Originally Posted By trekkeruss Ha... made you look! NO, I am not talking about rooms there for $10/night. Nope... sorry. I was thinking about Hamburgers... I remember reading that SoG has the best burgers in all of WDW. So I went over to Deb's site, and looked at the menus for SoG. The Garden Gallery dinner buffet menus caught my eye: <a href="http://www.allearsnet.com/menu/menu_sogbuf.htm" target="_blank">http://www.allearsnet.com/menu /menu_sogbuf.htm</a> Tuesdays and Thursdays for $10, and topping out at $16 for the Friday seafood buffet. Children are half price. These seem like great bargains! Is the Garden Gallery a hidden gem of a meal at WDW, or is it a case of, you get what you pay for? This curious mind wants to know.
Originally Posted By fkurucz The first thought that popped into my head was: "And all you have to do is sign up for a tour in Iraq!"
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire I had a burger once at the sports bar there and it was yummy! But not at the other restaurant.
Originally Posted By pixiedust1 We stayed there 3 times before the renovations... Our son was a MP in the Army... Those were the best times and the cheapest for us in all the years of going to Disney... LOL... Back then they had a prime rib buffet for $12.95 and the sports bar in the back had the greatest burgers and onion rings on a stick... and the there was no tax on anything... Well, are son is out of the Army now , thank god.. and there will be no more perks.. it was fun while it lasted...
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Wait... that's not funny.<< I didn't say it was funny, just that it was the first thing to pop into my head (before I actually read the first post).
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<Well, are son is out of the Army now , thank god.. and there will be no more perks>> The restaurants are open to anyone though, AFAIK. <<Back then they had a prime rib buffet for $12.95 and the sports bar in the back had the greatest burgers and onion rings on a stick... and the there was no tax on anything>> I think that pretty much answers my question. Next time I am at WDW, Garden Gallery may have to be on the list!
Originally Posted By Lake Nona The sports bar in the back is Evergreens, and it has the cheapest beer prices @ WDW, 8.00 for a pitcher. My wife likes the hot wings. I just retired from the USNR, so our family will continue to use the Shades as we save money on our WDW vacations.
Originally Posted By pixiedust1 <<<Lake Nona Tue 4/18/2006 1:06p The sports bar in the back is Evergreens, and it has the cheapest beer prices @ WDW, 8.00 for a pitcher. My wife likes the hot wings. >> I forgot about the hot wngs LOL... Yummy.. and I didnt know you go eat there and not be a resort guest, because of the Military status thing. I know they were very strict about check-in and check-out with the Military person having to be there.. We will put that on our agenda for our next trip... May 11th... Do they still have the pool table there.. we sure had some great times...
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire I emailed shades of green once a while ago and asked if my father (retired from the army) had to be there for check in, even with my military ID. She replied, no, but I had to have my military ID with me and he had to make the arrangements. It was a while ago but that was the idea of it.
Originally Posted By brotherdave I turned "shades of green" for about a $10 dinner once, it wasn't very fun, let me tell you!!!! Worst case of food poisoning I ever had!
Originally Posted By avromark I want to stay at the Golf resort, a friend of mine (MP) said that Canadian Military can stay there as well, is that true?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss ^^According to SoG's website, "Shades of Green is an Armed Forces Recreation Center (AFRC) available to certain eligible members of the U.S. Armed Forces community, their families, and certain civilians in the DoD and elsewhere." <a href="http://www.shadesofgreen.org/service.htm" target="_blank">http://www.shadesofgreen.org/s ervice.htm</a>
Originally Posted By avromark I guess he stayed with some US Army buds then eh? This is the old Golf Resort right?
Originally Posted By avromark Or did they tear down the Golf Resort, I remember it being a nice place.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss It's the same place. In the beginning, it was the Golf Resort, then it became the Disney Inn, and at one point received a Snow White theme. The DoD leased it for a couple of years, and eventually bought it outright in 1996 and named it SoG.
