Flower and Garden Festival

The Flower and Garden Festival started on Wednesday (March 6) and will run through May 19. The Flower and Garden Festival is my favorite time to be at Epcot. I love all the flowers and topiaries. I have to say, I didn't enjoy it as much this year as I have in the past. It felt incomplete. I wanted to see more flowers and different topiaries. I didn't care for the butterfly house. It's now fairies themed and I really missed the Pixie Hollow Fairy Garden. That's always one of my favorite parts of the Flower and Garden Festival. I was not impressed with the main display in front of Spaceship Earth. I think they could have come up with something much better for the 20th anniversary other than using some of the same topiaries that are out year after year.

I noticed quite a few things that are normally there were missing. There was no sand sculpture, no Bambi topiaries, no Fantasia topiaries, no garden, the butterfly house didn't have a sign on it, the Chinese zodiac displays were not out, and there was a lack of flowers.

I did enjoy the Flower and Garden Festival though. Everything they had out looked beautiful. I liked that they moved around some of the topiaries. Though, I wish they moved around more of them because certain ones are in the same spots year after year. I thought it was clever to put Peter Pan on the roof of a building in the UK. I really liked the Monsters University display. I look forward to going back again to see if they've added anything new.

This year, they have added food booths. I have no interest in them but I did take pictures of the menus.

Day Report 24- Epcot - May 2012

I arrived at Epcot before opening and when I finally got in, I headed to The Land.
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I walked on Living With The Land.

Day Report 21 - Epcot - April 2012

I arrived at opening and walked to The Seas With Nemo and Friends. I took some pictures, rode The Seas With Nemo and Friends, and walked around The Seas for a little while.

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Day Report 17 - Epcot - March 2012

I got to Epcot at opening and took some pictures of the Fantasia topiaries.
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I went by the Universe of Energy to get some pictures of the topiaries that were in that area.

Day Report 13 - Epcot - March 2012

I got to the park at a little after 10:00 am. I went over later because I knew Rapunzel and Flynn would be out and I mainly went just to meet them.

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I walked through Bambi's Butterfly House.

Day Report 12 - Epcot - March 2012

I went to the first day of the Flower and Garden Festival. I got there before opening and stood in a long line to get in.

I took some pictures of the Fantasia topiaries.
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Took a picture of the peacock behind Spaceship Earth.