The Airport Food Rule That Caught Us Off Guard

Sometimes when traveling, you’re hit with unexpected situations you never really prepared to find yourself in…especially if you’re in a foreign country.

Sometimes things don’t go as planned at the airport

Recently, we were supposed to fly from Singapore, have a layover in Istanbul, then fly to Paris to check out the new Disney Adventure World offerings at Disneyland Paris, but a flight delay and then a flight cancellation totally messed up our plans. That left us stranded in the Singapore Airport unexpectedly, but what was even more troublesome was finding out that after we made our way to our gate, finding food would be HARD.

The way the Singapore Airport works, as we found out firsthand, is that you aren’t allowed to have any food with you as you go through security, and there are only water dispensers around the area. That would have been fine, but then our flight was delayed, and we were very concerned (and hungry).

Stuck in the airport

However, at around 12:40 PM (during the delay), we got a text message telling us that refreshment service would begin soon, and that’s when we were given a snack pack. Inside, we found:

A bottle of water
A box of apple juice
A KitKat
Chocolate Hazelnut Oat Bar
Antiseptic Wipe
Lay’s Potato Chips

Our snack pack

This was certainly a nice treat, especially since there were no other options around us, and there’s really nothing else we could have done, or been more prepared for, since we weren’t able to bring any food with us through security. However, it did remind us how important it is to look up rules and regulations around international airports, because they can change pretty drastically! After our flight was officially canceled and we were ushered out of the airport, we fortunately got our luggage back and were able to grab some McDonald’s, which was a relief, since those snack packs weren’t supposed to replace a whole meal.

There was no getting on that plane

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