Walt Disney World has introduced new additions for the 2025 EPCOT Worldwide Flower & Backyard Pageant, together with the top date and a sneak peek on the new topiaries, resort hotel-inspired meals cubicles, and rather more. We have now all of that, plus commentary in regards to the springtime occasion.
For starters, the EPCOT Worldwide Flower & Backyard Pageant will run from March 5 to June 2, 2025 at Walt Disney World. The beginning shifts barely later, however the period of the competition is kind of unchanged. Like final yr, the occasion is a full month shorter than it was from 2021 via 2023, however according to historic precedent up till 2020.
Additionally like final yr, it’s possible that the EPCOT Meals & Wine Pageant will begin round Labor Day weekend, leaving a roughly 3-month window of Food regimen EPCOT…or a brand new summer time competition. We’re not holding our breath on that this yr, however Walt Disney World does want one thing at EPCOT to supply counter-programming to Epic Universe for locals. However that’s past the scope of this submit. For every part else it’s good to know in regards to the occasion, see our Final Information to the 2025 EPCOT Flower & Backyard Pageant Information. This submit completely covers what’s new to the competition for 2025.
In the course of the 2025 EPCOT Worldwide Flower & Backyard Pageant, company can discover lush gardens, pattern candy and savory bites with refreshing sips (for a price, in fact!), and store new merchandise collections that includes Orange Chook, Spike the Bee, and extra. Beginning at sundown, a vibrant spectacle of sunshine can be proven on Spaceship Earth, with the Beacons of Magic returning for one more seasonal show.
Greater than 200,000 bedding vegetation are added to the gardens of EPCOT for the Flower & Backyard Pageant, together with a further 60,000 bedding vegetation that create the enduring floral designs that make up the World Celebration East & West Lakes. Plus greater than 70 topiaries, that includes a pleasant array of Disney characters in addition to different figures and eccentric objects, will fill the park.
Disney Horticulture and Walt Disney Imagineering work collectively to design, construct and develop topiary shows. Beginning over a yr in the past, this course of started with artists creating sketches, Imagineers designing 3D fashions, expert welders molding frames, and horticulture specialists selecting plant supplies.
Right here’s a rundown of what’s new for the 2025 EPCOT Flower & Backyard Pageant–beginning with these topiaries!
New Topiaries
A brand-new topiary show that includes characters from Moana will greet company on the park entrance. Make method for Moana, Maui Heihei, and Pua can be added to the gathering of elaborate plant sculptures which have turn into a competition staple. Crafted with an artist’s cautious eye and the horticulturalists’ loving care, these new topiaries would be the excellent welcome to company strolling into the park for a full day of floral enjoyable.
Plus, Phineas and Ferb topiaries make their grand return! Different topiaries showing on the 2025 EPCOT Flower & Backyard Pageant embody characters from Inside Out, Figment, Miguel & Dante from Coco, and Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy.
For particulars about different nice gardens and topiaries on the 2025 EPCOT Flower & Backyard Pageant, view the occasion information within the My Disney Expertise app—accessible beginning February 27, 2025.
New Gardens
The brand new Playalong Bay Play Backyard pays homage to one in every of Walt Disney World’s famed resort swimming pools, Stormalong Bay at Yacht & Seashore Membership, mixing enjoyable for the entire household with journey on the excessive seas. This new nautically impressed playground can be situated between the Creativeness pavilion and the doorway to World Showcase.
Different gardens will have fun vogue, group, tenting, perfume, and Inside Out 2.
New Meals Cubicles
Close to the Playalong Bay Play Backyard, you’ll discover two new Out of doors Kitchens with menus stuffed with seafood goodness: Yacht Grub and Seashore Grub. These are the primary meals cubicles impressed by Walt Disney World resort lodges at Flower & Backyard. (And to the most effective of our data, any of the EPCOT festivals.)
In case you’re questioning the place returning favourite Out of doors Kitchens Florida Recent and EPCOT Farmers Feast can be (and we very a lot had been–these are two of the most effective cubicles!) – they are going to be in new places at CommuniCore Plaza on the servery window and inside CommuniCore Corridor, respectively. Phew.
We love the thought of Yacht Grub and Seashore Grub. It’ll be attention-grabbing to see if Walt Disney World really does menus impressed by these resorts, or if they only wished puns that work with the backyard. Both method, it is a nice thought going ahead. There are a number of resort lodges with fan-favorite meals that may very well be featured at EPCOT festivals.
This was seemingly teased final yr with the Zebra Dome (by a unique identify) at Meals & Wine. However may you think about an Animal Kingdom Lodge sales space with Sanaa bread service, African Potjie from the Mara, Wild Boar or Venison from Jiko, and Zebra Domes?! With AKL not precisely simply accessible, this may be an enormous win for company with restricted time–or exposing new followers to the greatness of AKL’s culinary scene.
As for Yacht & Seashore Grub, I’ll maintain my expectations low: I simply need the Oreo Bon Bons for dessert, and perhaps truffle fries as a facet. That looks like low-hanging, crowd-pleasing (not) fruit to go together with the seafood.
