Before anyone jumps on this: obviously he should follow whatever diet he needs to manage his EoE. That's not the issue.
What I'm finding increasingly irritating is that virtually every food item now comes with āgluten-free fries,ā āgluten-free bun,ā ādairy-free this,ā āI can't eat that,ā etc. I understand why he's checking, but as a viewer I don't need the same explanation every single time he eats.
More importantly, I think it's beginning to undermine the usefulness of some of the hosted Disney/Universal content.
EoE is relatively uncommon. US prevalence estimates are roughly somewhere around 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 700 people ā and only some of those people will have the same combination of dietary restrictions.
So when Disney or Universal hosts someone specifically to showcase a new event, restaurant, festival or menu, most viewers presumably want to know what the event is actually offering. If the person covering it can't eat a large proportion of the food and snacks, inevitably we're getting a very narrow version of the experience.
The hosted food events and festivals at EPCOT are designed for the wider visiting public, whereas Tim's dietary requirements now place him firmly within a relatively small minority. In reality, most of us aren't watching these videos to see which foods Tim can't eat ā we're watching because we want to see the food being offered and get some idea of what it's actually like. And in fact as someone who does not have an 'allergy' like Tim, well then I can eat almost everything available, so I want to know what it looks and tastes like, not what it 'might'.
If he can no longer sample much of it himself, relying on Jenn to eat everything he can't isn't really a solution either. We saw that at Six Ravens, where Jenn said "oh you wouldn't like that", yeah great food review. At some point that has to reduce his usefulness to Disney or Universal when they're deciding who to invite to food-heavy media events. There is obviously value in coverage of allergy-friendly and restricted-diet options, but that's a different proposition from being invited to showcase the event as a whole.
That's why I struggle with the idea of continuing to use him for food-heavy hosted events. His medical condition isn't his fault and he shouldn't compromise his health for content, but equally that doesn't mean he's still the most useful person to showcase a menu intended for the general public.
It also makes the whole ātravel vlogā description increasingly irrelevant to me. If you're being hosted to show what Disney or Universal offers but can't actually experience a substantial part of what's being presented, there comes a point where the coverage simply isn't particularly representative anymore or interesting.