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More fun at the F&WF! I too would have skipped the lobster cuddler, I mean JUST a lobster claw- really. I love that they have added picnic tables, those are really needed. Glad you got to jump ahead at Soarin', sorry you did not get to see Impressions De France . Love that movie! Can't wait to find out if you made it to Yachtsman Steakhouse.
I never knew that about the plane - what a neat fact! The Wills and Kate paper dolls are classic!
In retrospect, I wish I'd picked up the paper dolls for DD. Although she was a little too young to get into the royal wedding. I was about 9 when Charles and Di married and I remember getting up to watch it with my mom.
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More great pictures and eats from around the world!
Thank you!
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Thank goodness I am having an early lunch while I am reading this....the food looks soooo good.
I love your DH's face in France. "Really?"...soo close.
Haha, funny face, right? I didn't even notice he was in the pic 'til I was uploading them at home. I haven't shown him yet.
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More fun at the F&WF! I too would have skipped the lobster cuddler, I mean JUST a lobster claw- really. I love that they have added picnic tables, those are really needed. Glad you got to jump ahead at Soarin', sorry you did not get to see Impressions De France . Love that movie! Can't wait to find out if you made it to Yachtsman Steakhouse.
I know, great idea on the tables! There was another area with them in Germany that'll come up in day two. Yeah, just a claw - strange right! I thought maybe it'd be a couple of claws out of the shells in a butter sauce or something like that!
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More great yummies from the F&WF! The plane picture was pointed out to us by a CM once when we were waiting to head up for the American Adventure. He saw Luke and I checking out all the paintings so he took us around and told us secrets about all of them. Special moment!
More great yummies from the F&WF! The plane picture was pointed out to us by a CM once when we were waiting to head up for the American Adventure. He saw Luke and I checking out all the paintings so he took us around and told us secrets about all of them. Special moment!
We headed out the International Gateway and off toward the Boardwalk.
We made a quick stop to peruse the gift shop before heading in. Earlier in the afternoon I’d started to have an inkling that we’d be too full for our much anticipated dinner at YSH. On the walk back we discussed it further and decided it was best to cancel so we stopped at the lobby concierge to do that. I was really bummed about having to cancel this one but I knew if we went I’d end up making myself ill from overeating and that’s just really no fun.
With that settled we headed back to the room with all intentions of changing in our bathing suits and going to the pool. Well, until we sat down that was…and then we just didn’t feel like getting up again! DH was dozing off and on while I watched some TV. At one point I went to check out the view on our balcony and I could hear the Eat to the Beat concert – 38 Special. And they were playing “Hold on Loosely,” which was the hit they were noted for on all the brochures. Pretty cool – listening to live music and a view of Epcot (there’s Morocco!) in the distance:
Around 7:30 p.m. we had freshened up and decided to head back to Epcot for a bit. DH wore his OkaB sandals, which I knew was a bad idea, and we barely made it to Flying Fish before he said his feet were hurting. So back he went to the room to change shoes while I took some pics.
With that settled we entered the International Gateway and decided to hit a couple of the booths we had missed earlier. I was surprised at how crowded Epcot was compared to the afternoon. The lines were really long and I could tell finding any spot to eat – be it a bench or a highboy – was going to be tough.
We started off at Greece where we got chicken souvlaki with tzatziki and griddled Greek cheese with pistachios and honey.
Both these dishes were so good! I wish the griddled cheese was a little more ooey-gooey, but there seemed to be a hold up with the souvlaki (many guests were standing with half their order waiting for it) so I think it got a little cold. In any event, the tang of the cheese with the sweet of the honey was so very tasty!
We ended up having to balance our plates on top of a garbage can for this one (which sounds really gross when I write it but at least Disney’s trashcans are very clean).
Next we headed across the way to the Canada booth for chicken chipotle sausage with sweet corn polenta. This was a favorite from last year and it was just as good! I forgot that it packs a bit of a punch with the spice so I was glad we had a big bottle of water!
We were able to squeeze in around a planter in International Plaza. Lots of people were there holding seats for Illuminations. At this point I decided I was a little too overtired to wait in any more booth lines/hunt for seating so we decided to leisurely make our way back to International Gateway.
