Tips for eating breakfast in room

[droycro]

Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions for eating a light breakfast in the room before heading out. We are staying at the Contemporary and will have a small fridge. Any ideas of things you bring to eat in the room would be appreciated!

 

[ribbot]

I'm assuming you're meaning bringing things from home or from the store once you get down there? If so....
Buy some of those single cereal bowls (they're like $.50 a piece here and $1.69 at Disney)---buy some milk in the hotel/grocery store and keep it in the fridge.
Poptarts, Little Debbie's or Hostess for sweets.
Pecan Twirls--they pack light
Donuts or holes
Granola Bars
Yogurt
Peanut butter crackers

 

[disneyworld!]

I always use to bring small cerals, and I bought paper bowls and packed them from home...(this leaves room for things you buy in Disney to bring home!) and I would bring down peanut butter and jelly. cans of tuna, paper plates....all that smaller stuff. then I would buy my milk and bread at the resort! I also use to buy a cheap toaster that I would leave there after! never had a problem....it always worked great!

 

[SDFgirl]

We are staying at POR which has a fridge. We've ordered some cereal/bread/bagels/cream cheese/fruit from wegoshop.com. We also ordered some deli turkey, bread, snacks, etc...for those times we're too pooped to battle the crowds but want a snack.

I have heard of people taking instant oatmeal, instant soup packets, hot chocolate, etc...and using their coffee pot to heat water for them.

 

[fynook12]

heck, we have 2 hot plates and we always request a fridge for the room. We actually cooked a few dinner's while we were there last year and we'll probably be doing the same thing when we go next month!!! I think besides the park tickets, the food is the next thing that you spend money on. So, if we can save money by eating a few meals inside our room with food we bought from the local grocery store we do it!! My boyfriend cooked spaghetti with meat sauce and we also had a vegetable!! I think we even brought our toaster oven!! LOL...I know, I know, were on vacation why would we go through so much trouble!! Well i'd rather spend the money that we save on food on other things like souveneirs!!! Besides, the time we spent cooking in our room we would've been sitting down in a resturaunt anyways waiting for the food!! So, that's just MHO!! We go all out with the food thing..It's just so expensive there!!!!

 

[kjs1976]

We like breakfast bars. We have a bigger lunch around 11 anyway so a quick bar and then maybe another mid-morning while walking helps. We've stopped at a grocery store and gotten OJ and doughnuts before. We've also brought our own cereal and then just bought milk there because we buy one refillable mug and I get coffee in the morning and DH gets soda at night.

 

[clutter]

Peanut Butter and Jelly or Honey
Bagels and cream cheese
English muffins and cheddar cheese
fruit
juices

 

[Daisy'sMom]

We're going to order through minimus.biz and have the food mailed directly to the hotel. If we order more than $20 then the shipping will be free. We're going to get cereal, chips, beef jerky, peanut butter, and crackers.

 

[Musky]

If you have a toaster, Toaster Scrambles are good and a little more filling than a bowl of cereal. You can also do frozen waffles with a toaster. I make home-made muffins, freeze them and pack them in my suitcase. A lot of people tend to think muffins have to be sweet, but I have some recipes for more savory ones (such as bacon & cheese) which provide a nice change from the sweetness of donuts and Pop-tarts. I would also suggest pudding cups, and the yogurt is a great idea.

 

[aubriee]

peanut butter/crackers
sqeezable peanut butter and jelly
bagels
granola bars
cereal bars
beef jerky
instant oatmeal
string cheese
homemade muffins
envelopes of hot chocolate
bags of homemade granola

 

[DAWGPOUNDAJ]

Heres our list:

Box of plastic forks, spoons, and knives.
Paper towels
No cups (resort has the plastic cups there)
Paper bowls
Cereal
We'll buy milk once we get there
We'll buy deli meat once we get there
We'll buy bread once we get there
Granola Bars
We'll get butter and cream cheese (for DH) once we get there
Bagles
Toaster (shhh don't tell the resort! LOL)

Instant breakfast and snacks that are healthy (minus DH's cream cheese! YUCK!)

 

[lab_girl]

I have heard of people taking instant oatmeal, instant soup packets, hot chocolate, etc...and using their coffee pot to heat water for them.

What a GREAT idea...hadn't thought of that one!

THanx

 

[ribbot]

I remember a few years back on TV (can't remember the show), they were talking about saving $$ by cooking your own meals in the hotel room. They actually cooked SPAGHETTI by heating the water in the coffee pot and putting it in the ice bucket and letting it sit. And heating the sauce up on the register. Personally I don't know how the spaghetti cooked, but it looked ok through the magic of television!!!

Don't think I'd ever try it though--I'm not that patient!

 

[Susiesnowflake]

We usually bring some Carnation Instant Breakfast packets. My son likes them, and they are healthy too!

 

[jenndisney]

We are bringing:

fruit cups
instant oatmeal
pop tarts
gogerts-freezing at home and should be okay for a 4 hour flight
few little debbie snacks

Other than that, we do Churros. Only $2.00 or so in the park and my DH and DD love them. I figure that is one of the only ways to get DH to the parks early.

 

[wide awake]

I have to have protein at breakfast...hardboiled eggs, cheese sticks, that type of thing. With some bread and tomato or V-8 juice you are set. Ricotta or cottage cheese and toast is another option. I would stay away from the muffin/Little Debbies/donuts idea. You'll eat tons of empty calories and be hungry within an hour.

 

[amwhitaker]

A lot of people tend to think muffins have to be sweet, but I have some recipes for more savory ones (such as bacon & cheese) which provide a nice change from the sweetness of donuts and Pop-tarts.

Could I get some of those recipesfor those muffins. They sound soooooo good and I love muffins!

 

[pooh2001]

Just breakfast in the room. FRUIT in the AM with some carbohydrates - cereal, breakfast bars, muffins. We take the towncar with the food stop to get to the resort. Milk is bought each night at the resort for the next AM. Refrigerators in the rooms now are a big plus.

We do buy some snacks for evening munchies and always buy 24 water bottles also during the towncar food stop.

Lunch is at a sit-down - to eat something a bit healthier in an A/C restaurant. Dinner is at a sit-down or at a resort eatery.

Saves some $$'s - but we can not live on pizza & burgers. We like steak, chicken, salads, fruit and the variety of food WDW has to offer.

Part of our WDW magical vacation is going to LLT, Cindy's, H&V, LeCellier, CP, HDD, O'hana's, 1900 Park Faire, Baordwalk Bakery, Rain Forrest Cafe, Cape May, Beaches and Cream, Garden Grill, and many other sit-downs.

 

[Musky]

Could I get some of those recipesfor those muffins. They sound soooooo good and I love muffins!

I PM'd you the recipe for bacon-cheese muffins. Hope you like them!

 

[the kabuki]

One other idea I got from these boards but haven't tried yet is to ship a box of things to your resort so it arrives the same day as you.

we had a rental, stopped at walmarts and had bagels/cream cheese, coffeecake, blueberry muffins, kids fav. cereal/milk , some fruit like banana's ,strawberries, oj.
don't forget the plastic silverware, bowls, plates.

It is really great to eat brkfst in the room . It saves so much time in the morning, not to mention $$$. I figure with our family of 5 brkfst alone would have been at least $45 a day if not more. Plus we got moving so much faster to the parks. I'd have the kids eating, I'd be packing up all our stuff, and we were out of the room by 8 am which is early for us!