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To be shocked at the shite served as food in Disney???

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MadameCastafiore · 19/04/2011 16:21

DH and I were shocked - you couldn't get anything remotely healthy (that went for most of the restaurants too) no wonder the US has such an obestiy problem if even huge commercial ventures serve bloody burgers, fries, fried chicken, chicken ceaser (sad soggy lettuce drowned in full fat dressing), pizza and hot dogs, pop corn and corn dogs.

I have come back about 7lbs heavier and with a face full of spots and I triend to steer clear of the crap as much as I could.

I got excited about having steamed broccoli when I saw it on a menu to find that it had been steamed and then flash fried with some ultra salty dressing - incredible!

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Asinine · 19/04/2011 20:45

YABU to be shocked. I have never been, but I had not marked it down as the capital of healthy eating.

twolittlemonkeys · 19/04/2011 20:45

When we've been to Disney, we took a packed lunch in a rucksack into the theme parks each day and ate at restaurants outside the park at night. Places like Cracker Barrell serve real food or buffets such as Golden Corral where you can choose healthier options, have lots of salad/veg etc with your meal.

MadamDeathstare · 19/04/2011 20:48

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new2cm · 19/04/2011 20:49

YANBU.

My family recently visited an otherwise excellent theme park. It was great fun. On the map, there was a restaurant that was marked out as "healthy eating". Hmm. Everything on the menu, chicken nuggets, burgers and battered fish was deep fried and served up with deep fried chips. In small writing, there was the sentence, "some sandwiches available". Hmm, I asked for a cheese sandwich, only to be told, "do you mind having cheese spread?" I replied, "yes I do. Why?" She went on, "because the sandwiches are pre-made with the intention of them going into the kid's packed lunches. It's only when we have not sold enough packed lunches by 1.30pm, that we offer the same sandwiches separately on the menu".

As I walked out without having ordered anything, I thought to myself, if that's the healthyeating restaurant, I dread to think what the unhealthyeating restaurants were like!

Ripeberry · 19/04/2011 20:52

Disneyland Paris has nicer food and lots of croissants! Most of the bigger restaurants had great food and lovely cooked meals.

LynetteScavo · 19/04/2011 20:53

YABU.

You went to Disneyland.

Next you will be complaining that you were not intellectually challenged.

pointydog · 19/04/2011 20:55

disneyland paris has nicer food??

Not for a reasonable price it doesn't.

duckypoo · 19/04/2011 21:14

Oh no no the French bashing, it's terrible, the only allowed predjudice Wink.

QuickLookBusy · 19/04/2011 21:18

No it isn't French Bashing. It is Disneyland Paris bashing.

duckypoo · 21/04/2011 02:53

Exactly, it was disneyland Florida bashing, rather than American bashing, still taken personally though.

Morloth · 21/04/2011 03:44

Snort at a Brit complaining about the food in the US!

I found stacks of healthy stuff at Disney, veggie gumbo, massive salads (with the dressing on the side), steaks etc.

and mmmmmmmmmm to the banyan bbq, a couple of their kebabs with a huge fruit salad after.

I think DS ate his weight in strawberries at the buffet breakfast we went to.

The food in England though, where to start? You drive through glorious green rolling hills, lush with crops, past plump sheep and cows and when you get to the pub you get manky pies and soggy chips. Where does it GO?!

Never could figure it out.

RoadArt · 21/04/2011 06:37

The food in all Disney outlets is appalling for the cost. We ended up buying salmon off the adult menu to give our kids some "healthy food". I object to pizza, sausage, pasta etc as the only options for food for kids.

