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Friday 8th November
Today is going home day boo!!! But first were off to Epcot yay!!!
It was a beautiful morning. I was so pleased that the sun had finally put in an appearance on our last day. After packing the final bits, we called Bell Services who came with a trolley to collect all our stuff, which they would hold until later for us (apart from the Owners Locker, which would be collected by the OL team this afternoon).
We strolled round to International Gateway, which was deserted. We had deliberately left it later this morning, since we only planned to do World Showcase today.
First things first. It was our last day and so obviously we had to cram in as much delicious Disney food as possible. We started with breakfast Les Halles.
A chocolate chip brioche roll.
Apple tart
And mini macarons
To be perfectly honest, it was all a little disappointing. The brioche roll was a bit dry, the apple tart was nice but a small portion for the price. And the macarons were OK but, again, very pricey. The lemon one was nice, as was the blueberry.
As we continued on through France, we spotted Belle under some trees with nobody waiting. Sian persuaded Daniel to go meet her. Judging by the photo, I think he thought he was too cool for princesses now though.
We spent most of the morning wandering through World Showcase, snacking here and there. We tried the teriyaki chicken hand roll from the Japan booth. I thought I might like this, since it was chicken and I like teriyaki flavour but it was awful. There was something about it that just tasted wrong. The kids liked it though.
When we ended up in Germany around lunch time, it would have been rude not to get something from Sommerfest.
Frankfurter
Oh dear, this wasnt good either. The frankfurter was very anaemic, it actually looked undercooked (although Im sure it wasnt). And I was under the impression that this had always been served in a pretzel roll. Daniel and Gary doused it in ketchup and finished it between them.
There was only one way to improve the eating experience.
Caramel brownie
Salted dark chocolate covered caramel
Now thats better. The brownie was so rich it was sinful. As for the salted caramel, Im glad we were sharing this between four of us. Again, it was incredibly rich and sweet but so, so good.
On to China and stupid hat pictures.
Then to Mexico for stupid maracas pictures
Daniel had been harping on about wanting a churro for days so we got some mini churros from La Cantina.
We also got a couple of cold drinks.
We still had some time to kill so decided to keep walking and spotted Duffy, in his Halloween outfit, at International Plaza. Gary was being a bit of a killjoy and wouldnt have his photo taken. I think it might be because he guessed that Duffy was going to make us do Mickey ears.
Carrying on walking, we found ourselves in the United Kingdom so, what else would we do except stop for fish and chips. A slightly nicer serving than the last time we were here. Daniel and Sian shared the chips and Gary and I the fish.
Then we spied Mary Poppins and Daniel wanted to go and meet her but wouldnt go on his own. He seemed to have developed a certain shyness of the face characters over the last couple of days. I dont recall exactly what she said to him but something about his shoelaces not being tied properly.
Back in France, the mad French waiter was climbing on the tower of chairs.
Although I should not have been (and wasnt) the slightest bit hungry, I suddenly realised I hadnt had a funnel cake during this trip and, of course, my life wouldnt be complete without adding another few thousand unnecessary calories to my intake for today. When we reached the American Adventure, I got my funnel cake, which I shared with Daniel and Gary. Sian doesnt like funnel cake so, not to be outdone, she got a smores brownie.
We were flagging a little now and realised that we were really just killing time. We sat for a while and did some people watching, before deciding to finish our second circuit of World Showcase. As we were walking, Daniel was trying to walk on Garys shadow and I suddenly got the idea to take this picture. Im so glad I did as it is one of my favourites from the holiday.
As we reached the Germany booth again, we decided to use the last of our gift card credit on the apple strudel with vanilla and Werthers caramel sauce. Gary declared this a real winner.
It was clouding over now and the sun had disappeared so we decided it was time to call it a day and head back to the hotel.
Continued in the next post...
Today is going home day boo!!! But first were off to Epcot yay!!!
It was a beautiful morning. I was so pleased that the sun had finally put in an appearance on our last day. After packing the final bits, we called Bell Services who came with a trolley to collect all our stuff, which they would hold until later for us (apart from the Owners Locker, which would be collected by the OL team this afternoon).
We strolled round to International Gateway, which was deserted. We had deliberately left it later this morning, since we only planned to do World Showcase today.
First things first. It was our last day and so obviously we had to cram in as much delicious Disney food as possible. We started with breakfast Les Halles.
A chocolate chip brioche roll.
Apple tart
And mini macarons
To be perfectly honest, it was all a little disappointing. The brioche roll was a bit dry, the apple tart was nice but a small portion for the price. And the macarons were OK but, again, very pricey. The lemon one was nice, as was the blueberry.
As we continued on through France, we spotted Belle under some trees with nobody waiting. Sian persuaded Daniel to go meet her. Judging by the photo, I think he thought he was too cool for princesses now though.
We spent most of the morning wandering through World Showcase, snacking here and there. We tried the teriyaki chicken hand roll from the Japan booth. I thought I might like this, since it was chicken and I like teriyaki flavour but it was awful. There was something about it that just tasted wrong. The kids liked it though.
When we ended up in Germany around lunch time, it would have been rude not to get something from Sommerfest.
Frankfurter
Oh dear, this wasnt good either. The frankfurter was very anaemic, it actually looked undercooked (although Im sure it wasnt). And I was under the impression that this had always been served in a pretzel roll. Daniel and Gary doused it in ketchup and finished it between them.
There was only one way to improve the eating experience.
Caramel brownie
Salted dark chocolate covered caramel
Now thats better. The brownie was so rich it was sinful. As for the salted caramel, Im glad we were sharing this between four of us. Again, it was incredibly rich and sweet but so, so good.
On to China and stupid hat pictures.
Then to Mexico for stupid maracas pictures
Daniel had been harping on about wanting a churro for days so we got some mini churros from La Cantina.
We also got a couple of cold drinks.
We still had some time to kill so decided to keep walking and spotted Duffy, in his Halloween outfit, at International Plaza. Gary was being a bit of a killjoy and wouldnt have his photo taken. I think it might be because he guessed that Duffy was going to make us do Mickey ears.
Carrying on walking, we found ourselves in the United Kingdom so, what else would we do except stop for fish and chips. A slightly nicer serving than the last time we were here. Daniel and Sian shared the chips and Gary and I the fish.
Then we spied Mary Poppins and Daniel wanted to go and meet her but wouldnt go on his own. He seemed to have developed a certain shyness of the face characters over the last couple of days. I dont recall exactly what she said to him but something about his shoelaces not being tied properly.
Back in France, the mad French waiter was climbing on the tower of chairs.
Although I should not have been (and wasnt) the slightest bit hungry, I suddenly realised I hadnt had a funnel cake during this trip and, of course, my life wouldnt be complete without adding another few thousand unnecessary calories to my intake for today. When we reached the American Adventure, I got my funnel cake, which I shared with Daniel and Gary. Sian doesnt like funnel cake so, not to be outdone, she got a smores brownie.
We were flagging a little now and realised that we were really just killing time. We sat for a while and did some people watching, before deciding to finish our second circuit of World Showcase. As we were walking, Daniel was trying to walk on Garys shadow and I suddenly got the idea to take this picture. Im so glad I did as it is one of my favourites from the holiday.
As we reached the Germany booth again, we decided to use the last of our gift card credit on the apple strudel with vanilla and Werthers caramel sauce. Gary declared this a real winner.
It was clouding over now and the sun had disappeared so we decided it was time to call it a day and head back to the hotel.
Continued in the next post...