Do you cook?

[THESCHULTZFIVE]

Our first trip home is in October, and although we've been thinking of what a cool, new experience it would be to be cooking at Disney, is it realiztic? Does anyone actually come from spending a day in the park and cook dinner? Anything from frozen pizzas to full meals? TIA

 

[dianeschlicht]

We always cook breakfast in the villa, and usually plan for a couple of light meals. On occation, when we have had guests on a budget, we have cooked full out meals just as we do at home. When it's just us though, we often have one main meal at a TS sit down place and our breakfast in the room. ANything else is usually just snacks. If you are a family with young children though, that midday nap time might be a perfect time to fix a nice meal for them too before heading back to the parks later in the day.

 

[jarestel]

We don't cook anything extravagant but we do find it much easier to have a relaxed breakfast and coffee in the room rather than dealing with the hustle and bustle of the morning at WDW restaurants.

Of course, by the end of a week of dining out, we are getting sick of restaurant food and may tend to cook a few easy dinners just to get some "regular" food.

 

[THESCHULTZFIVE]

Ok so I'm not crazy, it can be done. We are definitely doing breakfast in the room.

 

[geffric]

I cook breakfast everday and dinner a few nights we are at WDW. I drive so I bring the crockpot and make various meals in the morning and then when we come home for dinner, they are done. Open a bag of salad, and we have a nice meal. Ussually I make beef and we have sandwhiches for the next few days for lunch.

 

[chorlick]

When we stayed at Ft Wilderness cabins, I cooked frozen pizza one night, spaghetti one night and hot dogs one night. At the time we had 4 kids and were on a budget.

 

[THESCHULTZFIVE]

I cook breakfast everday and dinner a few nights we are at WDW. I drive so I bring the crockpot and make various meals in the morning and then when we come home for dinner, they are done. Open a bag of salad, and we have a nice meal. Ussually I make beef and we have sandwhiches for the next few days for lunch.

We are driving too and I had been thinking of bringing my crockpot(and george foreman grill). I think I will.

 

[murcor]

sometimes after a long day in the park it is nice not to have to leave your room again to eat.

We use the kitchen facilites often....but not big meals. Small meals and snacks

 

[tedhowe]

We usually eat breakfast in the villa - cereal, eggs, sausage or bacon, sometimes pancakes or french toast.

Often we will plan 1 or 2 dinners in the villa and go shopping our first day to get the ingredients. It's usually nothing fancy - Pasta with meatballs, frozen pizzas, etc.

I actually think I may plan on one more complicated meal for our next trip - I don't have the time to cook from scratch at home much anymore with 2 daughters, and I like to cook for a large group when I get the chance.

Ted

 

[bobbiwoz]

Our guests last December were budget minded. We would meet after having breakfasts in our respective rooms, (we had 3 studios) and did some resort things, swimming, gym, bike riding etc. (we were at VWL). They drove and brought lunch fixens, and we would augment that with some things from Roaring Forks. We had lunch together. We had a dedicated studio, and with the balcony chairs, all 6 of us fit, comfortably as I recall, more or less in the living area.

These friends had never been to WDW, and they live in NC & NJ, we live in Ohio, so this was a more relaxing, friendly visiting trip, but we were all happy for the kitchenettes that we had in the studios. They were well used.

Bobbi

PS. Whether we stay in a 1 bedroom or studio, I bring my electric grilled cheese sandwich maker, with a salad and some fruit, or soup, leftovers, we have enough to eat some meals. My DSis will be bringing hers on this trip that's coming up.

 

[HUFF590]

Another breakfast cooker here, although we do hotdogs and hamburgers alot.

 

[dianeschlicht]

Ok so I'm not crazy, it can be done. We are definitely doing breakfast in the room.

Not only can be done, but can be done inexpensively and easily as well. We have often done one large meal early in the trip. Usually the whole thing with salad, potatos, veggies, dessert.... I like making it with a Ham. Then the rest of the trip, we use the left over ham for cold sandwiches for a quick supper or lunch.

 

[lisaviolet]

My partner cooked for thirteen last trip. French toast, pancakes, bacon, eggs the whole enchilada. Lucky us!!!

We eat a lot of meals at "home". Sweet n' sour chicken, jerk chicken, rice, sandwiches, burritos, sushi. Well we don't make the sushi and burritos.

I get tired of eating out.

Have a wonderful vacation. You must be so excited.

 

[Disneyrsh]

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[cavecricket]

we plan to make egg sandwiches for breakfast in the microwave

If you are not familiar....use a microwave safe cereal bowl, coat well with pam crack 1 egg and break the yolk....( MUST BREAK YOLK!)

Most microwaves I have tried workd just right on the regular temp setting for 58 seconds....it will slide right out onto your bread and is the "Perfect" size for toast or a muffin!

This is the best for studios as there are no stoves!

My brother lives on these at home

He is a huge Kevin Smith fan

Calls them his Egg-a-Mooby-Muffins !!!! lol

( he is 15 and pretty co-dependant....if he makes them, anyone can! )

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Our first trip home is in October, and although we've been thinking of what a cool, new experience it would be to be cooking at Disney, is it realiztic? Does anyone actually come from spending a day in the park and cook dinner? Anything from frozen pizzas to full meals? TIA

Forgive my ignorance, but what is MNSSHP?

Like others have said we tend to mix things up between eating out, room service, and making our own meals. No typical order, we just decide as we go. Eating out is always expensive unless you go offsite. We find room service not a bad deal at all for burgers, sandwiches, and salads. We're not much the restaurant going type and we have found that all the resort restaurants, even though they don't announce it, will prepare for carry-out. Typically the portions are big enough for 2 or more people so you can get a decent upscale meal for much less the price by splitting an order. Have a great time... we're headed to Vero Beach in two weeks

 

[cnids00]

MNSSHP = Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party

We're going to our first ever MNSSHP this year and we're excited, also first stay at OKW and we're planning to do breakfast in our room except for the 1 day we'll be doing a character breakfast at Chef Mickey's.

We fly down so we'll be ordering from gardengrocer.com for our food. We were there during Frances so if any big bad hurricanes are going to visit we want to have food, just incase

 

[paults]

breakfast in --yes sometimes

late lunch in --sure ( about 2 or 3 pm)

but you will be there for the F&WF in OCT at Epcot. If you are going to attend I wouldn't do dinner.

 

[lts862]

We do have light breakfast foods, cereals, fruit, muffins, coffee and juice for breakfast each day, and snacks for later, but I do not cook on vacation. We have had take out and such in the room, but no, no cooking for me.

 

[snarfieca]

The kitchen was a selling point for us when we bought into DVC. We had been at the All Stars and were spending so much on eating out. Once after a day at the parks I wanted a snack and went to the food court - it cost close to $3 for a bowl of raisan bran cereal (they had it set uot for the next morning & I felt like having it)

We use the kitchen for breakfasts and easy suppers. When we're in a 1 br; we'll have bacon & eggs for breakfast. The fanciest thing we've done for supper is broiled steaks with easy-cook rice & salad. But suppers are usually a salad or soup. If we're in a studio we take our sandwich maker & have grilled cheese or egg sandwiches.

Having a kitchen in the room is more relaxing then going out. When we do go out, it is more special and we really enjoy it.

Brenda
from MB