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None of the topiaries or displays in France were new to us. The characters from Beauty and The Beast are in the France Pavilion itself. Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella and their princes are just over the small bridge as you’re walking toward the United Kingdom Pavilion. The UK again has characters from Winnie the continue reading Epcot Flower and Garden Festival 2012 – France, England, and Canada … Pixar Characters are out in force in America and Japan. Woody and Buzz Lightyear are greeting guests to the America Pavilion courtyard There is a special area to the rear of the America Pavilion. It’s an Alphabet Garden, each letter of the alphabet is represented by a few plants – the goal is continue reading Epcot Flower and Garden Festival 2012 – America, Japan, and Morocco … Haiti (nope, you read that correctly… Haiti isn’t a country around the World Showcase, but they are prominently figured in the large area before Germany)… This exhibit was more about the culture of Haiti than specifically about "gardens" – prominently featured are a number of rum punches Germany once again has Snow White and continue reading Epcot Flower and Garden Festival 2012 – Haiti, Germany, and Italy … Now, we’ll proceed around World Showcase, starting with Mexico. This year, instead of the cocktiels seen in recent years, there are numerous displays of orchids… Orchids have a short bloom-span nora has never really liked orchids as corsages, but they’re lovely blooming “wild” This display is located near the Cantina San Angel continue reading Epcot Flower and Garden Festival 2012 – Mexico, Norway, and China … The Disney-Nature film for Earth Day 2012 is Chimpanzees… For the last few years, there has been a sand sculpture for the Disney Nature movie (this year, we also saw a sand sculpture at Disney's Animal Kingdom) The detail on these is amazing. Not only that, but we've seen them "redoing" or "refurbishing" continue reading Epcot Flower and Garden Festival 2012 – World Showcase Plaza area … Bambi’s Butterfly House is once again off to your right, around behind Ice Station Cool… Amazing level of detail from a phone camera! The butterflies seem more willing to pose in the mornings when things are still quite in their "house" – notice the little lady bug (or as Sandy & Harry call continue reading Epcot Flower and Garden Festival 2012 – Butterflies and the Lagoons … Our Epcot Flower and Garden Festival 2012 posts are going to be “mostly photo posts” – we noted that the Flower & Garden Festival has decreased in recent years. Fewer topiaries, fewer events for Florida residents (weekends only now), general events are nearly non-existent, and fewer Flower Power concerts (weekends only now). One of our continue reading Epcot Flower and Garden Festival 2012 – Entrance and Future World … Nick has posted about the Cars 2 topiaries (here) — as recently as last Thursday, the topiary flags representing the various country’s races in the movie were still on display (here). As of today, they’re gone. Also, the Florida Test Garden, which was still on display Saturday (and Nick commented that he should get over continue reading Epcot Flower & Garden dismantling updates … We are creatures of habit – we really like routine. OK, I really like routine – others tolerate me. Every Saturday morning we are available we go out to breakfast. The group size can vary but the majority of the time it is Walter, Kate, Calvin, Nora and I. After breakfast, Walter heads to the continue reading Race Around World Showcase … OK – I know that Disney sells and sells and sells. The theme parks are close to being more sales areas than entertainment areas (not square footage but number of stores versus attractions). I suspect we all take little notice of this – it is the nature of the beast. Besides it appears that shopping continue reading I’m only here for the money? … |
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