Honestly it is still a vacation, I don't mind taking 5 mins to boil water, another 5 mins to cook the pasta and then toss in some butter. You wait a lot longer than 10 mins in line to order food and then actually get it. I don't like leaving the parks unless i'm going back to the hotel for the night (which we did on a couple occasions), I think it is a lot of wasted time to leave the park and all that entails, get back to the room, cook the meal, then have to trek back to the park. That to me is not a vacation and is far more time consumming. None of the meals I made took more than 15 mins to make and i'd do that while the kids were finishing getting ready for the day (we aren't early risers) and I was drinking my coffee. I was also able to better control what my kids were eating and was able to give them somewhat more nutritious meals for a fraction of the cost.
And for the PP who asked where to eat the meals, you can eat in any quick service location. We would eat at Peco's Bills, Cosmic Rays, there are a bunch of tables in Liberty Square, over in Tomorrowland there are a ton of table and chairs under the Tomorrowland Terrace just to name a few. At EPCOT Sunshine Seasons is a great place to sit down. At Animal Kingdom there are tons of tables and chairs placed thoughout the parks, one in particular is right outside the safari, another is over where the Flame Tree BBQ is. And at Hollywood Studios there are lots of places. I just tend to find a place near where we are whether it be outside a ride or inside somewhere. You don't have to buy food at the quick service location to sit down, and a CM is never going to come up to you and tell you that you have to leave, regardless of how busy it is (granted I am always there off season and don't tend to eat at the "normal" times). Often someone in our party will buy a soda or a side of FF to eat with their food, but not always.
) We weren't planning on a certain amount, just ate what we wanted and kept our receipts. We don't drink sodas, nor alcohol.
