getting sick from the food

[loveofamouse]

I wouldn't call it "food poisoning" as it didn't 100% fit the behavior of FP, but, one trip, we all got hot dogs in Fantasyland. For the rest of the day, only the MALES in our party were sick, including my, then, 2yr old son. My husband was puking in bushes. My dad and brother were running in and out of the toilets. My mother and I were laughing for the rest of the day.

 

[horizons82]

I've never really been sick from food in the parks (or hotels). I do think the signature restaurants have a much higher quality of food than what is mostly available (but with a much higher price tag to match of course).

With that said, while I've never been actually sick, I do get a very heavy feeling from the park food at the counter/quick service restaurants.

At first I thought it was because the portions are large, but even when eating a smaller portion than what is served I still feel very heavy and lethargic afterward. I don't know if it's a matter of the oil/grease used or something else, but after a QS park meal I really just feel like lying down and taking a nap. Maybe this is how they are going to keep the people standing in lines shorter

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I have only been sick once with Disney food......and that was only because I ate too much of it.

We have a phrase for this on our house it is called Biergarten-full!

 

[Kevo]

As with any temporary change in diet or environment, stomach upsets can arise quite quickly, but rarely caused by tainted or poisoned food.
Th likelihood of illness is quite possibly more likely to be through heat exhaustion, dehydration or mild sun stroke, all of which can deliver sone fairly colorful and unpleasant symptoms lol
The beauty of Disney Food, is that it is either made to order or quick service food that is 'turned' at an incredible rate. Much reducing the risks.
Also on vacation, our digestive systems really do take a pounding, as our diets switch from regular timings and foodstuffs, over to much higher carbs, fats, sugars and sometimes even alcohol.

Sure, the parks may have a norovirus outbreak just like anywhere else, but I would chance my family's food health in the parks as better than the high street.

 

[horizons82]

I can definitely relate to the Biergarten-full effect!

During one trip to Epcot we had ressies at both Biergarten (lunch) and a dinner ressie at Le Cellier and this was a HUGE mistake!

I had no idea the food at Biergarten would be that good with it being a buffet, and I ended up eating much, much more than I expected to! (Although I confess my least favorite item was the schnitzel, which seemed odd for a German-themed restaurant).

Even though our dinner at Le Cellier was about five hours later I was still so full from the Biergarten lunch that I never made it past the soup (and I had to force myself to eat that)!

I was so disappointed because I had been waiting and waiting and waiting to eat at Le Cellier for so long and this was my first time doing so. In the end I embarrassingly had to get a 'doggie bag' for the entire filet mignon and risotto because I couldn't even look at food at dinner. (This was the best-tasting and most expensive doggie-bag I've ever had)!

I did eventually get to go back to Le Cellier for a meal later on, and I made sure NOT to eat at Biergarten on the same day!

 

[ratherbeinwdw]

For those who, for some reason, don't want to believe people get food poisoning at Disney, it's common. When my daughter got it at Flame Tree, she was so sick we had to take her to an emergency center. They told us it was very common to have Disney quests come in with fp. They had already had several that week. If someone has actual fp, they will know it. They will have fairly intense stomach pain along with the typical virus symptoms.
We were able to pinpoint Flame Tree, as we were both watching our calories, so we shared all our meals except for Flame Tree as she got meat and I wasn't eating meat. And, to top it off, I told her it didn't smell right, but she and her father said that it always smelled like that, and she ate it anyway. We had been there for seven days and had eaten every meal in the parks and our resort.
Some of the time, people simply catch a 24 hour virus while there and think it's fp, but there are a lot who actually get fp from the food. My daughter was sick for several days. They were able to stop the vomiting and stomach pain, but the weakness latest many days. Luckily, she got sick two days before we were to come home.
We had already had a great trip.

 

[lazyboy97o]

For those who, for some reason, don't want to believe people get food poisoning at Disney, it's common. When my daughter got it at Flame Tree, she was so sick we had to take her to an emergency center. They told us it was very common to have Disney quests come in with fp. They had already had several that week. If someone has actual fp, they will know it. They will have fairly intense stomach pain along with the typical virus symptoms.
We were able to pinpoint Flame Tree, as we were both watching our calories, so we shared all our meals except for Flame Tree as she got meat and I wasn't eating meat. And, to top it off, I told her it didn't smell right, but she and her father said that it always smelled like that, and she ate it anyway. We had been there for seven days and had eaten every meal in the parks and our resort.
Some of the time, people simply catch a 24 hour virus while there and think it's fp, but there are a lot who actually get fp from the food. My daughter was sick for several days. They were able to stop the vomiting and stomach pain, but the weakness latest many days. Luckily, she got sick two days before we were to come home.
We had already had a great trip.

Nobody is denying that people get food poisoning at Walt Disney World. What is being called into question is self diagnosis of illness and cause. Symptoms of food poisoning typically take at least a few hours to set in, meaning it is often not the last meal eaten but an earlier meal. Without lab work done or an investigation of several incidents to show a pattern, self diagnosis is of little value. "I ate X, I then got sick shortly there after, so X made me sick" seems like a logical process but is not how most food borne illnesses present themselves and therefore cannot be used to properly point to a cause of illness.