We went to Disney, y'all! This week on the show, Melissa from Vegan Disney World joins us to talk about all things vegan in the parks.
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Update: We went back to Disney over President's Day weekend 2022! I've updated the post below to include the new-to-us vegan foods we ate on this trip.
Update #2: Dave visited again in April of 2025 and tried some new offerings. They're listed below. I also went through the online menus to update this guide, removing anything that's no longer available.
Melissa is the creator of Vegan Disney World, which reviews the vegan options around Walt Disney World and other Disney parks. On the website, you can find easily accessible lists of the vegan options around Walt Disney World Resort.
We were over the moon that she agreed to not only come on the show after our trip but meet us in the parks for a sweet treat while we were there!
Planning a trip to Universal, too? Don't miss our guide to vegan options at Universal Studios!
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🚤 We stayed at Boardwalk Villas!
Not food related, but Dave scored us a room at Boardwalk Villas for our visit. Our room was basically a condo with a full kitchen, a separate bedroom, a balcony, and a fold out couch.
Boardwalk is a stellar location. It's walkable to both EPCOT and Hollywood Studios and about a 20 minute bus ride to Magic Kingdom.
It also has a great pool with a water slide and restaurants nearby with a few great vegan options. The standout for me and Dave as the fully loaded avocado toast at Trattoria al Forno.
The avocado toast was incredible! It included a chickpea scramble, which was basically like scrambled hummus, and they topped it with tomato, radish, arugula, and a balsamic drizzle. Just so, so good.
On his 2025 visit, Dave tried the veggie crunch muffuletta at Boardwalk Deli, which was a ciabatta loaded with pickled veggies, olive tapenade, and non-dairy cheese. He loved this sandwich and ordered it with a side of the plant based coleslaw. This was a sweet, southern-style slaw that he said reminded him of childhood in the best way. Definitely try that slaw!
We stayed for five nights and had park hopper passes to various parks throughout. Below, I'm going to list our vegan Disney World eats by park.
(We didn't visit Animal Kingdom, because I'm not super wild about the captive animals angle of it. Melissa has a great guide to vegan food at Animal Kingdom here.)
I also do want to mention that we visited in early June 2021, so restaurant options were more limited, because not everything was fully open yet in the parks. That said, there were still plenty of great vegan options everywhere we went.
One must-have on the Boardwalk was a vegan sundae from Boardwalk Ice Cream. They stock chocolate and vanilla Tofutti ice creams.
For toppings, the chocolate syrup, strawberry sauce, pineapple sauce, peanut butter sauce, and marshmallow sauce are all vegan. The chocolate fudge is not. They also offer coconut whipped cream!
The kid and I shared The Classic Wave, which is just two scoops of ice cream. We got a scoop of vanilla and a scoop of chocolate. Then, we added strawberry and chocolate syrups, because we know how to LIVE!
The strawberry sauce really wowed us. It's not just a syrup. It has actual big chunks of berries in it! Do not miss it.
You can also get a vegan vanilla shake at Boardwalk Ice Cream, which Dave tried on his 2025 visit. He said it was a day-maker.
🐭 What We Ate at Magic Kingdom
Of course, you've got to get yourself a Dole Whip, which you can find at various stands throughout the park. All of the fruit flavors of Dole Whip are vegan, except for coconut.
The Vanilla and Coconut contain dairy milk. That Coconut Dole Whip is actually the vanilla with coconut flavoring added, but any fruit flavor without vanilla is vegan.
There was a morning when I forgot to pack granola bars for the kid and I to have for breakfast. I popped into one of the shops to see what granola bar-type offerings they have, and many of the Snacks with Character are vegan. These are packaged snacks, like granola bars and trail mixes.
I grabbed a couple of the Chocolate Chip Banana Fruit and Oat Bars for us to eat. They were basically cookies, but they did the job. If you want a cookie for breakfast, this is for you!
And you're at Disney, so why not!
Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe no longer has the Impossible burger, but they do have a plant-based patty melt. It's an Impossible patty with vegan Swiss cheese, pickle slaw, and "Asteroid Sauce." We haven't tried this sandwich yet, but I wanted to mention it, since it sounds stellar.
Dave also managed to score us reservations to Jungle Navigation Co. LTD Skipper Canteen. This sit-down restaurant has two vegan main dish options and a vegan dessert. We skipped the dessert, but I got the curried vegetable crew stew. Dave got the Thai noodles, which is no longer on the menu.
The curry was absolutely awful. I honestly don't think I've ever been more disappointed in a dish. It was just absolutely flavorless, despite boasting pineapple tofu. Even the sauce, which there wasn't much of, was bland.
The flatbread that came with the curry was nice, but not worth slogging through the main dish just for that.
Probably the highlight of our Magic Kingdom treats was the I Lava You float from Sunshine Tree Terrace. If you get it without the popping candy, it's vegan. And my, oh my.
This dessert is orange Dole Whip floating in Strawberry Fanta and red passion fruit syrup. It was absolutely incredible! So refreshing during the hot part of the day, and I'll definitely get this again next time we go.
For an extensive list of vegan options at Magic Kingdom, check out this guide from Melissa's blog.
