A Very Lurkyloo Christmas is FINISHED! New 3/16: Last Day of the Trip!

[PopArtGal]

They told me to call private dining from our room to tell them we were ready for the cake.

It hasn't appeared on my ccard. Do they only charge it upon delivery?

 

[cdotla]

I hope this isn't veering too far off topic, but I had a "cake situation" arise this weekend. Of course the 1st place I thought to come for advise was to Lurkyloo and all the cake-lovin' readers on this thread.

Here's the deal. I hosted my parents' 40th Wedding Anniversary Party yesterday. Of course the very 1st thing I planned months ago was The Cake.

Here's a pic that I emailed the baker. The only change was that my cake was to be 3 layers, not 4.

Here's what I got:

Here's a photo of the cake side by side with the email I sent the baker, just to prove I wasn't dreaming:

Is the color of the roses and accents on my cake the dusty rose/brownish hues in the photo? NO!

Are the layers hat-box square shaped? NO!

Is the brown scalloped piping around the 2nd layer similar? NOT AT ALL!

Is the top layer done in dainty, minimalist fashion? NO!


Overall, the cake I wanted was fresh, modern and elegant. The cake I got was rounded, lopsided (I don't think the pictures show this unfortunately) and messy. Check out the brown satin ribbon piping on the second layer. Yuck!

And worst of all - the color was sooo NOT what I wanted. I wanted dusty, muted rose/brownish color. The kicker is, that is even what the baker herself wrote on the order form which was taped to the cake box when I picked it up.

Instead, the color on my cake was what I feel is standard-issue, grocery store bakery Pink. Certainly not the gourmet bakery dusty rose color in the photo.

Obviously I ran with the cake I had for the Party and made the best of it. However, I am debating whether to raise this with the baker on Monday.

What do you think??? Am I overreacting?

I paid $294 for the cake if that matters.

Look forward to any thoughts/opinions.

And I apologize Carrie if this has gone too far off topic, even on your Cake friendly PTR!

 

[smhogar]

Carrie,

Here is my entrance fee.
This cake was from my MD Wedding Celebration.

Sharon
Shades of Green - Animal Kingdom Wedding - June 23, 2009

 

[romymichelle21]

Oh my You should send that in to Cake Wrecks!

Edit: I mean the pink cake, not the animal one! That one is very cool!

 

[ElleBren]

Thought I'd finally pay my entrance fee. I made it for my daughter's 2nd birthday.

Hope you start firming up your plans. I have to say I was so thrilled when I got our flights. Granted I'm spending way more time with my family than Disney(can be good, can be bad). I can't believe its almost 5 months away.

 

[Donald'sGirl]

cdotla - I would definitely call and complain! That cake is nothing like the picture you sent (BTW that cake was so beatutiful!) and they will think that they did excatly what you asked for unless you tell them otherwise. For the amount of money you paid they should have gotten it right and if they couldn't, they should have told you.

 

[lurkyloo]

They told me to call private dining from our room to tell them we were ready for the cake.

It hasn't appeared on my ccard. Do they only charge it upon delivery?

Yes - I believe it will be on your hotel bill just like room service would be. When you order a cake at a restaurant, they don't charge you til you get to the restaurant.

I hope this isn't veering too far off topic, but I had a "cake situation" arise this weekend. Of course the 1st place I thought to come for advise was to Lurkyloo and all the cake-lovin' readers on this thread.

Here's the deal. I hosted my parents' 40th Wedding Anniversary Party yesterday. Of course the very 1st thing I planned months ago was The Cake.

Here's a pic that I emailed the baker. The only change was that my cake was to be 3 layers, not 4.


Is the color of the roses and accents on my cake the dusty rose/brownish hues in the photo? NO!

Are the layers hat-box square shaped? NO!

Is the brown scalloped piping around the 2nd layer similar? NOT AT ALL!

Is the top layer done in dainty, minimalist fashion? NO!


Overall, the cake I wanted was fresh, modern and elegant. The cake I got was rounded, lopsided (I don't think the pictures show this unfortunately) and messy. Check out the brown satin ribbon piping on the second layer. Yuck!

