Lurkyloo Does WDW: Solo Banzai Run for PassPorter’s Decade of Dreams!

[knewton64]

Sure it is - but my upcoming trip and cake are basically synonymous! Just wait til you see my "To Eat" list!

....I firmly believe that you and Samantha Brown (travel channel) come from the same family......great personality, great comments, great vision....you have a wonderful thread!.

Subscribing.

 

[lazydoxy66]

I am beginning to believe you can never have too much Carrie....or cake. Awesome on the 'Wedding of the Week'!

 

[Philadisney]

WOW, your ten glorious pages on the Destination Wedding site are awesome!
I swear I never get tired of looking at your wedding pictures. I kind of want to steal your entire wedding for whenever I get around to having one myself. It really seems perfect!

 

[lurkyloo]

I can't wait to see your "to eat" list! I will, of course, want to eat all of the stuff you pick - so you'll have to eat for two! (I mean you and ME! Don't everyone get all excited...)

Yeah, watch it or you'll have Betsy on again with her baby rumors. I'm gonna have to make a T-shirt that says, "I'm not pregnant - I'm just fat!"

....I firmly believe that you and Samantha Brown (travel channel) come from the same family......great personality, great comments, great vision....you have a wonderful thread!.

WOW - that's an amazing compliment! I just wish I hadn't been standing behind the door when the family gave out the fabulous job as a hotel reviewer!

I am beginning to believe you can never have too much Carrie....or cake. Awesome on the 'Wedding of the Week'!

Thanks!!

WOW, your ten glorious pages on the Destination Wedding site are awesome!
I swear I never get tired of looking at your wedding pictures. I kind of want to steal your entire wedding for whenever I get around to having one myself. It really seems perfect!

Steal away! (Well, OK - within reason. I was kinda shocked when someone stole my personal thank-you note to our guests...) You can consider it your InstaWedding: Just add $$$!

 

[lurkyloo]

I did some more stuff!

First, I changed our Monday ScFi ADR to 3pm so that I can squeeze in breakfast *and* lunch on my last day. Now I can meet the Roots at Celebration's Market Street Cafe, where they let you order fabulous coconut cream pie with breakfast - whohoo!!


Second, I have compiled my To Do and To Eat lists. (Not counting the big events, like the PassPorter party and crashing Lorelei's dessert party! )

Let me know if I'm forgetting something...


To Do

• Ask Main Street Bakery about cake ordering/do they keep large cakes on hand for sale (for the DIS’ Cake Chatter thread fans...)
• Do Mickey’s PhilharMagic without falling asleep
• Check Sunshine Seasons for peanut butter chocolate cake
• Visit the new Kidani Village building at Animal Kingdom Lodge; take lots o’pix!
• Take pix of the Escape Wedding cake models at BoardWalk Bakery
• See Remy at Chefs de France?
• Give lil’ Huck a big squeeze
• Ride Flights of Wonder at Downtown Disney
• Get my mind blown by the new TrenD boutique at Downtown Disney

To Eat

• Magic Kingdom Fudge (apparently Disneyland doesn’t offer this anymore, so I have to see what the big deal is)
• Goofy’s Candy Co. Giant Oreo
• Ghirardelli Sundae (+ buy a jar of fudge for later!)
• BoardWalk Bakery Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Slice
• Birthday Cupcake at the Plaza (Happy birthday to, uh... Jensey!!!)
• Coconut Cream Pie with breakfast at Market Street Cafe
• Peanut Butter Chocolate cupcake at Starring Rolls Cafe
• Peanut Butter Chocolate cake at SciFi Dine-in
  
  Also: Investigate special DHS 20th Anniversary food on various restaurant menus on May 1, plus anniversary cupcake at Starring Rolls...

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All of last night's talk about Boston Cream Pie made today's Cake o' the Day pic a no-brainer. Except for the lack of buttercream frosting, I think Boston Cream Pie is THE perfect cake: it's got cake, custard, AND chocolate icing - what could be bad?

 

[lov2b@disney]

OMG that looks sinful!!!!! MMMmmmmmm!!!!!!

 

[adisneygal]

Steal away! (Well, OK - within reason. I was kinda shocked when someone stole my personal thank-you note to our guests...) You can consider it your InstaWedding: Just add $$$!

Hmmmm this is really odd. I have stolen a few of your wedding ideas but that does take the cake! Yes, I mentioned cake!

