someone was kind enough to give us a bucket as they were leaving from their trip and ours was just starting. We only got a couple of refills because we didn't stay at the resort too much during the day, the popcorn wasn't available until 11am, usually we left the resort much earlier than this, and then got back around 3pm which was a little too close to dinner to be eating popcorn. Had I paid for the bucket I think I might have been a little disappointed in the amount that we used it, but since it was free I can't really complain. If only they had free shaved ice refills, that my kids would have gotten ours moneys worth out of lol