Epcotâs Flower and Garden Festival returns with new look, new food, new name
And Sunday marked the return of the Blizzard Beach water park.
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The Taste of Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival has opened at Walt Disney World. The springtime festival runs through July 5 with creative Disney character topiaries, lush gardens and Outdoor Kitchens. [ DAVID ROARK | David Roark, photographer ]
Updated Mar. 8
With the addition of more food kiosks, Disney World has opened Epcotâs annual springtime festival as the newly named A Taste of Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival. And Sunday marked the return of the Blizzard Beach water park, which had yet to reopen since being shut down last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Epcot Opens Annual Flower and Garden Festival
March 3, 2021, 12:32 PM ·
The Taste of Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival started today at the Walt Disney World Resort. This modified version of the park s annual spring festival runs 125 days this year, until July 5.
The event also marks the official debut of some new elements in Epcot s redesigned front entrance, including the installation of flags with the six original Epcot icons. (Go ahead and make your Six Flags Over Disney jokes in the comments.)
Epcot also has a new background music track playing at the park s entrance - this piece by Mark Petrie and Andrew Prahlow, if you d like to hear it at home.
Virgil Village staple restaurant Wah’s Golden Hen is closing on December 30, ending a nearly 50 year run for one of the area’s most celebrated Chinese American restaurants. Owner Lena Louie is a fixture in the neighborhood, and has seen dramatic changes there in the past ten years, as discussed thoroughly by
LA Times columnist Frank Shyong last year. Here’s a note from Louie oh the upcoming closure, as posted to Yelp:
“Just over 30 years ago, we came to America with many hopes and dreams. We soon joined the family business where we would raise our children and see many of our dreams fulfilled and more. We enjoyed sharing our food with the community, and with the many customers who have become friends and family along the way. It was a joy to see the families around us grow, as ours has. We thank you for your support over the decades. It has been a blessing to be able to establish our roots here in America, and in this community, for so long. Though it is bittersweet to say
Solvang restaurant owner says family meal brought notice from Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Michael and Sarah Cherney were stunned to learn that the state’s COVID-19 lockdown orders prohibits employees from dining together inside their Peasants Feast restaurant, even though they work side by side in the premises all day. (Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo) By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
December 21, 2020
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Surprised that a meal with his employees brought a warning letter from a state agency, Solvang chef Michael Cherney decided to spread the word to avoid others landing in the predicament.
“Fellow restaurant friends and family, PLEASE learn from our mistakes. NO ONE is allowed to eat or drink inside your restaurant or on your patio. No where on your property is ANYONE allowed to eat or drink anything but WATER. This includes employees and owners. During regular business hours or after hours,” Cherney said in a
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