Originally Posted By ImNotAllThereMyself Thank you everyone. Those are some great ideas. I am already looking forward to our trip. Although with Hubby being in a wheel chair it is deffinately going to be an interesting trip..
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney I am going with some good friends of mine who will be using ECV. I think you will have a blast and so will he!
Originally Posted By ImNotAllThereMyself Yeah well if I could get him to rent an ECV that would be great.. but he is going old school and free.. he is borrowing a regular wheelchair from my mom. Not like a hospital one, the smaller light weight ones, but STILL I am going to have to help push him some of the time, and I am going to be 6 months pregnant.. We will be taking lots of breaks..
Originally Posted By dlkozy You will probably be pushing him more than you think. I never really realized how "hilly" DL was until I was pushing my DM in her wheelchair there.
Originally Posted By ImNotAllThereMyself Yeah.. if after the first day I have had to push him more than he thinks... I am so making him rent on the next day.
Originally Posted By iamsally >>>> I never really realized how "hilly" DL was until I was pushing my DM in her wheelchair there.<<<<< We had this experience in April when I needed a wheelchair for a day. We compromised with me helping DH out going uphill. On topic: For all these years I have felt like I am the only one. We used to do it to save money but now, we just do not eat Park food. I pack in my gluten-free goodies and have to carry fruit (apples and grapes travel well) and veggies. Thank god for baby carrots.
Originally Posted By ImNotAllThereMyself OMG I love baby carrots. I actually spend the little bit extra to get the peeled , cored, sliced apples for out trips. because they are easier. I will probably be taking the advice of a PP and make some cookies to take with us. We usuallly splurge on one snack a day, and one meal.
Originally Posted By di-tard4life my fav sit down is zocalo in dl. the best food. also the bakery at DCA has great sandwiches!!
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne I always found it very cheap to eat at Disneyland because my stomach can only tolerate such small amounts of American food! If you're stomachs are used to it then I guess it's not the same but honestly all I was eating in Disneyland was a pineapple spear I'd purchase from the fruit stalls. I had dinner at Mimi's every night and I'd order something that came with the free muffin.. which I would keep for breakfast the next morning. Also, the brad baskets have two types of bread so my parents would wrap up the fruit loaf and have that as a snack in the park. The big muffin for breakfast, pineapple around lunch time then dinner at Mimi's and I was FULL. Also, we bought a bulk pack of bottled water at Target.. it worked out really really cheap and we took those in with us. If the water ran out in the park we just refilled it with tap water. We had planned ahead and took snack pack of chips and such in with us but NEVER ate them. We found the food really rich and we were ALWAYS full. Even at dinner we'd often eat two off the same dish.
Originally Posted By joeysmommy 13 days til our trip and I am stock piling snacks for the road trip and days in the park. So far I bought: Juice boxes Cliff Z Bars trail mix Quaker oatmeal granola bars dried mangos raisins goldfish crackers fruit bars pretzels peanuts sunflowers seeds (shelled) I will place a safeway.com order just before we leave to deliver our perishables. Don't want to waste a precious hour of ride time at Vons when we get there. We are staying at Del Sol Inn right next to Denny's so we'll eat there with the kids eat free after 4pm plan. Is that daily or just certain days? I'm going to order more kids meals for myself and split meals at Zocalo and Plaza Inn. My kids love the enchiladas at Zocalo. Last time we ate at Carnation Cafe I wanted to order to the PB & J masterpiece too (I love a good pb & j every now and then) and they said adults cannot order kids meals. : ( I'm sure counter service is different since they don't see your child right there in front of them while you're ordering. Anyone else have that happen?
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney I have never had counter service say anything to me, even before I had my daughter. It would be hard to say something since the child could be outside waiting to sit down and such.
Originally Posted By ImNotAllThereMyself JoeysMommy- Tell me what you think of the Del Sol in. I was going to stay there next time, but MIL is paying so we went with Ho Jo's to have a place to play with the baby. Maybe when they are older we will go and stay at Del Sol, that way we can close the park down...
Originally Posted By ncnike7 Do they still give free tortillas at the tortilla factory? Those were always a nice little free snack! We do what everyone else seems to do; goldfish, fruit snacks, fruit roll-ups, granola bars, pb&j. We bring cup o' noodles, mac n cheese cups, ect. for the hotel (we always get a room with a fridge and microwave). We go to Food for Less when we get there and get milk, cheese, fruit, cereal, bread, etc. and keep them in the in hotel room fridge. We share Po Boys from Ralph Brennan's, nachos from Tortilla Joe's, lots of places serve big enough portions to share. I want to hear more ideas too, this is fun!
Originally Posted By Mickeysbestfan I would suggest you make sure the cliff bars and granola bars don't have any chocolate in them or on them. We had issues with the weather and them melting. Another thing to consider is bottles of juice instead of the juice boxes. They cost a bit more, but if they open it right before a ride, you can put the lid back on it and not have to throw it away. I usually buy a 6 pack of them at walmart (about $3) and then buy a large bottle of juice to refill them with for the next day. Then again I don't let my kids drink more than 2 juices during the day and mainly stick to water. Occasionally we will buy the small soda bottles and let them take those in to have with dinner or lunch. We just ask for a cup of ice for the soda.
Originally Posted By dlkozy When you say bottles, Mickeysbestfan, I am assuming that you mean plastic bottles because glass would not be allowed into DL.
Originally Posted By joeysmommy NotAllThere- I will let you know about the Del Sol when I get back. I hope it will be ok. Mickeysbestfan- good point about the chocolate in a granola bar. Pretty messy last time. Also, I no longer buy Nutrigrain Bars..too delicate for the backpack. I make the kids drink water, they usually get juice in the AM.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I bring a six pack of little diet coke plastic bottles. DH slips one in his cargo shorts pocket each time we leave the room. I figure it saves us a couple of bucks each day because he doesn't buy a large soda bottle each time he is a bit thirsty It helps that he doesn't mind drinking room temp soda I always get water and ice from the soda machines and DH gets a refillable diet coke.
