More please, I am not known for sticking to a budget so your TR is most interesting and educational.
Thank you!! We're getting ready to do a trip just like this next month and I loved reading all the detail. Thanks for your hard work putting this together!
That was really informative....thank you!
A fun read, made me hungry and I'm on a diet so thanks lol ! Your daughter is just totally adorable!!
Thanks for your report it was very helpful. I am planning a trip for Oct 2013 and am not sure whether to stay on or offsite cause the savings on food outside seem huge. Do you think a car would pay for itself to allow me to stay onsite and eat offsite? Hope you don't mind me asking you.
GReat report of off site dining. We are doing 4 nights offsite this time between disney stays and we are staying opposite the village in at the doubletree hilton by seaworld. Can I ask is it a buffet breakfast there or plated? Its been 2005 since I stayed off site. We wont have a car but like the sound of some of the resturants u used.
Thankyou for this report.
Wow, great food report. So interesting and informative. The food looked very good. We found when we went that there isn't much on offer in the way of fruit and veg..... so did the same as you.....took a cool bag with water, fruit and some healthy snacks. We found that sweet tomatoes was great as its basically a salad bar with homemade soups, pasta's, pizza's and make your own sundae's etc. Yummy stuff....and you are going back again soon.....have a great time....Cath
Thanks for posting this. DW and I are now looking to monitor our food budget and posting the daily costs on our trip in November. We'll be eating in the keys the 1st week so we'll not be able to keep the costs down as much as we will when we reach Orlando. You have also given us a few new places to try.
I've absolutely LOVED your TR and as soon as I have time I'll be reading the other ones that you've linked in your siggie! My DH can't believe you and your family ate so well on such a good budget!! Well done - and thanks a MILLION for the tips
dixonsontour said:Glad you enjoyed.
Hope you enjoy the October one aswell - that was a 14 night holiday - we did a couple of character meals but mostly offsite eating.
I read it earlier today - thanks Really enjoyed it! I just have one question though - you know when you say you froze cheese and ham wraps and brought them in the cool bag to the parks along with other snacks and frozen bottles of water? Well how did you keep the wraps from getting sodden with the water? Might seem like a really silly question but DH asked how I planned on doing that and I didn't have an answer for him
Main stops on next trip will include our usual Perkins for breakfast, must try that Bob Evans place you mentioned too! Also must do Ohana for dinner! It will be DH and I 2nd wedding anniversary while we're there so want to save somewhere nice for that night Have to try Friendlys too! Been in Orlando 6 times and haven't ate there once! Ooh and I showed DH a pic off one of your DDP TRs where you guys had a mint choc sundae from Ghiradelli and he was salivating at the thought of it so he has said we *must* do there lol!
I've loved looking through all this. The surprise (to me) star of the show is breakfast at Cracker Barrel.
What an adorable photo of your little princess outside Fultons.
Just read this again - we are trying for $120 per day but we won't be having children's meals as DD is now 13. I think we'll manage most days but not when we eat at the likes of O'Hanas!!
We have an ADR for Park Plaza at MK on Christmas Eve and am really looking forward to it. This year we are not doing a character meal as no one seemed bothered - apart from me that is
dixonsontour said:Glad you enjoyed reading.
For the wraps I made 3 wraps - ham, sliced cheese eg provolone bit of butter to stick together cut them in half and wrapped in cling film. I froze them. Makes a block like a freezer block. Then in the morning wrapped the block in kitchen roll and popped at the bootom of our small cool bag. Then put crisps, fruit on top and a bottle of water frozen. By lunch wraps were edible but still cool. Hope that makes sense.
The wraps in walmart are in the fridge near the packets of ham and cheese.