Most Disney fans will tell you, there is something about the food there that just makes everything taste, well, magical. We definitely fall into that category, and while it’s entirely possible to bring your own food from home and still have a great experience, for us part of the fun is eating just about anything we can find throughout the parks!

We usually end up sharing food all day so that we can try more things, it’s not unusual for us to eat 4-5 meals, then grab several snacks in between, especially from those amazing seasonal kiosks at EPCOT… which would seem like a lot, but since we’re sharing, that’s really only 2 meals each plus snacks, and then we get to try double the food!! The only downside to this strategy is when we want a nice table service meal, since we feel it’s probably frowned on to take up a table and only order one entree, so we usually hit the counter service stops instead, and maybe only go for one or two “sit down meals” during a trip. We’ve also found that the lounges beside some of the table service restaurants are great for having a full menu available, not to mention a full bar (which definitely came in handy during our recent Christmas trip, when we both needed a drink to deal with the crowds!)

And let’s face it, Disney is known for some serious calorie burning with all the walking you’re expected to do each day, so we definitely treat ourselves when it comes to eating on our vacations. Neither of us do the fitness-tracking thing, but when it comes to park hopping, you can easily estimate 10 miles in a day if you’re in the parks most of the day. Plus if you split one meal, you’re going to be hungry again sooner, so you can stop and rest your legs again sooner! But ultimately those are just silly justifications to do whatever we’d like with our diets and throw caution to the wind, and that’s what vacation is about, right?

For us travel is ultimately about the amazing memories you make together, and we’re just not the kind of people who make memories counting-calories. Splitting a plate though? Definitely good memories for us! We’re both pretty agreeable to any choice in food, and a lot of times we would have ordered the same thing as the other anyway, so really splitting the meal makes so much more sense. Most Disney quick service meals are easy to share, but every time we get a hot dog we always have a good laugh about whether we should cut it in half or go Lady and the Tramp on it and watch people react!

 

Right now we’re counting down to our next trip, and yup, food is at the top of the list for things to do when we get there. We scored the ever elusive Be our Guest dinner reservation, but aside from that we don’t have anything booked so that we can do our usual thing and eat at pretty much every quick service location we pass by haha!