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Enjoy a World of Springtime Fun! Disney Destinations, LLC PO Box 10045 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-0045 PAID Disney The Walt Disney World Passholder Newsletter Destinations, LLC Enjoy a world of springtime fun! Don’t forget to check the latest discounts on dining, merchandise and more on the updated Passholder website. Visit DisneyWorld.com/PassPerks today. SPRING 2018 ©Disney ©Disney•Pixar ©Disney/Lucasfilm Ltd. © & TM Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Poof-Slinky, Inc. Jenga® Pokonobe Associates. All Rights Reserved. Tinkertoy® is a registered trademark of Hasbro, Inc. Used with permission. 2018 ©Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved. WDW_18_141448 The fun is in full bloom this spring! PICTURED: Elsa topiary at the Epcot® International Flower & Garden Festival. In this Issue Come on by for a visit this season and discover a world of springtime fun for everyone! Over at Epcot®, it’s the Epcot® International Flower & Garden Festival blossoming with new excitement and Passholder extras in honor of the Park’s 25th anniversary. Then celebrate the 20th anniversary of Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme Park. Get an even closer look at Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios®. And enjoy a deep A Festival Rooted dive into some Disney Water Park must-dos. You’ll also find in Greatness even more new Disney Springs® restaurants, plus exclusive Passholder merchandise, or this year’s Epcot® International Flower & Garden Festival, February discounts and more. F 28–May 28, we wanted to take a peek Hope to see ya real soon, behind the scenes and provide our Passholder friends with a bit of extra Your Passholder intel. So we tapped Eric Darden, Program Friends Walt Disney World® Horticulture Area Manager, for a little Q&A session. Here’s what we dug up. From a horticulture standpoint, what does it take to start putting the festival together? Eric: A whole lot of very experienced Cast Members. Funny, but true. In fact, the Walt Disney World horticulture team started planning the 2018 festival while the 2017 festival was still going on. 2 Eric: One of the first things the team hydrated through a network of tubing does every year is come up with the and spouts attached to their frames. best plan for each location where Most of the topiaries are watered by displays will appear in the Park. This zone…like the arm zone, leg zone, needs to be done by September as head zone and beyond. that’s when we put our plant orders in. Over your 20+ years working the When you use hundreds of thousands festival, what are you most proud of? of bedding plants, you can’t just run down to the store and pick them up Eric: This was the very first Epcot® last minute. festival and many of us currently on the horticulture team were here when Character topiaries are one of the it started. It’s been very rewarding to festival’s biggest draws. Which are watch it grow from 38 days then to the most complicated to create? 90 days now. And to think so much of Eric: The Cars topiaries. They’re so what Epcot® has become is because of large, so detailed and complex that it the continued success of the festival. takes weeks to perfect them. The entire Check out the fruits (or flowers) of time, we’re sending photos to the Eric and his team’s labor at this year’s animators at Pixar to make sure they Epcot® International Flower & Garden approve of the work we’re doing. Some Festival. And for even more festival fun, years they even fly out to work with us, just turn the page. which is a big honor. FYI, these breathtaking displays are kept fresh and fancy by staying 3 It’s Bloomin’ Good Fun for the Whole Family lant the Epcot® International Flower MORE RETURNING FAVORITES & Garden Festival on your calendar P Get all aflutter at The Goodness and come explore all things floral, Garden Butterfly House––Presented by flavorful and fantastical, February GoGo squeeZ® at Future World West. 28–May 28. Here’s some of what’s And keep your eyes peeled during the “growing” on: Egg-Stravaganza Scavenger Hunt*. CHARACTER TOPIARIES NEW EXCITEMENT Stroll through the Park and discover Enjoy a brand-new “Welcome to a world of incredible living sculptures Epcot® International Flower & Garden shaped as popular Disney Characters. Festival” at the Park’s Main Entrance. Venture through re-imagined play areas, and experience everything from Plant the Epcot ® International a musical foliage maze and a sensory Flower & Garden Festival on garden to the return of the “Road to your calendar and come Florida 500” and Cars Bingo. And take explore all things floral, part in an additional scavenger hunt* flavorful and fantastical... for the whole family to enjoy. PASSHOLDER EXTRAS