Epcot Update - Flowers, Gardens, and Smiles (PART 2)

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Welcome to part 2 of this new Epcot update! Let's begin with a look at Winnie the Pooh's topiaries:

Lightning McQueen is already here since more than two or three weeks, but Mater is still missing... We wonder if they'll ever add him:

This is the checkpoint, where the games with the characters from the new CARS 2 game starts:

You're given this nice, little booklet with all the stops to gather some stickers:

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More pictures of the booklet:













At the end, you receive a nice button, that says: "I won the Race Around World Showcase!":

The EXCITING year-round gardens:

This is all:

We were expecting a new, big, year-round garden for Epcot. Instead, that's what we got:

A new sand sculpture for the "African Cats" movie:

The recent rain seems to have destroyed the old one:

I love the Hippo! It looks so real!:

Cheetahs:

The off-road vehicle used to shoot the film:

Nice landscaping around it:

- THE WORLD TRAVELER SHOP AT INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY -

Work on the replacement of the International Gateway's structures' canopies is almost over:

The old Tram Station near the Boardwalk and the Yacht & Beach Club resorts is now being demolished:

I was told that they tore it down completely right the night after we visited it (one and a half days ago):

You can still se the old, red "roof" that was prevalent in International Gateway:

Planting new flowers! That's very nice to see:









Back inside the park, a new sign has been added to the Fab. 5 topiaries, at the American Adventures:



AMERICA - THE BOUNTIFUL:



Tangle's Tower is beautiful, as always:





Repaving in progress, in Germany:









Thanks for reading part 2!
Now, please, head to PART 3 of this huge Epcot update, with a lot of pictures of the newly-revamped shop in the Chinese Pavilion!

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