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appifanie · **Posted:** Sun May 01, 2011 6:57 pm

That's what I've heard so we're trying to plan.

appifanie · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:52 pm

Okay apparently I have to start making reservations - ugh. Like who knows what we'll be in hte mood to eat?

ashley · **Posted:** Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:04 pm

appifanie wrote:

Vantine wrote:

appifanie wrote:

Animal Kingdom Resort! Booked! Bunk bed room on the Arusha Savanna.

If you are going to do the Character Breakfast with Livi, call ahead to arrange a vegan breakfast!

Totally! I heard they make gluten free vegan mickey waffles at chef mickey;s so I'm psyched. I think we're doing a Cinderella meal? The MIL is planning.

Are you doing Cinderella's Royal Table? I used to work there. The menu sucks and is very limited. People don't really go there for the food, though. The standard veg meal is pasta with grilled vegetables and sorbet for dessert. There's a rice pilaf that normally comes with fish, so if you order gluten free, you might end up with that. And grilled vegetables. The chefs there are not very creative.

appifanie · **Posted:** Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:10 pm

Apparently it's at somethingy-something at Epcot as opposed to Cinderella's? Does that help?

ashley · **Posted:** Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:25 pm

That'd be Akershus in Norway. I think they have a similar setup to CRT, where the princesses all come around to the tables. I've never eaten there, and can't remember reading any vegan reports about the food there. I've heard good things about it from omnis, though. I'll be interested to find out what they end up serving you.

appifanie · **Posted:** Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:34 pm

ashley wrote:

That'd be Akershus in Norway. I think they have a similar setup to CRT, where the princesses all come around to the tables. I've never eaten there, and can't remember reading any vegan reports about the food there. I've heard good things about it from omnis, though. I'll be interested to find out what they end up serving you.

That sounds familiar! Thanks :) And of course I'll share afterwards.

appifanie · **Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:37 pm

gack! the pressure of picking places to eat.

must go places? rereading thread.

appifanie · **Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:51 pm

Vantine wrote:

Jessy wrote:

Ethos is awesome. I would suggest Dandelion Cafe as an option as well. It is my favorite restaurant. It's really cute and quirky too and they have outside seating as well.

Infusion Tea is really great. The menu is vegetarian/vegan http://www.infusionorlando.com/index.html . Infusion's Pesto panini is so good. I consider both Infusion and Dandelion to be lunchy options - lots of salads, soups and sandwiches.

What area of Orlando are you staying near?

If you wind up going to Dandelion, there is a vegan bakery near them - Rhapsodic.

Rhapsodic was good and they are super nice. Parking sucks over there, however.

thank you so much for telling me about them V! they told me that w 24 hours notice they could make me a GF vegan key lime pie!!!!!

Vantine · **Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:00 pm

I am so happy for you, Appifanie! They had great food (I went with Bergedy). Drunken Monkey is good for sandwiches if you need something you can take with you to eat later. Loving Hut is near there as well. It's small and has more than one TV playing their bizarre TV network.

Tofulish · **Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:02 pm

Yay Appifanie! GF key lime pie sounds heavenly!

Hope you have a wonderful vacation!

appifanie · **Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:04 pm

:)

Okay, I think we have 8 nights to plan dinner for. My list of restaurants to try is:

Boma
Jiko
Sanaa
Ohana
Brown Derby
Kouzzina
Tusker House
Planet Hollywood
Hard Rock

(the last 2 are for the husband)

Is this a good list of places to try? Without going into details of the annoyingness that is unfolding for this trip, it's me, Livi, the husband, the 14 year old step son, the MIL and FIL and BIL. The in-laws go to Disney once a year at least, so I want to commandeer this trip. Are the places I picked awesome/worth it? Will picky SAD type eaters like them?

appifanie · **Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:32 pm

is ariel's grotto open or not? i see conflicting info. also i'm going to see if they'll waitlist us for cinderella's castle.

appifanie · **Posted:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:03 am

HA. I just got a reservation for 2 for breakfast at Cinderella's castle :D

appifanie · **Posted:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:49 am

oh and i got a reservation for breakfast for 7 people at 1900 park fare!

appifanie · **Posted:** Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:11 pm

awesome reservations made!!

cinderella's royal table
jiko
1900 park fare
rainforest cafe
sci-fi dine-in
raglan road
boma
sanaa
kona

woo! so now i just have to bring a comprehensive quick serve list.

ashley · **Posted:** Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:57 pm

Good choices! This thread makes me nostalgic for Disney.

Has anyone recommended Ethos? Go to Ethos!

Niev · **Posted:** Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:20 pm

I'm leaving Orlando as I type. I went to universal, and though I didn't get to go to Ethos, Drunken Monkey or Babycakes like I wanted to, I didn't starve.
FYI: if anyone stays at the Portofino their gelataria has sorbetto and a vegan protein bar(never seen this brand before) that I had for breakfast one morning. They also have soymilk available, and bagels in the morning (can't vouch for them, I'm not a carb heavy breakfast eater). The park itself has slim pickings, though Mythos in Islands has two dishes that are marked as able to be ordered vegan. The Portofino also had a pizzeria and the pizza was pretty good, in a pinch. They wouldn't let me replace the cheese with another veggie, though, so that was stupid.

Beware the acid pops in the wizarding world, they have egg whites. I nearly bought that and I wasn't expecting to have to check ingredients on a non-creamy lollipop. The iced butterbeer is like a cream milkshake, but vegan.

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appifanie · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2011 5:55 am

ashley - the husband is not gung ho on driving all the way to orlando but i might make it! we'll see :)

no HP for me this year.

Kelly · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:49 am

appi- remember most places have divvies! we had never had them before disney and had no idea how amazing those chocolate chip cookies are. shae's still bemoaning the fact that he had to choose between that and the kettle corn and never could bring himself to pick the kettle corn.

appifanie · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:39 pm

gluten intolerant! :(

eta: livi is a pain in the butt eater and i realize this more lately, and we bought meal plans for all of us, and i think maybe that was a dumb idea. ugh. can i tell her the princesses will be mad at her if she doesn't eat? ;)

Kelly · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:44 pm

appifanie wrote:

gluten intolerant! :(

eta: livi is a pain in the butt eater and i realize this more lately, and we bought meal plans for all of us, and i think maybe that was a dumb idea. ugh. can i tell her the princesses will be mad at her if she doesn't eat? ;)

I was thinking the divvies are gluten free? Am I wrong?

edited to add: yes, I am wrong! sorry! Livi will like them though.

appifanie · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:25 pm

yeah i was going over the allergen lists (i super wish there was an xgfx list so I could stop cross referencing) and i looked them up online.

tease ;)

ashley · **Posted:** Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:23 pm

Tusker House in Animal Kingdom has gluten free vegan chocolate chip cookies, but you have to ask for them. Their buffet is also vegan friendly. Sounds like you already have a lot of meals planned, but if you need to add another restaurant, I recommend going there.

appifanie · **Posted:** Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:02 pm

Thanks! I considered it but decided against it - I'll keep that in mind though :D

Most important - tell me everywhere I can eat ice cream :D

Kelly · **Posted:** Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:20 pm

Main street has rice dream and I think any table service restaurant can get it for you, if you call a few days ahead.

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