Garden Grocers

No, we have always used a towncar. They meet us at the luggage carousel and we are good to go – I have always heard sometimes your luggage doesn’t get to your room until late when you use the ME and we like having it with us when we check in so we can get unpacked and get everything stored away before we head to the parks.

We just placed an order with Garden Grocer for our upcoming trip (October 7-15). This is our first time using this kind of service. We haven’t done the dining plan in years and it we are looking for ways to make our dining dollars go further each trip. We only have four ADRs for this trip and plan to only eat a handful of quick service meals, so we are looking forward to being more in control of what we eat while there. We also decided to not purchase the Rapid Fill mugs this time around which saves around $72 for the four of us. We repurposed that money into our Garden Grocer order. We ordered:

2 loaves of bread
ham
turkey
apples
grapes
bananas
case of bottled water (40 bottles)
case of Dr. Pepper (24 cans)
3 California Pizza Kitchen pizzas
blueberry bagels
butter
half and half
sugar
1/2 gallon of milk
Nestle Toll House cookie dough
cinnamon rolls

There was an additional $14 delivery charge. For what this order cost, we would have paid almost this much for a moderately priced table service meal for four. Again, this is our first time to do this, so I can update my thoughts once we return.

@StupidJudy Sounds like we think alike. We will eat something for breakfast in the room, take some snacks with us to the park, and then come back to the room early-mid-afternoon and eat lunch. Or, we may choose a quick service lunch and go back to the room for an early dinner of sandwiches or pizza. We have some flexibility there. We plan to make the cinnamon rolls on Tuesday, which is our low key Disney Springs day followed by MNSSHP that evening. So, there is no urgency to get out the door that morning. I will let you know how it works out for us. It’s worth a try, in my opinion. And I did not get a discount because we ordered so close to our trip date. Oh well.

@abeach oh this makes me so happy! You are going to fall in love with how easy it is to use this service! It’s awesome to not be rushed in the morning and to have all of your breakfast items right there in your room with you !

@StupidJudy Yes, we will have a kitchen which will allow us to do things like pizza and bake cookies. We became DVC members a little over three years ago, and we decided for this trip we would splurge a little and go with a 1-bedroom. One of the reasons was to have access to a kitchen so we could see what it is like to prepare and eat some meals in the room. We are hopeful that it will be a good experience. Glad the Pop rooms now have the coffee makers for you! That is awesome!! Should save you a little time in the mornings by not having to stop somewhere and get coffee.