2016 Flower & Garden Festival at EPCOT in Walt Disney World

Ring in spring at the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival! From Take in enchanting topiaries, garner gardening tips and savor seasonal foods from the Outdoor Kitchens at World Showcase.

Discover dazzling gardens, high-energy entertainment, family fun and more at this spectacular springtime event.

New culinary creations at the festival’s Outdoor Kitchens will introduce fresh variety and flavor to the offerings at a record 13 festival kiosks surrounding the World Showcase Promenade. This year, La Isla Fresca takes your Clients to the Caribbean for authentic bites, including Jamaican Braised Beef with Pigeon-Pea Rice and Jerk-Spiced Grouper or Chicken with Mango Salsa. And, at the new Cider House, a Field Greens salad with greens harvested at The Land pavilion, heirloom apples, Stilton cheese and dried blueberries will pair well with blueberry hard cider from Plant City, Florida.

At the park entrance, the first-ever Huey, Dewey and Louie topiaries will feature floral interpretations of Donald’s mischievous nephews inspired by the 1943 Donald Duck comic book called “The Victory Garden.”

A new hands-on Harmony Gardens musical playground will debut featuring Disney’s Fab Five topiaries of “band leader” Mickey Mouse, as well as Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Pluto and Donald Duck. With the playground’s interactive drums, chimes and xylophones, kids can create their own musical sounds.

And, as in previous years, each weekend at the Festival Center, your Clients can dig in for a complimentary hands-on Gardening Seminar experience as they get tips from experts on a broad range of topics.

Plus, the Garden Rocks concert series returns with music spanning four decades. Here’s the lineup (subject to change without notice):
~ March 4-6 - The Orchestra starring former members of ELO "Evil Woman"
~ March 11-13 - Starship starring Mickey Thomas "We Built This City"
~ March 18-20 - Little River Band "Reminiscing"
~ March 25-27 - Village People "Y.M.C.A."
~ April 1-3 - Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone "I'm Henry the VIII, I Am"
~ April 8-10 - The Guess Who "American Woman"
~ April 15-17 - Blood, Sweat & Tears featuring Bo Bice "Spinning Wheel"
~ April 22-24 - Brian Howe, former lead singer of Bad Company "Can't Get Enough"
~ April 29-May 1 - Georgia Satellites "Keep Your Hands to Yourself"
~ May 6-8 - Gin Blossoms "Hey Jealousy"
~ May 13-15 - Darlene Love "Wait 'Til My Bobby Gets Home"
~ May 20-22 - Night Ranger "Sister Christian"
~ May 27-30 (Monday) - The Spinners "Working My Way Back to You"

With so much to see and do, you can return to the festival again and again… and find something new each time!

Walking Distances at Walt Disney World

Have you ever wondered how many miles you walk at Disney World?

Everyone has a different experience depending on what they go and see but below you will see the distances for each Theme Park at Walt Disney World if you walked around the perimeter of each park.

Magic Kingdom

2.17 Miles / 3.49 Kilometers

The walking distance at the Magic Kingdom is 2.17 Miles / 3.49 Kilometers. The walking path above on the map shows a start position at the entrance. It then moves through the following lands in the following order: Main Street U.S.A., Tomorrowland U.S.A., Liberty Square, Frontierland, Adventureland and then finishes were it started at the entrance in Main Street U.S.A.

EPCOT

2.78 Miles / 4.47 Kilometers

The walking distance at the EPCOT is 2.78 Miles / 4.47 Kilometers. The walking path above on the map shows a start position at the entrance. It then moves through the following lands in the following order: Future World, Future World East, World Showcase (Starting at mexico), Future World West and ending at the entrance in Future World.

Hollywood Studios

1.39 Miles / 2.23 Kilometers

The walking distance at the Hollywood Studios is 1.39 Miles / 2.23 Kilometers. The walking path above on the map shows a start position at the entrance. It then moves through the following lands in the following order: Hollywood Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Animation Courtyard, Pixar Place, Streets of America, Echo Lake and then finishes where it started at the entrance on Hollywood Boulevard.

Animal Kingdom

2.27 Miles / 3.65 Kilometers

The walking distance at the Animal Kingdom is 2.27Miles / 3.65 Kilometers. The walking path above on the map shows a start position at the entrance. It then moves through the following lands in the following order: Oasis, Discovery Island, Dinoland U.S.A., Asia, Africa, Discovery Island, Camp Minnie Mickey, Discovery Island and then finishes where it started at the entrance at the Oasis.

Disney Springs

1.83 Miles / 2.94 Kilometers

The walking distance at the Disney Springs is 1.83Miles / 2.94 Kilometers. The walking path above on the map shows a start position down near where the buses drop you off. It then moves through all of Downtown Disney to complete other side where La Nouba by Cirque du Soleil is at just passed Disneyquest. Then ends back by the busses where it began. Regardless of where you start and stop in this loop if you travel through all of Downtown Disney and end where you started from this would be the approximate distance you would walk if you did not go in any shops.

New live entertainment debuts at Epcot's Canada Pavilion in WDW

Epcot's Canada Pavilion welcomed a new entertainment act on January 15th, 2016 - TradNation.

Celebrating Quebec's rich heritage of music, TradNation is a 5 piece band, performing traditional songs and step-dance in a 20 minute show.

You can see the band Wednesday through to Sunday's, with several shows per day on the Mill Stage