WDW With A British Accent - Day 2 EPCOT & Tokyo Dining

[Stu]

EPCOT today, again we were up early, didn't want to drive today as might have some drinks so used the Disney Bus.
We arrived about 15 minutes before opening, this is the crowd waiting to get in :-)

A bit of colour to start the day. I would love to eat around the world but have lunch booked at 12 so don't think we'll manage it.

We headed with the crowd after rope drop to Soarin to get that done before the wait time goes bonkers. I never understand why this ride attracts such big wait times.

After Soarin we headed for Test Track, I thought the wait time would have built up but it was only 5 minutes.

Heading for the Design Studio.

Designing the Car on the interactive screens in the Design Studio.

Tracy designed our car, it came first in the tests :-)

The terminals to scan your Magicbands or Tickets to register your design to the car you are about to ride and test.

After test track we went for a coffee and somehow a pastry also found it way in to our order :-)

We then looked around Innoventions east and west

Tracy use to work for the Fire Service in control, we found this in innoventions, so this photo was a must.

This will probably be me after the DDP has taken hold of my waist line :-)

Off to see Nemo

It was time to make our way to Japan. We have lunch booked.

We have an ADR for Tokyo Dining

At 12pm when the restaurant opens, all the staff come out, line up and officially greet the dinners waiting in a very unique Japanese way as they open up for business.

We were seated by the window, this is the view.

Different angle from window

To start, a nice Frozen Kirin Beer.
This is different as the head on the beer is actually frozen which does make it difficult to start drinking. Once you have resigned yourself to the fact that you are going to have a beer moustache for the first few mouthfuls it goes down a treat :-)

Chicken Katsu
Panko crusted chicken breast, Miso Soup, Somen Salad, Sunomono and steamed rice.

Fillet Mignon
Beef Tenderloin, served with grated Daikon, Ponzu (citrus soy sauce), seasonal vegetables and steamed beef rice.

Green Tea Ice Cream.
This is actually green in colour but the photo isn't very good!

This was very smooth and delicious.

After lunch we wandered around World Showcse

This Guy looked very serious, wonder if he is in training for Airport Immigration :-)

31 degrees and climbing outside and we find Christmas!

We dived in to Mexico to cool down, the inside was mobbed with a massive queue at the Tequila Bar.

World Showcase was now heaving with big lines at all the Festival Food and Drink stands plus the sun was baking hot so we decided to head back to the hotel.

On our way out we went on Spaceship Earth.