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A Beginner’s Guide to the 2021 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival

The 2021 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival will be from March 3,-July 5, 2021.

*Photo by Tom Bricker,* www.DisneyTouristBlog.com

I have actually been to Epcot during the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival and it is amazing!

You might be asking yourself Izzy, what is the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival? The Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival is an event where you will see some crazy good gardening work that makes plants look like Disney characters!

There will be 17 Outdoor Kitchens. Those are food booths that have Festival themed food and drinks.

Entertainment this year will include Jammin’ Gardeners at the Canada Mill Stage, Voices of Liberty at the America Gardens Theater, Mariachi Cobre who will also be at the America Gardens Theater, and a pianist in the World Showcase.

The Spike’s Pollen Nation Exploration is coming back this year! Spike, the Disney honeybee, has been pollinating all around the festivals and you can follow Spike’s trail. You can buy a map and stickers for $7.99 and fill the map while you search for which plants Spike has pollinated. Once your done, you can go to Disney Traders or World Traveler for a special prize!

Starting March 19, 2021 the Egg-Stravaganza Scavenger Hunt will start. You can buy a map and stickers for $7.99 and look for Disney character eggs all throughout the World Showcase. When you’re done don’t forget to go to Disney Traders for a special surprise!

The Goodness Garden Butterfly House Presented by GoGo Squeez will let you visit butterflies.

Also, the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival has special Festival merchandise so be sure to check that out.

I hope this guide helped you learn more about the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival!

How Disney World Will Be Celebrating Disney World’s 50th Anniversary

Starting October 1, 2021 Disney World will celebrate Disney World’s 50th anniversary.

Photo belongs to the Walt Disney World Company.

It will be called The World’s Most Magical Celebration. It’s such a big deal that Disney has created a new word, EARidescence. That word is to describe what you will see when you visit.

Cinderella’s Castle will get a makeover. It will have golden bunting and a 50th anniversary crest. Cinderella’s Castle will have pixie dust also.

New touches are coming to life at Hollywood Tower Hotel in Hollywood Studios.

Over at Animal Kingdom, fireflies will be at the Tree of Life.

In Epcot, lights will shine across the reflective panels of Spaceship Earth connecting to each other and resembling stars in the night sky. This will stay in Epcot even after the celebration.

Mickey and Minnie Mouse will even have new outfits. The outfits will be made out of custom made fashions of EARidescent fabric with gold highlights. I love their new outfits!

This celebration will be for 18 months. Yes, you heard that correctly! I’ll keep you updated in case we get more information about Disney World’s 50th Anniversary celebration!

This Is How Disney World Is Celebrating Black History Month

February is Black History Month, so Disney World is celebrating! Keep on reading to see how Disney World Resorts and Disney Springs are celebrating Black History Month.

Disney Springs is celebrating soulfully with art displays, special food, and more.

Do you like art? Well, then you are going to be happy to know that there are now four new art displays in Disney Springs! All four were inspired by the movie Soul on Disney+. The art displays were made by Black artists Bee Harris, Bianca Pastel, Arrington Porter, and Cory Van Lew. The art displays are the artists’ interpretation of the movie Soul.

On Sundays, Mondays, and Thursday evenings each week musicians are performing jazz music. Disney Springs is calling Sunday Smooth Sunday, Monday is Motown Monday, and Thursday is Jazz Thursday.

Disney Springs has special food available! At Amorette’s Patisserie you can get special desserts inspired by the movie Soul. Walt Disney Animation Studios has food inspired by The Princess and the Frog movie.

Disney Resort hotels are doing a Movies Under the Stars event all February long! This is free for guests staying at Disney Resorts. You can sit outside and watch movies celebrating Black culture like The Princess and the Frog.

The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure opened in Epcot on February 1, 2021. It will stay open beyond the end of the month. The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure is an exhibit that shows historic artifacts of famous jazz musicians and teaches you more about jazz.

If you are in Disney World make sure to go to Disney Springs, Epcot, and a Disney Resort hotel to celebrate Black History Month!

Park Hours Have Been Extended In Mid February

First, park hours were extended in the last week of January and now they are being extended in mid February!

Magic Kingdom will remain open until 7 pm during the week and 8, 9, or 10 pm on the weekends. During the last week of February, Magic Kingdom will return to being open from 9 am-6 pm.

In Epcot, the park will be open until 8 pm during the week. Epcot will be open from 11 am-9 or 10 pm during the weekend.

Hollywood Studios will be open from 9 am-7 pm each day.

