kniquy
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 15, 2014
The worth or value of the character meals is dependent up on if you or your children must meet a certain character. If you really have to meet someone and they are at a character meal then considering you have to eat anyways it is an efficient use of your time. That is how we look at it.
Over all food at WDW is crazy expensive so to help off set the cost and save 5% I buy disney gift cards at target -- only a little savings but over the course of a trip it can add up. It is a vacation so there is a little splurging going on and if i wanted a vacation where i was trying to be frugal i would be camping and cooking my own food.
You can certainly balance your trip with one or two character meals and then QS meals for the rest or saving too by eating a quick breakfast in your room before heading out. It is a balance of saving in some areas (not buying souvenirs, snacks, water or soda in the parks) and putting that towards a nice dinner.
Have you priced out the dining plan? I usually advise against it but when you want to do many character meals then it starts to make more sense. And again this is where you could still buy the discount disney GC and use it to pay for the dining plan.
Over all food at WDW is crazy expensive so to help off set the cost and save 5% I buy disney gift cards at target -- only a little savings but over the course of a trip it can add up. It is a vacation so there is a little splurging going on and if i wanted a vacation where i was trying to be frugal i would be camping and cooking my own food.
You can certainly balance your trip with one or two character meals and then QS meals for the rest or saving too by eating a quick breakfast in your room before heading out. It is a balance of saving in some areas (not buying souvenirs, snacks, water or soda in the parks) and putting that towards a nice dinner.
Have you priced out the dining plan? I usually advise against it but when you want to do many character meals then it starts to make more sense. And again this is where you could still buy the discount disney GC and use it to pay for the dining plan.