Adventure is Out There!!! 🌳
Disney Pixar's "Up" movie officially turns 17 today! For those of you who don't know, Up is one of my all-time favorite films. The story, the iconic symbols, the music, the colors and the characters give the story so much heart. So in honor of the film's anniversary, I'm going to share a special memory with you from my 40th Birthday Trip.
Some of my favorite Disney memories over the past decade or so have come from days where I've dressed up in something special. So for my 40th birthday trip, I had about 20 different outfit ideas. Since we were splitting the trip into both land and sea adventures, and I could only fit so much in my suitcase, I had to narrow it down. But by far the best decision that I made was to keep our Wilderness Explorer outfits in the mix.
Because after all was said and done, and we returned from my 40th Birthday trip, one of Eliot’s and my favorite parts of our entire two week trip and Disney experience was dressing up (with the donkeys) as Wilderness Explorers at Animal Kingdom! 💛🏕🧡🌳
I spent over a year planning for that day and putting everything together. It took me quite a while to gather all of the elements of our outfits... Wilderness Explorer costume sets, baseball hats, the perfect yellow polo shirts... but in the end, it was SO worth it! ✨
The Disney cast members working at Dug & Russell's location loved our playful and fun energy. Other park guests loved our dedication to the costumes. And best of all, both Russell and Dug loved meeting some fellow Wilderness Explorers!!! 💕
Our interaction with them was longer and much more special than your average Disney character Meet & Greet. Everyone loved when we finally got to the front of the line and Dug and Russell first saw us. They definitely were excited to see Eliot and me in our outfits! And both Dug and Russell loved the little plush versions of themselves that we brought with us. (They both ran off with the minis of themselves... it was hilarious.)
Then, we showed them the donkeys little matching outfits with their yellow shirts and miniature Wilderness Explorer Mickey ear hats. (All three hats eBay finds that I literally spent months stalking for the best pricing.) I didn't get a chance to make their sashes for this trip... but it's definitely on my to do list for another time!
It was definitely an experience that we will never forget. And if all that wasn’t already magical enough… we also got super cute family photos with Eliot, me and our three donkeys that we both will always cherish!!! ✨📸 💖
"The wilderness must be explored! Caw-caw, RARR!" 💛🏕🧡🌳
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