When Walt Disney World first added HGTV stars to the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival a few years ago, the line between that popular annual event and the park?s Flower and Garden Festival began to blur. This year Disney takes a giant step further in almost combining these two happenings by adding a Garden Marketplace throughout the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, offering unique food and drinks around the World Showcase promenade.
It all takes place daily March 6 ? May 19, 2013, included with Epcot park admission. Among amazing topiaries and gardens, the new food-and-beverage Garden Marketplaces will add taste to the sensory experience of attending this event. A total of 11 marketplaces will show off unique flavors in a familiar format to anyone who has attended the Food and Wine Festival.
The menu includes marketplaces like Smokehouse Barbecue and Brew?at American Adventure courtyard, Florida Fresh, Primavera Kitchen?at Italy, and Hanami at Japan. But the most popular items may very well be the drinks, particularly the alcoholic options, with the stand out being a twist on a Magic Kingdom and Disneyland fan favorite: Dole Whip with Spiced Rum.
Here?s a sampling of other options that will be available:
Fresh Waterkist Farms Heirloom Tomatoes are paired with house-made Mozzarella, Minus 8 Vinegar and fresh Basil to create a mouth-watering dish at The Cottage: Savories, Trifles and Tea garden marketplace by the United Kingdom Pavilion.
The new Florida Fresh garden marketplace features Shrimp and Stone Ground Grits with Andouille Sausage, fresh Zellwood Corn, Tomatoes and Cilantro.
Florida Fresh garden marketplace also melds fresh flavors to offer Watermelon Salad with pickled Red Onions, Baby Arugula, Feta Cheese and Balsamic Reduction.
Garden gnome Mickey Mouse, nestled in a bed of berry plants at Epcot, eyes a sweet dish ? Angel Food Cake with macerated Florida Berries ? to be featured at the new Florida Fresh garden marketplace.
Savory goodness of a Pulled Pig Slider with Cole Slaw will be featured at The Smokehouse: Barbecue and Brews marketplace in The American Adventure Courtyard.
And what of the drinks?
Fresh fruits, herbs and veggies inspire a menu of cocktails and non-alcoholic ?mocktails? for guests, such as the Chilled Rose Blush Lemonade (The Cottage marketplace near UK pavilion), Frozen Desert Violet Lemonade (Pineapple Promenade marketplace) and Strawberry Slush (Florida Fresh marketplace).
There?s also a Watermelon Passion Fruit Cocktail, Orange Blossom Pilsner (both Florida Fresh marketplace) and Blueberry Blue wine (Fruits by the Glass marketplace).
Florida watermelon and sugar cane make a statement as ingredients in the Watermelon Passion Fruit Cocktail served with Cane Vodka from Florida Distillery LLC featured at the Florida Fresh garden marketplace.
Heading the teams creating and installing the marketplaces are Beverage Manager Marianne Hunnel, Epcot Executive Chef Jens Dahlmann and Festival Horticulture Manager Eric Darden.
Beyond the food and drink offerings, a variety of new experiences will also be included in the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival this year:
Throughout the 75-day garden party, festival surprises will include new topiaries, children?s play areas, HGTV celebrity designers, daily hands-on gardening seminars and a Festival Center packed with events, as well as top Flower Power rockers of the 1960s and ?70s performing.
Every Friday through Sunday, HGTV design celebrities will host Festival Center seminars.? During opening weekend, March 8-10, Chris Lambton of ?Going Yard? will appear; other designers scheduled to take the stage include David Bromstad of ?Color Splash? and Meg Caswell of ?Meg?s Great Rooms.?
More festival highlights include:
- ?Monsters University? topiary:? Floral representations of Mike and Sully from the hit Disney-Pixar film ?Monsters, Inc.? and stars of Disney-Pixar?s June 2013 release, ?Monsters University,? will join the festivities as new topiary family members.??On the Future World Walkway
- Phineas and Ferb topiary:? The popular Disney Channel animated celebs limit their shenanigans to go green for a family photo-op.??Behind Spaceship Earth
- ?Radiator Springs? interactive play zone:? Race car Lightning McQueen and tow truck ?Mater? of the Disney-Pixar film ?Cars 2? will be the well-maintained topiary stars of this play area.??On the Test Track Walkway
- Flower Power Firsts:??1970s top disco band The Village People (April 19-21) and 1960s singer-songwriter Tommy Roe (May 3-5) bring on the Flower Power beat when they take the concert stage. ?At America Gardens Theatre
- Tinker Bell?s Butterfly House: Eight fanciful fairy topiaries of Pixie Hollow, including Tinker Bell, Fawn, Vidia and Terrence, take over the Butterfly House this year where hundreds of colorful winged beauties flit to life.??On the Imagination Walkway
In all, more than 100 topiaries, 240 floating mini-gardens, dozens of flower towers and sweeping beds of multi-colored blooms will add floral splendor to the park landscape. Speaking of ?flower power,? the Flower Power concert series kicks off March 6-10 with Micky Dolenz (?I?m a Believer?) and continues each weekend with pop favorites including:
March 15-17: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Chubby Checker & The Wildcats
March 22-24: ? ? ? ? ? ? The Guess Who
March 29-31: ? ? ? ? ? ? Nelson
April 5-7:??????????????????? The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie
April 12-14:??????????????? Paul Revere & the Raiders
April 19-21:??????????????? The Village People (new!)
April 26-28:??????????????? The Orchestra, Featuring Former Members of ELO and ELO II
May 3-5:???????????????????? Tommy Roe (new!)
May 10-12:???????????????? Herman?s Hermits starring Peter Noone
May 17-19:???????????????? Starship starring Mickey Thomas.
More information can be found on the official Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival web site: www.EpcotinSpring.com.
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