2/21 Epcot Flower & Garden Festival 2013 Preview as Topiaries Begin Arriving, Including Lady & Tramp

This is a new area for Captain Hook and Tick Tock Croc, in front of the restrooms in England.

 

 

Next up is Victoria Gardens in Canada. Bambi, Thumper and Flower topiaries have often been outside of the pavilion, before they were placed in the butterfly tent. Now that the fairies are taking that over the tent, I hope the Bambi gang will be back!

 

 

 

I went to the Land of Oz to see what was new – and the main thing that has been added (it was installed yesterday) is the photo op for Oz the Great and Powerful. I don't know if it will be like this every day, but guests had to go through the games to access it when I was there.

 

 

The Yorkshire County Fish Shop had a line when I passed by it the first time, but none when I was heading out – so I ordered a side of chips for the walk. These are the best fries we've found anywhere at Disney (I don't eat the regular Disney french fries).

 

 

This was a shot I took of the Dolphin Resort from the Boardwalk – I love the views here!

 

 

 

I can't wait for the opening day of the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival! It's the 20th anniversary of this amazing event. We will be there to cover it all day on March 6th, but expect a few updates before then. We will have a video up tomorrow from my visit today – subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest! We'll be crossing 15 million views this month, and our Mousesteps Weekly YouTube show episodes are now cumulatively over 100,000 views.