2/23 Epcot Photo Update as Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival 2010 Nears

Hi everyone!

We had a wonderful, warm day yesterday (it willl be back to cooler temps tomorrow) and we spent a few hours between the Magic Kingdom and Epcot. Today’s update will feature Epcot and the continuing of the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival construction.

View from the monorail:

Entering into Epcot:

Stitch greets guests:

The Timon topiary is now finished:

More flowers have been added to the Lion King topiary:

Elephant topiary:

The UK pavilion now has a “twinned” town – Swindon, UK. (Swindon was mentioned in the British Version of “The Office” when the Swindon branch was downsized):

The Northwest Mercantile in Canada was closed:

Canada:

A display being worked on at Canada:

A variety of characters were at the International Gateway, including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Lady Tremaine and the Country Bears:

The Fragrance Garden in France:

A Hops building under construction:

The American Gardens Theater:

Goofy, Donald, Pluto, as well as Mickey and Minnie are now part of the topiary displays at the America pavilion. There are also some plants in the area around the shop:

Work being done on Naples 45 in Italy (taken from the American Adventure):

One side of this park-like area in World Showcase is green, the other is being set up (I am guessing for a playground, though I’m not sure):

China pavilion shop being constructed:

The playground area near Imagination, along with the flower quilt (and you can see a group of Disney Event Services touring the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival topiaries in one photo):