Darren Wittko 6/25/23 Darren Wittko 6/25/23

I went on Epcot's Behind the Seeds Tour (and it wasn't boring)

Behind the Seeds Tour at Epcot Review

I love Living with the Land at Epcot. Going through the hydroponic gardens is interesting to me and I’m not even into plants. But I never gave much thought to the Behind the Seeds Tour. You may have seen the tour desk at the exit of the boat ride through Epcot’s greenhouses.

Recently my family took me on Behind the Seeds for Father’s Day. It was more fun than I would have thought!

The tour isn’t free but it’s on the more reasonable side for Walt Disney World extras. The Behind the Seeds Tour is $35 per person and it can be booked in advance on the Disney World website.

If you’re a client of mine, I can book the tour for you as well.

Here are a few highlights from Behind the Seeds at Epcot’s The Land pavilion.

The tour desk for Behind the Seeds is located inside The Land pavilion, between Soarin’ and the exit of Living with the Land.

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The tour begins here in this gallery - the Biological Control Room.

Our guide showed us how Disney uses insects to control unwanted pests in the greenhouses. They raise both beneficial insects and pests here to create a balance. Otherwise, the beneficial insects would eventually run out of things to eat.

Disney raises a number of insects here - both pests and beneficial bugs.

This is the other side of the bio lab that you see from the boat ride. It’s not just for show. Inside they are currently working on growing plants from tissue cultures. There’s also some work going on here with NASA and the USDA.

The purple light helps promote growth.

If you’re a Disney nerd, you’ll love going backstage.

This is the outside of the tunnel that the boats pass through on Living with the Land.

Disney has to manually pollinate everything that grows in the greenhouses on the Living with the Land. Cast Members use tiny leaf blowers to get the job done.

For some plants, Cast Members just walk around touching all their flowers.