food allergies

[Selket]

I have contacted Brenda Bennett re DS milk, egg, nut allergies and our CS and TS plans. She recommends going in the am the day we arrive at each park to tell the CS places what our son would like to eat that day in order for them to have it available. They will not prepare it until we return later in the day. Has anyone tried this method?

My son's allergies hasn't required this type of notification but I can see that it might go more smoothly if they need to have a special pizza crust or bread, etc. etc. That way it should be ready for you when you come back.

I would probably send an adult (perhaps yourself as you might be the most knowledgeable) to the restaurant and send another adult (if you have one handy) with the kids to ride something and meet up with them in a bit. Are all those CS places open first thing in the morning? I didn't know if some places serve food as soon as the park open or if they open later in the morning. I would check that to make sure you aren't hiking there for nothing, and have to go back later.

If you are there 2 hours before you plan to eat lunch and are talking to them about it - they should be able to pull it together for you. The allergies are not unusual ones - it is just more complex because there are more of them.

 

[DCDisney]

DLR is not as good with allergies. I would write Chris. Some chefs are better than others. I could nt get a list of soy free foods last time I asked.\

I had a much much better experience with multiple food allergies at DL than I do at WDW. Yes, WDW does have that nice list they email out but it changes and you still have to look through those enormous binders at the foods with 5,000 ingredients. At DL they still make lots of foods on site whereas much at WDW is pre-done off site and they had simple packets of ingredients lists at the counters. At WDW when they switched to the multi-grain stuff I went from being able to eat lots of things to now with the multigrain in almost every bread product (and I can't eat the gluten free stuff they usually try to give all allergy people) I usually end up with a burger no bun for CS. Hopefully they got rid of the sunflower seed in the multigrain since my last visit and I'll be able to eat more again. There are also lots of in between CS/TS places called buffeteria's at DL where they have kitchens and chefs and they were GREAT about working with me but it wasn't as spendy as eating all TS.

 

[DCDisney]

tell the CS places what our son would like to eat that day in order for them to have it available. They will not prepare it until we return later in the day. Has anyone tried this method?

They have specific allergy safe foods but they aren't at all locations and many of them are frozen so they take quite a bit longer to get than just regular food. If he is ok with the allergy safe foods they offer you'll be fine (like the Amy's pizza and ener-g rolls) but I haven't had any luck in getting CS places to be able to make something totally different like barbecue without sauce type stuff. At the parks they mostly don't have kitchens or other ingredients where as at resort CS locations I have no trouble at all getting something special because they do have a kitchen and other ingredients they can work with. Perhaps by going early they are able to get things cooked elsewhere brought over too though.... It's definitely worth figuring out though or be like me stuck with bunless burgers most days....

 

[09disvac]

An update on how our trip went- great. We actually got to eat like normal people on vacation. Worth every bit of planning and were very sad to come home and back to reality. We did eat at Sommerfest, although the ingredient list there was last updated in 2007and there was a significant language barrier. This was a good place to try because the menu was so limited it took very little time. Chef Mickey was wonderful with the chef coming to the table and making something special for our son. Sunshine Seasons and Flame Tree BBQ were our other dining spots and were great- the managers were knowledgable and patient with all our quizzing. Will consider the meal plan for our next trip (yes, our next trip- definately will be going back) that is how confident I am in Disney.

 

[3littleHalls]

I am sooo glad your trip went so well!! I am sorry I didn't see this sooner, or I would have added to the cheers for WDW and how they handle food allergies. I have a child allergic to milk, and another that is extremely allergic to even the tiniest bit of shellfish(even if through steam) and I can say we trust WDW like as if I were to prepare it myself. My kids love going there for the food just as much as the rides. I love it when my DD can have a dessert like the rest of us!! I can also give a big thumbs up for the cruiseline too!