Just got back from a "not so magical" trip to a HOT and CROWDED Disney.
Oh well... Can't win them all. At least the food was good! I don't have many. We brought 90% of our food from home. No work=no money.
Here's one of our meals in the park:
Be sure to read the story behind it after you check out the pictures. You will NOT believe what we paid for this meal!!!
LOCATION:
Downtown Disney
Planet Hollywood
Entree: Turkey Club Sandwich
Freebie anniversary split! (Heavenly!!!)
OK, now for the story.
We were all about saving money on this trip. I booked this trip in March. Jan, Feb, and March were among my best 3 months in the past several years. So I booked the trip, and paid it in full. Then April 1st (fool's day I may add) the phone just stopped ringing. No more work. Nothing. Then the bottom falls out and every possible expense rears it's ugly head. So i *SHOULD* have cancelled this trip, because we REALLY couldn't afford it. (Anyone else here understand this at all???) But we wanted to go. So we did. This was one of only a few meals we ate in the park.
For dinner we split 2 of these Turkey Clubs. I only took a picture of one, but there were 2. We each (4 of us) had HALF a sandwich and half an order of fries. It was AMAZINGLY GOOD!!! We all left the table full. Not stuffed mind you, but full. The place was hopping, so they were really slow to bring us our food. So we kept asking for Pepperoncinis! (sp?) You know, those little light green chiles you find at the salad bar. We were all famished, and by the time the food arrived we had sucked down 2 full plates of chiles! Ohhhh they were GOOD!!! I had forgotten how much I love those Pepperoncinis.
So we also ordered iced water for drink. (we usually do) And, we used our $15 off coupon which we got in with our Disney trip itinerary. Total price after the coupon...
drumroll...
$10.50



For a family of 4 to eat till full!!!
We left a $5 tip, which was (do the math) a 50% tip. Standard tip is 15%. We left a 50% tip. Even still, it was only $5. I felt guilty leaving only $5, even if it was a 50% tip. I wanted to leave more, but we didn't have the proper change. She didn't get rich off us. Hopefully her next table would be some business men who would rack up the bill in alcohol.

By the looks of the place I'd say she still did pretty good that night.
Oh... and the sundae.... It was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good! We gave the children a couple spoons full and split the rest.
Who says you can't do Disney on a budget???
