We don't budget--we just remortgage the house. 
Kidding aside, we're an older couple (he's 66, I'm 72),no kids, and we usually eat one table service meal a day, $35 to $65 US per person depending on location. [Edited to add: for us this is a base price. Wine, dessert, apps will add more to the bill, and it doesn't include tips)
We stay at the Fort so we have breakfast at camp and usually a small mid-morning brunch (we love Les Halles (sp)) That usually can run $15/$20 US. total. We eat dinner usually very early, than have a 6:30 pm snack.
We have soft drinks/water throughout the day (I buy the Disani water as I can't handle the taste of Disney tap water) and the odd cone of roasted almonds or a goodie
or two.
All that said, we average about $150 per day. [Edited again: Looking back on it, I'd bet it's closer to $200 per day. math isn't my strong suit lol] can't speak to food at Universal as I've never been. I'd use this amount as a ceiling as to what you'd probably spend.
As you are keeping to QS meals, with young children, it depends on what your appetites are. But don't be surprised if you get tempted beyond your capacity to resist stopping at a food truck or snack shack. They they have a habit of wafting the delicious aroma of roasting almonds and pecans, popcorn, caramel laden goodies, and other formally nonessential food items into the air as you pass by.
So I'd budget a few extra $$ for emergency snack attacks. If you don't spend the money, you'll have it for when you get home and you're too Disney'd out too make dinner at home.
Kidding aside, we're an older couple (he's 66, I'm 72),no kids, and we usually eat one table service meal a day, $35 to $65 US per person depending on location. [Edited to add: for us this is a base price. Wine, dessert, apps will add more to the bill, and it doesn't include tips)We stay at the Fort so we have breakfast at camp and usually a small mid-morning brunch (we love Les Halles (sp)) That usually can run $15/$20 US. total. We eat dinner usually very early, than have a 6:30 pm snack.
We have soft drinks/water throughout the day (I buy the Disani water as I can't handle the taste of Disney tap water) and the odd cone of roasted almonds or a goodie
or two.All that said, we average about $150 per day. [Edited again: Looking back on it, I'd bet it's closer to $200 per day. math isn't my strong suit lol] can't speak to food at Universal as I've never been. I'd use this amount as a ceiling as to what you'd probably spend.
As you are keeping to QS meals, with young children, it depends on what your appetites are. But don't be surprised if you get tempted beyond your capacity to resist stopping at a food truck or snack shack. They they have a habit of wafting the delicious aroma of roasting almonds and pecans, popcorn, caramel laden goodies, and other formally nonessential food items into the air as you pass by.
So I'd budget a few extra $$ for emergency snack attacks. If you don't spend the money, you'll have it for when you get home and you're too Disney'd out too make dinner at home.
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