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6 Jul 20, 11:27 AM |
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Excited about Disney
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Dining at Universal/I-Drive costs?
Hello all, a familiar tale of cancelling/postponement has meant that our trip has been rescheduled twice now from 14 night split stay Universal/wdw with free dining this coming summer to now 14 nights at universal only next May - no free dine.
I’m now trying to get an idea of dining costs and ideas on how to keep those costs down. We’re a party of 3, me, DH and DD who’ll be 12. We won’t have a car but we’re not averse to an Uber/Lyft from on site at Universal out to cheaper, varied eateries on I Drive but it’s been 15 years since I visited there ( having stayed on site at both Univ and WDW since) so I’m unaware of the lay of the land and what’s on offer. We’re staying at Portofino Bay and will likely only eat there once or twice; I have a Landrys card and have signed up DH for one too. Any recommendations for value in the area would be welcome, thanks |
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6 Jul 20, 03:26 PM |
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Imagineer
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Dennys
IHOP Chili’s Cici’s Pizza Olive Garden Longhorns & Outback All good value some have early bird deals & sign up to loyalty schemes So you can get free dessert etc 😉 |
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6 Jul 20, 10:01 PM |
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We stayed at cabana bay for 14 nights in 2018 and then a split stay between CSR 7 nights and cabana bay 9 nights in 2019. The food from both trips is all documented in the reports in my signature but the 2019 Beauty and the Feast report is probably the most helpful as I was documenting receipts and costs a lot better. The 2018 trip will have more restaurants though eg Panda Express (great value), toothsomes, margaritaville, bubba gumps, etc.
The universal part of the 2019 trip starts on page 11 and for main meals in that area we go to (prices all in dollars): Moe’s southwest grill (CityWalk), quick service, 25.32 Cowfish (CityWalk), table service inc. cocktails, 72.42 Cheesecake Factory (mall at millenia, so used Uber), table service, 40.32 Denny’s, idrive (walked from Seaworld but there’s one near Universal), breakfast, 28.83 before discount code NBC Grill (CityWalk), table service (but we only share starters here usually), 28.95 Giordano’s, table service, idrive area (you could get a taxi but we got the park bus to universal’s surfside and walked), 24.60 Teak neighbourhood grill, table service (a little drive so Uber it but it’s worth it), 39.42 inc. cocktails Longhorns, table service, at the outlets by Universal, 49.82 Red Lobster, table service, there’s a couple on idrive, 55.12 inc. cocktails Big Fire Grill (CityWalk), table service, 39.41 Red Oven (CityWalk), quick service, I seem to have forgotten the price of this but it’s cheap! This is all for two adults. Hope that helps - it was a bit of nostalgia for me going through the report!
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8 Jul 20, 09:33 PM |
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Loads and loads of good places. We are a party of 3 as well. Here’s a link to my trip reports, we stayed onsite at universal in Feb, last summer, last Easter and the summer before combined with idrive. Link
Portofino has Sals which has fantastic pizza at a great price. Breadbox is another of our favourites as is Panda Express. We also like NBC and love Cowfish. We like Mythos, confisco grill and Lombard’s in the parks - all table service but depending on what you have they can be cheaper than the quick service places. Loads of great places offsite too. Edited at 09:35 PM. |
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8 Jul 20, 09:35 PM |
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Excited about Disney
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This is all such good stuff, thanks all. This’ll keep us busy planning. Thanks!
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9 Jul 20, 06:56 PM |
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Some great feedback so far. We stayed on I drive a couple of years ago and did universal with no car, so used uber and lyft. This was $10 or less so you will find lots of options within a few miles for eating offsite.
We are a family of 4 and me and DH like a cocktail with dinner and kids always had desserts. I would say we had pretty decent meals all for less than $100. For steak we loved Longhorns, we went twice one trip. If you like Mexican then Chili's is good, very reasonable as well as that was $60. We also enjoyed Dennys, IHOP, Perkins for cheap diner meals breakfast and dinner. At Citywalk Cowfish is a personal favourite but more expensive at around $140, but it depends on what you order. We like the sushi but it's expensive. You can use you Landry card at Bubba Gumps if you like fried fish etc. We also loved Margaritaville and Hard Rock Cafe is a bit of a last day tradition. We do love a Hurricane cocktail. Loads of choice
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9 Jul 20, 10:13 PM |
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Excited about Disney
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10 Jul 20, 12:23 AM |
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Joe’s Crab Shack is another place that takes the Landrys Card. It’s great if you like fishy stuff as well.
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