Dinner in Frontier Land
To our surprise, this area was packed—bottlenecked, jammed, crazy. You name it. This was the only area of Magic Kingdom where we experienced any sort of congestion. I still don't know why, as we did not stay long enough after eating to find out.
Pecos Bill's is a big quick service restaurant with lots of seating and lots of people. A downside here is that when it's busy, those of us with special orders really get in the way. We had to stand next to the cashier and wait for the chef while the regular order customers tried to squeeze by us to place their orders.
After what seemed like forever, the chef came out and took our orders.
Not much gluten free here. I ordered nachos with ground beef and cheese—not very Disney-yum in my opinion. Dessert was the amazing "OMG It's Gluten Free Fudge Brownie." My mom ordered a chicken salad (no dressing) which came with a side of corn on the cob and no dessert.
This was the only time we encountered a slightly frazzled chef—maybe even annoyed. When he came out to take our order, he didn’t really have that Disney joy. I felt like a bother to him, and he really didn’t seem interested in offering us anything other than what we ended up ordering.
After taking our orders, the chef gave us a pager to take back to our table. For those unfamiliar, pagers are given to guests with special dietary requests or food that takes longer to prepare. Instead of hanging around the line, you can wait at a table. When it buzzes, it's time to go meet the chef to receive your order.
The wait was around 20 minutes for our food.
After giving me my order, the chef pointed out the condiment bar for toppings. I quickly told him it was not a safe option for me. I didn’t feel like waiting another 20 minutes for condiments, so I just asked him to grab some safe grated cheese from the kitchen.
All in all, it was filling, fresh, and tasted okay—just very plain. I would have preferred more toppings for my nachos, like salsa or sour cream, as just beef and cheese made it a bit dry. I don’t think I would go back here in the future. There are far better options around the park, which are also less chaotic.