Originally Posted By BrianStarr Sorry the title of this thread made me giggle... Disneyland food = Theme park food = low quality food for a very high price. Save your money and eat outside the park. Unless it's a special dinner at Blue Bayou or something. They purposely put loads of sodium in their food to make you very thirsty. It's all a gimmick.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The bread bowls can also be bought at the Wharf in DCA. With a nice seating area over the water so you can throw some bread to the ducks.
Originally Posted By piratebrittany I originally read this thread in DL Trip Planning and was so confused as to how my posts disappeared! Then I realized you reposted it here. haha. I'm not going crazy! We're good! lol
Originally Posted By danyoung >Disneyland food = Theme park food = low quality food for a very high price.< Brian, I completely disagree. There is some very tasty food inside the borders of both DL and DCA. Yeah, the price is higher than it would be outside, but it's always been worth it for me to pay up and eat in a place I'm very happy to be.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<Disneyland food = Theme park food = low quality food for a very high price.>> If indeed the food was that low in quality, people wouldn't be saying how they love this and that place. As for the prices, while some things are not good values, others are. Witness how many people enjoy the chicken at the Plaza Inn, and say it's enough for two people. $14.00 to feed two isn't a high price in my book. <<Save your money and eat outside the park.>> Time is money too. Does it make sense to leave the park for two hours to eat at Mimis just to save a few dollars? Maybe it does for a local with an AP, but for the out-of-town visitor, probably not.
Originally Posted By my2girls Wow thank you all so much for the suggestions. I really appreciate all of your imput!!!! We are definitly going to have to give some of the places you all mentioned a try. trekkeruss, you explained it perfectly in response to the food quailty and price. I feel the exact same way. That is why I posted the question I knew other LPer's had found food that they really like. As far as leaving the park. We do usually leave when we are finished at the park and eat dinner at places like MiMi's, but during the day we do not like to leave. I'm so glad that all of you took time to share your favorite foods in the park. I am especially glad to find out that the farmers market has our fav corn dogs. We will be in the parks for 4 days and we just wouldn't want to miss out on having a corn dog at least once. Thanks again everyone!!!!
Originally Posted By my2girls Dabob2, We love to get something quick and sit on a bench to eat and enjoy the scenery. We have always seen people walking around with the turkey legs, but haven't tried them yet. We will definitly try one this trip
Originally Posted By my2girls LOVE_DCA, We love taste pilots grill also, but it is supposed to be closed during our trip
Originally Posted By my2girls Has anyone tried the Traubadour tavern yet? The sausages and sauerkraut sound good What about the chimichunga's in the park, how are they? Trekkeruss, thanks for the link to the menu's at allears.net. That is a very handy website
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Time is money too. Does it make sense to leave the park for two hours to eat at Mimis just to save a few dollars?<< It depends. If the park hours are extended. We often take a break, go back to our hotel to rest and then grab a bite on the way back to the parks.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<>>Time is money too. Does it make sense to leave the park for two hours to eat at Mimis just to save a few dollars?<< It depends. If the park hours are extended. We often take a break, go back to our hotel to rest and then grab a bite on the way back to the parks.>> That doesn't work for me because I'm almost never staying in a hotel. As a day visitor, leaving the parks is at most going to DtD or White Water Snacks. I wouldn't even consider eating at the DLH or PPH because they are too far away also.
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA >>Time is money too. Does it make sense to leave the park for two hours to eat at Mimis just to save a few dollars? Maybe it does for a local with an AP, but for the out-of-town visitor, probably not.<< I am a local AP , I do not leave the park just to save a few bucks and go eat at a place like mimi’s,not that anything is wrong with that place-but why leave when your already there? Why not make the experience all that you can and eat in the park, as some of you know—the prices and the food are NOT that bad…everyone agrees hands down the chicken meal the plaza is the bomb!! I may have to reads again, but I don’t ever remember reading that taste pilots will be closed..hmmm >>What about the chimichunga's in the park, how are they?<< Well it depends, witch place are your referring too…...rancho del zocalo at DL or Cocina Cucamonga Mexican grill at DCA….
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA Besides I save a few bucks with my AP anyhow.. so eating away from the park and miss all the excitement and experience is just not how I roll.
Originally Posted By my2girls LOVE-DCA, I read somewhere else (park update I think) that the taste pilots grill would be closed. I would love to be wrong about that though As far as the chimichanga's anywhere you can find them would work. But I was referring to the ones they sell at the cart that also sells the turkey legs. Have you had a chimichanga in the parks? Thanks
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA Ooooh THOSE Chimichangas….Umm I heard they are good, but never have had one. The turkey legs are sure popular though, but as a snack. well I guess we shall see if it does close…
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA Maybe someone can find out what the deal is with the taste pilots grill??
Originally Posted By danyoung >The turkey legs are sure popular though, but as a snack.< I've never had a turkey leg at DL. But if they're anything like the ones they have in the MK in WDW, they're by no means a snack - they're HUGE, and do a great job at filling you up. Just watch out for the grease - them things are juicy!!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Yeah, the turkey legs are generally thought of as a snack, but they are perhaps the most filling thing you can buy relative to price at the parks.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer ^^like dan said, they're huge. Tinkeroon and I can make a pretty good lunch out of it for 2. Trust dan and get extra napkins also, you'll need them.
