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- Jun 20, 2007
HELP!! I need your HELP!! I am in over my head, but need to pull off the surprise of the year!!
A little background: My wife and I have a little tradition of taking anniversary trips each year without the urchin(s). Typically what happened is that if it is an odd anniversary year, my wife would plan the trip and if it is an even year, I am in charge of the plan. I, of course, being a DISer tend to be a little bit more anal about the planning of these trips and tend to get a little elaborate which fortunately the wifey loves.
Now as we have gotten older, and the children have mainly grown (she gave me 2 from a previous *ahem* marriage and we have one together, our first two are now adults leaving us with just a 12 y/o at home) and we have a little bit more money, the trips have gotten a little bigger. Originally they started out as an overnight stay, then progressed to a weekend stay somewhere in the Midwest area, then Vegas, etc.
For our 10 year anniversary, I surprised her with a cruise, but I also made up poems of 10 lines each, giving her clues as to where we going. I started by sending her 10 flowers 10 weeks before our 10th anniversary date with 10 lines of poetry explaining what was going to happen, and planned to give her clues once a week. Unfortunately, she loved the idea so much, she *made* me give her the clues much faster that and google tripped me up. However, Id like to do it again for our 14th anniversary; this time around, the clues will be harder, the rules more firm, and the anticipation will be constantly building.
Oddly, with all of our travels (10 cruises, 15 trips to Vegas, multiple trips to Florida, California, etc) She has never stepped foot into any of the parks at Walt Disney World. Just last year, we actually stayed in Orlando, went bar hopping by monorail at WDW, had dinner at the California Grill, watching Wishes from the balcony, and went to Pleasure Island twice but we wound up visiting Sea World and Busch Gardens.
One other year with the kids, we mainly stayed in Orlando, but went to Daytona, both Universal Parks, Jeykll Island and more, but on the day we were supposed to go to the Magic Kingdom, both of us had horrible sunburn from our time on Daytona Beach and literally couldnt walk thereby scuttling that part of the trip.
Personally, I hadnt been to a Disney Park since I was 16 but have long harbored a secret ambition to go back so these setbacks were crushing, but it just never seem to get high enough on her priority board to schedule a trip to do so until I stumbled upon the DIS and learned about free dining last year.
Knowing that my wife didnt necessarily harbor the same Disney dreams as I, I gathered up the courage to ask if I could take the youngest to Disney in late August for a (too)-short stay. I even volunteered to have my allowance cut, as well as giving up some other bargaining chips not appropriate for a family website. Once she said muttered the magic words, Sure, go ahead have fun I quickly booked. Trust me it was a fair trade!!
Well my youngest and I had those 4 ½ days which were even more fun than I had possibly anticipated, and I quickly figured that my wife would absolutely love to go, especially Epcot but would enjoy most of the others as well, because its not really about the thrill rides, but more the experience and the ambience and of course, the magic.
I currently have her believing that the two of us will take a quickie trip around Labor day, because after my 900+ photos and other descriptions, she is finally starting to sort of get it and it has slowly, but surely moved up on the priority list.
But in reality, when I went in August is was too hot and the dinner crowds were nearly out of control, and probably MOST importantly there wont be the Garden & Flower show. My wife loves to garden slowly but surely, she is taking over our entire yard with plants and flowers the dogs are trying their best to slow the advance of foliage, but there is only so much they can do.
So I have planned this as our anniversary trip I have reservations at POFQ (couldnt quite pull the trigger for any of the deluxe resorts), 5-day passes and the DDP for four nights. I tried to find either the most interesting or romantic restaurants or areas to visit. I really only plan on being in the parks in the morning, with the exception of one fuller day at Epcot (we will go here twice) Again, its not going to be the attractions so much, as it will be the magic of just being.
This will allow for naps (something she adores), but will also allow us to visit some of the other resorts, take a boat trip from POFQ to DTD, spend a night on the Boardwalk, spend some time at the Adventurers Club and enjoy some quality restaurants, such as Coral Reef, Spoodles, Kona Café and Le Cellier, and most importantly, some snuggle time. ;-)
So after this extremely long-winded introduction, youll remember I asked for Wicked Creative help here is what I need. I need ideas, I need verses, in short I need some people with more talent than me to help me pull this off.
I already have given her the first clue, listed below, as well as the official rules I noticed near her computer she wrote down Lake Tahoe which is good but for the next few clues, I want her to be as far away as possible, yet without lying to her. I know she will be sharing these clues with her friends and co-workers so they have to be tough, yet fair best yet, will be clues with possible double meanings!!
Below are the rules and the first clue, perhaps this will allow you, the dear reader, to see the battle I am facing.
