Picking up snacks for room

[Elaine62]

Have heard that the petrol station at Santa Fe and the shop in the station are cheaper than hotel shops, anyone know how much you save, is it half price, or say 10%off? Also do both of these sell beer/wine/coke/water/crisps etc? Anyone any idea of prices?

thanks

Elaine

[mommy2ash]

the hotel shops didnt really have much of a selection. any sweets they had were really expensive. the shop in the train station was much closer to normal prices rather than disney.

[daiseyirl]

What we do is on the first night go over to the auchen hypermarket and stock up there. You can get 2ltr of water for 17c. Found the shop by the station ok for prices def alot cheaper than disney.

[lilacgems23]

I agree hotel shops dont have much selection bt the shop in train station was much cheaper, i think like 1 euros cheaper for a bottle of coke etc but this was about a year ago we last checked these prices

they sell big bags walkers, small bags, choc bars, biccies, sweets, soft drinks etc

[Lowen37]

We took snacks with Us when we went pringles fruit bars biscuits that type of thing so we only had to buy lunch and dinner!

[lilacgems23]

we did too but found we didnt eat them tbh didnt snack much there, altho used p all our drinks we took

would recommend taking drinks with you especially coffee for in your room, its like 3 euros for a drink in the park

[Happy Tappy]

The petrol station is cheaper but it's probably not worth the walk unless you're staying at the Santa Fe.

If snacks are important, it'd be just as quick to go to Auchan. It's only 1 stop on the train and it'll be cheaper than the petrol station.

As already mentioned, there's a shop in the train station that is a similar price to the petrol station.

[Elaine62]

The petrol station is cheaper but it's probably not worth the walk unless you're staying at the Santa Fe.

If snacks are important, it'd be just as quick to go to Auchan. It's only 1 stop on the train and it'll be cheaper than the petrol station.

As already mentioned, there's a shop in the train station that is a similar price to the petrol station.

how much is the return fare to Auchan?

[jjcole]

Hi - I can give you an idea of the prices we paid last week in the shop at the train station, 80c for a large bag of natural:confused: flavour (ready salted) crisps they were 'Casino' brand which was also the name of the shop, 2.60e for a 1.5 litre coke or the smaller 500ml bottle was 1.60, it was also 1.60e for a bag of Haribo, 1.00e for a strawberry yogurt, they also sold orange or blackcurrant squash in pouches for 1.00e - these were good to stick in your bag and take into the park oh and I also brought a pack of 3 Kit Kats for 2.60e - nice but a bit different tasting to the ones here.

Thats all we got from the shop, they did sell sandwiches too but I didn't buy any.

HTH Jo

[Happy Tappy]

how much is the return fare to Auchan?

€3.20 per adult.

[Elaine62]

Hi - I can give you an idea of the prices we paid last week in the shop at the train station, 80c for a large bag of natural:confused: flavour (ready salted) crisps they were 'Casino' brand which was also the name of the shop, 2.60e for a 1.5 litre coke or the smaller 500ml bottle was 1.60, it was also 1.60e for a bag of Haribo, 1.00e for a strawberry yogurt, they also sold orange or blackcurrant squash in pouches for 1.00e - these were good to stick in your bag and take into the park oh and I also brought a pack of 3 Kit Kats for 2.60e - nice but a bit different tasting to the ones here.

Thats all we got from the shop, they did sell sandwiches too but I didn't buy any.

HTH Jo

Thanks for that info, did you notice if they sold wine/beer and what the price was?

Thanks

[stevelamb121]

We normally Take a trip to auchan or the garage. The garage do meal deals, ie sandwhich/drink/crisps etc.

Good value :)

[jjcole]

Thanks for that info, did you notice if they sold wine/beer and what the price was?

Thanks

Not that I remember - but it could have been behind the counter, there was also stuff in the fridge but again can't be sure it was beer - sorry x

[Carpgirl]

I got a bottle of red wine for 3-4 euros last year from station shop. They did have a booze selection:goodvibes

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[Fwapp]

We only bought water form the garage outside sante fe last week, which was €1.30 for 750ml. It was about €1 more at the hotel. They did have big boxes of heiniken at the garage, but did not see how much it cost.

[AngieChristine]

Cans of 1664 and Heineken were 1 euro 90c last week in the Train shop. Vs.. 15 euros in the hotel shop for 4 :scared1:

[wideeyes]

I have brought pringles, beer etc from the train station, much cheaper. Though if staying at the DLH you have to go through bag check and they stopped us with the beer as they thought we were taking it to the park. We ended up being walked to the hotel to make sure that is where we were going.

[ExpatDisneyLover]

Would someone tell us how much the train to Auchen is? I thought I read 1 Euro but not sure where I saw that or if it is accurate- are there automated machines that sell tickets?

[jjcole]

€3.20 per adult.

Happy Tappy posted this reply earlier in the thread xx (for a return ticket)

[ExpatDisneyLover]

Happy Tappy posted this reply earlier in the thread xx (for a return ticket)

Oops - didn't see that! Thanks!

[Happy Tappy]

Would someone tell us how much the train to Auchen is? I thought I read 1 Euro but not sure where I saw that or if it is accurate- are there automated machines that sell tickets?

There are automated machines that function in a variety of languages. If it's not in English when you get to it, just keep pressing the red cancel button and it should take you back to the language select screen.

The station for Auchan is Val D' Europe. When you arrive at Val D' Europe, there are two exits at either end of the platform. Go to the one with escalators (the one most people will be going to!). Exit the station and turn right. You will see the shopping centre in front of you. Auchan is in there, downstairs.

[smittenkitten]

Hello

When we went last year we took one bag full of snacks for lunch, fruit shots (little drinks) crisps, biscuits, rasins, dried fruit, basically raided tescos here then filled a bag. It was a little heavy but saved us money over there and when you go into the parcs they are not strict on food in bags anymore so we didnt even hide it.

As soon as we got to the train stations we got a trolley, we had a pram anyway so used the lifts at either end to access the platforms. Then used disney express to take our bags straight to the rooms so we hardly carried it.

I did see the shop in the station and may buy the bottles of water from there this time (yes i even took 2ltr bottles of water with me!) anything to save money!

[ExpatDisneyLover]

There are automated machines that function in a variety of languages. If it's not in English when you get to it, just keep pressing the red cancel button and it should take you back to the language select screen.

The station for Auchan is Val D' Europe. When you arrive at Val D' Europe, there are two exits at either end of the platform. Go to the one with escalators (the one most people will be going to!). Exit the station and turn right. You will see the shopping centre in front of you. Auchan is in there, downstairs.

This is the information I need - thank you!!