Budget help

[californiamomof4grls]

Yes you are and we got our locker in DL right by the coffee shop and I think it was about 8 dollars for all day and a large one. I think I could be wrong.
We have a soft sided cooler that we bring in. I never buy drinks for the kids (5 of them) at counter service. Just a good way to save money and they don't need that much sugar anyways.
I find that when we eat a buffet for breakfast no one is really hungry until dinner time. That being said the bottom of the stroller is full of snacks and that they know they can just grab what ever they want at anytime. I freeze uncrustables and let them "defrost" under the stroller. I use the disposable hot cold bags (you can buy at the grocery store). I fill that with Capri suns, gogurts, uncrustables, bottled waters, string cheese and salami. On the other side of my double stroller I put gronola bars, trail mix, gold fish and peanut butter ritz cracker sandwiches. All prepacked. That way I don't have to spend too much time in the morning packing up the stroller.
We bring disposable plastic cups and instant oatmeal for my girls for breakfast so that I don't pay for it or waste park time!
We also bring in my Pepsi and my husbands Monsters. We usually get costco muffins for us.

 

[CandMmommy]

We will def bring water and snacks. I was thinking of getting the pbjs too even the hubby loves those!
I'll probably budget a snack in the day we do the Minnie breakfast b/c I've gotta have one of those Mickey pretzels!!
Thanks everyone for all your help

 

[californiamomof4grls]

We will def bring water and snacks. I was thinking of getting the pbjs too even the hubby loves those!
I'll probably budget a snack in the day we do the Minnie breakfast b/c I've gotta have one of those Mickey pretzels!!
Thanks everyone for all your help

Sounds like a good plan to me! Good luck!

 

[GrandBob]

So ur allowed to bring in a cooler? And how much does it cost to get a locker?

Between $7 and $15, depending on the size. See http://disneyland.disney.go.com/plan/guest-services/lockers/

We usually rent one in the fall/winter, to store coats and other miscellaneous stuff. The $7 ones aren't quite big enough for 3 heavy coats, but the $10 ones are fine. Never used anything bigger than that.

-Bob

 

[3Minnies1Mickey]

Some tips that help us share:
*We bring in disposable cups (or sippy cups) and split large drinks.
*You can refill water bottles with filtered water in many locations including the Baby Center, First Aid, Tomorrowland Terrace, and French Market. (Also a cup of ice water is free)
*We bring in sandwich baggies and split a large popcorn between us and the kids. They each get their own baggie of popcorn.
*An adult chicken nugget meal can be split between kids and usually cheaper than buying 2 kids meals. It comes with 8 nuggets I think, plus fries.
*We bring in snacks, waters, capri suns, fruit, uncrustables, frozen gogurts to tame hunger and save money. We've even seen people bring in Subway sandwiches. Combine the snacks and drinks and an adult chicken nugget meal and we could make it feed my 3 youngest.
*We carry around a soft sided cooler in our stroller basket. And freeze half the waters, some capri suns, and the gogurts to help keep things cool. They defrost by the time we need them.