RULES
1.) I will not answer any questions, including what the destination is, EVEN if you guess it, unless you are able to answer at least 50% of the clues given to be honest some are really obscure, BUT with enough research and some luck their meaning will be come clear.
2.) I will give you one sheet of clues each week, but not necessarily the same day each week. For purposes of definition, a week is defined from Sunday-Saturday.
3.) For the previous weeks clue I will provide a new sheet the following with the actual lines that were indeed true clues italicized. Some lines are just filler.
4.) Clues will not necessarily always be given to you, some may have to be found so keep your eyes peeled.
5.) Swearing and cursing at me because I have spent more time on this than you have is not allowed and will possibly result in the LOSS of your next clue.
6.) I reserve that right to add more rules as I see fit.
Have fun!!!
CLUE #1
So you want to do this once agin,
Now its up to me, to figure where to begin.
Making a new fourteen lines of prose
One for each successful year, I spose
What a challenge you make for me
As I aint no Mr. Arlo Guthrie
Youd like to know where we go
But to me, thats all part of the show
The only problem is, I cant make this easy - no sirree
I gotta make this last at least through the end of Februaree
Broaden your mind to focus on the World we make.
Id advise it best to put your attention on a good view lake.
Yes indeed, there were a few clues in these verses
One only hopes, there were enough to stop your curses.
The clues in the above are as follows
Line 6 Arlo Guthrie is performing at the flower/garden festival while we are there
Line 8 The show all of Disney is considered a show, hence the term cast members
Line 11 The World either Walt Disney World, or the World showcase (this is going to be my one white lie, I am not going to italicize this one, I think she might latch on to it)
Line 12 Good view Lake loosely translated in Spanish to Lake Buena Vista
Some further ideas I have for future verses will include
Stacy, from the TV show broadcast in the resorts
Flower and Garden Festival changed to be google proof.
Tony ORLANDO & Dawn or a reference to a yellow ribbon
The cellar for Le Cellier
Cirque references
Pin Trading
But in reality, I think the list is endless but I need YOUR help to help me create ideas perhaps you have some offbeat words I can rhyme, perhaps you have a verse or two any help will be appreciated, because I have to create over 200 lines of poetry and as you can tell from above, its not my strong suit.
In exchange, I will post the clues I give her here so you too can play along deal? DEAL!!
Thanks
Paul
A little background: My wife and I have a little tradition of taking anniversary trips each year without the urchin(s). Typically what happened is that if it is an odd anniversary year, my wife would plan the trip and if it is an even year, I am in charge of the plan. I, of course, being a DISer tend to be a little bit more anal about the planning of these trips and tend to get a little elaborate which fortunately the wifey loves.
Now as we have gotten older, and the children have mainly grown (she gave me 2 from a previous *ahem* marriage and we have one together, our first two are now adults leaving us with just a 12 y/o at home) and we have a little bit more money, the trips have gotten a little bigger. Originally they started out as an overnight stay, then progressed to a weekend stay somewhere in the Midwest area, then Vegas, etc.
For our 10 year anniversary, I surprised her with a cruise, but I also made up poems of 10 lines each, giving her clues as to where we going. I started by sending her 10 flowers 10 weeks before our 10th anniversary date with 10 lines of poetry explaining what was going to happen, and planned to give her clues once a week. Unfortunately, she loved the idea so much, she *made* me give her the clues much faster that and google tripped me up. However, Id like to do it again for our 14th anniversary; this time around, the clues will be harder, the rules more firm, and the anticipation will be constantly building.
Oddly, with all of our travels (10 cruises, 15 trips to Vegas, multiple trips to Florida, California, etc) She has never stepped foot into any of the parks at Walt Disney World. Just last year, we actually stayed in Orlando, went bar hopping by monorail at WDW, had dinner at the California Grill, watching Wishes from the balcony, and went to Pleasure Island twice but we wound up visiting Sea World and Busch Gardens.
One other year with the kids, we mainly stayed in Orlando, but went to Daytona, both Universal Parks, Jeykll Island and more, but on the day we were supposed to go to the Magic Kingdom, both of us had horrible sunburn from our time on Daytona Beach and literally couldnt walk thereby scuttling that part of the trip.
Personally, I hadnt been to a Disney Park since I was 16 but have long harbored a secret ambition to go back so these setbacks were crushing, but it just never seem to get high enough on her priority board to schedule a trip to do so until I stumbled upon the DIS and learned about free dining last year.
Knowing that my wife didnt necessarily harbor the same Disney dreams as I, I gathered up the courage to ask if I could take the youngest to Disney in late August for a (too)-short stay. I even volunteered to have my allowance cut, as well as giving up some other bargaining chips not appropriate for a family website. Once she said muttered the magic words, Sure, go ahead have fun I quickly booked. Trust me it was a fair trade!!
