Three full days in the park, how much $$$?

[fljelad]

How much money would you recommend a family of three (DS will turn 7 there) budget per day in the park for meals only? What would be the least amount you would recommend and what would be your "money is no object" budget?

 

[Grumpy92]

Counter Service Restaurants are going to run you about $10 per person.
Sit Down restaurants will start at $10 and go up from there.
I recommend $30-$50 a day per person. That would be $10 for breakfast, $10 for one counter service meal and $20 for a sit down meal. Snacks such as ice cream, bottled water etc another $10.

You might check out the menus at this site:
www.allearsnet.com/menu/menus.htm

 

[addicted_to_WDW]

We are a family of 3. DS is 10. If we are being cheap (as we are on our upcoming trip), we can get by on about $75 per day for food. That's counter service only. When we are being slightly more extravagant, I budget $150 for food, drinks, and whatever. It's rare that I spend $150 though, usually it comes to about $120.

 

[kareneast]

We are a family of 3 too. If we do all counter service plus a snack we spend approx. $75 per day. If we switch one meal to a sit down it goes up to $125-$150 per day depending on which meal is the sitdown.

 

[waltdisneyworlddreamer]

If you are getting the MYW package, you might consider adding the dining option which includes 1 counter service, 1 table service and 1 snack per day. We just added this which will cost $100 per day for me, DH and DS, age 7. This is new this year, I've heard good and bad things about it so far.
Here's a link to check it out:
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/tickets/packageDetail?id=PackageDetailMYWDiningPkg05Page