$40 a Day for Dining at Disney

[eliza61]

Great job, stayhomemom77!

I wish ink cartidges and ink for the printer weren't so expensive.
I would really like to copy & print alot of these & take them with me.
I don't have a laptop, so won't have a computer with me.
With my aging memory, I sure won't remember all these great ideas when I'm there.

Hey wish, you still have good ole fashion paper and pencil. get some index cards and write the tips on them. I think we are so use to technology now, we forget what we did before we had them.

 

[wishicouldgomoreofte]

Hey wish, you still have good ole fashion paper and pencil. get some index cards and write the tips on them. I think we are so use to technology now, we forget what we did before we had them.

Actually, I had been doing that, but there are so many, it got to be quite a stack.
I know people who are more "computer literate" know how to shrink and arrange alot on a page on their computer.
Some people talk about shrinking down to just one sheet of paper & printing off all the approved snack credit list of each park, etc. That takes knowing a whole lot more than I do.
And younger eyes to read it when it's done.
Bifocals only get you so far.

 

[stayhomemom77]

Hey wish!

I still have most of the more recent posts in an Excel Document (the stuff way at the beginning is long gone!!) and I'm one of those computer literate folks who can "shrink and arrange" so if you have Word you'll only have to hit "Control P" and you'll be set.

If you're interested, PM me your email address and I'll send you the fully edited document.

That goes for anyone else too! If you PM me and ask me for the $40 a day document, I'll email it to you once I've got it sorted out in Word.

 

[KrazyKollector]

Hey wish!

I still have most of the more recent posts in an Excel Document (the stuff way at the beginning is long gone!!) and I'm one of those computer literate folks who can "shrink and arrange" so if you have Word you'll only have to hit "Control P" and you'll be set.

If you're interested, PM me your email address and I'll send you the fully edited document.

That goes for anyone else too! If you PM me and ask me for the $40 a day document, I'll email it to you once I've got it sorted out in Word.

I am VERY impressed with all you have done and the kindness it took to compile all that information.

YOU ROCK!!

 

[Sweetsunshine]

I ve only read up to page 8, but had to chime in and say what a great idea! I'm looking forward to reading the rest soon.

 

[stayhomemom77]

I am VERY impressed with all you have done and the kindness it took to compile all that information.

YOU ROCK!!

Why thank you!! It was fun. And I'm going to try and keep posting variations until my creativity runs out.




The Word document is ready everyone so just give my your email addresses and I'll send you the document!

 

[MooksterL1]

What an awesome thread idea and posts!

 

[Bets19]

WOW! Love Love Love this thread. My hat goes off to all who posted all suggestions.
DDP doesn't work for me as a solo traveler. You have inspired me to try and set up the $40/day challenge on my next trip... Well except for 2 days. Meet up one day during F&W Festival and my birthday... need to splurge once in awhile.
Thank you especially to Eeyoreswife and stayhomemom77!

 

[02AggieGirl]

Magic Kingdom
Main Street Bakery: Egg/ham/cheese croissant & coffee~ $8.61
Sleepy Hollow snacks: Chocolate Chunk Cookie~ $2.12
Liberty Tree Tavern: Pilgrim’s Feast and water~ $18.66
Casey’s Corner: Hot Dog Meal & soda~ $9.67
Total $39.06


That's all I've done so far. I do want to note that I noticed at the bottom of one of the allears menus it said "sales tax included", specifically the one that says Ice cream/Treat Cart for Magic Kingdom. So you might just want to scroll down to check before you add tax.

 

[Grumpy Grandma]

WOW! Love Love Love this thread. My hat goes off to all who posted all suggestions.
DDP doesn't work for me as a solo traveler. You have inspired me to try and set up the $40/day challenge on my next trip... Well except for 2 days. Meet up one day during F&W Festival and my birthday... need to splurge once in awhile.
Thank you especially to Eeyoreswife and stayhomemom77!

I'm also doing a mostly solo trip split between AKV and VWL in Oct/Nov. Have a wonderful time!!!

 

[stayhomemom77]

Magic Kingdom
Main Street Bakery: Egg/ham/cheese croissant & coffee~ $8.61
Sleepy Hollow snacks: Chocolate Chunk Cookie~ $2.12
Liberty Tree Tavern: Pilgrim’s Feast and water~ $18.66
Casey’s Corner: Hot Dog Meal & soda~ $9.67
Total $39.06


That's all I've done so far. I do want to note that I noticed at the bottom of one of the allears menus it said "sales tax included, specifically the one that says Ice cream/Treat Cart for Magic Kingdom. So you might just want to scroll down to check before you add tax.

