Dining Budget

[Genie+]

At a minimum I would say $100 a day.

We are always way above this though.

Some tips would be to take a look at some of the menus or use the WDW app or MDE and go through the mobile order process just don’t submit lol.

Also a good way to budget is to visit the gift card section of this site to find deals there. You can add a $25 card on your weekly trip to the grocery store and before you realize you have a good sum for your trip. You can combine the cards at disneygiftcard.com so you only have to take one down.

Yep, we’ve been using that same rule of measure for a few years now. Ballpark is $100/day/person. 5 years ago we were still averaging just under that doing daily 1 TS, 1 QS and snacks/drinks here and there. Last Dec we averaged ~$120/day each. I’m planning the same this year. Hopefully not more than $125/day No TS would chop that in half. But we enjoy that on vacation - Don’t eat out much from home.

 

[MabelM]

We never set a budget because it is so hard. We usually eat breakfast in the room, QS lunch, probably 3 TS dinners and the rest QS. We also throw in some snacks. We probably average $100/person/day. On our last trip, we rented a car to drive from the airport and stopped at the grocery store on the way to buy snacks, breakfast, and drinks. We plan to do the same on our next trip.

 

[dpswift]

Good question. Probably, but at a lower price point it may be worth it to put those grapes in your backpack for later LOL!

Back in the day, people would make a salad from the toppings bar (I'm talking pre covid) or get a double cheeseburger and then buy an extra bun and a slice of cheese...maybe they still do?

I'm a 50+ year WDW veteran who has seen it all!

I remember those tips too. Disney put a stop to that. They have single thicker burgers and smaller fixing bars.

 

[robinb]

I used to account for $75 per person per day, but I've now upped that to $100 per person per day.