I've got to say, after all our trips, based on location, price and theming....WL wins, wins, wins.....It's a very compact resort...easy access to food, transportation, pool and easy access to FW and CR to catch the monorail....WL gives you the option to visit the resorts in the monorail loop via a boat to CR, and the boat to FW for some great buffet (Trails End) can't be beat...we enjoy the EWP each night, movies on the beach each night too, great walking trail to FW and boat and bike rentals to explore the lakes and grounds is just a plus....
Roaring Forks small? Not to us, the serving area is decent and there's seating on the opposite side, some in the hall, plus tables and chairs just outside plus the whole pool area. It's just like the other resorts, get there at the wrong time and yes, it's congested...go alittle early or alittle late for meals.....heck, if your room is really close, get food and enjoy in your room....
We've done alot of the deluxes and best overall, without all the hype, hoopla and problems.....we're going back to the Lodge...last stay we got a fantastic rate for OKW (never stayed there before) and decided to try it....mistake on our part...we know what we like and where we want to be and OKW was not all that great in relation to our past trips to WDW...Learned our lesson, no more hunting around and being lured by CM deals....WL or nothing...when you enter the lobby, it says, WOW, you check in and they say "Welcome Home" and we get a sniff of the atmosphere, no matter home many times we've been there before, we still get excited like it's our first time.....you see the gift shop and totem, see the spring gurggling and follow it out and the stream makes it way to the pool....you hear the ferry boat toot its whistle...nothing could say it better.......the wow factor of the whole resort is beyond comprehension, you have to try it.....44 trips to WDW and alot of the resorts under our belts but thru the past 15 years, WL comes on top over all the other resorts...
Just wanted to add, when we pull up on property and make that trun to WL, we see the car port, stop and start unloading, nothing gets us as much as arriving to the Lodge...thru the huge door and we're inside....after a long train trip we're so, it's our home for the next 9-12 days, nothing could be better. For the POFQ person, the inside halls, A/C all the way and if it's hot or raining never having to venture outside is heaven.....we like POFQ, never stayed there but visit each trip...bus to the MK, catch the POFQ bus, we like the meatball sandwiches there and like catching the entertainer there at the Scat Cat Club and then taking the boat to DTD, do a walk about and bussing back to the Lodge...great way to spend an evening outside of the parks....
WL at Christmastime is so beautiful. You won't regret your decision to stay there. 
. I think it's definitely worth it to stay at WL 
. It's not so much a food court like the moderates, but it does have a good variety, IMO 
. As far as seating......there are no tables where you order and get your food, but just in the next room over there is seating 
