If no dining plan, then what do you spend?

[RACHELSMOM1]

My mom and I just decided to ditch the dining plan for our May trip and go OOP. Mom is a VERY light eater, if she eats alot of rich food ( and for her anything heavier than a salad or yogurt is rich ) I am an average eater, but I hate the little CS desserts on the dining plan at MOST places anywhere that serves the prepackaged chocolate cakes, I do love the more creative CS dessert options.

Our detailed food budget ( estimated, and rounded up )

7 CS meals at 20.00 a meal average sharing entrees = 140.00

1 CP Breakfast - 52.00 with tax and tip
1 Cali Grille Dinner 130.00 with tax and tip
1 Artist Point Dinner 130.00 with tax and tip
1 Bistro de Paris dinner 130.00 with tax and tip
1 Boma Buffet Dinner 90.00 with tax and tip

snacks, and drinks 70.00 ( this is a few cocktails and a few mickey bars)

this has us sharing a dessert most of the time, but is still rounded up, and much more than we would eat, as we would each be ordering an entree at each TS, and I think that would be too much food for my Mom.

Even still, wouldn't you come out better with the DP considering your selections. After all, you don't have to eat everything on the menu, but it would seem the delux plan for the two of you would be just right, with so many signature meals on your agenda...just saying...

 

[RACHELSMOM1]

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I meant like a little insulated lunch bag.

I have seen coolers that act and look like a bag or a backpack, not too far fetched to bring one to the park, could even put the insulated bag inside a backpack or shoulder bag.

 

[robinbutterfly]

I have seen coolers that act and look like a bag or a backpack, not too far fetched to bring one to the park, could even put the insulated bag inside a backpack or shoulder bag.

Yea, I was just thinking of packing some sandwiches and water bottles etc.
I mean, there is no way I could eat out 3 times a day! I would leave Disney gaining some serious pounds!

 

[ROEDISNEY]

BK $ 10. PP
Lunch $15. PP
Dinner $15-30 pp it depends where you go & what you eat
Not inc tip & alcohol drinks

Love the DP- 1 TBS & 1 CS with a snack.

 

[H.E. Pennypacker]

We're 2 adults, no kids. No DDP. For CS meals, we probably spend $25 - $30 per meal. For TS meals, we're probably around $100 to $115, tax and tip. We don't do CS and TS every day. Some days we grab lunch and/or dinner offsite somewhere. In a 10 day stay, we'll probably do 5 or 6 CS meals and about 4 TS meals. So I guess that puts our Disney food budget at around $600.

 

[daisyx3]

We are going during spring break and they inflated the DDP price to $48 per day, per person. There are 5 of us, so that's a big jump from even the quick serve plan ($33 each).
We were thinking of doing the quick service plan, but now I think we will do OOP. That way we can get kids meals for my kids (11,14,17--but the girls are light eaters) or split meals. We will probably have to do Chef Mickey's as the kids always insist. But when we do DDP we always get really stuffed and feel gross.
Daisyx3