Showing posts with label International Flower and Garden Festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International Flower and Garden Festival. Show all posts

Happiest Place on Earth

Monday, May 28, 2012 - 
I know, I know. After the last time, I promised I would be around more. I guess life got away from me once again. With a trip to Vegas for work, followed by long days of playing catch up at work before leaving again for vacation, time got away from me.

When time gets away from you, sometimes one just needs to get away themselves. And this vacation that hubs and I had planned to continue the 30th celebration couldn't have come at a better time. We had scheduled a great vacation of a few casual days on Disney property, followed by our first ever Disney cruise aboard the Magic ship, then a few more days at the parks before heading back home.

Not that I need to tell you that I adore Disney. But I was really looking forward to this for a variety of reasons. Those first few days really were just what I needed. We spent our first day flying to Orlando (hubs worked in the am) and picking up our rental before checking into the hotel. We really wanted a casual night to kick off our vacation. Plus, a movie that I had been wanting to see, Dark Shadows, just opened in the theaters. We made our way to Downtown Disney and had a casual movie date night, while taking in the sights and sounds of the vacation destination.

The next day, we spent sometime in Magic Kingdom, with a quick jaunt to Fort Wilderness for lunch at Trail's End (you can read more about that over at City Nom Noms).


A relaxing afternoon followed by dinner in Epcot was just the day I needed to kick start our vacation. We were lucky to see the Flower & Garden Festival once again this year. It amazes me to what they can do with all the flowers, not to mention the great photo spots that become available.


The next day, we got up and started to casually make our way to Port Canaveral to board our cruise. More to come on that. Here's a hint - it was amazing!

Disney's International Flower & Garden Festival - Part 2

Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 
Future world had some great flowers, but I really loved all the flowers from the World Showcase - the characters matched the country so it made it a little bit more fun to me.  Here they are:
Outside of Norway - fun troll!

Panda's in China


The Lion King characters in the 'South African' region
Snow White and the infamous 7 in Germany
Not made out of flowers, but Tangled was represented during the festival in Germany as well
Lady & the Tramp - Italy
Aladdin in Morocco

Beauty, Belle & the Crew in France
The princesses were between France and the United Kingdom.  All were beautiful - was happy to see them!

Disney's International Flower & Garden Festival - Part I

Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 
On the first day of our vacay, hubs and I made our way to Epcot to see the International Flower & Garden Festival.  I've never been to the event, so was happy to make it for the first time.

For those who haven't been to Epcot, there are essentially two different areas - Future World and the World Showcase.  Future World has the rides that focus on space and technology - the image of the future (or the image of what we thought the future would be like back in the day!)   Here is a recap of some of the floral artwork in Future World!