If you like to get gadgets, Canada’s pavilion is the place to go while still being a great pavilion.
Food: Canada has one of my favorite restaurants in Disney World. The restaurant is called Le Cellier Steakhouse. Le Cellier is super crowded and it is hard to get a seat. I don’t mind the wait though because the bread and especially the steak (steak is in my top 3 favorite foods) are delicious.
Shopping: All around the Canada pavilion there are a bunch of stores. Most of the stuff in the stores is handmade too! It is also all from Canada! There are two big shops with all the gadgets. The shops are called Northwest Mercantile and the Trading Post. In the Northwest Mercantile they sell ornaments which represent the four seasons and all the ornaments are handmade which makes it even cooler. Inside one of the stores I got a super cool rock!
Entertainment: The Canada pavilion has a show called Canada Far and Wide! It is a 360 show where they show the beauties of Canada. Canada used to have a pavilion called O’Canada which I preferred but Canada Far and Wide is still a great show! The show is about 12 minutes and while you are waiting for the show outside the building there is a waterfall.
I thought it would be cool to show you how Disney World did a great job with the Italy pavilion by showing you the similarities in my photos from my trip to Italy last summer.
These are my pictures from Epcot.
These are my pictures from Italy.
These are the photos side-to-side.
When I went to Italy, I thought it was crazy how Disney made the Doge’s Palace and St. Mark’s Campanile look like the originals in Italy! I hope you liked the blog article!
Italy is super cool to explore in Italy and in Disney. This is what I think of the Italy pavilion in Epcot.
Food: In Italy they have some really good food options. You can get food from stores, you can get it from a stand, and you can get food from Via Napoli! The food from the stand called Pizza al Taglio and Via Napoli are mostly pizza, but you can always get pasta from Via Napoli too! The only complaint that I have is that the pizza stand is not always open. Other than that Italy has great dining. There is also another restaurant called Tutto Italia Restaurant.
Shopping: Italy has some really good shopping areas. There are two different places you can go to shop. The shops have perfume, shirts, sweats, pins, stamps, and many more things. One of the places you can shop is called the St. Mark’s Campanile.
Entertainment: Italy does not have much entertainment, but the pavilion looks really cool. Italy is one of the nicest looking pavilions in Epcot. Around Christmas time a character named La Befana does a show where she talks about Christmas.
Epcot has eleven countries that each add something unique to the World Showcase. Today, I will be sharing the best thing to do at each pavilion.
First, let’s start off in the Canada pavilion! I would recommend watching Canada Far and Wide. This is a 360 Circle Vision show that shows footage from Canada.
The China pavilion also has a 360 Circle Vision show called Reflections of China. This show is a great way to learn more about the country.
The France pavilion has a lot to do, so it is hard for me to pick just one thing. I would say to go to La Crêperie de Paris. This is a restaurant that serves savory and sweet crêpes!
Biergarten is a very fun restaurant to go to in the Germany pavilion! While you eat, you hear live music.
The Japan pavilion has a ginormous store called Mitsukoshi. This store has basically anything you can think of from Japanese candy to stuffed animals.
The Mexico pavilion has a great restaurant called La Hacienda de San Angel. If you go here I would highly recommend getting the Queso Fundido. I prefer this restaurant over San Angel Inn because you are not sitting in the dark.
Spice Road Table in the Morocco pavilion has a great view of the World Showcase lagoon, so I would recommend sitting outside. The food here is also delicious! I always get the Mix Grill Skewers.
The Norway pavilion has the perfect ride for Frozen fans! Frozen Ever After is a boat ride and towards the end of the ride the ride starts going backwards. I will warn you that the line for Frozen Ever After can get very long.
Finally, we have The United States of America pavilion! The American Adventure is an indoor show that talks about American History. Not only is the show educational, but you will also be indoors!
While this is only a preview of all the amazing things you can experience at the World Showcase, I hope that now you have found some new rides, restaurants, or shows to try!
Izzy: What was your favorite new ride in Disney World?
Al: Guardian of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind because I like the songs that it picks and it is super smooth and a great ride on its own. I like roller coasters and if you like roller coasters it’s a great ride to do.
Izzy: Is Epcot still your favorite Disney World park?
Al: Yes, because I like the World Showcase and eating all the different food they have and also they have some great rides like Guardians of the Galaxy, Test Track and Spaceship Earth.
Izzy: Can you rank your top five favorite rides at Disney World?
Al: Oh yeah, that’s easy. #5 Dinosaur, #4 Pirates of the Caribbean, #3 Test Track, #2 Rise of the Resistance, #1 Guardians of the Galaxy.
Rise of the Resistance
Izzy: What is your favorite restaurant at Disney World?
Al: Definitely Teppan Edo because they cook the food in front of you and it is cool to see them do all those tricks in front of you. And I love their shrimp.
