Off-site food costs

[Tinkerbell]

How long is a piece of string

2 people, nowt fancy
£150 PD

[Rac20]

I think that’s easy doable. We spent that with 2a 2ch.

Would you be eating breakfast, lunch and tea (dinner 😉 )?

We often had breakfast at the villa, an ice cream etc during the day and then tea out after the parks or whatever we’d done that day.

Portions are huge so you can share them also.

I did find the supermarket shop dear though - items which you can get for £1 here, cost about $4 there such as bread.

[loldis]

My plan has me eating on-site for an average of $30 per day at QS. Just eating is cheap. It's the TS meals that push the prices up.

Originally Posted by Rac20

I did find the supermarket shop dear though - items which you can get for £1 here, cost about $4 there such as bread.

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Sounds expensive to me, was it specialist bread? Walmart brand sourdough loaf is $1.33 and standard sandwich loaves are under a dollar.

Bread is ridiculously cheap here though, I remember being stunned at the price when moving back after several years in Australia.

[Rac20]

Originally Posted by loldis

My plan has me eating on-site for an average of $30 per day at QS. Just eating is cheap. It's the TS meals that push the prices up.



Sounds expensive to me, was it specialist bread? Walmart brand sourdough loaf is $1.33 and standard sandwich loaves are under a dollar.

Bread is ridiculously cheap here though, I remember being stunned at the price after moving back after several years in Australia.

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It was the equivalent of our tiger bread. Think it was in publix. I know it was over $3 as I couldn’t believe the cost of it.😂

[loldis]

Originally Posted by Rac20

It was the equivalent of our tiger bread. Think it was in publix. I know it was over $3 as I couldn’t believe the cost of it.😂

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Yeah, that's fancy bread at the fancy shop.

I love Publix though

[mick]

Tink

As you may know in all our trips we've never spent a single night on site and can count on one hand how often we've had a sit down meal at WDW.

Our experience therefore is based on two 75 year olds in a villa. We have around 75% of breakfasts out at the likes of IHOP, Bob Evans and Cracker Barrell and these cost around $25 for two without tips. Lunch is always snacks on the pool deck from Publix usually - maybe only $5 a day. 90% of dinners out at the likes of Longhorn, Carrabba's and Bonefish Grill. These run around $50 for two. Occasionally if we're not over hungry we'll go to Bobs, burger at Culvers or take out from Bamboo Wok.

Overall I'd say, with tips, $100 a day is average for us.

Mick

[florida addict]

In 2019 we budgeted $200 a day for 2 ad 2 teens
Prob managed on 150
Villa so did breakfast and some lunches there
Sometimes dinner was $100 sometimes a $15 pizza and salad from Aldi

[snowbelle]

We usually stay in suite style hotels that have a kitchen in the room
Residence inns
Homewood suites etc
I buy enough to fill the fridge for a week for lunches eg: ham , eggs for boiled eggs , cheese ,tomatoes and a bit of letttuce and crisps
Individual pecan pies, apple pies etc from Walmart are nice
We like BoB Evans and often buy their soup and chillis to go and heat up later.
Love a bit of steak at Longhorns and often go for lunch as lunch is less expensive than dinner and you get roughly the same .
Panera bread soup and side is lovely , their Broccoli cheddar soup is amazing with a bear claw pastry for dessert.
We aren’t fancy eaters and tend to stick with what we enjoy, it may not be the holiday blow out many enjoy but it suits us.
We like to spend our money on new clothes , candles and make up for me
New clothes and tools for work for DH and as we always do a split centre trip plenty of sightseeing and just generally taking it easy .

[ClaireNJ]

Originally Posted by Tinkerbell

How long is a piece of string

2 people, nowt fancy
£150 PD

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That’s more than enough TB
We went in September 2019 usually do $100 a day for me & Hubbie
Obviously some days more expensive than others
We’d have a big breakfast like IHOP or Denny’s around $25
Then eat early at 5ish in
Chilis
Cheesecake Factory
Olive Garden
Outback
Maybe $60
Only maybe needing a small snack at lunchtime then
Hubbie loves a Cici’s pizza too, dirt cheap buffet & BOGOF

[ClaireNJ]

Originally Posted by snowbelle

We usually stay in suite style hotels that have a kitchen in the room
Residence inns
Homewood suites etc
I buy enough to fill the fridge for a week for lunches eg: ham , eggs for boiled eggs , cheese ,tomatoes and a bit of letttuce and crisps
Individual pecan pies, apple pies etc from Walmart are nice
As Mick has mentioned a few we like BoB Evans and often buy their soup and chillis to go and heat up later.
Love a bit of steak at Longhorns and often go for lunch as lunch is less expensive than dinner and you get roughly the same .
Panera bread soup and side is lovely , their Broccoli cheddar soup is amazing with a bear claw pastry for dessert.
We aren’t fancy eaters and tend to stick with what we enjoy, it may not be the holiday blow out many enjoy but it suits us.
We like to spend our money on new clothes , candles and make up for me
New clothes and tools for work for DH and as we always do a split centre trip plenty of sightseeing and just generally taking it easy .

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Ohhhh
Forgot about Panera Bread 😊
Nice roll & soup then a cinnamon bun 🙊😋