{"id":5723,"date":"2018-04-21T07:38:51","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T11:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/index.php\/?p=5723"},"modified":"2018-04-29T11:18:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T15:18:09","slug":"christmas-2017-trip-part-5-wdw-epcot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/index.php\/christmas-2017-trip-part-5-wdw-epcot\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas 2017 Trip – Part 5 WDW – Epcot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Epcot<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Epcot is one of our favorite parks.  We were especially excited during our December trip because they were having the International Festival of the Holidays while we were visiting.  It seems like a slightly smaller Food and Wine Festival.<\/p>\n

\"Holiday<\/a>
Holiday Passport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here are a few of the dishes we tried.  We managed to get at least one thing at each booth, but I’m not going to post pictures of all the dishes we got.<\/p>\n

\"Tostada<\/a>
Tostada de Tinga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mongolian<\/a>
Mongolian Beef Bao Bun and a Fortune Cookie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cheese<\/a>
Cheese Fondue in a bread bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"German<\/a>
German Artisan Cheese Plate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Warm<\/a>
Warm Caramel-Stuffed Salted Pretzel with Soft-Serve Ice Cream and Chocolate Sauce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Slow-Roasted<\/a>
Slow-Roasted Turkey with Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans and Cranberry Sauce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We made sure to stop by to take in the Candlelight Processional.  This is a reading of the Christmas story that is done, usually by someone famous.  We didn’t stay for the entire show, my wife just wanted to get a picture of Neil Patrick Harris.<\/p>\n

\"Candlelight<\/a>
Candlelight Processional<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Neil<\/a>
Neil Patrick Harris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are also performances in each of the countries done in their own version of Christmas.  We saw the “Julenissen<\/span>” or Santa Claus in Norway.<\/p>\n

\"Norway<\/a>
Norway “Santa Claus”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We stopped by the Mexico Pavilion as well to see the display from Coco the Movie.<\/p>\n

\"Everylasting<\/a>
Every Lasting Love<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Skeletons<\/a>
Skeletons At Play<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One thing we hadn’t done before was to watch the Voices of Liberty in the American Pavilion.  We made sure to take in a performance of them this time when we were there.<\/p>\n

\"Voice<\/a>
Voice of Liberty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There was also a gingerbread version featuring landmarks from our hometown: the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building.<\/p>\n

\"Gingerbread<\/a>
Gingerbread National Mall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We wondered into Innoventions at one point and noticed the SpectacuLab.  It was a science type show led by an MC who learned science with the help of two scientists.  It was pretty interesting, but I don’t think I would need to see it a second time.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Spectaculab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also tried Les Chefs de France for the first time.  We arrived around 5:30 pm for dinner and waited about 10 minutes before we were seated.<\/p>\n

\"Les<\/a>
Les Chefs de France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of course, I had to try the French Onion Soup.  It was wonderful.<\/p>\n

 <\/div>\n
\"Soupe<\/a>
Soupe \u00e0 Poignon Gratin\u00e9e (French Onion Soup)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also got the Gratin de Macaroni (Mac and Cheese) to share.<\/p>\n

\"Gratin<\/a>
Gratin de macaroni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nancy got the Steak Frites for dinner.<\/p>\n

\"<\/a>
Steak frites, beurre maitre d’h\u00f4tel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I got the Boeuf Bourguignon..<\/p>\n

\"Boeuf<\/a>
Boeuf Bourguignon, linguine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our younger daughter got the pork shank.<\/p>\n

\"Jarret<\/a>
Jarret de porc brais\u00e9, spaetzels (Pork)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our older daughter got the Baked Goat Cheese Salad.<\/p>\n

\"Salade<\/a>
Salade de ch\u00e8vre chaud (Baked Goat Cheese Salad)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We all split the Gateau au Chocolat to share for dessert.<\/p>\n

\"Gateau<\/a>
Gateau au Chocolat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We took in a lot of activities at Epcot that we hadn’t done in years.  We went into all the pavilions and looked in most of the shops.  We watched the Circle Vision movies in France, Canada, and China.  We watched the water fountains and checked into Club Cool a couple of times.  Epcot is a great park for slowing down and taking in the details.<\/p>\n

Here are the other parts of the trip:<\/p>\n

Planning<\/a> | Travel<\/a> | Hollywood Studios<\/a> | Magic Kingdom<\/a> | Epcot<\/a> | Animal Kingdom<\/a> | WDW Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Epcot Epcot is one of our favorite parks.  We were especially excited during our December trip because they were having Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[135,151,153,177],"class_list":["post-5723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disney-parks","tag-epcot","tag-festival-of-the-holidays","tag-les-chefs-de-france","tag-voices-of-liberty","no-post-thumbnail","no-read-more-tag","no-sticky","use-excerpt","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4936,"url":"https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/index.php\/epcot-2000\/","url_meta":{"origin":5723,"position":0},"title":"Epcot 2000","author":"Joseph","date":"November 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Due to a leaking pipe in our basement, we were forced to go through a lot of boxes we had stored.\u00a0 In one of them, we found some papers we had saved from a previous trip to Walt Disney World.\u00a0 The best item was this gem from Epcot!\u00a0 The best\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Disney Parks"","block_context":{"text":"Disney Parks","link":"https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/index.php\/category\/disney-parks\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171028_0001-669x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171028_0001-669x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171028_0001-669x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4970,"url":"https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/index.php\/staying-on-property-part-3-wdw\/","url_meta":{"origin":5723,"position":1},"title":"Staying On Property – Part 3 WDW","author":"Joseph","date":"February 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Day 1 - Epcot We decided our first day would involve heading to Epcot to take in round 1 of the Food and Wine Festival.\u00a0 We had visited during Food and Wine a few years ago and loved it.\u00a0 We definitely were excited to enjoy it again. 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