What Do You Do About Meals??

[Richyams]

wonder if I could freeze my pig's feet....

 

[msdis]

We eat a lot in our room. We were even doing that before we bought DVC. We really do not enjoy sit down restaurants; the fuss, the waiting, the loss of valuable time. We usually do counter service so we can sit outside and enjoy the atmosphere, usually for lunch. DH is not big on breakfast and I'm happy with a bagel and cream cheese and coffee on the balcony (that by itself is heaven) while DH gets a few extra zzzzzzzz's. Supper is usually a sandwich sometime after 9:30 or 10pm. Yes, we are still commandos. We are taking family this summer and the only way we could afford the whole trip is for mostly meals in the room. Everyone was ok with that.

BTW-I was told BCV has grills by the Dune's Cove area, but can't picture it. Has anyone seen them? Are they convenient? Are picnic tables near them? Thanks!

 

[sgtdisney]

We use the kitchen for breakfasts every day. Our family is not big breakfast eaters and going out for Breakfast is a waste for us. We have lunch in the villa once in a while. We have yet to actually 'cook' a dinner in the room. On a number of trips we had every intention to but it we were always doing something else... We have ordered Pizza in for dinner a couple of times though. We stock the fridge with soda (and sometimes beer) and get snacks to munch on in the evenings....

My favorite use of the kitchen is to make a nice pot of coffee and have a cup (or 2) out on the balcony in the morning, and just r-e-l-a-x and soak in all the peace and quiet!

 

[Uncleromulus]

Since we purchased in 1992, I can't recall once that we've ever cooked anything in the kitchen. Once in awhile we'll use the microwave to heat something, occasionally have some cereal in the AM, and ALWAYS use the coffee maker!! But other than that, we eat virtually all meals (breakfast and dinner) at WDW restaurants.

 

[snarfieca]

We use the kitchen. It is the reason we bought into VWL. After adding in meals All Stars was almost as expensive as a VWL studio room.

We use the kitchen for breakfast, coffee, light suppers and snacks. We have 1 nice breakfast & supper & usually buy lunches.
DH & I really enjoyed having our coffee on the balcony.

Brenda
from Manitoba

 

[HorizonsFan]

and of course a fridge full of pigs feet for snacks.

Dave: Hey Rich, you got pig's feet?

Rich: Sure do!

Dave: Keep your shoes on; nobody will ever notice!

Sorry, couldn't resist

 

[Tigger1]

At Disney we eat one meal in the parks along with snacks per day. Our other meals are sandwiches, pizza and anything else we purchase that is microwaveable or fast to prepare.

At Vero, breakfast and lunch are sandwiches, cereal, donuts ect.
I cook dinner. This year I might purchase a whole rib eye, slices at Sams club. That should take care of a couple of meals. Maybe make some beef and rice/or noodles the first night, makes great leftovers us. I have never eaten out at Vero but might this year once. Vero is so relaxing I do not like to even go shopping. We may eat out on site.

tigger

 

[colleen costello]

I hate to cook at home, certainly not about to do it on vacation! We go to Winn Dixie and buy breakfast foods and snacks. Donuts, cereal, milk and lots of fruit, which I try to force my kids to eat to counteract all the vacation junkfood! We make microwave popcorn and get lots of canned and bottled drinks to take swimming -- Cokes are $2.50 if you buy them at the pools! I also buy snacks to take wherever we go "just in case." Little granola and candy bars, peanut butter crackers, sugarless gum. And we buy LOTS of bottled water. Eating breakfasting in and buying our own snacks and drinks saves us a lot of money.

 

[ncligs]

Originally posted by Tigger1
I have never eaten out at Vero but might this year once. Vero is so relaxing I do not like to even go shopping. We may eat out on site.

Tigger...........now you let everybody know our secret.

 

[Patpat15]

We went for a week in a one bedroom, ordered food from netgrocer and brought a soft cooler of frozen meats and cold cuts on the airplane. Had every lunch and dinner in the room except for one character lunch and two character dinners. It is easy to cook in the room much easier than home. There is plenty of room to cook and the closets are empty (not all that junk stored at home) Just plan really carefully, bring your own spices in baggies, and just buy milk and bread at the general store on sight, You can order all non perishables from netgrocer, disney delivers it to your room for free (once in a while they put a charge on it but ask at the front desk and they will take it off). There is service for 8 so we would eat lunch and dinner, load up the dishwasher and run it over night. We ususally go to the parks right when they open, which means we would leave around noon, lunch at the BWV, pool time for the kids, and we just hang out in the afternoon, dinner in the villa, and back to that park or another park until closing, fireworks, illuminations, or fantasmic. This works out great and we saved so much money, and we are not cheap at all, but those meals in the parks are out of control. We do eat the character meals, for instance, the day you go to magic kingdom we would stay all day, time the dinner at liberty tree tavern so we are done right in time for the night parade, right outside the door. It gives us a chance to relax in the middle of that park day. Look up any questions you have on this site, do a search and you will get answers to everything!

