First, links to our posts for the past week…
- In honor of both Valentine’s Day and Pancake Day, we took a trip over to the Polynesian Resort and had breakfast, nick had the red velvet pancakes and nora had the Samoan
- We’ve been enjoying the offerings at Kidani Village and Jambo House (Animal Kingdom Lodge) recently, the food at Sanaa is always a welcome experience (even if it isn’t always perfect)
From around the blogosphere and the twitterverse…
- Sarah & Matt at EatingWDW…
- Decided to join nora in the #2013eateachsandwich challenge at Earl of Sandwich, first up, the seasonal special Chicken Pesto Pomodoro
- Shared the announcement of the Tables in Wonderland Great Movie Ride Buffet Dinner in March, this event been on their and our wish list for a while – but we all decided that it’s too pricey and are going to give it a pass
- Denise at Mousesteps (one of the first Walt Disney World dedicated blogs that nora read, originally focused on walks around WDW)…
- We had hoped to see the new “Oz The Great and Powerful” playground when we visited Epcot on Monday, but it wasn’t opened yet – however, Denise has photos!
We’re looking forward to the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival, new food booths, amazing topiaries to photograph, and a long time favorite of ours… the flower beds around the lagoons…
On Sunday, we noticed that there were stakes with numbers and colored flags around the lagoons – we wondered how long it would take to remove the grass and get the flowers planted
The next day, some of the grass was gone!
The stakes were still there as were some lines and markings
So, how do they get the outlines of the design onto the soil? (notice the huge flower on the left and the butterfly on the right)
They have LARGE cut-outs that they place in the right place and then they spray paint the outline directly onto the soil – the stakes and flags are still there to help later on
Now, we look forward to seeing them all completed!
One last item from the internet – we watched Monsters Inc right before a trip to WDW (the trip that caused WDW to become an obsession), and we’ve remained fans of the characters and the storyline. There’s a new Monsters movie coming out from Pixar this summer (June 21), “Monsters University” – and nora has found some clips online…
- Big Screen Animation…
- The commercial from the BCS Championship, a spoof on the come-to-our-university commercials so prevalent during football season (youtube link)
That’s it for this week!
I wondered how they did the flower patterns too. Glad you were about to capture it. Monsters University; we will be attending it. LOL
Lisa