859 · EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival Sweet 16 Bracket-Style Tournament
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Lou Mongello - Disney Expert
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🗓️ 10 March 2026
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859 · EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival Sweet 16 Bracket-Style Tournament
What happens when you take the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival Sweet 16 desserts, and put them into a bracket-style tournament, recorded LIVE at the Festival?
You get delicious chaos.
After the success of last year’s Savory 16, we’re doing it again. But this time we’re diving into the sweetest side of EPCOT’s most beautiful festival. From nostalgic cereal milk shakes to fruit sushi, funnel cakes, frozen cobblers, and unexpected surprises, 16 desserts go head-to-head across World Showcase to determine one champion.
I am joined by two fellow foodies (who joined me for our Savory 16 tournament last year), as we walk the promenade, taste every contender, debate favorites, and crown the Best Sweet Treat of the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival.
Along the way we talk festival strategy, surprising standouts, value picks, and the dishes you absolutely should not miss.
If you love EPCOT festivals, Disney food, or just playing along with your own bracket in the parks, this one is for you.
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| 0:33.6 | W. VW. Radio, your information station. March means a lot of |
| 0:42.3 | March means a lot of things. |
| 0:44.3 | Basketball brackets, springtime, and at Walt Disney World, it means the return of the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival. |
| 0:51.3 | And if you've listened to the show before, I hope that that you have you know I like to do things a little bit differently |
| 0:57.1 | Last year I created a bracket tournament called the Savory 16 where festival dishes went head to head until only one was crowned the best of the fest |
| 1:06.6 | So this year we're doing it again, but this time we're going all in on dessert. |
| 1:12.7 | From cereal shakes to fruit sushi to funnel cakes and frozen cobbler's, |
| 1:17.9 | we've built the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival, Sweet 16 dessert brackets. |
| 1:24.2 | 16 sweet treats, one champion. |
| 1:27.3 | Let's see what survives. |
| 1:29.5 | Hello, my friend, and welcome to WW Radio, your guide to the Disney parks and experiences |
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| 1:35.4 | I am Lou Mangelo, and this is show number 859, and whether this is your first episode or |
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