We usually eat at the Smokey Creek grill where you can get beef brisket, bbq chicken, or ribs platters or combinations of 2 or 3 of the meats. $9 or there abouts.for a one meat platter. I think it cost around $25 for 2 platters, drinks, and the cheese cake before our 10 % discount. You get quite a bit of meat and french fries. Sometimes my husband and I share 1 platter-especially if we get a combo. There are also side dishes like slaw, corn on the cob, baked beans( I think) and desserts. I usually opt for the cheese cake . Usually about $45 for the 4 of us(all adults) They do serve the shamu kids meal here, too.
You can get deli type sandwiches where you get the samples of the beer.
Mango Joes cafe you can get fajitas, beer batter fish sandwiches and various type of wraps.
My favorite snack at the park is the waffle cone of soft ice cream with delicious stawberries.
We almost ate at the Sandbar last Thursday becasuse the fish sandwich listed on the outside menu sounded good, but ended up opting to go watch Shamu instead.
We've never eaten at Captain Petes in the Key West area but they serve hot dogs and chicken tenders there which is probably pretty inexpensive.
We tend to think the food at Sea World is better than at the other theme parks in the area. It seems like at the Disney parks we always opt for burgers and fries for lunch, but basically for about the same price you can eat better meals at Sea World. And if we go to Busch Gardens we opt for the Colonial House restaurant and eat a family meal for the price of burgers and fries at most of the parks.