Extremely picky eater

[Coolwench]

I have a picky 12yr old eater. We are on the dining plan. Does anyone know if she could order off the Childs menu, if she can't find anything on the Adult menu?

[Goes4FastPass]

I have a picky 12yr old eater. We are on the dining plan. Does anyone know if she could order off the Childs menu, if she can't find anything on the Adult menu?

I'm almost positive that she can. It's a matter of money. Child food items are smaller and simpler and they are priced (we hope) with consideration that they are purchased along with adult food items. When things get tricky is when the family says, "Sally prefers filet mignon..." and Sally is a child on the dining plan.

Buffets are everything for everybody affairs. As an adult, I have no embarrassment when it comes to copping chicken fingers and mac and cheese from the short height buffet at the Crystal Palace.

[PopDivaPaige]

I'm with coolwench on this one (yeah, I'm the picky eater. She's my mom) anyways, yeah. I hardly like anything, and I mean anything. So, yeah, is it possible for me to eat on the children's menu? My dad says I can, but I'm not 100% sure.

EDIT: Never mind! Thanks for answering our question, Goes4FastPass!

[Goes4FastPass]

OK, PopDiva,

Call me Uncle Greg but if you're old enough to post messages and old enough to be a pop diva then it's time to expand your food horizons - and Disney World is a great place to do that.

Even the Chinese-Italian-German-African-Mexican-English-Japanese-French-Morrocan foods at WDW are very Americanized.

Have a great trip - and try new stuff!

[TheRustyScupper]

. . . and make her parents take her to another restaurant to eat the same thing" wow! Is there a medical reason that her parents are so focused on her eating? If not, then if she doesn't like what's available - she won't starve in one day . . .

1) Amen.
2) Maybe the parents that need lessons.
3) Someone might question who is in charge.
4) The adult or child?
5) If kids do not want to eat what is served at home or in the eatery, fine.
6) They have every right to not eat.
7) But, don't put everyone else to the test by having to go elsewhere.
8) The kid can always carry a granola bar for the way home.

NOTE: I apologize for being sarcastic, and accept any flaming. But, kids need to know that they are not the center of the universe and have to comply. This includes eating what is placed before them.

[jillluvsdisney]

Rusty Scupper, I could not have said it better myself.

[Coolwench]

Thanks Goes4FastPast. We did book several buffet dinners so she could try new things, but it is good to know that she could order from the childs menu.

[another tink]

1) Amen.
2) Maybe the parents that need lessons.
3) Someone might question who is in charge.
4) The adult or child?
5) If kids do not want to eat what is served at home or in the eatery, fine.
6) They have every right to not eat.
7) But, don't put everyone else to the test by having to go elsewhere.
8) The kid can always carry a granola bar for the way home.

NOTE: I apologize for being sarcastic, and accept any flaming. But, kids need to know that they are not the center of the universe and have to comply. This includes eating what is placed before them.

I agree 100%

[Disney Lynn]

I agree! No flaming from me!!!

And to Rhetoric2000: our mothers must have been related!

[eandrsmom]

My kids are picky eaters too. However, I refuse to cater to their every whim. I make my ADR's at restaurants where they have at least one thing that they'll eat. If they don't like it, too bad. I get them involved in the process by letting them look at the menus in advance. Last trip, we all tried the cheese soup at LeCellier, and they reluctantly agreed that they liked it.