How to Pack a Carry on with Snacks and Entertainment and Get Through Security?

For food and entertainment you can pack pretty much anything you want, but you will have to buy drinks once you are past security. They cost more and that sucks, but it is what it is.

I have a 2.5 year old, so things may change as kids get older. I have never had any trouble to bring food or drinks for my daughter through security. The last time we flew was right after the "underpants" incident and even with heightened security it was fine.
I pack small juice bottles (I sometimes freeze one or two of those to keep the other items cool) and have also brought yogurt in the past, cheese and any kind of dry snacks, fruit and veggies (dry food is not an issue, you can take as much as you want!). I pack all food and drink items in a small separate lunch bag and empty it into a bin when I go through the checkpoint. Several times they have done tests on my drinks (swipes and some other high tech looking gadget) but I was never asked or ordered to throw anything out. I also take with me an empty bottle and fill it at the water fountain before we get on the plane.
I always pack things so that I wouldn't be upset about loosing them or having to throw them out. Drinks and liquid foods I bring in original packaging and small/individual sizes, so I wouldn't be upset it I was asked to toss them.
Good luck!

Any liquids or gels need to be 3 oz or less (and these need to be taken out of your bag and put in one of their security containers when you are going through). No juice boxes or water bottles are small enough. I bring an empty water bottle and then fill it up on the other side at a water fountain. They serve drinks on the plane or you can buy whatever you want on the other side of security. If you take a dvd player or laptop, you should take that out of your bag and put it in one of their security containers too. There are people there to help you and if you mess up they simply correct the problem and may put your bag through twice. It is no big deal. When we travel we let our son play video games with his dad's phone. We sometimes bring a laptop and headphones to watch movies. We also bring fun art supplies, a comic book, or a maze book - I go get something new from the grocery store. We also bring several snacks he likes and sometimes buy him some chicken strips after security to take on the plane (if it is a long flight and we didn't have time to sit down and eat before boarding). Have a great trip!

I just flew to FL with a 2 and 4 year old. I packed a few snacks for each plus juice boxes (2 each). Juice boxes are 6oz (so, over the limit for liquids), but as long as you have kids they don't question it. Our airline had apple juice, so you don't even need juice boxes. You'll have no problem getting a DVD player through either.

We just got back from Disney in May and our daughter is 3 1/2. We had absolutely no problem with her DVD player, CDs, books, and snacks. We waited until we got on the plane and let her choose water or juice. You can pretty much carry on whatever you would like as far as snacks are concerned. Some Disney tips though...best thing you could do is make sure you have a hopper pass. Since you are staying on the resort, you can have access to the magic hours and if you have reservations at different parks, the hopper pass allows you to not have to plan one park per day type of deal. The next question I would have for you is if you were planning on bringing a stroller. I know you might think that your kids are too big for strollers, but trust me when I say that they may get tired walking around so much and you have things that you have to carry. We decided to rent a stroller there and you can just drop them off at each park and pick another one up. The good thing about this is that if you lose the stroller, it's not a big deal. The bad thing about this is that you don't have a stroller to take you from the park to the bus/monorail and then from the bus to your resort. So if your out late and your kids are tired, it's a little stressful getting them back and forth. The resorts have refillable mugs for $15. If you drink soda and are on the meal plan, this is the way to go. Pay $15 and refill your soda as much as you want during your stay. We would get our meals and for our drink get bottled water, then go refill our mugs with soda. We would then take the bottled water with us in case we got thirsty at the parks. We also loved the meal plan and I think we saved a lot of money and got to try types of food that we normally wouldn't....we had a princess lunch that served Norwegian food. Too cool! And my last tip (if I think of more, I'll let you know) if you have those small backpacks with drawstrings for straps, take those. They were so easy to put all of our stuff in and carry on our backs vs a purse, snack bags, water, camera, souveniers, etc. When you are on the rides you can either keep them on your back or wrap them around your legs. Hope these help and let me know if you have any questions b/c the trip is fresh in my head. Have a wonderful time and it definitely is worth all the fun memories. Your kids are at a great age to go!

Crayola has those take and stow color pages. Where the container has the coloring books, and makers that only mark that special paper. My 2 and 4 yr old love the books with pages that have flip boards on the pages that help with the story. The counting game could be fun. Count how many men women and children there are in the airports, in the plane. How many have short hair, long hair ect. Could help teach them about their surroundings..LOL

Call the airport and ask.

We just made this same trip in October of '09. Each person who has a ticket can bring a carry on. That said, both of my girls already had their own little rolling suitcases. I say rolling because then they can pull them through the airports themselves. We filled each suitcase with different activities. Coloring books/Crayons (small box), sticker books, reading books, Personnal CD player w/follow along books, DSi's & I-pod (my kids were a little older 10 & 5), etc. (Put extra batteries and any chargers in your carry-on.) We also put snacks and a change of clothes in each just in case our luggage was lost. We didn't pack them tight so they would have enough room to bring their souvenirs home.

As for Disney itself, rent a double stroller, no matter what. If you travel to two parks on the same day, you can take the card they give you to identify your stoller from park to park and you don't pay anything additional. Plan your character meals ahead of time, if you haven't already. Have fun and good luck.

I fly at least once a year w/kids to go see family- as far as snacks and entertainment you can take anything. For drinks, you will probably have to buy those after you get past security- they only make excpetions for infants and young toddler and then just enough to make it thru your flight (which they run tests on the fluids before allowing you to take them). Alot of the times the flight attendant will give you extra drinks for the kids if you ask (ie a whole bottle/can of juice, water, ect)

Hope this helps and enjoy your trip,

L.

We LOVE our Trunki (google it, you'll find it easily). It is a cool carry on/ride along suit case for children. My daughter is 4, and she has been using this for about a year now and will be for awhile still. They are amazingly sturdy and stable. We downloaded videos and other kids apps. on our iphone and itouch and brought headphones (if you have these devices, you can download movies on them... it's small, compact and keeps kids entertained for awhile). As far as snacks go, I always make sandwiches and whatever snacks I wish to take... the only thing you cannot pack and won't make through security are drinks or liquid snacks of any kind (don't do yogurt or jello, they might snag that from you)... get your drinks once you pass through security.... anything else you wish to take will be allowed. We have never had an issue taking food through security. Have fun!