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Last week, while Harry & Sandy were visiting, we met up with some other WDW friends (including Walter) and toured Epcot. The day before our tour, Tutto Gusto had opened in Italy. We stopped in for a few beers (nick had the Blue Point Toasted Lager and nora had the Moretti La Rossa). It continue reading Tutto Gusto – Italy … When we went into the Festival Center – honestly, there wasn’t much going on in there during the week. There’s the usual “snack bar” with wines and a few snacks and the usual souvenir area (actually, they have a pretty wide selection of San Diego Hat Company hats :)). The topiaries in front of the continue reading Epcot Flower and Garden Festival 2012 – Festival Center … 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 … This year we had planned three pairings and this was the last one (Mexico’s Tequila Lunch and Japan’s Food & Sake were the other two). The Food & Beer Pairing at Via Napoli took place on Tuesdays this year and our event was the last one of the Food & Wine Festival. Arrival and Location continue reading Via Napoli Beer and Pizza Pairing – 2011 … |
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