Whispering? River Canyon.

[Lissypiggy]

Hey Everybody,

I heard about how crazy "Whispering" River Canyon is and I was wondering if anyone could share their expiriences with me about it. I heard that is was a crazy, loud place where there is some show type thing going on but I would love to hear peoples personal expirences. Thanks!

 

[JeanfromBNA]

The Whispering Canyon Cafe is at the Wilderness Lodge. It's claim to fame is that (most of) the servers are in character as funny frontier types. Examples: As we were eating dinner there last year, a waiter yelled from across the room, "Hey! You guys wanna be quiet? This guy's tryin' to make a phone call!" I also set it up so that our friend who was dining with us would ask for the ketchup. When he did so, the waitress called out, "Ketchup! Who's got the ketchup? We need the ketchup over here!" And other diners one by one brought eleven bottles of ketchup from other tables. A few years ago after breakfast, the waitress asked me if I "wanted to wrap that extra pancake up to put in my pocket for later." I replied that we were headed to the Animal Kingdom, where that probably wasn't the best idea. She appeared to think about it for a moment, then replied, "No. I guess not," and asked the family at the next table if they wanted to finish my breakfast.

They have wooden pony rides for the children. That's very cute.

 

[VickeyMouse]

We went there for my daughter's birthday a couple of years ago. The cast members told my daughter that they were going to sing "Happy Birthday" backwards for her, and she was quite impressed. They then all turned their backs to her and sang the birthday song.

Lots of corny fun, but you have to get into the spirit of things.

 

[Beavis]

The first time I went there a man asked for a large water and got a punch bowl with a paper towel tube for a straw. The look on his face was great, then he said somthing about being to be able to drink out of that straw from his seat. Then the server linked five regular straws together so he could drink it.

 

[motherwild]

It's a lot of fun. The last time we were there my grandson dropped his fork and the waitress gave him a fork that was about 3 ft long. If you go to the restroom they have asked "What color was the soap?"

 

[Boatingmom]

We went during our last Disny trip. I think our kids were about 7 & 9 years old. It was a big mistake. Even with ADRs we waited about 1/2 hour. The place was noisy, and they were too busy to do any of the slapstick. The food was OK Skillet type stuff. If you want a cute corny experience try the HDDR or the place in Hollywood Studios instead. What is it called, 50's Prime time? Both of those places the entire family loved.

 

[MouseMomx2]

We love Whispering Canyon Cafe and try to go there on every trip. Not only is the food good and service fun, but the atmosphere at the Wilderness Lodge is wonderful. It's definitely worth a visit, IMO.

BTW, you aren't guaranteed to experience any of the "hijinks" that have been listed, but in our experience there is always something fun going on.

 

[MickeyNicki]

We were there almost 2 weeks ago, for lunch. I was really looking forward to the antics and fun but our server Doc was a huge dud, never did anything fun with us of the tables around us, all the tables had a single bottle of ketchup on the table so no pass the ketchup games, a few people had large drinking glasses but not many, the pony races...well hardly any of the kids did it and no napkin twirling going on...plus the food was just awful so it was a huge bust for us

 

[TwistofCate]

We ate here our first night we stayed at WL. We had never heard anyhing about it and thought it looked nice. My mother asked for a refill on her soda only to get a large mason jar full of soda. The last day of our stay we went back for breakfast. I wanted ketchup for my eggs... big mistake. About 10 servers started yelling "Ketchup!". I must have ended up with about 20 ketchup bottles. It was great.

 

[Lissypiggy]

Thanks everyone for your funny experiences! I hope they keep on coming! I really liked reading them and I expect to have a great time.

 

[dharmster]

We had a riotous time with a grand gathering there for my cousin's 18th birthday. We knew they were going to mess with us, so we messed with them. We were seated at 2 tables, and it happened that my family sat down as adults and "kids" table (the "kids" table was 17-26 year olds) The adults definitely had the better table in our mind, so we "staged a coup" and made all our parents and grandparents move. The waitress was all-out messing with us after that!

It was my cousin's birthday and she made him the most ridiculous hat he was required to wear, then the staff came out with a cake for him and after they sang happy birthday THEY all dug into the cake!! The manager came running out yelling at them to stop, grabbed the ring-leader (who was still playing dumb chowing down on the cake) and took him back into the kitchen where they pretended to have a huge fight (pots and pans were being thrown, lots of yelling and crashing). The waiter came out with his tail between his legs and all bandaged up, and behind him the staff came out with the REAL birthday cake for us all. It was so hysterical, we were all in tears laughing.

The next year we went for breakfast and it wasn't as crazy, but still fun. I asked for ketchup with my hashbrowns and my waitress brought me EVERY bottle of ketchup in the restaurant. When a guy at another table asked for ketchup, she made me bring EVERY bottle from my table to his. A guy at another table asked for a Diet Coke and his waitress made a huge stink about drinking soda for BREAKFAST. I hear it's even better if you ask for Pepsi ("Mickey Mouse DOES not drink PEPSI!!!") Then as we were paying, she came running back out of the kitchen with my credit card and bill yelling "ERIN!!! ERIN, GOOD NEWS! YOUR CREDIT CARD ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH! I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD, BUT IT DID!!!"

 

[jdads2]

Yeah, we asked for ketchup and were bombarded. We also asked for an extra straw and my daughter had 20 playfully thrown at her, I did hear they don't do that anymore as it's a waste of straws. They made my 16 yr old nephew do the pony ride on his own while singing happy birthday to his mom. They asked her if she'd like a piece of cake and then ate it in front of her letting her know how good it was. I commented on how busy it was and our waiter couldn't agree more, boy was he tired and thirsty and then he drank the orange juice he was bringing to me.

We had a blast. It seems that if you go in and they can sense they can have fun with you, they'll try.

Expect to have a little wait and you won't be surprised by one. The lobby is great and you can have a lot of fun there while waiting.

 

[pozey]

It's a lot of fun. The last time we were there my grandson dropped his fork and the waitress gave him a fork that was about 3 ft long. If you go to the restroom they have asked "What color was the soap?"

Have had both of these done - on separate trips.

My DS still talks about getting the HUGE wooden fork.

 

[Scot-n-Michelle]

Yeah, we asked for ketchup and were bombarded. We also asked for an extra straw and my daughter had 20 playfully thrown at her, I did hear they don't do that anymore as it's a waste of straws. They made my 16 yr old nephew do the pony ride on his own while singing happy birthday to his mom. They asked her if she'd like a piece of cake and then ate it in front of her letting her know how good it was. I commented on how busy it was and our waiter couldn't agree more, boy was he tired and thirsty and then he drank the orange juice he was bringing to me.

We had a blast. It seems that if you go in and they can sense they can have fun with you, they'll try.

Expect to have a little wait and you won't be surprised by one. The lobby is great and you can have a lot of fun there while waiting.

We just ate there for the first time last Wednesday and we had a ton of straws and napkins thrown on the table - was a really fun time - can't wait to go back next year!!!

 

[Lissypiggy]

We just ate there for the first time last Wednesday and we had a ton of straws and napkins thrown on the table - was a really fun time - can't wait to go back next year!!!

Sounds like a lot of fun! Can't wait to go!
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[LPNmom]

great reviews!! Can't wait to eat here for nephew's 1st birthday Oct 1st!! All the kids have cowboy gear planned of the dinner!

 

[cleophus12]

We love WCC and it is almost always on our list of ADRs. Make sure you go at dinner, however, because the antics are at a bare minimum at lunch. I think they do some fun stuff at breakfast too.