How much $ will I need

[studog]

We are a family of 4 ..kids are 3 and 5. We're staying for 6 days...how much would you think I need just for food....no souveners or extras...just food.

Ken

 

[WDWisTheBest]

Since you are staying at OKW and will probably be using the kitchen, you could budget about $80 per day and be comfortable.

 

[tinkie]

I was going to say, "One hundred billion dollars" *in Dr, Evil's voice, of course! (sometimes it feels like that much!)

Just kidding....If you want to be really accurate, you have to be kind of anal about planning out where you want to eat. Check out the link below for menus to most of the restaurants - most have pricing.



http://www.wdisneyw.co.uk/menus.html

Have fun!

 

[djm99]

If you don't preplan, in 2 words - A LOT!!! It depends on a lot of details. Like, are you staying on or off site, in a "regular" hotel/condo or home with kitchen? Does your hotel have free breakfast?

Breakfast if staying on site:

If onsite I would say your children could share meals and I would save $10 per day for breakfast for them (if you go to a "fast food" like place on site). Maybe $10 per day for breakfast per Adult again if going to "fast food place" on site. If your planning on sit down breakfast in more of a restaurant style place on site, I would suggest saving $15 - $20 per adult and still $10 per child for breakfast. Or you could buy the breakfast Vouchers at HWSC for preplanning

Breakfast if off staying off site:

I'd buy bagels, cereal, cereal breakfast bars and whatever else your children like that's easy to give them in the mornings. I usually eat a bagel or a bowl of cereal - usually light, nothing heavy. If you have a refrigerator, you'll save lots of money. If you're a pre-planner like me, you can even buy Walmart vouchers to use in the grocery stores.


Lunch:

For Lunch I would pre-purchase Quick and Casual Lunch Vouchers. You would only need 1 for both of your children. And one each for the adults only spending $34.50 (includes the new price and shipping and handling is free). If the adults are not big eaters or they go to a place like Beaches and Cream for lunch and use the vouchers, the adults could share a lunch on the vouchers. I personally don't like eating "full" meals while out at theme parks, so I would share.

Dinner:

If you choose to eat on site, I would again buy the vouchers for Dinner, which are like $30.XX for adults, and 11.XX for children (I think). I personally NEVER spend this much at a meal in Disney, but if you want to, go for it.

Personally, if you were staying off site I would eat dinner off site or not at all. By the time I've eaten all the candy, junk, turkey legs, popcorn, ice cream, water, soda, and a sit down lunch - Dinner is almost always the furthest thing from my mind. But that is just my family.

I'm an off site person, so I usually pre purchase gift cards and certificates for the restaurants we usually visit. I also purchase Disney dollars for the "junk food" cart items. And vouchers are a must for lunch - Again, Dinner is not a priority for me!!!! If food is a big thing during vacation (and for some families it really is), be prepared to spend up to $100 a day - but if it isn't I would prepare for not more than $60 a day

 

[Tigger&Belle]

We'd really need more info before giving you an idea. Do you plan to eat all meals out in a sit-down restaurant? Or breakfast in your room, one counter service meal and one sit-down? Will your kids each have a kids meal or do they just mooch off you? Do you have drinks and dessert with your meal or, like me, a glass of ice water?

I'm budgeting $50/day when I go to Orlando next week for me and my 4yo. It's probably a high estimate since we'll usually eat breakfast in the room. I was thinking mostly counter service meals since he won't have the patience to sit for long and any snacks we buy. I'm usually pretty careful about the food budget when we go, but since I'll just have one of my kids with me I'll probably splurge a little more than normal.

T&B