We stopped in Karamell Kuche to get my Mom’s popcorn. Holy cow the line was INSANELY long! I didn’t know if I had to wait in that entire line just to check out with a prepackaged item or not and I didn’t want to appear to be a line cutter either. What I ended up doing was going to the Christmas Shop that’s connected and checking out there, where there was only one person in line. Of course I couldn’t check out there without buying and item from their store so I got one of those tea light holders that has the things above it that move from the wind created by the candle (I have no idea what the name for this is – we have a Halloween one with witches that go round and round; this one had angels).
We then headed next door to the glass shop in search of something “Donald” for my Dad. We found a really cool, engrave-able mug that was perfect. I asked the CM how long it would take and she called to the kiosk outside and said 10 minutes. Excellent and we actually got to watch the glass cutter do his work on our mug (we had it engraved with Grandpa):
Very cool to watch this skill.
As we made our way toward Japan we caught a glimpse of Illuminations.
Our mission in Japan was Poky! We love the stuff. They had some new flavors that we didn’t see last time but we stuck with original, which is our all time favorite. We got two big packages of the individual “92 calorie” pouches.
By now it was about 9:30 p.m. and although Epcot had EMHs until midnight, I was about out of steam.
Funny thing happened as we headed out – I felt hungry. Doh! But it was that weird hunger where there’s nothing in particular you want to eat – ever had that? In the end we decided a slice of pizza from the Boardwalk Pizza Window would hit the spot.
The pizza was pretty tasty and fit the bill.
And of course I can’t end a meal without something sweet so we headed into Boardwalk Bakery and set our sights on the cupcakes. DH was interested in the Oreo Bon Bon so that’s what we got.
Cute, isn’t it? Well folks, I never thought I’d meet a cupcake I didn’t like but I did. This was just downright awful. The Oreos were soggy and the frosting was some sort of whipped cream concoction – not butter cream, which to me is an abomination! I thought maybe the cookies and cream filling would save the day but nope, flavorless. Oh well, there would be plenty of good eating to come!
Once back in the room we watched a little TV then called it a night, with alarm set for 6:30 a.m. so we could make it to EMHs at MK.
More great feasting at the F&WF! How sad that the cupcake looks so delicious but failed to look up to his appearance! Great pictures from your balcony!
I was looking forward to that one, but I'm going to have the lobster roll if your photo is the current dish!
Sounds like you had a very yummy day!
Hmmm, that's really strange!!! The couple behind us had the item in the second photo and I thought that was the New England Lobster Roll - but I'm really not sure because I didn't hear them actually order. The item in the first picture looks like the Lobster Roll from last year's booth, before Linda Bean.
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More great feasting at the F&WF! How sad that the cupcake looks so delicious but failed to look up to his appearance! Great pictures from your balcony!
Thanks!
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What a shame about the cupcake, especially as it looked so good. At least everything else sounded wonderful!
Everything else is great for sure!
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What a delicious looking day (except for the mushy cupcake Great pictures of all the yummy offerings-- I'm off to eat oatmeal...(pout)
I know, I'm off for Special K, no fair!
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. Love that movie! Can't wait to find out if you made it to Yachtsman Steakhouse. 
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The Wills and Kate paper dolls are classic! 
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The plane picture was pointed out to us by a CM once when we were waiting to head up for the American Adventure. He saw Luke and I checking out all the paintings so he took us around and told us secrets about all of them. Special moment! 
I was really bummed about having to cancel this one but I knew if we went I’d end up making myself ill from overeating and that’s just really no fun.
! DH was dozing off and on while I watched some TV. At one point I went to check out the view on our balcony and I could hear the Eat to the Beat concert – 38 Special. And they were playing “Hold on Loosely,” which was the hit they were noted for on all the brochures. Pretty cool – listening to live music and a view of Epcot (there’s Morocco!) in the distance:
but at least Disney’s trashcans are very clean).
. They had some new flavors that we didn’t see last time but we stuck with original, which is our all time favorite. We got two big packages of the individual “92 calorie” pouches.
. Doh! But it was that weird hunger where there’s nothing in particular you want to eat – ever had that? In the end we decided a slice of pizza from the Boardwalk Pizza Window would hit the spot.
but I did. This was just downright awful
. The Oreos were soggy and the frosting was some sort of whipped cream concoction – not butter cream, which to me is an abomination! I thought maybe the cookies and cream filling would save the day but nope, flavorless. Oh well, there would be plenty of good eating to come!
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