We started today with our usual breakfast in the lounge before walking across to Hollywood Studios for rope drop. On our way to the Indiana Jones show we stopped at Min and Bills Dockside Diner for a chocolate milkshake.
This was good but it was way too thick to drink easily, it was basically just chocolate soft serve icecream in a cup.
We had a 1:20 reservation at The Rose and Crown, so walked across to Epcot around lunch time. Today was a Saturday and I read all the advice about avoiding Epcot on a weekend during the F&W festival, but I figured popping in for lunch wouldn't be that bad.
I can honestly say we'd never really experienced crowds at Disney until today, and I'm so glad we get to travel during low crowd times. The place was absolutely packed, just walking around without bumping into people was difficult.
Now this restaurant was DH's choice, and I don't really know why! We checked in slightly early and asked if we could be seated inside (I'm not a huge fan of dining outdoors and it was crazy hot), and were paged about 10 minutes later. We were sat at an outside table which I wasn't thrilled with but never mind.
To drink I had a Welsh Dragon which was a sweet, but refreshing cocktail. DH had a Bumblebee (half Guiness and half Boddingtons) which he enjoyed.
I chose Fish and Chips for my entree. It was served piping hot and was a big portion. The fish was well cooked in a crispy, thick batter, and the chips were thick cut and not too greasy. This was a good, enjoyable dish.
DH had the vegetarian Shepards Pie. It was basically a type of mushroom ragout, topped with creamy cheesy mash. He really enjoyed this, saying it had plenty of flavour. It was served with a side salad topped with a flat mushroom, which was a rather strange side and didn't really compliment or add anything to the dish.
Service was fine here, a little slow but nothing to complain about. We both enjoyed our food, but I prefer a restaurant where you have a choice between dining inside or out. I can understand why it's an issue at night with the fireworks as everyone wants to be on the patio, but at other times I feel diners should be allowed to choose.
After our meal we walked back to the Boardwalk and grabbed a cookie from the lounge for dessert. These were good, they were available all afternoon and always soft and fresh.
We spent the rest of the evening at the Boardwalk, checking out the entertainment, had appetisers in the lounge and watched Illumniations from our balcony which was fantastic.
As there weren't many pictures in this update, I'll include a few I've missed out from previous updates.
While watching Illumniations in Epcot, I bought a Kir Royal from the french wine stand. This was very tasty and served in a cool light up glass.
These treats were from Seashore Sweets, where we used up the last of our snack credits.
Fudge - mint chocolate, rocky road, caramel and vanilla, and cookies and cream.
Chocolate covered pretzel (I didn't like this, the chocolate had a funny, artifical taste and wasn't sweet enough to compliment the salty pretzel) and an M&M cup (I didn't realise this was simply solid chocolate with m&ms, I put it in the fridge and nearly broke a tooth trying to bite into it!, it was good but hard to eat other than nibbling on it)