My Favorites From Epcot's Flower & Garden 2017

Happy Easter, peeps! 

(Fun Fact: I've been calling you guys "peeps" for the last 4 years just to lead up to that opening.)

You will quickly realize this is NOT a post full of Star Wars Celebration cosplay, so sorry about that. It'll take me a little while to re-combobulate and sort and edit my photos, so in the meantime:

 

How about some Epcot Flower & Garden Festival pretties?

I don't have the patience to do anything comprehensive, of course - there is too much! - but here are some of my favorite shots and finds from around the park.

This chalk art (actually done with decals) is a new addition right outside the butterfly tent. I love these kinds of illusions!

Here's how it looks from the side:

More butterfly love:

And caterpillar action, too!

I forget what kind of flower buds these were, but don't they look like something out of Avatar?

 More butterfly topiaries take center stage at the World Showcase entrance:

You can buy the Egg Hunt maps at the nearby shop, which I've covered before. In addition to the map and stickers, you get to choose a plastic egg for your prize. Here are the new eggs this year:

(We picked Nemo.)

Plus they had last year's options available, too:

 I'm still waiting for them to come out with a Figment and White Rabbit eggs. Harrumph.

We spotted this baby duckling (with mom close behind) in the crystal clear waters near The Land:

Doc topiary with Spaceship Earth in the distance:

I didn't photograph all the Easter Eggs this year because I've done that before, and they're the same designs - just hidden in new places. In fact, see if you can spot Goofy waaaaay up here:

That's the tallest tower in the Italy pavilion. I wonder who got to climb all those stairs. o.0

I also liked Perry's egg over in Morocco:

 Note how the egg sits in a little bird nest. :D

The whole park is decked out in its flowery finest:

I don't think any of the character topiaries are new this year, but they did add a face on Belle:

This was the most popular photo spot in the park, of course, so it took patience to get a clear shot!

Off to the side are Cogsworth and Lumiere:

Over in the UK Tinkerbell watches over a garden filled with fairy houses: 

 

 I broke out the fish eye so you can just see them; I think there are 4 in that shot.

I bet they'll eventually add faces to all the character topiaries - you can see Tink doesn't have hers yet, which kind of stands out.

A better look at one of the fairy houses.

Here's the spot where everyone takes pretty pictures of the monorail going by:

... so just imagine there's a monorail in there, k? 

(We waited for AGES, honest! Then I got bored. And a little peckish. What.)

With the fish eye you can see the Imagination building off to the left:

The Three Caballeros!

And here's Anna & Elsa in Norway:

I almost missed Stitch; he's over on the side of Mouse Gear:

Golden Hour hitting Test Track and this side's flower quilt:

Donald with Huey, Dewey, and Louie:

And on the other side of the ball:

Mickey, Minnie, Daisy & Pluto with a May Pole. 

I take it back; this is the most popular photo spot, so I had to take it from the side. Sorry!

Here, I'll make up for it with my favorite:

 Bambi, Thumper, & Flower. D'awwww.

I love this one, the field of flowers they're in is so vivid and cheerful. Just makes me happy. :)

I hope these gave you a smile, peeps! Happy Sunday, and stay tuned for news from a galaxy far, far away.