Child Menu Substitutions and DxDDP

[DisneyFamily123]

Are restaurants flexible with substituting items on the kids menus? If not, I think it might be better to pay cash for some of our 4 yr old son's TS meals and use his credits to get some CS breakfasts/lunches to share when we have no meal planned.

Thanks for your advice/information.

Last year, restaurants seemed flexible because my son has an egg allergy but most of our meals were buffets so there were lots of choices anyway. This year we are doing more non-buffets and the choices for the Child menus seem limited.

We want him to try new things but he is usally happy with spaghetti, veggies, fruit, pizza, hot dogs. Disney's breadings for chicken and fish all have egg. It would be nice to sub child menu items for just extra dishes of veggies or fruit - healthier food. I remember Tutto Italia gave him two giant dishes of strawberries (that were absolutely delicious).

Non-Buffet Meals Planned - Nothing Much on Child's Menu Our Son Will Eat:
Yak and Yeti
California Grill

Other Non-Buffet Meals (most have pasta or pizza):
Marrakesh
Mama Melrose
Liberty Tree
Kona Cafe
Narcoosees
Citrocos
Jiko

[TDC Nala]

Under regular food-preference circumstances, it is likely going to depend on what you want to substitute. If you want to substitute items that are available on the child menu, they probably will. If you just want a bowl of noodles or fruit, you will probably be okay. I understand Yak & Yeti is usually strict with the dining plan and it's possible they won't substitute anything if it's just a preference issue. If you intend to ask to have something off-menu made for the child, that's going to be entirely up to the restaurant regarding what they might have available. If you want to substitute items from the adult menu and the child is on the dining plan, that might not happen.

If the child has a food allergy, all that may change and the TS restaurants will likely make something special for him. You will want to contact special diets and have a notation on all your TS restaurant reservations. I know there is information about doing that on the DISAbilities board, and some posters here also know the drill.