PHOTO REPORT: EPCOT 3/3/20 (Flower & Garden Preparations, Lots of Topiaries, New Construction Wall, and More)

Iain

PHOTO REPORT: EPCOT 3/3/20 (Flower & Garden Preparations, Lots of Topiaries, New Construction Wall, and More)

Iain

PHOTO REPORT: EPCOT 3/3/20 (Flower & Garden Preparations, Lots of Topiaries, New Construction Wall, and More)

Good morning from EPCOT on a (rare) day when no festival is happening. That won’t last long, though, with EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival starting tomorrow! There is a lot of prep work being done throughout the park, let’s go see!

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There was a very small group of waiting outside the main gate when we arrived this morning.

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The park entrance is looking beautiful! This park definitely needs a little beauty, so we are excited the EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival is coming to town.

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Taste Track is looking very close to opening, as well. The walls are down and have been replaced with planters.

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The flowers have arrived! Will you be attending the EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival tomorrow?

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The Three Caballeros topiaries have arrived and are ready to party!

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The display at the entrance to the World Showcase has also arrived! We love that Donald is always so angry.

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We noticed some exterior work was being done over at the Imagination! Pavilion. We’ll definitely be keeping an eye on this.

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A new merchandise kiosk has opened at the former home of Agent P’s Recruitment Center.

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Along with the merchandise kiosk came these adorable new topiaries! They’re both ready to help build something!

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These topiaries are too cool! Along with Pluto and Chip & Dale, Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy are ready to work on a project!

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Miss Piggy and Kermit have also arrived to EPCOT to have some fun. Could Miss Piggy be any more fabulous?

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Our friends from the Hundred Acre Wood have also come to join in the fun. Total #squadgoals.

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While walking through France, we noticed that people threw their trash onto this festival register. This is so unnecessary and disgusting. Please use a trash can!

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Remy is cooking up something delicious in his new garden!

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You can make his signature Ratatouille if you follow this handy recipe!

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The extensive pavement work continues in the France pavilion.

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If you’re missing EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, fear not! Plenty of merchandise from the festival was still available throughout the park.

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During our trip around the park today we found both the festival map and passport! You can take a look inside of both here.

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There was also some action happening on the roof of Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. We should be seeing solar panels installed on these tracks soon.

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The restrooms on the east side of Spaceship Earth reopened today. This change also caused a new walkway to open, featuring new construction wall art from “Big Hero 6”.

That wraps up our day at EPCOT! We can practically all of the delicious food that will be debuting tomorrow!