What's the deal with Whispering Canyon?

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

If you want to see what is going on there, click here and wait a few seconds to have videoclip started

http://www.webalice.it/mdinaro/mickeys_dreamers_000002.htm

 

[luvlumpy]

Thanks for the clip. My dd5 got so excited watching it!!! We can not wait to stay at WL and go to WCC!!!

 

[littleladykaty]

In the spirit of child advocacy...to expect an 11 year old child to distinguish between meanness and humiliation based on "fun" seems a little unfair. Some 11 year olds would, some would not. Sensitivity levels are different in every child and what one child might think was funny another might be very hurt by. Parents should know their kids and not try and make them take things lightly if they aren't that kind of kid. We are who we are and every child just wants to have a good time while at "The happiest place on earth"! But not everyone's idea of fun is the same and that's totally okay!!!

 

[Rainman]

We where there in Oct and enjoyed the food and entertainment. They did some special activityies for the kids. If you order milk shake they give you free refills. They have some kind of dinner deal that has lots of stuff I think it is called a skillet. It is a great deal and the food was wonderful. I love corn bread. The corn bread here is some of the best I ever had. We are planning on going to dinner here again even though we are not staying at the lodge this trip we enjoyed it that much.

 

[Tiggerlover48]

I loved the fun - the first time we ate there we didn't know anything about it. I just wanted to go over and check out WL and then we stayed for dinner. Now we never miss it. Last time we ate lunch there and we brought our DS and our waitress was great. We played right along with her. In Sept. we have ADR for dinner. Can't wait. I'm dreaming of my skillet.

 

[Alice28]

Oh my- that video clip was wonderful! We were going to go to the WCC for the 5th time next trip, but I cancelled it so we could try something new...now I'm rethinking my plans! LOVE the Lodge! LOVE WCC!

We've been to WCC 3 times in the last few years with my 2 boys (last time they were 7 and 4) and they were never bothered by the antics at all- they thought it was great fun, and I have yet to see a CM really tease the kids- they like to tease the adults though! My boys LOVE the pony races!

 

[nicoleakr]

When you talk about the skillet meal it looks huge. Is this for one person or is it family style . We are going to wdw for the first time. My daughter is going on a dream vaction . This place looks fun. Was just wondering Thanks

 

[dbenlee]

The Skillet is family style. Its also all you care to eat. They also have a never ending milkshake that our 6 year old son loves to get. WCC is lots of fun and is something we have done each time we are there. Breakfast and lunch are not as loud as dinner, but still just as much fun. Last time we were there, a child at a table near ours lost a tooth, their waiter (I think it was Bobby The Kid) announced this to the entire restaurant then proceeded to tell everyone that this was on Disney property and that the Toothfairy did not have rights on Disney property and could not come onto Disney property to leave money under the pillows for the lost tooth. Before anyone could get upset, he then explained that Tinkerbell performed these services on Disney property instead and that she paid $20 per tooth!! The kid who lost a tooth eyes lit up and he was grinning from ear to ear. Our 6 year old son immediately went to work on one of his loose teeth hoping to get it loose enough to come out before we left.

A warning about the ketchup, don't try stealing any from a nearby table that has several dozen bottles. A gentleman at a table next to us last year tried that and this is what happened.

This guy had been playing along with their waiter all evening and their whole table was having a great time.

 

[Daydreamer64]

In the spirit of child advocacy...to expect an 11 year old child to distinguish between meanness and humiliation based on "fun" seems a little unfair.

Life is not fair- anyone who raises their child with expectations of having a wonderful life based on fairness will be disappointed as well as raising their child to be an adult who travels down the road of self pitty their whole adult life because they learn to make excusses--because they didn't, fill in the blank- win, get a raise, get the date, whatever, because life is not fair, no one said it would be,- there are always people who cheat, steal and so on because life is unfair- I tell my kids - mine and the ones that I work with- that fairness is good and a noble idea - do your best to be truthful and fair to others but don't believe for one second that anyone cares if you tell them that ____ is not fair- that's not how the real world works-

To use the phrase that you used, "In the spirit of child advocacy", this is where the parents come in by doing their research- I don't think the waiters and service people come to work and pick one special child to humiliate out of meaness for the day- they work for tips and I bet the bigger tips come from happy families and not upset ones- as we waited to be seated the first time, we could see and hear quite well what was going on in the dinning area- as parents, it was then that we had to make a decision about staying there to dine- what are parents thinking if they try to force their child to conform to their expectations, if the kid is still so immature, baring mental disabilities, that at age 11 they can't understand social ques from adults with their parents there to guide them, then the parents might need to prepare to shelter that child for his entire adult life-

I have spent years, 20 years at this point, working with children around this age, normal, as well as special needs children. My education and experience gained while working with these kids tells me that a child by age 11 who doesn't understand social ques to the point of crying over silly antics, throwing straws, running around the dinning area on a stick horse and so on, while the parents are with them to guide them, whom the noise and activities from roudy behavior upset so much, seriously, where they dine is the least of their problems- they need to get professional help-

It still comes down to where are the parents and why have they not addressed this issue with their child? and if they know this child had problems with social situations of this nature then why in heaven's sake did they allow their child to be put on display in this manner?

