Remember, Disney allows you to bring in food. So a trip to the nearby publix..(fried chicken, potato salad, slaw) and have a picnic at Poly or Fort Wilderness, or Aunt Poly's at Tom Sawyer's island..Also, you're allowed to bring in bottled soft drinks/water/etc in plastic bottles. You can ask for a free cup of ice at any place serving iced drinks.
Bonus tip: bring frozen water bottles in a lunch bag and leave them in a locker to thaw. You can even access the lockers throughout the day. And by noon they start turning into ice water. Really great way to have access to cold water through the day.
Breanna Scalf oh honey... if you’re going to disney it’s not going to be quiet and if it’s in the summer- get ready to apply some sunscreen, you won’t find much shade
^ This. Even the less popular theme parks have no real shaded areas and definitely no quiet / “family” areas. Just way too many people are there, even in areas intended to be quiet or peaceful will be overcrowded and loud.
There are actually a few in Disneyland if you went there. The area around Repunzel’s stage get pretty quiet after 5. And the areas around the space mountain and star tours have some shady spots to sit down. Best place to sit and eat though is in Frontierland
Hey AJ! I have a great idea for you! What about a video about a perfect vacation for a young married couple with no kids? You can talk about lodging, food, experiences and everything they could do!
AJ I’d love to see a refresher on this with new options. I realize prices have increased so maybe under 45 dollars a day? Thanks for all the amazing videos.
This video was an AWESOME idea! Not only do you get a well curated list of delicious eats, but you also get to visualize what $35 in food looks like in each of the parks and plan accordingly. Maybe at parks where the options don't seem like they'll keep you full, but you want to follow the list and save money, you could bring your own snacks? Or maybe you wanna splurge on certain days because you remember items from other videos that you wanna try other than the list ones? This was a great way to visualize for a planner like myself!
kind of. my mom don't eat that much, my step dad likes to eat but he has he's own limit. my half brother well he just started to eat normal food not milk, and me and my step sister are pigs and eat everything :3
Wow! Thanks so much! We are going in October and it’s our first trip NOT on the dining plan. Now that the kids are older they have aged up to the adult price and we think we can indulge and still hit budget. THIS is amazing.
hi AJ, yesterday i got fast passes for flight of passage and i was literally shaking when i got them! thank you so much for all of your tips, they are so so helpful, especially for first timers :)
Absolutely awesome AJ and Jay. (Sounds like a buddy cop movie) I'm trying super hard to get my family down to Disney. If I ever do I'm going so armed with all the knowledges. Lol.
My friend and I did Disney on a college student budget a couple years ago. We brought granola bars from home for breakfast and split a couple snacks in the middle of the day instead of lunch. I usually ate a quick-service dinner off the children's menu. Probably not for everyone, but it made Disney doable on our shoestring budget!
What I love about this video is it offers a mix of quick service and table service places! And there really are so many variations of this and places you can substitute and still be under $35 a day!
LOVED this video! I'm a Disney veteran taking my best friend for the first time over spring break, and since we're college students, saving money where we can is SUPER important. Some additional recommendations I have are: - Do not be afraid to order off the kids menu if you have a smaller stomach, especially at the resorts! For example, rather than spending $8.79 on Mickey Waffles at POP, you can get a kids serving with the mini waffles, a side, and a drink for $6.29 and it still fills you up. - Columbia Harbour House at Magic Kingdom is SUCH a good find. The Combination Platter is only $12.49 and definitely fills you up with lots of food which I love to get for a late lunch when the place is much less crowded. - La Cantina de San Angel in the Mexico Pavilion at EPCOT is amazing for street style tacos, nachos, and empanadas. About the same price as Harbour House, and there's also less well known indoor seating to get away from the heat and big birds on the patio. - Agree 100% with the Flame Tree BBQ at Animal Kingdom. Harambe Market is also a really good find!
So its $35 for one a person a day,, we are talking well over $100 a day for a family of 4.. I say eat once in the parks and buy a bunch of stuff for your hotel room from a local grocery store, save some cash.
Love this video!!! As a passholder family with kids, this video really helps! And you have the classic DFB whistling music at the 2 min mark that my husband and I love lol. Thank you for taking the time to do the research and make this awesome video for us! 😃
Amazing video! Can't believe how affordable Disney can be. ;) 5 whole days for around $35 each day is really impressive! Thanks DFB! P.s. Vegetarian version please?...
