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Going To Orlando, Fl!

Guhlia

By Guhlia
in Traveling with Celiac Disease

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Guhlia
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Okay, so my friend calls me on Sunday and tells me that she and her boyfriend are going to be in Orlando, FL this weekend. They begged me to come join them, offered up their spare bed in the hotel room and everything. I'm very scared of flying, and have certainly never flown alone. I bought my plane tickets this morning while my two-year-old was throwing a tantrum. Now I'm scared out of my mind. My husband has never been left alone with our daughter and I've only ever travelled gluten free ONCE before so I'm certainly not an expert. Someone please calm me down!!! I'm freaking. (did I mention that I'm a little bit of a flake?)

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beaglemania Rookie
beaglemania
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Calm down. I know there's a couple of people who have gone to Orlando before and I know somebody lives in Orlando too, I believe.

Guhlia Rising Star
Guhlia
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Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Orlando. It's my favorite place to travel. I'm just freaking out cuz it's my first time travelling alone.

samking72 Rookie
samking72
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YEAHHH! I live in Orlando!! There's plenty of places to eat down here, and a great health food store in Winter Park! I drive 40 minutes to go there. As far as flying, you'll be fine. I fly Orlando-NY almost every 2 months to visit family. These guys know what they're doing ;) I don't want to freak you out by saying this but it usually works... if anything is going to go wrong during a flight it will happen within the first minute and a half. After that- smooth sailing!! Well, the nice weather is waiting for you! Have a great flight and i hope you enjoy your stay here!

Guhlia Rising Star
Guhlia
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samking -- do you know which places can do the safest gluten free meals? I'm thinking that their hotel room will probably be in the i-drive area and they'll likely want to do touristy food (as long as there's a bar on site, i'm sure they'll make do). any clue if bahama breeze can accomodate a gluten free meal? that was my favorite restaurant down there pre-diagnosis. We usually go down once a year. We won't have a rental car or anything, so we'll probably have to stay relatively close to that area. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Also, do they search your person when entering theme parks or is it just your bags? Like, could I get away with stashing a Lara bar in my pocket?

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samking -- do you know which places can do the safest gluten free meals? I'm thinking that their hotel room will probably be in the i-drive area and they'll likely want to do touristy food (as long as there's a bar on site, i'm sure they'll make do). any clue if bahama breeze can accomodate a gluten free meal? that was my favorite restaurant down there pre-diagnosis. We usually go down once a year. We won't have a rental car or anything, so we'll probably have to stay relatively close to that area. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Also, do they search your person when entering theme parks or is it just your bags? Like, could I get away with stashing a Lara bar in my pocket?

Disney will search your bags and I have brought food in the parks before. I think it's just Animal Kingdom that you can't bring outside food in. You may want to put it in your pocket just in case because they have heightend security a bit over the past few months.

Outback, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Bucca De Beppo, Don Pablo's is a good bet when it comes to eating out. I've never had a problem at any of them and they all have decent gluten-free menus. Not sure about Bahama Breeze. You might want to call them and check. The Bee Line Diner on I-drive doesn't have a menu but they are very accomodating there. Great staff/manager/chef. Shula's steakhouse is great too. Again, no menu but great meals there too. That's on Epcot Resorts Blvd. Have a great time!!

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Guhlia
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Thanks so much for all the great info! Any place very close to Orlando (we have no car) that carries gluten free beer? I'm dying to try some, no one carries it in PA.

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Do a search on Disney World here and you'll find great information on food in the parks. I think the website www.allearsnet.com is a great one for celiac info. I've heard wonderful things about Disney and how they have gluten-free food in the parks (and I think they will let you bring in some of your own - but not a cooler - for medical reasons - check on this thoough).

Samking, what is the name of the health food store you go to in Winter Park? My sister lives in Lake Mary (near WP), and I visit a lot, so I think I'll have her check this place out and stock up on some food for me :)

samking72 Rookie
samking72
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The food store is Whole Foods Market an Aloma Ave / Fairbanks near Rollins College.

I'm not sure about the beer, i don't drink (mostly because of age) I'll keep an eye out though for ya :)

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If there is any way possible for you to get your group to Seasons 52 for dinner, I highly recommend it. The gluten free fare is listed only on the servers pda's but it's worth that little hassle. You have to choose a couple of different thing that would appear gluten free and the server looks it up in the pda for you. They have the best wine selection in Orlando. I can't wait until they open here next month! Have a great trip and no matter what the airline says, take plenty of your own food for both flights so you don't starve.

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Guhlia
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I have no clue if they'd be receptive to going anywhere outside of the touristy area. Where is Seasons 52 located? I leave early Friday morning. Luckily the flight is only 2.5 hours, so I probably won't need much in the way of snacks. I have a bag packed full though just in case.

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Well, I made it regardless of the recent events. :-) Boy was I nervous though. We ended up going to MGM Studios (which from my recollection was pretty lame) and it was absolutely amazing. I guess they added new stuff since I was there a couple years ago because I had a really good time. I had excellent meals both at Planet Hollywood in Downtown Disney and at the 50's PrimeTime Cafe. The chef at the Prime Time Cafe actually came out and spoke to me. He went over the entire menu with me. It was wonderful, and not too expensive. All in all, we had an absolute blast. I'm so glad I went. Thanks again to everyone for the ideas and the support.

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samking72
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OOO I'm so glad you had a great time!! At least the weather held out for you! We could use the rain though, those brush fires are starting up again. MGM has gotten better. Thank god for that! I used to hate that place too! Did you catch the Stunt Show? And the Rockin' Roller Coaster? I love Aerosmith and rollercoasters so you can't go wrong there! I'm going to their concert in September in NY and can't wait. I've seen them 5 times now but there is not such thing as too much Steven Tyler! Lol! Well, hope you come back soon!

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so i am in orlando for a conference for work from sunday thru thursday.... was excited to see that so many places on the disney properties are so accommodating for gluten free diners....

anyway, i went to shula's steak house at the WDW Dolphin hotel.........wow, great meal and they were very understanding of the gluten free deal. the server even came out after talking to the chef and said that they had some gluten free bread in the freezer that they could bring out for me before the meal! great first meal in orlando :)

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