cow dairy allergy with soy sensitivity on QSDP

[DVCkidsMOM]

Oh help, please!
This may be the last trip for which we eat much at WDW. We enjoyed QSDP much better than DDP, but don't know how to handle our upcoming QSDP trip. I've got a new cow dairy allergy and can't always sub soy cheese or soy milk - once or maybe twice a week I can get away with - else I need rice/almond/coconut milk or sheep/goat dairy. (I'm so grateful that, so far anyway, I can still have non-cow dairy.)
Are there any QS locations that use or can sub goat or sheep cheese for cow cheeses or will I have to order all dairy-free and bring my own cheese?
Can I get any frozen snacks that are non-dairy, no corn-syrup, non-soy, and low-sugar? At home I have found "so delicious" coconut milk frozen dessert which lets me serve others ice-cream without getting cranky.
Ice-cream snacks are one of my family's favorites, but I want to just cry watching them eat it when I can't then I want to cry when I consider asking them to not eat it in front of me! (I'm in the ticked off phase of "accepting" this new restriction and the family doesn't yet know how to be supportive. They're great and will get there but until they do, I'd like some QS food tools so I don't feel deprived AND I don't ask them to deprive themselves. Perimenopause is NOT working well for me none of us can wait until it's over! And can I order a normal thyroid while I'm dreaming, too? )
TIA for any information or encouragement

 

[livndisney]

Oh help, please!
This may be the last trip for which we eat much at WDW. We enjoyed QSDP much better than DDP, but don't know how to handle our upcoming QSDP trip. I've got a new cow dairy allergy and can't always sub soy cheese or soy milk - once or maybe twice a week I can get away with - else I need rice/almond/coconut milk or sheep/goat dairy. (I'm so grateful that, so far anyway, I can still have non-cow dairy.)
Are there any QS locations that use or can sub goat or sheep cheese for cow cheeses or will I have to order all dairy-free and bring my own cheese?
Can I get any frozen snacks that are non-dairy, no corn-syrup, non-soy, and low-sugar? At home I have found "so delicious" coconut milk frozen dessert which lets me serve others ice-cream without getting cranky.
Ice-cream snacks are one of my family's favorites, but I want to just cry watching them eat it when I can't then I want to cry when I consider asking them to not eat it in front of me! (I'm in the ticked off phase of "accepting" this new restriction and the family doesn't yet know how to be supportive. They're great and will get there but until they do, I'd like some QS food tools so I don't feel deprived AND I don't ask them to deprive themselves. Perimenopause is NOT working well for me none of us can wait until it's over! And can I order a normal thyroid while I'm dreaming, too? )
TIA for any information or encouragement

As far as cheese at WDW, from what we have been told they have regular cheese and "dairy free" cheese which is soy based. In our experience dairy free chese is found at a few pizza places (Pizza Planet). A "dairy free hamburger is a hamburger with no cheese as WDW doesn't have a dairy free,soy free cheese.

For ice cream-WDW DOES serve Rice Dream (both milk and ice cream).

We have yet to find coconut milk or goat/sheep cheese/milk.

 

[clanmcculloch]

I don't believe that Rice Dream frozen dessert is low sugar unfortunately (24 net grams of carbs per half cup so not rediculously bad but not low). No corn syrup at least. I've never found any Turtle Mountain products at WDW though boy would it be nice; we use the coconut ice cream at home as well since DD11 can't handle Silk brand for some reason that we haven't yet identified (it's not soy; she can handle Tofutti just fine).

You can get rice milk (Pacific brand) at many places.

For frozen treats, you also have the option of Itzkadoozies (no corn syrup, 19g of carbs per popsicle), frozen Nestle pineapple Delicias bars and frozen Edys strawberry bars to see if they'd fit your requirements so at least you could have something frozen that's also quick and easy.

 

[DVCkidsMOM]

Thanks guys. I don't know what I'd do without the DIS!

 

[staceyhzoo]

I feel your pain, until last trip dd was anaphlactic to dairy and corn. We also had to avoid all nuts/tree nuts and coconut, green beans, nitrates, sulfates, you get the point. I have a list on my desktop (I can get to it tomorrow) I can send you if you PM your address on most of the ingrediants, it's a year old so you will need to confirm with DW.

I will say dd has had 2 reactions to the fries at AK. The reactions were typical dairy reactions so I am not convinced they are dairy free.

When we did QS we would find the best place for dd to eat and go ahead and tell them her allergies and we would go back in a hour or so and they had her lunch ready. She also ate a lot of salads and fruit (at her request). I remember off the top of my head all the chicken nuggets have whey and corn in them. I'm not sure how severe your kiddo's allergies are.

In HS the easiest place for her to eat QS was on the left right before ToT. They made sure her bread was dairy/corn free.

Since your lo needs non dairy, non soy milk I would either send a package to the hotel or have some delivered. I don't think I saw any there last Oct. If you are in a Value they will give you a fridge since it's a medical need. We started bringing our own travel fridge last year since we drive and dd's milk was impossible to find on the way down.

Please let me know if I can help, it's so hard to be a FA parent. I am probably over the top on food, but we've only had 1 epi pen episode in almost 6 yrs.

Almost forgot, check out Divves, they have some great treats, I don't remember their corn content, we lost corn at 2 so it's been a while since I've gotten any. You can check out their website and find out what is safe. They have great customer service and I've spoken to the owner a couple times.