I, personally DID see that that when making up my daily plans and adjusted for it. As far as I noticed, that was only listed for a few of the buffet places (that the price listed included tax) as well as the treat carts.

Thanks for pointing out that you caught that for everyone else.

 

[Bets19]

I'm also doing a mostly solo trip split between AKV and VWL in Oct/Nov. Have a wonderful time!!!

Thank you and same to you!!!!

 

[stayhomemom77]

Oh my gosh! Too FUNNY, I have done it again!

Before I share the joke...some background info!

DH is currently working on finishing his PhD. He has submitted a paper for a conference in Barcelona in Spain and was accepted. The school is paying all his expenses but we don't have the kind of cash necessary for the kids and I to accompany him due to the high cost of flights to Europe. We CAN afford for just me to go for an adults-only trip, but we have no one to leave the kids with for a week, so that doesn't work either.

HOWEVER....

We MAY have enough for the kids and I to do a short trip to Disney if we drive down.

When I was pricing everything out, I realized that the budget would be ridiculously tight. We'll be packing our meals for the drive down and back so we'd just need to buy our food while on Disney property. Even so, the budget is SO tight, we'd have only $200 total to spend on food for the three of us for our 5 Disney days.

Those of you with decent math skills may have already discovered that means we could only spend....


$40 a day!!!

I did NOT think it was possible to feed the three of us for $40 a day on property even if we packed cereal from home and drank ice waters all the time but I went through and looked into it anyway.

And...I managed it yet again!

Now, it means that
...it's all counter service
...I'm eating kid's meals sometimes
...we are sharing sometimes
...we will be supplementing what we do buy with granola bars, trail mix and the like brought from home should we get hungry in between meals.

That's enough explaining now....

Here's the proof!

ARRIVAL DAY $39.43

Resort Food Court
Kid's Burger
Kid's Meal
Kid's Meal
Milkshake to share

Captain Cook's
Kid's Turkey/Cheese
Kid's Meal
Kid's Meal
Dole Whip to share (although DD doesn't like pineapple, so I'll get a cookie with my kid's meal as dessert and give that to her so she has a treat too!)


MAGIC KINGDOM $38.48

Resort Food Court
Quesadilla Platter (DD and I to share)
Kid's Meal
Cheese Danish to share
2 ice waters

Casey's
Hot Dog Meal
Hot Dog Meal (DD and DS to share)
Chocolate Milk (DD and DS to share)
3 ice waters


Sleepy Hollow
Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich to share

**We're doing lunch at the resort because we won't be entering MK until 4 pm for MNSSHP


HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS $37.69

Starring Rolls
Sandwich and Chips (DD and I to share)
Kid's Meal
M&M Brownie (all to share...unfortunately)
3 ice waters

ABC Commissary
Kid's Ham and Cheese
Kid's Meal
Kid's Meal


Villains In Vogue
Carrot Cake Cookie (all to share...YUMMM!!)


EPCOT $29.39

Beaches and Cream
No Way Jose
3 ice waters

**Yes we ARE going to have a big ice cream sundae as our lunch...it's VACATION!! I'll be considered the best mom in the world for at LEAST 3 minutes!!

Actual Food
PB&J Meal from Sunshine Seasons
PB&J Meal from Sunshine Seasons
Fish and Chips from Yorkshire County Fish and Chips

** this leaves just over $10 to snack a bit at Food and Wine but I couldn't say for sure what we would get so I didn't itemize it here

DTD/RESORT DAY $38.58

Earl of Sandwich
Sandwich (DD and I to share whatever sandwich she chooses)
Kid's Sandwich
Brownie Sandwich to share (can you tell we love brownies?)
3 ice waters

Riverside Mill
MYO Pasta (no sharing tonight, baby!! Which probably means that there will be wasting instead but what can you do? )
Kid's Meal
Kid's Meal
Magic Cookie Bar (to share with DS....DD doesn't like nuts so she'll do the cookie thing again here with her meal most likely)

So, there you have it....necessity really IS the mother of invention! And yes, this will be enough food for all of us although as noted above we'd be prepared should the grumblies in our tummblies sound in between meals/snacks!

Our grand total spent will be $183.57 not counting the extra Epcot F&W samplings.

 

[Grumpy Grandma]

Oh my gosh! Too FUNNY, I have done it again!

Earl of Sandwich
Sandwich (DD and I to share whatever sandwich she chooses)
Kid's Sandwich
Brownie Sandwich to share (can you tell we love brownies?)
3 ice waters


So, there you have it....necessity really IS the mother of invention! And yes, this will be enough food for all of us although as noted above we'd be prepared should the grumblies in our tummblies sound in between meals/snacks!

