TThe United Kingdom is a pavilion located within World Showcase in [[Epcot]]. It is located between [[France]] and [[Canada]].{{Template:Infobox Disney ride || image=Unitedkingdom.jpg| caption='''The MonstersRose & Crown restaurant in the United Kingdom pavilion.'''| Country=United Kingdom| land=World Showcase| park= Epcot| opened=October 1, Inc1982| custom_label_1 = Number of Attractions| custom_value_1 = 0| custom_label_2 = Number of Restaurants| custom_value_2= 2}}==Pavilion History==The United Kingdom pavilion opened with the rest of World Showcase on October 1, 1982. Laugh Floor is When the pavilion opened, it featured one restaurant (the Rose & Crown Pub) and six shops: The Tea Caddy, the Queen's Table, the Biscuit Barrel, His Lordship, Pringle of Scotland and The Toy Solider. Although the pavilion was not home to an attraction located , the original plans for the United Kingdom called for a Victorian building to be built in Tomorrowlandthe pavilions rear. The building (which was going to be modeled after London’s lost Crystal Palace) would have housed a live comedy show. A description of the unbuilt attraction was given in the 1982 book “Walt Disney’s EPCOT: Creating the New World of Tomorrow”:
==Attraction History==The Monsters{{Quotation|"One side of the square remains open, Incthe future site of a show still being created by the Imagineers. Laugh Floor opened April 2Early in the planning there was talk of a tour presentation, 2007 to be housed in Tomorrowlandan old English railroad station. The attraction is housed in the Circleidea metamorphosed into an Elizabethan-Vision 360 type dinner theater, from which previously held it evolved into a Victorian music hall. That’s where it now stands – if a genius can be found to successfully bowdlerize the Timekeeperrough-and-tumble British vaudeville style for a family audience."|Walt Disney’s EPCOT: Creating the New World of Tomorrow}}
Although The first change to the Laugh Floor has not experienced any changes since it's openingUnited Kingdom pavilion came in 1986, when the name of Biscuit Barrel became the attraction changed three times before it openedCountry Manor. Before soft openings, the attraction was known as the Laugh Floor Comedy Club. By the time the soft openings started, Although the shop’s name was changed to , its merchandise remained essentially the Monsterssame. Then, Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club. Before in the attraction officially opened late 1980s the name Country Manor was once again changed to renamed the current nameMagic of Wales, the Monsters, Incand His Lordship was renamed Lords and Ladies. Laugh FloorSubsequently, in 1995 Lords and Ladies was renamed The Crown and Crest.
==Attraction Plot==The Monstersnext major change in the United Kingdom pavilion came in 1999, Inc. Laugh Floor is an interactive show that uses "digital puppetry"when Harry Ramsden Fish & Chips House was built. The attraction is based on new restaurant was a counter service restaurant which (as its name suggested) specialized in fish and chips. Since the Disney-Pixar movie Monstersmillennium, Incthere have been two major alternations to the pavilion. The Laugh Floor takes place in In the fictional world early 2000’s, Pringle of MonstropolisScotland was renamed the Sportsman Shoppe. Then in 2006, Harry Ramsden Fish & Chips House was renamed Yorkshire County Fish Shop. ==Queue and Backstory==
As guests are waiting in line for the Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor, Mike Wazowski appears on television screens in the room to explain how the club got its start. ==Pavilion Layout==
In order to show guests as much of the United Kingdom as possible, Imagineers made sure that each structure in the United Kingdom pavilion represents a different era. The backstory for center of the attraction takes place pavilion is known as Britannia Square. Modeled after the events different town squares found in Monstersthe UK, Inc. Monstropolis Britannia Square is now running on clean where guests can find various shops and safe "laugh power" instead of feardining establishments including the Rose & Crown. The new energy works well, but there is one problem. There is currently not enough laughter to fuel Monstropolis. To solve this problem, Mike Wazowski suggests that they open Rose & Crown serves as both a Laugh Club. Humans are temporarily transported to Monstropolis via special doors in Tomorrowland, restaurant and their laughter from the club will help fuel Monstropolisa pub, where guests can get a traditional British meal.
