LavishWig
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2019
It was my first Disney World trip and me and my DH were gifted 5 nights at the Boardwalk (family DVC points) so we decided to go with the DDP. We like to eat quite a bit, we love to try a variety of things and we liked the aspect of paying ahead of time.
I did a lot of reading and planning for our trip and picked restaurants based on our food preferences, most of the time I knew we'd be inclined to order the more expensive dishes because we like steaks and red meat which tend to be up there so I thought we'd probably break even. My cautious planning suggested we would come out a bit ahead, turns out we came out $159 ahead or $121 if you don't include the resort mugs. Prices without tax.
Here's how we came out ahead:
Arrival day - Hollywood Studios
QS Backlot Express: $23.74
Backlot burger and a pint of ale
SC Hollywood Scoops: $6.49
Ice cream sandwich to share (these things are HUGE!!!)
TS 50's Prime Time: $90.75
Pork chop, fried chicken, PBJ milkshake, Electric Lemonade, peanut butter cake, ice cream sundae
Day 2 - Animal Kingdom / Magic Kingdom
SC Creature comforts: $4.79
Venti latte to share
SC Kusafari Bakery: $7.49
Colossal cinnamon roll to share (love these!)
QS Satuli Canteen: $51.98
Chicken and beef bowl x 2, pint of ale x 2
SC Casey's Corner: $6.49
Shared some bacon mac 'n' cheese loaded fries
QS Pecos Bill: $39.96
Fajitas x 2, slushy lemonade, fountain drink
Day 3 - Epcot
SC Snack cart in France: $10
Sugar crepe, soft serve ice cream (these were both very average, probably the worst things we ate all week)
QS Tangierine Cafe: $26.94
Chicken and lamb platter with strawberry daiquiri
TS La Hacienda de San Angel: $106.50
Pork carnitas, Braised short rib, 2 x margaritas, Empanada, Flan (One of my favourite meals of the trip!)
Day 4 - Animal Kingdom
SC Creature comforts: $11.78
One venti frappe, one grande frappe
SC Kusafari Bakery: $7.49
Colossal cinnamon roll to share
QS Flame Tree BBQ: $28.74
Chicken, pulled pork and ribs platter, ale - all to share
SC Mr Kamal's: $5.99
Seasoned fries
TS Sanaa: $100.50
Potjie Inspired (pick 3 dishes from 'The Journey'), South African Braaivleis (like a mixed grill), three chocolate mousse, coconut rice pudding, mojitos x 2
Day 5 - Magic Kingdom / Epcot
QS Be Our Guest: $38
We shared - croque Madame, peach bellini
SC Sunshine Seasons: $4.99
Dole Whip to share (this is nice, but not sure of it's cult following - sorry!)
QS Columbia Harbor House: $19.98
We shared a trio platter and a lemonade slushy
SC Main Street Ice Cream Parlour: $6.79
All American Sundae to share (so good for the parade!)
TS Chefs de France : $112.98
Two steaks with green peppercorn sauce (this was incredible!), two Cabernet Sauvignons I think, two apple tarts (this was our favourite meal)
Day 6 - Hollywood Studios / Epcot
SC Starbucks (I forget the name): $11.78
Two frappes - one grande and one venti
SC Epic Eats: $8.49
Cookies and creme funnel cake
SC Snack cart: $6.59
Mickey pretzel with cheese (I hated the cheese sauce but liked the pretzel!)
QS Katsura Grill: $21
We shared a chicken cutlet curry with an ale
TS Biergarten: $112.50
Two buffets, two Schofferhofer pink grapefruit - 1/2 Litre
Leftover credits
We had four snack credits leftover - we used these to get a breakfast item each for the next day as we were moving two Universal and we also got a caramel apple and a brownie from Karamel Kuche which we ate over the next couple of days and saved us some money while we were there.
Overall thoughts
Would we do it again?
We would! We both really enjoyed the freedom of the plan as we're the type to refrain from ordering a beer at lunch because of the extra cost where as prepaying made us feel much better about this. Where we shared we just paid OOP for another beer. I probably wouldn't do it again if it was for a 8+ day trip, but anything that's a week and under I would.
Was it too much food?
Not for us! We are average eaters I would say, at home we track every calorie we eat and let loose a bit on holiday. We weren't ever forcing ourselves to eat and shared some quick service credits but didn't find them hard to use up.
