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What an amazing day you had as so much of it! Old Faithful must have been quite the experience and love the photos! It's just a matter of waiting for the geyser to show its' beauty! I hope you didn't have to wait too long!
Your resort and room are very nice. The bath is quite nice but seems like it could use some updating!
Spending time before dinner in the lounge with wine and a nice charcuterie/cheese platter with amazing views outside and an elk sighting is a great time before dinner! How can you beat that!
Dinner itself looked very good overall as both of your choices, I'd be all over! Halibut may be my favorite fish and had a great one recently at Dock's in AC and have had a good one or two at the Cali. I've had Elk at least one previous time on my first WDW trip in 2002 at Artists Point. I had the smoky portobello mushroom soup they are known for as amazing. Had a combo game entree with elk, venison and bison. All very good and had an add on with a piece of the grilled salmon on the cedar plank. Was a great meal and my best there with about 3-4 meals there.
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Dinner looked fantastic (and what a relief to know yours wasn’t so fresh that you saw it wandering by before it ended up on the plate!).
And the hotel is gorgeous! Nice to come back to some luxury after a day of hiking.
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Wow, that was quite the crowd by Old Faithful, but I'm not surprised, given its reputation. We were there in September, probably a week or so off parts of the park starting to close up, so it was lovely and quiet.
Your hotel looks wonderful and I'm glad you were able to get your dinner at a reasonable hour, not the 9:00pm they originally said! Beautiful photos from your after dinner walk.
What an amazing day you had as so much of it! Old Faithful must have been quite the experience and love the photos! It's just a matter of waiting for the geyser to show its' beauty! I hope you didn't have to wait too long!
Your resort and room are very nice. The bath is quite nice but seems like it could use some updating!
Spending time before dinner in the lounge with wine and a nice charcuterie/cheese platter with amazing views outside and an elk sighting is a great time before dinner! How can you beat that!
Dinner itself looked very good overall as both of your choices, I'd be all over! Halibut may be my favorite fish and had a great one recently at Dock's in AC and have had a good one or two at the Cali. I've had Elk at least one previous time on my first WDW trip in 2002 at Artists Point. I had the smoky portobello mushroom soup they are known for as amazing. Had a combo game entree with elk, venison and bison. All very good and had an add on with a piece of the grilled salmon on the cedar plank. Was a great meal and my best there with about 3-4 meals there.
Thanks, Dave!! The resort was amzing!! We actually loved the bathroom. It was charming and added to the rustic look!! Our meal was delicious and your Artist Point meal sounds wonderful as well!!
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What an amazing hotel from the view to the music to the elk to that wonderful dinner!
It really was the epitome of what you would expect the perfect Park hotel to be like!!
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Dinner looked fantastic (and what a relief to know yours wasn’t so fresh that you saw it wandering by before it ended up on the plate!).
And the hotel is gorgeous! Nice to come back to some luxury after a day of hiking.
Thanks, Colleen!! All true!!
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Wow, that was quite the crowd by Old Faithful, but I'm not surprised, given its reputation. We were there in September, probably a week or so off parts of the park starting to close up, so it was lovely and quiet.
Your hotel looks wonderful and I'm glad you were able to get your dinner at a reasonable hour, not the 9:00pm they originally said! Beautiful photos from your after dinner walk.
It's funny, that was the only place in the Park that was crowded.
Our hotel was amazing and we were so relieved to eat at a reasonable time!! Those photos don't do justice to the scenery!! :
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Today we were up at 6:00 AM once again and went to the dining room for a delicious buffet breakfast. We were ready to hit the road by 8:00 and were at our first stop at Yellowstone for the day by 8:10.
We explored some more of this gorgeous Park:
And continued to be amazed at how hot springs popped up randomly:
Mud Volcanoes!
More beautiful scenery:
Our waitress at breakfast had told us that we just had to head a little north to see bison and sure enough, she was right!! Our first spotting was of this guy. When I saw the first one, I was so excited, I couldn't speak ( and you guys know that takes a lot!)!!! Muffin says I said something like BBBB-Buffalo!! Also, when I got out of the car to take a picture, I put my favorite Mickey Mouse reading glasses on my head and I believe there is a Bison somewhere in Yellowstone that can read much clearer now. Anyway! Enjoy my new friends!!
We then continued on the road and found lots more Bison. I was a little taken aback to see them either solo or just two together. I expected them to be like cows I guess and travel in a herd.
This guy was just walking down the middle of the road blocking traffic for about 15 minutes, taking his good old time!
And this guy tried to eat Muffin!! We saw him from a little ways back as we were slowly driving along just walking on the side of the road. About 100 yards in front of him was a pull off so Muffin thought we should get some photos as he walked by. When the bison got about 20 feet behind the car, he just stopped and stood there making very weird noises. Then he and Muffin had a staring contest for about 5 minutes. I really think he was angry because we were in his way!
We couldn't get over how the hot springs were just everywhere too! And we loved the bison. I was hoping to see one and was delighted to see so many. Isn't it the weirdest thing when they're just strolling down the road? I noticed in one of your photos that there's a biker right by one of them. I don't think I'd have liked to have been him!
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Old Faithful must have been quite the experience and love the photos! It's just a matter of waiting for the geyser to show its' beauty!
I hope you didn't have to wait too long!
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Beautiful photos from your after dinner walk. 
Our meal was delicious and your Artist Point meal sounds wonderful as well!! 
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And the lodge is so cute! What a great dining experience! 
Anyway! Enjoy my new friends!!
We saw him from a little ways back as we were slowly driving along just walking on the side of the road. About 100 yards in front of him was a pull off so Muffin thought we should get some photos as he walked by. When the bison got about 20 feet behind the car, he just stopped and stood there making very weird noises. Then he and Muffin had a staring contest for about 5 minutes. I really think he was angry because we were in his way!
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