dining on a limited budget

[CathrynRose]

ALSO - there's a LOOOOOT of soda in a large drink, if you ask for no ice!!!

Then - you can ask for (however many) cups of ice.... 4 of us, always shared one drink...with 4 cups of ice. Always, and it was always enough!

 

[mickeymousemom]

Really, with the dining plan, you need only breakfast and some "snacky" stuff for in the room at night.

We did the dining plan last year....we needed NOTHING in the room. If you haven't done it, let me tell ya...you will have more food than you can imagine. My family LOVES to eat, and we would share CS at the food court for breakfast, then share for lunch. We ALWAYS ate a huge dinner. We even got to the point where we HAD to use CS credits or we would waste them. I suppose I can see maybe having a little something for a quick start to your day, but believe me, its nothing that's needed. We would roll ourselves back to the room every night. You'll probably find yourselves taking desserts back to the room for your late night snack..if you can handle it. We ended up leaving a couple desserts in the fridge becasue we just couldn't eat them. The DP rules!

 

[ehsween]

I have figured out almost all of the abbreviations you people have used except for TS. What does that mean? In addition, is there a thread somewhere that shows all of the abbreviations that people use on these boards and what their meanings are?

Thanks again everyone!!!

 

[La2kw]

I am definitely going to check out the dining plan. I really didn't even know it existed. I'll see if it fits into what we think we can afford. When we went to Disney 5 years ago, we stayed off property and ate some meals off property as well, but at that time, we drove all the way to Florida from Michigan so we had our car. This time, we're flying in and staying on property with the plan that we will not be renting a vehicle.

Furthermore, even if we did try renting a vehicle and eating off property to save money, we're not saving money because we'd be renting a vehicle. Not to mention the time factor....we will be coming in on a Thursday and leaving on a Monday, so we are looking at very little time to spend at the parks as it is. I don't want to waste time leaving the parks to eat. If we had more time, it might be worth considering.

At this point, I'm definitely thinking that we will all rise early in the morning and eat in our room. We will most likely need a refrigerator though.

Thanks for all of the responses. I greatly appreciate it. I used these discussion forums 5 years ago when we went to Disney and people were most helpful in helping us plan our trip. Once again, it's a highly useful tool in Disney trip planning. Thanks to all!!!

For us, the dining plan would cost $152/day. We have never spent that much on food in one day in all my years of going to WDW. Consider your normal eating patterns before investing in the plan. For us, it wouldn't be worth it.

 

[bicker]

I have figured out almost all of the abbreviations you people have used except for TS. What does that mean? In addition, is there a thread somewhere that shows all of the abbreviations that people use on these boards and what their meanings are?

TS = Table service restaurant.

The FAQ for new members is here: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=439040
In it, you'll find, among other useful infomration:

Discussion board Abbreviations here you will find a very helpful list of all the abbreviations you may encounter while reading and posting

 

[k&a&c'smom]

I know it's been mentioned a couple of times, but I wanted to reiterate that splitting entrees is very do-able at WDW!!

My family aren't really big eaters - we can make it back for a second helping of a few items at buffets, but that's about it! - but we eat decent portions at home. When we get to WDW, we find the portions so huge, we either split them or end up throwing part of our food away.