Breakfast question!

[the1nonlysinger]

Hi everybody!

Preparing for a December trip to the World and have made all TS reservations and have plans for our CS meals.

So the question is about breakfast.

Here's the facts:
-I'm used to smaller portioned meals so I just want a light breakfast in the mornings before hitting the parks. (A lot of our lunch reservations or plans are early enough that it shouldn't matter much.)

- We have breakfast buffet ressies for 1900 Park Fare & Chef Mickey's already. I'm planning on getting a cinnamon roll at Main Street Bakery for 1, if not 2 days at MK- using snack credits. :slurp: So I only have to be concerned with breakfast for the remaining 3 or 4 breakfasts.

- Am considering bringing poptarts/bagels from home vs. hitting up food court at our hotel (All Star Movies)

- Right now food court is winning, for the ease of not having to worry about crushing the food in our luggage. (If someone wants to convince me to still bring stuff from home- I'm all ears! hehe :ROFLOL:EARS, get it? :lookaroun)

-We will NOT have a fridge in our room and I'm currently not planning to order groceries from the local place to be delivered...

- As a solution (not only to save money- but to get the right amount of food), I'm considering the kids meals at the ASM food court. They list a child's breakfast platter, french toast, pancakes and a mickey waffle as options. Each includes fruit, and a side of some sort (bacon or sausage) and a beverage (milk, water, or juice). (That seems to be a lot of food to me- at least on paper...)

BIG QUESTION:
What are the portion sizes like for the kids meals? I like that it includes both fruit and milk (at ASM anyway). Are we talking a teeny tiny single pancake? Or are they decent sizes? If I'm paying out of pocket for these, I want to make sure I make the most of my money. (Or I'll just spring the extra couple bucks for the adult portion size and call it a day.)

THANKS. :sohappy:

 

[NYwdwfan]

I haven't stayed at All Star but at GF the kids meal was enough for both of my kids to share (I'm assuming the portions are the same). For the adults, we brought a box of instant oatmeal and ran water thru the coffee maker to get it hot and had oatmeal for breakfast most days. We also brought a box of Cheerios and used a snack credit for milk.

Happy eating!!

 

[Rob562]

I recall the kid's portion of waffles was 2 or 3 mini Mickey head waffles, rather than the single large one from the adult platter. I'd say that together they're greater than half of the adult-size.

-Rob

 

[Pioneer Hall]

I always find a kids meal at the food courts to be enough food for me.

 

[brifraz]

Based on our resort stays, for a light breakfast, you can easily feed two with the adult platters. With my family's breakfast habits (1 big eating adult-me, 1 medium eating adult-DW, 1 medium eating 6yr old DD) we usually get 1 adult platter and 1 kids platter and are pretty happy (or at least OK until a lunch buffet ).

I'm always packing pop-tarts wherever we go - and the way to keep them safe in luggage is tupperware containers. We actually usually cram a large tupperware full of snack stuff for every trip. Pop-tarts, crackers, tea bags, oatmeal, gummies, mini-muffins.

 

[wm49rs]

The kids' meals in terms of breakfast have always been enough for my daughter, but with my son (who is a notorious big-breakfast eater) it's a different story. He usually ate his meal and then some off of either my or my wife's plate. But I bet with pop-tarts or the like (maybe those cereal bars with the "milk" in the middle) you will be fine.

 

[mickey2008.1]

For us we do tried wo different ways. With the kids, we bought the small box4es of cereal, fruit snacks, and things like that and bought and got a cab to go to a hess station. The second way, preferred way, just take a taxi to hess and get everything there, round trip cab fare with tip was $20. Plus we got bottled water, $5 a case, pop, $5 12 pack, bread snacks, doughnuts, things to make it easy in the morning and late evening. We saves alot of money by doing this, just in the cost of the water alone, and you are allowed to bring water into the parks as well as some snacks. We are not cheap by any means, just not payin $5 for bottled water at the hotel. Plus, we can get our beer for a week for the price of two bottles on property. My point is, get a taxi, you wont regret it.

 

[marcriss]

I pack crushable snacks in a disposable plastic container (ziploc/Chinese food). It can bring back crushable souvenirs or just be recycled if we don't need it.

 

[the1nonlysinger]

I hadn't thought of the tupperwear solution before! Excellent! Thank you- as always WDWMagic comes through with another solution. :sohappy:

And it also sounds like the children's portions of breakfast might be plenty for me too. So at least there are options.

Now just to decide whether to pack or buy... :veryconfu