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Yes, Epcot uses topiary for many events beyond the annual Flower and Garden Show – even at Christmas. At the main entrance to Epcot during the holiday celebration in 2012, you are greeted by Goofy and Donald in front of many evergreens adorned with white lights.
Bambi, Thumper and Flower are within continue reading 2012 Christmas Topiary and main Christmas Tree at Epcot … We took this tour two years ago and enjoyed it quite a bit (here). As we did with the Yuletide Fantasy Tour (here), we’re going to stick with new stuff. Two of our guides were also our guides in 2010… Mark & Jeff. So, as it turned out, we had Mark, Jeff, and Monica as continue reading Disney’s Holiday D-Lights Tour Review – 2012 … We had lovely weather last Monday for the very first Holiday Tour of the 2012 Christmas/Holiday Season at Walt Disney World. Although we weren’t terribly keen on repeating this tour after our excursion in 2010 (here), we decided to give it another try. We were tickled when we saw Monica (she was one of our continue reading Yuletide Fantasy Tour 2012 – Our Review … A round-up of things from the web … From the D23 Official Disney Fan Website… Event Highlights From other blogs Chip & Company “D23 Presents: Epcot’s 30th Anniversary Celebration“ The Geek’s Blog “D23 Epcot 30th Anniversary Celebration Pictures” and “D23 Epcot 30th Anniversary Celebration – Some initial thoughts/observations” (some insightful comments on the D23 event) continue reading D23’s Epcot 30th Anniversary Celebration – September 30th, 2012 … On September 30th, we attended the D23 EPCOT 30th Anniversary Celebration. Nora really wanted to do this, and nick wanted to humor her (although he grumbled about having to go to a whole day of boring powerpoint presentations). The good news… it wasn’t an entire day of boring powerpoint presentations. The bad news… about continue reading Epcot’s 30th Anniversary – the D23 Event … This year, we decided to “rate” the items from the tasting booths. In summary… BOOTH ITEM RATING Australia Grilled Lamb Chop 9 South Africa Spinach & Paneer Pocket 8.5 Australia Wines 8 Japan Sake 7.5 China Mango Tapioca Pudding 7.5 South Korea Mung Bean Pancake with Shrimp 6.5 Singapore Seared Mahi Mahi 6 China Mongolian continue reading Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 – Wrap Up … Trio of desserts Dark Chocolate Mousse with Chili and Salted Caramel; Yogurt Panna Cotta with Orange Cake, Raspberries, and Pomegranate; and Lemon Custard Verrine with Blueberry Compote Originally, nora was insistent on trying the Dark Chocolate Mousse with Chili and Salted Caramel, the other two weren’t that interesting to her (after all, she’s continue reading Desserts & Champage Booth – Dessert Trio – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Our tickets and seating… We attended our first Sweet Sundays with Lisa and Andy near the very end of the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. The guest chef was Warren Brown and we were eager to see if the food preparation was on par with the sheet cake from the day before continue reading Sweet Sundays – Warren Brown, CakeLove – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Taking a tour early this morning – Yuletide Fantasy! The holidays start in earnest … We took this tour two years ago (here); we had some criticisms and we’ll focus on changes when we blog about this year’s Yuletide Fantasy tour. Glenn O’Brien, Boma – Flavors of Africa, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge November 12, 2012 Spice Route “Chakalaka”, South Africa Jim Killems, fun guy and wine educator Spice Route Chakalaka We’ve written a lot about South Africa wines over the last few years (here, here, and here), particularly Spice Route wines. Lisa and continue reading Culinary Demonstration – Boma’s – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … |
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