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Fresh Flavors,
Gardens, Music and Fun on Tap March 4-May 17, 2015 at 22nd Epcot
International Flower & Garden Festival
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Spring 2015
will burst onto the scene at Walt Disney World Resort with a fresh
take on lush gardens, inspired flavors and lively entertainment
during the 75-day Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival March
4-May 17.
New Disney character topiaries will salute the blockbuster animated
film, “Frozen” and offer colorful selfie and family photo ops.
Eleven Outdoor Kitchens with “grow your own” gardens will tempt
taste buds with sweet and savory bites. Pop musicians with hits
spanning four decades and multiple genres will debut the Garden
Rocks Concert Series each weekend. And special weekend festival
events will offer surprises for families, art lovers and gardening
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- “Frozen” will melt hearts at the
park’s World Showcase Plaza: Disney’s first Ana and Elsa
topiaries will appear in a garden vignette from the
Oscar-winning film’s finale. The garden will pop with color as
the icy “Frozen” world, illustrated with white and silver blooms
of delphinium, alyssum and other flowers, transforms to a
brilliant spring palette featuring Gerbera daisies, petunias,
Sweet William and other flora.
- Other brand-new Disney character
topiaries will be Chip and Dale taking a star turn in two
whimsical Epcot front-entrance “Goofy About Spring” floral
vignettes. Topiary Goofy, Daisy and Pluto will be in on
the fun.
- Fresh new menu items will debut
at the festival’s 11 Outdoor Kitchens. The new
Bonitas Botánico Outdoor Kitchen between France and
Morocco pavilions will showcase treats like Cachapas with
Farmer’s Cheese, a sweet yellow corn pancake, and Seafood
Ceviche with shrimp, scallops and grouper with mango and
avocado. Guests can sip the new La Tizana, a non-alcoholic punch
finished with fresh fruit that can become an adult beverage with
a splash of Santa Teresa RHUM Orange Liqueur. For the third
festival year running, guests can taste garden- and
spring-inspired tapas-sized food and beverages, see how the
ingredients are grown and have their complimentary Garden
Passports stamped as they stroll the World Showcase
promenade.
- A Southwest desert garden
will premiere as a thriving ecosystem.
- Ten new gardens will
surprise guests around every corner. Guests will discover a gnew
healing-and-health garden, a pepper garden, a dinosaur-plant
garden and a Shakespeare garden, among others, each designed
with a storytelling element.
- Guests can follow the story of
the Monarch butterfly’s epic journey across the continent and
see butterflies emerge from their chrysalises to flit from plant
to plant at the Butterflies On the Go exhibit in Future
World.
- The Garden Rocks Concert
Series will keep crowds rockin’ every Friday, Saturday and
Sunday on the park’s America Gardens Theatre stage. Little
River Band, Pablo Cruise, Gin Blossoms and Village People
join the lineup of top bands representing four decades of
pop music.
- Special weekend festivities are
slated: March 13-17 Spring into Spring Weekend with a nod
to St. Patrick’s Day; March 27-29 Art in the Garden Weekend
with outdoor art displays; April 17-22 Earth Day Weekend
with nature activities for kids and families, Disney’s Animal
Kingdom specialists April 17-19, and a sand-sculpture creation
to showcase Disneynature’s soon-to-be released “Monkey Kingdom”
film; and April 24-26 Florida Fresh Weekend featuring a
bounty of edibles and other plants that thrive in Florida.
- Disney gardeners will lead
weekend how-to Gardening Seminars and workshops at the Festival
Center, where guests also can pick up signature festival
merchandise.
- When the sun sets,
illuminated topiary and play gardens will glow brightly for
an after-dark festival experience.
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As park guests nibble on inspired
Outdoor Kitchen goodies, they can wander among multiple themed
gardens and children’s play areas. Nearly 100 expertly crafted
topiary characters, including Snow White, Bambi, Mickey Mouse and
Peter Pan, will animate the landscape when Epcot transforms to a
vibrant wonderland of sweeping floral beds and exhibits. Children
can clamber around play gardens featuring state-of-the-art climbing
equipment and hands-on activities in Mike & Sulley’s Monstrous
Garden and The Living Desert Road Rally Garden with Mater and
Lightning McQueen topiaries.
A Healing & Health Garden near The Land pavilion in Future
World will display ancient medicinal plants including garlic, aloe,
chamomile, fennel, mint and others. Plants used to develop modern
prescriptions will be papaya, periwinkle, turmeric, yew, thyme and
valerian. And the new Shakespeare Garden at the United
Kingdom pavilion will feature roses to represent Romeo and Juliet.
Also in the garden: rosemary from Hamlet, lavender from The Winter’s
Tale, plus representations featuring poppy, lily, honeysuckle and
willow.
Dozens of Disney-crafted “flower towers” and beds of multi-colored
blooms will add to the floral splendor of the park’s landscape. At
least 70,000 bedding plants will surround the Future World east and
west lakes alone; on the water, 220 mini-gardens will be set afloat.
For more information about the 22nd Epcot International Flower &
Garden Festival, call Academy Travel at
609-978-0740. As the festival nears, more details will be
available at epcotinspring.com. The festival, including all
gardening programs and exhibits, is included in regular Epcot
admission. |
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For
information about the 22nd Epcot International Flower & Garden
Festival at Walt Disney World Resort, contact
your Academy Travel Representative directly, or call 609-978-0740 for more information. |
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