Almost Free Traveling

Because of a combination of extensive walking, salty snacks and standing around in the sun, we thirst excessively at Disneyland. I do not like paying bottled water premiums in the parks, so here’s a list of how we hydrate at Disneyland for free.

DISNEYLAND

Drinking Fountains

There are dozens of drinking fountains all over Disneyland; the quickest way to locate one is to open the Disneyland app, click on the map icon on the bottom bar, and then use the magnifying glass on the bottom bar to search “drinking fountains:’

Drinking fountains are a lifesaver; even better is bringing a water bottle in with you and filling it throughout the day at water bottle stations, which we’ll get to next.

You might like: Top 20 Disney Essentials to Bring Into the Parks which includes water containers and silicone straws.

Water Bottle Stations

Not all the park drinking fountains include a bottle-filling option, but in the app you can click through to see which ones do:

Click through on the icon above and here’s what pops up:

Located right near two of our favorite Quick Service restaurants (Bengal BBQ and Tropical Hideaway), this is a great place to fill water bottles:

There are four other bottle-filling stations in Disneyland: two in Galaxy’s Edge, and two in Tomorrowland:

If you forget to fill your water bottles when you’re in Galaxy’s Edge or Tomorrowland, you can always grab a free ice water at QS restaurants and carts:

Free ice Water at Quick Service Restaurants & Carts

I really only do this when we have mobile or counter ordered food, but most places have ice water ready to hand out in small, sealed cups with straws (the straws are paper, but this list includes a collapsible silicone straw you can pack in with you).

CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE

Like Disneyland, you can find drinking fountains all over DCA by searching the map in the app, and you can request ice water throughout the park as well. As far as I can tell, there is only one bottle-filling station in DCA, and it’s in the Avengers Campus:

TAKEAWAYS

If you have to, you can always break down and buy an overpriced bottled water in the parks, but now you know you can also rely on drinking fountains, refilling your water bottle and grabbing ice water from restaurants and carts.

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