Cabins...Dining Plan?

[3girlsfun]

If you stay at the cabins, do you normally get a Dining Plan. We loved the ease of the dining plan. (We just returned yesterday from our first trip as a family.) I will however say that by the end of the week I was tired of having to go somewhere to get dinner. Especially considering how tired my kids were at the end of the day. It would have been nice to just eat in the room.

How extensive is the kitchen, and the utensils and such that are in the kitchen in the cabins? Not to say I will be doing any major cooking, but, I am thinking some easy dinners in the evenings maybe half of the time, and then just simple, no cooking breakfasts.

We would still want to eat some character meals and such, just not eat every single meal out.

Thanks for the advice. I am trying to go ahead and book our next trip ASAP.

 

[PaPa Doc]

y family likes the cabins for the same reasons: about the only utensils missing are roasting/lasagne pans & cookie sheets - if you plan to do any baking best get foil tins/sheets = and either zip lock bags or disposable containers for left-overs.

There's an inventory list of kitchen utensils from allears:

Kitchen includes:
full-size refrigerator with icemaker
electric stove
microwave
dishwasher
1 4-cup coffee maker (with 1 filter-pack of coffee)
1 10 cup coffee maker (stored in cupboard)
toaster
tea kettle
flatware for 6: forks, salad forks, teaspoons, soups spoons, knives and steak knives
dinnerware for 6: mugs, cereal bowls, dinner plates, dessert plates
6 handled mason jar glasses
1 serving spoon
1 glass measuring cup
1 2 qt. pitcher
1 2 qt. casserole with lid
1 glass baking dish
1 oval platter
manual can opener
bottle opener
corkscrew
cutting board
bread knife
ladle
spatula
1 12" skillet
1 1 qt. saucepan with lid
1 2 qt. saucepan with lid
Dutch oven with lid
metal colander
spoon rest
2 potholders
2 sponges
4 cloth dish towels
fire extinguisher (under sink)
packets of dishwasher soap
liquid dish soap
paper towels (under sink)
trash bags (under sink)

NOT INCLUDED are salt, pepper, sugar (or sweetener), coffee, coffee filters, or small drinking glasses for the bathroom.

Bedroom Features:
wall-mounted hair dryer
vacuum cleaner
iron
ironing board
2 extra pillows
extra blanket

Hall Closet:
portable crib with sheet
broom
dustpan
sponge mop
somewhere in past posts if you search "kitchen utensils" you'll probably find it.

 

[mnsprk]

The best part is: "THE MOUSEKEEPERS DO ALL THE DISHES"

 

[fla4fun]

When I stay in a cabin, I plan on easy breakfast and dinner foods. I don't use the stove too much, but I use the microwave a lot and it's great having a fridge with an actual freezer. I typically do not get the dining plan because I have an AP and I spend less paying OOP than paying for the plan.

 

[dmr19]

We loved staying in a cabin earlier this year. There were six of us, including a one-year-old. It was so nice to be able to skip a restaurant now and then. I "cooked" one night -- pasta, sauce from a jar, frozen veggies. We had pizza take out one night and the Giddy up & Go chicken dinner carry-out from Trail's End -- delicious! The other nights we ate out.
We had breakfast in the cabin every morning. The kids believe that cereal tastes so much better in those little boxes. We had lunch twice -- the day we arrived and the day we went horseback riding at the Fort. And it was nice to have a "midnight" snack a few nights after coming home from the parks.
We had a very good experience with Garden Grocer. The food was in the cabin when we checked in, with the milk in the fridge and the ice cream in the freezer.
Have a great time!