broncobill
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- May 25, 2015
I plan on $250 a day. There are four of us, 2 adults and 2 teenagers. I usually have money left over after we get home. This is 4-5 Character buffets, breakfast in the room, and mostly qs.
I first want to say I am NOT picking on anyone...rather tongue in cheek joking how cheap I am. When I read these and think about spending that kind of money, I nearly . I can't even fathom. We pack all of our food...which is why I came to this section of DIS, I posted a thread earlier about finding a restaurant in WDW to take our family for a treat...so I was looking for any updated responses. We're also a family of 5. We just completed a 17 day trip. I don't have the exact receipts, but I have a good ballpark of what we spent. It was something like:
Target/Publix - $400
Ice cream, popcorn etc...in the parks - $100
2 dinners offsite - $150
So our total food spend for the entire trip, for our entire family, was $650. If I want to stretch it and say my numbers were a bit conservative, I'm positive it was no more than $725 total. If my math is right, that would be roughly $8.40/person/day.
Like I said, I'm cheap. Our kids are addicted to , so we bought a refillable bucket in the park. We got our moneys' worth out of that thing, and will continue to do so. We'd stop at pretty much every popcorn station and refill for $1.50. We had large ziplock bags with us, so we could easily carry extra popcorn.[/QUOT
Hi Klayfish! This doesn't have to do with dining per say, I was just commenting to say that I really enjoy your posts, advice and your writing style, I like whenever you pop up!
We are a family of four, all Disney adults now. We eat breakfast in the room and mostly QS with one or two TS thrown in for the week. We PREFER water to drink with our meals, so that helps a lot. Only two of us eat dessert, and we can easily share. DH and I aren't snackers, but the boys can be. I'm budgeting $150/day for our 5-day trip.
Bravo for you and yours! This is how I camp which would have happened earlier this month but decided to go to Disney for a change of pace. Now that I better know what to expect I've decided that for our December trip, I'm bringing a pre-seasoned prime rib roast and de-boned hotel turkey breast (all on hand since they were meant to go camping) and have a holiday meal same as at home. Win/win and more dining credits available for other days.I first want to say I am NOT picking on anyone...rather tongue in cheek joking how cheap I am. When I read these and think about spending that kind of money, I nearly . I can't even fathom. We pack all of our food...which is why I came to this section of DIS, I posted a thread earlier about finding a restaurant in WDW to take our family for a treat...so I was looking for any updated responses. We're also a family of 5. We just completed a 17 day trip. I don't have the exact receipts, but I have a good ballpark of what we spent. It was something like:
Target/Publix - $400
Ice cream, popcorn etc...in the parks - $100
2 dinners offsite - $150
So our total food spend for the entire trip, for our entire family, was $650. If I want to stretch it and say my numbers were a bit conservative, I'm positive it was no more than $725 total. If my math is right, that would be roughly $8.40/person/day.
Like I said, I'm cheap. Our kids are addicted to , so we bought a refillable bucket in the park. We got our moneys' worth out of that thing, and will continue to do so. We'd stop at pretty much every popcorn station and refill for $1.50. We had large ziplock bags with us, so we could easily carry extra popcorn.
We are a family of four, all Disney adults now. We eat breakfast in the room and mostly QS with one or two TS thrown in for the week. We PREFER water to drink with our meals, so that helps a lot. Only two of us eat dessert, and we can easily share. DH and I aren't snackers, but the boys can be. I'm budgeting $150/day for our 5-day trip.
The last two trips we have clocked in at $35-$40 per person per day for food. That's eating at QS and TS restaurants and having snacks throughout the day. We have an AP so we get some dining discounts. We have eaten at Boma, the Wave, Pecos Bills, Via Napoli, Rose and crown, just to name a few. That's averaged out per day so some days are more (like when we ate at Boma). We are never hungry at the end of the day! We get plenty of food, so it's definitely do-able on a budget.
This seems a bit low (although in line with what we are hoping to spend). How many meals do you usually eat each day? I'm assuming most are CS. How often are you having TS?
If you know where you're going to eat, this calculator can give you a pretty good idea what your going to spend. They even have an option on both breakfast and lunch for "an average qs" instead of knowing exactly where your going to eat everyday.
https://www.distripplanner.com/