Could You Eat at WDW for $200 per Person on a 6-day visit?

[QueenIsabella]

I know - our current budget is $350 per day for the two of us.
We don't usually spend that much, sometimes a lot less. But we are on vacation, not restriction. And um, we buy bottled water on occasion and perhaps a tipple or two. Or Three. Or Four.

This. If it was the only way to go on vacation? Yeah, sure, I'd make it work. But it wouldn't feel like I was actually on vacation, if I had to do this, every time.

 

[leebee]

I know - our current budget is $350 per day for the two of us.
We don't usually spend that much, sometimes a lot less. But we are on vacation, not restriction. And um, we buy bottled water on occasion and perhaps a tipple or two. Or Three. Or Four.

I was gonna ask... is that $200 in the OP with or without adult beverages?

 

[jimmymc]

No, not if I'm getting all my meals from Disney restaurants. I could if I spent half that on an Instacart order and ate one QS meal per day at the parks and resorts.

 

[LuvBulldogs]

Okay. I decided to take up my own challenge and post my results. The challenge is only kids meals, 3 meals per day, plus 1 snack each day for a 6 day trip.

This is for a trip I actually have booked for the spring. Arrival day is after breakfast and departure day would be before lunch. All meals are kid's meals. Snacks are from the snack menus.

I am generally not a breakfast eater but I included it because that's the challenge. I will also say that we don't eat a lot of red meat at home so my choices reflect a lot of sea food and chicken. We are staying in a Poly studio the first night and will switch to a 1BR in BC for the rest of the trip. The food is for 1 adult only.

Day #1 arrival day, no parks Total = $24.04

Lunch - Cap'n Cooks​

Chicken and Pineapple Skewer with tossed salad and small bottled water $9.04​

 Dinner - walk over to GF and Gasparilla's Grill​

Chicken Wrap with fries, grapes and small bottled water​

$8.30​

Snack  - Mickey Bar $6.70​

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Day #2 Poly morning MK Day $31.08​

Breakfast - Cap'n Cook's​

Egg White Scramble with bacon and breakfast potatoes and small bottled water $7.28​

Lunch - Columbia Harbor House​

Grilled Salmon with rice and green beans and unsweetened iced tea $9.15​

Dinner - Cosmic Ray's​

Grilled Chicken Sandwich with fries, Cutie mandarin and zero sugar lemonade $8.30​

Snack - Dole Whip $6.35​

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Move to BC in the evening​

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Day #3 BC/RIV/HS using Skyliner $33.13​

Breakfast - RIV Primo Piatto​

Egg White Fritatta with plant-based sausage and small bottled water $7.66​

Lunch - HS Backlot Express​

Southwest Chicken Salad with fries, chocolate chip cookie and Coke Zero $8.30​

Dinner - ABC Commissary​

Chicken Arugula-Farro Salad with carrots, a Cutie mandarin and unsweetened iced tea $8.70​

Snack - Anaheim Produce​

Mickey Pretzel $8.47​

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Day #4 BC morning/AK $30.94​

Breakfast - BC Marketplace​

Mickey Waffle with bacon, sausage and small bottled water $8.08​

Lunch - Harambe Market​

Shrimp Rice Bowl with Cutie mandarin and zero sugar lemonade $9.57​

Dinner - Flame Tree BBQ​

Pulled Pork Platter with applesauce, a Cutie and unsweetened iced tea $7.98​

Snack - Flame Tree BBQ​

(to be eaten with pulled pork)Rice and Beans $5.31​

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Day#5 BC morning/EPCOT $31.80​

Breakfast - BC Marketplace​

Egg Sandwich with double bacon side and a small bottled water $6.91​

Lunch - La Cantina de San Angelo​

Chicken Tacos with corn chips, nachos cheese, fruit and Coke Zero $10.07​

Dinner - Sunshine Seasons​

Salmon with Jamine Rice, applesauce and a small bottled water $9.00​

Snack -Sunshine Seasons​

Turtle Brownie $5.82​

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Day #6 BC/MK (again)/Contemporary $40.20​

Breakfast - Ale and Compass To Go​

Blueberry Pancakes with sausage, breakfast potatoes and small bottled water $8.79​

Lunch - Pecos Bill​

Citrus Chipotle Chicken with Cilantro Lime Rice, charros beans and small bottled water $9.04​

Dinner - Steakhouse 71 to Go​

Grilled Steak with mashed potatoes, green beans and Coke Zero $16.51​

Snack - MK popcorn $5.86​

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Day #7 - BC checkout day, breakfast only $11.18​

Breakfast Ale & Compass To Go​

Scrambled eggs, breakfast potatoes, fresh fruit, low fat milk $11.18​

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Grand Total = $202.37​

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I could tweek the numbers to fall under $200 by choosing less expensive meals rather than the to go meals at the end of the stay but I didn't want to do repeats of meals or list a kids meal that I just would not eat, such as chicken tenders or PB&J Uncrustables. When I get a kids meal, I tend to save the fruit or chips for a snack later in the day. I refill my water bottle with ice water when I stop to eat. Most of the meals are available for mobile order and they were almost all Disney's kid check meals. I doubt that I would actually stick to this plan mostly because I don't travel alone and wouldn't want to pigeonhole my traveling companions into eating where I dictate.​

I was ready to say, "I could do this, but I wouldn't want to do so."

However, after reading your list -- yeah -- these are things I'd really want to eat. The difficult part would be sticking to the pre-chosen list /being in the right spot at the right time.

As for "cheating" with Target snacks, etc., it does feel like cheating -- not for a normal trip; that's just good planning. But if you say, "I can eat for $200 for 6 days" and then you add supplemental food, that's cheating on your own challenge.