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15th Annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival

Attention all you foodies and wine-lovers out there: tickets for the 15th Annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival are now on sale. The event, held this year at Epcot from late September through early November 2010, is the place to be for any food lover. Those who also happen to be Disney fans, well, that’s just icing on the cake. For those not in the know, the Epcot Food & Wine Festival is a 45-day-long event celebrating international cuisine and wine. It features demonstrations by celebrity chefs, nightly concerts called “Eat to the Beat!,” children’s activities, street performers, complimentary … Continue reading →

Kid Stuff at the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival

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The folks at Disney would never dream of planning a flower and garden festival without planning some fun and magic for the children who will be dragged along by their perennial loving parents! The following activities have been planned for family fun that includes both adults and children. Be sure to check them out if you go to the festival this year. Minnie’s Magnificent Butterfly Garden Hundreds of free-flying butterflies are sure to entertain and amaze as you walk through the butterfly house and garden. Peter Pan’s Neverland Garden This garden is new this year. This is a great topiary … Continue reading →

The Fifteenth Annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival

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The Fifteenth Annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival For 75 days, from March 19 to June 1, 2008, Epcot will celebrate “Fun in the Sun” with the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival. You can see millions of blooms and the largest collection of Disney Topiary anywhere. (You know, the ones that look like Disney characters.) Garden Town will be a new addition this year. There you’ll be able to get gardening tips and participate in demonstrations. Some special events include the Flower Power Concert Series at the American Gardens Theater as well as a special Easter Brunch on … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday, EPCOT!

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I know, I know. The acronym EPCOT was dropped back in 1994 for the simple non-word Epcot. EPCOT originally stood for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. It was Walt Disney’s dream that EPCOT would be a real city. Walt’s dream was to create the perfect city with a central commercial area surrounded by a residential community. The plan was to have 20,000 residents who would try out new ideas and materials that would eliminate the social ills found in other American cities. There would be schools, preschools, community centers, and churches but no unemployment, retirees, land ownership or voting rights. … Continue reading →

Disney’s New “House of the Future”

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Disney’s House of the Future (see photo) opened in 1957 at Disneyland in California. It was a Jetsons style, plastic, pod shaped home that had such exciting futuristic things as hands free phones, wall-sized televisions, plastic chairs, and electric razors and toothbrushes. The future eventually comes and so this House of the Future was closed in 1967. (It was so sturdy that wrecking balls bounced off it when Disney tore it down. Considering our recent weather patterns, this may be the kind of house that people in tornado alley and hurricane areas need to build. Would someone please let Brad … Continue reading →