After our first day at the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration I knew this was going to be an experience of a lifetime.
Still nothing could prepare me fully for all that was to come.
On my second day at Disney I had to get up really early to make it to the Guy Kowasaki breakfast which I was really looking forward to. If you don’t know who that is, let me tell you that he is THE social media guru!
He is also the owner of AllTop.com where you can find me under frugality!
I was excited to hear what he had to share. I was also surprised to find that I was already implementing a lot of his tips. But he had plenty more that I was completely unaware of.
After the breakfast we headed over to see the world record structure built out of cans. And who better to unveil it than the man who does great reveals all the time? Ty Pennington came to say “Move Those Balloons!”
This was also a really neat tribute to all of the families across America who have volunteered.
Disney has a new Give a Day Get a Disney Day Promotion going on to encourage all of us to take some time to voluteer. You can find out all of the details for that here.
(You can see the pictures I took by clicking on the box above)
We had an opportunity to do some volunteering while we were there as well. We packaged up care bags for those who need them in Haiti after the horrible earthquake that contained all the basic hygiene essentials. Rich and Richie also had an opportunity to plant a tree which was pretty cool, since some other Disney stars were also planting trees that day.
When we finished up with that we decided to take a trip back to our hotel to rest up a bit for our dinner under the stars and the Epcot Sphere. I can’t even express how beautiful this was. We had a wonderful dinner with some of the amazing friends we had made since being there. We sat with Amy from Saving With Amy and Mikki from Not So Perfect Housewife and their families.
They had closed off a portion of Epcot where we had our dinner and enjoy a special VIP concert that included a lot of Disney Stars, but most notably Demi Levato and Joe Jonas! They sang their newest song “Make A Wave” for us.
We also enjoyed a beautiful fireworks show before calling it a night and taking our bus back to the hotel.
This day was filled with Disney magic!
* I was invited to attend this event at a deeply discounted price of $350 which covered the conference, Polynesian hotel, park tickets for me and my family, meals, and more. However, all opinions expressed are solely mine.
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It was a pretty cool day, wasn't it? I loved seeing the volunteer families during the morning ceremony.
It really was an amazing tribute to those volunteering families! They are true heroes!
Amazing!!! Thank you for sharing your magical experience at Disney. I can't say that I'm not overly jealous. I wish I could be experiencing that myself first hand with my family. Maybe some day…
Sounds like you had an incredible day that will last a life time. I'm sure no one is going to forget it.
I think what you all did for Haiti and planting trees was beatiful.
My daughter would probably faint if she was at that concert. LOL!
It was an awesome day and week! I had fun with you guys
Same here Amy! I really believe that meeting you and Mikki really made the trip that much more perfect!
Sounds like a lot of fun, wish I could have gone
Looks like so much fun!!! Awesome!
I am so very jealous. Ty would have been enough for me but all those tips from Guy! Sounds like a dream trip.
It was neat, maybe you can go to the next one?
Sounds like an exciting fun day!! So nice to help others too!
It was the highlight of my trip!
That sounds wonderful! I am glad you had a good time. You deserve it.
Wow, sounds like you had a blast!
I would of liked to meet Ty!
I used to love his stuff on HGTV.
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