B.B.
We stayed at the Embassy Suites which has bus service from the front door to DL. This hotel was reasonably priced but the also served a hot breakfast in the morning. We would eat a nice big breakfast and then head to DL. I packed filling snacks and water into the park and we ate those around 11am and then had a big lunch/dinner around 3pm in DL to avoid the lunch and dinner rush. This saved $ by just purchasing 1 meal a day per person instead of 2. The portion sizes are huge in DL and for a couple of our meals, my son and I shared a plate and still had some left over. I paid for park hopper passes and then we only went to one park per day so I could have saved money purchasing seperate park tickets per day since we were only there for 3 days. If you are there for 4+ days, it is cheaper to buy park hoppers as a package deal.