Trip Report: Epcot Storytellers (Day 3, Part 2 | December 2021)

 In China, I wanted to get the cheese wontons because I’m a huge fan. They were good, but they were just cheese wontons. The Lion Dancers were starting soon so we decided to wait for them. My stepmom got tea from the tea cart. While we waited, we saw Breedlove from AllEars and talked to him for a few minutes. He was very nice and recommended the vegetable skewers at Primo Piatto. The Lion Dancers were great.

Our virtual queue return time for Remy kept being pushed back. It was a little concerning because of our dinner reservation, but no reason to stress. We just continued our journey around the world. 

We stopped at the little outpost thing to get the pineapple cake. I hate pineapple with a passion but my parents enjoyed it. 

Then, at the Bavaria booth we got two things. First, we did the Linzer cookie because we were attempting the cookie stroll. We also got the fondue. The cookie was good, but the fondue was spectacular and definitely a Best of the Fest.

Next, we stopped in Italy to see La Befana. She’s probably my dad’s favorite storyteller. She is very good and expressive. I’ve known her story for years, but she still captivates me.

Our next pavilion was the American Adventure. Here we didn’t pick up any food, but we did look at displays. They had a gingerbread display for Christmas. And the new Soul-inspired jazz exhibit. 

I switched into my Remy ears because we were almost to France. 

Japan had the hardest Olaf. It was almost unfair, because the line for Candlelight Processional kind of blocked it.

We had to skip L’Chaim which was sad. I really wanted to see the Hannakuh storyteller and try the latkes. Hopefully that will happen on our next Epcot day.

It was time to use our Remy boarding group so we got in line. We were still in the outside queue when the ride went down. The CM said it would be about an hour. We could stay in line, but if we scanned in we couldn’t come back. We decided to get out and try again later.

Day 5, Part 4: Reliving my Youth

It was off to Japan. I wanted to buy some "crazy" foreign food for my co-workers and Denise wanted to do the pick a pearl thing.

I ended up buying more than just food. You could spend hours in that shop. Right when I walked in I saw a whole display of Sailor Moon merch. Naturally, I had to buy a bunch of it-pins, phone case, and notepads.

They had to wait about thirty minutes so after checking out I went to the Morocco pavillion. It's such a beautiful place and it's nice to just wander around. I also looked at the food, but it was mostly spices.

Back in Japan, Denise was finishing up. She ended up getting two pearls. It also started to rain a little bit.

We found ourselves at the American Adventure and the next show was soon. So we decided to check it out.

I don't remember ever doing this before so it was something new.

While we were waiting a jazz group was playing. Unfortunately, there were no Voices of Liberty today. The jazz group was great, but I would've loved to see the Voices of Liberty because people love them and I've never seen them perform.

The theatre was very beautiful. I liked the show, but it might be confusing for people who don't have a background in US history. Which I'm guessing is most non-Americans.

I would watch it again, but don't feel the need to do it every trip.

Since we were in the area, we went to the Fife and Drum so I could get some MMMHops. I don't really drink and have never found a beer I like. In fact, I figured I wouldn't like this, but had to try it since it's Hanson's beer and I am a child of the 90s.

I didn't like it at all. I wanted another drink ASAP to wash the taste out of my mouth. But I'm happy to say I tried it. Plus, I was the first New York ID for the castmember which was funny.

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