I’ve had a busy and rewarding day at the Walt Disney World “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” media event; and while you’ll be seeing in-depth blogs over the next few days about my adventures, I wanted to share with you as soon as possible a few of my favorite Disney photos from today.
So, come along with me on this mini-photo-trip-report!
My Disney Day in Photos
First, we got up early-early-early to head over to Epcot for our Akershus breakfast with the Princesses. I think this is just about the most true-to-“life” Snow White I’ve ever seen:
Snow White at Akershus Restaurant
Then it was off to the “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” Media Event, but what do I see as I’m walking around World Showcase? Giant tin cans!! These were used throughout Epcot today as themeing for the Volunteer Events! This one indicated that a VERY cool Detroit radio station would be broadcasting live from Epcot today! (Shout out to Jake Edwards!)
Detroit 96.3 Radio Station Broadcast Location Marker
Finally made it around the Showcase in time for the big World Record reveal and Media Event. This is the World’s Largest Sculpture Made of Canned Goods! Be sure to check out our breakdown of the foods used for each character!
Canned Goods Sculpture Reveal at Disney World
And of course I needed to get Pluto’s picture in front of his canned-good likeness!
Disney's Pluto with Canned Goods Pluto
I was thrilled to see that Mickey’s fingers were made out of huge-mongo bags of marshmallows.
Mickey's Marshmallow Hands
I was also able to get a photo of Michelle Nunn, CEO of Points of Light Institute and co-founder of the HandsOn Network, the volunteer organization partnering with Disney in the “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” celebration. This is one of my favorite photos of the day, as my background is in nonprofit work and I truly believe that this “Give a Day” program will change the way Corporate and Nonprofit players work together from now on. It’s an incredible step forward for those of us in this field.
Michelle Nun with Canned Goods Sculpture
And one of my other favorite photos of the day has to be of Kermit the Frog, perching on Ty Pennington’s shoulder, with Kermit’s puppeteer crouching down behind Ty. The puppeteer was trying to stay out of the shot. It was pretty surreal to see.
Ty Pennington, Kermit the Frog, and...Kermit's puppeteer
After the event, I noticed Dinner:Impossible chef, Robert Irvine, running around the World Showcase — actually got the chance to meet him!
Chef Robert Irvine
I quickly took a moment to explore a part of the World Showcase I’ve never seen…
Epcot's China
Before meeting up with my husband at Tutto Italia for lunch in Italy’s Carnevale!
Italy Cast Members with their Carnevale masks
Then, it was back out on my own to explore and take photos. Here’s the famouse seedling-planting, in which several Disney Channel rock stars were involved!
Tree-Planting Volunteer Project
I headed over to the UK pavilion to scope for British candy and found my favorite: Rowntree’s Fruit Pastilles!! (These are best if you keep them in the refrigerator until you’re ready to eat them. Nobody else will tell you that, but I will.)
And ventured over to the pub, where I met the famous Carl…who can do THIS!
Carl and the tipping pint
From there, it was back over to Chef Irvine’s kitchen to see how things were going…
Dinner:Impossible Filming and Show Kitchen
Finally, it was time to EAT! My favorite Chef Irvine dish? The Brownie Torte!
Chef Irvine's Dinner:Impossible Brownie Torte
And after some chatting and chomping, it was time for the Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato concert to begin! Here’s my “cheesecake push-up” jiving to the music:
Cheesecake at the Concert
I hope you enjoyed the tour of my Disney Day! Stay tuned for more photos and feedback from this week’s “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” media event!
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Woot! Publix marshmallows at that! It was great talking to you again today…I’m now a fan for life. You missed the blue drink party at the Poly. 🙂
Boo to missing the blue drink party at the Poly! 🙁 I hope someone took pics for me — it’s perfect for the food blog! 😉 So, SO wonderful to hang out with you tonight. I hope your beautiful kiddo loved the Joe Jonas-ness!
Looks like a great day! Food is definitely one of our favorites part of any Disney trip – thanks for sharing! By the way, we will be eating at Akershus in about 2 weeks. I hope Snow White is there (she is my two year olds favorite princess!).
I am SO sorry I missed you yesterday!!! And the cheese cake pops were my favorite dessert!!!SO YUMMY!! and a fun idea!!
So where do I find the recipe for that scrumptious looking Brownie Torte? It looks yummy!
Elizabeth — I hope so, too! Lucky you for being there in two weeks!
Aurora — The cheesecake pops were SO rich! And it felt really strange to be eating cheesecake like that… 🙂
Paul — Doh! I should have bugged the chefs I met to give me the recipe! Maybe if we watch the Dinner:Impossible episode we’ll learn what went into the dish… Or maybe they’ll put the recipes up on the food network site. Hmm…I must do some digging.
So so cool. Looks like GREAT foody time 🙂
I just LOVE the can sculpture
Cody — Wish I could have seen you! Are you still headed to WDW at the end of Feb?
I wanted to try Chef Irvine’s brownies. Got two for hubby and I. I was chatting with someone at our table and he ate both of them. Loved the concept of the cheesecake pops (so did my 2 year old). Need to get my photos and mind organized to start blogging about our week at Disney. For some reason I am just more focused on laundry and reading all about your adventures.
I’m so glad you’re interested in the adventures! I can’t wait to read about your experiences! Sorry hubby ate both brownies…I’ve already written to Chef Irvine about the recipe!
Thanks for the shout out! Love the blog.
Hey, Jake!! Rock on! Thanks for coming to see the blog! 🙂