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[BethC]

Realistically how much have you spent or budgeted on the F&W Festival? Trying to make sure we save enough $$. Also what are must tries for both food and wine or drinks (providing they have the same items this year )

[cattailmarsh]

I am not reall sure how much we spent - however, I can tell you both times we did F&WF we have shared bites & still spent more than planned. It truly adds up quickly. We also try & use some of our snack credits there bc even of paying out of pocket for actual snacks (mickey bars & rice crispy treats, etc) the F&WF booths are a much better value for the credit.

I'm sure someone that kept accurate records will have some realistic numbers for you. But I would suggest looking at the menus from this year and go from there.

[revral]

I'm not much help. I was there during F&W last year (2015) but ended up not getting anything as I just wasn't willing to deal with the heat & crowds while using a scooter. From what I noticed & remember it seemed like prices started at about $4 & went up. If you're the type to get adult beverages than you'll want to budget generously for that as they weren't cheap. I'd say $20/person if you plan on having one or two adult beverages each & more if you're likely to have more than that or are going to want to sample of the more expensive scotches or wines.

[ReadingDisneyFamily]

It really depends on how much time you are going to spend at the Festival. My wife and I went down a couple of years ago (booked to go again this year) with the sole purpose of going to every stand. That will add up, but you will also not be spending money on breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Your meals will be from the kiosks.

I am not always an adventurous eater, but I found something I was willing to try from every country. it is worth the money though.

[Angela531]

Great question...I'm curious as well.

[mamajab]

I agree that it depends on how much time you plan to spend there. DH and I go almost every day during our week trip, and we try to go to every booth. I think we average $200-220 per person for the week. However, we do drink alcohol, so if you didn't, you could cut back on costs there.

[acidreignn]

We spent between 2 of us about $200. But, that's not from all the kiosks. Some places we chose to skip. What we did was ;choose 2 "meals" and one drink, then we shared those between us. Instead of using cash, we used our older F&WF wrist card. They sell new ones each year, and you use it just like a credit card ,you can add more money to it,or use it elsewhere, but you wear it on your wrist. It was easier for me, instead of digging through my bag for cash.
We always stop at Ireland for anything they offer , Poland for kielbasa and pierogie, Brewer's Collection (near Germany) for flight of beer,China for pot stickers, Brazil; pork belly, oh my!
As you get closer, the menus will be available, and I plan according to that. My friend spent, I think it was $15 for Dom Perignon, according to her, when else is she going to taste it.
You can check out the 2015 offerings on wdwinfo , disfoodblog or just google it.

Oh and do not plan on eating anywhere else that day, you will have enough going around the world. Take it slow, don't go on a weekend, that's when the locals go, and enjoy! I'll be missing it this year since we're going later in December.

[Happymommy]

One year we went....we used our room charge just for Fand W --- so we could easily see what we spent. My husband and I spent $220 in two nights (now we did not get dinner that night--- we snacked around world showcase for dinner)-

[questkitten]

We went in 2013 and probably spent wayyy too much lol! We also do the dining plan so we were really stuffed some days. There are 4 of us and we used our snack credits to get some of the more expensive things, like the beer deal from Brewer's Collection, and charge to our room the smaller costs. I didn't discover the Food and Wine gift cards until 2 days before we left. We did skip some booths, like Farm Fresh and Hops and Barley. Others, only one of us got something, like the Kung Fu Punch from China. Since we always get the park hopper, we spread the festival over the entire trip.

We are going back this October and have the dining plan again. We will be looking over the booths, planning our attack!

[Tink1769]

Here's how we do it. Before we go to WDW we go go online and research what is being offered at the F&WF. Usually there are pictures of each menu and pictures as well as reviews. We then price out all of the things that sound really good to us and make a list to bring with us. Then we add $25 per person. Usually we end up with a little bit of money left over, but I'd rather over budget than under budget.

[luvnwdwgal]

I look through the menus on Disney Food Blog and figure out what we want to try. They will have the prices too.