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One of the most impressive features at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge has got to be the towering 82-foot tall stone lobby fireplace. This unique piece of Americana is a tribute to the brilliance of design by a woman names Mary Colter, who pioneered the “National Park Rustic” style that you can find throughout the Wilderness Lodge. Mary is well known for her work on behalf of the Fred Harvey Company deigning the beautiful Bright Angel Lodge at the Grand Canyon.

There's nothing quite as nice as taking time out on vacation to relax and pamper yourself. When you're staying at Disney's Wilderness Lodge, the Sturdy Branches Massage & Fitness Center has a fantastic selection of spa services to help you do just that. Run by Niki Bryan Spas, Sturdy Branches is open for spa services from 8:00am until 8:00pm. Check out this fantastic list of offerings designed to relax and transform.

The Disney Parks Blog recently highlighted a fun video that tells the tale of our favorite resort titled "What You Might Not Know About Disney's Wilderness Lodge at Walt Disney World Resort".

There's a great new post today up from our friends at the Disney Food Blog, with a brand new review of one of our favorites, the Wilderness Lodge's Territory Lounge. The review details not only the style and decor of the lounge but highlights the fantastic menu that they're serving up!

Have you ever wanted a peek inside the Yellowstone Presidential Suite at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge? This 1000 square foot masterpiece is truly a masterpiece of elegant rustic style with every inch designed to spoil the guest and delight the senses. Come take a look.

Refillable mugs can be purchased at Roaring Forks Café and in the mercantile at Wilderness Lodge as well as most of the counter service restaurants and gift shops at other Walt Disney World Resort Hotels. While they used to be unique to each location, since 2006 they have become one standard design all across property. I understand that it saves the company money, but honestly I miss the unique resort mugs.

You see them speeding and sprinting across water ways around Walt Disney World, but no where can you have more fun in these two-seater speed boats (commonly referred to as “water mice”) than when you take off to explore Bay Lake from Teton Rentals at the Wilderness Lodge.

Just a short boat ride away from the Wilderness Lodge lies one of my favorite "secret" Disney restaurants, the Trails End at Fort Wilderness. With it's hearty down home cooking and easy on the budget prices Trails End offers a meal that just about anyone will enjoy. A favorite with Camp Ground Guests for years, few not staying at Fort Wilderness make the trip to eat here. I think that they're missing out.

Though my family has been DVC for several years, we had never really used our Villas to their full advantage until this last trip. We loved sleeping in the deluxe environment, but we had never really put the room to work for us. However, faced with making some tight budget decisions on our Orlando Vacation, I feel like I’ve discovered a secret beauty to staying in a villa.

A couple of weeks ago I talked about Date Night at the Wilderness Lodge and what a lovely place it is to spend some time with your sweetie. However, many of us go to Walt Disney World on Family Vacation and bring our kids along. How then can a couple have a romantic night out? Wilderness lodge has the answer to your baby sitting woes with the Cub’s Den.