pjs755
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A few people in response to my review of Whispering Canyons have asked questions. I thought I would answer in a new thread.
Whispering Canyon Cafe is located just off the lobby in the Wilderness Lodge. It is the middle level dining option for the lodge, between the Roaring Forks quick service and Artist Point. The food is straight forward, pork chops, chicken, steak. There is an all you can eat option called the "canyon skillet". The skillet is all you can eat chicken, ribs, and sausage, served family style to your table. As I said in my review, the food is good, but basic.
What sets WCC apart is the atmosphere. The restaurant is one large very wide open room just off the lobby of the Wilderness Lodge. The theme is western, and very much family oriented. This is not the place for a quiet meal! The wait staff are at times rude, obnoxious, loud, insulting, and almost always funny. The most common stunt is "ketchup". When you are seated, there is no ketchup on your table. You may be able to spot a table that has 15 to 30 bottles of ketchup on it. So, you order dinner, and your son needs ketchup for his fries. You say to your waitress "we need ketchup". The response varies, but generally the server will bellow "WE NEED KETCHUP!" and every child in the room will dash to the table that has all the ketchup and bring it all to you. This happened to us twice this trip, and my son loved it.
There were two birthdays announced the night we were there. A server announced she needed all the boys aged 4 -12. She then led them to a table where they sang "Hapy Birthday" to to a young girl. The server then told the crowd the young girl's birthday wish was a kiss from every boy. The things parents will do to there kids! The process repeated, with roles reversed when it was a boy's birthday.
A server grabbed the mike and asked everyone to be quiet. She then pointed to the woman she was standing next to(who was on her cell) and said (loudly) "this lady is on the phone, she needs QUIET!.
The kids were taken up front to recite the pledge. I can't remember all of it, but it includes staying up late, getting up early, jumping on the hotel beds, not eating your vegetables, and never ever going to Universal Studios.
A server asked our server to toss her some straws. So our server tossed a handfull right into the middle of that group's table. Drinks are served in mason jars, but a few guests were singled up for supersized jars. These poor folks had to have a gallon jar placed in front of them with a two foot straw.
That's the deal with Whispering Canyon. Others can add antics they've seen or participated in. WCC can be a lot of fun. Still not every meal is crazy, and not every server is obnoxious. If you look at the menu on allears it lists things that "may" inspire silliness. But allears also warns that there is no guarantee. We have been 2x for dinner, 1x for breakfast, and 2 of our 3 servers were in the thick of things. The other slept thru the meal.
If you're looking for a fun non-character family meal the WCC could be for you.. If you want a quiet dinner forget it.
Paul
Whispering Canyon Cafe is located just off the lobby in the Wilderness Lodge. It is the middle level dining option for the lodge, between the Roaring Forks quick service and Artist Point. The food is straight forward, pork chops, chicken, steak. There is an all you can eat option called the "canyon skillet". The skillet is all you can eat chicken, ribs, and sausage, served family style to your table. As I said in my review, the food is good, but basic.
What sets WCC apart is the atmosphere. The restaurant is one large very wide open room just off the lobby of the Wilderness Lodge. The theme is western, and very much family oriented. This is not the place for a quiet meal! The wait staff are at times rude, obnoxious, loud, insulting, and almost always funny. The most common stunt is "ketchup". When you are seated, there is no ketchup on your table. You may be able to spot a table that has 15 to 30 bottles of ketchup on it. So, you order dinner, and your son needs ketchup for his fries. You say to your waitress "we need ketchup". The response varies, but generally the server will bellow "WE NEED KETCHUP!" and every child in the room will dash to the table that has all the ketchup and bring it all to you. This happened to us twice this trip, and my son loved it.
There were two birthdays announced the night we were there. A server announced she needed all the boys aged 4 -12. She then led them to a table where they sang "Hapy Birthday" to to a young girl. The server then told the crowd the young girl's birthday wish was a kiss from every boy. The things parents will do to there kids! The process repeated, with roles reversed when it was a boy's birthday.
A server grabbed the mike and asked everyone to be quiet. She then pointed to the woman she was standing next to(who was on her cell) and said (loudly) "this lady is on the phone, she needs QUIET!.
The kids were taken up front to recite the pledge. I can't remember all of it, but it includes staying up late, getting up early, jumping on the hotel beds, not eating your vegetables, and never ever going to Universal Studios.
A server asked our server to toss her some straws. So our server tossed a handfull right into the middle of that group's table. Drinks are served in mason jars, but a few guests were singled up for supersized jars. These poor folks had to have a gallon jar placed in front of them with a two foot straw.
That's the deal with Whispering Canyon. Others can add antics they've seen or participated in. WCC can be a lot of fun. Still not every meal is crazy, and not every server is obnoxious. If you look at the menu on allears it lists things that "may" inspire silliness. But allears also warns that there is no guarantee. We have been 2x for dinner, 1x for breakfast, and 2 of our 3 servers were in the thick of things. The other slept thru the meal.
If you're looking for a fun non-character family meal the WCC could be for you.. If you want a quiet dinner forget it.
Paul
He gets the biggest kick out of being just as "obnoxious" as the castmembers, but he does it for free. Everytime I have to go out with him I end up 
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(teenagers!) and he called on my cell at dinner...well, the waitress asked why I was talking so long on my phone and I told her it was my son and he didn't want to come with us this year...she grabbed the phone and went to the middle of the restaurant and made everyone be quiet..then said "Mike is on the phone and he didn't want to come to WDW..imagine that! EVerybody yell 'wish you were here, having a great time!".....we loved it!!! 
