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Liesle & I stopped by Epcot’s Flower & Garden Festival, and I decided to post my very first vlog episode on YouTube documenting our quick visit, which includes some advice for the folks running the Mexico kiosk.
You can enjoy this first episode in all its glory below. (I apologize in advance for some of the slightly shaky video, especially during some of my camera-facing moments. Hopefully I’ll get a better grip on this in episode two. 🙂 )
Enjoy!
Liesle & I stopped into Epcot yesterday to catch a few of our favorite Flower & Garden dishes one last time before the Festival wraps up on Monday.
I’m heading out to Animal Kingdom this evening to catch the new nighttime happenings there, but before we start focusing more on that park in some upcoming posts, I thought it might be worth a quick, three-picture blurb showing construction progress around the Arendelle area at Epcot.
Remember, the new Frozen ride is scheduled to open there in less than a month.
Above is the scene with the camera peeking over the construction wall just past the Mexico area. For those who are familiar with this area, this is almost directly across the main pathway from the spot where Mariachi Cobre performs.
As you can see, things are moving along nicely on the exteriors here. The small meet and greet building just to the left of center is much more finished than it was in my previous post covering the Arendelle construction.
Here we are viewing the scene over the wall from the right-hand side of the previous image. (And yes, I did get some “looks” taking these pictures. All in the line of duty lol…)
I’ll actually be out at Disneyland when this area opens, so you can expect my next blog post covering this scene to be available after the new Frozen Ever After attraction has been open for a bit — probably mid-July.
It will be nice to have the new attraction open, but I’m expecting it will add to the complexity of an efficient Epcot tour, especially if Frozen, Test Track, and Soarin’ all remain “Tier One” on the FP+ list.
We’ll see.
With that, here’s wishing a final goodbye to the Flower & Garden Festival.
And next year, Disney, please consider upping the portion size on those shrimp tacos. Madame Leota will thank you!
🙂
A relatively short post today, as Liesle & I stopped into Epcot this past Thursday, May 5th, for a quick tour around World Showcase. We also wanted to eat some of our favorite Flower & Garden dishes again before the festival wraps up at the end of the month.
As you can see in the picture above, we were greeted with beautiful weather — blue skies, not too hot. A great day, really.
We first stopped in front of the construction walls outside Norway, and I couldn’t resist pointing my camera over the wall to check on the progress.
The picture below is the result:
This begins the third and final installment of our Epcot Flower & Garden food reviews, and I thought I’d start and end with some merchandise this time, just to mix things up a bit.
(For those that missed the previous installments, I recommend reviewing our Epcot Flower & Garden Festival 2016 Part I and Epcot Flower and Garden Festival 2016 Part II before proceeding. Part I is especially helpful, as it contains all of the menus.)
The Dooney & Bourke handbag above was made especially for the 2016 Flower & Garden Festival, and will run you $248 plus tax. As with most merchandise, annual passholders are eligible for a 10% discount.
Whew! Now that you’ve made it past that rather lengthy title, I thought I’d mention that there are a lot of reasons Liesle & I enjoy visiting the park together. When we’re together though, I find I also benefit from the fact that she notices things that I would have breezed right by.
Case in point are these Precious Moments Disney Dolls, which Liesle noticed were out on display today at Epcot, right in front of the American Adventure building. They go for $49.95 apiece, and you’ll notice many Disney characters in the image above…
…and still more here. (You can click on any image for a larger view, then use your web browser’s BACK button to return to this post.)
The “piece de resistance” this year are these three limited edition dolls, representing Cinderella’s wicked stepmother and stepsisters from the more recently-released movie, which just went out on display today. The Cast Member working the display told us that they’ve received just thirty of these here at Epcot, and thirty more went to Disneyland in California.
Once they’re gone, they’re gone.
(Sheesh… Disney should pay me for writing this stuff lol…)
The Lily James version of Cinderella was also out on display, and is new this year as well. I *think* there are 300 of these available, again split between Epcot and Disneyland.
