We hopped a plane (or walkway) to Venice for a photo shoot.
And continued walking the circle. I had planned to go back with Bill later and tour the countires in more depth, so this was just a quick walk around for Bradey to see it all. Unfortunately we never got around to that, so I am really bummed we didn't take more time.
But we made it around to France. It was a chilly day. For Maine residents to wear sweatshirts in FL, it must be cool. So Bill, Mom and Dad wanted to stop for a coffee and warm up a little. I wanted something yummy from the bakery, so Mom and I went up there to see what we could find. A little tip, if you didn't already know, they have the cheapest coffee we saw all week at the french bakery. But I have to say, I was disappointed with their pastry selection. Nothing really caught my eye. Mom got a big chocolate chip cookie, but I came out with just Bill's coffee. I was bound and determined to have something for a snack, so even though it was cold, I got a Grey Goose Slush. Wow! Was that good! I don't drink much, but I could've tossed a few of those back. Yum.
So we walked over the bridge and on to England. I would've liked to spend more time there, but by this time I think everyone was kinda sick of the chilly dreary weather. So we just kept going. Next up was Canada. My husband's father lived in Canada until he was 16, so we had to check this place out. We passed up some pretty fun souveniers, but we didn't want to carry them around with us and we thought we were going to come back, so we skipped them.
The little path through the "mountains" was neat.
We had an early ADR at Garden Grill and it was about a hour away, so we decided to walk back to Future World at this point. We played around in the Innoventions buildings for a while.
Bill and Bradey had fun playing the video games. And Mom took Bradey through the Piggy Bank adventure. After Innoventions we went over to Spaceship Earth. That was fun. I don't remember doing that when I was little, so that was new for me. I knew they were going to take a picture of us, but I didn't know when and I didn't have Bradey's head up high enough, so it didn't come out. But it was fun.
Now it was time to eat. We were really looking forward to this because Chip n Dale are his favorite. We were seated on the lower level in one of those nice big booths. I love this restaurant for character interaction. I'm so glad I booked it for his first character meal. With the booths, you can't see anyone else in the whole place, so you really feel like you have the characters all to yourself.
Chip was first. He peaked up over the back of the bench almost as soon as we sat down. It was funy watching him play with Bradey.
Bradey had a word search on his menu and Chip found and circled the word "royalty" then pointed at it and at him like he was saying, "thats me". It was funny. I don't know how they hold a pen with those costumes!
Then this guy came along. Chip was at the next table, so Dale picked up Bradey's straw and was poking Chip with it
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They were so much fun!
Then came Farmer Mickey. Bradey asked him if he brought his tractor and he pointed down into the field we were rotating by. We had our food by now obviously and it was really really tasty, but not nearly enough. It was served "family-style" with one platter. There was a tiny piece of fish that mom and I both took a little piece and it was gone. They had a beef thing that was yummy and sliced turkey. Everything tasted good, but one platter for 4 adults was not enough. We asked for more fish right away, but were never brought more. We did get some extra beef and turkey much much later, but by then we had sat for too long and just didn't feel like eating more. Pluto came around.
See the lady over the bench? She was a pain. She kept hurrying all the characters by us for some reason. She said to Dale once, "Dale, that dog is going to lap you if you don't get a move on." Really, is that magical to say in front of a kid who is just meeting his idol for the first time. He had just gotten to us! She really annoyed me by the end of the night. Luckily, they all came around probably 4 times each, so we got to see them lots.
So all in all, I liked this place very much. I think if our server was better and actually brought us enough food, we would have rated it a 10. What food we had was very yummy and the character interaction can't be beat. But for the price, they should make sure it really is all-you-can-eat.
Okay, its a snow day here and my little guy is getting antsy for me to go out and play with him, so I'm gonna leave off for now here. Coming up....
Mom and Dad take Bradey back to the Poly so Bill and I can have a little alone time. What do we do with this time??? Well, you already know we didn't make it back to World Showcase like we planned, so what happened?