National Lampoon's February Quest For Fun!!~ LIVE UPDATE 2/9 post 852

[Blueyed Girl]

Must have had food on the brain

I had steak for supper!

 

[jordanyosh]

I think I'm going out to dinner in a few.....

 

[Blueyed Girl]

I think I'm going out to dinner in a few.....

NICE!!

 

[englishrose47]

Morning Blue!!!!!

Hey That's my line

 

[yinyanggirls]

Subbing now... Love the first post. My sis and I have TONS of Griswold vacation-type stories as well. We once had to talk my dad out of the World's Largest Mud Pit. I'm not kidding. Looking forward to reading more...

 

[Blueyed Girl]

Hey That's my line

Good Morning Jordan!!

Good Morning Rosie!!

Subbing now... Love the first post. My sis and I have TONS of Griswold vacation-type stories as well. We once had to talk my dad out of the World's Largest Mud Pit. I'm not kidding. Looking forward to reading more...

Thanks for coming over!
Too funny about the mud pit! Where would that be? I want to make sure to detour from that if we ever take a trip with my dad again.

 

[glennbo123]

I'm getting caught up and sorry to drag you back to early posts, but....

This summer it was found that DS has a severe peanut allergy. He is also allergic to green sweet pea's. The sweet pea's I have always suspected because he broke out in hives the first time I gave them to him when he started eating solid foods.

My oldest daughter is also allergic to peas. We had never heard of anyone with this allergy. Sometimes when she tells people, they're like, "oh, lucky you", but she likes (or should I say, liked) them, so, no, she doesn't feel lucky. Kind of like your story, when she'd eat them as a toddler she'd say that they made her mouth tingle, so we didn't let her eat them anymore. Then later she had some other wheezing/allergy issues and got tested and yup, she's allergic.

I have an older sister who's severely allergic to nuts. Although she's been getting treatments for years it seems to have gotten worse. She's been hospitalized twice in the last year or so due to accidentally eating peanut butter in foods she didn't suspect (once from frosting on a cake and another time from cheesecake). She had to have the epi-pen administered and the whole deal.

We dragged her down to Boma when we were all staying at AKL back in 2001 and discovered this wonderful restaurant. We only recently learned that she had never been so scared in a restaurant before. She had no idea where nuts could be hiding in their dishes. We weren't used to thinking about it, so it never crossed our minds.

I have looked on the Disney web site and I am delighted to say that I discovered that they do address this issue. They have a phone number and an email address that you can contact if you are going to WDW with food allergies!! ( 407-824-5967 or specialdiets@disneyworld.com ) I sent an email and recieved one back the same day! I was given 4 documents for download. 3 of them listed places where we could get snacks and counter service without peanuts. It still stresses on all of these documents that you should speak to a supervisor before ordering or ask to speak to the chef at the sit down restaurants. The other document was a form for me to fill out with all of our dining reservations and information on where we are staying and our dates. I filled it all out and emailed it back to them. THE SAME DAY I got a response again. They said that our information is being sent out to all of the restaurants on our list. They will know when we are coming and should be prepared for us. HOW AWESOME IS THAT??? Even if this does not work to a "science", I am still greatful for what they've done to help me so far. Yes, I will still ask everywhere we go and still read snack labels, etc. But these lists at least point us in a good direction so we are not left wondering around trying to find him a suitable snack, for example.

Thanks for this info.! Same sister mentioned above is going to WDW over spring break in a few months. I just forwarded the number and e-mail address you posted for her to contact them.

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Originally Posted by Blueyed Girl
This summer it was found that DS has a severe peanut allergy.

Musty have missed this before - in case you haven't already, be sure to call special needs reservations with your reservation number in hand and let them know your child has a severe peanut allergy and ask to have the room allergy cleaned. They will do an extensive cleaning to be sure it is safe for him. 407-939-7807 # 1. Most of the CM's there are wonderful, but every once in awhile you'll get one that is not as helpful. At any rate, they will block a room for you have it will be cleaned for peanut allergy.

Hope this helps!

 

[englishrose47]

Morning Blue !!

Jordan I'm First !

 

[Blueyed Girl]

I'm getting caught up and sorry to drag you back to early posts, but....



My oldest daughter is also allergic to peas. We had never heard of anyone with this allergy. Sometimes when she tells people, they're like, "oh, lucky you", but she likes (or should I say, liked) them, so, no, she doesn't feel lucky. Kind of like your story, when she'd eat them as a toddler she'd say that they made her mouth tingle, so we didn't let her eat them anymore. Then later she had some other wheezing/allergy issues and got tested and yup, she's allergic.

