allergies

[momma of 2]

We have discovered that my ds2 is highly allergic to milk and peanuts. It can be very difficult finding things for him to eat. Does anyone out there have any ideas about what he can get at the parks or is there a website I can go to to find these things out. Or should I plan on bringing him food every where we go and would I even be able to do that at the table service meals.

Help

 

[livndisney]

You can email Brenda.Bennett@disney.com. She will email you ingredient lists that will help ALOT!!!!! Most chefs at the TS are amazing!!!! And best of all you can get milk free ICE Cream at the parks!!!!! (My DD's best Disney secret LOL)

 

[momma of 2]

thank you very much

 

[Drewsmommybear]

You know, I have many food allergies including a peanut allergy and I've found that if you let the TS restaurants know ahead of time, they are more than accomodating. All of the chefs will come out and talk to your family and they may even offer to make him something special. When we were at Chef Mickey's all of the baked goods were possibly contaminated with peanuts (as it was in most restaurants) and the chef offered to bake me my own brownie so I could have dessert. Since this was for an adult, I'm sure they would bend over backwards for your son.

As far as eating with allergies, I have found that WDW is one of the easiest places to do it. And one thing I forgot, when you make ADR's and tell them about your son's allergies, they will give you the number to every restaurant so that you can talk to someone ahead of time.

 

[VBsHustla]

Disney is extremely accommodating and your son will even be able to safely eat plenty of treats! The Main Street bakery even has pre-packaged cookies that are nut free and dairy free for snacks.

 

[LuvMickey36]

Disney is great with allergies!! My ds is allergic to peanuts, eggs, soy, beef, pork & rice. We do the rotation diet with the soy,beef, pork & rice. Eat nothing with peanut or egg in it.

We went for 8 days last Sept. & ate TS everyday. At each rest. a chef would come out & talk to us. The buffets were explained what was what etc. At several places they made him special meals. The chef made him special mickey waffles @ Ohana bfast that had no eggs or soy products in them. I did make sure to make a note on all of my adr's & call each rest. a week or so ahead just to put my mind @ ease.

Good Luck & have fun!!

 

[LoriMomx5]

Our daughter who is 5 years old is also allergic to peanuts and milk. Disney TS restaurants have always been very accomodating. The hardest thing is finding things on a daily basis that she likes to eat and constantly reading labels. Our daughter is sensitive to even trace amounts of peanuts and the brand of bread that she was allowed for her milk allergy now is manufactered in a plant with peanut products. Her jelly beans at Easter had to be taken from her because they were manufactured in a plant with peanuts. It gets to be a way of life and Hannah now asks everyone " Does that have any nuts in it?" Good luck with your son. Lori

 

[Ariel8676]

WDW is the best place to go and to eat if you have allergies, they seriously bend over backwards for my Milk allergy DD.
Also you can check out this site for goodies!!!.. http://www.divvies.com/
and this one http://www.choclat.com/GFCF/gfcf.php you have to read and see which ones are nut and dairy free...

 

[momma of 2]

Thank you so much everyone. I thought it might be impossible but it sounds like I can do it. I never thought how scary something like this could be but I am learning that there are things he can eat.

thank you so very much

 

[RxforDisney]

My son (4) is severely allergic to milk and egg, and at the time we went in 2006, we thought he was alergic to peanut.

Here are a couple of links to threads discussing this issue.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1378516

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1677960


Good luck, and feel free to PM me with any questions - even if not related to Disney.

 

[RxforDisney]

Oh, also if you go over to the DISabilities board, there are some FAQs about food allergies at the top of the page.

 

[GoofyFairie]

Another suggestion is to ship food to yourself at your reort or have the stuff you can get at a regular grocery deliverd by a grocery service. My dd is severly allergic to a lot of very common foods and is very picky as well. We made all our meals in our room and took snacks with us. We didn't eat glamoursly for the week, but she was healthy and we all had a fantastic time. We saved a lot of money too. We can't wait to go back. Do what you are comfortable with and follow your instincts. Have a magical time!

 

[james'mommy]

I feel your pain. I was recently diagnosed with an allergy to all nuts. I found that it really is easy to eat in Disney. The only place I tend to avoid is buffets. There is too much risk of cross contamination of the food. I had a reaction after eating at Biergarten.

 

[momma of 2]

Its so hard because he has no idea what is going on. One day in his world he could have everything and the next I had to take everything away. Yeah I do not eat at buffets with him because of that

Thanks

 

[hildarumpole]

You don't need to avoid buffets. The chefs will be happy to prepare something special for your son if you don't feel confident in the safety of the buffet. Two of my kids are allergic to peanuts and tree nuts. We didn't have a single reaction at WDW. The chefs at TS always came to the table to discuss safe food options and at buffets, they walked us through the lines, pointing out all the safe foods. I know how scary and overwhelming it is when a child is first diagnosed. There's a nice support organization online that even has a Disney forum on it's message boards. It's called Kids With Food Allergies (www.kidswithfoodallergies.org). It's been an invaluable resource for recipes, research info, product recalls, and just plain coping with the day to day issues. Best wishes.

 

[momma of 2]

Do you just tell your waitress when you get there that you want to speak to the chef or how does that work?

 

[LuckyMamaInDE]

When you make your ADR, tell the cm about the allergies. Then when you check in at the restaurant, make sure that the allergies are noted on the reservation. The chef will come out and talk about the menu and/or escort you around the buffet. Don't be afraid to take notes while walking the buffet---dd13 and I both forgot all that we were told at Boma last year!

She is allergic to soy, hazelnuts and some fruits. Luckily she's passed peanut and sesame challenges in the last six months.

 

[RxforDisney]

Do you just tell your waitress when you get there that you want to speak to the chef or how does that work?

The best thing to do is to make an ADR (advanced dining reservation) for the restaurants you want to go to. When you make the ADR you should tell the person about the allergies, then they will be noted on the reservation when you get there. Our experience with this is that when the hostess seats us they mentioned it on the way to the table or as soon as we checked in, and said that they would send the chef out. If they don't mention it, just ask. Also, when you make the ADR, they will give you the phone number of the restaurant so you can call ahead and speak to the chef. Some people have reported that the chef calls them about a week ahead of time, but that did not happen to us.

If you don't make an ADR, they can accomidate you, but the choices may be more limited. Some places you can't get into (depending on the time of year you go) unless you make and ADR, so I would recommend going that route. You can make ADRs up to 180 days in advance for most restaurants.

 

[monorailsilver]

My son is allergic to dairy (the main allergy IMO for him), peanuts, tree nuts & used to be allergic to beef & eggs-well he still is by the lab work but he is able to eat it with out a reaction.

Anyways, I was nervous taking him to Disney when he was 22 months old but he did great. We ate mainly CS & I did bring breakfast for us to eat in our room (cereal, bagels, poptarts).

We are going again this summer & he is excited to eat the big turkey leg since he loves chicken legs.

My only suggestion is to bring your own shots/jimmies/sprinkles for the 'ice cream'. At Chef Mickey's the chef told me he couldn't give them to me since they may have come in contact with peanuts or made on the same line as something with peanuts. So I went up to the buffet & took them when we were at The Crystal Palace & he was fine with that.