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Within the Great Escape Lodge, there are three restaurants; one of which is inside the indoor water park. Tall Tales Tavern, located off the main lobby, serves familiar comfort foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner. While we visited, we had the option to order a la carte, or take advantage of the buffet. The menu choices are basic, including pizza, fish and chips, pulled pork, and chicken.
Johnny Rockets
Johnny Rockets is the best, and most entertaining, of the eateries. It's open all day from 8 a.m. through 9 p.m. weekdays and 10 p.m. weekends. Part of the international chain, it recreates the look of a 1950's hamburger and malt shop. The signature menu items are hand-pressed hamburgers and hand-dipped shakes and malts. Kids will get a kick out of feeding quarters into the jukebox, watching the wait staff breaking into song, and wearing the cook's cap handed out by cheerful waitresses.
Birch Bark Grill
Within White Water Bay, simple snacks and meals like hamburgers, hot dogs, salads, popcorn, and pretzels can be ordered and purchased at the Birch Bark Grill counter. The menu also includes ice cream, smoothies, beer, wine and frozen alcoholic drinks likes daiquiris and margaritas.
Tall Pines Coffee Corner
There is a coffee bar in the lobby -- the Tall Pines Coffee Corner -- where you can grab muffins, bagels, cereal, fresh fruit and yogurt. It is only open early in the morning.
Theme Park Dining
Within The Great Escape theme park and Splashwater Kingdom, you'll find a predictable and pricey menu at nearly every eatery, such as chicken tenders, burgers and hot dogs. Lunch for the four of us at the Alpine Fest Haus was mid-priced. Most of the dining establishments are outdoors, except for the Alpine Fest Haus and the Timbertown Grill and Marketplace.
As for healthy options, we found basic pre-packaged salads at both of these indoor restaurants. The Timbertown Grill also had pre-packaged fruit slices, as well as two Moo-Bella ice cream vending machines which offered the opportunity to create your own concoction with a selection of ice creams and mix-ins.
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