If so, I'd love to hear some tips and places you went stories etc. I have heard Disney is good for gluten free, but I am not sure about buying the dining plan (will there be GF everywhere we go?)

So if anyone has any been there done that stories, I'm all ears!

Disney is supposed to be a GF Nirvana...

You can check here for more info:

http://www.allearsnet.com/din/guestceliac.htm
http://www.kintera.org/site/pp.asp?c=ewK0LjP7E&b=88697 - This is Disneyland...not Disneyworld.

We went over Christmas a couple of years ago. I know we ate at the restuarant in Animal Kingdom, and the chef made us a special funnel cake dessert using rice flour. They walked us around and told was foods on the buffet were gluten free using an allergy chart of everything that was in them...so multiple allergens were easily identified, too.

We also ate at a restaurant that was like a drive in movie..can't remember the name now..course we still have the cups from there..so let me go check!It was the Sci Fi Dine In Theatre restaurant. It was awesome. I had a great gf pasta dish. Again, they said they could do better with advance notice.

So, the restaurants do prefer advance notice, but I just did not find that practical because we don't like to have to be on a precise schedule when doing something like Disney.

I was actually a little disappointed that there weren't more stands with gluten free options. I think we found a few fruit cups. Maybe Turkey Legs (but that might be Great AMerica...lol).

Cara

Yes, I have read turkey legs from others too. What a weird food choice at a stand? I don't know that my girls would eat a turkey leg? Maybe...

Okay, I will add these notes and check links!

Also, I'm interested in recommendations on resorts/lodging. I assume some of the disney resorts have better GF options within their resort food establishments then others

The Animal Kingdom restaurant (can't remember the name of it) was great. We stayed just one night at the Animal Kingdom as a gift from my sister who is in the Disney vacation club. If you are not on a tight budget...I could easily recommend staying there. It is cool to watch the animals outside your window, although the rooms themselves were just OK given the cost of them. Very nice, but not large or extraordinary.

As for food, the chef was awesome, and if he knew you were going to be staying there, with advance notice, I'm sure you'd be delighted with his attentiveness ~ assuming it is the same guy from two years ago, but he had been there a while and seemed settled there. He came out to the table, chatted with us a few times, told us how much more he could do if he had advance notice. If I had access to old posts... I probably even mentioned his name.

Good luck!

Cara

I'll look it up! We were thinking of staying in a disney resort (mod or deluxe?) but I am open to a suite that is close by too...that sounds appealing!
We will not likely make this trip often, so we want it to be over the top!
LOL