🌐 What We Ate at EPCOT
We are big EPCOT fans over here. Dave and I are children of the 80s, and we both just love the 80s-driven futurism in this park. It was a lot of fun to see that they are bringing back the old logos that used to be all over the park when we were kids!
On our first night in EPCOT, we were delighted to find veggie sushi rolls and edamame at Katsura Grill. They also have a vegan udon, which sounded incredible, but we weren't feeling soup that evening.
The sushi roll was just what we needed. It has pickled ginger in it, which you know I love! I even have a sushi burrito recipe that does the same thing.
The edamame was....edamame. For the three of us, we got three rolls and an order of edamame to share, which was a good amount. Next time, I might up it to two orders of the edamame.
The other standout for me at EPCOT was a Mickey soft pretzel. Simple, I know, but it was a great late-night snack. You can find the Mickey pretzel at carts all over EPCOT and the other Disney parks, and it's vegan if you get it without the cheese sauce. They also charge you less if you get mustard instead of cheese!
Since the original writing of this post, Sunshine Seasons at EPCOT has discontinued the terrible jackfruit wrap and replaced it with a mediterranean vegetable sandwich that has roasted red pepper, red onion, tomato, arugula, hummus, and balsamic vinaigrette on herbed focaccia served with potato chips. We haven't tried this sandwich, but it sounds like a safe bet.
Melissa did point out that Sunshine Seasons has a good vegan dessert, which we didn't get. The Cookies 'n' Cream Chocolate Mousse Cup is incredible, she says, and I wish I'd gotten that for dinner instead of that bad wrap.
If you're craving a vegan burger at EPCOT, Melissa mentioned that she really likes the BBQ Jackfruit Sandwich at Regal Eagle in the America Pavilion. It's BBQ jackfruit on garlic toast. Next time, for sure!
🎬 Vegan Food at Hollywood Studios
Looking back, we ate the most variety at Hollywood Studios. There are just some stellar options at both Galaxy's Edge and at the park in general.
Dave managed to snag us dinner reservations at Sci-Fi Dine-In, which is a restaurant that gives you a drive in movie experience. Instead of tables, there are booths shaped like old timey cars, and they all face a huge screen playing trailers for old sci-fi movies.
It's a really wonderful experience, and that menu has a couple of great vegan options:
- Flying Saucer Impossible Burger - The patty on this burger is thick, and they top it with a grilled portobello cap, vegan pesto, cashew ricotta, lettuce, tomato, and onion.
- Cookie Shake - If you want something super decadent, they have a Cookie Shake that is vegan. It's packed with cookie pieces, and they top it with vegan whipped cream and a mini cookie! It's a solid dessert shake.
Sadly, they've gotten rid of the Island Cakes, a vegan crab cake that I loved. They replaced them with nachos, which we haven't tried yet.
For lunch at Hollywood Studios, we hit Rosie's for their Vegan Lobster Roll. This is a quick service location, and we loved this sandwich! I liked it so much, that I recreated it at home. Don't miss my recipe for vegan lobster rolls!
Rosie's uses hearts of palm to make the lobster salad, and it was a great, quick, filling lunch. It came with a side of chips that were incredibly salty. Melissa says the salt levels are a little hit and miss, so be ready for that. Still worth going, in my opinion!
Docking Bay 7 no longer has the veggie meatballs, but they're replaced them with Felucian Falafel and Hummus Garden Spread. This sounds like a similar spread, but instead of the Impossible meatballs, they use chickpea falafel as the protein. They come with beet hummus, beet-tomato-cucumber relish in garlic sauce, and soft pita bread.
This is a great option for a refreshing, energizing meal.
🥂 Vegan Drinks at Hollywood Studios
Also at Hollywood Studios, we got a reservation at Oga's Cantina for drinks. This is a really stellar experience! The bar is styled to make you feel like you're in the movie, and the drinks are delightful.
Melissa cautions that the blueberry popping pearls at Oga's are not vegan (they contain gelatin). If you're unsure about your drink, definitely ask. The staff is always happy to make sure that your drink is fully plant based!
I ordered the Blurrgfire, which is a lemon-pomegranate drink with habanero-lime syrup that was stellar. The kid had the Hyperdrive, which was blue Powerade, white cranberry juice, black cherry puree and Sprite. His was sweeter than I like in a mocktail, but he loved it!
Dave had a Sierra Nevada IPA, which tasted like you'd expect.
We also asked Melissa what her favorite drink at Oga's was, and she said she loves the Fuzzy Tauntaun, because it makes your mouth go numb when you drink it. Wild!
The other vegan drink we had at Hollywood Studios was the green milk. The milk comes in green, which is a fruity flavor, and blue which Melissa says tastes like bubblegum.
I found the green milk way too sweet, but Dave and the kid loved it. We all loved how frosty it was on a hot day, but I couldn't handle more than a few sips. It wasn't like a flavored milk. Think more of a creamy slushy drink.
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Cadry
This was a really fun episode, and it's nice to see all of the pics from the day. I don't know when I'll make it back to the parks again. It will probably be a while. But this will be super helpful when I do. Until then, it's fun to dream!
Becky Striepe
Thank you so much, Cadry! I'm glad you enjoyed the episode. We had fun recording it, for sure! I hope you get to go back to the parks soon!