Disney Park and Resort Photo Updates

3/2/10 Epcot Flower and Garden Festival Preview, Magic Kingdom Photo Update

Hi everyone!

It was a great day yesterday at the parks, warm with a beautiful blue sky – perfect for taking photos of the ongoing preparations for the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival.  It’s hard to believe it opens tomorrow!  They’ve had some challenges with the weather, but the horticulturists have really done a wonderful job of getting everything in place.

I’ve already done a number of updates with photos of the Festival taking shape, and by the weekend I plan to post a full photo essay on it once opened! (hopefully Wednesday night after the Festival).

Starting at the Canada pavilion in World Showcase:

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A worker was on top of World Showplace:

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Heading into the United Kingdom, where the Twinings Tea Truck and the teacups used in the Tea Garden have now been put into place.  Peter Pan, Captain Hook and Tick Tock are close to the Yorkshire County Fish and Chips:

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Cinderella and Prince Charming on the way to France:

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Sleeping Beauty and Prince Phillip:

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Fragrance Garden at the France pavilion:

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A plant waits for a description:

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Belle came out to pose with guests near the Beauty and the Beast topiaries.  These consist of Belle and the Beast, Mrs. Potts and Chips, Cogsworth, Lumiere:

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We asked Belle if she could pose between the topiaries:

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Aladdin in Morocco:

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The shops have been stocking merchandise:

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Flower Power concert sign:

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American Gardens Theater:

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Flowers are very bright around Mickey and Minnie at the American Adventure:

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Snow White was ready for guests.

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The Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs topiary display is next.

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In China, the shop is still taking shape:

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Mulan:

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We are passing stores on the right, coming up on the toparies and flower quilt:

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The Gothic Mickey and Minnie topiaries look to Spaceship Earth.

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An EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival shop ready to open.

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Heading towards the playground with Fantasia characters:

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The new topiary to promote the film “Oceans”.

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Looking over at the Imagination pavilion:

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The Butterfly Tent is intermingled with Pixie Hollow this year, you can see Fawn and Rosetta (the latter is getting watered by gardening):

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The Princess Tiana display is called “Princess Tiana’s Wedding Bayou”:

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There are also two new picnic tables nearby:

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Looking towards the Butterfly tent, and you can get a glimpse of Terance:

 

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It looks like something will be placed in front of the Festival Center:

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There is a new exhibit in Innoventions called “Take a Nanooze Break:

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Nearby there is an area where you can make your own paper – I’ve not seen this before.  It only takes a few minutes, and the paper is stamped with Jiminy Cricket:

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Flowers are springing up around the giraffes:

 

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Outside the ticket gate area:

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At the TTC, the monorail exit roof is being worked on:

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The Muppets have taken over where Alice in Wonderland had a display at the Emporium:

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Walls are up at Pooh (which is still open):

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The roof at the Liberty Tree Tavern is still being worked on:

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Splash Mountain is open again:

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Main Street’s Uptown Jewelers has turned the back of it’s store into a mini Trend-E type boutique:

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The Polynesian Resort has roofwork going on at several of the longhouses:

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From the monorail:

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Walking back through Epcot one last time, we saw some turtles swimming, a birds nest as well as a new placement of the elephant topiary:

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Check back here – hopefully I’ll have it up tomorrow night – for coverage of the opening day of the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival!