Amy wrote:BuDz211 wrote:Sharonofwindham wrote:There are a couple of companies online that seem very good, and it not only makes the accommodations that much cheaper, some have full kitchens & a washer/dryer right in the villa. If you have kids, just the savings on breakfast everyday can help with the food bill!
I remember when I was a kid, my parents used to take my brothers and I to Disney World and we would stay at Days Inn since we didn't have too much money. Most mornings we would have eggs and bacon or sausage, cooked in an electric wok which we owned. It was great to wake up to the smell of bacon or sausage every morning on vacation in the hotel room and my parents must have saved a bunch of money. We also had those single serving cereal bowls where all you had to do was just pour milk into the container and grab a spoon. I may do this on my next trip with my own family.
I remember the little boxes of cereal ~ that was always part of the excitement of vacation because there were different sugared cereals in those variety packs that we never got to have at home! What a neat memory
Wow....now you guys got the old memory fountain flowing...
When I was a child, we never went to WDW (and, to this day, I can't get my dad through the gates....I don't know why....and it makes me incredibly sad....but that's another story I guess)....we always went to the beach. My dad would slip out really early, leaving my mom and my brother and I to sleep. He would come back with wonderful donuts and coffee. Those were the best tasting donuts EVER!
When my girls were little, we DID bring them to WDW as soon as they were old enough to appreciate the experience (3 years old). We didn't have much money either and had to stay in the cheaper hotels, but we always made the experience as special as possible. We too bought the individual variety pack of cereals...probably twice the price but WAYYYY more fun! We also didn't have money to eat expensive park food, so for weeks before our trips, I would begin squirreling away all kinds of nifty stuff we never bought for normal consumption: beef jerky, meat/cheese/cracker packages that didn't require refrigeration, granola bars, single serve packages of nuts, fruit roll ups, etc....and tuna and chicken "kicks". That was our oldest daughter's term: the word was actually "kit" but she assumed we were saying "kick" and the term has stuck to this day
With the meat in the little cans, mayo packet, and crackers, it was a wonderful little meal. Boy did we eat lots of tuna and chicken kicks. It is a wonder either of my girls will touch either tuna or chicken in a can
And then there was canned ham...a rich, fat filled spreadable substance that tasted wonderful on crackers and led to immediate hardening of the arteries!
