My favorite moment of our entire trip was our late lunch at Chefs de France in Epcot. The restaurant is located in the rear part of Epcot, and when we arrived it was raining cats and dogs. I admit that as we trudged in the pouring rain all the way to the back of the park I began to contemplate skipping the reservation and scrapping the meal altogether. I'm oh so glad that we didn't. It was awesome! The food was French cuisine, and meal was très fantastique. They even served our french fries with mayonnaise instead of ketchup, which apparently is not uncommon in France. In the World Showcase area of Epcot the people who work in the different country pavilions are actually from that country. Our waiter greeted with a "bon jour" and threw in a French word or two during the service of our meal. I really need to learn more French- mine is pathetic. I couldn't even pronounce the name of my meal. I had to just hold up the menu and point.
We were having a delightful lunch and were enjoying being out of the rain when it happened. The "Chef" and unofficial mascot of the restaurant appeared. Yes, I'm talking about Remy from Ratatouille. I was prepared to see Remy (that's why I booked this restaurant), but I was not prepared for how awesome the interaction between the Remy puppet, his handler, and our kids was going to be. The handler (an awesome French lady) was rolling Remy from table to table on a cart and interacting with the customers. When she got to a table near us, Remy broke into his "dance" (see video). The kids saw this and got so excited. When he finally got to us, they were ready. The little cart that had Remy on it pulled up next to Olivia's chair and Owen immediately jumped into her chair too so that he could get a good look. The handler did all of the talking while Remy moved around and made little squeaking noises (it was cooler than I'm making it sound). Olivia started off the conversation by stating that her dog was named Remy. This got the handler/Remy talking about animals that Remy does/does not like (note- does not like cats). Owen realized that they were talking about animals and started getting into the conversation, too. What was great about the character interation here is that Remy did not seem to be in a hurry to move on. At the princess breakfast, the princesses said a little something and moved on pretty quickly. With Remy, it was not like this. After a nice little chat, Remy's handler was getting ready to roll the cart to the next table when she said a little something in French. Olivia recognized it as not being English and started showing off the Spanish that she knows. Hearing Olivia's Spanish got the handler to turn around- determined to teach Olivia some French. The handler taught Olivia to count a little in French, and cheered for her when she got it right. Priceless. This is the type of thing that I was dreaming would happen when I booked the vacation. I'm so surprised that the character who really brought the magic was Remy the rat (and his amazing handler).
My favorite moment of our entire trip was our late lunch at Chefs de France in Epcot. The restaurant is located in the rear part of Epcot, and when we arrived it was raining cats and dogs. I admit that as we trudged in the pouring rain all the way to the back of the park I began to contemplate skipping the reservation and scrapping the meal altogether. I'm oh so glad that we didn't. It was awesome! The food was French cuisine, and meal was très fantastique. They even served our french fries with mayonnaise instead of ketchup, which apparently is not uncommon in France. In the World Showcase area of Epcot the people who work in the different country pavilions are actually from that country. Our waiter greeted with a "bon jour" and threw in a French word or two during the service of our meal. I really need to learn more French- mine is pathetic. I couldn't even pronounce the name of my meal. I had to just hold up the menu and point. 
We were having a delightful lunch and were enjoying being out of the rain when it happened. The "Chef" and unofficial mascot of the restaurant appeared. Yes, I'm talking about Remy from Ratatouille. I was prepared to see Remy (that's why I booked this restaurant), but I was not prepared for how awesome the interaction between the Remy puppet, his handler, and our kids was going to be. The handler (an awesome French lady) was rolling Remy from table to table on a cart and interacting with the customers. When she got to a table near us, Remy broke into his "dance" (see video). The kids saw this and got so excited. When he finally got to us, they were ready. The little cart that had Remy on it pulled up next to Olivia's chair and Owen immediately jumped into her chair too so that he could get a good look. The handler did all of the talking while Remy moved around and made little squeaking noises (it was cooler than I'm making it sound). Olivia started off the conversation by stating that her dog was named Remy. This got the handler/Remy talking about animals that Remy does/does not like (note- does not like cats). Owen realized that they were talking about animals and started getting into the conversation, too. What was great about the character interation here is that Remy did not seem to be in a hurry to move on. At the princess breakfast, the princesses said a little something and moved on pretty quickly. With Remy, it was not like this. After a nice little chat, Remy's handler was getting ready to roll the cart to the next table when she said a little something in French. Olivia recognized it as not being English and started showing off the Spanish that she knows. Hearing Olivia's Spanish got the handler to turn around- determined to teach Olivia some French. The handler taught Olivia to count a little in French, and cheered for her when she got it right. Priceless. This is the type of thing that I was dreaming would happen when I booked the vacation. I'm so surprised that the character who really brought the magic was Remy the rat (and his amazing handler).
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