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 now have all of that, plus commentary concerning 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 length 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 in keeping with historic precedent up till 2020.
Additionally like final yr, it’s doubtless that the EPCOT Meals & Wine Pageant will begin round Labor Day weekend, leaving a roughly 3-month window of Food plan 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 little thing else you’ll want to know concerning the occasion, see our Final Information to the 2025 EPCOT Flower & Backyard Pageant Information. This submit solely covers what’s new to the competition for 2025.
Throughout 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 Fowl, Spike the Bee, and extra. Beginning at sundown, a vibrant spectacle of sunshine will probably be proven on Spaceship Earth, with the Beacons of Magic returning for one more seasonal show.
Greater than 200,000 bedding crops are added to the gardens of EPCOT for the Flower & Backyard Pageant, together with an extra 60,000 bedding crops 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 growing 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 means for Moana, Maui Heihei, and Pua will probably be added to the gathering of elaborate plant sculptures which have turn out to be a competition staple. Crafted with an artist’s cautious eye and the horticulturalists’ loving care, these new topiaries would be the good 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 embrace 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 certainly one of Walt Disney World’s famed resort swimming pools, Stormalong Bay at Yacht & Seaside Membership, mixing enjoyable for the entire household with journey on the excessive seas. This new nautically impressed playground will probably be positioned between the Creativeness pavilion and the doorway to World Showcase.
Different gardens will rejoice vogue, neighborhood, tenting, perfume, and Inside Out 2.
New Meals Cubicles
Close to the Playalong Bay Play Backyard, you’ll discover two new Outside Kitchens with menus stuffed with seafood goodness: Yacht Grub and Seaside Grub. These are the primary meals cubicles impressed by Walt Disney World resort resorts at Flower & Backyard. (And to one of the best of our data, any of the EPCOT festivals.)
In case you’re questioning the place returning favourite Outside Kitchens Florida Contemporary and EPCOT Farmers Feast will probably be (and we very a lot had been–these are two of one of the best cubicles!) – they are going to be in new areas at CommuniCore Plaza on the servery window and inside CommuniCore Corridor, respectively. Phew.
We love the concept of Yacht Grub and Seaside Grub. It’ll be fascinating to see if Walt Disney World truly does menus impressed by these resorts, or if they only wished puns that work with the backyard. Both means, it is a nice concept going ahead. There are a number of resort resorts 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 distinct 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 is able to be an enormous win for company with restricted time–or exposing new followers to the greatness of AKL’s culinary scene.
As for Yacht & Seaside Grub, I’ll maintain my expectations low: I simply need the Oreo Bon Bons for dessert, and perhaps truffle fries as a aspect. That looks like low-hanging, crowd-pleasing (not) fruit to go together with the seafood.
New Merchandise
Have fun the thirtieth Anniversary of the EPCOT Flower & Backyard Pageant from head to toe with an identical shirt and shorts set or a vibrant new spirit jersey, each that includes everybody’s favourite citrusy buddy, Orange Fowl, and the thirtieth anniversary emblem.
For followers of Spike the Bee, you possibly can pack your backyard social gathering 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 possibly 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 Baggage so costly?! They’re glorified telephone circumstances. I believed Spirit Jersey pricing was bonkers, however this takes the cake.)
Oh, and I additionally unironically love the orange Orange Fowl 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 Fowl sweat shorts a number of years in the past as a part of the same 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 by way of particular Magic Photographs that supply a bouquet of cool returning results, in addition to two new pictures – together with the brand new Figment Topiary Magic Shot above.
I respect that Walt Disney World continues so as to add PhotoPass Magic Photographs, particularly the sort that characteristic bodily props or results, and never simply character overlays in submit (though these are enjoyable, too). We discover ourselves utilizing PhotoPass increasingly more now with Megatron as a result of it’s simply simpler, so I’ve a newfound appreciation for the service.
Subsequent up, put money into 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 means too lengthy for the reason that final improve and main enhancements have been made. (Among the outdated tools can 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 little thing you’ll want to know and the total lineup. Together with acquainted favorites, there are 5 new performers:
- March 30-31 – Queensrÿche (NEW)
- Might 11-12 – Maverick Metropolis Music (NEW)
- Might 23-24 – The Outlaws (NEW)
- Might 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 stated 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 study 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 all the way down to his measurement, and every little thing goes to be monumental. If that’s the case, cool. However I additionally query whether or not there’s the area inside for big shows. Additionally, why would Disney spend the cash fabricating larger-than-life ‘making of’ stuff for Flower & Backyard once they have already got the common sized-stuff sitting round someplace?
Both means, it sounds cool. And that is definitely 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 just a little nervous that placing it on this area will lead to a extra crowd-pleasing or boring menu. It was near-perfect earlier than!
Finally, 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 very least Moana is an enormous 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 inner 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 criticism is similar one I had final yr (yr earlier than that, and so forth.), which is that Figment must be the park’s unofficial mascot and ambassador for all festivals, not simply Pageant of the Arts. I’m positively 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 chances of a brand new attraction!). In any case, we’re actually wanting 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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