Anz n Andy's Very Disney Christmas - Day 4

[MsPennieLane]

Sunday 19th December

We were up at 7.05am thanks to Stitch telling us no sleeping and Mickey apologising for Stitch’s behaviour, so cute! We showered and dressed and walked to the bus stop to board the bus for Epcot. Most of the queues were busy. We didn’t have to wait long for the bus.

Walking to the Epcot gate was weird – no Epcot music coming from the speakers in the bushes, but Christmas music instead. That’s not right! I love hearing the Epcot music through the bushes as I walk to the gates. Anyway, there were humungous queues, but we kept walking and managed to find a relatively small one.

Once through the gates, we realised we were hungry and decided to try the Electric Umbrella for breakfast. The queue for Spaceship Earth was stretching out and round right up to the Art of Disney store – I’d never seen it that bad before. These queues stayed for our entire trip and we never did get to ride it unfortunately. It was nice and empty inside the Electric Umbrella. Hubby had the cheese omelet meal (his fave) and I had the French toast sticks – both very yum.

Hubby went for a cigarette while I investigated the pin trading shop.

I bought a few (as you do). We then walked towards Mission Space and Test Track. There was a long wait for Test Track but only a 5 minute standby line for Mission Space. I found a comfy seat and waited for hubby to have his ride. He was back in 20 minutes, excellent. Next up – the Universe of Energy with Ellen.

I do like this ride (Stupid Judy) - even if it is educational. We then walked through to World Showcase and had a lovely walk through Canada, where I bought the Off Kilter Live CD, and through to the UK. I thought the Christmas Tree looked lovely.

I met Pooh, Tigger and Rabbit in the shop and I got a huge hug of each of them, and got my photo taken.

No British Invasion playing today unfortunately. It was 12.30pm by now and we were due to meet Karen (Miffy2003), hubby John and their 2 lovely daughters Erin and Amber, and Allie and hubby Neil and their lovely daughter Jess for lunch at the Rose & Crown at 1.10pm. We decided to go into the pub for a quick drink. While waiting outside, Off Kilter started playing so I listened and boogied.

We met the gang on time and had a good chat while we waited for the pager to go off. There were 9 of us altogether. I must say that the kiddies were really well behaved and they kept themselves entertained, they really were a joy. After 15 minutes, we were lead to our table in the dining room. We had a good gossip and weren’t really paying much attention to the menu at first. Andy chose fish and chips and I eventually chose Bangers & Mash. I’d read mixed reviews about the Rose and Crown but I must say that I really enjoyed my food here. The food was really lovely.

sticky toffee pudding mmmm!
The cocktails looked yummy – I didn’t partake as I was still taking tablets for the migraine, plus if I drink during the day I get drunk very quickly, not a good idea. We had a lovely time together and a good laugh. Thanks guys!!

 

[MsPennieLane]

continued....

We left the pub about 3.10pm and I dragged hubby back to Canada so I could finally see Off Kilter again. Hubby hadn’t seen them live before. I think he quite enjoyed his first Off Kilter experience! They were fabulous as usual. Mark, the bass player and singer, noticed hubby was filming and he waved at the camera, which of course I thought was very cool.

The show was over too quickly and I couldn’t twist hubby’s arm to come back for another performance that day.

We took a leisurely stroll around World Showcase, something we hadn’t really done during the day. We wandered through France

Japan

American Adventure

Germany

as well as Italy and Morocco, and we skipped through China and Norway rather quickly.

Our legs and feet were aching so it was time to get back to Pop Century. The bus was sat waiting for us which was great and we were back at Pop in no time.

After a break in our room, we headed to the food court for dinner. Hubby had the chili cheese hotdog and fries and I had the philly cheese steak wrap which was really yummy. Our evening was spent in the bar before heading to bed about 11pm.

Anz

 

[fizz13]

Thanks for your report. I love the world showcase more than anywhere in WDW and you brought the feel of it back to life beautifully. Loved the pictures so thankyou and keep posting..
Claire

 

[Miffy2003]

We had a good gossip and weren’t really paying much attention to the menu at first

I'd forgotten that Anz!! Those poor CMs kept coming back and we were so busy chatting we forgot to look at the menu!! (this is very unusual for me I assure you )

Another great report!

 

[florida sun]

Great to see you back with your trip reports Anz. Hope your feeling much better. Keep up the good work.

Sue

 

[KayleeUK]

Great day Anz Sound like you had a fab meet !

 

[maureen4200040]

Hi Anz,

Hope your feeling much better now, thanks for another excellent report.


Maureen4200040

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Thanks for the great pictures. Looking at your pictures makes me homesick for my other home WDW. We were there at the same time as you, so seeing your pictures brings back memories from our trip.

We always eat at Rose & Crown on each trip, it is one of our favorites.

 

[FloridaSam]

Another brilliant report Anz and lovely piccies. The sausage and mash looks very yummy!

Reading your reports is making me very excited and impatient for my next trip!!!

Sam x

 

[debbyLL]

i agree the sausage and mash look like a definite choice for me, never actually ate at the rose and crown only outside at harry ramsdens, i love the pics of the food. keep them comin
debby ll

 

[wils]

Thanks once again. I almost feel like I am there when I read your trip reports

 

[MazdaUK]

Sorry, I must have missed why its bad to get drunk quickly - most economical (so DH says...)

 

[LoopyLoo]

Good as usual

 

[wicket2005]

Lovely report, thank you.