And worst of all - the color was sooo NOT what I wanted. I wanted dusty, muted rose/brownish color. The kicker is, that is even what the baker herself wrote on the order form which was taped to the cake box when I picked it up.

Instead, the color on my cake was what I feel is standard-issue, grocery store bakery Pink. Certainly not the gourmet bakery dusty rose color in the photo.

Obviously I ran with the cake I had for the Party and made the best of it. However, I am debating whether to raise this with the baker on Monday.

What do you think??? Am I overreacting?

I paid $294 for the cake if that matters.

Look forward to any thoughts/opinions.

And I apologize Carrie if this has gone too far off topic, even on your Cake friendly PTR!

No worries - you came to the right place!

I agree with what everyone else has said. A) You should send those pix to Cakewrecks.com, and B) Definitely call to complain. Donald'sGirl already summed it up perfectly - they definitely should have told you if they couldn't make it look like the picture. How do they think that cake looks like the picture? And for that much money?!

You can lay out your arguments just as you have here - I think you're spot on!

P.S. (Because I realized I needed to know this as I replied to smhogar) - how did the cake taste?

Carrie,

Here is my entrance fee.
This cake was from my MD Wedding Celebration.

Sharon, that cake is amazing! It is SO cute! I love all the little animal couples, and the colors are fantastic. How did it taste? What flavors did you get?

Oh my You should send that in to Cake Wrecks!

Edit: I mean the pink cake, not the animal one! That one is very cool!

Thought I'd finally pay my entrance fee. I made it for my daughter's 2nd birthday.

Hope you start firming up your plans. I have to say I was so thrilled when I got our flights. Granted I'm spending way more time with my family than Disney(can be good, can be bad). I can't believe its almost 5 months away.

Wow - you made that? It's adorable! I hope we can start making plans soon too and I can really let myself get into it. At this point, I'm scared to commit and then find out we can't go.

cdotla - I would definitely call and complain! That cake is nothing like the picture you sent (BTW that cake was so beatutiful!) and they will think that they did excatly what you asked for unless you tell them otherwise. For the amount of money you paid they should have gotten it right and if they couldn't, they should have told you.

Amen, sister!

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Hi Carrie! I hate the airline games. They should turn it in to a reality show. "Which contestant can find and book the best price without crashing her computer or losing her mind and avoid a 4 hr layover in SLC or DEN?" Good luck with that.

We'll be at DL sometime between Aug 23 and 27. I'm not sure which day, we just planned a quick trip down there to see some family.

cdotla, I really think you should complain - they should at least refund half of that cake disaster.

 

[PryncessChrysty]

My admission......

Unfortunately, I cannot take credit for this creation. I was looking at winter themed wedding cakes online and stumbled my way to this one. While I am not quite the avid NBC fan, I must say this cake is pretty stinkin' cool!

For what it's worth, I do enjoy the HMH overlay at DL each year, though!

 

[MEK]

Well Carrie:

I had a lovely bottle of wine that I bought on the way home from Niagara Falls a few weeks ago. This was during a "crash" visit to a winery in the Finger Lakes. We tasted nothing. Just picked out 6 bottles to get the 10% discount and left. It was one of those, "This looks good, and yeah...let's get this.....)

So there's this bottle, sitting in my frig, perfectly adorned with a mickey ears bottle stopper. The wine was called Carrie, but before I had the sense to get my camera so I could post a pic here, my DH consumed the rest! How dare he?

How are things going with flight shopping?

 

[Disneygrl36]

I am so in agreement about complaining about that cake & the fact that you should send it in to cake wrecks........the colors were so far off.

The entrace fee cakes are so cute.......look the AK wedding cake & the NBC cake.

 

[Nuwanda9]

My admission......

Unfortunately, I cannot take credit for this creation. I was looking at winter themed wedding cakes online and stumbled my way to this one. While I am not quite the avid NBC fan, I must say this cake is pretty stinkin' cool!

For what it's worth, I do enjoy the HMH overlay at DL each year, though!

