Eating onsite but NOT on a dining plan - is it even worth considering?

[BevS97]

Originally Posted by Loopylooloo

Loved the report! How do you get four photos in one? Thats clever. Nice photos of all your food!

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I do that using Picasa. So the trip report wasn't overloaded with photos of food.

[returnplanning]

The other thing to remember is that the portions are usually pretty decent, so you can share a meal (especially if you do as we did and bring snacks (crisps/pop-tart/cereal bars/fruit etc) into the park with you.

[hornetgirl]

We've just got back from a budget trip last week where we allowed $75 per day to feed two adults. I haven't finished writing it yet but my food report is here https://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/sho... php?t=1004188 and might give you some ideas. We did have a car but Crossroads is easy to reach without one.

[Bal]

Worth mentioning, you don't have to eat Disney's food. They do allow you to take your own in. We were in a villa though, so perhaps easier, but we just took a cool bag rucksack and filled it with sandwiches etc. Worked great as we could just eat where we liked and saved us a fortune, meaning we could justify spending on the old splurge for a really nice sit down meal.

For example, even on site you could find your way to a convienience store buys lots of water, and then snacks you don't need to refrigerate like cereal bars etc.

Personally would never buy the cheapest dining plan as it is convienience food, and we can bring that in our selves at a fraction of the price.