After Across from the video is showRose & Crown, guests are ushered can visit The Tea Caddy. This shop was inspired by the childhood home of Anne Hathaway (William Shakespeare’s wife). Inside, guests can purchase teas, coffees, and hot chocolates made by Twinnings. Across from The Tea Caddy, guests can find another shop, The Queen’s Table. The store features Elizabethan architecture typical of the 1600s, and inside guests can buy tea, tea sets, and dinnerware. Behind the Laugh Club to their seatsQueen’s Table is an English garden which features various “homes” that look out into the foliage. These homes were inspired by the houses in Disney’s Marry Poppins, and guests can often find meet and greet characters such as Alice (from Alice in Wonderland) and Marry Poppins here.
==Main Show==The back of the United Kingdom pavilion is themed to look like the residential section of a town set in the 1800s. This area is known as Tudor Land and is home to the Lords and Ladies shop. This boutique sells clothes and fragrances for both men and women. Another section of the town “Upper Regency” is home of various houses with late Georgian architecture. Within the houses is the pavilion’s Kidcot station, and Winnie the Pooh sometimes makes appearances inside. The houses themselves look out into a replica of Hyde Park which features a hedge maze based on the Somerleyton Hall Maze.
When guests begin to get seatedThe final section of the United Kingdom pavilion features a city gate, inspired by the theaters cameras will located gates built during the middle ages. After passing through, guests can enter the Toy Soldiers shop. As its name would suggest, the store specializes in English games and show them toys. Another store, The Crown and Crest can be found nearby. The Crown and Crest is based on Sir Walter Scott’s Abbotsford Manor, and inside besides just purchasing British merchandise, guests can also look up their families’ coat of arms. Nearby, a castle called the main screenHampton Court Palace can be found. The palace is typical of one built during the late dark ages, and inside guests can visit the Sportsman’s Shoppe, which sells various British sporting merchandise. A humorous captain will then appear such as"
{{Quotation| "Will buy everyone ==Attractions=='''Disney Phineas and Ferb: Agent P's World Showcase Adventure'''- On this interactive adventure, guests use a Churro"}} F.O.N.E." (Field Operative Notification Equipment) to help Agent P. stop Dr. Doofenshmirtz, by looking for clues throughout World Showcase. The adventure is based on the Disney cartoon Phineas and Ferb.==Dining=='''Rose & Crown'''- This table service restaurant features both a dining room and a pub. Here guests can get a traditional British meal, as well as different ales, lagers, ciders and stouts.
After everyone is seated, Roz (from '''Yorkshire County Fish & Chips'''- The quick service restaurant offers guests the movie Monsters Incopportunity to get authentic fish and chips.) appears Other items such as soft drinks and snacks are also offered on the left screen menu.==Shopping=='''Crown and explains Crest-''' This store is actually two different shops joined together. One of the shops (the Crown) sells Beatles and Epcot souvenirs, while the other (the Crest) allows guests to everyone how laugh power workslook up (and even purchase) their families’ coat of arms.
{{Quotation|"See that giant canister, that's where we collect your laughter. The more you laugh ''Sportsman Shoppe-''' Located within the more power we collectHampton Court Palace, this shop sells English sporting merchandise. The less you laugh...well..we may not have enough power to open to the exit doors"}}
After Roz is finished, the MC (Monster of Ceremonies) Mike Wazowski appears on '''Queen's Table-''' Located near the center screen. He introduces himself as "Wazowski with one eye"Rose & Crown, then begins to tell jokes about Rozthis shop specializes in tea and tea accessories.
{{Quotation| "Why did '''The Tea Caddy-''' Located across from the chicken cross the Road?Queen's Table, this shop sells tea, candies and chocolates.....To get away from Roz!}}
As Mike is telling the jokes about Roz'''The Toy Solider-''' At this store guests can purchase a Paddington Teddy Bear among other toys. ==Fun Facts and Trivia==* Originally, she appears again on Imagineers wanted to put a statue in the left screen, predictably unamused. She tells Mike he better "fill center of the can this timesquare, or else". When Mike retorts with "or else what"and while many different famous Brits were considered (including kings, she pushes queens, Lord Nelson, Lord Byron, Robert Burns and William Shakespeare), Imagineers eventually decided to place a button which opens a trap door below. Mike can be heard crashing below, but luckily he reappears on the right screen where he introduces the first actsundial there.
