Wilderness Lodge at Walt Disney World | Hotel Grounds Tour, Restaurants, Cabins and Wildlife

In today's video we visit Wilderness Lodge at the Walt Disney World Resort. We visited during the Christmas season so we got to see all of the holiday decorations and the Christmas tree in the main lobby. We checked out the Mercantile gift shop for souvenirs and visited Whispering Canyon Cafe, Territory Lounge, Artist Pointe, and Roaring Forks within the main lobby building of the hotel. After that we ventured out onto the resort grounds to see the pools and recreation facilities. While doing so we stopped for lunch at Geyser Point bar and grill for some lunch. After lunch we ventured over to the Disney Vacation Club area of the resort to do some more exploring. We found the Carolwood room which showcases some of Walt Disney's personal collection of railroad cars. Finally we ended up at the very end of the property where we found a group of deer enjoying a mid afternoon snack. Join us tomorrow for another new video!
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[@KaiWatsonvideos]

I LOVE RESORT TOURS

[@stevehansen4476]

Me too! We spent a day going to the different Hotels. Knew all the secrets thanks to Tim Tracker!

[@alyssaa3533]

Love watching your guys older videos while waiting for your new content!!!! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@d.redrobinphillips9959]

Thank you Tim. I just love the Wilderness. The deer were amazing. The Lodge has grown so much since I was there.

[@martaobrien4966]

In my opinion, best hotel at disney!!

[@carole4]

The decorated evergreen "hanging thing" is a Christmas "swag"! Wilderness Lodge has my very favorite decorations!

[@GypsyHeart2012]

The Potato might be for...French Fries or Baked.

[@momokoblue8032]

They seemed to be large baker potatoes. Good for microwaving.

[@tcraigg4563]

Or since the cabins have grills in front, you can wrap them and grill them.

[@jasonwebb5964]

Or mashed potatoes, or home fries, or potato chips, or steak fries, or any of the million other things you can do with a potato.

[@displaycollector6611]

I think that animal you saw in the water was swimming to the "Otter" side of the lake.

[@Binzany]

If you've never had a potato in a fire pit you have not lived.. slice put in butter wrap in aluminum foil chuck it in and heaven 15min later.

[@jakemoore4165]

Whispering Canyon is my favorite restaurant in all of Disney. Great food and the waiters are hilarious.

[@mickimouse6573]

Artists Point is my favorite out of the restaurants I’ve been too. I had the cheese platter appetizer, the filet for my entree and the BERRY COBBLER. It’s the greatest.

[@agon1963]

Love Disney's attention to detail.

[@ScubaCat3]

Thanks for the tour, Tim! A little bit of information since the remodel: WIlderness Lodge now is actually the hotel plus two separate DVC "properties" (declared as completely separate Condo Associations). The original one, formerly called "villas at Wilderness Lodge" has been renamed "Boulder Ridge Villas" and is what you referred to as 'the DVC building'. The new one they're currently selling is called "Copper Creek Villas" and consists of half of the main building which has been remodeled into DVC units plus all the cabins. Also, that TV with info at Geyser point is actually the hotel info channel in every disney room. :) There's a youtuber named "ResortTV1" which has recorded hours of it so you can play it at home and pretend you're in a disney room. haha. Have a great holiday, Merry Xmas, and Happy New Year!

[@grandmasterB77]

ScubaCat3 that’s right - we’re staying in the new Cooper Creek Villas in the southeast(?) wing of the main lodge in a couple of weeks

[@bobbafett1971]

Yeah. And totally annoying. Dvc telling me a new property opened. It's vwl. Can't re name and claim new. My home resort is akl. You can sell to public with a new name and claim new time share....