Teppan Edo
Izzy: Which park do you like better, Magic Kingdom or Animal Kingdom?
Al: Definitely Magic Kingdom. There are more rides and it is more of the original park. It is really cool to see the animals up close in Animal Kingdom, but they don’t have as many rides that I like.
Izzy: What is the best ride in Animal Kingdom?
Al: Dinosaur but I really like the Kilimanjaro Safari too.
The Safari
Izzy: What is your favorite thing to watch on Disney+?
Al: That’s difficult. Probably The Mandalorian because it is so well done and everybody loves Grogu.
Izzy: When we went to Disney last year, we stayed at Boardwalk Villas, Bay Lake Tower, Saratoga Springs and The Riviera, which hotel was your favorite?
Al: Boardwalk Villas because you can walk to Epcot or Hollywood Studios and when you leave the hotel you are on the boardwalk and there are lots of dining options nearby.
The lobby of The Boardwalk
Izzy: Last year, we went to the pools at Bay Lake Tower, Saratoga Springs and The Riviera, which pool was your favorite?
Al: The Riviera, the slide at that pool was so good!
Izzy: Who is your favorite Marvel character?
Al: Still Spiderman.
Izzy: What is your favorite snack at Disney World?
Al: The Mickey pretzel is still my favorite.
Izzy: Last April we went to Universal Studios, what was your favorite ride?
Al: Hagrids because it is a smooth roller coaster with no bumps in it and I like how it goes around and you see different animals in the Harry Potter world, but I also like Spiderman a lot.
This is the second part of my Snacks From Around The World series. Today I will be telling you about the snacks in the Norway pavilion!
After you ride Frozen Ever After, there is a gift store at the exit called The Wandering Reindeer. I decided to look through this store and found some snacks!
The first two snacks I found are Daim and Kariqarer. Daim is a crunchy caramel candy bar. Kariqarer is dark chocolate. Fun Fact: Daim was invented in Sweden, but is very popular in Norway.
Here is milk chocolate Kariqarer.
Here is some more Daim and Dumle. Dumle is a soft toffee covered with milk chocolate.
The next candy is called Japp. Japp has milk chocolate and the inside has cocoa meringue and caramel.
Ballerina is the next snack! This candy is filled with chocolate hazelnut cream.
I bought Kex and Troika. I will first tell you about Kex. Kex tastes a lot like a Kit Kat. I love Kit Kats, so I really enjoyed this snack.
Here is what it looks like.
Troika has tree layers: truffle chocolate, marzipan, and raspberry jelly. The outside is dark chocolate.
My favorite layer was the raspberry jelly. I also loved the dark chocolate on the outside.
I would definitely recommend trying snacks from the Norway pavilion!
The last time I reviewed the food at Teppan Edo was in 2019 and you can read that review here. I recently went back to Teppan Edo and want to tell you all about my experience!
Teppan Edo is located in the Japan pavilion in Epcot. The restarant is located on the second floor of a building called Mitsukoshi Department Store. When you walk inside this building, Teppan Edo is on the left and Tokyo Dining is located on the right.
Here is what the tables look like:
At Teppan Edo, you sit with another family while the chef cooks your food in front of you.
An onion train!
A hidden Mickey!
I had Ebi. Ebi is 10 grilled shrimp with a garden salad, udon noodles, vegetables, and white rice. I first had the garden salad. The salad tasted fresh and I liked the dressing.
Our chef took a very long time to show up and start cooking. The chefs gave us free Edamame since we had to wait so long. Edamame is a soybean pod.
I had white rice. It was still hot when I ate it and it tasted good.
Next, I was given the udon noodles. These noodles were DELICOUS! The vegetables went really well with the noodles.
Finally, I was given 10 shrimp. The shrimp had a nice flavor to them.
I give Teppan Edo 4 Mickey Bars! It was really frusterating that we had to wait so long for the chef, but it was nice that they gave us free edamame. Would I recommend going here? Absolutely! It is really fun to see the chef cook your meal right in front of you.
I am going to be starting a new series called Snacks From Around The World! In this series, I will review different snacks from different pavilions in Epcot.
Enoteca Castello is located in the Italy pavilion and I found a snack that I wanted to try in this store!
I could choose either the Lemon Cream Filled Gran Torta or the Chocolate Cream Filled Gran Torta. Fun Fact: torta means cake in Italian.
I picked the Lemon Cream Filled Gran Torta.
When you open the box, there is a cake and a package of powdered sugar.
The cake.
We put the powdered sugar on top of the cake. This cake was DELICOUS! I loved how there is a lemon filling inside the cake because it helps make the cake not dry.
The cake with powdered sugar.
Next time you are in Epcot, I would totally recommend getting this!
