New Surprises at the 20th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival

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Disney Resorts has been "plussing it up" again and this time it's the 20th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival presented by HGTV.

Mark your calendars, the dates are March 6-May 19, 2013 at Walt Disney World Resort. Most festival activities are included in regular Epcot admission too so you can save your money for the new festival merchandise and new food offerings. Did I say new food offerings? Yes, my foodie friends! Look and see..

New this year: 

Floral shares part of the Epcot spotlight with food! 

Disney chefs will feature special culinary stations and offer festival-exclusive food and beverages along World Showcase Promenade. 

A “Land of Oz” play area, a themed setting based on the Walt Disney Pictures live-action film “Oz The Great and Powerful” (set to debut in theatres March 8).

A 14-foot-tall Disney character topiary can be found at the park’s front entrance featuring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Pluto Daisy and Donald Duck. 

Future World and World Showcase will cast a colorful glow over each festival evening, with a feature succinctly named “Illuminated Gardens.” Also featured in topiary form: the stars from the upcoming Disney-Pixar animated feature film “Monsters University,” and the inventive duo of Phineas & Ferb, from the hit Disney Channel animated series.

But wait, there's even more - 

A Radiator Springs interactive play zone, Tinker Bell’s Butterfly House, more than 100 topiaries, nearly 250 floating mini-gardens, dozens of flower towers and beds of multi-colored blooms. It’s truly a “garden party” like no other!

HGTV design celebrities will host Festival Center seminars every Friday through Saturday.

The Flower Power Concert Series will feature (*acts subject to change):

March 6-10: Micky Dolenz

March 15-17: Chubby Checker & The Wildcats

March 22-24: The Guess Who

March 29-31: Nelson

April 5-7: The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie

April 12-14: Paul Revere & the Raiders

April 19-21: The Village People

April 26-28: The Orchestra, Featuring former members of ELO and ELO II

May 3-5: Tommy Roe

May 10-12: Herman’s Hermits, starring Peter Noone

May 17-19: Starship, starring Mickey Thomas.

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Till then, hope you are having a delightful Disney day,

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Photo Flashback ~ Flower & Garden Festival

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It's Photo Flashback Friday! Time to once again enter the Wayback Machine and have another look at our Disney photos.
In honor of the opening of the Flower & Garden Festival this week I have a flower filled flashback from a magical trip I took to Walt Disney World in 2010. 

This was such a special trip because it was my first full solo week. It was a wonderful experience even though I missed the family very much. You can read all about how it came to be here. 

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It was a very hot sunny afternoon (as you can see from the blown out skies) in May that I took these pictures of the Beauty and The Beast display, which was located on the lagoon side of France. Cogsworth looks like he's enjoying the sunny day but at this point we were melting and ready for some lunch.

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On this trip I organized a photowalk around the festival. We met in the morning at the entrance to Epcot and then followed the special Flower & Garden Festival program all the way around the Word Showcase snapping away. 

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Doesn't Lumiere looked surprised? I love the expression they are able to create from simple plant material. 
It was a magical day with a lot of picture taking and photography chatting, stopping for lunch in Italy and riding a few rides.
I'll be posting more of our adventure and my solo week in my next Flashback and throughout the month! 

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Have a Magical Day!  

Wordless Wednesday ~ Flowers & Gardens

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Come along and join the fun! Link up your  Disney Almost Wordless or Wordless Wednesday posts, make new Disney friends, visit with old friends, see some great pictures at

The Disney Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop 

with me, Debs Dis @ Focused on the Magic  
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This week's theme is...

Disney  F lowers &  Gardens

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Surfing Goofy & Beach themed Minnie topiaries displayed in a bed of petunias at the entrance to Epcot's Flower & Garden Festival in 2008. 

Disney Pic of the Day ~ Rafiki and Simba

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Rafiki lifting young Simba up to present him to the pride is a magical movie moment. They captured it beautifully in this topiary. The pic was taken on a "Flower & Garden Photowalk" I organized last year. We toured the entire festival cameras and guide maps in hand snapping and chatting away. What a great day that was! Thank you ladies for making it such a memorable and magical day!

Wordless Wednesday ~ Garden Pixies

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Tinkerbell Topiary 2010

Pixie Hollow Fairy Garden at The Epcot Flower & Garden Festival is presented by Tinkerbell and The Pixie Hollow Games and is located on the Test Track Walkway.

Young Pixie fans who enter this whimsical garden also discover play structures for children ages 2-5 and soft green artificial turf to play on.

Guests will have the opportunity to meet Tinker Bell and her fairy friends for photos and autographs outdoors at a meet & greet area behind MouseGears daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.

The current schedule, which is of course subject to change :

9:30 a.m.: Tinker Bell and Terence

10:10 a.m.: Rosetta and Vidia

10:50 a.m.: Tinker Bell and Terence

11:30 a.m.: Rosetta and Vidia

12:10: Tinker Bell and Terence

12:50 p.m.: Rosetta and Vidia

1:30 p.m.: Terence

2 p.m.: Tinker Bell

2:40 p.m.: Rosetta and Vidia

3:20 p.m. Tinker Bell and Terence

4 p.m. Rosetta and Vidia

4:40 p.m. Tinker Bell and Terence

5:15 p.m. Rosetta and Vidia

Thanks for stopping by,

Deb

Foto Friday~Flower & Garden Festival Dragon No Show?!

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The China Bromeliad Dragon has annually appeared in the Flower & Garden Festival and is a fan favorite. His 2011 whereabouts however are unknown as of this writing....

Wordless Wednesday ~ The Epcot Flower & Garden Festival 2010

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The "Celebrate The Great Outdoors" display in front of SSE from 2010



Today is opening day of 

Epcot's 18^th international Flower & Garden Festival !

This year's festivities, topiaries and plantings are expected to be even bigger and more lavish than last year. 
The 18th International Flower & Garden Festival will run from March 2nd- May15th.
For information call 407/W-DISNEY (934-7639) or visit disneyworld.com/flower.
The festival and exhibits are included in a regular Epcot admission.