By now we had decided this Miss Badger was poorly so decided to take things easier and have a later start - so started the day with a trip to the Pool at the DCR. I'd advise bringing your own towels from home anyway as the cabin towels are a bit small and otherwise you'll need to rent towels (which is what we did). The pool is pretty good, but not that good for small children IMHO, although they do supply lots of armbands.
There are 3 main parts
A central deep part with steps (Deeper than Miss Badger) - it's the same depth all the way along with steps going down from the sides.
A water slide with a splash pool at the bottom. I was volunteered to go on this and it was fast (been a long time since i did anything like that) and clearly the pool you land in is not designed for large adults and i hit the bottom
A shallow river section with a whirlpool/current which means you can be swept down from one end to the other. I've never seen anything like this before and it was really good fun, but apart from this there's not a lot else for smaller children (Miss Badger is a good swimmer and could manage in the deep bit but a beach area for splashing would have been good)
As we went in as soon as it opened there weren't that many people in, but the queue for the waterslide moved slowly - i can imagine when it's busy it's a bit much.
The water was warm enough, but it was cold when we got out which lead to a meltdown from Miss Badger in the changing room - so back to the cabin for a rest, and she crashed out immediately for the next couple of hours.
We had a reservation at Walts for lunch at 1pm which we managed to make (just) and was pretty much the (food) high point of the week (for me anyway). As with the Silver Spur it was a case of reservation or you wern't getting in - and again the place wasn't really that full. I did feel that the Maitre'D was a bit snooty (I am very much of the jeans/tshirt/trainers school of dress) but everyone else was really pleasant. Again I confused the waiter by asking for the express menu and the normal menu.
We were put into the Adventureland room which had some good theming to point out to Miss/Mrs Badger and was a nice calm place compared to the rest of
Disneyland. It's a little bit of an odd place with lots of little rooms but that's quite good as it feels calmer and more contained.
The choices we made were
Miss Badger - Spaghetti Bolognaise (luckily, as this is what she had said she had wanted earlier, and given she wasn't really eating I was happy she found something)
Mrs Badger - Crusted Cod and Gourmet Coffee
Mr Badger - Twice Cooked Lamb/Potato Gnocchi and Gourmet Coffee
The Gourmet Coffee deserts were a Macaroon (Crack to Mrs Badger), Some Ice Cream and a small Chocolate Fondant (Which was my favorite).
The others enjoyed their choices, but for me by far the best meal of the holiday, and i'd recommend it to anyone who fancies something a bit more upmarket - and by getting the express lunch menu the price can be kept down.
Two things I found odd at all the restaurants we ate at were i) they serve you bread rolls without a plate which means you end up with crumbs everywhere and ii) sauces are served in plastic containers that look as if they are meant to be cast iron - given everything else at these places is upmarket i found it a strange choice.
I was also impressed with them as I left my bag there when i left and when i realized about 5 minutes later and went back it had been sent downstairs for me to collect from the waiter manning the doors.