Mouse Extra

It seems to be a light weekend in the world of Disney News, so I have something different for you to take a look at.  I also write for a great new online magazine called “American Public House Review”.  It is dedicated to the great stories and experiences one can find at the country’s finest pubs.  In the current January issue I present one of my favorites, The Rose and Crown.

I know many of you feel the same way I do about this place.  When I am at Disney World for a long trip, and my feet start screaming at me around four days in, I usually find myself spending the better part of a day hanging in and around this great meeting place.  If I know the weather is not going to cooperate with me, I like to hide out inside this fabulous pub.

I have been a regular visitor to Walt Disney World since my parents started bringing me there as a child.  Even now, firmly planted in adulthood, I still love the place and I go as often as possible.  A few years ago my wife was not able to stay for the entire trip, and since my brother had his young family to introduce to the world’s biggest Fantasyland, I spent some time on my own.  One afternoon while the rest of the clan was heading back to the hotel to put the little ones down for a nap, I walked over to Epcot by myself just to walk around and take some photos.

As I entered the back gate of the park that offers walking access to hotels the heavens opened up on me.  It was the kind of pouring, soaking rain that only Florida can produce with such random efficiency.  Being completely oblivious to the day’s weather report, I was without an umbrella or rain jacket and had no desire to spend the day in a yellow Mickey Mouse poncho.  Instead I ran for the nearest dry place where I could spend a few minutes until the storm passed.  Luckily, I was only a short sprint to the doors of the Rose and Crown, a pub located in the United Kingdom Pavilion.

To read the rest and see the photos click here.