[@titusdorian5585]

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[@benedictadonis8426]

@Titus Dorian Instablaster :)

[@titusdorian5585]

@Benedict Adonis Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and im in the hacking process now. Takes quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

[@TampaJay]

The Lodge is awesome

[@picabritanica2811]

I took my parents to Artist Point for their 25th wedding anniversary at the start of the year. Honestly one of the best meals I've ever eaten. I'm so glad I got to see the rest of this resort at last, love these tours so much. Thanks Trackers. 💜

[@Eszra]

Wow the theming at Wilderness Lodge is amazing, they have actually wildlife!

[@FireCracker3240]

Great video. I've said it before, I'll say it again... I LOVE resort tours. This is a beautiful, rustic resort. I think those new cottages! They are absolutely GORGEOUS, and so spacious. So much land between them, and I love the number posts outside. I'm guessing the potatoes you saw at the mini grocers could be baked on those grills outside the cottages.

[@beckypiel8795]

Thank you, Tim for the updated tour. I appreciate it. We will be there in May.

[@sunnyskies4628]

LOVING THIS! THANKS GUYS! MERRY EARLY CHRISTMAS WISHES GOING YOUR WAY!

[@anyvillarreal985]

King of the Resort Tours 🙋🏻‍♀️ Yay ❤

[@Depplover4good]

Watching this video makes me sad, my husband and I went to Disney world during christmas right before the pandemic. I feel like the pandemic has taken so much joy and energy out of me and I miss just normal things. I miss my disney world before all this crap.

[@paud9653]

Just the best at Christmas.

[@elijahschuyler]

Staying there this week! Super excited! Coming for Christmas!

[@beckypiel8795]

Cabins look awesome

[@beckypiel8795]

Wow...this is beautiful!

[@CJSPENO]

OMG.. That Dvc area is AMAZING !!

[@darkridearts]

those cabins are in no way shape or form worth Three Thousand United States Dollars per night.

[@ajserviced.1760]

We stayed at Wilderness Lodge, One Bedroom Room, in July 2020, and it was the best Resort or Hotel we have ever gone to. We have stayed in different kinds of Resorts and Hotels over the past 30 years, and Disney Wilderness Lodge is the best. We stayed a whole week in July 2020, and plan to stay there again in 2022. It's expensive but worth the money. All the Food places are great food, delicious, and the view inside the lobby and outside is Gorgeous. I can't wait to go back there again. Also, they are really nice to Service Dogs too. I love how nice the staff is, even at late hours, they are nice. We had car trouble on the way and didn't get to Resort until after 10:30 pm, and they were the sweetest Staff to us. Some staff at other hotels will give that uhhh, why are you late looks and be kind of rude. However, at Wilderness Lodge, they were very nice, helpful , and made sure that we found our room on the 5th floor safely. We plan to go for a 2 week staycation, in 2022. Also, go to all 4 Disney Parks again as well. Anyway, if you have the money, I highly recommend Disney Cooper Creek Villas Wilderness Lodge in Florida. It's a vacation all in one place, food, great service, great rooms, and the most gorgeous views inside and outside. Take Care all, and be Safe, and wear a mask in public.

[@tylerkinser6908]

Fun Fact: the trail at 22:20 leads all the way to the now abandoned River Country Second Fun Fact: last time I rode my bike down that trail there was a random chicken coop there

[@bobbafett1971]

Not random. I believe they are used for pest control. Like wild cats too.

[@LazySpartan]

When I walked down there I knew what I was getting into, saw a few cool things then got to the chicken coop and turned around, and as I was exiting that area a Disney Security SUV pulled up and I BS'd my way out of just having walked down the road 😂 So if anyone is planning to go see, be warned they patrol the road.

[@donnytucker]

Those cabins on the lake ♥♥♥

[@Greenkai3000]

This is a great video Tim. Love WDW during the Holidays

[@melanielevoy2076]

Anyone else think Tim should do voiceovers? I think his voice is so cool.

[@anitaford6559]

Nice. We see deer every year just riding around on Disney property.

[@chrislong5416]

"Taters, boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew." Baked is good. We used to slice them, cover them in butter, and put them on a grill. We made 'burgers in armour' in the scouts. (hamburger, potatoes and onion wrapped in foil on the campfire.)