Oh my gosh! My niece would LOVE this cake! I wonder if it would be appropriate for a high school graduation??

 

[Donald'sGirl]

My admission......

Unfortunately, I cannot take credit for this creation. I was looking at winter themed wedding cakes online and stumbled my way to this one. While I am not quite the avid NBC fan, I must say this cake is pretty stinkin' cool!

For what it's worth, I do enjoy the HMH overlay at DL each year, though!

That cake is freakin' awesome!! My DF LOVES NBC!

 

[lurkyloo]

Hi Carrie! I hate the airline games. They should turn it in to a reality show. "Which contestant can find and book the best price without crashing her computer or losing her mind and avoid a 4 hr layover in SLC or DEN?" Good luck with that.

We'll be at DL sometime between Aug 23 and 27. I'm not sure which day, we just planned a quick trip down there to see some family.

Oh hey - maybe we'll run into each other! DH and I keep saying we need to go back to Disneyland so we can try to see Dumbo in the fireworks show.

My admission......


Unfortunately, I cannot take credit for this creation. I was looking at winter themed wedding cakes online and stumbled my way to this one. While I am not quite the avid NBC fan, I must say this cake is pretty stinkin' cool!

For what it's worth, I do enjoy the HMH overlay at DL each year, though!

That's cake's great! I think those Sally and Jack action figures make great cake toppers.

Well Carrie:

I had a lovely bottle of wine that I bought on the way home from Niagara Falls a few weeks ago. This was during a "crash" visit to a winery in the Finger Lakes. We tasted nothing. Just picked out 6 bottles to get the 10% discount and left. It was one of those, "This looks good, and yeah...let's get this.....)

So there's this bottle, sitting in my frig, perfectly adorned with a mickey ears bottle stopper. The wine was called Carrie, but before I had the sense to get my camera so I could post a pic here, my DH consumed the rest! How dare he?

How are things going with flight shopping?

That's perfect! "Carrie" and "w[h]ine" are frequently synonymous More on the flight shopping below...

Oh my gosh! My niece would LOVE this cake! I wonder if it would be appropriate for a high school graduation??

Heck yeah! If the skinny-black-jeans-wearing, dyed-hair-in-their-face-having teens at Disneyland are any indication, kids his age LOVE Nightmare Before Christmas!

 

[lurkyloo]

Hooray!

Today all the stars aligned: Delta's ticket price was back down and my transfer of Starwood points to Delta rewards came though, and I was able to buy two plane tickets for less than $200!

Gulp... I guess I *have* to start planning now! ADRs and MVMCP and Candlelight Processional and Osbourne Lights and ginormous gingerbread houses - oh MY!

 

[Flossbolna]

Hooray!

Today all the stars aligned: Delta's ticket price was back down and my transfer of Starwood points to Delta rewards came though, and I was able to buy two plane tickets for less than $200!

Gulp... I guess I *have* to start planning now! ADRs and MVMCP and Candlelight Processional and Osbourne Lights and ginormous gingerbread houses - oh MY!

Congratualtions! It's wonderful that everything worked out! Have fun planning!!

 

[Charleston Princess]

What a great price on the tickets!!! Now the "real" planning can start!!!

 

[LouDisney]

Carrie, that is awesome!! I love getting good deals on plane tickets.

 

[29apr00]

Carrie,

Here is my entrance fee.
This cake was from my MD Wedding Celebration.

Sharon
Shades of Green - Animal Kingdom Wedding - June 23, 2009

That is a GREAT Cake! I love it! i would love to be able to make animals like that!!

Hooray!

Today all the stars aligned: Delta's ticket price was back down and my transfer of Starwood points to Delta rewards came though, and I was able to buy two plane tickets for less than $200!

Gulp... I guess I *have* to start planning now! ADRs and MVMCP and Candlelight Processional and Osbourne Lights and ginormous gingerbread houses - oh MY!

Yay!! Dates! We need dates!!

 

[Donald'sGirl]

Congrats Carrie!!! That is an awesome price too!!

I agree with Jen what are those dates??