OUTDOOR KITCHENS Not only can you enjoy dedicated seating at the Garden Rocks Concert Savor a wide variety of garden-inspired Series, we’re also excited to offer a dishes, desserts and specialty sips at special Passholder magnet set while each of the enticing Outdoor Kitchens supplies last. Pick up your Mickey sprinkled throughout World Showcase. Mouse magnet 2/28–4/8, and return GARDENS for your Minnie Mouse magnet 4/9–5/28. For more details, visit Discover inspirational gardens and DisneyWorld.com/Passholder! displays showcasing some of the wonderful ways that plants can bring With so much to see and do, you can a space to life. return again and again—and unearth something new each and every time! ™ GARDEN ROCKS CONCERT SERIES *Not included with Theme Park admission. Catch beloved musical acts performing classic hits every Friday–Monday of the festival. Genres include rock, R&B, pop and, new this year, country! (Top) Character Topiaries (Bottom) Musical Play Area 4 (Top) Character Topiaries (Bottom) Musical Play Area 20 Years of Wild Times… and Many More to Come wenty years ago, on Earth Day dinner with guest speakers and T 1998, Disney’s Animal Kingdom® more, this is one party you won’t Theme Park officially opened its want to miss. gates. Ever since, those drawn to A NEW ”UP” CLOSE ENCOUNTER both the beauty of nature and the magic of Disney have been flocking Also part of the festivities, Senior to this one-of-a-kind world filled with Wilderness Explorer Russell and his exotic creatures, thrilling attractions furry, squirrel-distracted friend Dug and incredible entertainment. And from Pixar’s Up! will be embarking on since 20 years is most definitely cause an adventure alongside toucans, bald for celebration, we’re kicking off this eagles, peacocks and other winged milestone anniversary on Earth Day creatures from around the globe. And 2018 with a Park-wide party and the you’ll have the chance to get close to debut of a brand-new show. these exotic birds during the free-flying new show UP! A Great Bird Adventure. ...we’re kicking off this milestone anniversary on Earth Day 2018 with a Park-wide party and the debut of a brand-new show. CALLING ALL PARTY ANIMALS Join us as we honor 20 years of adventure with two weeks of excitement. From April 22 to May 5, it’s our fun-filled Party for the Planet event! Spanning the entire Park… yes, even Rafiki’s Planet Watch®… this limited-time happening will be filled with enchanting surprises, special food and beverage offerings Join Russell for UP! A Great Bird Adventure and entertainment for Guests of all ages. And with everything from new photo opportunities to unique paid experiences like backstage tours, 7 Toying Around in Andy’s Backyard hen Toy Story Land opens June What went into creating W 30, 2018 at Disney’s Hollywood Toy Story Land? Studios®, it might make you feel as Hannah: Each project we work on if you’re the size of a toy…but you’ll is unique. For Toy Story Land, we be able to play bigger than you ever kicked off creative brainstorms with imagined! Until then, enjoy this peek Pixar to develop the big vision and into the toy box provided by the progressively got more and more assistant producer on the land, teams involved to dive into the Hannah Brennan. details. Thus, we were able to create Whose baby is Toy Story Land? a completely unique land with brand- new attractions that our Guests have Hannah: The land has been a never experienced. great collaboration between many disciplines and team members. Walt What are some fun facts you Disney Imagineering and Pixar have can share about the land? worked hand-in-hand from ideating to Hannah: One fun detail is that we’re construction, designing every detail in currently composing all-new music for the land to ensure a unified story and the Alien Swirling Saucers attraction. create a wonderful experience for The composers actually had the our Guests. 8 opportunity to experience the ride thrilled that more Characters will system to help create a soundtrack be coming in the next few months that works perfectly with the motion including Woody, Buzz and a number of the saucers. of Green Army Men. This is the amazing stage in construction when Another one is that we feature popular each piece of the puzzle arrives, and toys from many generations. I can together, they make Toy Story Land imagine many Guests will be able to real! It is so rewarding to see the land find a toy they have connected with in that we have been designing for years the past here in our land. finally becoming a reality. And where Andy has created the Be there for yourself to experience Slinky Dog Dash coaster out of his the exhilarating joy of being a toy when imagination by mashing two toys Toy Story Land opens June 30.
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