Staying offsite - meal questions

[Madzac]

We will be doing our first offsite trip in Oct as well. We just dont eat enough to make the DP work out for us and with our family of 6 it is expensive to stay onsite!

I am planning on just a couple easy things at the house... spaghetti the night we get there, tacos the night we have been at the AK and it is early, fixings for subs or salads. We are going to have easy stuff to do breakfast every morning. After that we will do usually one CS in the parks a day, some days a second, but the parks arent open as late in Oct... are they when you are doing? Lots of nights they are closing by 7 or 8, so I figure if we eat a good breakfast, have a CS lunch, a snack from our bags in the pm, we could probably wait til close to swing through a drive through or pop a frozen pizza in the oven while the kids take a quick dip when we get home on many nights. Alternatively, rather than leaving for dinner, you could go offsite for lunch for a cheaper meal when it is busier then grab a CS at the park later.

Truthfully, I am looking forward to not using up quite as much park time eating!

 

[wahoostampingirl]

We stay offsite in a condo or townhouse every trip. We usually eat breakfast "at home" and do eat 2 meals in the parks. I plan for about $150 per day for food. My kids have pretty big appetites! We usually come in under this unless we have a character meal or one of the more expensive table service restaurants planned. Last year, we took a 2 week trip and I also spent about $150 at the grocery store for breakfast foods, adult and kid beverages, some sandwich fixin's and a few things for dinner at the townhouse.

Our family consists of 2 adults and 2 10 year olds, so I would have to pay for 4 adults if we did the dining plan and I know that comes out to more than $150 a day. So enjoy your stay off site and enjoy meals either at the parks or at your condo and you'll still probably spend less than you would on the dining plan.