We went to Disney again last month. Even though it was two years ago that we last went, the story is still pretty much the same. The restaurants are very mindful of food allergies. If your only allergy is peanuts it’s super easy. There is hardly anything at all with peanuts in most of the large restaurants. Some places do serve pb&j but it was the Uncrustables so there wasn’t much chance of x-contamination.
The Nestle ice cream bars that are made specifically for Disney and are on literally every corner, in every park, are still safe to eat. Much to the elation of my kids! They had one at every park. Four ice creams in five days. Yum!
The Guest Services has a packet of papers that you can read to see what restaurants have what allergy issues. While this is a great thing to have, it is a little difficult to understand. They have all four parks listed and sometimes things are in different parks and well, it was confusing. However, we told the chefs at each place that we had a peanut allergy and they were very helpful.
The only issue we had was leaving our backpack in the stroller. I tried to keep it with me at all times but sometimes with a certain ride it wasn’t feasible. The problem with this is that it is where we kept the epi-pens. I was worried someone would steal our backpack. I finally had my husband keep an epi-pen in his jeans so that we would always have one with us. Turns out we did have something stolen from us but it wasn’t the backpack. Someone stole our newly bought ornaments from under the stroller. We decided to do one last ride and while we were in line or on the ride they stole our ornaments. It happens.
All in all, a wonderful, and practically worry-free vacation. It’s awesome!!
December 6, 2011 at 5:48 am |
Hi,
We are going to Disneyland in Feb. with our peanut allergic son and was wondering if you called any of the chef’s ahead – or is this unnecessary? Also what is a Uncrustable? Does Disney have a website that we can look at before we go. My son will turn 2 when we are there so we are new to the peanut allergy and haven’t traveled beyond the Grandparents house since we found out. So I’m a bit nervous.
Thanks
December 6, 2011 at 6:45 am |
Hi, we didn’t talk to the chef before we went. We just
asked to speak with him regarding a peanut
allergy when we got there. There are very informative. An
Uncrustable is a prepackaged pb&j. Since it’s prepackaged there
is low risk of cross-contamination.
As far as I know there is no Disney approved information online,
however they may be able to email you the packet before you travel.
One other thing, I don’t think there is a difference but this was
for Disney World in Florida, I’m not sure if it’s the same for Disney Land
in Califirnia.
We have been dealing with peanut allergy for 7 years. It does
get easier to manage. You’re just always reading labels and
making decisions that are in your comfort zone.
Take care!