Finally, we have Animal Kingdom! Animal Kingdom will open at 8 am. This park will remain open until 6 pm on February 6th, until 7 pm on February 20th, and open until 8 pm on February 13th, 14th, and 15th.

Have fun staying at Disney World later in the day!

All Four Disney World Parks Are Getting Extended Hours

All four Disney World parks are getting extended hours in the last week of January! (January 24,-30, 2021.) That means you can stay in the Disney World parks later.

Magic Kingdom’s hours will be 9 am-7pm. Before, you could only stay in Magic Kingdom from 9 am-6 pm.

Epcot’s hours will be 11 am-8 pm. Right now, the park closes at 7 pm.

Hollywood Studios will be open from 9 am to 7 pm. Hollywood Studios currently opens at 10 am.

Animal Kingdom’s hours will be 8 am-5 pm. Right now, Animal Kingdom opens at 9 am. On January 24th and 30th though, Animal Kingdom will be open from 8 am to 6 pm.

If you are going to Disney World in the last week of January, you are very lucky!

A Beginner’s Guide To The 2021 Epcot International Festival of the Arts

This year the 2021 Epcot International Festival of the Arts will be from January 8- February 22, 2021. This is actually the fifth year!

All around the World Showcase there will be booths with festival foods. You can also buy over 100 Disney or guest artist art work. These works of art will be on display around the World Showcase. You will find guest artists around the park creating art in front of you.

Do you like scavenger hunts? Well, you should try the searching for Figment scavenger hunt at Epcot!

The Epcot International Festival of the Arts will have a lot of entertainment such as the JAMMitors, Mariachi Cobre, and the Voices of Liberty.

You will be able to step inside paintings with photo locations all around Epcot.

Paint By Number lets you do paint-by number murals. This turns into a big master piece!

If you are going to see Epcot’s International Festival of the Arts then you have a lot to look forward to!

Izzy’s Top Five Must Get Snacks At Disney World

Disney World is home to some amazing snacks! Here is a list of five snacks in Disney World I think you should definitely try. All of these snacks are 5 Mickey Bars.

5. I really enjoyed the Tiger Tail Chocolate Twist at Isle of Java. As soon as you bite into this treat you get a mouthful of chocolate. The outside has orange and brown frosting. I think you should try the Tiger Tail Twist while you are in Animal Kingdom.

4. The crepes in the France pavilion are really good! What is really cool about these crepes is as soon as you order your crepes they start making them. Last time I went to Disney World, I had the chocolate crepe. When I bit into it, it was still hot. You can get different flavor crepes at Crêpes des Chefs de France .

3. School Bread is a delicious snack in the Norway pavilion. School Bread is a sweet roll with a custard filling and dipped in coconut. School Bread is amazing! You can find this treat at Kringla Bakeri og Kafe .

2. You should get the Dole Whip! A Dole Whip is a pineapple soft serve ice cream. I don’t like pineapple, but somehow I think the Dole Whip is delicious. You can get the Dole Whip at Aloha Isle in Magic Kingdom.

I of course recommend getting the Mickey Bar! A Mickey Bar is a frozen vanilla ice cream with a hard chocolate shell on the outside shaped like Mickey’s face and ears. This is a very popular snack at Disney World and you can buy it at any ice cream cart in Disney World.

I hope this list helped you find snacks to buy on your Disney World trip.

You Can Watch Last Year’s Candlelight Processional While At Home

During Candlelight Processional, a celebrity would host the event and tell the story of Christmas with a choir and fifty piece orchestra. This year, unfortunately, Candlelight Processional had to be canceled.

That doesn’t mean that you can’t see Candlelight Processional this year though! You can watch last year’s Candlelight Processional on the Disney Parks Blog website. The Candlelight Processional in the video, on the Disney Parks Blog, was filmed in 2019 and the narrator is Neil Patrick Harris. Becky Cline from the Walt Disney World Archives will be sharing the history of Candlelight Processional and why so many people love it.

I have never seen Candlelight Processional before, so I am excited to be seeing it for the first time!

Tonight You Can Watch Mariachi Cobre’s Live Performance From Your House!

Mariachi Cobre is a band that plays music while you are in the Mexico pavilion.

Tonight, Mariachi Cobre will be having a virtual live performance for the holiday season! This band has been performing already for Epcot’s Festival of the Holidays.

Mariachi Cobre will be doing a live performance of music in honor of traditional Mexican customs for the holidays. The show will be happening at American Gardens Theater in Epcot, but you can watch the show at home!

You can watch Mariachi Cobre’s live performance on the Disney Parks Blog website today, December 3, at 6:45 pm ET. This show will NOT BE REPLAYING, so be sure to see it tonight!

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