Groceries

[Raysplus1]

We are staying at BWV and plan on either bringing food packed in a suitecase, having them mailed to BWV or pre-ordering them and having them delivered.

My question is which do you find easier, I have heard that food in suitcases tends to set of the scanners at airports?

Also how do you pre-order groceries? Do you call BWV or do you call one of the stores?

 

[spiceycat]

what towncar are you using - call this service and ask for a grocery stop.

mears won't do this - so use a towncar if you can - if you are renting a car please say then several DVC will give you directions to their favorite grocery store.

 

[keenercam]

When we take all the grandparents in August, we are going to pack things like coffee, tea, sugar, etc -- stuff that is light and where we wouldn't want to buy a whole lot for a week's stay. We will buy bottled water, soda, milk and other breakables or perishables or heavy items when we get there. We also did this for our DCL cruise and it worked out well.
Since we will rent a mini-van at the airport and also use a car service to get some of the 8 people in our party to BCV, I was thinking maybe we'd find a car service that would let us follow them and make a stop all together to get everyone's favorites. I have heard that some car services either won't stop or will charge you for the stop. So, we will just have to be careful which car service we send the grandparents in, so we don't get separated.

 

[Ms. WDW]

And I will definately take them up on their grocery offer. Most of the Limo Services mentioned here on the boards will stop for you. It's a 30 minute run and is included in the price. If you have a list and know exactly what you want that should be sufficient time. And I'm sure if you're over by 5 minutes the driver won't leave you! But you must tell them I believe, at the time you make the ressie that you want to stop for groceries.

I've never packed groceries. I have packed laundry products (non-liquid) and that was ok.

I used the pre-order option once and it was ok. Expensive; but nice to have stuff waiting for you.

 

[Raysplus1]

I did not say earlier but we are using Tiffany Towncar and usually use the grocery stop.

The problem this time is we are staying at All Star Sports the first 2 nights there because it is a weekend and we are saving points.

When we transfer we don't want to worry about storing a lot of food.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Ms. WDW]

Well remember the boardwalk will store your food (perishable and non perishable) for you. I hate switching too with alot of food.

I would buy what you think you'll need and then just have the BWV hold on to it for you till the unit is ready.

Quite honestly, I really found the prices downstairs at the grocery store very high. Look, I don't mind paying "vacation prices" for some small hard to find items. But when you ask me to pay 5x's more for items like soda ..well I have to draw the line. Convienent....absolutely. Do I still go there for misc. items? Absolutely. But to load up on items for a week; no.

Have a wonderful time!! I see from your counter you're almost on your way!!!!

 

[spiceycat]

ray bell services will more your food and store it for you -

you get the grocery stop on the way to All stars - (make sure you also purchase an ice chest) then put the perishables in the ice chest leave everything else in the grocery bags (All star has lots of ice machines) - put a note of them - your reservation #, your name, your date of arrival - then have bell services at AS take them over to bell services at BW. they can do this while you are still at All Stars.

 

[momsully]

Has anyone used netgrocer?

 

[justcruisin]

Used netgrocer in the past and will use them for our trip this summer. Make sure you put the Hotel name and your ressie number on the label. Upon checking in, I mentioned there should bring some boxes for us and could they be brought up to our room.

I didn't find it to be a lot more than the store, and actually spent less, since it was just me doing the shopping, not 3 others putting items in the cart too! Just did a quick stop for milk, cheese, bread.

 

[DVC-LEROY]

As of late we've been having the best luck mailing down as much as possible. For our last two visits (10/02 & 2/03) we spent about $12-15 to UPS fairly large boxes that took care of everything including our Brita pitcher (which goes in our carry-on on the way home). I was able to buy most things on sale which covers the shipping. We send exactly what everyone wants - and I send down paper products and a number of things that I used to lug in my suitcase. The rest - we get during our grocery stop (TT). All we end up buying on site is milk.

 

[dvc guy]

Before you load up your luggage, check with your carrier. Most have a 50 lbs limit per checked bag and will charge you a pretty large fee if you go over.