I hope this helps some people! Feel free to ask any questions!
I did a lot of reading and planning for our trip and picked restaurants based on our food preferences, most of the time I knew we'd be inclined to order the more expensive dishes because we like steaks and red meat which tend to be up there so I thought we'd probably break even. My cautious planning suggested we would come out a bit ahead, turns out we came out $159 ahead or $121 if you don't include the resort mugs. Prices without tax.
Here's how we came out ahead:
Arrival day - Hollywood Studios
QS Backlot Express: $23.74
Backlot burger and a pint of ale
SC Hollywood Scoops: $6.49
Ice cream sandwich to share (these things are HUGE!!!)
TS 50's Prime Time: $90.75
Pork chop, fried chicken, PBJ milkshake, Electric Lemonade, peanut butter cake, ice cream sundae
Day 2 - Animal Kingdom / Magic Kingdom
SC Creature comforts: $4.79
Venti latte to share
SC Kusafari Bakery: $7.49
Colossal cinnamon roll to share (love these!)
QS Satuli Canteen: $51.98
Chicken and beef bowl x 2, pint of ale x 2
SC Casey's Corner: $6.49
Shared some bacon mac 'n' cheese loaded fries
QS Pecos Bill: $39.96
Fajitas x 2, slushy lemonade, fountain drink
Day 3 - Epcot
SC Snack cart in France: $10
Sugar crepe, soft serve ice cream (these were both very average, probably the worst things we ate all week)
QS Tangierine Cafe: $26.94
Chicken and lamb platter with strawberry daiquiri
TS La Hacienda de San Angel: $106.50
Pork carnitas, Braised short rib, 2 x margaritas, Empanada, Flan (One of my favourite meals of the trip!)
Day 4 - Animal Kingdom
SC Creature comforts: $11.78
One venti frappe, one grande frappe
SC Kusafari Bakery: $7.49
Colossal cinnamon roll to share
QS Flame Tree BBQ: $28.74
Chicken, pulled pork and ribs platter, ale - all to share
SC Mr Kamal's: $5.99
Seasoned fries
TS Sanaa: $100.50
Potjie Inspired (pick 3 dishes from 'The Journey'), South African Braaivleis (like a mixed grill), three chocolate mousse, coconut rice pudding, mojitos x 2
Day 5 - Magic Kingdom / Epcot
QS Be Our Guest: $38
We shared - croque Madame, peach bellini
SC Sunshine Seasons: $4.99
Dole Whip to share (this is nice, but not sure of it's cult following - sorry!)
QS Columbia Harbor House: $19.98
We shared a trio platter and a lemonade slushy
SC Main Street Ice Cream Parlour: $6.79
All American Sundae to share (so good for the parade!)
TS Chefs de France : $112.98
Two steaks with green peppercorn sauce (this was incredible!), two Cabernet Sauvignons I think, two apple tarts (this was our favourite meal)
Day 6 - Hollywood Studios / Epcot
SC Starbucks (I forget the name): $11.78
Two frappes - one grande and one venti
SC Epic Eats: $8.49
Cookies and creme funnel cake
SC Snack cart: $6.59
Mickey pretzel with cheese (I hated the cheese sauce but liked the pretzel!)
QS Katsura Grill: $21
We shared a chicken cutlet curry with an ale
TS Biergarten: $112.50
Two buffets, two Schofferhofer pink grapefruit - 1/2 Litre
Leftover credits
We had four snack credits leftover - we used these to get a breakfast item each for the next day as we were moving two Universal and we also got a caramel apple and a brownie from Karamel Kuche which we ate over the next couple of days and saved us some money while we were there.
Overall thoughts
Would we do it again?
We would! We both really enjoyed the freedom of the plan as we're the type to refrain from ordering a beer at lunch because of the extra cost where as prepaying made us feel much better about this. Where we shared we just paid OOP for another beer. I probably wouldn't do it again if it was for a 8+ day trip, but anything that's a week and under I would.
Was it too much food?
Not for us! We are average eaters I would say, at home we track every calorie we eat and let loose a bit on holiday. We weren't ever forcing ourselves to eat and shared some quick service credits but didn't find them hard to use up.
I hope this helps some people! Feel free to ask any questions!