JustCallMeGrouchy · 21/04/2011 07:02

Anyone doing Florida Disney .May I suggest you do your homework first and research the options .you can see menus for all the resturants,snack bars online.That way you don't end up dropping into the first food place when hungry and self limiting your choices

I loooked at menus ready for our break and there's lots of choice and couple places I spoken to that we will want to go when asked were all happy to cater for special diets. All replied no problem mam
yet eating out in the uk can be a pita as not many will cater for

Animation · 21/04/2011 07:16

Well I'm going to Flamingo Land this weekend - any tips? Smile

exoticfruits · 21/04/2011 07:18

I'm only surprised that you went expecting it to be reasonable-US are not known for healthy food.
It is just as bad at any theme park in UK-in fact the smell alone is horrible.

Animation · 21/04/2011 07:27

Thing is with theme parks in UK one full day is usually enough and a lot of fun - and the food too. A whole WEEK or two weeks in a theme park would be too much of a good thing!

exoticfruits · 21/04/2011 07:29

Sadly I think that most people are happy with the food.

Animation · 21/04/2011 07:37

For A DAY theme park food is perfect I think - I wouldn't want it to be anything else - burgers, hot dogs, candy floss, doughnuts...

The problem being if you spend more than a day in a theme park - people in the UK don't usually.

CurrySpice · 21/04/2011 07:39

You went to a theme park in America and you are "shocked" that they served fried food? Hmm

No shit Sherlock!

It is possible to buy good, healthy food both inside Disney and very easily outside

JustCallMeGrouchy · 21/04/2011 07:41

Sigh those that are wanting to go .go look at the dibb they have the menus for all the main parks your be suprised :)Florida at least

the junk is there if you want it but so are other choices

And yes in uk is more limited but I except that it's just a day two at the most and often main meal eaten off site and when on day trip who wants to sit down for hour or more

Bonsoir · 21/04/2011 07:47

As others on this thread have mentioned, the food at Disneyland Paris is dreadful, extortionately expensive and totally unrelated to the food you get outside the park. I have only been to Disneyland once in recent years and was really taken aback by quite how frightful the catering was.

(everything else was frightful too)

poorbuthappy · 21/04/2011 07:49

when we went to DLP last year we ate in the shopping mall next door for all but 1 night. Saved ourselves a fortune and had a good variety of food! We also take fruit/veg, crackers etc to keep up going.

Pekkala · 21/04/2011 07:59

For one of the evening disney shows DP went to fetch us some food and returned to me with a burger for him and a white hot dog bun containing ketchup for me -it was the only non-meat item he could get from the takeway stands (they did give it him for free tho!)

I thought I'd love the food but by the end of a two week holiday I was glad to get back and be able to walk into Boots/M&S and have a huge choice of cheap takeaway salads/sandwiches again.

n.b. - Not American bashing - I love the place, but find that if you are on a budget and/or don't eat meat, touristy places in Florida can be very limiting. Same applies to Paris, bits of Aus., etc.

cookcleanerchaufferetc · 21/04/2011 08:30

Disneyland Paris is dreadfully expensive and mainly burgers and chips.

Disney in Florida and California does have healthy food on the menu. Maybe not in the small fast food outlets but they do in the restaurants. Plus it is much nicer and cheaper than Disney Paris or any uk theme park.

YABU

silverfrog · 21/04/2011 09:53

totaly agree that if you do some research, it is easy to find the nice, healthy options.

even in the fast food places - some of these have some great wrap/salad/noodle/cous cous options.

it was a bit annoying that the kids' menus were so restricted (although my 2 have a restricted choice anyway due to allergies), but generally speaking dh and my portions were so large they could share with us for variety - there was certainly no restriction on what they could cater for allergy wise on the adult menu.

I think the mistake a lot of people make is to not actively seek out proper food options when there. as mentioned - people approach it like a UK park - hit the rides, and then drop into the first food place when you are hungry. this will inevitably end up being a burger type place, as you don't want ot miss a second on the rides.

we scheduled a sit-down meal every day, and really benefitted form both the break form the parks, and the lovely food.

the only reason we had repetitive foods was the multiple allergies being catered for - and the girls were all too happy with the restrictions (ie they are restrictions they are well used to in everyday life!).