t_lee21 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Does anyone have details or allergy information about the park? I have a 9 year old with severe peanut/tree nut allergy. We have gone two times before, but we always bring food and I'm always nervous the entire time. I don't mind bringing food, my concern is what other people are eating and traces of the food still being with them when they are in lines and in the rides. Anyone have similar issues? Do you just carry wipes around? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medford Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 My son has allergies to shell fish as well as cashews & pistachios, but not peanuts (thankfully, I think that is much harder to avoid for a 5 year old) so I'm not much help. Brining wipes would be handy, but most importantly be sure to bring his epi-pen. I would imagine its a pain to carry that around, we have a 1 year old as well, so we just throw it in the diaper bag and don't worry about it too much; definently harder when you have to carry it on your person all day. I'd also recommend getting to know where any medical facilities are. There is one near the exit of boo blaster just as you get into Planet Snoopy, I'm not sure if there are any other medical locations. I don't recall KI selling peanuts individually like you'd see at a baseball game, but you may want to check what kind of oils they cook the fries and what not in. As a general rule, you don't see many people eating things while in line for a ride. Perhaps an icee, ice cream, or frozen leamonade, but I don't recall seeing anything else (though I'm sure it happens) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegajone Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I am very fortunate in that I do not have any allergies to peanuts or Peanuts, but I do know a couple people that have moderate to severe allergies to the former. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesharrison Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Be careful of PotatoWorks...specifically the one in Rivertown as they have typically used peanut oil in their fryer. I'm actually allergic to wheat and peanuts.... So I have a few more things to work around. It's manageable at the park though. I can have all the gluten free options that the park offers, because they don't come in contact with any peanut ingredients. Best advice I can give you is keep your eyes open... They don't offer many things with peanuts. Biggest thing I can think of is the PotatoWorks in Rivertown. Everything else *should* be fine. It's also a good idea to check into Guest Services when you get to the park. They have a binder with ingredient lists for most of the food throughout the park. Used to be all I could eat in the park was ice cream in a bowl, Dip'n'Dots, and an occasional bag of chips. The GF options have helped tremendously for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHODEY2007 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 My son has allergies to shell fish as well as cashews & pistachios, but not peanuts (thankfully, I think that is much harder to avoid for a 5 year old) so I'm not much help. Brining wipes would be handy, but most importantly be sure to bring his epi-pen. I would imagine its a pain to carry that around, we have a 1 year old as well, so we just throw it in the diaper bag and don't worry about it too much; definently harder when you have to carry it on your person all day. I'd also recommend getting to know where any medical facilities are. There is one near the exit of boo blaster just as you get into Planet Snoopy, I'm not sure if there are any other medical locations. I don't recall KI selling peanuts individually like you'd see at a baseball game, but you may want to check what kind of oils they cook the fries and what not in. As a general rule, you don't see many people eating things while in line for a ride. Perhaps an icee, ice cream, or frozen leamonade, but I don't recall seeing anything else (though I'm sure it happens) There is also a First Aid station in the water park near the train pick up/drop off area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I believe XGatorHead 8904 could provide some useful input here, since I think his daughter is allergic to peanuts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XGatorHead 8904 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 ^ You summoned me? GatorGirl has a peanut and tree nut allergy as well. As milesharrison said, Rivertown Potato Works definitely uses peanut oil for frying, and they have signs posted at that stand saying that they do. The funnel cake stands do not use peanut oil, and neither does The Chicken Shack (we asked there on Media Day, the worker checked with a supervisor and it was safe). Since GatorGirl's kind of a picky eater, when we eat at the park we mainly stick to LaRosa's and the waterpark food stands, all of which are safe. I don't believe that the soft serve ice cream stands have nuts. We love our blue ice cream, and have had it many times without issues. The park is pretty good at posting at the stands if they use peanut oil, and as far as I remember Rivertown Potato Works and Chik-Fil-A are the only places that do (Chik-Fil-A uses it at their restaurants outside the park too, so we already knew this but it is posted at their stand inside the park). You may want to use caution if you visit Graeter's in the park since they do have chocolate/peanut butter ice cream and they use the same scoop for all the flavors (they do wash them off between flavors, but still...). They may also have walnuts like the Graeter's shops outside the park, but I'm not sure. With that said though, GatorGirl has eaten at Graeter's both inside and outside the park with no problems. Individual results may vary. One area the park could do better at is posting allergy information on their website. Other parks are much better at that, even parks within the same chain as KI. Cedar Point, Kings Dominion, Canada's Wonderland, Dorney, Worlds of Fun and Michigan's Adventure have food allergy information pages on their websites, why don't Kings Island, Carowinds, Great America, Knott's and Valleyfair? (And yes, I just looked up all their websites to see who does and who doesn't. ) You can ask at Guest Relations when you visit, but it would be nice to know before you get to the park. As far as cross contamination from nut residue left in lines or on rides, this hasn't been an issue for us. There's probably far more germs and stuff that you can pick up from those rather than traces of nuts... OK, where's my hand sanitizer? I think it would be safe to say to avoid eating at the tables right outside of Rivertown Potato Works and Chik-Fil-A since these places are much more likely to have traces of peanut oil. We always bring GatorGirl's Epi-pen with us to KI but we've never had to use it, there or anywhere else. I hope this has been helpful. Have fun! