SUPER Cheap Eats - on & off property

[disneychrista]

Originally Posted by theluckyrabbit

If your dates hold, and if it is allowed on these boards, you might want to post a request for a DIS walker to help you out. Just a thought... Of course, if your dates change, then all the above is moot.

Unfortunately I won't know until after the Walk if we are going, for sure. Things could change up until right before.

[sheetz]

Originally Posted by disneychrista

We are booked at the Super 8 on Ball/Disneyland Dr. It is the cheapest that I have found. I believe we are booked for $59/night. We are looking at booking a hotel through hotwire which might save $25 ($12.50/each) but we won't book that until a few days before "just in case."

I don't know your exact dates, but you can get an extra 20% off your room rate if you use the discount from Geicoprivileges, which is free for anyone to join.

https://www.geicoprivileges.com

For the Super8 on Ball the rate comes down to $47.20 per night for certain dates.

ETA: Regarding cheap eats, unless you can get free giftcards or something, nothing will be as cheap as buying food from the supermarket and eating at your hotel. Even if you can't cook in your room you can buy a supermarket rotisserie chicken, some potato salad/cole slaw and rolls and have leftovers for WAY under $20.

[Tif]

Originally Posted by dr&momto2boys

When I signed up (I live in IL), they sent me a certificate for somewhere in NY. I just emailed them and asked for a DL resstaurant instead. It was no problem.

That's great that they did that! I ended up just putting my state where I live (AZ) and then I picked my favorite restaurant as Naples (downtown disney) even though I've never eaten there. lol It worked out though because the cert they sent was for all the California restaurants.

[BlueBayou]

Originally Posted by scanmom

We always stop in at Bengal Barbeque in Adventureland and get the chicken skewers. They are pretty inexpensive, I think about $4.00??? I always plan on using it as a snack, but it ends up being enough to fill me up. I think you could use this as a meal. They are YUMMY!!!! There are other kinds of skewers, but I love the chicken ones so much, I never have tried the others!

We get several of these and split them between us (two adults, 2 school aged kids). I would make sure you bring a refillable water bottle. Drinks can suck the life out of your budget.

[disneychrista]

Originally Posted by sheetz

I don't know your exact dates, but you can get an extra 20% off your room rate if you use the discount from Geicoprivileges, which is free for anyone to join.

https://www.geicoprivileges.com

Awesome! Thanks.

[sweethannah]

Originally Posted by BlueBayou

We get several of these and split them between us (two adults, 2 school aged kids). I would make sure you bring a refillable water bottle. Drinks can suck the life out of your budget.

I can't reiterate this enough! We were down recently and it was over a 100degrees and luckily we brought plenty of gatorade and bottled water from Vons ( delivered ) so very rarely bought water or drinks in the Park ... saved the money for frozen treats and such.

We also LOVE Bengal BBQ and buy the skewers, a cheese filled pretzel and a pickle to share. Love those pickles~