I called the cruise line in advance of our trip for information about accommodating food allergies. I don’t remember who I spoke with, but I had originally called the special diet specialist at Disney World who was so helpful when we visited the parks, and asked her who her counterpart was on the DCL. The person at DCL was also very helpful and was able to give me the names of specific brands of food items that they serve, and even emailed me menus in advance so I could see what types of foods were offered on the ship.
My son was 6 when we sailed and has all of the same allergies as your DS, plus milk. We have a very strict comfort zone, and it was a huge leap of faith for us to trust the chefs to safely prepare his meals. We tend to error on the side of caution, and when ordering meals, felt that “plain and simple” preparations were less risky. We only ate at the sit-down restaurants, where our head waiter had already made arrangements for ds. Each night at dinner, our head waiter showed us the menus for the following day, and took ds’s order for the next day’s meals.
On our Disney Cruise, we ordered mostly plain foods for dinner – steak, broiled chicken, baked potato, french fries, rice, rice pasta, steamed vegetables, safe dinner rolls, fruit, jello. All of DS’s food was prepared in an allergen-free area of the kitchen, and was always delivered to the table by our head waiter.
Our head waiter was wonderful and if I asked about ingredients, he would even bring packages to the table so that I could read them myself. He asked what kind of foods DS enjoyed at home. I told him how I made chicken nuggets using olive oil and Rice Krispies crumbs, and they made some for DS for lunch. They also made him a special batch of chicken noodle soup, with rice pasta, after asking me how I make it at home.
My ds loves bacon, so he ordered a large plate of it every morning. He also ate gluten-free pancakes (because they were egg-free), and sometimes cereal (they had the little individual boxes on the ship) with rice drink or soy milk.
We were allowed to bring sealed, pre-packaged snacks aboard the ship such as fruit and jello cups, pop-tarts, beef jerky, chips, soy nut butter, fruit gummies, Enjoy Life cookies, tortilla chips, salsa, cereal, and rice drink boxes, etc., which we kept in the room for snacks, and took on shore excursions.
Sorry I couldn’t give more specific examples, but this was our first cruise experience, and we “played it safe” food-wise, sticking with simple entrees and brought familiar snacks from home.
Hope you have a wonderful trip!
Topic: Disney Cruise - Specific Foods You Ate? (Read 3085 times)
