We went to WDW on 3/6/06 for 8 days.

We rented a car and stayed (free parking everywhere) at Port Riverside (part of Port New Orleans) and thought it VERY VERY pretty!! (I have tons of pics if anyone wants to see),

We ate Bfast ONCE at the cafeteria in the restaurant inside the resort and it was okay.. the eggs were SO WEIRD: not REAL TO ME. They DID have a toaster and I watched people bring in loaves of bread and toast them (brillant!) .. I used the microwave to pop corn.

After settling in, we hit a store (Publix - don't.. it's like a Ralph's or King Soopers - nice, but PACKED and $$$, hence, defeatest) I picked up a case of water, croissants and bananas.

during the week, I hit up Super T and a Super WM for yogurt, milk, o.j., etc.. We had a small room fridge, that we stocked with drinks and cold water for the parks each day.

I brought with us pudding cups and tubes (Big Lots, $1.29), two cans of cheese, smoked almonds, snacky things.. oh yeah, and MANY SMALL ZIPLOC BAGS and several LARGE ones. We had leftovers here and there and they came in handy also when I wanted to dole out small bags of snacks to take inside the park. When you find a place with the free 'handi wipes' snag a few dozen.. they are SO refreshing in the heat (VERY mild for us) and to get sticky junk off the kids. I DID also BUY at Super Target a box of the individually wrapped ones before hand.

There are several places, like inside the Living Seas in Epcot that they sell just double cheeseburgers.. we ordered one and got a second bun cheap.. AWFUL BURGERS TO ME.

We did eat at the all you can eat buffet for lunch in Epcot in Germany, it was OKAY. I just couldn't find a simple TUNA sandwich! One night we went out to a KFC place and brought back enough chix for two nights. One very very physically depleted day I allowed to DH to order a pizza.. hey, it WASN'T THAT BAD, just the price ($20.) .. it took forever to arrive and then it was completely wrong! The order taker wrote it down RIGHT. Another 30 min and the correct one came, we were allowed to keep the wrong one and we ended up giving an entire pizza to an English Couple next door with two teens on their last night.

All you can eat lobster and buffet at Boston Lobster House off International Drive was great our first night - about $25/pp.. smaller whole lobsters, but big crab legs, fresh meats, salads, side dishes, fishes.. all fres.. Loved it.. I"m in CO, NOTHING from the ocean is fresh here.

DO NOT GO TO THE PONDERSOSA for Buffet. It's shi&&ty! It's misrepresenting and their all you can eat is very very limited. NEVER AGAIN. Better off at the local Sizzler than THERE.

BTW: I SO wanted to stay at the Carribean Beach: do you all KNOW you are NOT ALLOWED in the BEACH WATER? ONLY at the pool.. sure put a daper in my whining. We visited all the main resorts, took pics and video. Overall, IF I should go again, I will not stay at a resort, b/c all the positive for us was getting into one park 1 hr early, or staying 1 or 2 hrs later and, they do not allow you access to ALL 'lands' or rides either.

So much for $4,000.

amberngriffinco