and yet some how my baby seemed to still eat everything even with a few allergies. I've heard Beirgarten is one of those hit or miss places with multiples
Sympathy like.
Yeah, I think they do it do draw in the European families. Since airfare is so incredibly expensive, we wouldn't be able to go to Disney without the deals. The first time we went, we were only able to go for 4 days...I didn't know about the European sites back then and we were coming for my Brother's wedding and the original plan was that they would go to Disney for their honeymoon and we'd spend time in Disney with them. So we bought tickets and stayed with friends, and then my Brother and his husband decided not to do Disney after all. Then last Summer, we were looking at doing a trip with them...my brother was supposed to be getting a promotion and huge raise at work, and his in-laws would be celebrating a big anniversary and he thought it would be fun if we all went to Disney together...but his husband and in-laws didn't go for it, so we were on our own again, but I wasn't going to cancel our trip. We were only going to be able to stay a few days at most, in a value resort, with just the basic tickets and no park hoppers or anything. If it weren't for the airfare, we could do it, but that's about 1200 a piece in the high season, which is the only time the kids can go. So without some sort of discount like the free dining, we'd never be able to afford more than a couple of days, and if we're going to spend that kind of money to go to the US, we want it to be more than just a few days. It's not worth $5000 to come to the US for 4 days. So we would split the trip...part of the time in Wyoming visiting family and friends, and then a few days in Disney. But now that my dad has passed, we don't need to visit Wyoming, so next time we can just spend 2 weeks at Disney and maybe a week at other Orlando sites, like Universal. No way we could do that without the deal. Though I wish Disney would just make it affordable all the way around. I'm still determined to get my brother and his family there someday, but his husband just doesn't think it's a good value for money, and I can see his point, but I'm sure their daughter would have a BLAST. They could afford it, but he refuses to spend the money...but he's also never been to Disney, so he has no idea what they are missing and I bet they'd be hooked if they saw how much fun my niece could have. There's where the value lies.
Yikes...do you just buy in bulk when you find one you can use?
On occasion, when the timing is right I do indeed still call her Jeffiner. She doesn't get mad anymore, she just laughs. Last summer when I was visiting Vermont, I went to her house for dinner with her parents, husband and two young children. The oldest of the two, not in on the joke, took it upon herself to correct me. The story continues.
Went into a Whole Foods once just to know. Drove over an hour into MD for this. My take away from this was that it was cramped msking it umpleasant to walk. Barely room for 2 carts to pass. The food was over priced as well. My local supermarket has nice wide aisles and plenty of organic/natural foods and products. "Regulat" supermarkets can easily compete with Whole Foods nowadays and Wegmans is ten times better. Their prices are better too.
We have a propane run fireplace but of course you need electricity to run it so I am not sure if it saves money in the winter to run it.
Morning. There is a Whole Foods by work. We call it the "home of the 12 dollar salad."I always leave Wegmans with more than was on my list
Great that you gals and guys had a great time there.
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One thing Disney is known for is how they deal with food allergies. For common allergies (peanuts, tree nuts, milk, shellfish) they actually have allergy friendly menus, so if your DH has one of the common ones, that's a starting point, and then you can go from there.
I agree buffets can be challenging. Family style can be okay. We did Garden Grill in January, and they brought me out my own special everything. My family ate from the main course, and mine was separate, as it would be at a regular TS. And I have unusual allergies in addition to my peanut/tree nut allergy, and everything was fine.
I would avoid Ohana and the Luau, though, with a coconut allergy. Simply because it's probably found in a lot of stuff there. A good alternative, if you still want to eat at Poly, is Kona Cafe. It's a regular TS. I have a severe pineapple allergy, so severe that even trace amounts bother me, and even though they have pineapple on that menu, 1. There's enough diversity on the menu that I can find something on the menu I can eat and 2. I've never had an issue with cross contamination. Oh, and it's also possibly my favorite breakie location on property.
Any to avoid? Well, obviously, if you look on the menu, and there's an abundance of foods your DH can't eat, then skip it. Some restaurants on property actually aren't operated by Disney, so some of them are iffy, but most are fine (they won't have allergy menus, but a manager will still be there to talk to you)
You should check out allergyfreemouse.com. They have lots of helpful information on there.
Bottom line, though, when in doubt, always ask for a chef or manager, and don't overstress about it, as Disney always will take care of you.
I always leave Wegmans with more than was on my list
I wonder if they cut the staff so much that they have to rush orders so bad they end failing constantly.
Do Kona next time. Always a hit. Especially for breakfast.
