Flower and Garden Festival is one of my absolute favorites to attend each year. This festival is an annual festival that starts in March and ends July 5th 2021. This festival is totally worth it because there is no extra cost to see all the beautiful flowers, butterfly house and topiary art placed all around the park. This is one of the best festivals visually to take the family or just an outing for those locals wanting a relaxing beautiful day in the park. The fresh pansies and floral scents for those who enjoy those varying aromas surround you as you stroll around the World Showcase Lagoon. There is not a bad picture spot in the whole of the park so take those snapshots everywhere you can.  

    One of the most relaxing mesmerizing places you will wait to walk in is the butterfly house! A big tip for all you video takers is to put your video on slow motion and video those dainty colorful winged creatures because it will turn out fabulous. The flowers in the butterfly house are the most colorful arrangements situated perfectly everywhere you turn with a butterfly or two perched in plain view. The informational signs about butterflies are placed strategically around so you gain factual knowledge about the cheerful lovelies floating around. As you can tell I love butterflies and if you've never seen one emerge from it's spun cocoon you're missing out on all the shaking going on.  

    Now we get to the artsy topiary statues placed around the park for your amazement. The first thing I think of is "How did they make that and can I get one"? The cool thing is you CAN get one a starter one, it's no ways a large as the originals, but you can purchase one around the corner on your world showcase walk just past Africa. The park topiaries are covered in greenery, some flowers and props perfectly placed for your picture taking delights. It truly is a visual sight to behold in person. My favorite topiary this year was Captain Hood and Peter Pan located over in U.K. pavilion area. Although it is rather difficult to pick a favorite topiary with so many to see and choose from, once you visit I'm sure you will find just the right one to tickle your fancy.  

   The Orange Bird merchandise is located throughout the park and new sipper with fabulous orange slush is located at the Citrus Blossom stand. You can get adult beverages at this particular stand but on a hot day with the family you can enjoy a refreshing sweet to the last drop orange slush. The new orange bird spirit jersey was win with me and I purchased one and have worn it many times since my visit last week. If you are an orange bird fan you will love the magnetic shoulder birdie and all the fun cups, dresses, hats and masks to fit your style.  

    As with any part of festivals comes the food stations. There are so many food stations to choose from the difficulty in picking just one is again difficult to do. There are so many flavors, types, seasonal items, drinks, snacks it's simply too much to describe in one synoptic view. Everyone has their favorites and it's a great idea to get your park reservation with a friend, partner or family and bring your empty stomach and delight in all the booths a sampling.  The beef Wellington at the Artist's Place is pretty nice but so is the deconstructed strawberry cheesecake. It's so hard to decide because we really just want to eat and drink some of everything. If you have 2 days to spend at Epcot during the Flower and Garden Festival you may want to make sure you have plenty of room too pack in those gastric delights.  

    More construction is going on with the Guardian's of the Galaxy building and Space 220 restaurant seems to be moving along so time and Disney will tell when and how this rolls out for everyone. I know I'm excited for a new coaster to be at Epcot park along with the Remy's Ratatouille Adventure. We walked through the France pavilion and took a visit to the restroom area just beyond the Remy statue and I can say that area looks great. You need to take a look at it for yourself. The sky liner glides right over that area on your way to the Riviera. A birds eye view may be something to consider when wanting the top of world peek. The Epcot experience is a cool get away with surround sound and the best wrap around screens ever with lovely projections. Be sure to take a rest stop and stay for that show because there is a rest area located inside with restrooms and some picture taking stations.  

The moral of this blog story is make your reservation, pack your gifts cards full, plan a 2 day around the world food frenzy and orange bird merch yourself silly. It's totally ok to do that we gotcha back so go for it. Be sure to sign up for the news letter via email, subscribe the youtube channel, listen to the podcast, shop with Amanda and get your magical experience right here at your one stop shop. We appreciate each and everyone of you and if you have any questions please feel free to send us an email or use the contact page.  

Magically yours,  

Crissy O