I brought this up on another thread about
DDP and kids' meals, but it seems appropriate to mention here as well. Carrot sticks and grapes are not good to give to toddlers. They don't really have strong molars to grind up the carrots and the raw veggies can break into large chunks and be a choking hazard. Grapes are especially bad because they compress and are just the right size to get lodged in a child's windpipe. The American Academy of Pediatrics lists raw vegetables and grapes as two of the greatest choking hazards for children under the age of 4 (hot dogs are also on the list, for the same reasons as grapes):
http://healthresources.caremark.com/topic/chokingreport
Grapes and carrots are definitely healthy foods, but not good choices for very young children. Given that, and also how many parents are concerned about the artificial sweeteners in that jello or those sugar-free brownies, Disney should offer some other kid-friendly alternatives for sides and desserts like little cups of yogurt, a banana
, canned diced peaches or mandarin oranges, little packages of cookies, teddy grahams, or goldfish crackers (I believe those goldfish crackers are on some menus already), fruit roll ups, soft serve frozen yogurt or small frozen ice cream bars or frozen yogurt bars, ice cream sandwiches or fudgesicles
-- there are a lot of alternatives they could come up with.