We just got back from a week stay and had a blast at all 4 parks. Here are a couple tips we used while there regarding food:

1) We visited Walmart earlier on and bought supplies for the week: for breakfast (cereal, milk, donuts, fruit, juice) lunch (couple loaves of bread, Peanut butter and jelly, ham and cheese, yogurts, apples, crackers, fruit snacks), and dinner (spaghetti, sauce, garlice bread, frozen chicken parmesan, hot dogs/brats/beans/mac-n-cheese, large bag of frozen chicken nuggets, french fries, salad mix and some frozen veggie mixes). about $110 in food supplies for the week total for making at "home" (we had a condo type thing with full kitchen).

2) For all days, we ate breakfast at home. For most days, we packed lunch. We ate by 11-11:30 to lighten the load and we were hungry by then anyway. Made pb&j sandwhiches, fruit snacks, etc I don't like pb&J but do like pb on crackers, so had that for me. The extra benefit to this besides expense mgtmnt was that we could eat when and where we wanted. No waiting in line, no trying to find a table close to where we bought food, etc. A few times it worked out really great as we took advantage of "wait" time to eat - like at MGM when we went to see the 11:45 stunt show. We were seated in the stadium for about 20 minutes before the show started - great time to eat lunch!

3) For all days, we took in empty water bottles and little baggies of lemonade mix. When we were thirsty, we poured in the drink mix, filled up with water at a water fountain, and drank till we were full. We either carried the bottle until empty or emptied it to lighten the load, whichever seemed best at the time. It wasn't the coldest but it was refreshing. We were all willing to share from the same bottle, but we could have taken multiple small bottles had that been an issue. I think we bought one drink on park property the whole time.

4) We did the Chef Mickey character breakfast at the Contemporary our first day there. It is actually a breakfast buffet but we got the lastest spot (11:20) and used it as our lunch food instead. It is one of the least expensive character breakfasts and we got to meet and get pictures with Mickey, Goofy, Pluto, Chip n Dale. Donald sometimes shows but not this time. Was great to do this at the beginning as it really got us "in the mood" and took off the stress of trying to find and meet this guys during the trip.

5) When we went to see Fantasmic at MGM (night show) our last night (highly recommend this as a final night event - a boat goes by at the very end with all of the characters and it was very neat to see them all and count how many we had met/photos/autographs with - almost all! a perfect ending, and the best night show at any of the parks in my opinion). Anyway, there is stadium style seating for this show and it is first come first sit. Show starts at 8:30 so we went in about 7 and procured excellent seats, and I went across to the counter service place across from the entrance and got food to take in and eat, so we ate dinner while we waited. tip: the double cheesburgers are a $1 more than the single cheesburgers. Get a double and and ask for an extra bun (no charge or 50c); the fries were enough for everyone to share , for us at least - make two meals for $6.50 instead of 1.

6) We shared among 3 people 2 orders of Fish & chips in Britain in Epcot. Highly recommend the Morrocco chicken meal - big pile of gyro type chicken and sides too.

that's it for now but I'm sure there were others. We did spend some big bucks on the Hoop Dee Doo review ($150 for 2 adults2 kids). Go in with a big appetite, it is all you can eat and the food was good and the entertainment was great. adults and boys (ages 6&9) enjoyed it greatly. Food is fried chicken and bbq ribs - they will bring out a pan pizza on request for kids who won't eat the chkn or ribs (we asked for one of our boys and they did it with a smile). Also bottomless beer and wine :-)