4 first timers dining in the world. 2 with allergies

[LTSantoro]

Sorry in advance for having no pictures and not being in the know with this whole trip report thing. However I am going to do my best to at least give some insight to how our dining adventure went. I always found the trip/dining reports helpful so I thought maybe someone would get some useful info from mine.

The Cast

I am a 33 year production manager from Stouffville ON. (Just north of Toronto) I have a tree nut and peanut allergy.

My DH he just loves food in general.

DD5 loves her food as well and we have been pretty lucky that she isn't very picky and eats most of what we put in front of her.

My Mom is probably the pickiest of the bunch and has a shell fish allergy.

When planning this trip I had read a lot about the different restaurants the world had to offer and was pretty proud of myself when I got up and made my ADR's at our 180 day mark. We chose not to do the dining plan and go out of pocket
Here is my orig. list of ADR
Raglan Road (Dinner)
Cinderellas Royal Table (breakfast)
Via Napoli (Dinner)
Tusker House (breakfast)
Whispering Canyon (dinner)
Be Our Guest (Dinner)

 

[LTSantoro]

Day One.

We arrived at the world just after lunch and settled into our room at CSR.
We had to go to downtown Disney for a 3pm appointment at the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique. I had made reservations at Raglan road that night but cancelled them a few weeks before the trip thinking we would be too tired from the flight and the BBB reservation to enjoy it.
So I thought it would be a great opportunity to enjoy Earl of Sandwich!!!
Well my husband hummed and hawed overr the menu and decided that since my mom didn't join us to DTD he didn't want to bring her back a cold sandwich and we should just grab something at the Pepper market.
Boo to Him I thought my chance to enjoy this gem was ruined!!!!
So I stomped off like a little 5 year old.

Pepper Market
The four of us went to the Pepper Market. We told the server of our allergies and the Chef came out.
My mom was told that she could have anything that night as they were not serving anything with shell fish.
For myself he also said they only had one nut product and it was in the restaurant not the Pepper Market so not to worry. However I was told not to eat any of the desserts.
My husband and I both had the make your own salad. We had iceburg lettuce, tomato, cucumber, ham, turkey and hard boiled egg. It was a decent salad and we thought it was a good choice since we knew we would be eating more junk later.
DD5 had the kids Pizza. What can I say it was pizza, but she was happy and full.
My Mom had the Nachos. She couldn't eat them all because she had to put her own salsa type sauce on them and the sauces were not labeled and she put the hot one on.
All in all the Peper Market this night got a
3/5
It was decent but a little lack luster

 

[2manypets]

Looking forward to reading your reviews! You have some great places lined up.

 

[LTSantoro]

So Today was our first full day at Disney and I wanted to start the day off right.
So I booked us an 8:05 am ressie at Cinderellas Royal table.
I love that my first time into Magic Kingdom was with an empt Main Street. My DD5 was estatic and skipped the whole way to the castle.

We had our Photos with Cinderella and made our way to the dining room. Our server knew right away about our allergies and took our drink order and told us the chef would be right out.
The chef came out and told my mom she could eat everything except the lobster which we knew and as for me I could eat everything except the pastries basket. That really sucked because everything looked so good in that basket and the whipped butter looked delish! The three of them devoured it and said the banana bread was the best.
The three of us decided on the traditional breakfast and DD5 had the eggs and french toast sticks.
The food was good nothing to complain about. We know we chose the basic meal nothing extrodinary but we love our eggs and bacon. Our server was great and very funny, and DD5 was in heaven with the princesses.
We would go back in a heartbeat. Nothing beats a good breakfast to get you going for the day. Plus it helps that you are there for rope drop and just walked down an empty main street.
We all agreed it was a perfect way to start our vacation!!
4.5 / 5


We toured all morning and at 1pm little Miss DD5 needed a rest. We knew we would be taking mid day breaks to keep the sanity so on our way out we found a nice shady spot to sit and I got the family...................Dole whips thier was no way I was leaving Magic Kingdom without trying these babies.
My mom got a vanilla pinapple swirl and split it with DD5 and me and hubby split the float.
I loved it as you will tell later on in my report as it makes special guest appearances again and again.
5/5

After heading back to the resort for a nap we woke to rain.
It was really coming down. We hadn't made any ressies for dinner so we discussed what to do. Hubby didn't want to eat at the Pepper market as he thought it was just meh!
So I suggested.................Earl of Sandwich
I missed out yesterday so I thought I would give it another go. Plus being at DTD we could dash in and out of stores to miss the rain. Everyone was in agreement. Yea for me!!!

Earl of Sandwich was great with the allergies too. We felt totally taken care of.
I had the club, hubby had the original with a chilli, mom had the carribean chicken with a tomato soup, and DD5 had the kids Turkey and swiss. We all loved our sandwiches and made a plan right then to come back later in the week. It's such a great deal and fills you up nicely!
5/5