 Hey friends today. We are hanging out at Epcot recently the nine dragons restaurant reopened in the China Pavilion So I was able to get myself some reservations and decided to come out and check it out But also I know some of the food and wine boots opened up and I wasn't able to check them out My family was here So I thought maybe I would take a gander at a couple of those and maybe ride some rides and just enjoy an evening at Epcot Anyhoo's let's go do this. I have been hearing all week that the Attraction wait times have been super low So I thought I'd come over and test that theory out on test track But it looks like it's down at the moment So maybe we'll head on into world showcase and see what the wait time for frozen ever after is My reservation time for nine dragons isn't until seven So we got a couple hours before that and I figured like I said I'd ride some rides check out the food boots And I don't know I'm kind of excited for nine dragons. I have never eaten here before This would be my first time now. I've heard people say that it's not the best restaurant in Epcot's world showcase But I'm willing to try it just so I can find out. I mean, I love Chinese food. So you never know Some of the newer boots that open or the lobster landing and the mac and cheese eats and because we're gonna be having dinner at Nine dragons, I don't want to get anything to eat, but I am interested in the drinks, maybe For the mac and eats it looks like they've got obviously a bunch of mac and cheese But at the bottom there, they have an 81 Bay brewing company lemon hazy IPA right here from Tampa, Florida So I think I might try that one Here it is and I decided to go with the six ounce now I'm not a big IPA fan, but I mean it is a little lemony So I don't know how bitter it is. We're gonna give it a swig to find out and I don't know maybe it'll be really delicious Oh, yeah, that is really good. It's not very it's not bitter at all It's probably got a very low IBU, but the lemon in here. It is like it's very it's very refreshing. I like this beer Cheers Now that we've had a beer. I think it's time. We actually make it into world showcase I do want to test out frozen wait time just to see what it's like I feel like that's the busiest ride at Epcot next to test track So it'll give you a good understanding that if it is really the low crowds that everyone's talking about this week The funny thing is is whenever test track is down You kind of know it's down from a far distance because you can't hear it actually going round and round And I've been keeping in like an ear out just in case it starts up. I've run back there, but nothing yet. I Can tell you the crowds and world showcase are definitely not here Usually this is a very congested area and there's wide open spaces I wonder if anybody's out meeting honor or Elsa because Anna and Elsa are out here meeting and greeting I believe too. Look at that. There's hardly nobody out here What are the chances of that? When there's not a crowd around Anna and Elsa that'll tell you something right there And now I think we're just gonna hop right over to frozen and see what that's like Holy moly 35 minutes, and it's actually queuing up right here. Oh right here actually That is so amazing 35 minutes. Wow. It really is a slow week here in Disney said 35 minutes more like 20 minutes. That is amazing. So of course, we're gonna grab frozen. I Feel like I just rode this with my mom and sister. Oh, is this boat 21? fancy Yeah Well, that was a pleasant surprise 35-minute posted and then a 20-minute wait can't go wrong with that and since we're over here Even though we are gonna be on the dinner soon. They do have a princess's week Cookie inside the Kringle bakery, and I think we might stop in and grab it since we're here, you know Right here. It is the sisters cookie fancy world princess week. It's only 379 to it looks really really good It's a sugar cookie with chocolate ganache Three dollars and 95 cents for a cookie. It's a little bit high and expensive But for Disney it's not that bad of a deal because you figure all the other specialty desserts are like five six dollars And I just wanted to try it just to try it. I Got myself a cup of water though because I feel like this is gonna be one of those cookies where you could use Like a cup of milk or something. It's gonna be very dry Here we go. I hope I don't get sprinkles all over me. Oh That was a little bit of a shocker because I thought it was gonna be harder than it is But it is so soft and it's very delicious. I Really thought this was gonna be a one or bite like one or two bite cookie But I could actually eat this all the way now I probably shouldn't because like I said, I do want to go eat at nine dragon So I don't want to spoil and once they have a good dessert in there So we'll take like another bite or two, but overall I really did enjoy this job. I really like this cookie actually Enough of the cookie business though. Here we are the China Pavilion I cannot wait to try nine dragons now I ran into like two or three people on my way over here who told me that it is not good So I'm really really curious is this gonna be the worst Epcot restaurant. I Have eaten at the Lotus Blossom Cafe, which is a quick service location right next to nine dragons And I didn't think it was that bad. I really did enjoy the food that I had there So I don't know why people say nine dragons is so bad. I mean, we're here to find out anyway Right there is Lotus Blossom and then right here is nine dragons We're gonna actually check out the menu and see if we can go in a couple minutes early a Little look at the menu. We've got crispy duck fried rice Canton pepper beef spicy honey crispy chicken kung pao chicken and shrimp salt and pepper shrimp with spinach noodles Cologne spare ribs vegetables and tofu stir-fry the menu is subject to change based on availability It looks like we can go in a little bit early So I think we'll do that now almost like 30 minutes early doesn't seem like it's a very popular or busy restaurant