What to do for breakfast

[sabcook]

I am also a breakfast person.
DH and I are at WDW in December and we have ADRS for many mornings (Boma, Crystal Palace, Kona, Grand Floridian Café, The Wave) and the others we will hit Starring Rolls at HS, the Boardwalk Bakery and the French Bakery at Epcot. We then snack in the middle of the day and have ADRs for dinner each evening.

 

[PinkBudgie]

So many great ideas! Love the instant oatmeal in the room and about using the disposable cups. We always bring a backpack with us to the parks at DLR so I imagine we would have that with us and DH could put his empty cup in there. You would be surprised what he will do to have his extra coffee with him!
I imagine we'll end up doing a little of all of these ideas. Maybe pack some bars and oatmeal in the suitcase, head over to the food court some days, and a few others do a nice sit down meal. Adding The Wave to my restaurant list to look in to.

DH loves breakfast and it is his favorite meal, but we are also rope drop people so being there before opening on most days is important.

Is it possible to eat at The Wave, Boma, or Kona and still get to rope drop? What time should those ADRs be? Or is it better to assume we won't? We also have two non park days built in to our trip. Not sure we will find a way to go off property or just relax. I have a feeling we will need the few off days to sleep in and relax!

 

[karly05]

I stayed at POFQ this year and ate breakfast in the food court there every morning. They have a nice variety of stuff from a full breakfast platter to options others have mentioned, beignets, oatmeal, croissant sandwich - I think my favorite breakfast there was the morning I had a big Mickey waffle with bacon and strawberries. Food court opens at 6 am for pastries and "cold" items, and 7 am for hot breakfasts. I was there around or just after 7 each morning and never had trouble making a 9 am park opening. (This was in Feb, lower crowds and it was never very busy that early in the morning.)

 

[Karlzmom]

We like to pick up a pastry at the Park bakery on our way out the door for the next day's breakfast.

 

[freshmanjs]

We will definitely try the beignets at least one day, but we can't eat that everyday.
Can you bring fruit in your suitcase? I know when you drive back in to California they check to make sure you aren't bringing fruit in over the state line.
If the Starbucks on Main Street is anything like the one at DCA, then the line will be at least 30 min and not a good use of early park time.

Is there any food in the parks that we can bring back and have for breakfast the next morning? Has anyone done that?

The waffle place in MK is on my list to try.

the line at starbucks has not been anywhere close to 30 minutes when i've been there. more like 5 or less.

 

[PinkBudgie]

the line at starbucks has not been anywhere close to 30 minutes when i've been there. more like 5 or less.

What?! I'm shocked! The one in DCA goes almost out the door in the morning. In the afternoons it is more like 5 or 10. I wonder how it will be in the summer though. DH will be quit pleased if it stays short like that.

 

[blanq]

We generally take a town car transfer from MCO to WDW, and so usually do a grocery stop on the way to our resort. I usually pack a few lighter items in our luggage as well. We almost always do breakfast in the room, not so much to save money but to save time and to get a few healthier items in our stomachs for the day. Also, I like to pack a few snacks to have on hand when we are at the parks. Some of the foods I will likely bring/pick up for our upcoming trip are:

1. Muesili (I will bring from home, then mix with soy milk in bowls and sit covered in fridge over night so it is ready in the morning)
2. Dried fruit
3. Protein bars (sometimes I make and pack homemade granola bars)
4. Greek yogurt
5. String cheese
6. Beef jerky
7. Jif-to-go (these little packets are easy to pack in luggage) to have on apples or bagels
8. Trail mix
9. Sabra single serve hummus (serve with crackers and mini carrots)

I always pack 2 cheap plastic bowls with lids (for our muesili), plastic spoons, and small ziploc sandwich bags in our luggage.

 

[smiths02]

We do a combination.
1) We can bring groceries since we drive, but things you could easily take with you:
Slim-Fast bars, Cliff bars, South Beach diet bars, Luna bars, etc. I know some of these are "diet" bars, but some actually taste pretty good and will keep you going.
Bring a box or two of cereal (and then you will have room for souvenirs). Cereal doesn't weigh much. You can buy milk at the resort...granted, it isn't cheap, but probably cheaper than garden grocer if that is all you want
2) Leftovers. I think I ate half a chicken sandwich from T-Rex for breakfast one morning.
3) Pastries, cupcakes, desserts from the night before. Starring Rolls cupcake, school bread...why not? It's vacation!
4) Food court counter service.
5) TS breakfast. If you are breakfast people, a pre-park opening breakfast can be had at Crystal Palace (MK), Tusker House (AK), Akershus (Epcot), Hollywood & Dine (DHS)...granted, these are character meals and expensive, but we enjoyed CP and TH
6) In park counter service, cinnamon roll, waffles, bakery in France

 

[FreeTime]

Pastry or donut that we brought in our carryon. Fruit is about $1 a piece in the food court so we will get a couple of pieces the night before.

 

[AlohaAnnie]

We usually have 1 or 2 breakfast buffet ADR's scheduled.

On the days we do not have an ADR we eat cereal we have brought from home. We buy fresh fruit and milk when we arrive. We enjoy it and it off sets some of the heavy foods we eat at Disney during the day.

Nothing like a good healthy breakfast to start your day!

 

[PinkBudgie]

I just found out the other day about the Towncar service that will stop at the grocery store on the way to WDW. Still considering that option.

