SilentWindODoom
Well-Known Member
We are currently planning an August 12-21 stay at the Wilderness Lodge, the resort I've dreamed of going to since I first saw pictures of it in guidebooks before our 98 stay! Huzzah!
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So, we have come up with a few questions in the midst of our planning, and now that the site seem to have come back from it's downtime, I have the opprotunity to ask them so we can book everything (we already have the room). Later after booking I can ask more advice, but first these sticking points. Hopefully everyone here can help.
1) My dad wants to watch Illuminations from the new Hacienda de San Angel. I'd rather eat at Le Cellier (been there last time), Les Chefs de France (always wanted to try there), or Biergarten, and just stake out a place to sit. Is it possible to get advance reservations to La Hacienda and just order snacks and/or dessert, while watching the show? Should there be any problem with that at all? And what are your opinions on those restaurants if you'd like to throw those in?
2) My friend who's coming with me fell in love with the Polynesian as soon as he saw it. Unfortunately, this is the first time we've afforded Wilderness Lodge, and that was with the discount, so you can imagine we can't nearly afford the Polynesian. However, as it is possible to just walk into a resort and go to a restaurant and stuff like that, is there anything stopping a resort guest or even a non-guest from going to the pools of other resorts? Could we crash the Polynesian pool and spend an afternoon enjoying the tropical paradise?
3) I've seen that the Whispering Canyon Cafe offers a breakfast with country gravy. I'd thought that it was fairly tough to screw country gravy up, until I tried it at Cheddar Barrel, where it was terrible. To let you know my tastes, I think the Waffle House and Arby's stuff is good, and Denny's is servicable. Is the country gravy good or at least like those, or is it weird/terrible like I hear Disney's attempt at pizza is?
4) Where on property can we find grits? Just a simple breakfast with grits would be nice. If not, where in the World can we get grits?
:sohappy:
So, we have come up with a few questions in the midst of our planning, and now that the site seem to have come back from it's downtime, I have the opprotunity to ask them so we can book everything (we already have the room). Later after booking I can ask more advice, but first these sticking points. Hopefully everyone here can help.
1) My dad wants to watch Illuminations from the new Hacienda de San Angel. I'd rather eat at Le Cellier (been there last time), Les Chefs de France (always wanted to try there), or Biergarten, and just stake out a place to sit. Is it possible to get advance reservations to La Hacienda and just order snacks and/or dessert, while watching the show? Should there be any problem with that at all? And what are your opinions on those restaurants if you'd like to throw those in?
2) My friend who's coming with me fell in love with the Polynesian as soon as he saw it. Unfortunately, this is the first time we've afforded Wilderness Lodge, and that was with the discount, so you can imagine we can't nearly afford the Polynesian. However, as it is possible to just walk into a resort and go to a restaurant and stuff like that, is there anything stopping a resort guest or even a non-guest from going to the pools of other resorts? Could we crash the Polynesian pool and spend an afternoon enjoying the tropical paradise?
3) I've seen that the Whispering Canyon Cafe offers a breakfast with country gravy. I'd thought that it was fairly tough to screw country gravy up, until I tried it at Cheddar Barrel, where it was terrible. To let you know my tastes, I think the Waffle House and Arby's stuff is good, and Denny's is servicable. Is the country gravy good or at least like those, or is it weird/terrible like I hear Disney's attempt at pizza is?
4) Where on property can we find grits? Just a simple breakfast with grits would be nice. If not, where in the World can we get grits?