The Promise of Spring: Flower & Garden Festival 4.0 -- A Cam and Luke TR COMPLETED 8/27 - Page 19 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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All the pictures are great. I can't imagine how many flowers it took to make all the gardens this beautiful. The Florida heat can really take the wind out of your sails. It really will slow you down.
Luke did a great job directing you with that picture it is a really neat shot. Sorry the heat is getting to you, I always seem to feel the heat more at Epcot than any other park.
Luke was an excellent coach. When I checked the photos later, I saw how much better the last one was.
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Nice job, Luke - that's a fantastic picture of Donald and the boys!!
It did turn out well, didn't it!
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Love all the photos from the butterfly garden! I thought they were more active this year as well.
I was enthralled from the moment we walked in. We even noticed quite a few butterflies in other areas of Epcot and wondered if some had made their way out.
The extreme heat can really zap all your energy!
Wonderful photos of the butterflies and the topiaries!
Since I hadn't slept well this night, I had been concerned that I would have trouble with the heat. But we were getting quite a bit done in spite of it.
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Oh my gosh!!! Those are my favorite photos so far!! All of them!! Sorry it was so stinking hot. We have been there when it's like that and it is not fun. Glad you are stopping for food and drinks!! Your eats sound wonderful.
Thank you so much! Every trip for a while we seem to arrive just as a heat wave comes in. I'm really hoping for milder weather in November.
Love all the pictures from the F&GF! My favorite time of year to go! It's so beautiful! Sorry it was so hot!!
Thanks! The park is so beautiful in the spring with so many pops of color.
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We always enjoy the butterfly tent and you certainly captured some brilliant picture of them this year!!! It does get quite hot inside the tent so we tend not to last all that long but it's one of my favorite things to see during the F&G Festival. Your Pork Tenderloin snack looked delicious even if it was half eaten. Did you check out the Epcot Lounge for DVC members this trip? We found it a nice respite place when the heat was getting to us and we needed a drink!
We didn't go to the DVC lounge this day, but we did consider it. We will make it there on other two Epcot days.
All the pictures are great. I can't imagine how many flowers it took to make all the gardens this beautiful. The Florida heat can really take the wind out of your sails. It really will slow you down.
I can't either. There really are so many with all the gardens and topiaries.
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Great photos from the butterfly tent. Sorry the heat is making for a not so fun afternoon.
I think as we get older we are a little less tolerant of the heat.
Your butterfly pictures are beautiful. sorry about the heat. My daughter has been know to stalk butterflies in order to take their pictures.
Sorry the heat was getting to you.
Liz
Great photos of the Butterfly Garden as well as the other gardens and topiaries! Some nice eats at the festival!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Sorry that the heat is really sapping your energy. That's no fun!
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Thanks! We'll do better with the heat as the trip goes on, but this day it took something out of us.
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Your butterfly pictures are beautiful. sorry about the heat. My daughter has been know to stalk butterflies in order to take their pictures.
Sorry the heat was getting to you.
Liz
I was doing a bit of butterfly stalking myself this day because finding one not in motion was a task.
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Great photos of the Butterfly Garden as well as the other gardens and topiaries! Some nice eats at the festival!
Sort of the antithesis of what I've been doing at the F&W Festival by going all out as you've seen in my TR! But loving every bit of it and making both lunch and dinner out of it!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I read this from the beginning. I just love your pictures. You have such a way of capturing the moment. Tim and I will be there next spring so I am following this closely!
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I thought they were more active this year as well. 
All of them!!
But loving every bit of it and making both lunch and dinner out of it! 
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