Curious to know this too; it'll save me some luggage space if I dont't need to bring oneI read in a post a month or two ago that you are no longer allowed to have your old bucket refilled. Has anyone brought an old bucket onto the ship and had it refilled?
The Simba bucket?We have often used a Lion King popcorn bucket we bought on a 2019 cruise and have received compliments on it from the popcorn vendors. No problems at all!
Our friends did that when we cruised together in January of 2023, but I've heard that they are no longer allowing that or cracking down on it and only allowing those purchased on board to be used. But it seems that enforcement is very inconsistent. Our friends live locally and drive, so they bring the full contents of their house when they cruise (I don't think I even own as many suitcases as they do!). I have to be very judicious in what I can pack, not just because of weight and volume, but because I doubt a popcorn bucket would survive being crammed into a suitcase. If you don't have those issues, I'd be tempted to try and just shrug if they won't accept it, but if I had to sacrifice suitcase space on the off-chance I could save a couple of dollars on popcorn, that would be a no for me.I have often wondered about that - using your normal WDW buckets...
Brilliant idea! We will do that on our next cruise.We always bring two buckets. One we use for popcorn and the other we fill with cookies to eat either in the cabin or bring with us to watch movies in the Buena Vista Theater.
On the Dream/Fantasy, go to Flo’s Cafe and on the Magic/Wonder, go to Daisy’s De-Lites and ask for a plate of 20 cookies. They can’t fill the bucket up directly because of health codes regulations (which I find weird because there’s no problem with filling the same bucket with popcorn). 20 cookies fills up the bucket to the brim. Enjoy!Brilliant idea! We will do that on our next cruise.
Autogratuity, not tax onboard the ship. $1.50 + 18% autogratuity.Just got off the Fantasy, brought the regular popcorn bucket from the parks. Refills were $1.77 (that included tax)
Will bring our 5 year old Marvel bucket along and see what happens. If they don't refill it with popcorn at the refill rate, we'll go and fill it with fries, cookies or something else that is free. LOL. Thanks for the info!Just got off the Fantasy, brought the regular popcorn bucket from the parks. Refills were $1.77 (that included tax)