Is outside food and drinks allowed now?

Yes

We took food and drinks in.

Yes, everything but glass bottles. Two weeks ago we brought several cloth wagons in with large coolers nside of them. We parked them under a table in Pioneer Village. We had tons of cold water all day as well as our lunches. Last week we had a much smaller group and we just brought small string bags with a couple water bottles and our personal snacks. We had 63 of us the first time so we had plenty of people available to go check on our stuff or bring back waters, etc. Last week there were 6 of us and we didn't hesitate to just leave our bags in a heap at tables or benches near the rides we were on. Over the last several years we have gone 20 or so different times to Lagoon and no one has ever touched our stuff.

Yes, except for in Laguna Beach