TwoMisfits
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 21, 2002
I think we need to start picking up breakfast groceries.
The way to maximize happiness and minimize cost is to plan on one "what meal do we really want to have" per day, and plan the time to enjoy it.
For the rest - have a room fridge. Even better if you have a room microwave, or even oven. Plan morning meals for the room, and then either plan to bring lunch or have leftovers/cold stuff out of the fridge for dinner, depending what meal you want out, where you want it, and what your chosen park's hours are.
Splurge on the groceries (for both quality and convenience) and the meal out - you'll end up much happier overall.
My go-to hotel lunch/dinner for the family is smoked salmon BLTAs with a lemon mayo on bakery bagels with fresh berries and plain potato chips on the side. I buy deli smoked salmon, microwave bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion, avocado, a lemon, and a jar of mayo (and I have s&p). Most everything reuses to other meals and nothing needs cooking outside of a toaster/microwave (skip the bacon if you have no heat source at all). Delicious but light (which matters in heat) and yet still feels both expensive, vacationy, and splurgy.