Where to food shop when staying offsite?

[sumlthomp]

We are taking our first family vacation to WDW in November and are staying offsite just 10 minutes from the Animal Kingdom Park. Where is the best place for us to food shop while there?

 

[natashag76]

There is a walmart not far and publix is the major supermarket in florida. if you will have internet access, you may want to save yourself a trip and use gardengrocer.com. it's an online supermarket, with comparable prices (at least for me in chicago) and they deliver! you can pay online, with paypal, or over the phone.
have fun!

 

[x.laura.x]

There is a publix just at the crossroads at the entrance to disney. Also a walmart slightly further away,across from the lake buena vista suites apartments.

 

[goofy5]

yes, I was going to say publix too they are pretty reasonable

 

[rbrainerd]

There is a walmart on vineland which is where we went when we moved my daughter in for her disney college program. The store is quite large. The thing I liked most about going there was getting "Disney" souvenirs. There are so many things there and at 50% or more less expensive then on site. It was about a 5 minute drive from her apartment at Lake Buena Vista, which seemed really close to DTD.

 

[DVC Erik]

If you have a rent a car i like to go down 192 to target and walgreens. Much cheaper than Goodings and you can get some other stuff if you need it too.

 

[tiggerplus5]

Are you are staying west of the wdw entrance? It sounds like you are if you are 10 minutes away from AK. Then head west on 192 toward route 27. There's a Publix on the right in a shopping plaza (forgot the name) and a new Super Target almost across the street. If you like super walmart, there's one on Route 27 North a mile or two away.

I would not head toward Lake Buena Vista or the super walmart east of the park entrance unless you were heading that way anyways. The traffic is heavy, lots of stop lights. To the west it's fairly easy to drive around. We usually stay offsite in vacation homes around the windsor hills area. More and more houses are being built in this area but the traffic is still not as heavy.

And if you haven't heard, take Sherberth Road into the parks if you are close. You drive by AK and there's less traffic.