Heading over to Epcot we parked and strolled over to the World Showcase. We were hoping to get seated a little early and hopefully, maybe, get to see Illuminations. With 8:00 ressies, it was tight.
Still, on the way there we went by these guys. We typically head left upon entering the WS and decided to go to the right today as it seemed a little closer. These guys were quite good and we would have loved to listen to them a little more. Gotta love a rock band in kilts. Steven kept trying to get good pictures both with his camera and mine but it was just too dark, we weren't close enough and our cameras weren't cut out for it.
It was nice to get a better look at the entrance to LeCellier at this time, it was where we'd hoped to be dining but couldn't get a ressie, Teppan was our back up choice.
Rushing the group on, I did not realize that Teppan Edo and Tokyo Dining have the same check in area so was a bit confused as to where to go until we figured that out. The place was insane with one combined waiting area, so full that people were sitting on the floor all over the place. We check in and get our pager, find a spot on the floor for the little ones that seems semi clean.
Wall-E asks to go to the restroom. Remembering that they will not see us unless we are all present (and that includes bathroom trips!) I ask him to wait. And then realize....Steven is missing.
I ask Scrooge about it. "Oh, he was thirsty, he went to get a smoothie."
Great. Just great. So fine. I take Wall-E to the restroom. Sure enough, upon our return, the pager goes off.
No Steven.
No Seat for you.
I make Scrooge call him, reminding him about Illuminations.
Steven is in line for some green tea smoothie of some sort. Line is not moving. Scrooge tells him to come back. Steven doesn't want to. This goes on for a bit but finally Steven shows up. Of course, we have to wait as that table is now full. All of us were quite thirsty at this point. Finally, at maybe 8:20 we are seated.
The first 3 CM's who came by (drink orders, explain the menu and hot towels) were sadly very very hard to understand. Super nice and I felt bad but the kids were really struggling. We had 2 other ladies at our table who were super nice and we enjoyed chatting with them for the remainder of the evening.
Drinks, thankfully in hand and thirst sated we ordered and then our chef arrived.
He started with a bang. Or at least some steam
Dished up our sauces and explained them
Did some nice twirling moves (by this point, all 4 kids were MESMERIZED)
And then launched into the schtick. I've been to Teppan places before. I've never had a running storyline that involved Disney as part of the dinner show! He made Nemo swim and fly, created Mickey (wiped out Mickey) and the story went on and on and on. He was truly truly wonderful.
Mickey!
The famous volcano!
The food was very good. The kids absolutely loved it. Our sweet server that we couldn't understand made the little ones rubber-banded chopsticks so they could use them too, they thought that was the bomb!
Basically we all had the same thing, just a matter of who had chicken, shrimp or steak lol. It was a very nice change on the kids meal for the little guys.
At this point it was 9 and our entire table was trying to pay, including the lovely ladies dining with us, to rush out and see Illuminations. We rushed out, the ladies, myself and a couple of the kids to find.
Rainy sidewalks and people walking away. Yep. We'd missed it again.
We went back in to finish up dessert and I went to take another picture of our chef. Who asked if the boys wanted to be in the picture!
This was by FAR the kids favorite meal of the trip. All 4 of them! While there weren't any they didn't like, they loved Teppan and I will have a hard time not going back there with them on a return trip, I think there might be mutiny.
After dinner we walked out, back the way we'd come. It was odd, it was not an EMH night so the park was pretty close to deserted. I'd hoped to pick up the mug I'd seen 2 nights ago but the shop was CLOSED! Wah! We headed back to the car, the kids skipping in the sprinkles. It looked like it had rained pretty good while we were eating but now, just some sprinkles. Upon arriving in the car we decided that Wall-E and I would go home and I'd toss him in bed, the rest, on to the MK as it was still open for another 3 hours!
Next...some surprises await at the cabin!
Yes, my fairly lame trip report that is taking me forever to complete! It is kind of nice to stretch out the memories though!
We had to wait for his hair to grow out. He has super white hair (well, he did before that....then it was light blue) 
. Disney tried everything...they gave us clarifying shampoo. Offered to dye his hair (which I was like NFW!) 
