Just wondering...

[medalla74]

We will be staying in a 1bdrm @ OKW for our upcoming Thanksgiving trip..My DH insists since we are driving and staying in a 1bdrm, that we should make a quick stop to Winn Dixie for groceries to cook all of our meals!!! I would much rather do the DDP like we usually do. I did not reserve a 1bdrm for the "joy of cooking"...So how many of you fellow Disney fanatics actually cook all of your meals while on vacation? Am I being unreasonable?

 

[dianeschlicht]

Dining reservations are going to be difficult and costly during that trip. We are going to be there Thanksgiving week too, and because we will have 6 of us, we are going to be cooking instead of doing the DDP. $1638 for the DDP was enough to choke me when I KNOW I can buy groceries and cook for a couple hundred dollars.

 

[byoung]

Agree cooking in will save you a lot.

 

[lisareniff]

Cooking will save you a ton of money on vacation.

We have a spreadsheet of our ADRs for our vacation!

Seriously, we go to the store and buy drinks, snacks, quick breakfast and some lunch foods. We don't cook dinner.

 

[dis-happy]

We always stay in a 1 b/r and I always cook a few meals. It's kind of relaxing to have down time in the room and truthfully, I get tired of all restaurant meals. We always do breakfast in the room (bagels, frozen waffles, cereal, yogurt), and sometimes the break and bake Nestle Tollhouse cookies or popcorn for a snack while watching a movie. For dinners I've made the frozen Stouffer's lasagne, or cooked chicken breasts in the crockpot (using the leftovers for wraps), made a pot of soup, rice-a-roni in the microwave. Bagged salad and cut up fruit round things out. Nothing difficult nor time-consuming.

Word of advice: have your dh take you to Publix instead, it's a better grocery store.

 

[PamOKW]

I think it's better to get the best of both worlds. I think being able to have breakfast right in the villa is a lot more appealing than having to get dressed and out and then "stop" for breakfast. The ability to have snacks -- wine cheese -- etc. makes for a great vacation too. Shopping and cooking every meal -- I'm with you that would not be vacation.

I can't see spending money on the full dining program -- I'd rather be flexible as to when I eat "in" and when I eat "out".