Just want to say THANKS!!

[AmyB2006]

Thank you soooo much to the folks on this board that opened me up to the wonderful world of dining with allergies at Disney.

I just got back last week from my trip and I was AMAZED at how well Disney handles food allergies.

Not only were there tons of options, the chef him/herself came out to our table each meal and explained what we could and couldn't have and what could be customized for us.

It really was a blessing and I never would have known had it not been for this board. I would have just gone like every other time and tried to figure it out myself.

So THANKS! Anyone going to Disney with food allergies, this board is a huge resource, and Disney accommodates allergies very well. Don't be afraid to ask!

 

[bidnow5]

The people here are truly wonderful and freely give helpful information. And the moderators keep it safe we don't have to worry about people being nasty here. I use to frequent several other Disney boards now this one is my home

 

[mistysue]

I am so glad things went well!
If you have time, write some reviews. Let us know what you can't have, where you went and what sort of options you had.

 

[AmyB2006]

Oh goodness, where would I write that? Here or is there a separate forum?

It truly was awesome.

 

[spacecanada]

Oh goodness, where would I write that? Here or is there a separate forum?

It truly was awesome.

That is wonderful to hear! The DISboards are great at helping each other out and making everyone's trips to WDW more magical.

You can write your allergy dining reviews here. There are a few other Disney food allergy websites out there too, and I'm sure they would like the reviews as well. I would love to hear your experience as well. We are going to WDW next year and are looking for new places to eat with food allergies. Maybe some new options have come available in the past year. Let us know!

 

[kiford]

I have allergies to all seafood and spinach (and kiwi fruit but only that grown in California - not a problem that comes up too often).

The first thing that I noticed was that I booked several ADRs for dinner and noted the seafood allergies. Then a few weeks later I booked ADRs for some breakfasts. Since I knew what I was going to order (had eaten there before), I didn't note the seafood allergy. Apparently, that doesn't matter because when we got to Kouzzina for breakfast, the chef came out and talked to me. I told him that I'd already planned to order the stacked breakfast and that I'd had it before (sweet potato hash with two poached eggs, artichoke spread and olive bread). The potatoes are deep fried and he told me that they would cook them in oil that had never had any seafood cooked in it and which was regularly filtered.

When we went to Jiko's the chef again came out and talked to me. I ordered the barbarie duck breast (recommended by him - that's the other advantage of talking to the chef) that came with a side of potato with spinach. He was originally going to make it without the spinach but then came back and said that it really needed greens in it to be true to the dish so substituted arugula for me. I doubt I would have ever known the difference. Delicious (spicy, but wonderfully aromatic and flavourful).

Victoria & Albert customizes the menu for you and will take out the seafood course and substitute with something else. If the amuse bouche has seafood, they will make something completely different.

At Teppan Edo, they did an additional pre-cleaning of the grill and made my steak first because some others had ordered seafood.

We're heading back in a couple of weeks and I'll be going to the same restaurants as well as a few more (mostly ones we've been to before).

(Side note: we followed up our last visit to WDW with a B2B Disney cruise. I also didn't mention the seafood allergy on that since we'd cruised with them before and I knew that I could mention it the first night. However, the first night when I ordered the server mentioned that one of the appetizers I'd ordered had anchovies in it. I hadn't even said anything about allergies and it didn't occur to me until the next night that I hadn't but that they already knew. Either they already had it on file from previous cruises or it carried over from my WDW ADRs.

On a second side note: on our June DCL cruise, I was warned about a particular appetizer which had something, don't recall what, as an ingredient which was pre-packaged. Because they cannot guarantee that pre-packed items unless otherwise noted have not come in contact with potential allergens, they will always warn you).