Tuesday April 9th 2024

This afternoon I visited Disney’s EPCOT. The International Flower and Garden Festival is in full swing. It began at the end of February and runs through the end of May. I left this area for north central Florida before it started this year. This is my first visit to the International Flower and Garden Festival for 2024.

The Flower and Garden Festival is my favorite EPCOT festival. All of the brightly colored flower blossoms transform the park. The open areas are transformed into a symphony of color. In addition to the flower beds, EPCOT gardeners present intricate topiaries of Disney characters. This year I saw a couple of new ones and old ones enhanced in new areas. The butterfly house also seemed to be a larger or at least different shaped tent this year.

I got to the park at 4PM with the intent of seeing some of the International Flower and Garden Festival, riding a few rides and having Fish and Chips for Dinner in the UK pavilion. For the most part, my visit went as planned. I wandered around the front part of the park checking out the topiaries and flower beds. The park wasn’t busy so I was able to walk onto several rides including Living with the Land, Soarin and the Seas with Nemo.

Once it was time for supper I mobile ordered my Fish and Chips from the Yorkshire County Fish shop. It was ready by the time I walked to the UK pavilion. The fish and chips is usually great, but tonight my serving had a little too much greasy batter on the fish. There was about as much crispy greasy batter as there was fish. I ended up eating the fish out of the batter with a fork, but the whole meal seemed to just sit in my stomach. My energy for exploring the park waned with the heavy meal. I was back at my RV home by 7:30. EPCOT will still be there another day.