With the annual pass you are entitled to purchase the Tables in Wonderland card, which is $75.
I agree with Cindi the TWI card is a great 20% savings on food and alcohol. However, you must spend over $375.00 to justify purchasing the TWI card. Anything above $375.00 and you will begin to reap the savings. The TWI is also good for one year. We had dinner at the California Grill and recoup our initial cost in one dinner. This year we are going back to WDW and our TWI is still valid, so it is well worth it for us.
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If you are looking for economical, Disney is the wrong place to find it...even with discounts. But since most timeshares have a complete kitchen,,,I bring my own food and prepare it there. When I timeshare travel I have one small overnight bag for clothing and three big plastic bins filled with food (and wine)
A big breakfast in your room and a big dinner there, will save enough to splurge mid-day.We ordered groceries online and had them delivered to our room. We didn't drive this most recent trip and having food in the room helped. We packed lunches in our backpack and ate in the park. Only purchased dining 2 times while at our stay
Hard to get that stuff on an airplane.
Seriously, we travel via plane everywhere now. We haven't done the "pack-the-car-to-the-brim" trip for many years.
We also ultized our DVC kitchen to make quick and nice big breakfasts, have various snack foods, water, sports drinks available and cooked a few dinners.
We also eat out a few TS lunches and a few signature dinners. Our first trip, we used our saved money and went on the Sunrise Safari and an Illuminations Cruise.
Groceries can be delivered from WeGoShop.com or GardenGrocer.com. I have personally used WeGoShop and love their service. However, I have heard nothing but good things about GardenGrocer too. The first year I used WegoShop I planned my meals based on the Publix weekly specials and had her pick up the items for me at Publix and Costco. It was delivered and the water, and sports drinks were chilled. It was so nice, they take care of unloading and will check the items into bell services.
The second year we rented a car and shopped at Publix, Walmart or Target (before we found Costco), and finally Costco ourselves without a plan. We spent so much more money doing it ourselves and without a plan and list. Plus we had to take the time to shop, load and unload in the humid weather. This year we are staying in WDW for an extended time frame so we have the time to shop on our own. However, I will definitely plan a few meals, shop the weekly specials and take a list to the stores. If we were doing a shorter stay one week or less I would not hesitate to use a grocery service.
We fly Southwest and with the two bags free, we pack one large bag with cooking ingredients, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, sugar, flour, spices, coffee, tea, cocoa, some snacks, cereal etc.
If you are returning often to WDW, many DVCers use Owner's Locker to store various things.
http://www.ownerslocker.com/