Hold Up. Did You Know About This EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival SECRET?!

The EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival is underway and we are REALLY enjoying it!

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We spent the first day of the festival getting photos of ALL the cool new merchandise, eating ALL the food (so much food, y’all), and checking out the festival entertainment. One of our favorite parts of this festival, though, id the gorgeous displays of topiaries throughout EPCOT — these plant-based works of art always wow. However, one of this year’s NEW topiaries, showed us its SHINING secret last night!

This year, six NEW character topiaries made their debut at the festival. One of those topiaries is the Wish topiary, which features Asha, Star, and Valentino from Disney’s most recent animated movie. The topiaries are surrounded by mushrooms and other plants.

‘Wish’ topiary in EPCOT

Just like in the movie, Asha is looking up to the stars to guide her — well, one particular star. Little did we know, though, that THIS Star has a secret. Once the sun sets and the lights go down in EPCOT, this star GLOWS. Yep, this year, Disney gave us a glowing topiary.

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So if you find yourself in EPCOT during the Flower & Garden Festival, be sure to check out this fun topiary at night! As we said, this display has three of six NEW topiaries joining the festival this year. You can also see topiaries featuring Groot…

Groot!

…and Miguel and Dante from Coco.

Miguel and Dante from “Coco”!

Here are ALL the topiaries at the festival and where to find them:

Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy – NEW! – World Discovery – Near Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Buzz Lightyear – World Discovery – Near Mission: SPACE
Woody, Bo Peep and Her Sheep – World Nature – Between Imagination! and The Land Pavilion
Simba and Friends (Rafiki, Simba, Mufasa, and Sarabi) – World Nature – Near The Land Pavilion
Pumbaa and Timon – World Nature – Near The Land Pavilion
Goofy – Rosewalk

Woody and Bo Peep topiaries

Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Chip, Dale, and Pluto – Bridge to World Showcase
Encanto (Mirabel, Antonio, Isabela and Luisa) – World Showcase
Coco (Miguel and Dante) – NEW! – World Showcase – Mexico Pavilion
Anna and Elsa – World Showcase – Norway Pavilion
Troll – World Showcase – Norway Pavilion
Pandas – World Showcase – China Pavilion
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – World Showcase – Germany Pavilion
Lady and the Tramp – World Showcase – Italy Pavilion
Tiana – World Showcase – The American Adventure Pavilion
Dragon – World Showcase – Japan Pavilion Near Torii Gate

Troll topiary at the Norway pavilion

Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy – World Showcase – Between France and Morocco Pavilions
Beauty and the Beast – World Showcase – France Pavilion
Lumiere and Cogsworth – World Showcase – France Pavilion
Butterfly and Flower Towers – World Showcase – International Gateway
Winnie the Pooh and Friends (Rabbit, Eeyore, Piglet, and Tigger) – World Showcase – United Kingdom Pavilion
Tinker Bell’s Fairy House Garden – World Showcase – United Kingdom Pavilion
Peter Pan, Captain Hook, and Tick Tock Croc – World Showcase – Between United Kingdom and Canada Pavilions
Geese – World Showcase – Canada Pavilion

The EPCOT Flower & Garden festival runs through May 27th. Stay tuned to DFB for more!

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