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_lee21 Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 ^ You summoned me? GatorGirl has a peanut and tree nut allergy as well. As milesharrison said, Rivertown Potato Works definitely uses peanut oil for frying, and they have signs posted at that stand saying that they do. The funnel cake stands do not use peanut oil, and neither does The Chicken Shack (we asked there on Media Day, the worker checked with a supervisor and it was safe). Since GatorGirl's kind of a picky eater, when we eat at the park we mainly stick to LaRosa's and the waterpark food stands, all of which are safe. I don't believe that the soft serve ice cream stands have nuts. We love our blue ice cream, and have had it many times without issues. The park is pretty good at posting at the stands if they use peanut oil, and as far as I remember Rivertown Potato Works and Chik-Fil-A are the only places that do (Chik-Fil-A uses it at their restaurants outside the park too, so we already knew this but it is posted at their stand inside the park). You may want to use caution if you visit Graeter's in the park since they do have chocolate/peanut butter ice cream and they use the same scoop for all the flavors (they do wash them off between flavors, but still...). They may also have walnuts like the Graeter's shops outside the park, but I'm not sure. With that said though, GatorGirl has eaten at Graeter's both inside and outside the park with no problems. Individual results may vary. One area the park could do better at is posting allergy information on their website. Other parks are much better at that, even parks within the same chain as KI. Cedar Point, Kings Dominion, Canada's Wonderland, Dorney, Worlds of Fun and Michigan's Adventure have food allergy information pages on their websites, why don't Kings Island, Carowinds, Great America, Knott's and Valleyfair? (And yes, I just looked up all their websites to see who does and who doesn't. ) You can ask at Guest Relations when you visit, but it would be nice to know before you get to the park. As far as cross contamination from nut residue left in lines or on rides, this hasn't been an issue for us. There's probably far more germs and stuff that you can pick up from those rather than traces of nuts... OK, where's my hand sanitizer? I think it would be safe to say to avoid eating at the tables right outside of Rivertown Potato Works and Chik-Fil-A since these places are much more likely to have traces of peanut oil. We always bring GatorGirl's Epi-pen with us to KI but we've never had to use it, there or anywhere else. I hope this has been helpful. Have fun! You are awesome. This is very good detail. We've been two or three times without issues, but I've never asked others and she's never eaten anything inside the park. I've wondered about the blue ice cream and the pizza. My daughter will be happy to know she can try it this year. I appreciate all the detail you put in this post. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XGatorHead 8904 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 No problem, I'm always glad to help, especially on this topic! If you have any questions at any of the food stands, you can ask a worker there and if they don't know they can find out for you. When we asked the worker at The Chicken Shack on Media Day about peanut oil, he wasn't sure but he asked his supervisor who knew right away and was able to help. When we found out that GatorGirl had a nut allergy, we were very concerned since neither of us have food allergies, only environmental (for me: pollen, mold, cats, and oddly enough, elephants... yeah, we found out about that one at the circus when I was a kid. I'm fine with them when they're outside, but I can't go into the elephant house at the zoo for very long when they're in there in the winter). We're very careful when it comes to her allergy, and she has learned to ask questions herself if she's not sure and if that still doesn't work, she doesn't eat whatever it might be. It can be irritating when people put peanut items on the same serving tray as non-peanut items (they've even done this at some of her after-school functions... ugh!... and we've had to educate people there about the need to separate and label items) but those people don't have to deal with these types of allergies every day like we do so they don't even think about it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OleShawn Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I guess the op would need a bin to put the wipes in before riding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KI-ORIG-EMP Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I have a severe allergy to shellfish, mint (No mint Juleps for me last week), and iodine. It is that reason that I do not go to Red Lobster to eat in fear of cross contamination. Everywhere I go, I always carry my Epi-Pen on me. Another item that set off my allergy was the old Army wool blankets. When I attended Job Corps, they gave us those blankets and I had to tell them to give me a different blanket. I would be gasping for air during that attack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webble78 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 The Panda Express food contains nuts too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XGatorHead 8904 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 ^Thanks, I didn't know that! I've only eaten there once or twice since it was put in Festhaus, and each time was when GatorGirl wasn't with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webble78 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 We went opening day and a very stressed but extremely nice worker warned me of the peanuts. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Be aware, too, that only the pizza specified as gluten free is gluten free. In the Fest Haus, it's at the bar back by Panda Express. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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