CS with multiple allergies?

keltiesmom

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We are traveling this fall with a friend with multiple allergies, mainly wheat, fish/shellfish, corn, preservatives, and I think dairy. Is there any way to do CS or will we need to do all TS? He usually has plain steak and rice when he's out for a meal but a whole week of that for every meal is going to get costly and boring. Any advice? I have directed him here but I'm not sure if he's listened, I want to try and have a plan in place long before our ADRs open.
 
With CS the preservatives thing may be an issue. That may require more detail. I would contact special diets and ask them. In your case, call because their default email reply will be to send you some lists that will be fairly useless. They give out lists, but if you cross reference them, the allergy foods don't overlap so maybe everything on the dairy list has wheat or fish, etc...
The resort CS locations may do a pretty good job, but we had a difficult time with CS in the parks and it took as long as the TS to eat.

It may help to plan your TS around places that are less expensive- we found the plaza and rose and crown be a a fairly good value. Does he like other meats besides steak? My son ate a lot of plain chicken and pork.
 
I agree with contacting Special Diets. I disagree that the lists will be useless. While yes, they don't completely overlap, there are many things that are free of numerous allergens. Once you have a list of the ones that are free of everything besides the preservatives, you'll at least have a list of the brands so that you can contact the companies to find out which preservatives (if any) they use so you'll know ahead of time which products are safe.

You're going to need to get some direct answers from Special Diets to find out about things like rotisserie chicken and other fresh made foods that are not specifically for allergies since those aren't included in the allergy lists they send. It'll likely take repeated emails to get them to recognize that you're actually asking specific questions. Don't give up. Keep replying with your specific questions.

As somebody who deals with laundry lists of allergies, we typically try to do TS in the parks and then CS at our resort. At the resorts, they have a lot more ingredients to work with to be able to prepare something safe so we have a heck of a lot more CS options that way. One exception is Sunshine Seasons in Epcot where they have chefs working there preparing all sorts of wonderful fresh foods. There are some others which probably have one or two items your friend can eat as well but it'll take some research to find out which. I would recommend going over the menus to find out which places have some plain looking fresh proteins (like rotisserie chicken, salmon, ribs) and ask Special Diets about those specific items. Again, you'll have to ask multiple times before you get any kind of answer but you should be able to eventually get an answer.
 
Thank you for your replies. I will let him know, he is used to eating 1 meal a day when he's not home and snacking the rest of the day on plain potato chips or pepperoni, but I'm not sure that will cut it for a week away. We are also in Canada so the foods we know are safe here probably aren't safe there so ordering groceries is a challenge too. It looks like there is a lot of research we need to do.
 









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