Trip to Opryland Hotel Nashville, Tn
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Hubby Sierra and I rode to Nashville, Tennessee.
We stopped at store number 134 Cracker Barrel in Franklin Tennessee for lunch. Hubby ordered a Rib Eye Steak, a baked potato, a salad, cost @12.99 Ice tea $1.89.
Sierra ordered a kid's fried chicken tender meal with Mac and cheese, and a doctor pepper to drink it cost $4.49.
I ordered a Kids grilled chicken tender meal, with green beans, onion, chow, chow, cornbread and ice tea with lemon to drink cost was $4.49.
For dessert we all shared, and the Apple Dumpling cost was $3.79.
I bought two 22 oz Wood Wick Candles, one was Candied Berry and the other was Pumpkin Butter.
To park for one day at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel is Eighteen dollars.
Hubbyparked as close as he could get to the walkway.
We went inside the hotel where we saw many Christmas lights and displays that was in the gardens. Some of the displays had already been removed. The trees of Christmas and the Nativity Scene were no longer there.
There was a cheerleading competition going on. There were girls there with their parents signing in at the Tennessee Ballroom.
Sierra and I rode the Delta Queen River Boats it cost nine dollars plus tax. Our Ticket numbers were 5228935, 5228936.
Hubby did not want to ride so he waited for us.
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| Fruit Tree |
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| Christmas tree made with poinsettias |
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| Jack Daniels |
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| Standing on the grand staircase |
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| Sitting in the gardens |
Along the waterway were several plaques telling about the blending of the waters. On July 28, 1996, water from more than 1,700 sites around the world was blended into the Delta River, commemorating the opening of Phase IV, the Delta at Opryland Hotel Convention Center.
There were also several plaques describing the fish that were in the Delta River.
They were a Blue Catfish, Blue Gill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Common Carp, and American EEL.
There was another sign that said,” Delta River Fish” You cannot get any nearer the country music than inside the walls of the nearby Ole Opry, and if you traveled all fifty US states you couldn’t step inside one that had a greater diversity of freshwater fish, over 300 species than Tennessee
We walked around I took pictures of everything.
We saw poinsettia everywhere displayed in several different sizes, shapes, and colors. There was a musical fountain and several waterfalls.
We saw decorations hanging from the ceiling, hot air balloons, characters, and lights. We saw a sign that read,” Jack Daniels Tapping the Barrel in February 2011.”
There were several fruit trees in the gardens.
We saw a Coconut Tree, a Bosnia Tree, and others.
There were several restaurants throughout the hotel, along with many different stores and display windows.
One window display was the Tennessee Titans and the North Carolina Football teams.
Some of the stores we saw were Opry Shop, Sunny G a Children’s Boutique, Stax, Delta Island Mezzanine, Solario, Ravello, The Falls, Conservatory Bar, Cocoa Bean, and Findley’s Irish Pub.
There was a forty foot Christmas tree, (Delta Atrium) and two Christmas trees made with poinsettias. (One in the Magnolia Lobby)
Outside was a very large Christmas tree that was made of stringed lights with Poinsettia all around it?
Outside were a Nativity Scene and the reading of the birth of Christ.
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| The Manger Scene |
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| Reading of the Birth of Christ |
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| Christmas Tree outside |
We went to the Bass Pros Shop it was not as big as the one in Kodak TN.
We stopped in Columbia Tennessee and we ate supper at Taco Bell.
ï Magnolia – The original lobby and retail area of the hotel. Currently features “The District” and Grand Staircase, modeled after the Tara from Gone With the Wind.
ï Garden Conservatory – The first atrium constructed, considered by many to be the heart of the hotel. Several weddings take place in the Garden Conservatory’s romantic setting each year, near the Lion head Fountain and Crystal Gazebo.
ï Cascades – The second atrium constructed. Features the rotating Cascades Terrace Lounge as well as Wasabi (a Japanese sushi restaurant) and the hotel’s largest waterfalls. Connects to the main lobby, which is where the main, and only, the registration desk is located.
ï Delta – The third and largest atrium constructed. Currently the center of activity at Gaylord Opryland Home to the Delta River, several retail stores, a few eateries, and Gaylord Opryland’s finest restaurant, the Old Hickory Steakhouse. This area of the hotel also features a connection to Opry Mills Shopping Mall. The Delta Project was the main inspiration for the company’s expansion into other markets.
ï Convention Center – The largest convention area in Tennessee with three main exhibit areas and five ballrooms
