Wilderness Lodge

 Not many plans today but we did have a lunch appointment at Wilderness Lodge. 

Wilderness Lodge was built when Disney thought through everything. More details than you can imagine and everything has serious meaning. This hotel was built with 13 loads of logs that were shipped from the Northwest. It is awesome.

Head dress made from turkey feathers.

This chimney was made from rock from different layers encountered in the Northwest.

This is the train room. It is in the Disney Vacation Club and I would not have known about it had I not seen it on the internet. The room is fascinating.

This is two actual cars from Walt Disney's backyard train. The photo below shows the train in use (pardon the reflection on the class.

A model of the train that the first train at Disney world was built to resemble.

We saw some friends hanging out near the fireplace.

Next we ate at the Whispering Canyon Cafe.

Ok - so this is big. I had been looking for a milkshake since we got to Florida. Not only did I find a milkshake but it came with my meal and was bottomless. This was not the only milkshake that I saw during this meal.

I use to go to conference at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel every year. It was always a highlight. Gaylord built another hotel in Orlando. We wanted see what they had built here. Addison went with us and we simply looked around. Remember - everything you see is INDOORS under a large dome. It is impressive to say the least. It is adjacent to Disney property - Disney better up their game.