The "don't you dare embarrass me" Dining review 8/24-8/30

I will tell you right off the bat that this was the biggest dissapointment of the trip for me. I was soooo looking forward to this place!! First, we got there about 20 minutes from our ADR time, I was hoping we were going to get seated early but I was informed that the wait was 30 minutes FROM our ADR time! Ok, fine, we walked around the resort which was lovely and checked out the geyser. When we were finally seated we were stuck on the outskirt of everything right across from where you check in, definately not a great location. Our waitress while very sweet was definately not going to bring us the fun I was so expecting. Princess Picky got to join in on a pony race but that was IT, sure we heard people screaming for ketchup periodically but that was IT, I wanted so much more from this place.

Grumpy had the meatloaf with mashed potatoes and veggies, he said it was "okay" but definately not great, in fact, he said MINE was better, and if you knew how I cooked, that is really saying something!!

I opted for the skillet, so, so much food!!! The salad was funny, half way through it I realized that the dressing was not really mixed together, half of the salad tasted really good, while the other half tasted like oil. The peel and eat shrimp were really tasty - just too much work!!! I enjoyed the mashed potatoes and the chicken was good, but somewhat dry. The ribs were tough and the beans were just odd, reminded me of Hoop De Doo, I was not really loving them.

Princess Picky had the cheeseburger with watermelon and worms in dirt, she took one bite of the burger, and ate the gummy worms, that was IT, Grumpy said that to him, the burger did not really look so great.
 
For dessert I had the smores cheesecake and Grumpy had the apple carmel pie (I think, I don't remember now, Princess was curled up on the chair ready to go to sleep!). The cheesecake was just cheesecake with chocolate sauce, mini marshmellows on top with a graham cracker crust - I could have done that!!! The cake itself was ok, definately not memorable. Grumpy said nothing through dessert so I imagine it was good but not so good that he had to tell me about it.

From beginning to end this was a bummer of an evening, of course, Grumpy and I are really sick at this point but that can't change the fact that we expected so much more from this place.

Would I go back? Doubt it, there are too many other places to try and I won't want to waste another night being dissapointed. If we do go back to the Wilderness Lodge, it will be to check out Artist Pointe.
 

enjoying your reviews - we've never eaten at mama melrose, hoping for the best when we go - sorry about your throat, it's happened to me, you're there in disney and ice cream feels soooo good
 














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