Budget meal ideas outside the parks...

[nelson84]

I have seen some pizza hut commercials with any size pizza with any toppings for $10. I know Taco Bell is always cheap. Any other restaurants that are economical or any coupon books to get online or any other money savings ideas.

 

[TnTWalter]

I think it's Sun Mon and Tues night.

Also we did carryout sauces and break from Olive Garden and made the pasta at home.

You can get on restaurant.com when they have the 80% off and get the $25 gift certificates for a couple dollars. But read the fine print.

Good Luck.

Trish

 

[jgates]

In the DTD area, Earl of Sandwich has decent prices on their sandwiches which are completely awesome and very filling. However, as normal, soda prices are high - so try to drink water.

 

[Bearvet]

We love CiCi's Pizza - I know some people don't like it, but my family loves it. All you can eat pizza (15 or so varieties at a time), salad, pasta, breadsticks and delicious desserts (cinnamon rolls, apple pizza, brownies). Cost is $5.99 per person plus a drink. There are coupons in the booklets for buy 1 buffet and 2 drinks, get 1 buffet free.

We ate there our first night and later in the week (Feb 13-20) we saw commercials that the buffet was now only $3.99 per person. If you leave there hungry, it's your own fault.

 

[ohanaMAMA]

get subs at subway and chips and drinks at the grocery store and have a picnic somewhere fun. Like the beach at the poly!

 

[Dancemom03]

We love CiCi's Pizza - I know some people don't like it, but my family loves it. All you can eat pizza (15 or so varieties at a time), salad, pasta, breadsticks and delicious desserts (cinnamon rolls, apple pizza, brownies). Cost is $5.99 per person plus a drink. There are coupons in the booklets for buy 1 buffet and 2 drinks, get 1 buffet free.

We ate there our first night and later in the week (Feb 13-20) we saw commercials that the buffet was now only $3.99 per person. If you leave there hungry, it's your own fault.

We love CiCi's too! There aren't many places I can feed 4 adults and two kids for under $20 but, with a coupon there, it's no problem. Even better is that sometimes they even hand out the coupons while you wait in line to enter.

 

[HunnyPots]

We found that once you leave Disney property, almost everything seems like a budget meal in comparison! But seriously...

We liked the Publix deli for either fried or rotiserie chicken plus sides. Also, the pre-made sub sandwiches are pretty good and about half the price of subway. Wendy's value menu is really good if you want burgers and fries.

 

[dblr]

If you have use of a stove or mcro wave you could get one of the pre-cooked chickens(around $5) and a side dish like rice or noodles or even cold sides and cheap and quick meal to feed 4.