 

[mrsdon]

We cook most of the meals in the unit. We drive so i take along the crockpot, so cooking is a lot easier.
We spent almost $100 on night going to Bomas and thats with the CM discount. We went to Publix the next day and spent $100 for the week on groceries.
We bought into the DVC back in 94 because cooking in the room was a great way to save and allow us to travel to Disney more often,

 

[skorpie]

Part of DH agreeing to buy into DVC was the promise that we would save money. I do my part by cooking. We eat all breakfasts in the villas. I really don't "cook" but there are many lunches and dinners that are merely sandwiches or fried chicken from Publix. We do go out for a few meals, mostly sushi/fish to keep DH happy. I really don't mind because the "cooking" because it's at WDW!!!!

 

[oshun]

EAT OUT gets my vote. Except for my coffee and danish in the morning - but lunch and dinner are definitely eating out. I'm on vacation and don't want to cook

 

[DISNEYWORLDBORN2SHOP]

We eat every breakfast except for one in the room. We only make 2 PS per trip for either lunch or dinner and try to eat the remainder of our meals back at the room. However, this doesn't always work because get too wrapped up in the parks and don't want to bother going back to the room to eat.

I really wouldn't call the meals that we do eat in the room cooking. More like reheating. I usually cook red beans and rice, spaghetti and meatballs and a roast a couple of weeks before we leave and freeze them.

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

wonder if I could freeze my pig's feet....

I expect that would really annoy the pig.

 

[JVL1018]

Breakfast is eaten at the villa, usually. Well the kids and DH eat, I don't usually eat breakfast. Lunch and dinner are almost always out. I think on our 6 trips we have eaten dinner in 3 times, and all 3 times were take out.
I use the stove alot--to make tea.
We have ALOT of snacks, and make good use of the refrigerator, but that's about it.

 

[eva]

It sounds like we are in the majority. We usually buy things for quick breakfasts and snacks and some soda, water, and beer. But most lunches and all dinners are eaten out. There are so many restaurants to choose from at WDW that I find that eating out is part of our vacation experience. We have ordered pizza or picked up hamburgers and such and had them in the room when we are too tired to venture out. I think that the only time that we have ever turned on the stove was to make a late night frozen pizza.

 

[TandyR]

We have two youngish children (they were 5 and 2 our last trip) so that might be a big factor in how with deal with meals. We _DON'T_ go out to breakfast that is just a hellish experance except for the Princess Breakfast we make an exception. For the most part we don't go out to dinner and have it in the room because it is easier on the girls whose bedtime is normally 7pm but at WDW might be 8pm. My DH loves cooking, but since I am a SAH mom and he doesn't get home until late most nights I do the cooking so when we are on vacation at VWL he does all the cooking and loves it and I get a vacation. And we always have a PS somewhere for lunch.

DH and I are going out to dinner by ourselves for the first time at WDW. Our youngest turns 4 while we are down so a couple days after her B-day we are going to leave the girls with the Cub's Den and go to the CA Grill. Can you tell I am excited just under 11 months away and I am already excited about it.

 

[nezy]

TandyR-That sounds great!! Your husband can cook for us anytime! Although cooking at my DVC Home is alot more enjoyable than at my other home.

Richyams-Is it true that pig's feet goes well w/ a bottle of ink?(I heard thta from MaryJane when I called her at her
new #, CUC-UMBER.

MsDis-There are bar-b-q grills at BCV on the path that leads from the hot tub towards the front entrance of the main part of the resort. The path has a Boardwalk effect to it. There are benches, but I do not recall picnic tables convenient to them. There are tables around the pool nearby.

 

[DVC4US]

There's a kitchen in the 1 & 2 bdrms???

Just Kidding!

In 5 years, I don't think I have ever turned on the stove. We like to eat out at WDW and planning which restaurant we are going to on which day is part of the fun. We use the kitchen for coffee in the morning (Of Course), snacks, and to keep drinks cold in the frig.
LeiLani