Scifidiner
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 16, 2017
I make and take a lunch every day to work. I refuse to do it on vacation. In fact, I make my lunch daily so I can afford to splurge on vacations.
Same for us. Small breakfast/lunch in room, and a somewhat bigger dinner in the parks. I’ll pack small snacks for kiddos....fruit pouches, cheese, crackers.We opt to stay in a Villa, with a Kitchen. Reason is more about the food options available. We make breakfast everyday and have beer, wine, drinks cool and ready in the refrigerator. We'll typically have reservations for one meal per day, but that's it. My stomach couldn't handle eating 2 or 3 meals out every day for a week or two.
Not obvious at all ! I'll probably buy sandwich containers from the dollar tree then chuck them after our trip . This is the FIRST no stroller trip as I have 2 teens and one able bodied 7 year old, so everyone will carry their own lunch ( maybe not the 7 year old, she's not to bet trusted) I'd rather snack while waiting in line then sit and blow $300 .
There are so many QS options that won't break the bank so we never lug food around in the park.
So see there are budget friendly QS places to eat.It's not solely the expense. I just don't find the Disney eats all that great. I've made at least four trips (week long +) trips each year for the last ten years or so and am underwhelmed with 90% of what's available inside the parks. I enjoy a couple of the Epcot venues and both Satu'li and Flametree in AK but that's pretty much it. I switched to table service for the past few trips and pretty much had the same meh reaction to most of my meals. For me, anyway, the just okay food is not worth the time, effort or expense.
We are lunch packers, and also choose to eat in our condo for dinner before returning to the parks. We’re a family of 4, and my youngest has food allergies. We pack for both economic and time reasons.
This trip, we’re using an insulated tote bag that fits in the back of our umbrella stroller. We generally do sandwiches, but sometimes the kids just want cooked pasta, diced ham, etc.
For the first week, I spent a total of about $130 at the grocery store for 3 meals a day, and that included some craft beer. We ate one meal at DLuxe Burger ($50), and one lunch at Via Napoli ($75). So, those two meals cost the same as my entire week of meals.
Making easy meals means we can afford to vacation at Disney for two weeks for the fifth time in 6 years. I’ll take that trade off.
Me either. Pb&j and jerky or something like that just does not sound appealing.