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Disney’s Flower and Garden Show opens at Epcot

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida – The 20th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival kicks off this week at Walt Disney World. This year’s festival, which is presented by HGTV, runs through May 19. The 75-day-long festival, held at the Epcot theme park, includes “sweeping garden landscapes” and more than 100 “topiary spectacles,” including one promoting the upcoming Disney movie “Monsters University.” The festival will also feature nighttime illuminated gardens in Future World and the World
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Notes from Disney 2010 — Day 1

EPCOT Center was crowded. Who said there was a recession? The Land, which had been closed for three weeks, according to one cast member, reopened today. I’m not sure the last time I waited this long for the ride. It was worth it — I still contend this is a well-themed — and educational — attraction. The fireworks, as always, were exceptional. The same goes for dinner at the Rose & Crown in the England pavilion.
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IBM Works with Walt Disney Imagineering to Create a New Smarter Planet Exhibit

Edited from PRNewswire-FirstCall IBM has unveiled a new experiential exhibit at Innoventions at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort, which invites guests to discover the possibilities of building a smarter planet. The exhibit is powered by a new Smarter Data Center, providing a real-life demonstration of optimized computing that reduces energy costs by up to 25 percent. SmarterPlanet presented by IBM offers visitors to the park a “behind-the-scenes” glimpse of how technology is helping