United Kingdom (Epcot)
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The United Kingdom
pavilion is part of the World Showcase within Epcot
at the Walt Disney World Resort
.
and Beatles merchandise. There is also a band called "The English Channel" that performs regularly in the Pavilion. The Rose & Crown Pub and Dining Room serves traditional British food, as well as beer and ale. There is also a quick-service counter serving Fish and Chips. There is a sport shop selling British sport equipment, including Chelsea F.C.
and Liverpool F.C.
shirts.
A full service restaurant that serves English cuisine in both an indoor and outdoor setting. The indoor section resembles a pub, while the outdoor seating is located on a patio overlooking the lagoon. Lunch and dinner are served daily. Dishes include Potato and Leek Soup, Bangers and Mash
and Fish and Chips
.
The Rose and Crown menu was revamped in 2009 to more closely resemble traditional British food following observations by serving staff (all British) and customers that it was slightly un-authentic, containing American food such as burgers-resulting some would say from the fact that the management and kitchen staff were almost universally Americans who had never visited the UK.
A key attraction to the Rose and Crown is the selection of ales and stouts including Bass, Harp and Guinness as well as Stella Artois (despite being Belgian, it is the UKs most popular lager or non-traditional ale).
A quick service fish and chip counter restaurant that serves only fish, chips, and shortbread
. Drinks, including Bass Ale and Harp Lager, are available. Seating is outdoors only. Yorkshire is very rarely referred to as "Yorkshire County", despite being a county, because "shire" and "county" are synonymous in the UK.
Sells wooden toys, Thomas The Tank Engine
trains, DVDs, swords, shields, action figures, books, British police hats, stuffed animals, and quills with ink, Narnia merchandise.
Sells The Beatles
merchandise. Including, DVDs, CDs, books, cups and mugs, Shirts, lunch boxes, biscuit jars, key rings and Pins.
The Historical Research Center. Sells coats of arms, shirts and lets you look at the history of your last name.
Sells football team apparel, footballs, and books about football and Rugby Balls.
Sells Twinings
Tea, teaballs, teacups, teapots, and British sweets
Sells Walt Disney World Trading pins, lanyards, Minnie and Mickey Mouse Plushes, Shot glasses and UK shirts.
Image:Epcotuk.jpg|Miniature replica of Hampton Court Palace
Image:Epcotuk3.jpg|Replica of streets in a traditional British village
Image:Epcotuk4.jpg|Replica of streets in a traditional British village
Image:Epcotuk2.jpg|Replica of gardens in a traditional British town
Image:EpcotUKBuliding.JPG
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
pavilion is part of the World Showcase within Epcot
Epcot
Epcot is a theme park in the Walt Disney World Resort, located near Orlando, Florida. The park is dedicated to the celebration of human achievement, namely international culture and technological innovation. The second park built at the resort, it opened on October 1, 1982 and was initially named...
at the Walt Disney World Resort
Walt Disney World Resort
Walt Disney World Resort , is the world's most-visited entertaimental resort. Located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida ; approximately southwest of Orlando, Florida, United States, the resort covers an area of and includes four theme parks, two water parks, 23 on-site themed resort hotels Walt...
.
Layout
The United Kingdom Pavilion, designed to look like a typical British village, looks like 1/100 villages that are in the UK, although it could be argued that it is more stereotypical, with buildings based on different periods of British architecture. It has British gardens (including a hedge maze). The shops sell British items, such as tea, toys, clothingClothing
Clothing refers to any covering for the human body that is worn. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic and is a feature of nearly all human societies...
and Beatles merchandise. There is also a band called "The English Channel" that performs regularly in the Pavilion. The Rose & Crown Pub and Dining Room serves traditional British food, as well as beer and ale. There is also a quick-service counter serving Fish and Chips. There is a sport shop selling British sport equipment, including Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
and Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
shirts.
Dining
- Rose & Crown Pub & Dining Room
A full service restaurant that serves English cuisine in both an indoor and outdoor setting. The indoor section resembles a pub, while the outdoor seating is located on a patio overlooking the lagoon. Lunch and dinner are served daily. Dishes include Potato and Leek Soup, Bangers and Mash
Bangers and mash
Bangers and mash, also known as sausages and mash, is a traditional English dish made of mashed potatoes and sausages, the latter of which may be one of a variety of flavoured sausage made of pork or beef or a Cumberland sausage....
and Fish and Chips
Fish and chips
Fish and chips is a popular take-away food in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada...
