For my next trip the flight in is very late at night. I have a towncar scheduled for pick up, but we won't get to our resort until midnight, if we are lucky. Any ideas what to do for food? The stay is at Coronado Springs, and it looks like all the restaurants will be closed. Do they have 24/7 room service? Or is there someplace nearby that can deliver pizza or subs that late?
I'm assuming most everything at the airport will be closed, or am I wrong on that one?
I was just futzing around the website for Orlando Int'l (assuming that's your point of arrival). Checking out the restaurants, both fast food and table service, and the later it gets the slimmer the pickings, but there are places that are open until 10, 11, 12, 1:30 or "last flight." So you will have some options upon arrival unless your flight is delayed for any reason.
https://www.orlandoairports.net/getting-around-mco/shops-restaurants/
I don't know where you call home, how long your flight is, if you are, indeed, flying in to Orlando Int'l or a different airport. Not that any of that is my business (though I'd be curious as to why you'd choose the towncar over Disney Magical Express). My suggestion, which is inelegant but perhaps optimal - pack some sandwiches and put it in some kind of ice BEFORE you even leave for the airport. If you can make a small cooler bag one of your carry-ons without messing up your luggage restrictions, bring it with you to the airport and just eat it whenever you're hungry, be it at the airport or on the plane. If you can't afford to make one of your carry on bags a cooler bag, put it in a plastic shopping bag with some baggies of ice. Eat on the way to the airport so you can discard the garbage before you check in and not have to deal with a ticketing agent claiming it's extra baggage. Pack granola/cereal bars for a snack, or peanuts or other small things that won't take up a lot of space. Once at the airport, if there's time for snacks there, fill up and save the ones you bagged for when you land. If there's no time at the airport, just save your snacks for when you really need 'em.
And if you're traveling so far that you know you'll be starving when you land, eat at the airport upon landing, so it's not so close to bedtime before you eat. Worst case scenario, have your town car driver stop at a fast food place along the way, a 30 minute stopover should be included in the price of your fare; I just think eating so late, just before bed, and food that's not your first choice might not be so great for your sleep, especially after a potentially long flight.
I'd recommend eating once you get at the airport, if possible. It's already late enough, the last thing you want is to have to wait for your luggage, then get to your towncar, then have it stop somewhere to grab a bite which will probably be really unhealthy and drop in your gut like a neutron bomb (or stop at a market to get food you'll have to prep AFTER you check in). If you have no options at the airport, then yeah, have the towncar stop at a McDonald's or something on the way (if the towncar doesn't include a 30 mins stop anywhere, offer to buy the driver something, it couldn't hurt).
I know some people have suggested stopping at Swan or Dolphin, only problem there is, if the driver has to park while you get what you need, there's a parking fee involved (unlike the free parking at all of the Disney resorts).
Other less elegant options - if possible make one of your carry-on pieces of luggage a cooler bag. You won't be able to pack drinks of course per the TSA, but you can make some sandwiches before you leave