 

[lustergirl]

Lordy- why do we have to stray off the topic once again? The original poster's question was about the WCC not children's problems. I made a ressie for dinner at the this great place for our upcoming trip in September. I can't wait until then. I have heard nothing but great things about this place.

 

[tomerin]

WC is a place where you will not have a quiet dining experience. when we first arrived at the WL after we were awed by its incredible theming we noticed the noise and liveliness coming for WC. as any WDW resturand that is an interactive dining experience, your waiter or waitress can make you dinner quite memorable. when we ate dinner one night our waiter was fun, when i asked for straws he threw a bunch at me but it was so busy that he really didnt have much time for any real table fun. there was the horse races which to my suprise both of my DS's participated in, so fun was had by all. when we had breakfast WC was consideratly quieter. well after we were seated our waitress decided that my DW and myself needed headresses. so i had one made of napkins and straws and she made a set of cat ears our of napkins for my DW to wear. well not too much of the other loud fun uintil my wife asked if she could have some jelly for her biscuits. well WC veterans know what happened next. we soon had each and every jelly basket in the reaturant.

bottom line here is you will have fun.

 

[littleladykaty]

Assuming that a child will turn into a self pitying over sheltered adult b/c they happen to be more reserved than other children is silly. Not enjoying pony races around a restaurant has little to do with maturity...perhaps immaturity? There is a balance to everything.

Parents should do the research. I personally would hate the place...my step son who is 4 would love it, my step daughter who is 7 would be paralyzed to the floor by such attention... to each his own. All I know is that I would never try and force her to confront her "fears" on such a GIANT public scale by telling her "life isn't fair"...you might as well say "I don't care how you feel...you are a child, your feelings don't matter..." I hope that when I get to 20 years of experience I'm not so jaded!

wow we did get off topic!

 

[Daydreamer64]

Lordy- why do we have to stray off the topic once again? The original poster's question was about the WCC not children's problems. I made a ressie for dinner at the this great place for our upcoming trip in September. I can't wait until then. I have heard nothing but great things about this place.

This is the first time that I have strayed in all of my posting history so I'll say I'm sorry to the op - I did answer her origional question in my first post. It sure is interesting to try to understand how other people think isn't it?
Yes, I think you all will have a great experience at WCC- have fun !

As far as littleladykaty's concerns for me- jaded maybe - experienced in child psychology and a realist yes- I guess we'll have to agree to have different opinions -

 

[jmdisney]

This place sounds great. Thanks to everyone for the info!

 

[barbmouse]

I want to go there. We went in to get a drink while waiting for Hoop Dee Doo ressies and I had no idea it was such a fun place. Do I have the right place? Is it close to the HDD? My family would love the antics.

 

[T. Lynn]

Wow, I can't wait to visit this place. Too bad I have so long to wait.

 

[Belle Amy]

We made ressies for WCC next month and it will be our first experience there. My fiance and I are taking his sister as a graduation present, and I'm excited to see the antics that go on here.

We have a lunch reservation and I notice that some people are mentioning that it's not as wild at lunch time. Will we still have a good experience? I'm looking for the most possible embarrasment for our group.

Love hearing about peoples experiences, especially seeing the pics of the guy getting tied to the chair and put in "ketchup jail". Priceless. Keep um coming. I'd like to have some serious ammo for when we go so we have a better chance of causing some havoc.

 

[Kaycee]

I want to go there. We went in to get a drink while waiting for Hoop Dee Doo ressies and I had no idea it was such a fun place. Do I have the right place? Is it close to the HDD? My family would love the antics.

Whispering Canyon is in Wilderness Lodge while HDD is at Ft. Wilderness, so they aren't close to each other. It sounds like you may have gone to Trail's End Buffet to get drinks - it's close to HDD.

 

[Luv'sTink]

I think we are going to have to eat here!!!

 

[alite]

I booked this for my September trip and I'm having second thoughts now. We'll be two adults, myself and DF. I not into the interaction that much and after I told DF(not everything) about this ADR, he asked if he was going to get angry(not what he said but it's a Disney board ). Will they bother two adults as much as they would a table with kids?