Okay, this might be a weird question but here goes. Would it be weird for me to bring plastic containers or ziplocs to the lounge to put food into for my kids to then take back to our room in the mornings?
Thoughts? Or other ideas?
Here's my entire understanding of the subject:
We often bring a little something back to our room, but we use mostly use napkins or the paper cups provided in the lounge. Ask if you don't see paper cups, because they are often in a drawer or something. Generally, it is only small amounts of food that we plan to eat within an hour or so.
Once in a while, I'll maybe put items in a Ziploc back at the room, if we don't end up eating something right away. Mostly things like gummy bears or an apple.
When I have asked about this, the CM's have said it is okay, with a few small exceptions. They only have a limited supply of dishware, especially items like wine glasses. If you want to bring alcohol out of the lounge, they strongly prefer you use paper cups. Also for any items that are in special fancy little dishes, they prefer to keep those dishes in the lounge.
Further keep in mind that the CM's are only there during certain hours. Ideally, they prefer to have all dishes brought back before each closing, especially the last closing at 10pm. CM's prefer guests to be mindful about bringing all dishes back, and limit the dishes you carry out of the lounge.
I can say, we HAVE seen the lounges run out of stemware, etc. NO glass/breakable dishes are allowed down by the pool! If you plan to bring any food drinks to the pool, you must use paper cups/napkins.
Also, they serve water out of a glass bottle in most lounges. You can't take the whole bottle back to your room. (Even though it is only about 32 ounces) I also don't think they allow anyone to bring a whole bottle of wine to their room. A single bottle of beer, yes. SOMETIMES, I have heard that some lounges have bottled water if you ask. Other times, we've had no luck asking for bottled water.
Some CL's used to have trays, but they did away with them. The ones they used to have were supposed to be a place to put dirty dishes. Not to bring food to your room. I don't think any have them, though some food courts DO have the cardboard carriers. I've never seen anyone use one in the lounge.
The one other exception I know about it the CR lounge actually puts out little baggies in the afternoon, and they are awesome! They are served with sort of a make-your-own candy/trail mix offering. (gummy bears, goldfish crackers, etc.) You could also bring one of the whole fruits (apple, orange) and canned beverages to your room. In most lounges, the apples are wrapped in plastic.
If other folks are saying they've seen trays, we haven't seen them, but it is possible some CL's have them, especially if you are willing to ask for one.
! As for the chocolate milk, I know they have the bottles of Nesquik at BWI because my daughter got one, but we haven’t looked for it at GF or Poly recently. I know for a while at GF they had started to bring out chocolate milk in a cup if you asked for it, but that was years ago, so they might have brought the Nesquik back?? My DDs are much older now, so chocolate milk isn’t a necessity anymore ...now it’s Shirley Temples! We bring our own grenadine 
! We are doing a triple split starting July 2nd (Poly/GF/BWI) so I’ll try to remember to look for Nesquik! I know they have juice boxes out at BWI too, but we haven’t asked for those anywhere else either.
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