New Merchandise
Have a good time the thirtieth Anniversary of the EPCOT Flower & Backyard Pageant from head to toe with an identical shirt and shorts set or a brilliant new spirit jersey, each that includes everybody’s favourite citrusy buddy, Orange Chook, and the thirtieth anniversary brand.
For followers of Spike the Bee, you possibly can pack your backyard celebration odds and ends inside a cute Lug Bag that’s sweeter than honey. You’ll really feel proper at dwelling touring across the park with a Spike the Bee Shoulder Plush. There’s additionally an Alice In Wonderland assortment, and doubtless different stuff, who is aware of.
Merchandise isn’t my jam, so I don’t have sturdy opinions about most of these items. (Okay, besides one–how are these Lug Luggage so costly?! They’re glorified cellphone instances. I assumed Spirit Jersey pricing was bonkers, however this takes the cake.)
Oh, and I additionally unironically love the orange Orange Chook shirt and shorts. I do know it’s “the model” to put on matching stuff like this, however as somebody who’s decidedly unstylish, the shorts will suffice for me. Walt Disney World did a pair of Orange Chook sweat shorts a number of years in the past as a part of an identical product line, and I nonetheless put on them round the home.
New Magic Photographs
PhotoPass has some inventive new methods to sprinkle further pixie mud over visitor images through particular Magic Photographs that supply a bouquet of cool returning results, in addition to two new photographs – together with the brand new Figment Topiary Magic Shot above.
I admire that Walt Disney World continues so as to add PhotoPass Magic Photographs, particularly the type that characteristic bodily props or results, and never simply character overlays in submit (though these are enjoyable, too). We discover ourselves utilizing PhotoPass increasingly now with Megatron as a result of it’s simply simpler, so I’ve a newfound appreciation for the service.
Subsequent up, spend money on some new cameras and lenses. I assume Disney has a company alliance with Nikon, so use that to get new our bodies and glass. It’s been method too lengthy for the reason that final improve and main enhancements have been made. (A number of the previous gear can also be in actually tough form, each aesthetically and optically.)
New Grooves
Additionally returning for the 2025 EPCOT Flower & Backyard Pageant is the favored Backyard Rocks Live performance Sequence within the America Backyard Theatre. See Backyard Rocks Live shows on the EPCOT Flower & Backyard Pageant: Dates, Lineup & Eating Packages for every part it’s good to know and the total lineup. Together with acquainted favorites, there are 5 new performers:
- March 30-31 – Queensrÿche (NEW)
- Could 11-12 – Maverick Metropolis Music (NEW)
- Could 23-24 – The Outlaws (NEW)
- Could 30-31 – The Cat Empire (NEW)
- June 1-2 – We The Kingdom (NEW)
New Gallery at CommuniCore Corridor
There’s a brand new exhibit on the brink of bloom at CommuniCore Corridor! Right here’s precisely what Walt Disney World mentioned about this: “Get a bee’s eye view at CommuniCore Corridor, with a brand new gallery that’s bigger than life! Seize a chew at EPCOT Farmers Feast and be taught extra about how Disney’s Horticulture crew brings topiaries, flower towers and extra to the EPCOT Worldwide Flower & Backyard Pageant.”
Does this imply it’s going to be themed to Spike the Bee, we’re all going to shrink right down to his measurement, and every part goes to be monumental. In that case, cool. However I additionally query whether or not there’s the house inside for big shows. Additionally, why would Disney spend the cash fabricating larger-than-life ‘making of’ stuff for Flower & Backyard after they have already got the common sized-stuff sitting round someplace?
Both method, it sounds cool. And that is actually an enchancment over having CommuniCore Corridor operate as a glorified merchandise location together with an uninteresting meals sales space. Talking of which, EPCOT Farmers Feast is often amongst our favourite cubicles of Flower & Backyard. I’m each excited to see it have the bigger kitchen and in addition a bit nervous that placing it on this house will lead to a extra crowd-pleasing or boring menu. It was near-perfect earlier than!
In the end, the lineup for the 2025 EPCOT Worldwide Flower & Backyard Pageant sounds strong. Whereas I’d like to get again to having the Fab 5 characters on the entrance entrance, at the least Moana is a giant enchancment over Want. Considerably shocked that isn’t Inside Out 2, however topiaries take months to develop, so this was most likely set in movement final spring when inside expectations had been that Moana 2 would outperform Inside Out 2. Not like both had been slouches, and Moana ties properly to Journey of Water simply across the nook.
My solely grievance is similar one I had final yr (yr earlier than that, and so on.), which is that Figment needs to be the park’s unofficial mascot and ambassador for all festivals, not simply Pageant of the Arts. I’m undoubtedly biased, however extra Figment would imply a extra fashionable occasion with followers, which in flip would assist promote much more Figment merchandise (…and in flip improve the percentages of a brand new attraction!). In any case, we’re actually trying ahead to the 2025 EPCOT Flower & Backyard Pageant. The primary couple months of this competition are amongst my favourite of the yr at EPCOT.
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