Sharing meals Quick service - or places with separate sides? Rules?

[Felicis]

Just wondering how the whole quick service meals thing works. Can you share meals? Disney adults get kid's meals?

My DD will be just 10 when we are there, and in all honesty, a serve of fries is enough for her for a meal for the most part. A burger and fries would be way too much. She has coeliac disease, and I have checked out which (QS in particular) places have dedicated fryers, and are better at providing for her. My husband and I can both eat anything.

Is it possible for us to get standard meals for us, and a side of just fries for our DD? Is that sort of thing a possibility? Are there rules around things like that? What about veges? (as in she eats salad greens, carrots etc, can you get kid sized versions of that anywhere?) Just wanting to get our heads around how to eat at DW as we plan out our days. I mean, a typical lunch for her is a sandwich (NZ style - that isn't a burger here, it is a couple of slices of bread and filling), and a snack would be carrots and celery, that is it between breakfast (cereal) and lunch.

 

[ShellieMimi]

Yes. There are no rules about how much each person must order at QS. Most kids' meals will also come with two small sides, and you can choose packaged grapes and/or carrots, if you want to order a meal for her and save them for later.

I'm not sure what you've heard, but a typical sandwich in America is also a couple of slices of bread and filling. It isn't a burger. A burger is a burger.

 

[Beer Me]

You can order any combination of regular meal, kids meal or side dish and share them however you would like.

 

[Felicis]

Yes. There are no rules about how much each person must order at QS. Most kids' meals will also come with two small sides, and you can choose packaged grapes and/or carrots, if you want to order a meal for her and save them for later.

I'm not sure what you've heard, but a typical sandwich in America is also a couple of slices of bread and filling. It isn't a burger. A burger is a burger.

See, this is on the menu as a chicken sandwich at ABC Commissary

This is a chicken sandwich in new Zealand (with a pie in the background, classic kiwi fare):

 

[sharonabe]

You can also order any combo item with just the entree part. So if there is a sandwich that comes with fries, you can just order the sandwich.

We are all assuming you are not on any Disney dining plan. If you are, you may want to rethink that choice as your DD will not be able to eat the way the plan dictates and you will lose money.

 

[Felicis]

Is there anywhere you can just get fries?

 

[Felicis]

Oh yes, no dining plan for us

 

[sharonabe]

Is there anywhere you can just get fries?

Anywhere that sells fries will sell you just fries as well.

 

[Felicis]

Oh great! That is really good news, thanks @sharonbe. That so wasn't clear from menus I had been looking at!

 

[maxiesmom]

Felicis--there will be pictures and descriptions of most of the food at WDW so you know what you are getting before you order.

What you picture as a chicken sandwich would typically be called a chicken salad sandwich here. But read the descriptions and you will figure out what is what, no problem.

 

[Thing 1]

Many kids meals will have a side of carrots or apples too. You may be able to order just a pack of those to go with her fries. You might want to consider at least a few sit down places too. WDW is great with special diets and it might be a real treat for your chiid.

 

[ShellieMimi]

See, this is on the menu as a chicken sandwich at ABC Commissary

This is a chicken sandwich in new Zealand (with a pie in the background, classic kiwi fare):

I see the confusion!

If someone just said "sandwich" to me, I'd think of the second photo (which is much more appetizing than the first). However, it's true that at a theme park, the price & size of the food inflates to the point of ridiculousness.

 

[eeyoreandtink]

See, this is on the menu as a chicken sandwich at ABC Commissary

This is a chicken sandwich in new Zealand (with a pie in the background, classic kiwi fare):

You hit on pretty much the only thing that is the exception to the rule here. As someone else said the top photos is a chicken sandwich (chicken breast sandwich some places) and the bottom is a chicken salad sandwich. If you order a turkey sandwich, ham sandwich, roast beef sandwich, ect in the states it will almost always look like the second picture, with cold cuts replacing the chicken salad. Some places may use sub rolls instead of sliced bread, but the idea is the same. A chicken sandwich is one of the few "sandwiches" that comes on a hamburger bun.

 

[Felicis]

See, if they use rolls instead of sliced bread, then it is a chicken roll here. Not a sandwich. A sandwich is a sandwich, regardless of filling. And also McDonald's menus, call them sandwiches in the USA, the chicken burgers. Well, at McDonalds in NZ they are chicken burgers.
I wonder why chicken gets treated differently to other meat which still get called burgers in the USA?

Then again, a biscuit in New Zealand is a cookie in America - funny old differences!

 

[squirrel]

Sounds like a kid's meal is the right size for her. They have different sides at different restaurants- carrot sticks, grapes, apple slices, applesauce, etc. Fries are also a side on the kid's meals.

Most places that have fries also sell them as a side. I think some even have cheese (sauce) or chilli as a topping.

 

[TXAKDisneyFan]

Yes. There are no rules about how much each person must order at QS. Most kids' meals will also come with two small sides, and you can choose packaged grapes and/or carrots, if you want to order a meal for her and save them for later.

I'm not sure what you've heard, but a typical sandwich in America is also a couple of slices of bread and filling. It isn't a burger. A burger is a burger.

My parents are the only Americans I've ever heard use "sandwich" to mean both a regular sandwich (bread and filling) and a burger. It drives me nuts because I never know exactly what they're referring to. (Sorry, OP, hope that doesn't confused you! Like ShellieMimi said, a sandwich is usually two pieces of sliced bread with filling in between.)

Also, I'm not sure why anyone would think there are rules about what you have to order at counter service places. There aren't when you go to fast food, etc, restaurants outside WDW, so why would there be at WDW? Order what you want.

 

[bumbershoot]

And also McDonald's menus, call them sandwiches in the USA, the chicken burgers. Well, at McDonalds in NZ they are chicken burgers.

That slab of chicken would be referred to as a chicken burger in NZ?

It would have to be ground and made into a patty to be a burger here. And I'm not sure I've heard of that with chicken. Turkey, yes. But not chicken.

Ok this vegetarian can't talk about this anymore lol.

 

[danikoski]

Anyone can order the kids meals. I, as an adult, order the Mickey Waffle kids meals all the time. I especially like that they come with fruit and milk.

Also, you can split meals at both QS and most TS. My mom and I did this several times on our last trip in February.

 

[FelisLachesis]

Is there anywhere you can just get fries?

Most places that serve fries will sell just an order of it. All you have to do is ask.

If someone wants just the burger (or sandwich, or whatever we're calling it on this thread), without the fries, just say "hold the fries, please" and they'll take them off. Usually they'll take a couple of dollars off the bill as well.

And to make this burger/sandwich debate more confusing. A burger is a sandwich, but a sandwich isn't necessarily a burger You even said it yourself:

a couple of slices of bread and filling

the hamburger patty is filling... BAM, sandwich!

 

[danikoski]

And to make this burger/sandwich debate more confusing. A burger is a sandwich, but a sandwich isn't necessarily a burger

My husband calls them hamburger sandwiches. I asked if that then makes hot dogs sandwiches too