Originally Posted By cote722 My wife and I are going to Disneyland this week with our 1 year old twins for their first b-day. Just wondering if they would let us bring baby food sealed in the glass jars into Disneyland or do we have to place it into one of those plastic traveling feeding kits for babies. Also formula, can we bring it in the powder form or already mixed in the bottles ??? They can eat some solid food, but we want to play it safe and not to cause any problems at the backpack check point. I just don't want tthem checking the backpacks and telling us to throw the food away. Thanks for any feedback.
Originally Posted By Kylesmom I've never heard of anyone being forced to throw away baby food. They frown on people bringing in their own food, but it's not prohbited. There is even a picnic area people are encouraged to use if they bring their own food. I'm not sure about the glass jars (do they sell baby food in plastic containers?), but everything else should be fine.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal You can bring baby food into the Parks with no problem. I usually try to grab the fruits/veggies in the plastic containers just so I don't worry about breaking the glass in the diaper bag if it gets dropped. You can also bring formula either powdered or already mixed. At the Baby Center at the north east end of Main Street they also sell baby food, formula, etc. just in case you're missing something you need. They also have a quiet location with high chairs, changing tables, etc. Additionally there are changing tables in almost every restroom in the Parks. Even though Guests are not allowed, in general, to bring glass containers into the Parks exceptions are always made for baby food. Have a great time with the twins!!
Originally Posted By everyyearofmylife Am I the only one that thinks you could probably get away with bringing anything into the park? Even on slow times at the security check point they never look at the bottom of my purse, or in the pockets of my back pack. It's nice for bringing in water bottles and food, but also a little disturbing if you think about what other people might bring in.
Originally Posted By wolfchild I've always found the security checks less then comforting. I don't tend to ever travel with a bag of any kind. (though when I did-all they did was open it and then hand it back to me) But I go into the park with cargo pants with very obviously filled pockets and both the DH and I usually have jackets or sweatshirts draped over our arms. But as long as you don't have a _bag_ they don't stop you. We could basically smuggle any darn thing we wanted into the park, as long as we didn't put it in a bag. Kind of an odd comparison when you look at the rinky dink little Paramounts Great America near us. They completely wand you from head to toe and anything that beeps has to be taken out for inspection. I even had to take a mechanical pencil back out to the car once before being let in.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Since the security gates have been moved from the entrances to the parks, to the Esplanade entrances, to get to the picnic area, you have to cross security. So, obviously they have to let people take food in. They have no way of checking if you take it into the parks, so go for it. As for glass, I have been caught with glas before and they made me get rid of it. That isn't to say that they wouldn't let baby food in, but I wouldn't want to risk it.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip My guess is that Disney does a little bit of profiling. I'm sure they concentrate their searches on people who for one reason or another look suspicious. For instance, if I was all alone and showed up on a summer day wearing a parka and a backpack they would probably give me a pretty thorough search.
Originally Posted By knoxvelour FYI....mechanical pencils, pens, etc. can be easily taken apart and be used to stash a marijuana cigarette with no visible trace. So parents, check your kids' school supplies!
Originally Posted By ncnike7 I brought baby food in jars and powdered formula into the park and no one ever tried to stop me. They sell bottles and other stuff in the baby centers so I would imagine they expect parents to bring formula and baby food in. I bring sandwiches and candy also and they never seem to have a problem with it.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I asked the same question here when our 18 mo old grandson was with us in August. Everyone here is 100% correct that they let you bring in any type of baby food in glass or plastic containers, bottles, full or empty. The Baby Center that imadisneygal mentioned is wonderful, I highly recommend the changing tables in there Do expect to be searched though. Some CM's had DD open every pocket of the diaper bag and others waved us through with barely a glance. Have fun
Originally Posted By cmpaley Generally speaking, they don't really care if you bring in water, soda and snack foods into the parks as long as they're pre-prepared (i.e., don't bring a loaf of bread, some lunch meat and mayo separately) and not in glass containers. As for baby food, I'm not completely certain, but I'd transfer it into tupperware or something like that before bringing it...just in case they don't like the glass.
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>>"They frown on people bringing in their own food, but it's not prohbited."<<< No, I have never seen a CM frown on that. As far as the bag search-I agree what a waste of time-either SEARCH or don't! Everytime that we bring my 87 year old mother who is in a wheelchair they completely search her fannypack and my purse they barely glance into. How STUPID is that???!!!
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>>"as long as they're pre-prepared (i.e., don't bring a loaf of bread, some lunch meat and mayo separately..."<<< With the picnic area available, I don't very highly that they will say boo to bringing this in except for the glass container-but Mayo is available in both packets and plastic.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Well me and DVC_mom were at DL in October 2001... just in case you don't realize the significance of the date let me spell it out for ya. Remember Sept 11, 2001? Well suffice to say we had the whole plane to ourselves and our kids quite literally. I would guess that plane would have seated 150 and there were maybe 30 on that mofo...anyway... Anyway, upon checking in to the Grand Cali Hotel, they not only had a dog sniffing but actually looked UNDER the rental care with a mirror!!! We had to raise the hood and show photo ID and all that. There were make shift metal detectors at Universal Hollywood that trip too. I say all that to say this: I am quite sure that security is far less focused NOW than it was 2 weeks after 9/11. At that time we took in all kinds of, no SCADS of baby food and stuff in glass. They searched us and out bags but no one said a thing. SO, that being said, I wouldn't worry about it at all. You won't have a problem.
Originally Posted By JeffG >> "Since the security gates have been moved from the entrances to the parks, to the Esplanade entrances, to get to the picnic area, you have to cross security. " << Actually, they have blocked off the entrance to the picnic area on the park side. It is now only accessible near the north tram station, outside of the bag check stations. When they first moved the bag checks, they did initially have it set up so that you had to go through security to get to the picnic area. They changed this when they realized that it was a major problem for people to be unable to bring items like knives, glass jars, etc. into the picnic area. As for the original question, my advice would be to either transfer baby food into plastic containers or simply purchase the kind that comes in plastic containers to begin with. I'd guess it could be somewhat unpredictible whether or not security will let the glass jars through (or even notice them). More importantly, though, our own experience visiting with an infant (and now a toddler) has been that the diaper bag takes enough abuse during the day that I wouldn't give particularly high odds to glass containers surviving undamaged. With the formula, we did generally find that it was easiest to bring the powder and a couple bottles of water and mix it in the park. I've never known the park to have any objection to bringing in your own bottled water, as long as it is in a plastic container. For the powder, we found these great multi-compartment plastic tupperware-type containers that worked really well for this purpose. We were able to pre-measure the formula into a separate compartment for each feeding, making it very easy to make sure we had the right amount, without having to bring along a measuring scoop. If your child needs the formula to be heated, I definitely second the earlier recommendation of the Baby Care Centers. They have steam-based bottle warmers available for heating up the formula. In addition, we also found that sometimes our son would refuse to eat when the weather was overly warm or the surroundings too noisy. In those cases, the Baby Care Centers worked great as quiet, air-conditioned feeding locations. Note that in addition to the Baby Care Center on Main Street in Disneyland, there is also one behind the Tortilla Factory exhibit in DCA. -Jeff
