Walkabout The World - A Disney Podcast - Epcot Flower and Garden Vibes with Host Jeremy

Episode Date: May 10, 2026

Hello travelers! This week join host Jeremy as he pops into EPCOT for a quick evening stroll to bring you some vignettes of the peaceful feelings, sounds, and audio textures around the park during the International Flower and Garden Festival. We are listener supported - contribute to the Dole Whip Fund via Google or Apple Pay. Thanks! Walkabout the World is now on TikTok! Come follow our visual companion to the audio podcast at Walkabout.the.world.pod on TikTok And of course, visit us on Instagram and at walkabouttheworld.com - find links to all the things - attraction episodes, Insta accounts of all the hosts, and even how to buy your own Walkabout shirt!

That's what we're after today, travelers. And hello and welcome back to walk about the world. Weekly Disney podcast where we put you in the middle of the magic. You take a stroll with us around one of the parks or resorts of Walt Disney World or Disneyland in California. Hang out, have a good time, and generally have not much of a plan. Today we're at Epcot Center, as you no doubt can tell. I'm looking, oh, can you hear the Monroe? Right above us.

looking right up at Spaceship Earth and the beautiful Epcot flags with the pavilion logos and it is a beautiful day here in the city beautiful here in central Florida thanks for joining us by the way

we have we have a listener support option for you in the show notes you will find a link which you can click and send us a couple of bucks for our Dull Whip Fund

We had, just to let you know, we had Patreon a while back, and we decided to sunset that for various reasons, but we are listeners supported, and so if you want to click the button in the show notes, you can easily pay with Apple or Google pay and send us a couple of bucks, buy us a dollwip. We appreciate it. So come with me. It's flower and garden time here at Epcot, and I am here personally, but hopefully I can bring some of it to you. I am here to just soak in the feelings of Epcot flower and garden. We're going to capture some of the sounds, textures, maybe stop and take some photos of some awesome flowers and generally have a relaxing time.

Let's go. I don't know if you can hear them, but we are on the little bridge that goes over towards the Odyssey building from Future Worlds. or World Celebration Gardens, as it were. Montereo pink, no, peach going by. But we are over here next to the Purple Martin birdhouses. I'm going to pause here to see if you can hear them.

You'll also hear a test track in the background. Such a cool thing that Disney does. That wasn't a Purple Martin. They come in and out of their little birdhouses. It's really cool. And we're going to head over to the Odyssey, the search of orange bird goodies.

Come on. I threw you off because we are over here near port of entry by the world's showcase lagoon. There's a little bit of clouds overhead so it's not quite as hot. The lake is peaceful.

You can see right across to Morocco from here. Beautiful white water bird in front of us. Some white and peach roses blooming. breathe in and out Epcot piece mixed in with the occasional sound of a guest dropping something behind us

welcome to the France pavilion I simply cannot pass this water feature had to give you a taste well mentally do not taste the water all right let's move along you get to decide where we are where are we no we're not in the men's restroom

be serious we are at the very back of the Morocco Pavilion where this lovely fountain exists surrounded by elaborate tile work it's a fantastic spot just to chill look at the date palms the beautiful architecture and today Heather and I got the chicken wrap and the Moroccan stone bread that has three dips and it is fabulous it's very peaceful if you do have to go to the restroom after this that's not my fault inside the open bazaar here at Morocco Princess Jasmine just walked by just some sounds of Morocco there's only one really good place to capture this bonus points if you can tell me where send me an email at contact at

walkabout the world.com if you think you know all right we are back from World showcase not too far from where the Purple Martin feeders are looking across the way to the Odyssey where you can buy an orange bird sipper of the year it looks really good by the way Heather and I purchased a couple of orange bird goodies at the creation shop a little while ago so now we're headed back towards spaceship earth here is giant flowerbed with topiaries of Mickey and Minnie and Pluto. Topiaries of Phineas and Ferb off to the left.

Didn't even know that was a thing. I don't know why they don't have Dr. Doofenschmarts though. I don't think that was very good, but it's all I got. This is the time of year for me. Everything, the trees, the flowers, everything is blooming. Looks absolutely stunning.

Scooting over here next to Phineas and Furb. Just now entering World Celebration Gardens. That's where we are. Off to your left is, in the far distance, is the upside down water fountain and the dancing fountains above. All right, come with me. We're going to go up through Celebration Gardens. It is a picture perfect day.

Central flower bed here with figment as a topiary, surrounded by an entire sea of purple salvia and peach and white rome. Roses. I'm going to say a left. Off to your right is the creation shop. Off to our left is the area of all the trees that have concrete seating areas around them. I don't know if it has a name. And here to our left is the Kaye, the street, where you can hear bands play music selections from Enkanto. Love this area over here. At the center of each one of these concrete benches and stuff is a beautiful magnolia tree.

Southern Magnolia and they are blooming this time of year. God, I can smell it just as I'm talking to you. It has a mixture of like citrus and honey. All right, you are now at the epicenter of Word Celebration Gardens. We're heading up the hill towards spaceship earth. You can see the awesome lounge inside from here through the big bay glass windows. Loads of people setting over here under these trees in the shade, in chairs and chairs and tables, who knew that would be a popular thing. Passing right by the statue of Walt himself,

looking down over the Celebration Gardens and off towards the America Pavilion, which is across the lagoon. It was a nice addition. Always good to see Walt in the parks, absolutely surrounded by overflowing beds of flowers. We've just exited Celebration Gardens, the entrance to the geo-82 bar to your, what, bar lounge off your right. The sign on Spaceship Earth Project Tomorrow, inventing the wonders of tomorrow is always something I love to see. Like, very 80s reminiscent. And here we are arriving down to Spaceship Earth.

We're going to be going underneath of it here in just a minute. Some of the palm trees, quite worst for where, after the freeze that we had here, but they are coming back to life, which is good to, right underneath Spaceship Earth now. Can you feel the wind? Gateway gifts to your right, pin traders in the camera center to your left and straight ahead is the fountain. Topiary of lots oh hug and bear off in the distance towards the entrance. Let's just relax here by the fountain a minute. Let's do one last breathe in and out.

Wrap up over here kind of out of the way as we're headed out of the park off to the right. No one here, but you and I. They have these long stone benches wrapping beds of blue and white agapanthus. These are the tall, spiky, beautiful flowers that arrive only this time of year. And all of the beautiful crepe-merdle trees are leafing out. Good place to be today. Thanks for being here with me. Going to wrap up with that. it for me. That's it from Walkabout the World. That's it from Epcot. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram at

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