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I love resort hopping at Walt Disney World. If you have a couple of hours to kill on your next Disney vacation, there may be no better place to spend some time than Wilderness Lodge Resort. One of the best reasons to visit this specific resort, perhaps more than all the others, is all the free things you can find to do inside the lodge.
Sit at the fireplace in the rocking chairs. I m not sure I have ever seen a fireplace as tall as 82 feet, which makes it as high as Chickapin Hill over at Splash Mountain in the Magic Kingdom. The rock-work layers, showcasing nearly 100 colors, represent cheap greyhound bus tickets nearly two billion years of the Earth s history that are exposed in the rock strata of the Grand Canyon. I hiked the Grand Canyon, back in my reckless youth, and looking at these rocks from a rocking chair is much less painful. Scoot up close and see if you can spot any fossilized plants and animals. Take A Break During Your Disney World Vacation For This Free Activity!
Wilderness Lodge sports one of my personal favorite gift shops on Disney property. It is not the largest cheap greyhound bus tickets shop by any means, but the theming cheap greyhound bus tickets is almost as excellent as the lobby. If you are a DVC member or just a Vacation Club fan, there is a nice collection of DVC merchandise available for purchase, or you can just walk around and window shop. The Disney character totem pole at the shop entrance is a photo must-do.
If you enjoy Disney cheap greyhound bus tickets history, you probably cheap greyhound bus tickets know that Walt Disney was fascinated with steam trains. Wilderness Lodge is the host of a mini-museum of art, photographs, replicas, cheap greyhound bus tickets and actual artifacts from Walt s hobby and Disney World s earliest years. Just looking at the train memorabilia makes you feel a bit closer to Walt Disney, cheap greyhound bus tickets the legend. To Save Money on Disney cheap greyhound bus tickets World Food, Eat Breakfast Here!
In a corner of the Villas building at Wilderness Lodge in the Carolwood Pacific Room, you can spend the afternoon playing chess, sitting by the fireplace, or learn more about Walt Disney cheap greyhound bus tickets s favorite hobby. This is a lovely, relaxing area of the Lodge. Pull up a chair by the fireplace and be sure you notice the fireplace screen featuring ironwork trains.
By the front door, by the Whispering Canyon cheap greyhound bus tickets Cafe and the front bathrooms, take a walk up the stairs to the second level. There is a quant little sitting area with a fireplace that allows you some peace and quiet from the crowds in the lobby, but you can still hear enough of the hum of happy vacationers to feel the joy. We usually pick up a snack and have a mini-snack-picnic here by the fire. 10 Cheapskate Reasons to Vacation on Disney Property
Right around the corner from this sitting area by the 2nd floor fireplace is a craftsman style table. This is a great little spot to eat a snack  or a quiet place to do some texting or write a letter/post cheap greyhound bus tickets card to a friend. You are just above Whispering Cafe at this location, yet out-of-the-way from the crowds that move through the lobby each day.
Take pictures in the lobby with the carved totum poles. When you step into the seven story lobby, you will immediately notice cheap greyhound bus tickets two towering totem poles. Each hand-carved pole is 55-feet tall, one topped with a raven and the other with an eagle. All the animals carved into these totems depict Native American myths and legends.
In case you missed it before, walk back over to the Wilderness Lodge Mercantile to see the 10-foot totem pole with carvings of Donald Duck, Goofy, and Mickey Mouse. The Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Disney Vacation? It’s a Four Letter Word!
Meet in the Wilderness Lodge to take  The Wonders of the Lodge Tour , offered Wednesday through Saturday at 9 a.m. On the tour, a Wilderness Lodge guide walks the lodge with you, providing information about the Lodge that few visitors know.
Stop by the front desk when you arrive at the Wilderness Lodge and ask for a Hidden cheap greyhound bus tickets Mickeys Hunt. You ll be given a paper with clues to find all of the hidden cheap greyhound bus tickets Mickeys located throughout the Lodge. If you don t want to take the cheating route with easy answers, you can simply hunt for the Mickeys without the guide. Kids love looking cheap greyhound bus tickets for those Hidden Mickeys. 11 Cheapskate Ways to Save Time (Equals Money) at Walt Disney World
Having spent hours in Wilderness Lodge, I ll readily cheap greyhound bus tickets admit I barely noticed more than one bear.   Wildernesslodgesite.com  says the Lodge is the first Disney cheap greyhound bus tickets Resort Hotel to have an official mascot, the brown bear, who is found all over the resort in cartoon and silhouettes. They report, It s a little known, but confirmed, fact that the shadows cast by the resort s multi-peaked roof structure were designed to resemble a bear! You can see this well if you look at the resort from the vantage point of Bay Lake.  If you are on a boat approaching the resort, a Cast Member told me the windows also seem to resemble a bear face…don t forget to look as you approach the lodge from the water.
Take a seat in the lobby and people watch. Disney World is a fascinating melting cheap greyhound bus tickets pot of people from all parts of the world. Sitting in the lobby, you will hear languages foreign to your ears, and you ll see t-shirts from countries far away. Watch the children run, listen to the whooping sounds of glee coming from Whispering Canyon cheap greyhound bus tickets Cafe, and just relax as people stroll by. 22 and 1/2 FREE Activities at Downtown Disney!
If you have already purchased Trading Pins, do some free trading. The Trading Post at Wilderness Lodge has one of the few large pin trading books that I can find on Disney property anymore. cheap greyhound bus tickets Cast Members are always friendly here, and are standing right next to the hollering and singing cheap greyhound bus tickets at Whispering Canyon Cafe, which is sure to keep you in a festive vacation mood. Buying pins isn t free but trading is!
As you walk toward the back of the lobby, there is a little bridge by a hot spring. This is the beginning of Silver Creek, bubbling up from the lobby and flowing down through Wilderness Lodge property. Flowing over Silver Creek Falls and into Silver Creek Springs Pool, the creek appears to trickle off into Bay Lake. This is man-made, so it s pretty neat to follow an indoor spring. Top Ten Cheapskate Tips Every Disney World Visitor Needs to Know
Look up! There are four huge teepee-shaped chandeliers suspended from solid Lodgepole Pine beams. Authentic rawhide cheap greyhound bus tickets is hand painted with geometric designs. Each of the chandeliers, with bronze cheap greyhound bus tickets and steel rings of silhouetted buffaloes and riders on horseback, weighs cheap greyhound bus tickets a hefty 600 pounds.
Look down! Disney s Wilderness Lodge lobby floor has an inlaid pattern made from four different types of wood including Brazilian Cherry, White Oak, Bird s-Eye Maple and Burl Walnut. The floor s main design depicts the symbol of unity among wildlife, man, the cosmos and the four seasons.
Artifacts from a variety of Native American tribes, including the Cheyenne, Crow, Sioux and Blackfoot, have been collected, re-created, cheap greyhound bus tickets and displayed throughout Disney s Wilderness Lodge. cheap greyhound bus tickets Authentic reproductions of headdresses, painted robes and drums, as well as work from artists noted for their reverence for nature, can be seen in the lobby s secluded alcoves and throughout the Resort s restaurants and sitting rooms. Avoid These 10 Mistakes That Can Wreck a Disney World Vacation
You will have to vacation during November through early January to see the spectacular Christmas decorations. This is a busy time of year to visit Orlando, but that makes visiting during the Christmas season all the better. When the theme parks are packed out, relax by the incredible Christmas tree.
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