I could just tell that there were tons of people leaving Disney’s Give a Day Get a Disney Day announcement and volunteer events with their hearts soaring after realizing the huge goals that we can accomplish when we join our efforts together! The Give a Day Get a Disney Day event was inspirational! And, after seeing the Can Do Cavalcade carry 14 trucks worth of food, 115,000 can’s, out of Epcot, I had no idea there was still more fun to be had that day. But there was!! Much of the fun would come from sampling many delicious dishes, as it turns out that Chef Robert Irvine from the food network’s Dinner:Impossible show was in Epcot and on a very special mission: he was to make a Dinner:Impossible meal for all of t he attendees of the Family Volunteer Celebration! How cool is that? There were so many details about all of the dishes that I didn’t document. I loved the food but to describe all that we got, but I’m going to link up to AJ from The Disney Food Blog for the dish on the dishes, as she has perfectly recaptured all these details. Please click on over to The Disney Food Blog and read about the fantastic food and happenings that surrounded this event. She describes the tantalizing cuisine that was set up at many stations throughout this event. I remember wishing, as I sampled some of these tasty treats, that I had paid more attention in the kitchen growing up! Everything was so yummy!
Cast Members had given everyone a cool multi-functional soft-glo lightstick adorned with the Disneynature OCEANS film logo as they entered the event and we were about to put them to good use. Disneynature has its feature OCEANS set to be released on Earth Day, April 22 and I can’t wait to see it! Did you know that Disney will make a donation to help save coral reefs through The Nature Conservancy for every ticket sold to Disneynature’s OCEANS during its first week in the theaters? According to StitchKingdom, the donation will go towards a new Adopt-a-Coral-Reef program focusing on The Bahamas which aims to save 500,000 acres of threatened coral reef, accounting for 30% of the reef in the Atlantic Ocean. As a Biologist with Specialty in Marine Science, I can’t tell you how much I am looking forward to seeing this film! The ocean has always moved me and I expect Disneynature’s OCEANS to rock my world. And while I am sure the film will be beautiful, I think I am equally looking forward to watching that many more people fall in love with our Earth’s oceans and the creatures that live in them. The oceans have some of the world’s least known creatures and I’m sure this movie will not disappoint!
"Just a pebble in the water can set the sea in motion, and a simple act of kindness can stir the deepest ocean"
As a teaser for the film, two Disney Channel stars from the Friends for Change: Project Green campaign took the stage. Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas sang Disneynature’s OCEANS new anthem “Make a Wave” and I loved, loved, loved this song! The words remind us, just as the World’s Largest Can structure did earlier in the day, that every little bit helps and we can all make a difference when we work together and combine our efforts.
What more than 115,000 cans can look like. These cans will provide 70,000 meals for the needy.
The only thing I can think of that could top this event would be IllumiNations. And it was the perfect ending to another perfect Disney Day!
IllumiNations
