NedsTJ
Only 5.67E+06 feet from MK!
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Hi all - I posted this on the reviews section of wdwinfo, but thought I'd share it here as well. If you're not aware, there is a whole section of restaurant, shopping, resort, etc, reviews...with ratings, prices, recomendations, etc. I wasn't aware of it until last week (my bad!). Anyway, you can read my review of the barbque below, or check out all the reviews here:
http://reviews.wdwinfo.com/showproduct.php/item/923_Fort Wilderness - Mickey's Backyard BBQ
My wife and I took our 2.2 year old to this, thinking she'd like it. She did, she loved meeting Minney and Mickey (in that order, lol), some of the dancing, and she loved the mac-n-cheese. Getting there is a problem if you stay at another resort and rely on Disney Transportation. We were at Old Key West, and needed to take a bus to Epcot, transfer to a Fort wilderness bus, then to a Fort wilderness internal bus. All told the trip to get there was 1 hr and 20 mins. I'd only recomend going if you have a car (and even then you still need to take their internal bus). We planned on an hour, and just made it by the time of the start. What they don't say is that the characters are out front before the 6:30 start, allowing for pictures, games, etc. We missed all that...had we known we would have left an hour earlier. My bad for not researching more I guess.
The food was OK, nothing great. The hamburgers were luke-warm, the chicken was dry. My wife tried the ribs and they were just OK. My daughter loved the mac-n-cheese, and I had to admit it was pretty good.
As others have said, one big problem is not the kids, but the pushy parents...trying to get "that photo" and crowding out others who are just trying to have fun and watch their kids have fun. It was probably geared towards and older kid range, I'd guess 5-10...don't recomend spending your money if your children are younger than that. My daughter loved the dancing, and at one point was dancing next to Minney for a few minutes with the biggest smile on her face! But the rest of the activitives just didn't resonate with her. We ended up leaving early (after and hour and a half), knowing it would take at least an hour to get back...which it did. If you're staying at the campground or Fort wilderness Lodge it's probably OK, but not for anyone else unless Disney offers direct transport, LOL!
http://reviews.wdwinfo.com/showproduct.php/item/923_Fort Wilderness - Mickey's Backyard BBQ
My wife and I took our 2.2 year old to this, thinking she'd like it. She did, she loved meeting Minney and Mickey (in that order, lol), some of the dancing, and she loved the mac-n-cheese. Getting there is a problem if you stay at another resort and rely on Disney Transportation. We were at Old Key West, and needed to take a bus to Epcot, transfer to a Fort wilderness bus, then to a Fort wilderness internal bus. All told the trip to get there was 1 hr and 20 mins. I'd only recomend going if you have a car (and even then you still need to take their internal bus). We planned on an hour, and just made it by the time of the start. What they don't say is that the characters are out front before the 6:30 start, allowing for pictures, games, etc. We missed all that...had we known we would have left an hour earlier. My bad for not researching more I guess.
The food was OK, nothing great. The hamburgers were luke-warm, the chicken was dry. My wife tried the ribs and they were just OK. My daughter loved the mac-n-cheese, and I had to admit it was pretty good.
As others have said, one big problem is not the kids, but the pushy parents...trying to get "that photo" and crowding out others who are just trying to have fun and watch their kids have fun. It was probably geared towards and older kid range, I'd guess 5-10...don't recomend spending your money if your children are younger than that. My daughter loved the dancing, and at one point was dancing next to Minney for a few minutes with the biggest smile on her face! But the rest of the activitives just didn't resonate with her. We ended up leaving early (after and hour and a half), knowing it would take at least an hour to get back...which it did. If you're staying at the campground or Fort wilderness Lodge it's probably OK, but not for anyone else unless Disney offers direct transport, LOL!
