{"id":3881,"date":"2016-12-18T18:43:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T00:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/?p=3881"},"modified":"2016-12-18T18:43:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T00:43:11","slug":"epcot-international-flower-garden-festival-returns-in-2017-with-new-outdoor-kitchens-topiaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/?p=3881","title":{"rendered":"Epcot International Flower &#038; Garden Festival Returns in 2017 with New Outdoor Kitchens &#038; Topiaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/?attachment_id=3882\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3882\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3882 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dtnemail-Epcot_Flower___Garden-61564-300x169.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dtnemail-Epcot_Flower___Garden-61564-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dtnemail-Epcot_Flower___Garden-61564.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 6-foot-tall topiary Figment balancing on a floral ball will be just one of the firsts that will delight you during this spring\u2019s Epcot\u00ae International Flower &amp; Garden Festival at Walt Disney World\u00ae Resort. Ninety days of bright blooms and whimsical creations for all of the senses begin March 1, 2017.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Daisy and Pluto will greet you at the front entrance of Epcot in a new topiary garden inspired by a vintage Walt Disney short film. Belle from the Oscar-winning Disney film \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d is getting a major topiary makeover, joining Snow White, Elsa and Anna as the next-generation \u201cprincess\u201d topiary. In the \u201cCars\u201d-themed interactive play garden: a new character topiary from the upcoming June 2017 release of \u201cCars 3\u201d will join the gang.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a little extra inspiration, you can take advantage of the expanded operating hours of the Festival Center opening week, Wednesday, March 1 to Sunday, March 5, and pop into a gardening seminar or DIY workshop. During the remaining weeks of the Festival, the center will be open Friday through Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>You can also sample a wide variety of tasty dishes, desserts and specialty sips at 13 enticing stations \u2013 including two new Outdoor Kitchens \u2013 sprinkled throughout World Showcase. Then, you can grab a seat when performers rock America Gardens Theatre stage four days a week. The Garden Rocks concert series will run Friday through Monday, with three concerts a night.<\/p>\n<p>The Epcot International Flower &amp; Garden Festival runs March 1 to May 29, 2017. More details coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/waltdisneyworld\">Walt Disney World information pages<\/a> for vacation package options then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/contactus.html\">contact us<\/a> to book your trip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 6-foot-tall topiary Figment balancing on a floral ball will be just one of the firsts that will delight you during this spring\u2019s Epcot\u00ae International Flower &amp; Garden Festival at Walt Disney World\u00ae Resort. Ninety days of bright blooms and whimsical creations for all of the senses begin March 1, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[494,507],"tags":[98,207,32],"class_list":["post-3881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disney","category-walt-disney-world","tag-epcot","tag-epcot-international-flower-garden-festival","tag-walt-disney-world"],"fifu_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3883,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3881\/revisions\/3883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}