Pluto0809
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- Jan 25, 2012
The Walt Tour Part 2 (Part 1 on previous page)
I took this next picture because my grandfather was Robert Evans. Not related to this one of course but I thought it was interesting.
There was a Disney/Ghirardelli store that we stopped in.
They were handing out free samples of the Ghirardelli squares but they were a flavor I didn’t like. Mom insisted on buying some plain milk chocolate for me. We looked around at the Disney stuff but didn’t buy anything and then headed back up the street to meet our guide. I found a few more interesting stars along the way.
I took this next picture for Jim because he’s a big Sammy Hagar fan and would have wanted to stop at the Cabo Wabo Cantina if he was with us.
A picture of the theater from across the street. I like the DHS version better.
Any Star Trek fans out there?
We met our guide and he told us to walk one more block up and we would find one of Walt’s stars.
Next up was lunch. We were headed to Walt’s favorite restaurant, the Tam O’Shanter Inn. Here’s a link to the web site if you would like to see more or peruse the menu.
The Tam O’Shanter
This picture was right inside the door.
Walt actually had his own table which now has a plaque on it but we did not actually eat at it. The restaurant had a large group coming in and that room was reserved for them. We did get to sit there for a minute.
There were dinosaurs carved into the table that the Imagineers did after Walt passed away. No idea why it was dinosaurs.
These pictures were above the table.
We were seated in the bar area. There was a bit of a mix-up and all 8 of us somehow ended up squished together at a table really meant for 6 people. But Tom went in search of a manager and before long we were moved to two separate tables of four. Our waitress was pretty rude about the whole thing and it left us with a bit of a bad opinion of her the rest of the meal.
They had two options for lunch, a carving station where you could get carved meat plates or sandwiches and then also a limited menu. Tom talked about how good the carving station was so we all ended up going with that option. Looking back I think I would have rather had the fish and chips or a burger off the regular menu. I got the carved turkey which came with mashed potatoes and creamed corn. There was also a small salad bar you could get items from but it was mostly things like cole slaw, pasta salad and potato salad. There was nothing there I liked. I was a very bad trip reporter and did not take pictures of any of our food. I don’t even remember what the other three got at this point but it was all from the carving station. We really weren’t impressed with the food at all and I’m glad it was part of the cost of the tour and not additional. I did get some chocolate chip cookies for dessert that were pretty good.
After we exited, we took some pictures outside of the restaurant.
Up Next: The Tour Continued – We Pay Our Respects
I took this next picture because my grandfather was Robert Evans. Not related to this one of course but I thought it was interesting.
There was a Disney/Ghirardelli store that we stopped in.
They were handing out free samples of the Ghirardelli squares but they were a flavor I didn’t like. Mom insisted on buying some plain milk chocolate for me. We looked around at the Disney stuff but didn’t buy anything and then headed back up the street to meet our guide. I found a few more interesting stars along the way.
I took this next picture for Jim because he’s a big Sammy Hagar fan and would have wanted to stop at the Cabo Wabo Cantina if he was with us.
A picture of the theater from across the street. I like the DHS version better.
Any Star Trek fans out there?
We met our guide and he told us to walk one more block up and we would find one of Walt’s stars.
Next up was lunch. We were headed to Walt’s favorite restaurant, the Tam O’Shanter Inn. Here’s a link to the web site if you would like to see more or peruse the menu.
The Tam O’Shanter
This picture was right inside the door.
Walt actually had his own table which now has a plaque on it but we did not actually eat at it. The restaurant had a large group coming in and that room was reserved for them. We did get to sit there for a minute.
There were dinosaurs carved into the table that the Imagineers did after Walt passed away. No idea why it was dinosaurs.
These pictures were above the table.
We were seated in the bar area. There was a bit of a mix-up and all 8 of us somehow ended up squished together at a table really meant for 6 people. But Tom went in search of a manager and before long we were moved to two separate tables of four. Our waitress was pretty rude about the whole thing and it left us with a bit of a bad opinion of her the rest of the meal.
They had two options for lunch, a carving station where you could get carved meat plates or sandwiches and then also a limited menu. Tom talked about how good the carving station was so we all ended up going with that option. Looking back I think I would have rather had the fish and chips or a burger off the regular menu. I got the carved turkey which came with mashed potatoes and creamed corn. There was also a small salad bar you could get items from but it was mostly things like cole slaw, pasta salad and potato salad. There was nothing there I liked. I was a very bad trip reporter and did not take pictures of any of our food. I don’t even remember what the other three got at this point but it was all from the carving station. We really weren’t impressed with the food at all and I’m glad it was part of the cost of the tour and not additional. I did get some chocolate chip cookies for dessert that were pretty good.
After we exited, we took some pictures outside of the restaurant.
Up Next: The Tour Continued – We Pay Our Respects