[@reganmoran9185]

Just booked our vacation today, we are staying here and I couldnt be more excited.

[@JQXJQ]

That picture, 10/10.

[@margaretbrown5683]

Just came back from an awesome week in a CC studio. Loved that resort!

[@lenkawojnarova6324]

You know, @TheTimTracker, I love your videos so much! I live at the other side of the world and it is not possible for me at this moment to visit the Disney World, but I really have the feeling that I´ve been there thanks to your videos. Please, please, please don´t even think about stopping making them! They always brighten up my day, calm me down and make me happy. Thank you for your work!

[@hairdresser1300]

they calm me too!

[@PrismPhoenix]

I love Whispering Canyon Cafe! It is a great restaurant full of audience participation.

[@amcmillan673]

Lmao I love how confused you are by the potatoes 🥔 I'm just assuming it's so they can make a baked potato or something like that 🤷‍♀️

[@scotthouston4714]

How about maybe they are also used to make french fries. Great now I want some french fries. :)

[@starnorris7446]

This is one of the best videos that I've ever seen on touring The Wilderness Lodge area. Thanks, Star

[@ArvidBux]

You are right on the red circle. Have seen them across multiple Disney resorts. Took me a night at Newport Bay Club at Disneyland Paris, looking from the bar at those windows before I figured it out.

[@wakeywarrior]

Went over from BLT one night at Xmas on the boat. This resort is so atmospheric at night it is crazy, especially at Christmas. I am booking for this next Christmas.

[@yorkshirelassdiaries4841]

Omg one day I will stay there! It's amazing!

[@JoshRogers117]

Hey Tim, we just left Wilderness Lodge after staying in WDW for 10 days. Wanted to clarify some of your confusion. Wilderness lodge essentially has 3 parts. There's the regular hotel portion and 2 separate DVC parts within the whole resort itself. The Boulder Ridge Villas are the separate building with the different aesthetic that you kept referring to as the DVC building. Then there are the Copper Creek Villas which are inside of the main building. The Boulder Ridge villas used to be the only DVC villas on property and were just called the villas at wilderness lodge, but they were renamed when Copper Creek opened this past July to distinguish between the two. Copper Creek isn't a new construction but rather just a complete remodel of half of the main building. The Cascade Cabins are part of Copper Creek

[@KiddsockTV]

Love the tours!! Love the topiary.

[@karendixon401]

In the reeds by the boat dock is where I saw an alligator! But this is my favorite resort.. especially at Christmas. The Artist Pointe menu has or had when I was there cedar plank cooked salmon..very good.

[@JessicaLynnOriginalStudios]

I love the Wilderness Lodge it is our favorite hotel of ALL TIME. I stayed there on my honeymoon for 9nts/10 days and it was so magical. Everytime we go there it REALLY feels like our home.

[@franciscoechevarria174]

JessicaLynnOriginal that's also my favorite Disney Hotel from all their properties. The first time I went there was back in 2005 a few weeks before Christmas and O was at awe! Their lobby is breathtaking, the pool, the rooms, the restaurants, the Geyser shoots water every hour of the hour which I got to see. I went back in 2013 and got to see the light show in the middle of the lake We took the ferry boat to Fort Wilderness Lodge, also beautiful and we to see a Disney movie there at a outside movie theater while you can even roast marshmallows while watching a Disney movie, we went on a horse wagon ride through the back trails, ate out there and did some serious shopping at both gift shops. There's so much to do out there and at night you look at the hotel from the back by the pool and it's breathtaking! I could spend out there easily two weeks more. Stay safe.

