Re: Travel Ideas for Food

[Guest guest]

Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and the Disney cruise lines are all very well set up to handle gluten-free food. There have been corporate decisions made by the executive chefs to ensure that everyone's dietary needs are well met. You will love it.

All the disney hotel restaurants and the nicer table service restaurants in the parks have gluten-free options, including GF pizza, burgers, hot dogs, pancakes, and waffles. The chef will come out and explain everything personally - just say you need to speak with the chef when you arrive, and call Disney Dining to make reservations & let them know you have the gluten-free dietary restriction. If it's buffet, ask that a special plate be prepared in the kitchen to avoid cross contamination (they will probably offer this anyway). For character breakfasts, I think the hotel restaurants (Lilo & Stitch's, Goofy's Kitchen, and Storyteller's Cafe) do better than the options in the park.

For tray service, you can get GF hot dogs & hamburgers at Tomorrowland Terrace, GF pizza and pasta at Redd Rocket's Pizza Port, and Zocalo in Adventureland has a mostly GF menu. In California Adventure, Pizza Om Mow Mow has GF pizza too. Speak with the manager or head chef to make sure things are handled well.

There's tons more than this. When you enter Disneyland, go to the City Hall on the left, next to the fire station. Go in there and ask for a gluten-free info sheet, and they will give you a printout of everything gluten-free at the park. It is very detailed.

Have fun!!-Joe On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Cara <cara@...> wrote:

 

 Hi Everyone -  We are wondering if you all have some ideas for

travel and feeding our Celiac daughter safely.   We are considering S. CA with

Universal Studios and/or Disney Land.   I am wondering if it would be realistic

to bring along a box of cereal and soy milk for breakfast, sandwich stuff for

lunch and pasta already made for dinner and supplement with fruits/veggies and

sushi (which she loves).  I was thinking if we stayed at a club level we could

heat our own food for breakfast and dinner and then pack a backpack for lunch? 

Then again,,,,,,if something opens up on the plane ride…..ideas?

 

C

-- Joe http://sanbeiji.com/

[Guest guest]

We also loved Taste Pilots in the California park – great hamburgers

and fries and I think the ribs are GF also. Talk with the chef before you

order. They are always very helpful.

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Joe

Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009

9:14 AM

Subject: Re: [ ]

Travel Ideas for Food

Disneyland, Walt Disney

World, and the Disney cruise lines are all very well set up to handle

gluten-free food. There have been corporate decisions made by the executive

chefs to ensure that everyone's dietary needs are well met. You will love it.

All the disney hotel restaurants and the nicer table service

restaurants in the parks have gluten-free options, including GF pizza, burgers,

hot dogs, pancakes, and waffles. The chef will come out and explain everything

personally - just say you need to speak with the chef when you arrive, and call

Disney Dining to make reservations & let them know you have the gluten-free

dietary restriction. If it's buffet, ask that a special plate be prepared in

the kitchen to avoid cross contamination (they will probably offer this

anyway). For character breakfasts, I think the hotel restaurants (Lilo &

Stitch's, Goofy's Kitchen, and Storyteller's Cafe) do better than the options

in the park.

For tray service, you can get GF hot dogs & hamburgers at

Tomorrowland Terrace, GF pizza and pasta at Redd Rocket's Pizza Port, and

Zocalo in Adventureland has a mostly GF menu. In California Adventure, Pizza Om

Mow Mow has GF pizza too. Speak with the manager or head chef to make sure

things are handled well.

There's tons more than this. When you enter Disneyland,

go to the City Hall on the left, next to the fire station. Go in there and ask

for a gluten-free info sheet, and they will give you a printout of everything

gluten-free at the park. It is very detailed.

Have fun!!

-Joe

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Cara <caradeurioste> wrote:

Hi Everyone - We are wondering if

you all have some ideas for travel and feeding our Celiac daughter

safely. We are considering S. CA with Universal Studios and/or Disney Land.

I am wondering if it would be realistic to bring along a box of cereal and soy

milk for breakfast, sandwich stuff for lunch and pasta already made for dinner

and supplement with fruits/veggies and sushi (which she loves). I was

thinking if we stayed at a club level we could heat our own food for breakfast

and dinner and then pack a backpack for lunch? Then again,,,,,,if

something opens up on the plane ride…..ideas?

C

--

Joe

http://sanbeiji.com/

[Guest guest]

Thanks Pam. Would love your list. Sent from my iPhoneOn Dec 8, 2009, at 3:29 PM, "Pam Newbury" <pknewbury@...> wrote:

If you got to the City Hall in Disneyland they will give you a

list of what is gluten-free in the two parks. As others have said, there

are many options for eating in the parks. Generally, as long as you

contact the restaurant and let them know you need a gluten-free meal when you

make the reservation, you will do OK. For the fast-food places (pizza and

burgers) you don’t need reservations or special notice. But do plan

on longer waits for the food. It helps to go during off hours.

Another tip is to send someone ahead with the family’s order so that not

everyone has to be hanging around waiting for the food.

That said, when we were there last summer, Merrick got

glutened. Since he was the only one (of the three celiacs) who got

glutened, I suspect it was something he ate at one of the sit-down restaurants (everywhere

else we mostly at the same thing). I strongly suspect it was at the Blue

Bayou, since we had the most trouble there and the chef was not very friendly

or knowledgeable about gluten, and the timing was right for the reaction. It

must have been a substantial amount of gluten too, judging by the strength of

the reaction. This was not a fun thing to have happen half way through a

week-long vacation. He was sick and miserable for the rest of the trip.

If we go to Disneyland again, I will probably try to bring all of our food

rather than risk ruining an expensive vacation.

If you decide to bring your own food, contact the park ahead of

time and ask about bringing food into the park. Crackers and cheese and

lunchmeat cut up make a good lunch that is easy to prepare, store, and

transport. Amy’s frozen foods are also a good bet if you have

access to a freezer and microwave (they have breakfast foods too). Consider

taking a taxi to a nearby health food store and purchasing things there.

Food bars of various kinds are another easy travel option (try several ahead of

time so you know what she likes). Jerky, nuts, granola (GF), and cookies

also travel well.

We went to Universal Studios once years ago, and I remember

having a hard time finding food. Also, we didn’t like it much as it

was mostly thrill rides or scary rides. I would pick Disneyland for both

food and fun.

I have a long list of info and reviews of GF dining at

Disneyland that I compiled for our trip last summer. Let me know if you

want it (off list).

Pam