two websites. Or else, somebody will chime in here with specifics -- these people are wonderful and know all the answers


Whitewater

 

[RMulieri]

Coolers have to be small and soft.Hard sided coolers, larger coolers, anything on wheels( backpacks,coolers,wagons) are prohibited.