But I'm hopefully we'll have some good food and just enjoy the ambience. I Have never been in here before I think that's so interesting It's a very pretty dining room though And you can see everybody actually going about their business and usually you'd be able to see the line for frozen But we just got off it and it was only a 35 minute wait So there's no line actually all the way back here, but you can see the good fortune's gift shop out there Now we're at our table. Let's take a look at the menu and kind of decide on what we're gonna get Looks like they've got some pretty good appetizers Crispy duck bow buns. I would be interested in trying those I think and then they've got crispy duck fried rice All the offerings that they had on the menu outside But for appetizers, I didn't see that duck bow buns on there So I think I'm definitely gonna get those and then maybe an entree Each table actually has this nice little place mat where you can practice drawing your own Chinese characters That's really awesome. I've never done anything like this before. I don't have a pen or else I would try I would like to do the rain one and you can actually just practice right here I don't think I've ever seen something like this at any of the Disney restaurants like a little activity as you dine So for the appetizer I decided to go with the crispy duck bow buns and then for the entree I wanted to get the spicy honey crispy chicken I had to keep looking because I forget what I'm gonna actually order and they said that the spicy honey crispy chicken was Kind of like a medium spice not too much not like the kung pao So that's why I decided to try that one and it gets served with the white rice. So I'm excited I've never had a duck bow bun before And here they are look at this. They don't look really crispy though. It looks like it's kind of like a Maybe grilled duck or something. I don't think it's fried. I don't know actually maybe it is But we're gonna try it. I got the sauce on the side just in case I didn't like it And it just comes like that a little bit of green onions a little duck and a little sauce First we're gonna try it without the sauce. We've got a little tiny bow bunny here. Very good. Oh, yeah, nice and soft And I'm excited. I haven't eaten duck in a long time. I don't even know if I remember if I like it. I I Like it. It's really really good now. We're gonna try some of this sauce on there. I'm gonna open up the bone a little bit Just drizzle it on There we go slap it excellent there it is So we're gonna try it now Mmm Okay, I like it with the sauce on so now we're just gonna we're just gonna go for it. The sauce is really really good Yeah, that's the way not too much though. I don't like things very saucy not too saucy And so far I am highly impressed with this like just so we get that straight appetizer already got me excited Uh-oh. I'm losing my duck I almost lost my duck. I put too much sauce on it and the bun fell apart But I have to say before I didn't remember if I like duck or not, but I really like this duck I do have to say everything is actually fairly Priced pretty well. I think the most expensive thing is the spare ribs and that's 30 dollars Everything else is like 20 to 25 dollars and that's kind of cheap for a sit-down meal here at Epcot's world showcase I don't think anywhere else you can actually get a meal for 20 dollars Um, yeah, maybe Mexico. They might have some chicken entrees there, but like I don't know I think that's actually not too bad of a deal not too bad of a price And here is my spicy honey crispy chicken and this one's only 23 dollars and it's a pretty big portion I mean actually that is a very big portion and they give me a nice scoop of rice. It's some broccoli I'm excited to try this. This is gonna be really good the duck buns were 13 dollars So I'm looking at probably around 36 dollars for my whole meal. Not too shabby One of the things I don't like about Chinese food Is that there's extra breading on it like I don't like a lot of breading on my chicken Or like when I get general sauce or anything like that So we're gonna see what the breading's like compared to the chicken ratio The breading to chicken ratio Oh, not too shabby That's actually not too not too breaded and we'll grab a little rice That's the way and then a little broccoli There we go. Scoop see potato Put it on a chicken and there we go a perfect bite Now he said not too spicy like a medium spice he said the kung pao was really spicy so we'll find out That is good good chicken very crispy very airy not overly breaded I really like this and the spice isn't bad at all like honestly, there's almost no spice at all Wow, I don't know why people say this isn't that good. This is fairly decent to me Maybe I don't get good Chinese anywhere I go, but this is this is very good Like I'm very happy about this meal and like I said for 23 dollars for this meal That's not too bad. I mean that's a big portion of chicken they give you like they give you At least a pound of chicken. It has to be a pound of chicken. I mean It's massive and in apat everything all the prices are inflated as it is so This is a win for me. I think it is One thing I did notice they didn't have a good selection of alcoholic drinks They had the sing-sao is the beer a couple specialty cocktails. No bijou though Everything just wine is california-based argentina new zealand germany Nothing really chinese except for that sing-sao beer and uh, yeah, I don't know. I was a little shocked by that Now i'm all done eating at nine dragons I was going to get some dessert But then I noticed the dessert is the same exact dessert that they have over at the lotus blossom cafe They have like the ginger ice cream and I've already had that so overall Like I said, it is very good food very delicious food like the duck bao buns were amazing Those were probably my favorite thing But the thing being said is you're at epcot's world showcase. I feel like there is better Options, you know, I mean even though it's very good food. I wouldn't