Wow! I can’t believe it’s the last weekend of the 19th annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival already. Seventy-five days go by pretty fast! We’ve had a wonderful time, with all the seminars, colorful plant and flower displays, beloved Disney topiaries, brilliant botanicals, unique gardens, and especially the appearances by stars from our...
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Posts Tagged ‘ Epcot ’
HGTV’s Genevieve Gorder Appearing at Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival
Carter Oosterhouse, Host of HGTV’s Million Dollar Rooms and Carter Can, Comes to Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival
Carpenter and “America’s Handyman” Carter Oosterhouse likes to build “green” whenever he can, so it only makes sense for Carter to visit Walt Disney World Resort in Florida this weekend and talk to guests at the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival. Carter’s newest HGTV show is Million Dollar Rooms, airing Tuesdays at 8:30...
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Creating ‘Laila, the Essence of Norway’ from World Showcase at Epcot
In 2003, I served as an attraction manager for the Norway Pavilion in World Showcase at Epcot (I wasn’t the first to pass that way, nor was I the last). I learned much from the International cast members working in the pavilion; they made me want to visit the country. As a photographer, I’m...
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Favorite Salad from Nine Dragons Restaurant in China Pavilion at Epcot
Nine Dragons Restaurant in the China Pavilion at Epcot is a longtime favorite – we love the friendly service, the pretty setting and a taste of the chef’s signature dish: peppery shrimp and lightly spiced spinach noodles. Chef Sun Shusen has been in the kitchen at Nine Dragons for five years, where his biggest...
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Blues Traveler, Smash Mouth and More Set for ‘Eat to the Beat’ Concert Series This Fall at Epcot
Even though summer is rapidly approaching us in Florida, we are already starting to plan for fall.
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HGTV Design Star Winner Antonio Ballatore Stops by the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival This Weekend
Antonio Ballatore, Season 4 winner of HGTV Design Star and host of The Antonio Treatment on HGTV, makes a first-time appearance at the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival this weekend, May 4- 6 at 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. each day. He’ll share with guests some secrets to designing outside the box and...
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Festivities Open Tutto Italia, Tutto Gusto at Italy Pavilion at Epcot
With a flourish of confetti, Italian music, and, of course, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Tutto Italia in the Italy Pavilion at Epcot reopens its doors today after a major renovation, along with the new Tutto Gusto wine cellar next door. The restaurant staff added to the celebration with tambourines, while Chef Joachim Splichal, founder...
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New Wine Cellar, Spiffed-Up Tutto Italia Open May 1 at Italy at Epcot
Construction walls come down tomorrow, and guests already are making reservations for Tutto Italia Ristorante, one of the most popular restaurants at Epcot that’s been closed for refurbishment. Joining the beautiful restaurant is Tutto Gusto wine cellar, where small plates and more than 200 Italian wines, beers, grappas and coffee drinks are on the...
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New Renderings Depict a Reimagined Test Track at Epcot
Many of you have asked for an update on what’s going on at Test Track at Epcot, and we’re happy to announce that new renderings were just released by Walt Disney Imagineering this morning!
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‘Phineas and Ferb’ VIPs Tour Epcot as Imagineers Prep Agent P’s World Showcase Adventure
Hey, where’s Perry? He’s at Epcot! While the new Epcot attraction, Disney Phineas & Ferb: Agent P’s World Showcase Adventure, won’t open until later this summer, three big talents behind the hit Disney Channel and Disney XD animated series got a sneak peek on Wednesday – along with Agent P himself! Dan Povenmire and...
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HGTV Design Star Winner Meg Caswell Chats with Guests This Weekend at Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival
Interior Designer Meg Caswell has a new show debuting on HGTV in just a couple weeks, but the Season 6 winner of HGTV’s top-rated reality competition, HGTV Design Star, found time to visit Walt Disney World Resort this weekend and is talking with fans at the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival. Each Friday,...
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Mark Financial Literacy Month at Innoventions at Epcot
April is Financial Literacy Month, and if you’d like to get in on the fiscal fun during your Disney vacation, visit The Great Piggy Bank Adventure at Innoventions West at Epcot. The interactive exhibit, presented by T. Rowe Price, has games that let families set a dream goal – whether it’s an extreme room...
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PHOTOS: A Look Inside the Zen Garden at Epcot
Early each morning, the gravel is raked into different patterns, he told me, based on the gardener’s state of mind — wavy and whimsical when he is happy and straight and simple if things aren’t going so great. “I don’t think I’ve ever raked them straight,” he said smiling. The topiaries and zen garden...
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First Look at New Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar in Italy at Epcot
With an opening set for early May, here’s a sneak peek at Tutto Gusto, the new wine bar adjacent to Tutto Italia Ristorante in the Italy Pavilion at Epcot that’s sure to be a new World Showcase hot spot.