[@sheridavid543]

I just want to say I love these videos it feels like I’m back at Disney and in some places I’ve never seen thank you I probably wouldn’t of found anything like your Disney videos

[@HeidiSKulesh]

Catching up. LOVE when you do these resorts tours! Took one of the best naps in my life on a couch in the Carrolwood Railroad Room while I was staying DVC/waiting for my laundry. Stayed n a studio there overlooking the Sturdy Branches Gym in about 2008 or so. LOVED it! Found the regular room at WL (when I stayed there in I think 2000) to be small, dark. Not worth teh price at all.

[@JessRunsWithScissors]

YAY!!!!! My FAVORITE resort!!!!!

[@eddunaway5569]

☺️😎 the wilderness Lodge is way too cool looks like fun

[@scotthouston4714]

What they forgot to tell you is that they have a catch and release rule. So you can fish but can't keep the fish. Back in May of 2015.. I did see someone fishing in Fort Wilderness. I have no idea if they caught anything.

[@TheKatieJoy]

Love your video! So helpful :)

[@robinhorvath4068]

Wonderful video as always. Thank you. Merry Christmas to you and Jen and your families.

[@kimt8162]

That's nice you stopped by the pin board. We are pin traders. We trade for a pin and then try to remember which pin we got where. It's fun. Wilderness Lodge I think is probably my favorite one---even though we've never stayed there--too pricey for us.

[@katieredding1320]

My mom and I stayed there last December. Its our favorite hotel! Its so pretty!

[@katieredding1320]

Our room over looked the new Cabins so we would wake up and watch them for a little.

[@alissastenberg7322]

Wae

[@JessicaLynnOriginalStudios]

The Wilderness Lodge has those DVC rooms that you can buy and cook your own food. Not all the rooms. Love this channel.

[@slimeypanda]

Cool

[@barbsmith7755]

I love your work Tim and Jen! My home resort is Copper Creek and you show me areas I’ve never seen. Thank you ❤️

[@carriemiller5906]

Love your resort tours, thanks. As for the deer.......hmmmm, 8 tiny "deer" tis the season.

[@stever920]

Great video, going to check into staying there.... The deer were awesome...so many so close and they didn't spook

[@TasticFan]

That lobby reminds me so much of the lodge in Yellowstone!

[@lukemays8169]

I️ absolutely love your vids Tim,your my favorite on KZbin, hope you and Jen have a very merry Christmas

[@MelissaJMJ]

Thank you so much. Merry Christmas 🎄

[@mtfunnybones469]

Man, now I want to be at Disney world Resort thanks guys. XD

[@ahr355]

Great video! My new fav T.T. post ☺

[@MrThekyle1988]

I loved those TVs in the rooms that gave info about the parks 😀 very helpful if you haven't made a plan. Have a merry Christmas Tim, Jenn and Bandit X X

[@brucesumter4327]

wow so cool Deer's also cool place too RR :)

[@JohnTodd916]

Geyser Pointe is easily one of our favorite places at the resort. So much fun to have dinner while the water parade goes by.

[@sherisweitzer7982]

I know you guys like "firsts". You should do the walk from the Wilderness Lodge over to Ft. Wilderness. It's a fun walk with lots of wildlife and it is super fun in October or December because of all the campsites that decorate for those holidays. You have to check it out!!! Love your videos :)

[@craigrogers3864]

Thanks Tim 👍👍👍

[@mychemicalhaircut_]

I stayed here once when I was a little kid and it has been one of my favorites since. Hoping to stay in the cabins for 3 days sometime during the year of the 50th anniversary of Magic Kingdom.

[@jackpast]

Next time take the trail to Fort Wilderness. You'll see plenty of deer and perhaps an armadillo!

[@coreyhopkins1661]

At fireworks time you can see the fireworks from Geyser Point if you're standing just outside the bar. We loved our view for Happily Ever After on our trip in July.

[@nacho5905]

The pin that Tim pointed out is a badge from a rock climbing attraction. In DCA

[@w.e.n8030]

Great resort. If money were no object I would build a house with that theme. Lucky spying those deer. Merry Christmas ....

