Re: Pre-Ordered lunches
 

Debbie:

We didn't order from the arena because I too was afraid after last year. We did order box lunches from the Culinaria which is just 3 blocks from the pit area.

The average lunch was 8 bucks and that included a HUGE sandwich, potato,pasta or fruit salad, a bag of chips and a cookie. We bought a couple of 12 packs of water each day to go along with it.

We pre ordered everything the Monday before we left. Told them how many of each sandwich. Everyone got the same salad each day but we rotated them.

We just took a dolly to the store with us each day to haul the stuff back. We rolled it all right into the lobby by the Jr. FLL pit area and no one ever said a word.

I highly recommend it.

Re: Pre-Ordered lunches
 

I didn't think we could bring food inside. Good to know! Thanks!

Re: Pre-Ordered lunches
 

Either I don't understand the rule, or it seems to be sporadically enforced. We once rolled our dolly right inside, another time we were asked to carry food in separately (each person only carry 1-2 meals), and another time we had to pick everything up at once and collapse and carry the dolly? At least 2 of the 3 times were instructions from the same person. Appeared rather bizarre. Other teams seemed to be treated just as sporadically. Worth a shot (maybe two), though.

Re: Pre-Ordered lunches
 

Our team purchased Jimmie-Johns to eat. When the group who bought it came back, they were stopped the door and told they couldn't enter with the food. We ended up eating outside in the circle driveway. Sure glad it wasn't raining that day.