ILoveMyGirls
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 25, 2010
we never order off of the kids meals due to the awful food that is on it. my kids don't like it either.
I don't agree that so many people could care less what their kids eat. I think that people do tend to be more relaxed with their rules on vacation, and that includes what they will or will not let their child eat.
If a kid wants chicken nuggets for 7 days in a row, there isn't any harm in it, as long as that is not their normal diet.
Every single Disney restaurant offers at least one, sometimes more, appitizing and/or healty option on their kids menu.
I just don't understand what all the drama is about. If your kids are so traumatized at the thought of having to eat the kid's meal and won't eat the kid's meal, just buy them an adult meal. Yes, I know, it costs more, but Disney can't individually cater to every single family's delicate palet. They are a business and their goal is to make the majority of their customers happy and to make a profit for their employees and shareholders.
It is really hard for us. I am a chef and my children have grown up eating really well. But on the other hand my 11 year old can eat burgers everyday if you let him. Our 7 year old is our foodie. You stick hard chicken nuggets in front of him and he will have a fit. With that it would be a dream job for me to work with Disney to help them make kids meals more appetizing for the little ones. My kids love to look at Disney food porn and I hate to tell them well that's not on the kids menu so you can have some of ours. I feel sorry for the kids. They are on vacation also. Let them look forward to food. They shouldn't have to settle for PB&J that were frozen and pre made.
That is ridiculous! They don't have to settle for anything. Just buy their meals off of the adult menu!! No one is forced to buy anything!
I have to agree. If it gets to that point it is more the paren'ts fault the child can't eat what they want than it is Disney's. That pretty much equals saying "I'm too cheap to buy my kids the meals they would really want, so I will place the blame on Disney so that I feel better about it."
Honestly the meals at WDW are so huge I have no problem sharing with another adult. I can't see why someone couldn't order and entree and share with their child.
Personally I think Disney is good in at least offering us choices that are not french fries. I do hate that the CS kids meal selections are so one choiced.For example the taco stand in Adventure land is just Quesadilla. This is not necessarily a bad thing unless your kid is allergic to milk. If you ask them to do a one taco kids meal or something similar because of said allergies they just give you a blank stare. Since that incident I always bring PB&J sandwiches among other things in my tote for the kids.
True Disney does not need to cater to every taste bud out there but a second choice is in order at places. Some restaurants like Longhorns do offer at least one healthy choice on their kids menu.
I don't think you can compare a restaurant to a food stand in good faith. There is no way they can have the same number of choices on their menus.
My DGD went to Disney several times with allergies to dairy and eggs. The CS did a good job of accomodating her but not all were able to. In cases like hers, the parents really need to research their CS restaurants in order to better serve their own child. WDW does a wonderful job of offering choices to people who have food allergies but it is impossible for every food stand to accomodate every person.
at that point, complaining about free food is a bit ridiculous.