Do the food courts at the resorts have a microwave for people to use?

 

[bryannem]

We too brought cereal bars, cereal boxes, spoons, and bowls in our suitcases. We only ate out twice the whole week. It worked perfect for getting out of the room quickly. We bought milk at the resort.
I've also bought bagels at the DVC resorts and eaten those.

 

[katt789]

For breakfasts what I usually do is: bring in protein/granola bars and apples/bananas. I'll buy them at home and pack them so I don't have to worry about paying at Disney for them. It's easy enough to eat in the room while getting ready or on the way to the bus stop so it saves time and money.

Another option is that I'll get stuff delivered to the hotel via Garden Grocer, and again, eat in the room/on my way to the park to save time.

If you want to stop and eat in the food court, I'd suggest budgetting at least another half hour at least. In Sept, POFQ food court wasn't too crowded in the mornings, I did find that I didn't really want anything from there for breakfast, but we did one morning of pancakes down there.

 

[TwoAtDisney]

Yes, POFQ (I think that is where you are staying), has a microwave in the food court for use by the guests. We've never seen anyone using it except us, so don't imagine you'll have to wait to use it.

Also, if you plan to use the room fridge for food that can spoil - If it is not cold enough, call front desk to send a maintenance person to turn up the temp (you don't have to be in the room). Sometimes the maintenance person gives us some resistance, saying it's as high as it can go. We stress that we don't want to get sick due to spoiled food, so we either need a new one that will go higher, or get the current one turned up; we've always gotten it done.

 

[PinkBudgie]

Yes, POFQ (I think that is where you are staying), has a microwave in the food court for use by the guests. We've never seen anyone using it except us, so don't imagine you'll have to wait to use it.

Also, if you plan to use the room fridge for food that can spoil - If it is not cold enough, call front desk to send a maintenance person to turn up the temp (you don't have to be in the room). Sometimes the maintenance person gives us some resistance, saying it's as high as it can go. We stress that we don't want to get sick due to spoiled food, so we either need a new one that will go higher, or get the current one turned up; we've always gotten it done.

Thank you, that's a good tip!

 

[Ron from Michigan]

We have breakfast in the room each morning before we head out. We bring cereal, oatmeal, coffee etc. with us. We also have Garden Grocer deliever food, milk, water, beer-wine etc. to our resort.

 

[DisneyaHolic23]

Is it possible to eat at The Wave, Boma, or Kona and still get to rope drop? What time should those ADRs be? Or is it better to assume we won't? We also have two non park days built in to our trip. Not sure we will find a way to go off property or just relax. I have a feeling we will need the few off days to sleep in and relax!

Since you are at Port Orleans, heading to The Wave or Kona will be really difficult before rope drop (you would probably have to leave your hotel by 6:45 - which would be stretching it, and I don't even know if buses would run to Magic Kingdom that early). If rope drop is 9:00, I would say that 7:30 would be the latest ADR you would want. (7:30-8:30 - eat, transportation to park could easily take 30 minutes depending on crowds and manner of transportation) and Boma seems just out of possibility - you would have to bus to Magic Kingdom, then take a bus to Animal Kingdom Lodge, and since they are further...

We often do a nice sit-down breakfast on our check-out day. We pack, check our bags, and then head somewhere for a leisurely breakfast...

 

[USMelinUK]

We eat TS most mornings and skip lunch or share something, especially when it's hot. But we always have a rental car. If you make the res for the first opening of the day you are usually fine at buffets. Kona is a waterpark day. We have pastries a few of the days. Love the CS Kusafari in AK. That's a great one to hit!

 

[PinkBudgie]

Since you are at Port Orleans, heading to The Wave or Kona will be really difficult before rope drop (you would probably have to leave your hotel by 6:45 - which would be stretching it, and I don't even know if buses would run to Magic Kingdom that early). If rope drop is 9:00, I would say that 7:30 would be the latest ADR you would want. (7:30-8:30 - eat, transportation to park could easily take 30 minutes depending on crowds and manner of transportation) and Boma seems just out of possibility - you would have to bus to Magic Kingdom, then take a bus to Animal Kingdom Lodge, and since they are further...

We often do a nice sit-down breakfast on our check-out day. We pack, check our bags, and then head somewhere for a leisurely breakfast...

Agghhhh! This is the part that drives me crazy! I don't know where anything is and it seems like you have to take 3 buses to get anywhere. Thank you. This is exactly the information I needed. Don't know if I'll ever figure this out in time. Because of the restaurants, not only do I need to know where we are eating and when, but which park we going to that day and how to get there. I'm so confused! In any event it seems like any TS breakfast should be on a "relaxing" day. Most days we will want to make rope drop at the parks with an afternoon rest.

We eat TS most mornings and skip lunch or share something, especially when it's hot. But we always have a rental car. If you make the res for the first opening of the day you are usually fine at buffets. Kona is a waterpark day. We have pastries a few of the days. Love the CS Kusafari in AK. That's a great one to hit!

Just curious, why is Kona a waterpark day? Is it because it is close to the waterparks or because you don't need to get to the waterparks early?

 

[sephorachick]

WE normally grab coffee,juice,muffins or something at a cart at whatever park we are at or cook a quick bfast in our kitchen @ Bonnetcreek.