Just wanted to stick my nose in to say that this is a great trip report!!
I hope the results come back well from the blood work, sending lots of hugs your way!!! (DH's mom had bleeding while she was pregnant with his brother too, so it does happen...how the heck DH knew that I don't know but he remembers and that was over 25 years ago.)
how was Whispering Canyon?? that is on my list for our next trip and I was wondering how your little one liked it???
Welcome to the report! Yeah, I was up early today b/c I can't sleep...just waiting for the results...
That's right, I never mentioned anything about DD and her night out. So here's an update:
When we got back to the room, thankfully we all napped for a bit and then we got up around 4:45 to get DD ready to go to dinner with my parents.
Once they got to the restaurant, my parents said that DD fell in love with the Lincoln Logs in the lobby! She didn't want to stop playing with them. We don't have them at home so this was brand new to her. Even though she was the youngest one playing, she found room to play her style -- stacking all the green roofs up and making them into a 'choo choo train'!
Unfortunately, they were seated at the very first table in the restaurant so they didn't have much of a view of the restaurant and the games that are played -- and, she could still see the Lincoln Logs that were being played with by other kids -- so why couldn't she play with them too????
My parents said the food was good, not great; DD esp liked the sausage and cheese platter. My dad got the skillet which he enjoyed. But they found the servers WAY, WAY too busy to really interact with them...maybe the servers thought that grandparents and a 2 yr old couldn't enjoy it...I don't know...(
SPOILER COMING)I did ask if they asked for ketchup and my mom said, Oh no, we know what happens. BUT, I thought DD would have loved seeing all the ketchup bottles come to the table...I don't know why they didn't do this
Anyway, last time we were there, we had 9 of us and our server did the:
1) HUGE Straw and Cup thing
2) Put us in the Jail
3) "Picked" on one or two people in the party (for fun)
4) Brought out extra (think WAY TOO MANY) utensils, etc
They did let DD do the pony ride around the tables which she enjoyed and she got a certificate in her name.
My parents said they would not go back if it was just them...however, I know based on our last meal with the large group, they were very much looking forward to eating there. So it prob was just an off-night...also my Parents had been eating Disney food for about 11 days now, since they got to WDW before us and they said they were tired of Disney food.
So I say, definitely give it a try and if you end up getting a 'surly' server, just make it your mission, to give him/her a laugh instead! It's normally a "fun" place to eat with good food - better than the buffets (like Chef Mickey's) but not anywhere near the quality of Le Cellier, France, etc.
Bedtime for DD was normal. My mom said that DD fell asleep quickly -- yeah! I was hoping she wouldn't give them a hard time since we weren't there.
) and see that she has already collected several LGMH on her keychain -- cool!