Our grand total spent will be $183.57 not counting the extra Epcot F&W samplings.

If you happen to be a AAA member Earl of Sandwich does offer a discount ... might save you a couple of $$$

Also thank you for all your work on this thread .... amazing ...

 

[02AggieGirl]

I posted a MK menu earlier. Here are menus for the rest of the parks! I did however, cheat with the AK one but I did manage to squeeze in the Tusker House lunch buffet; I had to leave off the snack though. (You do get 2 snacks on the HS day, so it all evens out ) Anyway, what do you think?

Hollywood Studios
Writer’s Shop (B): Blueberry Muffin & coffee $5.15
50s Prime Time Cafe (L): Chicken Sandwich & water $16.97
Snack: Cinnamon roasted almonds $3.50
Fairfax Fare (D): 1/2 Chicken & soda $12.01
Hollywood Scoops: Brownie Sundae $5.53
Total $38.01


Animal Kingdom
Entrance Plaza (B): Pastry & small coffee $6.12
Flame Tree BBQ (D): Beef Sandwich & water $9.04
Tusker House (L): buffet $24.77
Total $39.93


EPCOT
Boulangerie Patisserie(B): Chocolate eclair & coffee $6.01
Lotus Blossom Cafe (L): Orange chicken & hot tea $11.05
Kringla Bakeri og Cafe Lefse $2.12
Rose & Crown (D): Fish & Chips with water $19.91
Total $39.09

 

[dancingdisneydreamer]

this thread is awesome!! I'm gonna have to try this for my next trip because we will be on a tighter budget than we have in the past

 

[stayhomemom77]

Animal Kingdom $39.17

Kusafiri
Turnover and coffee/tea

Yak and Yeti
Chicken Lo Mein**

**could also order Kobe Burger, Honey Chicken, Sweet and Sour Chicken or Pork or Bourbon Chicken for same price
Earl of Sandwich
Any sandwich or wrap/ice tea


Riverside Mill
Magic Cookie Bar



Magic Kingdom $39.96

Main Street Bakery
Cinnamon Roll and apple juice

Tony's
Chicken Parm**

**could also order grilled fish of the day,spaghetti, or shrimp scampi linguini for same price

Casey's
Hot Dog Meal/Med Soda

Aloha Isle
Dole Whip


Hollywood Studios $39.35

Starring Rolls
Two mini pastries plus drink

50's PT Café
Mom's Pot Roast

Pizza Planet Individual
Cheese Pizza and Med Soda

Writer's Stop
Carrot Cake Cookie


Epcot $39.89

Sunshine Seasons
Adult Breakfast Platter/Tea or Coffee

Chefs des France
Croque Monsieur

Yorkshire County
Fish and Chips and med soda

Kringla
Veiled Maiden

 

[wishicouldgomoreofte]

Fun thread to read....
I think all the "die hard" dining plan people are saying geez, thats a lot of work to figure out... where I have to eat and Thats what I get to eat

And the "I can do it cheaper than the DP" people are saying...Wow, it really IS possible to eat great food cheaper than the ddp

Think we'll have any converts?

I like the DDP, basically because I am too set in my ways after all these years , its just easier to make a reservation and Pick a way....we seem to wind up ordering Xtras somehow and pay more anyway

Great thread OP!

a1tinkfans,
You say "after all these years."
How many years have you used the DDP?
I was not aware of it preceeding 2007.

 

[02AggieGirl]

a1tinkfans,
You say "after all these years."
How many years have you used the DDP?
I was not aware of it preceeding 2007.

It was first offered in the fall of 2005.

 

[patsal]

When all was said and done after my 10 night vacation in July with DH and DD 16, our meals turned out to be about $32 per person per night. It was definitely less expensive than the DDP would have been. We ate very happily and did not skimp on anything. We did snack and we all ordered exactly what we wanted wherever we were.

we ate at the following:
Plaza
Tony's
LTT (lunch)
Cosmic Rays
Main Street Bakery
Aloha Aisle

Hollywood Brown Derby
KRNR station
Hey Howdy Hey
Rosie's
Writer's Stop
Villians Sweet Shop
Starring Rolls

Yak n Yeti
Kusafari


Coral Reef
Chefs De France
Via Napoli
La Cava de Tequila
Boulangerie Patisserie
Kaki Gori

Boardwalk Bakery
Kona Cafe
California Grill
afternoon Tea at GF
Earl of Sandwich
Wolfgang Pucks
Portabellos
Goofy's Candy shop a few times
Ghirardelli


There may have been more , that's all I can remember off the top of my head!