We were leaving MK for WL to have have dinner at WCC. Wow, that was a lot of acronyms.
We took the boat across the lake, and it was a quick and easy trip. We had not been to the WL lodge before, and I was really anxious to check it out. I had it in mind for our next stay - either that or AKL. (In actuality I just booked our next trip for June 2015 and it Features neither of those places....
- I will make a separate post about that for those who give a hoot what we are doing in June 2015)
Since you come in through the back door when taking the boat across you don't get the "wow" factor of the WL lobby in the same way you might if walking in the front door. But we still loved the look of this resort. We were a bit early for dinner so we checked out the lobby and the gift shop. It was in this gift shop that I saw mugs for WL. I later saw BC mugs at the Marketplace. I knew I wanted a YC mug as my souvenir this trip - I always get a mug as my souvenir. Unless we are cruising
DCL, then I get a tervis tumbler. But Fittings and Fairings did not carry YC mugs. The nice CM did not tell me if they were out or if they just never existed, but he was clear in the fact that I would not be able to take home a YC mug.
But I digress.
Yes, my son is picking the totem guy's nose.
"It's a two-headed dog!" -- Paige
We finally headed on up to WCC and gave them our name. We sat and played some Lincoln Logs. I actually had to demonstrate how to build a cabin with these. My kids hadn't seen them before. I felt like a negligent parent. I was ashamed that all three could build an entire city on Minecraft in less time than it took me to explain Lincoln Logs. We finsihed a nice little fort before our buzzer buzzed.
Right as we were seated the unfortunate family next to us made the mistake of asking for ketchup. You all know what happens next. AJ and Leah burst into laughter, and we flipped that disc to green, baby.
Our waitress, Gypsi, was sweet as can be. But not too sweet, because that wouldn't fit the theme, now would it? The kids availed themselves of all you drink milkshakes, and given the environment, I availed myself of this:
Mama's grape juice makes everything better.
My kids pretty much wanted to do anything and everything they could to get "in trouble." They asked for spoons (our neighbors had the big spoon but we were just told to let the shake melt for awhile), napkins, and of course, ketchup.
We kept this for quite awhile before we finally got to dump it off on some other poor family.
They were trying to find boys around the room a date, but A.J. did draw the line at that. Our favorite part was when the dad at the table beside us got in trouble and had to eat the remainder of his meal in a Wanted poster. Yes, his head was sticking out of a wooden frame marked "wanted." We have never laughed so hard. I want DH to build me one so when one of my varmints starts acting up at dinner I can stick that little you-know-what in a wanted poster.
Daddy had to do the Little Teapot.
We loved this meal. It was fun and pretty yummy. The kids really liked the chicken drumsticks, so Gypsi brought out several, which was nice. I loved the dessert - some kind of crumble in a mason jar. It was so good. The salad here was great, too. My kids talk about this meal daily still, and really want to take Gram and Pawp there in June 2015. I explained mama is not buying the
DDP for that trip and thus we may not be eating all that many sit-downs. This place ain't cheap.
What followed next was the oddest and worst experience with Disney transportation I have ever had. Actually, it is probably the only truly bad experiecne with Disney transportation I have ever had.
It was about 8:30pm and freezing cold out (ok.... 48 degrees - freezing to Texans) and we were waiting for the boat back to MK. The couple waiting when we got there said they'd been waiting 20 minutes so it should be there any minute. Um, no. Boat after boat came by for the campground. After awhile, we asked the captain of the campground boat when a boat would come from MK. He radioed and said, he is on his way. Well, he arrived about 10 minutes later (about 30 minutes of waiting at this point) and said, folks I am the MK boat, but I have to drop people at the campground first. So, if you want to go to the campground, hop on. Then if there is room the MK folks can board. So this occurs. And there is room for two more. So the couple ahead of us gets on. The dad waiting behind us is not having this. He asks when the MK boat is going to come to actually go to MK? The captain goes inside the boat to radio something. He was gone a solid 5 minutes on his radio. I can understand why the people behind us are getting upset - it was a party night and their time was slipping away. So the CM comes abck out and says, "ok we will go to Mk first but we have no more room so after we drop people at Mk (the two ahead of us) we will drop the campground folks and come back for you." I asked, "are you the campground boat or MK?" because they were in the MK slip. He says, Mk. I had no response because it made no real sense to me. But about 20 minutes later he was back with an empty boat and we all boarded and went to MK. Total wait time - 65 minutes. Very very odd. I can only guess something was going on over the campgrounds... But that long of a wait on a party night was just not right. We were cold, too. But not nearly as cranky as those going to
MVMCP, and I have to say if I were them I would not have been a happy camper (bad pun!), either. Of course, I also would've arrived at the party WAY before :30 (when we started waiting for the boat), but that is just me.
So we were finally back at the YC about 10:15 and we all took hot showers and drank hot tea and coffee and we were so happy it was after 10pm and that meant Duffy bedtime stories was over for the night.
I want my free borders!!!! 
I have not been myself since before they were born, so there will be so many new things to experience. 