 

[sherabby]

I feel your pain, until last trip dd was anaphlactic to dairy and corn. We also had to avoid all nuts/tree nuts and coconut, green beans, nitrates, sulfates, you get the point. I have a list on my desktop (I can get to it tomorrow) I can send you if you PM your address on most of the ingrediants, it's a year old so you will need to confirm with DW.

I will say dd has had 2 reactions to the fries at AK. The reactions were typical dairy reactions so I am not convinced they are dairy free.

When we did QS we would find the best place for dd to eat and go ahead and tell them her allergies and we would go back in a hour or so and they had her lunch ready. She also ate a lot of salads and fruit (at her request). I remember off the top of my head all the chicken nuggets have whey and corn in them. I'm not sure how severe your kiddo's allergies are.

In HS the easiest place for her to eat QS was on the left right before ToT. They made sure her bread was dairy/corn free.

Since your lo needs non dairy, non soy milk I would either send a package to the hotel or have some delivered. I don't think I saw any there last Oct. If you are in a Value they will give you a fridge since it's a medical need. We started bringing our own travel fridge last year since we drive and dd's milk was impossible to find on the way down.

Please let me know if I can help, it's so hard to be a FA parent. I am probably over the top on food, but we've only had 1 epi pen episode in almost 6 yrs.

Almost forgot, check out Divves, they have some great treats, I don't remember their corn content, we lost corn at 2 so it's been a while since I've gotten any. You can check out their website and find out what is safe. They have great customer service and I've spoken to the owner a couple times.

We were told at every location that served chicken nuggets that they are cooked in the same oil as the fries. The nuggets contain dairy. My son's dairy allergy isn't severe and he was fine with the fries...now if they would fry fish in that oil he could not have the fries. he reacts severely to fish...smell and touch as well.

 

[Owl's Friend]

You can get allergy free chicken strips (or nuggets? can't recall which) at some restaurants. Email the lady in charge of food allergy info. She sent me a list of places that carry them.

 

[sherabby]

You can get allergy free chicken strips (or nuggets? can't recall which) at some restaurants. Email the lady in charge of food allergy info. She sent me a list of places that carry them.

Correct. My son had them all week but they will still be cooked in the same oil so a chance of cross contamination. They are gluten free, egg and dairy free.

 

[Strawberry's mom&dad]

I have been dairy free for 2 years. Cheese was the hardest food to give up. I used the Fake cheeses but did not enjoy the taste. Took me about two months to get over the fact I could not eat any cheese, ice cream etc...
Now:
DH eats a dole whip I enjoy pineapple spear
DH eats ice cream I enjoy fruit

I had to change my attitude about how I look/feel think about food.
On the plus side I lost 20 lbs by getting dairy out of my diet.

We were at WDW this past June and did not have too much problems find food to eat.

 

[sherabby]

The parlor at MK has tofutti and rice dream. My son likes rice dream over the tofutti. The bakery also carries the Divvies and they have a gluten free, dairy and peanut free brownie, Divvies also makes safe caramel corn. We brought home two bags and some of the Divvies chocolate chip cookies too!
They have a website where you can order from home:

http://www.divvies.com/

 

[TinkStitch]

If lactose is the problem (which I'm guessing its the dairy proteins that are the problem) dole whips are lactose free. I've seen the boxes the mix comes in & it says in bold letters on the box "lactose free." I was so happy when I saw that cuz that meant I could have it without worrying.

The comment about dairy free cheese at Pizza Planet- do you just have to ask for it when you order? I've been lactose intolerant for 14 years & worked at Disney for 2 years and I'm still figuring out all their food allergy things.

 

[livndisney]

The comment about dairy free cheese at Pizza Planet- do you just have to ask for it when you order? I've been lactose intolerant for 14 years & worked at Disney for 2 years and I'm still figuring out all their food allergy things.

Yes. But as soon as you ask for it you will be directed to a Manager to place your order.

 

[clanmcculloch]

Correct. My son had them all week but they will still be cooked in the same oil so a chance of cross contamination. They are gluten free, egg and dairy free.

Ours have never been cooked in the same oil. Some places have dedicated fryers for the allergy foods and some places have to oven cook them to ensure no cross contamination, but they don't cook them in the same fryer as everything else. Every manager/chef I've spoken with has told us when we're ordering how they'll be cooking them. If the info doesn't get volunteered as part of the conversation then I ask. That being said, I've never ordered them at a CS location in AK; we like lunch or late breakfast at Tusker House when we're at AK and we're always out of the park well before dinner.

I have been dairy free for 2 years. Cheese was the hardest food to give up. I used the Fake cheeses but did not enjoy the taste. Took me about two months to get over the fact I could not eat any cheese, ice cream etc...
Now:
DH eats a dole whip I enjoy pineapple spear
DH eats ice cream I enjoy fruit

I had to change my attitude about how I look/feel think about food.
On the plus side I lost 20 lbs by getting dairy out of my diet.

We were at WDW this past June and did not have too much problems find food to eat.

Totally OT but here's a few suggestions to try at home.
Cheese: Tofutti American Slices or Follow Your Heart for other types of cheeses. My 11 year old gobbles up half a block of the FYH every time I shred a block for any reason. She even did this before we figured out that we had to take her off milk.
Ice Cream: Tofutti and So Delicious are wonderful. So Delicious even makes a coconut milk line that's soy free and delicious.

At WDW, you can get chocolate or vanilla Tofutti ice cream at lots of different places.