Breakfasts OOP?

[mommymanda]

I am travelling in August and we have the DDP. Our last trip we had garden grocer deliver bagels/bread/cereal etc. to the room for breakfasts and ate there. We stayed at AOA suite though with the extra space/storage. This trip we are booked in a standard room at CBR and there is no microwave (right?) and smaller fridge space.

I am seriously considering just paying for our breakfasts OOP at the resort. I know it will most likely double our intended 'extra food' budget but I am leaning towards convenience.

I also remember our last trip, since it was such a light and rushed breakfast each day the kids always wanted snacks pretty early in the day. I'm thinking a larger breakfast would fill up longer.


Wondering if there are any tips? We are a family of 5. Two adults, 13, 5,7 year old and in the heat and travel I really have no clue what we will want to eat each day so I just estimating on the highest cost meal for all.

 

[sharonabe]

The biggest problem we have with getting breakfast at the resort is the time. If you're not rope drop people, then this won't matter, but getting up and having time for a full breakfast (even QS) and still getting to the park for rope drop makes for a VERY early morning.

We always do the light breakfast (bagels or PB&J with some fruit) in the room while we're getting ready and take cereal bars or crackers for another light snack mid-morning.

You will have a small refrigerator and coffee maker, but no microwave.

 

[Cupcakesmum]

We have 4 kids. By the end of the trip we found for park days it was easier to break down a CS for 3 snacks and get a muffin/croissant/ Danish etc. in order to get going quick. For CS meals at the resort we would get a juice or a milk and use our mugs for dinner so we always had extra drinks for morning. We just waste too much time if we try to have a sit down breakfast. We do the CS free dining and we pay OOP for two sit down meals. We usually have enough credits left over to account for a couple of CS breakfast at the resort. Sometime we'll also bring a package or 2 of muffins in our carry-on for the first day or 2. I find an earlier lunch works well and will hold the kids over quite a while until dinner with a snack in between.

 

[mommymanda]

Thanks. We are definitely not a rope drop family, but time was something I worried about. Its usually me up caffeinated and ready to go before anyone else in the room even moves. It may work out that I make a couple runs to the resort CS and bring the food back.

I keep forgetting about the 1 CS can now be 3 snacks. That is great for me, as reading the menu I really am not one for a big greasy breakfast.

I know our last trips we always had extra credits. I just don't remember which lol. I am booked a couple 1 and 2pm TS 'lunches' as well as an O'hana 'brunch' so I'm hoping they free up some credits for breakfasts.

 

[Wood Nymph]

I am travelling in August and we have the DDP. Our last trip we had garden grocer deliver bagels/bread/cereal etc. to the room for breakfasts and ate there. We stayed at AOA suite though with the extra space/storage. This trip we are booked in a standard room at CBR and there is no microwave (right?) and smaller fridge space.

I am seriously considering just paying for our breakfasts OOP at the resort. I know it will most likely double our intended 'extra food' budget but I am leaning towards convenience.

I also remember our last trip, since it was such a light and rushed breakfast each day the kids always wanted snacks pretty early in the day. I'm thinking a larger breakfast would fill up longer.


Wondering if there are any tips? We are a family of 5. Two adults, 13, 5,7 year old and in the heat and travel I really have no clue what we will want to eat each day so I just estimating on the highest cost meal for all.

I paid OOP for breakfast and purchased kids meals. They only cost $4.99 and they come with a bottle of orange juice. Since the OOP price of orange juice was $4.29 I got a pretty good deal by getting the kids meal.

 

[MichiganKris]

We always split the QS breakfasts at the resort. We aren't huge breakfast eaters though.

 

[Nancyg56]

We always split the QS breakfasts at the resort. We aren't huge breakfast eaters though.

We do the same thing. Most of my family likes breakfast so we stop at the food court and get a few meals to split. We do not usually use credits though because we do not need a beverage. Towards the end of the trip, if we have split enough lunch and have credits we use them up then.