Bring or Buy?

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Break off from movie pass thread.

When you go to movies, amusement park, circus, concert, sporting event, etc do you bring food and drinks or buy there?  I almost always bring.  It is a bit more inconvenient post 911 and aurora as security can be a bit more thorough than before, but typically a claim of food allergy or religious dietary restriction will allow an exception.  I will buy some food there.  If I go to an amusement park I will bring morning snacks and lunch but buy afternoon snacks and drinks.

[Sunstroke]

Movies: About 50/50...sometimes I bring the chomps, sometimes I'll pay concession prices.
Amusement park: Been so long since I've been to one (over 25 years) that I have to put "N/A" for this one.
Circus: I try to trap and eat at least one clown when I go to the circus.
Concert: I am usually rocking out so hard that I don't even think about eating.
Sporting event: I'm all about the ballpark food...even as overpriced as it usually is.

[Phishfan]

Movies: I'll bring my flask sometimes. It's also a mixed bag on if I even partake in any concessions at all (other than a bottle of water which I always have). I would only consider popcorn (I don't do much candy) and most of the time I just go without anyway.

Amusement park: I do not take anything in. I don't want to carry that stuff around all day. I may eat one small meal inside but beverages are necessary while inside.

Circus: I would never go (unless we count Cirque du Soleil)

Concert: Definitely not eating and will have drinks beforehand so that I can limit having drinks inside

Sporting event: I eat beforehand. For football games tailgating is necessary (as was Orlando City games before the new stadium). Much like a concert I have some beers beforehand so I limit how many I would have inside.

[DaLittle B]

  I must say reading this thread,and and responses REALLY makes me miss the drive in when we'd load up the vehicle wit a bunch of people,a cooler,and popcorn...


Movies- Last time I went was 4yrs ago yesterday (for My Mom's B-day),and we got complimentary water after seeing the prices.Mom screamed about we used to get small drink & popcorn and got FREE refills back in the day.(making us both feel old,because that was before the college age kid behind the counter was born... )

Amusement park- Been 20 years since I went to Silver Dollar city, we ate at silver dollar city,bur when Used to also go to local establishments in Branson,afterward also.

** At the Local/State fair - 5+ years ago I went, We had some of the more exotic fair food,but generally not a whole meal.It's a special, 1 time of the year thing....

Circus- I'm not allowed to go my family thinks I might run off with them...

Sporting event- I've only been to a few,and we got something to eat, every time...

Concert- Alcohol back in the day? Food never that I can think of....My 1st music festival,we did bring stuff,and ate there....


Other
4th of July festivities (Fire fall,big all day concert,fireworks store we'd treat like the drive in movies.)

[Sunstroke]

Circus- I'm not allowed to go my family thinks I might run off with them...

My family actually forced me to go to every circus that came around, hoping that I would run off with them...  

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Amusement park: I do not take anything in. I don't want to carry that stuff around all day. I may eat one small meal inside but beverages are necessary while inside.

Carrying has a lot to do with why we tend to do morning snacks rather than afternoon.  A couple of granola bars don't weigh that much.  But even more than saving money it saves time.  Rather than stand in line to buy food we just eat in line for the next ride, which also cuts down on line boredom. Carrying a full days worth of drinks would be super heavy, but a refillable water bottle works great and can be refilled at a water fountain. If I use a liter and half bottle I tend to refill it on the same schedule as emptying my bladder, if I use a smaller one it is lighter but I need to look for a water fountain more often.

[masterfins]

I hate paying for overpriced food that doesn't taste good, so I tend to eat good before hand to avoid paying inside. Unfortunately have to pay for the overpriced beer.  Sometimes I'll bring food in if it's an all day event and it's convenient, other times just have to bite the bullet and buy food there.

[Dave Gray]

We have Disney World annual passes, which make for a pretty good weekend for not a bunch of money.  But food is a killer, especially with kids.  I don't mind paying for us to go out to dinner, but paying for your kids to graze and want a snack throughout the day is absolutely brutal.

I've done it all ways -- from packing my entire food for the entire day to paying for it, and the sweet spot is to pack things to ensure that you aren't hungry or thirsty.  So, I pack PB sandwiches and dry snacks for the kids to eat in lines.  Then, we can decide to stop and get a proper dinner, but it isn't because we're starving and out of options.  I also usually freeze and bring a bunch of gatorade bottles that I wheel around in the stroller.

For movies, I will sometimes bring in a thing, but I'm not the kind of person that needs to eat or drink during a movie, so often I'll just do without entirely.  If my wife goes, she will order popcorn and I just have to be okay with that.

[dolanroi]

 I don't usually eat inside a movie house. And I eat before going to an amusement park. Will just buy snacks inside if I'm hungry.