Well my youngest and I had those 4 ½ days which were even more fun than I had possibly anticipated, and I quickly figured that my wife would absolutely love to go, especially Epcot but would enjoy most of the others as well, because its not really about the thrill rides, but more the experience and the ambience and of course, the magic.
I currently have her believing that the two of us will take a quickie trip around Labor day, because after my 900+ photos and other descriptions, she is finally starting to sort of get it and it has slowly, but surely moved up on the priority list.
But in reality, when I went in August is was too hot and the dinner crowds were nearly out of control, and probably MOST importantly there wont be the Garden & Flower show. My wife loves to garden slowly but surely, she is taking over our entire yard with plants and flowers the dogs are trying their best to slow the advance of foliage, but there is only so much they can do.
So I have planned this as our anniversary trip I have reservations at POFQ (couldnt quite pull the trigger for any of the deluxe resorts), 5-day passes and the DDP for four nights. I tried to find either the most interesting or romantic restaurants or areas to visit. I really only plan on being in the parks in the morning, with the exception of one fuller day at Epcot (we will go here twice) Again, its not going to be the attractions so much, as it will be the magic of just being.
This will allow for naps (something she adores), but will also allow us to visit some of the other resorts, take a boat trip from POFQ to DTD, spend a night on the Boardwalk, spend some time at the Adventurers Club and enjoy some quality restaurants, such as Coral Reef, Spoodles, Kona Café and Le Cellier, and most importantly, some snuggle time. ;-)
So after this extremely long-winded introduction, youll remember I asked for Wicked Creative help here is what I need. I need ideas, I need verses, in short I need some people with more talent than me to help me pull this off.
I already have given her the first clue, listed below, as well as the official rules I noticed near her computer she wrote down Lake Tahoe which is good but for the next few clues, I want her to be as far away as possible, yet without lying to her. I know she will be sharing these clues with her friends and co-workers so they have to be tough, yet fair best yet, will be clues with possible double meanings!!
Below are the rules and the first clue, perhaps this will allow you, the dear reader, to see the battle I am facing.
RULES
1.) I will not answer any questions, including what the destination is, EVEN if you guess it, unless you are able to answer at least 50% of the clues given to be honest some are really obscure, BUT with enough research and some luck their meaning will be come clear.
2.) I will give you one sheet of clues each week, but not necessarily the same day each week. For purposes of definition, a week is defined from Sunday-Saturday.
3.) For the previous weeks clue I will provide a new sheet the following with the actual lines that were indeed true clues italicized. Some lines are just filler.
4.) Clues will not necessarily always be given to you, some may have to be found so keep your eyes peeled.
5.) Swearing and cursing at me because I have spent more time on this than you have is not allowed and will possibly result in the LOSS of your next clue.
6.) I reserve that right to add more rules as I see fit.
Have fun!!!
CLUE #1
So you want to do this once agin,
Now its up to me, to figure where to begin.
Making a new fourteen lines of prose
One for each successful year, I spose
What a challenge you make for me
As I aint no Mr. Arlo Guthrie
Youd like to know where we go
But to me, thats all part of the show
The only problem is, I cant make this easy - no sirree
I gotta make this last at least through the end of Februaree
Broaden your mind to focus on the World we make.
Id advise it best to put your attention on a good view lake.
Yes indeed, there were a few clues in these verses
One only hopes, there were enough to stop your curses.
The clues in the above are as follows
Line 6 Arlo Guthrie is performing at the flower/garden festival while we are there
Line 8 The show all of Disney is considered a show, hence the term cast members
Line 11 The World either Walt Disney World, or the World showcase (this is going to be my one white lie, I am not going to italicize this one, I think she might latch on to it)
Line 12 Good view Lake loosely translated in Spanish to Lake Buena Vista
Some further ideas I have for future verses will include
Stacy, from the TV show broadcast in the resorts
Flower and Garden Festival changed to be google proof.
Tony ORLANDO & Dawn or a reference to a yellow ribbon
The cellar for Le Cellier
Cirque references
Pin Trading
But in reality, I think the list is endless but I need YOUR help to help me create ideas perhaps you have some offbeat words I can rhyme, perhaps you have a verse or two any help will be appreciated, because I have to create over 200 lines of poetry and as you can tell from above, its not my strong suit.
In exchange, I will post the clues I give her here so you too can play along deal? DEAL!!
Thanks
Paul
I'll post this link on the other boards I'm subscribed too and enlist some more help if possible. Good luck and great poems and ideas everyone! 
