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10 Reasons to Visit Epcot’s Flower & Garden Festival This Spring

3. Crowds and Weather The spring weather makes Flower and Garden Festival even more enjoyable, with warm sunshine and just enough breeze to keep you comfortable. With the exception of spring break, the crowds tend to be manageable during the festival, especially in March and May.   

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10 Reasons to Visit Epcot’s Flower & Garden Festival This Spring

2. Butterflies The GoGo Squeeze Butterfly Pavilion is back this spring! I think my kids could spend hours quietly holding a finger out as a perch for one of the beautiful creatures. I could too! “They’re playing Tinkerbell music, Mom,” one of my kids noted. “I guess that makes sense since these butterflies remind me of fairies.”   

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10 Reasons to Visit Epcot’s Flower & Garden Festival This Spring

1. Topiaries You’ve most likely seen pictures of the beautiful character topiaries that have become icons of the festival. Kids and adults alike are drawn to their whimsy and enjoy taking photos with their favorite characters. (Honestly, it feels sort of like a character greeting in a way.) Many of the traditional topiaries from prior fes

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10 Reasons to Visit Epcot’s Flower & Garden Festival In The Spring

Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival is my absolute event of the entire Disney year. The park comes to life in beautiful blooms, the weather is ideal, and there’s so much to do! Here are my top ten reasons to fall in love with Flower and Garden Fest this spring…  

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Walt Disney World Deluxe Resorts:  7 Reasons Why You Must Stay at One

  7. They’re a Gateway to DVC After your first stay at a deluxe resort, you aren't going to want to stay at anything but a deluxe resort.  Once you start thinking about the cost of staying deluxe for every subsequent trip, you're going to start toying with the idea of purchasing Disney Vacation Club.  Don't say I didn't warn you.  Now, th

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Walt Disney World Deluxe Resorts:  7 Reasons Why You Must Stay at One

6. More Unique Gift Shops It’s sometimes worth a trip to a deluxe resort just to peruse the gift shop!  You’ll find that the items sold in the gift shops are more specialized- wilderness themed items at Wilderness Lodge, animal prints galore at Animal Kingdom Lodge, etc.  They are generally more impressive than the smaller shops located i

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Walt Disney World Deluxe Resorts:  7 Reasons Why You Must Stay at One

5.  Upgraded Pool Areas The pools at deluxe resorts are generally more fabulous than at other resorts.  All deluxe pools feature a water slide, and many have splash pad areas that are huge hits with children.  This may not be a huge factor for everyone, but for the family who values a mid-afternoon break from the parks, this could really

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Walt Disney World Deluxe Resorts:  7 Reasons Why You Must Stay at One

4. Enhanced Theming All Disney resorts have the magic touch, but Deluxe resorts have much more attention paid to theming than moderate resorts (in some cases, value resorts are actually more themed than moderates).  Perhaps the most well-themed of the resorts is the Animal Kingdom Lodge, with its African artifacts in the lobby and actual

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Walt Disney World Deluxe Resorts:  7 Reasons Why You Must Stay at One

3. Incredible Resort Restaurants You’ll find some of Disney’s finest dining located at the deluxe resorts.  Some notable examples include the California Grill at the Contemporary, known for its' Magic Kingdom views, Jiko at Animal Kingdom Lodge, Artist Point at the Wilderness Lodge, and Victoria and Albert’s at Disney’s Grand Floridian Re

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Walt Disney World Deluxe Resorts:  7 Reasons Why You Must Stay at One

2. Variety of Transportation Everyone loves a Disney bus- ahem, *motorcoach*- right?  There's nothing wrong with a Disney motorcoach, but once you've tried the other forms of transportation at Walt Disney World you may come to prefer them.  Many of the deluxe resorts offer alternative methods of transit to the parks.  Several of the Magic

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