Originally Posted By Figment3258 Do anyone have any experiences with gluten free eating at wdw? I heard a lot of good from the sit downs but what about the food courts and quick stop eats? Thanks a lot
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh It's tough. Disneyland is definitely much better. I remember that Pizzafari in AK and the snack shop at Blizzard Beach had Amy's gluten free pizza available, but it took a lot longer and was more expensive. I'm not sure how careful the chefs are at WDW, especially at the fast food and counter places. My wife and kids are only gluten intolerant, so they only get headaches and stomach aches if they eat too much gluten, and don't become violently ill if they have just a little. We tended to avoid the burger places, or just ate french fries at them. At Epcot we ate chinese at the Land food court, although I'm not sure if the soy sauce there has gluten - most do, but not all. At MK we ate at the Tomorrowland place, and my wife and daughter had salads. I think we just let my boy eat chicken nuggets. I'm pretty sure none of the places we asked had gluten free buns, like they do in Disneyland.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Who is really allergic to gluten and how did you find out? Are your kids also ADHD or autistic or anything of the like? I am not at all trying to be rude, it just seems I always hear those two or three things mentioned together. Just curious.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh It took a long time for my wife to find out. Several years ago, we tried the Adkins diet. We lost some weight, then went off it. From time to time, we would go on it again. My wife noticed that she felt better on it than off. Then a little over a year ago, her headaches and stomach problems got worse, so she consulted our family doctor. He suspected irritated bowel syndrome, but gave her a sprue test as well, which came out high. She went on a gluten-free diet, and felt much better, so we had the kids tested, and their sprue counts were high also. But her stomach biopsy came back negative. My kids don't have ADHD or autism, and I've never heard of the two being linked.
