MeghanEmily
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 21, 2016
I agree with everything that's already been posted: eat breakfast in the room (we did cereal, oatmeal, clif bars, etc.), order bottled water from Amazon (we do this every trip) or just keep refilling your bottle (we use britta bottles to get rid of the Florida swamp water taste) with free cups of water from QS restaurants, pack lunches (we did PB sandwiches, packed snacks, fruit, granola bars, etc.), and eat more QS than TS. Cut character meals, but if you specifically want to do them then do them for breakfast. TS meals are usually cheaper for breakfast and sometimes lunch than for dinner. Split meals with large portions, like the chicken/rib meal at Flame Tree, the chicken and fish or land and sea at Columbia Harbour House, or split a pizza, etc. (We split QS meals but would sometimes add an extra side, like an extra order of fries.) Buy kid's meals instead of adult ones. Often they're enough to tide you over. The one thing that I didn't see mentioned on here at a glance was that at QS places you don't have to order the whole meal with sides. If all you want is the chicken strips without the fries or a drink or anything, ask to just order the entree and typically they can do that and it will be cheaper.
Of course this is if your priority is the budget, and not keeping the same experience. On our last "budget" trip, we did most of these things and occasionally ate QS and had two TS ADRs, and it felt really balanced and not like we missed out. And for our honeymoon where we're splurging we're planning to eat quite a lot of TS meals.
Of course this is if your priority is the budget, and not keeping the same experience. On our last "budget" trip, we did most of these things and occasionally ate QS and had two TS ADRs, and it felt really balanced and not like we missed out. And for our honeymoon where we're splurging we're planning to eat quite a lot of TS meals.