Tips for Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival
Disney Travel Secrets - How to do Disney
Kerri Stuart
3.2 • 995 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
479 - Spring has officially taken over EPCOT — and this week, Rob & Kerri Stuart are breaking down everything you need to know to make the most of the 2026 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival, running now through June 1st!
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Whether you're a first-timer or a returning fan, this episode is packed with insider tips, food booth strategies, topiary secrets, and concert highlights you won't want to miss.
🌼 In this episode:
- Why Flower & Garden is Kerri's favorite EPCOT festival — and what makes it truly magical for the whole family
- The Toy Story topiaries at the entrance (perfectly timed with Toy Story 5!) and how to turn the 30+ topiaries into a kids' scavenger hunt
- 2026 concert lineup highlights — from The Commodores and Air Supply to Firehouse, 98 Degrees, and Queensryche
- Food booth strategy: how to pace yourself, which items Rob & Kerri tried first, and why you should skip the beer at the tiny food houses
- The 16 oz. vs. 12 oz. beer hack that saves you money (33% more beer for the same price!)
- The Butterfly Landing, Purple Martin bird presentations, and why you shouldn't skip EPCOT even with young kids
- What was underwhelming at CommuniCore Hall (so you can manage your expectations)
- 2027 Disney World vacation packages are NOW OPEN — why you should book early and how the new dining plan works
- Updates on Rockin' Roller Coaster's Muppet re-theme (opening May 26!) and Big Thunder Mountain
- Rob & Kerri's upcoming AmaWaterways Danube River cruise and Portugal Douro River cruise
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Every spring, Epcot transforms into something truly spectacular. |
| 0:04.6 | And if you've never experienced the Flower and Garden Festival, |
| 0:07.1 | today's episode is going to make you really want to book that trip. |
| 0:10.2 | And if you have been before, we've got tips that are going to make your next visit so much better. |
| 0:16.6 | Hello there, my friend, and welcome to the Disney Travel Secret Show. |
| 0:19.7 | We are your travel agent host and bestselling authors, Rob and Carrie Stewart, |
| 0:22.9 | and we are here and coming to you from the CMV studio in beautiful Windermere, Florida. |
| 0:28.2 | This is episode number 479, original air date, April 20th, 2026. |
| 0:33.8 | Where is the time going? |
| 0:35.3 | Now, today, though, we are excited to talk to you about my favorite Epcot Festival of the entire year, and that is Flower and Garden. |
| 0:43.8 | And something that just came out, and I don't know if you want to call it ironic or coincidental, but literally as we were writing this show last week on Thursday, Disney opened up their 2027 dates. Of course, it was |
| 0:56.2 | totally unexpected because they never give us a heads up. Yeah, so make sure you are following us on |
| 1:02.8 | social media or if you're ready to book that 2027 vacation. Just head on over to the link that |
| 1:09.5 | is in the show description, and let's get your |
| 1:12.0 | 2027 trip on the books. Okay, Hugh, it's your turn. Hello, my friends. This is former |
| 1:18.3 | Disney Imagineer Hugh Darley, and you're listening to Disney Travel Secrets with my friends, Rob and |
| 1:23.8 | Kerry Stewart. As you can imagine, I have plenty of Disney secrets myself, and I can't wait |
| 1:29.1 | to share them with you. Let's get this show on the road. Take it away, guys. |
| 1:38.8 | I'm going to kick off this show by thanking what I say is the best car event, car festival we've ever been to. It's the Celebration |
| 1:45.3 | Exotic Car Festival. In Celebration, Florida, if you know, that was a town that originally Disney was |
| 1:49.8 | building. And it's our favorite car. This is our fourth year. And for those of you're watching us on |
| 1:55.1 | YouTube, this is my Ferrari. It's the Ferrari, California, T. This is the car we brought to the event. |
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