25 | March | 2015 | dadfordisney

Welcome to the first stop aboard Magical Blogorail Orange. Enjoy the ride as we share our tips for free items at Disney Parks.

We see them all the time at every counter service meal….the paper Disney cup. But did you know that you could to that same counter service location at any time and they will give a paper cup full of water for free. Think about that for a second. No need to spend a snack credit or $2.75 to $3.00 on a bottle of water and then filling that bottle with water from water fountains. You can go to any counter service at any time and get free water. Not once per day. You could go multiple times per day. You can multiple cups per visit.

On a typical visit, my family would get a couple gallons of water for our water bottles that we would take into the parks. After we finished that water, we would head to the counter services for a refill. Once we started doing this, we noticed that we need to purchase less water for the room. Now, we were saving on two fronts. We were saving our snack credits or $3.00 for a bottle of water and now we saving even more money since we needed to purchase less water for the room.

As someone who is very susceptible to heat exhaustion and heat stroke, this tip is a life saver. On a hot day in the parks, I could easily go through a half-gallon to a gallon of water just to stay hydrated and stay out of the first aid station. I’d much rather spend my time relaxing and cooling off in a counter service restaurant than at the first aid station.