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Epcot has some of the world’s most beautiful, flavorful, and inspiring festivals, including the International Flower and Garden Festival – pun intended! We’ve already shared how much we love the Festival of the Arts at Epcot, but another festival we try not to miss is the International Flower and Garden Festival.
This year, the festival was in full bloom from March 1 – July 5, 2023, and we attended from May 31 to June 1, 2023. like always, it was HOT but so worth it! Epcot festivals are included in the entry price of your Epcot admission ticket, but the food price is not included.
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The Epcot Flower and Garden Festival features gorgeous and elaborate Disney character topiaries, exhibits, gardens, and Festival-themed outdoor kitchens all around the park for delicious food, desserts, and drinks. One of my favorite events is to walk the entire park, taking photos while eating and drinking around the World Showcase! Check out my photos from the 2023 event!
Have you ever heard of people drinking (and eating) around the world at Disney? That’s at the World Showcase! Epcot’s World Showcase has eleven permanent countries centered around a beautiful lagoon. During festivals such as Food and Wine, they add dozens of food and drink stands throughout the showcase.
What are the eleven countries represented in Epcot?
Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, Italy, the United States, Japan, Morocco, France, the United Kingdom, and Canada are the permanent countries in Epcot at Walt Disney World.
The Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival is one of our favorite festivals to attend, and thankfully, this year was no exception- wonderful (and delicious)! We loved the newest topiaries for 2023, featuring Encanto and The Princess and the Frog, along with many other classics. Enjoy even more photos; I couldn’t stop snapping pictures- I love every detail.
How does the Food and Wine Festival work?
Upon entering Epcot for any Festival, you want to grab a “passport” and look through the menus. Once you know the items you’d like to try, start walking! The Epcot loop is about 1.2 miles, and we usually walk around it at least twice to see all the options and work off some of the calories. We always start in Mexico – yes, we are those people! (Unless we come in the back entrance, it’s France!)
Hot Tip: Go into the Port of Entry gift shops or the official Festival gift shops, buy a wristband gift card, and load it up with funds. Most items are $5-15 at the stands, and it’s super easy to order and scan your wristband gift card instead of pulling out cash or swiping a credit card dozens of times – plus, you can set a budget much easier!
Each stand will also have a menu to show you the items and pricing with ingredients. Plus, there are some photos of the food and drinks. Next, you stand in line to place your order, get your receipt, then hand it to a lovely cast member, and they give you the food when it’s ready. Your next step is to find a table (or a trash can- IYKYK) and enjoy it! Don’t forget to snap a photo, as the food and drink are usually worthy of an image. Then, at night’s end, it helps you remember what you tried. Plus, you can mark it off on your passport! Enjoy the following photos from all the years we have been attending!
Flower and Garden Festival 2022 bloomed from March 2 – July 4, 2022. Luckily, we attended the weekend of our Annual Passholder Cosmic Rewind preview on May 20 and 21, and we’re blessed with an overcast sky and slightly cooler temperatures with very little rain. That’s not usually the case, so we were very excited!
Most of the stands are smaller portions or very shareable. Two or more people can sample dozens of different culinary creations. We usually attend the festival two times during its run and make an effort to try new things each time. That is how we can successfully fill out our passports!
We’ve been attending this festival for several years now, and while many of the topiaries are the same each year- they do move them around, add new ones, embellish them, and change up the food and drink kiosks to keep it interesting- here are some of my favorite assorted photos and memories from years past. I will always cherish bringing my parents to the festival and teaching them the ways of a Disney Festival!
I highly suggest attending this festival at least once, but if you like creative food and drinks plus beautiful landscaping and, of course, All things DISNEY – this festival will become an addiction every year! You have been warned!
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Amazing pictures Brittany!! Thanks for sharing!
I love your pictures. This year at Flower and Garden is probably the first time I didn’t take a million pictures. Our next. Trip is in 2 weeks. °●°