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Visit the Haiti: Garden of Many Colors Exhibit at the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival
Well, the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, presented by HGTV, is in full bloom! And throughout the festival, we at the Disney Parks Blog will be bringing to your attention to some of the exciting new things for 2012. One of the great horticulture additions this year is called Haiti: Garden of Many...
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Tink’s New Fairy Friend Debuts at the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival
Earlier today, Walt Disney Studios announced the new straight-to-DVD film “Secret of the Wings,” starring Tinker Bell. This film follows Tink’s adventure into the forbidden Winter Woods. While the DVD won’t be released until Oct. 23, fans can get a sneak peek at one of the new characters from the movie at this year’s...
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See DIY Network’s Jason Cameron at the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival March 23-25
Greetings from the Sunshine State! We’re back again from the 19th annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, presented by HGTV! This year’s festival is in full swing, running now until May 20. As usual, this year’s event will include favorite elements like beloved Disney character topiaries, “how to” demonstrations and presentations by HGTV,...
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First Look at Merchandise for the 30th Anniversary of Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort
There is one book in my Disney collection that I cherish – a soft cover book released prior to the opening of then Epcot Center. Before my first visit in July 1983, I spent hours dreaming of the 21st Century while looking at the beautiful concept paintings in the book. October 1, 2012, marks...
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Kathy Ireland Meets Minnie Mouse at Epcot
In a nice twist to the St. Patrick’s Day theme seen often on the Disney Parks Blog this week, Kathy Ireland had the opportunity to visit with Minnie Mouse in the United Kingdom Pavilion in Epcot. In fact, Minnie brought out her special St. Patrick’s Day polka-dotted dress to meet Kathy. Kathy, who first...
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See HGTV’s Sabrina Soto at the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival March 16-18
Each weekend throughout the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, special guests from HGTV and the DIY Network will share their design and decorating expertise with guests. This weekend, it’s HGTV’s Sabrina Soto (“The High Low Project”), who will take the stage to share her money-saving design secrets with guests at Epcot through March...
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Coming Soon To Epcot: Agent P’s World Showcase Adventure
Greetings from Epcot! All the would-be secret agents out there will find a great new interactive experience at Epcot this year. Coming this summer, Disney Phineas & Ferb: Agent P’s World Showcase Adventure is based on the wily secret-agent alter-ego of Perry the Platypus – faithful pet to the title characters from Disney’s animated...
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New Kids’ Menu, Disney Dining Plan at Bistro de Paris in Epcot
We paid a long overdue visit to the upstairs Bistro de Paris in the France Pavilion at Epcot, a charming dining room where young Chef Francesco Santin is creating classical French cuisine, paired with a nice French wine list and exemplary service that makes for some of the best dining at Walt Disney World...
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VIDEO: Constructing the Sorcerer Mickey Topiary at the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival
If you head out to the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival this year, one of the first sights you’ll see is an eight-foot-tall Sorcerer Mickey topiary, which sits just inside the park’s gate. Standing atop a 12-foot-tall floral mountain cliff, Sorcerer Mickey directs a riot of dancing broomsticks, buckets, mushrooms, hippos, alligators and...
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First Look at 2012 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival Merchandise
With the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival kicking off on March 7, I paid a visit to the Festival Center in Future World to catch a glimpse of some new merchandise we have created for the annual event. The Festival Center, located between the Mission: SPACE and Universe of Energy attractions, is home...
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Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival Returns March 7
Who’s heading to Epcot this spring for the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival? This year’s event, which runs March 7-May 20, will feature the largest-ever Disney topiary (a Sorcerer Mickey) and a new Haiti: Garden of Many Colors display located in World Showcase. Guests can also enjoy weekend presentations from HGTV designers and...
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Flower Power Performances, HGTV Stars to Highlight This Year’s Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival
While winter is still in full swing, we at Walt Disney World Resort are already thinking of spring and the 19th annual Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, presented by HGTV! This year’s festival will run from March 7 to May 20, 2012, and will include favorite elements like beloved Disney character topiaries, “how...
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Re-Imagined Test Track Will Put Guests in the Designer’s Seat This Fall at Epcot
Beginning this fall, Epcot guests will be able to enjoy a re-imagined version of the popular Future World attraction, Test Track presented by Chevrolet. This new version of the attraction will transform the current testing workshop into the sleek “Chevrolet Design Center at Epcot,” where guests can become immersed in the fun – and...
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Shirts Showcase the World at Epcot
I asked Sylvie Brumbaugh, product developer for World Showcase, about the new shirts I found in the Norway and Canada Pavilions. “We wanted to add an element of fun to the World Showcase shirt assortment,” explained Sylvie. “The ‘How to Dress’ shirts were a nod to the ‘How To’ cartoons staring Goofy. In Norway,...
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A Showcase of Gifts from Around the World at Epcot
I love strolling around World Showcase at Epcot while enjoying the sights, sounds and tastes of the 11 different countries (oh, Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, I miss you already). World Showcase is also a great place for holiday shopping. I recently spent an afternoon at Epcot looking for unique gifts in hopes...
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