Community Guidelines

The short version

Be honest about what you ate. Be kind to other guests. Only post photos you have the right to share. Tell us if you were paid to promote something. Everything else is mostly common sense.

These guidelines work alongside our Terms of Use and apply to everything you post on Theme Park Foodie — reviews, photos, lists, profile fields, comments, the lot.

Honest reviews

Theme Park Foodie works because the reviews here come from real guests sharing real experiences.

• Write what you actually tasted, saw, and felt. Don't review a restaurant you've never been to.
• One account per person. Don't create multiple accounts to boost or sink ratings.
• Disclose paid relationships. If you were comped a meal, given free product, or paid in any way in exchange for a review, say so in the review text. Hidden compensation gets the content removed and may cost you the account.
• No coordinated manipulation. No review swaps, no rating campaigns, no buying or selling positive reviews.

Be kind

We want this to feel like a community of fellow Disney food fans, not a Yelp battlefield.

• Criticize the food, not the people. Restaurant staff are doing a hard job. Your review can be honest and unflattering without being personal.
• No harassment. Don't target individual cast members, chefs, owners, or other reviewers with insults or repeat negativity.
• Watch the language. Profanity in moderation is fine. Slurs, hate speech, threats, and sexualized comments about staff are not.

Photos

• Post photos you have the right to share. Photos you took yourself, or photos a friend gave you permission to share. Not photos you grabbed off Instagram or someone else's blog.
• Don't post identifiable photos of people without consent. Background crowds in a dining room are fine. Close-ups of strangers, cast members, or kids you don't know are not.
• Keep it food-focused. Photos of the food, the venue, the experience. Not selfie collections or unrelated content.
• Nothing inappropriate. No nudity, violence, or content that wouldn't be welcome in the parks themselves.

Profiles and usernames

• One person per account. Brands, companies, and bots need to coordinate with us first via the contact form.
• Username and display name should be a name — not a slur, not a brand impersonation, not "I am [a real celebrity]."
• Bios that promote products or off-topic causes may be removed.
• Profile links go where they say they go. Don't redirect, cloak, or use shorteners to disguise the destination.

If you make a living from this

Creators, bloggers, podcasters, and reviewers with an audience are welcome here — but a few asks:

• Be a contributor, not a billboard. Reviews and photos add value to the community. Profile spam doesn't.
• Disclose paid relationships in the review text if the relationship affected what you ordered, comped your meal, or paid you in any way.
• Use the social-link slots in your profile to point to your platforms. That's what they're there for.

What happens when the rules are broken

We try to take a proportional approach:

1. First instance — content removed, friendly note explaining why. No account action.
2. Pattern of issues — temporary suspension, usually 7 days. We'll explain what we saw.
3. Repeat or severe violation — permanent ban. Account and contributions removed.

Severity matters. A single off-tone review gets a heads-up. Threats, hate speech, or doxxing get an immediate ban.

We don't always get this right, and we'll listen if you think we made the wrong call. Reply to the email we sent.

Reporting something

If you see content that breaks these guidelines, contact us and we'll review it. A "Report" button is on the way for in-page reporting.

We read every report. We won't always agree with every reporter, but we take the input seriously.

Disney trademarks

These guidelines apply to user-generated content. For Theme Park Foodie's broader relationship with The Walt Disney Company and use of their marks, see the Terms of Use.

Questions?

Contact us any time — we're a small team but we read everything.