.
The Rose and Crown menu was revamped in 2009 to more closely resemble traditional British food following observations by serving staff (all British) and customers that it was slightly un-authentic, containing American food such as burgers-resulting some would say from the fact that the management and kitchen staff were almost universally Americans who had never visited the UK.
A key attraction to the Rose and Crown is the selection of ales and stouts including Bass, Harp and Guinness as well as Stella Artois (despite being Belgian, it is the UKs most popular lager or non-traditional ale).
- Yorkshire County Fish Shop
A quick service fish and chip counter restaurant that serves only fish, chips, and shortbread
Shortbread
Shortbread is a type of unleavened biscuit which is traditionally made from one part white sugar, two parts butter, and three parts oatmeal flour. The use of plain white flour is common today, and other ingredients like ground rice or cornflour are sometimes added to alter the texture...
. Drinks, including Bass Ale and Harp Lager, are available. Seating is outdoors only. Yorkshire is very rarely referred to as "Yorkshire County", despite being a county, because "shire" and "county" are synonymous in the UK.
Shopping
- The Toy Soldier
Sells wooden toys, Thomas The Tank Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional steam locomotive in The Railway Series books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher. He became the most popular character in the series, and the accompanying television spin-off series, Thomas and Friends.Thomas is a tank engine, painted blue...
trains, DVDs, swords, shields, action figures, books, British police hats, stuffed animals, and quills with ink, Narnia merchandise.
- The Crown and Crest
Sells The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
merchandise. Including, DVDs, CDs, books, cups and mugs, Shirts, lunch boxes, biscuit jars, key rings and Pins.
- HRC
The Historical Research Center. Sells coats of arms, shirts and lets you look at the history of your last name.
- Sportsman's Shoppe
Sells football team apparel, footballs, and books about football and Rugby Balls.
- The Tea Caddy
Sells Twinings
Twinings
Twinings is a marketer of tea based in Andover, Hampshire, England.- History :The founder of Twinings, Thomas Twining, opened the first known tea room, at 216 Strand, London, in 1706, which is still operating today. The firm's logo, created in 1787, is one of the world's oldest in continuous use...
Tea, teaballs, teacups, teapots, and British sweets
- UK Cart
Sells Walt Disney World Trading pins, lanyards, Minnie and Mickey Mouse Plushes, Shot glasses and UK shirts.
Entertainment
- British Revolution - Band playing British rockBritish rockBritish rock describes a wide variety of forms of music made in the United Kingdom. Since around 1964, with the "British Invasion" of the United States spearheaded by The Beatles, British rock music has had a considerable impact on the development of American music and rock music across the...
music from the 1960s through 1990s - The Hat Lady - Piano player in the Rose & Crown
- World Showcase Players - Roving comedy show
- Pub Magician - Close- up magic in the Rose & Crown
Meet Disney Characters from the films
Throughout the day, characters from British-based Disney features like...- Mary PoppinsMary Poppins (film)Mary Poppins is a 1964 musical film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, produced by Walt Disney, and based on the Mary Poppins books series by P. L. Travers with illustrations by Mary Shepard. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, with songs by...
- Alice in WonderlandAlice in Wonderland (1951 film)Alice in Wonderland is a 1951 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney and based primarily on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with a few additional elements from Through the Looking-Glass. Thirteenth in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film was released in New...
- Winnie the PoohThe Many Adventures of Winnie the PoohThe Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is the 22nd full-length animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions and first released on March 11, 1977....
Gallery
Image:Epcotuk.jpg|Miniature replica of Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London; it has not been inhabited by the British royal family since the 18th century. The palace is located south west of Charing Cross and upstream of Central London on the River Thames...
Image:Epcotuk3.jpg|Replica of streets in a traditional British village
Image:Epcotuk4.jpg|Replica of streets in a traditional British village
Image:Epcotuk2.jpg|Replica of gardens in a traditional British town
Image:EpcotUKBuliding.JPG