Lunch was at Liberty Tree Tavern. Wed never been able to eat here before because of the characters, so when I found out it was turning back into a regular restaurant, I was excited to check it out.
I dont have any exterior or lobby shots for you, but I do have a picture of the lobby chandelier!
When we checked in they asked us what state we were from. I thought this was going to be important for later, but when no one ever mentioned it again, I asked our server. She said its just something they used to do for a reason but now they just do it out of tradition. I didnt catch what the reason used to be...
As we waited to be seated, I got all excited trying to figure out which room wed be seated in. Im kinda particular about decor (for example, theres only one place I like to eat in Columbia Harbor House), and I was really hoping itd be in one of the light, airy rooms like this one:
No such luck in fact, they actually lead us to literally THE worst seat in the place, at the back of the restaurant right next to the kitchen entrance, with a view of the busing station where they dump dirty plates! Gack! When I politely asked for another table (the restaurant had just opened there were dozens of them) our host acted really confused and made us go all the way back to the lobby to wait for another 5 minutes.
Whats weird is, this ended up happening to us at several other restaurants wed be shown to the worst seats, near the kitchen. I wonder if its because we often ate right when the restaurant opened and they were filling the place from back to front.
Eventually we ended up in the dark and unappealing Betsy Ross room, but at least we could see across the restaurant to a sliver of window.
Not in the Betsy Ross room.
I dont know why I asked DH to take a picture of this mug, but I remember thinking it was important
The service was OK but kinda distracted. The food was not as bad as Id expected at a restaurant hosted by Stouffers but nothing to write home about.
We split the New England Clam Chowder, which they kindly put in individual bowls (youd be surprised lots of restaurants made us eat off the same plate/bowl).
Then we split the New England Pot Roast (braised beef in a cabernet wine and mushroom sauce served with mashed potatoes and garden vegetables) which was so huge even for two - it made me regret getting the soup.
No free anniversary dessert appeared to be forthcoming, so we split the Celebrate Today dessert (cant remember the official name), which was basically the Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake vanilla cake with gooey toffee filling and caramel sauce sprinkled with edible confetti.
It was.... not very good. There was something fake-tasting about perhaps because it seemed to be made almost entirely of high-fructose corn syrup.
I try to avoid taking pictures of half-eaten food cuz I dont wanna gross you out, but I couldnt resist a shot of this pathetic-looking Celebrate Today! decoration after wed finished celebrating today ...
(We spent the whole trip mocking Disneys hilariously generic Celebrate Today! theme. Hey, everybody do you know what today is? Its TODAY!!!! Whoooo! Today! Right on! Today, you ROCK!)
After lunch we staggered around Frontierland and Adventureland trying not to fall asleep. Taking pictures helped!
We found a great make-out spot on the Rivers of America
We rode Big Thunder. Wheeeeee!
I dont think its possible to take a bad picture of Big Thunder Mountain!
We stopped by Splash and laughed every time a log went down the big drop and the oversplash hit the unsuspecting suckers passing by on the rides upper level. I think this might be an effect they turn on and off, cuz it didnt happen later in the trip when *we* were the unsuspecting suckers. This day, it happened to every single log that went by!
Then we rode
And the wait was
Hooray!
The Jungle Cruise sounded fun...
You get much closer to the sets here than at
Disneyland I like it!
I was very proud to be the only one who knew who the waterfall (not shown) was named for ... (Dr. Albert Falls).
And I love the temple you get to ride through at Magic Kingdoms version. It really plusses the ride, as Uncle Walt might say.
I lurked with your wedding TR, so I'm going to come out of the closet for this one!! You and your DH are so cute! Can't wait to read more!
Looking forward to more!
Me too, me tooooo! HM is my absolute favourite. I need to pay more attention next time and find the hidden Donald!!
Why, thank you! But 
I hope your tooth (or lack thereof) feels better today and you were able to peel off those contacts. Now I must know what an "Entirely Imaginary" trip report is you've piqued my interest! I think my next WDW trip is going to be one of those...
I understand. You should see me at Disneyland you'd think that I'd feel more relaxed cuz we can go just about whenever we want, but I still rush to the Matterhorn, Peter Pan and other non-FastPass rides as soon as the rope drops! I think it's cuz that's the way my family always did it when I was growing up, except back then we were rushing to Pirates and Haunted Mansion.
I LOVE it! I'm officially rebranding our past year. And welcome aboard, and yay for instant gratification!
Sorry to hear you also missed out on the free desserts - maybe we should start a thread on the Weddings board warning everyone to postpone their honeymoons til *after* the stupid year of celebrations!
