Yes, I did state that we were gluten free on the reservation so we did not "blindside" them. I did plenty of research beforehand and told the host and our server. I knew that it was family style, but our waiter never told us it was. She did not ask if we wanted more and rushed us throughout the entire process. She also never showed us the menu since she assumed that we were vegan and gluten free. She just said she'd have the chef make something for us since she didn't know what we could have. Due to my research beforehand, I knew there was turkey on the menu so we were confused when we were just brought a plate that we didn't request. We literally didn't get to tell the waiter what we wanted since she somehow thought that we were both vegan and gluten free, but we are just gluten free.
Please don't assume that as a celiac person I don't know what I'm doing. My family and I spend a lot of time researching where to eat at Disney since we don't want to be sick on our vacation. Hence, we ALWAYS mark on our online reservation that we have an allergy and make sure to tell our server first thing. We give the server and hostess a heads up as well when we first meet them just to make sure everyone is on the same page.
I get that you like Garden Grill, but please realize that those with allergies often have different experiences and please do be more understanding in the future before attacking my post saying it was my fault without realizing the entire situation. Quite honestly, I found this post hurtful saying that I didn't plan for my allergy and that it was my fault I got sick on my vacation when I made my reservation 180 days in advance.