recommend it as my number one spot I mean, there are some great restaurants here. The price is pretty decent But I mean you got to live it up when you're here at epcot world showcase I would want to go to you know, vianapoli or the celier or the beer garden and stuff like that I feel like that is a better better like uh food quality and a better experience So overall food good, but just being here at epcot world showcase It needs to be amazing to actually keep up with some of these other restaurants So that's why I think it gets its bad vibe Also, it looks like it's super rained while we are there eating and I don't even see it raining But it is like dark and gloomy out now I feel like this is a when did we get ice cream moment because I didn't know it was actually I didn't know it was raining. It didn't seem like it was raining Right now frozen is down So I'm happy we got to ride when we did but test track is still down So that means all the other attractions have to be super busy when frozen and test track go down at the same time Oh boy, that causes a ruckus They just made the announcement for Epcot forever But then I was like, hey, maybe I'll stick around for that and I realized that it's actually not even 7 30 yet. So it's still almost two hours away So I don't know if we're going to stay but one thing I'm noticing right here Is ratatouille with the lights on. I don't know if you guys can see it. I'm going to try zooming in here Do you see the building next to the Morocco Pavilion? It's got the lights on right there. That's ratatouille I don't think I've ever seen those lights on back there. That's pretty interesting Right now Remi's ratatouille is doing cast member previews And I got an annual pass holder preview that is for the sixth the first day is the fourth But I wasn't able to get one for the fourth. So I got one for the sixth. That's who shabby I wish I could have got one for the fourth there earlier But uh soon it's gonna open up anyway and we get to actually experience it as much as we want You know one thing I do love seeing is spaceship birds starting to change colors when it's still Daylight out and has this like such beautiful glow to it And you can see it reflecting in the water. Oh also looks like the rain's coming. It was that lightning Oh, oh things are escalating super quick. We got a duck down there. It's not a duck. That's a bird I pulled over for one second to appreciate the beauty of spaceship earth and all of a sudden starts lightning and raining So we're gonna get moving along here. I'm like doing my power walking through a world showcase I think I'm gonna stop at earth eats and get myself one of those apple cinnamon teas They were so delicious. I think I tried this on opening day And it was so refreshing and right now I feel very thirsty Like I am super super thirsty and that sounds just delicious sounds very refreshing Right here. It is the spiced apple twinnings of london chai tea and this is so good I had it before it's four dollars and fifty cents Like I said the cookie over in norway was actually very cheap because look at like the prices of things at all of the Boots. So this is a full cookie you got for 395. There's nothing probably under four dollars at any food and wine boots Now you can get this with or without whiskey I decided to get it without because it is that good on its own Like you don't need the whiskey actually making it not as good tasting This actually on its own is just so good so refreshing and I've been really wanting to get it since I had it the first time So here we go. Hope it's still as good as I remember Yeah one life for you. It is so sweet and I don't know if it's just like the apple and the cinnamon I don't think they put sugar in there, but this is just it's so delicious There is one ride that I really would like to try to get done before we go and that's finding nebo Because last time I was here with my mom and sister We were talking about if we can get one more ride in and we couldn't get a ride in and uh I was telling my mom. I was like, well, we could have always went and done finding nemo and she's like What's that? And then we realized she's never done it before So like if I would have known she's never done it Then I would have done it like we wouldn't did it, but we didn't do it So I said next time I was there I'd ride it and show it in the video so she can see what it's like And then when they come back down they can ride it And luckily for us it's always like a five minute wait, but look at that spaceship berth now Look at all beautiful. Oh, oh wait for that monorail shot. Here it comes. I heard it in the background. Oh a little lightning too beautiful In the big blue world Fish are friends not food This is one of the longest cues I think at Epcot and you really don't need it The weight is always just kind of making your way through it But it's also really refreshing and cool Makes you feel like you're underwater Look at that We will close the clamshell for you Oh, don't worry, just keep your eyes open for him on the way Let's go Mr. Ray, we can't explore without Nemo. I'm sure we'll see him any minute now White stripes I'm thinking of something And there you go, I think we are done here We got to enjoy living in the seas or oh, sorry finding Nemo. I want to call it living in the seas I don't know why it's always gonna stick with me like that, but I enjoyed nine dragons. It was very good food We got to ride frozen We got to try a beer at some of the new food and wine stands and then also some very delicious tea Overall, I call this a very successful day at Epcot. So I hope you enjoyed the video I enjoyed making it. We'll see you next time Bye We have to say a proper goodbye To spaceship berth on the way out though. Look at that lightning Isn't she just so beautiful? I think I stopped and paid attention three times today On the way out, I found a great magic band to add to my collection Best day ever, Canada Day, and it's actually limited edition to 1000 That is so cool. I'm definitely getting it