While Mike is making jokes about Roz he informs guests that "you stink" is a compliment * The music played in the monster worldUnited Kingdom pavilion includes selections from Gilbert and Sullivan and Greensleeves. When he says this, an adult male appears on screen. Whoever is chosen at this time is known as "that guy" for the remainder of the show. Subsequent monsters will make jokes with "that guy" as the punchline (ie. "That Guy Joke")
===Mac and Jeeves===* Imagineers tinted the top of the UK pavilion's chimneys to make it look like they are in use.
* The first act at the Monsters IncUnited Kingdom pavilion features three classic red phone booths. Laugh Floor is a two headed yellow Monster named Mac and Jeeves (although the monster can go by other names depending on the cast member performing. Mac (the smaller of the two heads) boasts that he is a master of human world geography and that he knows every capital in the world. Jeeves is skeptical, so to prove his knowledge he asks the humans to name name any country. After they do, Mac's answer is usually a humorous side-step of the question (ie. saying the capital of Canada is "C". Following this bit, a large map descends from behind Mac and Jeeves, and they ask the humans if they know where they (the humans) are from. After a guest says their hometown, Mac will give a completely wrong (albeit humorous) description of the location. An example of this routine is:
Jeeves: "Humans put your hands high in * Outside of the air if you know where you liveRose and Crown, guests can find a recreation of a lock found on the Grand Union Canal."
* The audience camera then picks a guest out to answer lock located outside of the questionCrown and Rose was at one time surrounded by gates. The gates however have since been removed.
Guest: "Venezuela"* In the windows of the Hampton Court Palace, guests can see the crosses of St. Andrew, St. George and St. Patrick who are the patron saints of Scotland, England, and Ireland respectively.
Mac: "Venezuela * A sign within the pavilion notes that Thomas Dudley is a tiny Arctic country located in the middle lockkeeper at the Rose & Crown Lock. Dudley was the governor of the North Arctic Ocean, famous for ski resorts and (English) Massachusetts Bay Colony in the Eiffel Tower!mid-1600’s.
After repeating this routine with a couple of guests, Mac and Jeeves then decide to recreate the story of Monsters Inc==References==http://allears. using guests from the Audience. Different audience members are selected to portray characters from the movie and they are given silly facial expressions to make. After all of the characters have been selected, Mac and Jeeves retell the story very quickly, and the guests have to make the expressions fast in order to keep up. Finally, Roz pushes the trap door button again, and it's time for the second actnet/tp/ep/e_uk.htm
===Buddy Boil===Following Mac and Jeeves a purple monster named Buddy Boil takes the stage. He claims he's a mind reader and then asks a random audience member to think of a number. Buddy then tells it to the rest of the group. Everyone knows he can hear the number so when Buddy guesses it right and looks surprised, the audience usually laughs. At this point Roz clicks the button, which triggers a trap door below Buddy. Sometimes after falling Buddy humorously asks the same person to pick another number and he repeats the same shtickhttp://progresscityusa.com/2009/04/02/neverworlds-epcots-united-kingdom-pavilion-victorian-music-hall/
===Marty Wazowski===http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/walt_disney_world/theme_parks/epcot/united_kingdom/
The final act of the Laugh Floor is none other than Mike's nephew Martyhttp://disneyworld. Marty looks like a smaller orange version of Mike, and his act is pretty much a stand up routinedisney. Marty starts out with a monologuego. His first couple jokes usually involve his mother ("She really does have eyes on the back of her head") or some kind of pun ("I have a test tomorrow but i'm not" worried...It's an eye exam!"). After he has finished his monologue, Marty reads some of the jokes that guests sent in. He reads three or four of those before going back to his own jokes. The final jokes of his routine usually require some participation. Marty usually calls on young children to help him with these final jokes. ===Show Conclusion=== ==Fun Facts and Trivia== ==References==com/parks/epcot/attractions/united-kingdom-pavilion/
