to take a slow cooker to Disneyland Paris?

[ElizaPickford]

Ok, that sounds a bit odd, but here's the thing, we're going and the whole family is veggie (and now skint.) I couldn't justify spending nearly £70 a day on meal vouchers, and it looks like Disney and France in general have different ideas about what constitutes being vegetarian. (One of the veggie options in one restaurant was fish and chips, and one of the best veggie restaurants apparently uses meat stock for veggie dishes.)

If we just pay as we go, I think we're looking at £15 each for chips and salad. It's crazy expensive, and I don't want to pay through the nose for the kids to eat crap for almost a whole week.

Soooooo... I was thinking if I took my slow cooker, we could at least have baked potatoes when we get back at night? And maybe couscous if I take the kettle? I can take some fresh stuff with me although we'll have no fridge so that will be limited, but just trying to figure out if this is a socially unacceptable thing to do, and whether I run the risk of burning down the whole hotel when the euro-adapter blows up my slow cooker.

Or any other tips for not starving to death/going bankrupt while there?

Veggie here too with 4 DC and have done eurodisney. Get yourselves to the local supermarche! Loads of lovely bread, deli stuff, snacks,drinks....Do packed lunches for the park and a bigger meal in the evening. We went 100% self-catering. Easy!

Disneyland is notorious for bad food at astronomical prices.

But you're in France! Buy salad, bread and cheese, or go off site for dinners. It's true that they just don't 'get' vegetarians, but then go for different options - for eg, crepes are filling and cheap, you can get them filled with jam or cheese; one of the best meals I ever had was a baguette with grilled goats cheese, salad and an amazing dressing in a wee bar - you will be able to find something.

I guarantee you if you leave a slow cooker in your room it will either be turned off or removed by the time you get back.

We're going at Easter. I intend to:

Take as many snacks as I can fit in my suitcase.

Take water bottles to fill up from fountains.

Make lunch from the breakfast buffet.

Take a few things that can be made with boiling water - pot noodles, instant porridge. ( I might draw the line at those new boiled egg things though.)

How long are you going for? I think you just have to suck it up as part of the cost of the holiday, unfortunately.

Surely you'll be done with the park after a day or two though? It's not that big iirc.

No! Go to supermarket. Please dont risk it.

Sorry, if a hotel finds a slow cooker in your room switched on with no-one there you'll probably get thrown out. Just buy bread and cheese and have sandwiches. Or get jacket potatoes from a cafe off-site.

Actually- and this is a serious suggestion- what about a gas camping stove?

Won't need to worry about plugging it in or it being switched on by staff in the day.

Any help?

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Seriously, just go to the supermarket. You can get cold cooked pastas, salad, fruit, cereal bars, baguettes, croissants and pastries, cheese, yoghurt etc. You can buy cheap McDonald's and pizza at the park (it's a holiday, give yourself a break) for dinner. There is a big decent supermarket at the local mall (where the sea life centre is) which has a HUGE range and is cheap.

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Actually- and this is a serious suggestion- what about a gas camping stove

Two words. Carbon monoxide.

The buffets are best for vegetarians but if you look on dlp you can see other veggie options. Not great tbh but it is doable for a short trip

Oh blimey saucy, less worry about the staff turning it off, what about the crapness of them all huddled around baked potatoes on laps in a hotel room on their holiday? It's grim

Don't get me wrong, am not a crazy health freak, it's not the chips/pizza that bothers me so much, it's the prospect of paying nearly a tenner a head for a tiny bit of junk food that isn't going to touch the sides. Nothing worse than tired, hungry kids.

If there's a supermarket just 10 mins away then that sounds like the way forward...

Why would you, just adapt a bit and go shopping!

Are you staying i a hotel or a self catering appartment? They wont let you use the slow cooker because it wont have been PAT tested (assuming they ahve the same rules as we do).

If you stayed at Davy Crockett Ranch you would probably get away with it as they are self catering cabins.

I cant recall now from our stay in a Disney hotel but doesn't the electricity switch off when you leave the room? It does in most modern hotels.

We were there last week. Which hotel are you staying in? Kettles in rooms aren't standard. They definitely aren't going to appreciate a slow cooker!

(I'm veggie - stick with the buffets and you won't struggle)

Which hotel are you staying at and how old are your kids? Just asking as they might be hungry before you'd want to be leaving the park. We are going next week and have looked at the earl of sandwich for food, prices look ok for subs and pizzas.

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This mall has a decent supermarket ^
Really close too.

Oh yes last year I requested a kettle in advance, think you can get them from reception but they aren't in all rooms like they would be here

DO NOT USE A CAMPING GAS STOVE INSIDE

sorry I thought that was worth bolding in case people flick through the thread. It is dangerous

We shared an on site pizza for less than a tenner I'm sure?

This has got to be a wind up surely ?

We went with another veggie family and they found plenty to eat at the park, although it's not the healthiest. That said, even we ate a lot of junk food but hey, it's holiday.

As money is the issue, I'd definitely go with the supermarket option.

If you are staying in the davy crocket ranch their will be ovens anyway so no need for a cooker - it was lovely there.