The Garden of Twelve Friends in Shanghai Disneyland represents the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac as classic Disney characters, and now at EPCOT, guests can take a memento of the Garden of Twelve Friends home with them. The park is now home to a new collection of pressed pennies featuring each of the Twelve Friends. The pressed penny machine can be found in the House of Good Fortune shop inside the China Pavillion.
The twelve animals include Remy the Rat, Babe the Ox, Tigger in place for a tiger, Thumper the Rabbit, Mushu the Dragon, Kaa the Snake, Abu the Monkey, Alan-a-Dale the Rooster, Pluto the Dog, Hamm the Pig, Maximus the Horse, and the Lambs from Mary Poppins’ Jolly Holiday sequence.
Each penny is pressed on-site for $1 each. Or for $10, guests can get a whole set at once.
Placards and a display can be found in the Shanghai Disneyland exhibit inside the Temple of Heaven, which also houses “Reflections of China”. These share more information to guests unfamiliar with the Garden of Twelve Friends.
The garden as it appears in Shanghai Disneyland. Each fresco is a beautiful hand-laid mosaic.
Are you excited to get the Garden of the Twelve Friends pressed penny collection? Let us know in the comments below. And to see more like this, check out a deep dive from the pre-opening of the Garden of Twelve friends or an overview of the Gardens of Imagination in a trip report, or see what else is new at EPCOT.