Detour:
Walt Disney World
Orlando, Florida
Again, prior to my 9 day trip in September to the most magical place on earth, I did my research. I searched Google, I viewed hashtags on Instagram and perused Facebook pages. I took notes. I packed my own snacks. None of this fully prepared me for my foodie endeavor in the land of princesses and talking animals. While there I vowed to return home and blog about my experience to give future vegans in Disney World further reference because , believe me, the more information you have, the better.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Lunch – Counter Service
Backlot Express
Grilled Vegetable Sandwich – basil asiago artisan bread, mushrooms, red peppers, zucchini, tomato, watercress and cheese with sundried tomato pesto, served with carrot sticks or french fries
VEGANIZED: Order without cheese and with the multigrain bread. I would also opt for the carrot sticks; fryers are not separate for meat products and french fries
Epcot
Lunch – Counter Service
Sunshine Seasons
ALREADY VEGAN: Orange Sesame Glazed Vegan Chick’n Chunks with Stir Fry Noodles
Dinner – Table Service
Teppan Edo – Hibachi Style Dining
Appetizer: Garden Salad – Mixed greens and seasonal vegetables with your choice of our original ginger dressing or creamy sesame dressing
VEGANIZED: Choose the ginger dressing for the salad.
Yasai – fresh seasonal vegetables
– includes seasonal vegetables with udon noodles and steamed sukiyaki beef rice
VEGANIZED: Mention to the manager, waitress and chef that you are vegan. In my case, they cooked all vegetables prior to cooking meat products. Opt out of the udon noodles and steamed sukiyaki beef rice and ask for white rice.
Snack
Food & Wine Festival
Terra
ALREADY VEGAN:
Trick’n Chick’n Curry with Basmati Rice featuring Gardein Chick’n Breast
Chili Colorado with House Made Chips & Cashew Cheese, featuring Gardein Beefless Tips
Chocolate Cake with Passion Fruit Sorbet and Coconut Foam
Scotland
Vegetarian Haggis with Neeps and Tatties-Griddled Vegetable Cake with Rutabaga and Mashed Potatoes
VEGANIZED: Opt for doubly rutabaga. The mashed potatoes are not vegan
Japan
ALREADY VEGAN: Youki Tofu topped with Miso Sauce, Edamame and Served with Grilled Vegetables
Animal Kingdom
Breakfast – Buffet
Tusker House – Donald’s Safari Breakfast
There are a handful of buffet items that can be veganized. Mention to your waiter and the hostess at check-in that you have a dietary restriction. They will send out the chef upon arrival at your table. Thankfully, one of the chefs at Tusker House was over the top helpful and took me around the entire buffet pointing out what was vegan and what could be made vegan upon request.
VEGANIZED: The chef prepared the following items special per the vegan diet.
- Mickey waffles – Also gluten free
- Tator Tots – Pan fried opposed to fried
- Yam Casserole – without cheese.
ALREADY VEGAN: Fresh Fruit
Magic Kingdom
Lunch – Counter Service
Columbia Harbor House
ALREADY VEGAN: Vegetarian Chili
Lighthouse Sandwich – hummus with tomato & broccoli slaw on toasted multigrain bread with potato chips $9.19
VEGANIZED: Order without broccoli slaw.
Resorts
Dinner – Table Service
Contemporary – California Grill
Chefs at the California Grill, atop the Contemporary resort, opt for a four mini entree to meet the dietary needs of a vegan. I could not tell you what exactly my four mini entrees were. To the best of my knowledge they were a risotto dish, a ratatouille dish, mini flat breads and a salad. It was delicious and with each vegan this selection will change.
Downtown Disney
Snacks
BabyCakes NYC
All vegan bakery in the marketplace area of Downtown Disney with cupcakes, cookies, doughnuts, brownies and more! (I picked up snacks for the week)
All Parks
ALREADY VEGAN: Pretzels and Popcorn throughout the parks are vegan as is!
And there you have it… vegan options in Disney from my point of view. There are a few more, but these are the ones that worked best for me. For further vegan options, I would view AllEars.net.
Philly Vegans 
Good review. I’ve been told, by WDW customer relations, that one can pre-order a vegan meal to be served at any theme park at designated day/time. So, can order “off the menu”. Would really be interested to hear from anyone who did this.
Have always heard great things about California Grill, which began with a vegetarian/healthy focus, ironically. They’d even use different pots/pans/utensils for veg v. meat. (Silly American carnists ruin everything.) And, have read about their chef vegan “pass the plate”, where each line chef adds their own item. How was it? (Even living in Orlando the past 7 years, never made it there.)
Also ironic that the wild animal park buffett is the most vegan friendly of other park restaurants. Creates a bit of a dilemma. (It certainly is a beautiful lodge, and thank goodness the animals have much land to roam.)
In all my research I have never come across the pre-order meal option. In the past, I have sent in the special dietary request form for sit down dinners. Though they received it, the restaurants were not well informed and acted as if me telling them at check in was the first time they were informed of the request.
The California Grill was amazing! I recommend it.
What a great & very interesting review! 🙂 Thanks!