Packing or Buying Snacks?
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Packing or Buying Snacks?
| Fri, 03-30-2007 - 9:46am |
Hi Girls... I was just wondering what everyone thougth is better to do.
| Fri, 03-30-2007 - 9:46am |
Hi Girls... I was just wondering what everyone thougth is better to do.
I have no personal experience with this service, but here are a couple of delivery services I have seen people talk about: GardenGrocer dot com and WeGoShop. You might could check out their websites while you wait on someone with some been there, done that experience. I have also read that some people ship a box of snacks directly to the hotel which might be a good option. Then, you can buy milk in the gift shop of the hotel (I think this is cheaper than getting it in the food court).
Charis
No experience here, but we plan on packing snacks for the room. I figure I can use that room on the way home for stuff we buy there. I'm going to pack as much as I can (my kids are snackers) so we don't need to buy as much.
Christine
We've always packed snacks and then used the extra room for souveniers on the way home. It's worked well. You can also mail a package of snacks to the WL before your stay, have the box ready for you when you check in. I haven't tried that, but it sounds like a super idea.
When we stayed at the WL, there was not a fridge in the room, but that might be different now. ???
Laurie in OH, mom to
Alex, 12 years old
Julianne and Leah, 10.5 years old
Audrey, 3 years old
WDW visits in 1973, 1986, 1987, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006!
LAURIE IN OH, Mom to:
Alex, 1
That makes sense! I hadn't considered the dining plan. We've never been on it, so we need the breakfast items and snacks. If I had eaters (my kids are picky and eating is at the bottom of their "to do" list!), I'd sure look into the dining plan. It sounds great. As it is, we've never even had an ADR - we just eat when the kids are in the mood, and something quick.
Laurie in OH, mom to
Alex, 12 years old
Julianne and Leah, 10.5 years old
Audrey, 3 years old
WDW visits in 1973, 1986, 1987, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006!
Edited 3/30/2007 11:32 am ET by laurieh88
LAURIE IN OH, Mom to:
Alex, 1
Hi Laurie,
FWIW, my family sounds like yours in that eating is a low priority (well, except for DH, but...) so it didn't make sense for us to get the dining plan, either - probably wouldn't pay for itself. We've also never even made ADR's before, although we did end up waiting standby for a few TS places last time we went (seven years ago): Biergarten, Alfredo's, SciFi...that's it as far as I remember. So this time I have made SOME ADR's (for about half to 75% of the days), and figure if I'm organized I can always cancel them later if needed.
The ones I made for Breakfast (CP and DB) are mainly (1) to secure early entrance to the parks (i.e. to make ourselves get there!) and (2) because DS8 NEEDS milk in the mornings and I have no experience with keeping that in the room! (We plan to experiment with dehydrated milk for cereal...but not sure how that will go...also I hear they sell it in the gift shops, but not sure how expensive...and we don't think the $10 per day for the refrigerator is worth it just for milk!)
Also last time something that worked REALLY well for us was to pack a TON of trail mix/power bars (leftovers from an aborted hiking trip at the time!) ...it was GREAT to just grab a handful of those each morning and distribute among everyone's fanny packs, then they were there with no waste of time for us to munch on while waiting in lines, during shows, parades, etc without any interruption of the itinerary, and gave us energy. We didn't even bother with breakfast at that time (DS wasn't there, but we traveled with DHs 3 teenaged/grown kids at the time)!
Hope that helps! Oh, DH is also planning on bringing a coffee 'kit' for the room (no refillable mug for us, either!)
Tracy