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Our Lunch reservation was at Whispering Canyon Café. It had been a few years since I’ve eaten here, but we really did enjoy it last time. We made our way over there, taking pictures along the way, of course.
The lobby is just gorgeous!
We were seated at a couple of tables. The table we sat at was a large booth, which was kind of a pain when you wanted to get out and use the bathroom.
We had the starters on the table waiting for us and our drink orders were taken. I had wanted the milkshake, but it wasn’t included with the meal we were getting (because it was a set meal for us agents), so I got a lemonade. I had been drinking a lot of diet coke on this trip. At home I drink it, but the decaffeinated version, so I was starting to feel jittery with all this caffeine pumping through my body.
We had a couple of servers waiting on us, and they were pretty fun. But Brook and I were squeezed in the inside of the booth so we couldn’t always hear all that was said.
Soon the food arrived.
And we dug right in. I think the food was even better this time around. Last time the ribs were just OK, but this time they were falling off the bone.
Soon it was brought to our attention that one of the guy TA’s had finished his drink and they had brought him out one of those HUGE mason jars full as a refill…and would you believe it, he drank that whole thing too.
They also said it was someone’s birthday and they made a couple of the TA’s run around the restaurant on the wooden horses for a race. It was pretty funny.
Of course, now the bathroom jokes came out. I have to admit, I would be floating after drinking that much.
We had a great time and talked to some of the travel agents from other agencies who sat across from us. We devoured the skillet and asked for more…especially the mashed potatoes. These babies were “OH so good”. When they brought out a new plate full, I joked that I was going to just eat the whole bowl…and Brook took this very flattering (NOT) picture of me pretending I was.
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After we were done with the main meal, and waiting on dessert, I decided to run to the bathroom…..which meant Patty and Mindy had to let me out and I had to do the slide across the bench to get out. LOL!
I took my camera with me and took pictures on the way there and back.
It was a pretty bathroom.
And a couple of shots from the set while we waited on dessert.
Soon the dessert arrived and you would’ve thought we hadn’t eaten in months, the way we attacked it. I think it was half apple and half cherry if I remember right. But no matter what it was, it was GOOD!
As soon as we dug in, the ice-cream started mixing in with it all. Mindy asked for some more without any ice-cream in it. (she is lactose intolerant, but I know she ate some dairy here and there, so it might not be too bad) We laughed, because it was next to impossible to get a spoonful without any ice-cream in it.
And this is what it looked like after.
I think at some point the pan was scraped even cleaner. LOL
They brought out a cupcake for one of the TA’s birthday. This gal was a feisty one and she wasn’t going to take it sitting down.
The Server started eating her cupcake, and then the TA went to stuff the cupcake in her face.
So the server just finished it off.
The fun was over and it was time to head back to the lobby. Tommy was going to get our key to tour a room, so we hung around and took pictures.
Tommy came back and we divided into our groups again. Our group stayed in the lobby and talked about the history of the lodge. It was kind of funny, because a guy was sitting on a chair nearby and asked what we were doing/who we were, and we told him. And he was really interested in listening to everything. When we moved on, we joked with him that he should follow along with us, but of course he didn’t.
Is that cornbread that you started off with? It looks so yummy, and I love love love when the ice cream melts onto warm fruit pies or cobblers; I could probably eat that whole thing by myself! Well there goes my low carb diet, I'm gonna go get something sweet!
Is that cornbread that you started off with? It looks so yummy, and I love love love when the ice cream melts onto warm fruit pies or cobblers; I could probably eat that whole thing by myself! Well there goes my low carb diet, I'm gonna go get something sweet!
Yes it was. I really love the WDW cornbread. I wish I knew how to make it.
I'm trying to diet too. It's so hard. I need to lose 10 just to get back to where I was and then about 40 more.
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It looks like you had a lot of fun at Whispering Canyon!
Wilderness Lodge is really a beautiful hotel. I love the lobby and the landscaping. That meal looks amazing! I want that cornbread and the cobbler right NOW!
Wilderness Lodge is really a beautiful hotel. I love the lobby and the landscaping. That meal looks amazing! I want that cornbread and the cobbler right NOW!
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What a great meal! I'd love to eat there one day. We did eat in the Territory lounge once, watching baseball, the Cubs were in the playoffs that year and DH couldn't miss it!
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And back through the lobby to head to a room. Tommy had told us that Disney was pretty much booked up this week and so sometimes they had a hard time finding a room for us to tour that was clean and didn’t have a guest already in it. He said that all the CM’s had been very accommodating for us.
Mousekeeping!
Into a room and my first shot is>>>>>>>!
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The toilet! I know you are super excited!
I just heard yesterday that WL is going to be refurbed. I am not sure if it is the rooms, or what, so that will be interesting to see.
This is my next shot. I assume I took this on the way out, as the room tour was the last thing we did at WL.
What a great meal! I'd love to eat there one day. We did eat in the Territory lounge once, watching baseball, the Cubs were in the playoffs that year and DH couldn't miss it!
It looked really neat in there. I wish I could remember more about it, I know we got a story to go along with it. But with touring so many resorts in a short time, it was hard to remember it all. I should video tape next time.
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