{"id":4311,"date":"2012-10-02T10:28:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T14:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=4311"},"modified":"2012-10-02T10:36:01","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T14:36:01","slug":"the-2012-epcot-international-food-wine-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=4311","title":{"rendered":"The 2012 Epcot International Food &#038; Wine Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yay! It&#8217;s begun&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The festival officially began on Friday, September 28th BUT due to whole raft of things, we didn&#8217;t get over to Epcot for photo taking until Sunday mornIng&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>(click on photos to enlarge them)<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4311 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-01-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-01-400x398.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-01.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4295'>\n\t\t\t\tThe central display as you enter Epcot&#8230; They&#8217;re using a lot of material from last year and honestly, it looks pretty cheap.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4296\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4296'>\n\t\t\t\tThese look like they&#8217;re made of paper. We&#8217;re pretty sure that these aren&#8217;t the actual pieces from last year, that they&#8217;ve been reprinted &#8211; but they&#8217;re the same designs.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-03.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4297\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4297'>\n\t\t\t\tThe information booth is behind Spaceship Earth, before you get to the Fountain of Nations.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-04.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4298\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4298'>\n\t\t\t\tThe cranberry bog is back again this year and so are the free craisins from Ocean Spray Cranberries.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-05.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-05-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4299\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4299'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Harvested&#8221; cranberries\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-06.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-06-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4300\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4300'>\n\t\t\t\tAcross the lagoon, at the entrance to World Showcase, there is a watermelon patch and interesting facts about watermelons&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-07.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-07-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4301\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4301'>\n\t\t\t\tThere are a few watermelons growing here (but it&#8217;s not as impressive as the gardens in past years)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-08.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-08-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4302\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4302'>\n\t\t\t\tWatermelons need Sun, Honeybees, and Water&#8230;. that&#8217;s it&#8230; well, according to the sign, that&#8217;s it&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-09.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-09-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4303\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4303'>\n\t\t\t\tFun facts about watermelons&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-10.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-10-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4304\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4304'>\n\t\t\t\tmore fun facts&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-11.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4305\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4305'>\n\t\t\t\tThis is nora&#8217;s favorite&#8230; use a watermelon in place of a pumpkin or a squash when you carve a jack-o-lantern or other face&#8230; bet it doesn&#8217;t last as long as a pumpkin!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-12.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-12-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4306\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4306'>\n\t\t\t\tOne of two World Showplace displays&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-13.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4307\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4307'>\n\t\t\t\tThe second World Showplace display&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-14.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-14-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4308\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4308'>\n\t\t\t\tAs usual, there are banner around World Showcase telling you that the Food &#038; Wine Festival is going on&#8230;. as if all the booths aren&#8217;t enough of a clue!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-15.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Food-Wine-signage-2012-15-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4309\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4309'>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the Festival merchandise booths. These have a much more &#8220;permanent&#8221; feel than in past years &#8211; they even have sliding, secure doors.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yay! It&#8217;s begun&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The festival officially began on Friday, September 28th BUT due to whole raft of things, we didn&#8217;t get over to Epcot for photo taking until Sunday mornIng&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>(click on photos to enlarge them)<\/p>\n<p> #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-2 img {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;<br \/>\n\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;<br \/>\n\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThe central display as you enter Epcot&#8230; They&#8217;re using a lot of material from last year and honestly, it looks pretty cheap.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThese look like they&#8217;re made of paper. We&#8217;re pretty sure that these aren&#8217;t the actual pieces from last year, that they&#8217;ve been reprinted &#8211; but they&#8217;re the same designs.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThe information booth is behind Spaceship Earth, before you get to the Fountain of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThe cranberry bog is back again this year and so are the free craisins from Ocean Spray Cranberries.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t&#8220;Harvested&#8221; cranberries<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tAcross the lagoon, at the entrance to World Showcase, there is a watermelon patch and interesting facts about watermelons&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThere are a few watermelons growing here (but it&#8217;s not as impressive as the gardens in past years)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tWatermelons need Sun, Honeybees, and Water&#8230;. that&#8217;s it&#8230; well, according to the sign, that&#8217;s it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tFun facts about watermelons&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tmore fun facts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThis is nora&#8217;s favorite&#8230; use a watermelon in place of a pumpkin or a squash when you carve a jack-o-lantern or other face&#8230; bet it doesn&#8217;t last as long as a pumpkin!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tOne of two World Showplace displays&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThe second World Showplace display&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tAs usual, there are banner around World Showcase telling you that the Food &#038; Wine Festival is going on&#8230;. as if all the booths aren&#8217;t enough of a clue!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tOne of the Festival merchandise booths. These have a much more &#8220;permanent&#8221; feel than in past years &#8211; they even have sliding, secure doors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[190],"tags":[258,211,215,216],"class_list":["post-4311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-epcot-food-wine-festival","tag-2012-epcot-international-food-wine-festival","tag-epcot-theme-park","tag-walt-disney-world-2","tag-wdw-2","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4311"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4337,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4311\/revisions\/4337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}