When you camp at the Fort, do you cook most of your meals?

[5stljayhawks]

Meal schedule depends on trip length and # of days in park. Our last few trips have been around 12-13 days, with 5-7 park days with a few water parks. After the first few trips, we started precooking some or all of the meal. The major factor is the mess factor and complex cooking. gravy, taco meat, lasagna. Breakfast is almost always at camper. Little boxes of cereal are good. Lunch are mixed, we pack into the park most days. PBJ, cold cuts..... We may even pack snacks and split bought lunches and snack along the way during the day. Most dinners are at the camper. We normally have 1-2 sit downs, maybe 1-2 take out from wilderness trails- pizza and fried chicken, both are around $20 and feed family. best deals in my opinion.

 

[CooperPrincesses]

We have done DDP and camped it was fun and my girls LOVED all the character meals. Our next trip we will not do a dining plan and most meals we'll do at the camper. We did do breakfast at the camper and that worked out great. We stayed in a preferred site so the refillable mugs were awesome in the morning for quick coffee.

 

[Dwight Everett]

Glad I found this topic.....we will be at the Fort in Sept and with three small Doggies to come back and check on, we figured it would be better to make our way back to the RV once or twice a day(either/or lunch/dinner) but its still up in the air. As stated, don't want to waste Park time at the RV but then again, you are in Fort Wilderness...that's nice in itself.

 

[KristinU]

Like many others, we like to eat out once or twice per trip as a special thing. We're pretty high maintenance eaters (low sodium being our biggest thing), so control over cooking is one of the reasons we love having an RV. A tip I learned here a few years ago is to double some of your favorites at home in the weeks leading up to a trip, then freeze half to bring along. Easy peasy if you have a camper with a freezer!

Quick and easy is the name of the game for us, especially when we're on the road on our way down or back...or are coming back from a morning at the parks and need to respond quickly to the "hangries"! Even just a nice spread of cheeses, crackers, and veggies is an easy snacky lunch. We used to pack our lunches to the parks, but I'd rather head back and chill for a while, and it is just easier to travel bag free Between needing to eat and needing to exercise our dogs, it keeps the park time at a pretty sane level for us.

 

[FtW Mike]

We try to do one nice sit down meal each day during a trip. Like so many others we have our furbabies to take care of so we tend to do a late lunch or early dinner With so many great choices and it is my DW's vacation as well go for it I say. When we do cook it tends to be stuff we can either throw on the grill or take out of the freezer defrost and pop into the Micro

 

[TheDisneyCampers]

To make things a bit easier on ourselves, we prep a few meals at home. Spaghetti, lasagne, chicken/rice casserole, basically anything that can be made ahead in a big batch and put in the oven at the camper. This has worked out well for us. We eat a quick breakfast at the camper, cart a few snacks in a backpack, get a QS lunch. Some nights we will eat dinner on an adr, others we throw our pre-made meals in the oven while we all shower or just enjoy the campground.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

Or do you let Disney take care of the cooking?

1) We let MrsRustyScupper do the cooking.
2) Problem solved.

 

[peg110]

I am willing to let MrsRustyScupper do the cooking!

 

[FtW Mike]

1) We let MrsRustyScupper do the cooking.
2) Problem solved.

And Emergency Rooms across Central Florida Thank you for that Just kidding

I am willing to let MrsRustyScupper do the cooking!

My wife would second that motion Pirate rules apply

 

[peg110]

My wife would second that motion Pirate rules apply

Well, since I am the "Cook" I am always willing to let someone else take over. What's worse is cooking for "Fussy" people. Me.... I am not fussy. I will eat just about anything. (I have the physique to prove it). So it gets worse when my DW asks "What's for dinner?" and my stock response is "What do you want?". She always tells me that I always make her chose. Well DUH!!! because when I chose, it's always, "I don't really want that!"

Ah life.. Just gets better every day!

 

[FtW Mike]

Well, since I am the "Cook" I am always willing to let someone else take over. What's worse is cooking for "Fussy" people. Me.... I am not fussy. I will eat just about anything. (I have the physique to prove it). So it gets worse when my DW asks "What's for dinner?" and my stock response is "What do you want?". She always tells me that I always make her chose. Well DUH!!! because when I chose, it's always, "I don't really want that!"

Ah life.. Just gets better every day!

My DW is not just a fussy eater and has more food allergies than Carter's has little pills so she does 90% of the cooking
So Around here the rule is That's what was put on the table You will eat it and be darned happy to get it. Happily I eat most anything and still can deal with it

 

[Boomer1]

We are like so many others. Most of our meals are prepared at the RV, we find it not only easier on the pocketbook but also on the waistline. A trip to Costco and Publix stocks up our fridge and freezer, and DH is an awesome BBQ chef.
We do enjoy a few meals out and have been know to enjoy the occasional trip to Ghiradelli's.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

have been know to enjoy the occasional trip to Ghiradelli's.

1) Bar-B-Que chocolate squares?
2) Yum!

 

[peg110]

1) Bar-B-Que chocolate squares?
2) Yum!

So I read this and I am trying to think... "What the heck is that?" then I read what you replied too and it all made sense!

I agree YUM!