[@donernst6680]

We just became DVC members a couple of months ago and will be at Cooper Creek next October. If you haven't been inside a room by then, you're welcome to take a room tour then. Thanks for the great videos.

[@MEXICANMOOSE1976]

The potatoes are for baked potatoes Tim..do try and keep up!!! 😂😂😂

[@BigAL68xyz]

Maybe he just didn't see the aluminum foil.

[@robustfawn]

Cool tour, Tim!

[@thepracticallyperfectfamil9301]

Awesome review. We are looking to buy more DVC points and the resort tours are helping!!!

[@kellioh7]

Easy to microwave a potato for a quick baked potato.

[@alexandreamcclure6037]

Looks beautiful. I am so excited to stay at animal kingdom lodge.

[@isabellawatson7530]

We just stayed in those cabins and they were amazing!! Highly recommend them!! :D

[@bunnygurl]

These deluxe resort tours are great. Nice to see the grounds and those cute cabins (a little bit of sticker shock at the daily rates! ). Tim is full of surprises: Salad versus Burger choice lol. Keep up the great camera work and fantastic editing.

[@cassiescraftspot]

I will be coming to Disney in March with my son for his Choir trip. Hope to run into while we are there. I want to thank you for all the videos they have got me so ready for Disney.

[@carmenhogue4873]

Wow beautiful big deer just right there in front of you. Looking at u and eating that’s so awesome. thanks for capturing that in your video. Lol ❄️🎄Merry Christmas.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Loved seeing Tim tracker tracking a bison 😂 maybe those massage (torture)chairs came from Disney Quest when they levelled it 🕹🔨

[@stephaniehayner3267]

I love Tim's scary wax figure picture pose lol

[@loreebrown2271]

I hope you Tim and Jenna have a blessed holiday season

[@paigeb.7529]

Hi There! I just subscribed. I enjoyed this video very much. My son and I are in it. We stayed at our Boulder Ridge Villa and checked out 12/24. You caught us on a pool day, walking past the new Salon By The Springs, while you were heading to the Geyser Point Lounge. I was smiling because I recognized you as a KZbinr. My son looked you up that day, he was surprised I knew about any KZbin vloggers 😂. The Boulder Ridge Villas opened in 2000, and the Copper Creek Cabins and Villas are brand new. The reason you didn't see the other Copper Creek villas is because they are located on one side of the main building. They renovated hotel rooms into studios, one and two bedroom villas. Thanks for a great video. I can't wait to show my son we made the cut! Looking forward to seeing more of your adventures. Happy new year!

[@DAnimal316xMGDx]

Love the video. Always love what you vlog. The potatoes can be sliced thinly, Fried in a skillet and makes homemade chips. In addition the foliage has to be cut back every so often to let New grow, otherwise it takes over and becomes one big mass. Or if some or dying, need to cut down so doesn’t spread if caused by fungus or disease.

[@steveryan4799]

WOW! $2000 USD per night in the cabins by Bay Lake! Insane Disney

[@JenniferEverAfter]

The hanging Christmas things can be called - Swags - but hanging Christmassy things has a ring to it 🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@AroundIndiana]

Fried potatoes and burgers are great😀

[@JessDisneyGott]

Have fun

[@Chip_Griffin]

I've seen massage chairs in some of the arcades of the WDW resorts. I'll check next week. I've been dying to use one of those for the last month. Love the videos Tim!

[@beckypiel8795]

Wow

[@smiley6400smile]

I was working at Whispering Canyon when you filmed this and I was glad I got the chance to say hi! and it was my birthday so it was a great way start to my day! :)

[@juanesebuitrago4040]

Nice one! I think people might buy those potatoes to bake or grill when they are grilling out in the picnic area. I really thought that scary bear had you!!

[@derekwitteck989]

Great video Tim! It was great to meet you at Wilderness Lodge. My wife and I really appreciate you taking the time to speak with us!

[@jasonfidanza3637]

Great tour Tim, THANKS! (yelling)