Loved the video. We have never purchased the dining plan and have found plenty of good eats for under $35/day. My husband and I do a lot of resort hopping. Would love to see this same video for each of the resorts or resort areas. Thanks so much.
I don't eat breakfast at disney World I eat fast food breakfast and eat it in the car, I eat the lunch at Disney World but I get the chicken nuggets and I go out to eat for dinner once I leave the park. (Like at 9pm or 10pm) Edit: so I basically save big money anyways but this video is still helpful for everyone else :)
these videos are great and addicting. I have a trip coming up and your videos are being used for my trip binder which will be huge by then thanks to you. Keep up the good work. :)
I absolutely LIVE for that pulled pork mac & cheese at Animal Kingdom. I've gotten it for lunch, for dinner, and as a shared snack. SO good. I've even started making it at home. Ditto on the chicken waffle sandwich at Magic Kingdom.
I'm not vegetarian but it was a lot of pork not just meat but pork to be specific I don't eat that and one that wasn't had marnaria sauce I'm allergic to olives which includes the oil and if you know marnaria Italy is off limits to me. I certainly wouldn't mind some veggie options and prevent all those breakfast with marshmallows
AJ! My fiancé and I LOVE your videos. Every time I get a notification that you uploaded we have to watch your video together. He gets so mad if I watch one without him hahahaha! But we are going to Disney World for our honeymoon! My fiancé has never been so I want this to be extra extra special for him as well as us celebrating our marriage! I think a cool video idea that would help me as well as others is must do honeymoon/date ideas while in Disney. Such as places to eat, best places to stay, and other special things to do!! Thanks!!!
I LOVE THIS IDEA! Next maybe give us a Full Day at Disney World using the QS plan and also the regular dining plan? That would be a great tool too! I know you have Vlogs with lists of fav snacks, fav QS locations, etc... but seeing it broken up day by day, in each separate place/Park is awesome!
AJ, we love your videos. Please think about doing a video on healthier eating options at Disney. Looking for less carbs, more protein. Thanks for all your great advice!
What a great idea. Maybe some ideas of say a days menu for vegetarians or people on keto/paleo type diets. Or even different price points, say if people can budget $50 a day or something. Maybe even vegan (is that even possible at Disney?).
I would personally prefer to try the Nudel Gratain for Lunch in Epcot instead of the Panini at Tutto Gusto. All these suggestions are great! Jay came up with a great video idea.
I usually grab McDonalds before I hit the parks, then grab snacks during the day. I just splurge at dinner. You really are to preoccupied during the day to eat and Pretzels or Dole whip will suffice.. How many times do you go to DW in you're life, SPLURGE...
@@likelayka0 Water bottles, definitely yes. One tip make people have is ordering a case of water bottles from Publix or Amazon to the hotel room and bringing in the water bottles each day. Not so sure about McDonald's since it might be considered something that requires being heated. Disney won't allow you to bring in any food into the park that requires heating.
Great video and great idea. I would love to see a video for some of us that haven't been to Disney for a couple of years of things that have changed, like security check before getting on the monorail or boat, parking fee at the resorts, new areas at the parks, or the rider switch changes.
Awesome Video AJ! We budget $60 per Day for 2 people and usually come in under budget! Great video idea - We'll have to show what we do on our next trip!
so many great tips! I don’t know about anyone else, but my gut couldn’t handle all this comfort foods lol. Personally, i would have to switch up some of the snacks for fruit and the lunches with a salad.
Great suggestions. SO many of those are shareable, too. People need to cut down portions, anyways, in the US, so doing this For TWO people is absolutely perfect!
Could you do a video about what you would choose to eat in each park if you are on the dining plan? I'd love suggestions about that! It's so hard to narrow down what to eat!
We take chips into the park for snacks because...we crave salt after walking and uuuhhh sweating all day and... munching on chips and drinking bottle water while waiting "in line" helps the time pass w out getting hungry/irritable.
I would recommend going to Via Napoli if you want a table service meal. You can get one pizza for the whole family to share. They have great pizza there. It's still going to be somewhat expensive, because it's Disney World but it's cheaper than other table service restaurants.
Hey AJ I've been bing watch ur vids for a while now...I'm going to disney for the first time EVER I'm 36 and I was wondering what's the 1 thing I should try food wise that u recommend. Thanks and keep up the great vids and info
AJ!! This is probably my favorite video you've done and I've watched almost all of them 😂😂 I had kinda gathered it was possible to keep a reasonable budget while eating at Disney but this video really made it clear and concise and made me feel like it's actually doable!! Two questions - how much tax is at WDW? And does the Disney Food Blog guide have prices it in? Thank you for making such awesome and helpful content!!
