Latex allergy

[mickeymedic]

Does anyone know if they use latex, vinyl or nitril gloves for food prep at WDW? This will be my first trip back to WDW since my latex allergy has gotten bad.

Also, are there any other unexpected sources of latex exposure that I might not currently be aware of? I'd love to survive the week with as few benadryl doses as possible (and no epi pen usage...please.)

 

[SueM in MN]

IfIOC you look in post#3 of the disABILITIES FAQs thread, there are some resources under the alphabetic listing of conditions. Unless someone replies differently to your question, those are the most up to date resources available.
You can find that thread near the top of this forum or click on the link in my signature to get there. There is information under Latex and you may also want to check the information under diets since you could use those resources for your questions about food handling.
The WDW owned restaurants would be more consistent in what they do than those that are leases facilities (in general the leased ones include many of the places in World Showcase and Downtown Disney)

 

[mrmagicmph]

Does anyone know if they use latex, vinyl or nitril gloves for food prep at WDW? This will be my first trip back to WDW since my latex allergy has gotten bad.

Also, are there any other unexpected sources of latex exposure that I might not currently be aware of? I'd love to survive the week with as few benadryl doses as possible (and no epi pen usage...please.)

Sorry, I've been off the board for almost exactly 4 months, so I didn't reply to this sooner. You can find a lot of information about latex allergies on AllEars at http://allears.net/pl/latex.htm where I wrote an article about latex allergies there. I admit, it's been 685 days since I was last at WDW (but who's counting... I am, darn it!), but it has the most current information that I have available, plus what is available that I've written on here.

The one attraction I'd be very concerned about would be Lights, Motors, Action stunt show. They have burning rubber tires from all the various stunts, plus driving through fire, so it might be unsafe for you from what you've said.

I almost forgot... depending on your cross reactivity, you might want to be very careful about eating at 'Ohana as they use A LOT of pineapple. Similarly, if you ARE reactive to pineapple (as I am), I would STRONGLY advise you NOT to get ANYTHING at Aloha Isle in Adventureland in the Magic Kingdom. Even though I had a vanilla soft ice cream there, and it came from a machine that did NOT also serve the pineapple Dole Whip, I found myself reacting. Therefore, I would recommend considering it to be avoided if you have problems with pineapple, as I do. Similarly, if you need to avoid Aloha Isle, you should consider doing the same at Captain Cook's at the Polynesian, for the same reason.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me via Private Message here. Sorry to take so long in answering!

 

[WantToGoNow]

My ds8 is allergic to latex as well. On our last trip, the Chefs at each TS restaurant came out to talk to us. Several told us that they do not use latex gloves (some use no gloves at all) but they can not guarantee that the people doing the dishes, washing the napkins, etc. do not use the gloves. My son was made special dishes by the Chefs at Liberty Tree Tavern and Coral Reef (enough food to feed 2 adults and he was only 5 at the time) and every restaurant brought out new napkins/utinsels that were never used.

We never had any problems at attractions or shows or cross contamination from other guests in regards to balloons, etc.

 

[pixie921]

One big disappointment we had on our December trip was finding out that Earl of Sandwich uses latex gloves for food prep. Of course, that was 8 months ago, so it's possible they've changed, but it's always good to check.