I think like with any Disney dining question, your response will be very varied based on personal experiences.

Personally, None of my family really enjoyed our lunch a few years ago at Whispering Canyon.. My daughter was 10 at the time and she thought the "games" like twirling the napkins and riding the hobbyhorses were very childish and did not want to participate. We also did not have a good waiter to make anything fun. We also did not like the food.

On the other hand, we went to 50's PTC on our last trip in 2009, and we all LOVED the experience. It was our last meal of the trip, and it really capped off the trip in an awesome way. We had a great waiter (Cousin Mark) and he made the whole experience just a whole lot of fun. We were also very pleasantly surprised by the food, as we had heard many conflicting viewpoints, although I think this is what you get with relly any of the on site dining lately. My dd, age 12 at the time, loved the experience and talked about it for a long time after, although she is not shy, so she was able to play along. We definitely would go back to 50's, but will not go back to Whispering Canyon.

That's just my $.02 though, so take it as you will...I'm sure review on both will be split.

I wish I was going back this August!!!