My wife wants to go to Disney for 4 days and NOT do any parks. We would stay at Shades and visit resorts only. You definitely give us ideas for that. Thanks for your help, AJ.
OMG A Jay, I followed almost ALL these tips and had an awesome experience até Walt Disney world. Just didn't found the one you sugested at Tutto gusto, but a I had a pretty fancy lunch there anyway. So, thank you só mutch for this video! I feel like a Disney expert now ;)
Hi AJ! My husband and I love all the DFB videos! We watch them all the time! Can you do a video just like this for Disneyland? We’re going soon and are out of our element there since WDW is our home park!
Last time I vacationed at disney we stayed at an offsite hotel for super cheap (it was like $350 for 10 days, free decent breakfast) and we hit up Target for food, so ate really cheap, only eating in park (or at an offsite restaurant) once a day. It was a really great vacation. Now I"m planning a vacation where we'll stay onsite and get the meal plan. I don't think I'd ever do this, though- eat all my meals in park paying cash. It's really not hard at all to make meals in a hotel room with a little bit of creativity, and bringing snacks into the park is also super easy.
I would love a Top 10/20 Healthy Food Options at WDW video!! I'm visiting in December from Japan and while of course i'm gonna treat myself some of the time, it'd be nice to know where i can fall back to! (and not just salads, though yummy salads are always welcome!)
The Mrs and I always get the dining plan. This trip we are gonna try and go a little cheaper and maybe eat a little less! So this is a great video. Thanks!
I would love to see something like this but for Epcot. Like snacking around world showcase for $100,$50 or whatever but the idea I could see being used in so many ways.
Oh Yes - One of our tricks is on this video! We share the combo platter at AK Flame Tree - Chicken, Ribs and Pulled Pork + we add a side of fries! Plenty for 2 Hungry Eaters!
Hey DFB, can you do a video about Disney for tiny tots (under 5 years old) showing how to get the most out of Disney World when you have a toddler along for the trip? We will be planning a family vacation and while the kids are off having fun, grandma and grandpa will be entertaining our grandchild and want to make his experience as enjoyable as possible for him too.
Lol, a full week of no vegetables! I know you can eat healthy while at Disney, but can you do this sort of challenge while still getting your daily requirement of fruit/veggies? My daughter and I love your videos, AJ and watch them over breakfast together.
I always skip Be Our Guest and go to Gaston's Tavern. I don't want to stress about getting reservations and I really like Gaston and when you're done eating chances are you can go meet him right outside. Win, win!
Disney is not THAT expensive with food... You just got to know where to eat. When I was at Disney last week, I was so excited to be there that I barely ate - which was dangerous because we had the DDP. We had to remind ourselves to eat. Disney was fun!! My gosh! 😍😍😍😍
I think that one of the biggest things is just being aware of the cost of food BEFORE going. That way, you can plan for your budget. From the first time we went to WDW as a family in 2006, we have been able to eat on a budget of $50 a day or less. Of course, we never do sit-down meals and we do not buy bottled water/soda. Sometimes, if we have been eating well under budget, we will use the "extra" to do sit-down somewhere like The Plaza where the prices are pretty reasonable.
This is a great video! It may beat the basic Dining Plan: $279/ person per for 7 days (2 C Service meals + 2 snacks/ day and a drink mug )if you stick to resort eats only because that mug is not refillable outside the resorts. Beverages with your meals at Disney Springs and in the parks will blow your $35 budget unless you bring your own drinks or if you can buy refillable mugs at the parks. I’ve never tried that. But it could still be a budget buster in any case. We just returned from Universal Studios where thier refillables cost $12.99 to $17.99/ mug PER DAY, (buying multiples drops the price). You can buy additional refill days for $8/mug/day. Drinks are pricy any way you slice it 😕
I love this channel so much and I feel like this 5 day meal plan would take the metabolism and heart health of a superhero. Maybe Disney World adrenaline burns more calories.
You’re walking 10+ (realistically more like 20+) miles a day. You’re going to burn these off, easily. Besides it’s vacation. I get wanting to eat “healthy”, but it’s a vacation and splurging is fun. I feel like many people don’t eat that way on a daily basis. And remember, all these videos are suggestions. That doesn’t mean you have to follow their advice. Don’t be such a stick in the mud.
