Originally Posted By tinkerbell227 We are spending 5 days at both parks in May and are trying to plan our budget. We will be travelling with our kids, ages 15, 12 and 8. Just wanting some input from anyone on how much money do you usally budget for food while on vacation in DL We are hoping to do lunch at Blue Bayou (it will be a first for us) and a character breakfast also. So we are budgeting separate for those. Any input would be very appreciated Thanks!
Originally Posted By darcy-becker I was there three weeks ago for two and a half days and I think I spent about 60.00 on food. That includes popcorn and Mickey ice cream and Dole whips. That was just for me and I didn't do anything fancy
Originally Posted By tashajilek $100 a day for 2 people. It's wise to bring your own drinks to the park. It really depends on what you want to eat?? I find cafe orleans great value for a sit down meal. BB is a great choice, i think that lunch and dinner are the same price so you dont only have to go for lunch.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Make sure to eat at the red wagon! I hate corn dogs but these are out of this world.
Originally Posted By rockcow1 We like Pizza Port for pasta. The helpings are very generous. My 17 year old daughter and I always share. One meal two drinks. As I recall the pasta was around $8.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I'm trying to figure out how much to budget for food for my upcoming trip too. It's so hard because you can pretty much spend as much money as you want to on food, and it's hard keeping to a budget when you're there and see all the offerings!
Originally Posted By tinkerbell227 I forgot to mention that we will be doing the continental breakfast at our hotel... so that will help some. So, we will just be doing lunch and dinner and of course the occasional churro Thanks to everyone that has responded so far! But, feel free to keep the advice coming
Originally Posted By AngryTree For DLR menus, check out <a href="http://allears.net/dlr/din/menu/menus.htm" target="_blank">http://allears.net/dlr/din/men...enus.htm</a> They have up-to-date menus with prices for the parks, the hotels, and Downtown Disney. They'll give you a pretty good idea of prices that you'll pay for meals (though they don't have the prices for snacks like churros or popcorn). And, if you're extra meticulous (in other words, have OCD), you already know where you're going to be eating for every meal, and what you'll be having most of the time, you can budget your food out to the dollar. Not that anyone would do that...of course not! So, um, yeah...
Originally Posted By GoofTrooper23 The budget is gonna depend on how you usually spend. For example, we always eat somewhere that has a continental breakfast, pack lunches for majority of stay (P B & J); if anything DEFINITELY pack your own drinks (bottled water/sodas $3 each). We pack standard snacks each day (fruit, chips, granola, etc). Each of us have $7 per day for snacks and then kids meals are an avg of $6-$7 per person. A good adult dinner at Plaza Inn or French Market is gonna be around $11-$16. At Plaza Inn the kids pasta dinner is pretty good and I'll get that with a salad. Our budget is pretty generous in dollar amount. If you're gonna eat lunches there....depends on where you eat. If we eat lunch there our 2 favorite places are Coca Cola on Main Street and Hungry Bear. If you go to allears.net/dlr/din/menu/menus.htm they have a pretty complete and accurate menu.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I know Mimi's offers a free breakfast for online enrollment and possibly some of the others on Harbor. I just received a birthday coupon online from the Patina Group (basically the controlling DD restaurant ownership) Naple's Pizza; Tortilla Joes;Catal;UVA. I will try to find the link..
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub <a href="http://membership@simplypatina.com" target="_blank">http://membership@simplypatina.com</a> Hopefully others will post links also. Anything to help the budget. Right! I am excited to receive this 30dollar coupon at Tortilla Joe's cause I wanted to go this weekend when I fly in(on my witches broom) for the DL Halloween weekend. I received it just in time! Perfect. Soon I will not be in Kansas anymore. Must remember to avoid all Dorothy lookalikes at DL especially if they have a bucket of water.
Originally Posted By sailor310 I was there Tues, 26th. Spent $15 at Taste Pilots Grill in DCA for a burger, fires and coke, $15ish for soft tacos and a coke at Cocina Cucamonga in DCA and $5ish for a small ice cream and hot tea at DTD Hagen Daaz.
Originally Posted By avatarmickey115 My budget for a two day visit at both parks will be 200 dollars for 2 people. But we want to get reserved seating for fantasmic, world of color, and wed like to eat at the blue bayou. Plus all the other lunches and breakfasts. Do you think I'll make it? It might have to be $300
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Reserved seating at Fantasmic is 60 a person, and that's just for desserts. World of Color reserved dining is like mid 30s per person, and Blue Bayou is 40 a pop. You'll need more than 300 probably.
Originally Posted By danyoung For me, a single park stormer, I budget around $50 for a nice sitdown lunch at a place like the Blue Bayou, or $20 for lunch at quick service places like Redd Rocket's Pizza Port. Dinner usually is at a nicer sitdown restaurant in Downtown Disney and includes wine, so I budget $60 to $80 for that. I don't know if that helps or not, but there you go.
Originally Posted By MickeyMommy With kids I would definitely suggest a nice stash of goodies to have at the hotel room. All those little things like water, juices, cookies, chips and soda can really add up if you buy them at the park. That is a real money saver for us. The nickle and diming can add up, plus since you bought that stuff before your trip, it is not eating up your "fun money" allowance.
Originally Posted By MerryMouseWife We usually take in snacks like cheese sticks, apple slices, carrots, granola bars and carry water bottles. When the kids were little, we helped them save their money for treats by matching what they saved. This was used as they liked. We, the parents, bought all the meals but if they wanted a churro, popcorn, ice cream and such, it came out of what they saved and we matched, usually about $40-$50 per child for a trip. For meals we figured probably $30-$40 per person because for 2 meals in the parks. This was when the kids were probably a few years before and after 14, 12, 10 age and they are girls. My girls are now 21, 19, 16. (Which I can hardly believe!) If you are planning on buying all the snacks, water, 2 meals in the parks, I would plan on $50/person/day. In this day and age, that is. Have fun planning your trip!
Originally Posted By GMLSKIS I go by myself and don't budget anything for food. I carry in my backpack for and drinks for the whole day even if it is a 16 hour day in the 2 parks. I refuse to pay the crazy marked up prices they charge. It would be one thing to charge double for what I can buy at home but a .25 cent banana for $1.80 or $3 for a 20 oz coke when I don't ever pay over $1 for a 2 liter at home. Water is $3 there when all you have to do is have a water bottle and refill it at the faucets for free.
Originally Posted By tashajilek " Water is $3 there when all you have to do is have a water bottle and refill it at the faucets for free. " "Gags" Sorry i would rather pay $10 a bottle before drinking Cali tap water lol.
