YawningDodo
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- Sep 16, 2014
Howdy again!
I'm all booked for my November visit to Disneyland Paris, and now I'm working on filling in the trickier parts of my budget...like food. Now, I know I've been advised against the meal plan, but the math I'm seeing is that each buffet is likely to run me 30 euros, including breakfast buffets (bummer that it's no longer included with your stay! and no, there weren't any Golden Forest rooms available on the deal I booked). The half-board standard meal plan is listed on the American DLP site at $45 per day, which according to Google is roughly 37 euros -- so if I assume that I'm going to eat two buffets every day, that sounds like a screaming deal!
...But do I really need to have access to two buffets per day? (Also, am I just missing something??) I priced out counter service lunches from one or two random locations in the parks and landed on an average of 18 euros per meal. If I eat two of those per day, that's 36 euros. I'll assume for the sake of argument that I'm only eating two meals per day and supplementing with snacks regardless of whether or not I get the meal plan, which would mean that the price is looking pretty close to equal either way (I'm really unlikely to do much or maybe even any table service dining in DLP; I'm just not interested enough to justify the time and cost).
So that brings it down to dining options and flexibility. My understanding is that 1.) I'm going to want to make reservations for all my meals if I eat at the buffets (and I'm not thrilled about that because I like to keep my schedule flexible), but 2.) I should be there in the off-season unless I've massively miscalculated, which should hopefully make things less hectic at mealtimes (??). I know that the standard half-board is limited in terms of restaurants included, but I'm not sure how much I mind that outside being a little concerned about inconvenience (I'm not worrying too much about trying to get any specific meals in at DLP since I've got some really special dining experiences planned in London for the next week after my DLP visit).
To get more specific, it brings me to the question of breakfast. The big appeal of the meal plan for me right now is that it includes breakfast...but now that the hotel breakfast buffets are no longer included with your stay, are there better options available? If I have to pay for breakfast either way, are there other places I can go on property to get something to eat before the parks open? How convenient or inconvenient would it be to eat my breakfasts, say, in Disney Village?
I'm all booked for my November visit to Disneyland Paris, and now I'm working on filling in the trickier parts of my budget...like food. Now, I know I've been advised against the meal plan, but the math I'm seeing is that each buffet is likely to run me 30 euros, including breakfast buffets (bummer that it's no longer included with your stay! and no, there weren't any Golden Forest rooms available on the deal I booked). The half-board standard meal plan is listed on the American DLP site at $45 per day, which according to Google is roughly 37 euros -- so if I assume that I'm going to eat two buffets every day, that sounds like a screaming deal!
...But do I really need to have access to two buffets per day? (Also, am I just missing something??) I priced out counter service lunches from one or two random locations in the parks and landed on an average of 18 euros per meal. If I eat two of those per day, that's 36 euros. I'll assume for the sake of argument that I'm only eating two meals per day and supplementing with snacks regardless of whether or not I get the meal plan, which would mean that the price is looking pretty close to equal either way (I'm really unlikely to do much or maybe even any table service dining in DLP; I'm just not interested enough to justify the time and cost).
So that brings it down to dining options and flexibility. My understanding is that 1.) I'm going to want to make reservations for all my meals if I eat at the buffets (and I'm not thrilled about that because I like to keep my schedule flexible), but 2.) I should be there in the off-season unless I've massively miscalculated, which should hopefully make things less hectic at mealtimes (??). I know that the standard half-board is limited in terms of restaurants included, but I'm not sure how much I mind that outside being a little concerned about inconvenience (I'm not worrying too much about trying to get any specific meals in at DLP since I've got some really special dining experiences planned in London for the next week after my DLP visit).
To get more specific, it brings me to the question of breakfast. The big appeal of the meal plan for me right now is that it includes breakfast...but now that the hotel breakfast buffets are no longer included with your stay, are there better options available? If I have to pay for breakfast either way, are there other places I can go on property to get something to eat before the parks open? How convenient or inconvenient would it be to eat my breakfasts, say, in Disney Village?