EARTH DAY EVENTS 2008

The following activities are planned at Walt Disney World:

April 17

• All Star Resorts - Tree Planting
• Contemporary Resort - Photo ops with Jiminy Cricket, cooking decorating, recycling game, face painting, organic foods, lady bug releases and a focus on green projects for 2008
• Pop Century - 10am - 12pm - Crafts outside the food court and tree planting

April 18

• Caribbean Beach Resort - 10am - 12pm - Crafts at Old Port Royale and tree planting

April 18 - 20

• Epcot - "Green Weekend, Bugs are cool!" Featuring ways to reduce waste both at home and in your community
• The Seas with Nemo and Friends - Earth Day activities

April 22

• Animal Kingdom - 9am - 3pm - "Party for the Planet"
  • Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund becomes Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund
  • Earth Day Button
  • Activities including Supermarket Sweep and "What's in Sue's Poop?"
  • Rafiki's Planet Watch to host photo ops with Jiminy Cricket and conservation storytelling by the Animal Programs team
  • Pipa, the talking recycling can to have special Earth Day messages
  • Gitar-Dan to have special Earth Day messages in his routine
• Magic Kingdom - 10am - 3pm
  • Rose Garden to host photo ops with Jiminy Cricket, face painting and distribute Earth Day button
• Fort Wilderness - EPA literature distributed
• Port Orleans Resort - Judging of the Recycled art display in Riverside and French Quarter lobbies
• Downtown Disney Marketplace - 1pm - 4pm
  • Jiminy Cricket drawing classes conducted by the Art of Disney
  • Disney chefs prepare "worms and dirt"
  • Lady bug releases
  • Environmental displays between the Earl of Sandwich and Once Upon a Toy

All theme park activities require park admission. Activities are subject to change/cancellation without notice

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