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 | World Showcase promenade stretches 1.2 miles and World Showcase Lagoon spans 40 acres. |
| The gardens of Epcot are among the most extensive at Walt Disney World Resort. The themed | |
| landscapes are maintained year-round by a horticulture staff of more than 50. |
| The Eiffel Tower replica in the France pavilion is 103 feet tall. |
| The castle in Japan is a replica of the Shirasagi-Jo, a 17th century fortress overlooking the city of Himeji, | |
| known as one of the most well-preserved castles in Japan. |
| A Disney crew carried a 300-pound camera up 4,500 steps of the Huangshan Mountain in the Annui | |
| Province to film the Circle-Vision 360 film seen in the China pavilion. |
| Each year at the annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, more than 33,000 bottles of wine and | |
| champagne are uncorked, 1.2 million hors d'oeuvre plates are served and 100,000 miniature desserts are dished up. |
| More than 26,000 feet of lights outline the World Showcase pavilions for the "IllumiNations: Reflections of | |
| Earth" nightly fireworks show -- a string long enough to stretch across the Golden Gate Bridge more than six times. |
| Earth Globe is a 28-foot-diameter sphere on World Showcase Lagoon and the centerpiece of | |
| "IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth." The globe weighs 350,000 pounds and is wrapped in more than 180,000 Light Emitting Diodes arranged in the shape of Earth's continents. |
| Some 2,800 firework shells are used during each "IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth" show. | |
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| Illuminations at Epcot uses over 2,800 shells |