Is the Lighthouse Sandwich gone from CHH?

[porschegrl]

I was perusing menu updates on allears, and I noticed their most recent CHH menu seemed to be missing the Lighthouse (I think that's what it is called.... the hummus sandwich). So I checked the WDW site, and unless I missed it, it's not listed there, either.

 

[Disneylover99]

I'm not seeing it either. I'm sad if it's true. It's my favourite entree to order.

 

[Jaimie1911]

Oh no! I hope not, it's my favorite quick service meal.

 

[Planogirl]

Heading to the menus....

... Anchors Aweigh is still there. Whew! Why in the world would they take away the other sandwich though? It always seemed popular.

 

[SoShiny]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! And now I am sad.

 

[JerseyJanice]

They better not take away Anchors Aweigh!

 

[Lzylitnin]

I just had the Lighthouse, last Saturday. It's always been a favorite of mine. Hope it's still there!

 

[Miffy]

Sorry to hear this! And I just checked the official menu--the Lighthouse Sandwich is indeed gone. It's getting to be nearly impossible to find a vegan meal at MK--the Lighthouse minus the slaw was one of my go-to meals. I don't like chili, which is, other than steamed vegetables (which don't really constitute a meal, per se), the only vegan item left. Very very very disappointed. Especially since the vegan burger option at Cosmic Ray's is also gone. I'm going to have to start bringing my own food to MK.

 

[porschegrl]

It's getting to be nearly impossible to find a vegan meal at MK--the Lighthouse minus the slaw was one of my go-to meals.

IKWYM. I don't understand all the recent menu changes that have eliminated multiple veg*n options throughout WDW. They must have their reasons, but I thought this sandwich was popular enough to have staying power. Guess not.

 

[Miffy]

IKWYM. I don't understand all the recent menu changes that have eliminated multiple veg*n options throughout WDW. They must have their reasons, but I thought this sandwich was popular enough to have staying power. Guess not.

I've written to WDW about this a few times, but I think they basically don't care. Perhaps vegans don't represent enough of a market to WDW? As I've tried pleading to them--vegetarians will eat a vegan meal, but the reverse isn't true. Too bad DAK isn't next door to MK--then I could just go to Tusker House for lunch every day!

 

[holden]

DH ate one for lunch in June. Sad if it's gone.

 

[Miffy]

I wrote to them again. Will post with their reply when I get it.

 

[Sparkly]

Somebody had a load of carrots to eat and they took a fancy to CHH's supply of hummus?

 

[DWillowBay]

Wait! What??? The healthy stuff is starting to disappear??? Everyone....just stop it! I loved that sandwich... and I don't EVER eat sandwiches! ...Looks like that will be even more true now.

 

[NicoleLarson]

I don't understand what is happening but yes, the vegan/vegetarian options are all being removed. I eat some chicken but I don't like the texture of meat, so I love being able to come to Disney and getting excellent vegetarian items. This is now the 5th or 6th item that I used to eat, booo. Maybe dealing with all of the GF people and food allergies, it was just too much to keep up with.

 

[Miffy]

I don't understand what is happening but yes, the vegan/vegetarian options are all being removed. I eat some chicken but I don't like the texture of meat, so I love being able to come to Disney and getting excellent vegetarian items. This is now the 5th or 6th item that I used to eat, booo. Maybe dealing with all of the GF people and food allergies, it was just too much to keep up with.

I don't really see how it was too much to deal with, but, yes, WDW seems to have let vegetarians and vegans go by the wayside in favor of their allergy menus. They have no "vegetarian" or "vegan" specific choices. Very very disappointing to me, especially since now I'm going to have to hyper-plan all my WDW trips. I know that some people like this, but I don't even like FP+. I'm more of an on-the-fly person, but without available vegan quick service, I'm going to have to make ADRs on top of the FP+s.

I do promise to post when they write back to me, although I'm expecting a very pleasant boilerplate response.

 

[Miffy]

Disney Dining wrote back to me:

Thank you for contacting the Special Diets Team at the Walt Disney World
Resort.

From time to time, we make adjustments to our Food and Beverage
offerings for a variety of reasons, including change of suppliers,
product availability, and Guest feedback. Our goal is to provide our
Guests with items that meet our high quality standards while
accommodating as many requests as possible.

Much like Walt Disney once stated, "Disneyland will never be completed,"
the Walt Disney World Resort will never be completed as we are always
coming up with improvements based on feedback from dedicated fans - just
like you - who have a passion for the Disney brand. Please know that we
have shared your feedback with appropriate Leadership. Our Guests'
feedback, as well as their continued enthusiasm for our products and
services, is very important to us.

Please know, all of the restaurants at the Walt Disney World Resort
offer at least one vegetarian option and most can be modified to be
vegan. Please speak to your server or a Special Diets trained Food &
Beverage Cast Member upon arrival at each location. They will be happy
to assist with your selection and provide product labels and ingredients
for menu items.

As always, our Special Diets Team is committed to providing you with
personalized service. If you are planning on visiting within the next
few weeks, please contact us during our business hours of 9:00 a.m. ET
to 5:00 p.m. ET, seven days a week, at 407-824-5967 so that we may
discuss your options.

 

[Gentry2004]

That is so sad!! I am a carnivore for sure and I always ordered the Lighthouse! And when I was in line I always heard lots of other people ordering it too!

 

[AnnaKat]

That sandwich was highly recommended ,
AND very popular!
ALSO, since it did NOT contain meat,
Disney made MORE profit on that sandwich than their seafood & chicken offerings,
SO it has to be another reason.

TO me it seems like they don't want to offer entrees for vegan or vegetarian!
Like they can't get hummus anyMORE?!

TO merely say that they offer ONE vegetarian (that can be made vegan) selection @ each restaurant is a poor excuse!

Could you see them getting rid of hamburgers everywhere,
saying " we offer ONE meat entree @ each restaurant, and where achicken sandwich is offered, a hamburger NEED NOT be. "

 

[Miffy]

AnnaKat: I wrote back to them and basically begged them to at least have a vegan veggie burger available at a couple of QS locations in each park (and a vegan bun--since sometimes there's a food that a vegan could eat, only there's not a piece of bread to put it on!). I got a similar boilerplate response, but at least I registered my thoughts. It's weird to me that it was actually easier to get a vegan meal almost anywhere in WDW 10 years ago than it is now. Boo hoo hoo!