I have an older sister who's severely allergic to nuts. Although she's been getting treatments for years it seems to have gotten worse. She's been hospitalized twice in the last year or so due to accidentally eating peanut butter in foods she didn't suspect (once from frosting on a cake and another time from cheesecake). She had to have the epi-pen administered and the whole deal.

We dragged her down to Boma when we were all staying at AKL back in 2001 and discovered this wonderful restaurant. We only recently learned that she had never been so scared in a restaurant before. She had no idea where nuts could be hiding in their dishes. We weren't used to thinking about it, so it never crossed our minds.




Thanks for this info.! Same sister mentioned above is going to WDW over spring break in a few months. I just forwarded the number and e-mail address you posted for her to contact them.

Oh wow! That must have been scary! My big fear is that something like that happens with his food when we are out of town or out of state and away from his doctors here.

Glad I could help with that info! I was so excited when I found it out that I knew I had to share. I think this whole food allergy thing is a learning process for everyone. You just never know what is going to have that certain thing in there.

Musty have missed this before - in case you haven't already, be sure to call special needs reservations with your reservation number in hand and let them know your child has a severe peanut allergy and ask to have the room allergy cleaned. They will do an extensive cleaning to be sure it is safe for him. 407-939-7807 # 1. Most of the CM's there are wonderful, but every once in awhile you'll get one that is not as helpful. At any rate, they will block a room for you have it will be cleaned for peanut allergy.

Hope this helps!

Oh nice!! Thanks for that info. So far DS has not shown signs of being that sensitive of it but you never know. The allergist told us that it could get worse or it could stay the same. She also said the more he is accidentally exposed and has a reaction, the more sensitive he can become to it all.

Morning Blue !!

Jordan I'm First !

Good morning Rosie!

 

[englishrose47]

And again Good Morning Blue !!!!

 

[yinyanggirls]

He went from car to car to speak with the kids and give them a special gift.....but only after you answer one question......
"DO YOU BELIEVE???"

How fun!!! We looked at houses for sale in Palestine once. We chickened out once we saw how SMALL town it was! I didn't know they did a Polar Express trip either. What a fun adventure! There is one in Northern AZ, that usually has snow to boot!, that we plan to do one of these years. We keep forgetting until they are already sold out.

 

[yinyanggirls]

I love this pic! My 4 yo DD is obsessed with PBS' Dinosaur Train. It cracks me up how she knows all these names and parts and facts about them. I just nod and smile.

I'm so glad, yet not surprised, that Disney is so proactive about the allergies.

 

[englishrose47]

Good Moring Blue !

 

[Blueyed Girl]

How fun!!! We looked at houses for sale in Palestine once. We chickened out once we saw how SMALL town it was! I didn't know they did a Polar Express trip either. What a fun adventure! There is one in Northern AZ, that usually has snow to boot!, that we plan to do one of these years. We keep forgetting until they are already sold out.

Oh yes, Palestine is VERY small!!! That's great that you have one close. You should do it, it is so fun!

I love this pic! My 4 yo DD is obsessed with PBS' Dinosaur Train. It cracks me up how she knows all these names and parts and facts about them. I just nod and smile.

I'm so glad, yet not surprised, that Disney is so proactive about the allergies.

That is one of my favorite pic's too. He's such a character!! He is obsessed with dinosaurs too and says he wants to be a paleontologist when he grows up. Not sure what brought all this on but he started this obsession around age 2. He has so many dinosaur "things" under the Christmas tree right now it is unreal!

I agree about Disney and the allergies. I was super glad to find it out but I wasn't really surprised. They seem to want to take care of their visitors.

Good Moring Blue !

Good morrow, Rosie!

 

[Blueyed Girl]

I've been so caught up in getting all the shopping done that I haven't had time to update my own PTR!! Hopefully I will have time to do that tonight. Until then, here are some pictures from our past trips......


Feb. 2007 (DS's first trip)

 

[jordanyosh]

DS looks so young in the pix!

 

[Trentmom]

Aww..look how little he was

 

[englishrose47]

Ya'll so cute Blue !!!!!

 

[Sooze]

Thanks for reminding us how AWFUL the Epcot signage was on Spaceship Earth. GAH!!!!

We are all so busy this time of year! We'll still be here waiting for ya!