Who doesn’t want to go home to their cabin in the woods at Christmas time? Gather your family around the fire, with a giant pine tree standing in the center of the room, rock in your rocking chair, and enjoy a cocktail and a dinner of freshly caught salmon. It sounds idyllic to me.
That may be why we try to spend every Christmas dinner dining at this rustic Christmas paradise.
The decorations are not over the top, gaudy, bedazzled and blinged out. They are earthy and rustic, with a nod to the Pacific Northwest roots from where the resort was conceived. The feeling of homey warmth consumes you, and it’s cozy despite the grand, vaulted ceilings.
When you combine the beauty of this amazing resort with the amazing food served at Artist Point, you have one of the most perfect Christmas combinations you could imagine. While the menu may vary when you visit, a staple is the delicious salmon. The type of salmon varies by season, but the cedar plank preparation imparts a wonderful flavor to the perfectly prepared fish. Combined with the smokey portobello mushroom soup, hearty and full bodied for a cold (or perceived cold!) winter’s day, this is one of my favorite meals at Walt Disney World.
You have just over 11 months to plan your Christmas season visit to Walt Disney World, and I cannot recommend enough the combination of this amazing resort and fabulous restaurant. It’s the best of both worlds – a homey, rustic, holiday feeling in the middle of warm, sunny Florida.
