mckennarose
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 22, 2015
I am just starting my first trip since realizing I have a gluten sensitivity (luckily not celiac). I have significant digestion issues and it spikes my blood pressure through the roof. I have read that Raglan Road in Disney Springs is excellent with Gluten free and they can even do fish and chips. I have seen many allergy menus listed on various sites for Disney TS. I am looking forward to having gf mickey waffles!!!! Oh and I read that Dole Whip is gluten free and that they even have gluten free churros. Don't cancel your ADR at Tusker House. I read that a chef will come out and go over the buffet with you to explain what is gluten free. In general Disney sounds like a wonderful place to be gluten free. Now if they just had a gf Mickey Pretzel !!!!!
Tusker House is great, as is Raglan Road. They do have gf fish and chips, if my favorite there is gf fish and onion rings! They were so good my gluten eating family kept trying to steal bites. Cooke’s of Dublin, the qs side of the restaurant also has the gf fish, chips and onion rings.
My other favorite restaurants are Sanaa, Spice Road Table, Biergarten and Bongos because a lot of dishes are naturally gluten free. I don’t like Erin Mckennas, as I mentioned before, and there are so many other great options. I far prefer the OMG it’s gluten free brownies you can find at several qs places over anything from EMK’s.
OP, My advice to your sister, as someone who has had to eat gf for several years, is to not focus on trying to replace gluten items with gf items (like breads, baked goods and pasta) right from the get-go because she will be disappointed in the taste and texture of a lot of products. The better approach is to look for items that are naturally gf.
When I first had to eat gf there was nowhere near the amount of info or gf products out there as there is now. Part of it is because it’s become trendy to eat gf for people that have no medical reason, which I really don’t understand. What I wouldn’t give to have ONE slice of Italian bread from our local Italian bakery!
I posted in the disabilities board about my disappointment on the upcoming F&G menus only having 7 gf items out of 48 total food items. It was the same amount as last year and I keep hoping for more. In spite of that, I’m looking forward to our upcoming trip because there are so many things I can eat in WDW.