To Do

• Ask Main Street Bakery about cake ordering/do they keep large cakes on hand for sale (for the DIS’ Cake Chatter thread fans...)
• Do Mickey’s PhilharMagic without falling asleep
• Check Sunshine Seasons for peanut butter chocolate cake
• Visit the new Kidani Village building at Animal Kingdom Lodge; take lots o’pix!
• Take pix of the Escape Wedding cake models at BoardWalk Bakery
• See Remy at Chefs de France?
• Give lil’ Huck a big squeeze
• Ride Flights of Wonder at Downtown Disney
• Get my mind blown by the new TrenD boutique at Downtown Disney

To Eat

• Magic Kingdom Fudge (apparently Disneyland doesn’t offer this anymore, so I have to see what the big deal is)
• Goofy’s Candy Co. Giant Oreo
• Ghirardelli Sundae (+ buy a jar of fudge for later!)
• BoardWalk Bakery Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Slice
• Birthday Cupcake at the Plaza (Happy birthday to, uh... Jensey!!!)
• Coconut Cream Pie with breakfast at Market Street Cafe

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Now I am gonna steal from your to do & to eat lists. I can't wait to see Kidani as we own in AK DVC. and I am totally copying most of that to eat list!

I know something to add to your list. Where and when we can squeeze in a disbride meet. If I have an left over wedding cake, I will share.

 

[Calrissian13]

I just found out that the magazine that ran a story about our wedding, Destination Weddings & Honeymoons, is featuring us as "Wedding of the Week" on their website. (Talk about re-purposing content! )

The cool part is, they're using pictures and info that they didn't run in the magazine article - 10 pages' worth!

Here's a link to the editor's blog, which has a ton of pix. From there you can scroll to the bottom for a link to the expanded 10-page version of our article - it's LurkyloOverload!

http://blog.destinationweddingmag.com/2009/04/real-wedding-carrie-and-patrick-orlando.html

My favorite part is the teaser on the magazine's homepage: "Disney weddings aren't all Mickey Mouse and princess-themed. Check out this colorful and festive affair at Epcot's Morocco Pavilion."

It's funny, I just checked my email, and what was waiting but my newsletter for Destination Weddings and Honeymoons (I still get it...two years after the wedding... ) I was very surprsised to see your and Patrick's faces right at the top as Featured Wedding! Nice to see you're getting as much publicity as possible!

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Loving your "to do" and "to eat" lists. So glad I am not the only one super excited about Tren-D!!

 

[Janell]

Lurkyloo, is there a possibility that Sunshine Seasons has peanut butter chocolate cake? Is it like what they offer for wedding cakes? I ask because DH loved that flavor of our cake and is wanting more. I have this debate going on with myself, do I order the top layer of our cake for $60 and that not even delivered anywhere or so I skip it. I know the cakes are beautful, but $60 on sugar We are going on a tight budget, so thats what's got me wondering.

 

[DisneyBrideToni]

Ghirardelli Sundaes are soooooo yummy!

 

[lurkyloo]

OMG that looks sinful!!!!! MMMmmmmmm!!!!!!

It's even making ME crave it! Must... resist... going downstairs to Pavillions' bakery....

I know something to add to your list. Where and when we can squeeze in a disbride meet. If I have an left over wedding cake, I will share.

Eeeeeeeeee! That sounds like a great idea... now remind me when you're leaving and what flavors your cake is!

It's funny, I just checked my email, and what was waiting but my newsletter for Destination Weddings and Honeymoons (I still get it...two years after the wedding... ) I was very surprsised to see your and Patrick's faces right at the top as Featured Wedding! Nice to see you're getting as much publicity as possible!

Now if only we could somehow monetize all that publicity.... I think it's cool that you still get Destination Weddings & Honeymoons newsletter! For one thing, it's a great resource for ideas about romantic vacation. And for another, oooooh!!! Pretty weddings!!!

Loving your "to do" and "to eat" lists. So glad I am not the only one super excited about Tren-D!!

We have this place at our Downtown Disney called Vault 28 that sells overpriced designer clothing with Mickey on it - I'm curious to know if Tren-D is the same!

Lurkyloo, is there a possibility that Sunshine Seasons has peanut butter chocolate cake? Is it like what they offer for wedding cakes? I ask because DH loved that flavor of our cake and is wanting more. I have this debate going on with myself, do I order the top layer of our cake for $60 and that not even delivered anywhere or so I skip it. I know the cakes are beautful, but $60 on sugar We are going on a tight budget, so thats what's got me wondering.

I was told that Sunshine Seasons has discontinued the cake, but I am going back just in case the person I talked to was wrong (she also told me they hadn't had it in her 2 years of working there, and we've had it there twice in the last 2 years). ADisneyGal went looking for it last fall and couldn't find it, though, so I am trying not to get my hopes up.

If you order your $60 anniversary cake to be served at one of the restaurants at the Grand Floridian, you won't have to pay a delivery charge, but I know what you mean - $60 is a lotta clams!

Here's an idea: Jenna77 says that BoardWalk Bakery sells a chocolate peanut butter cake slice (it's on my To Eat list). You guys could get a couple of those and save a bundle!

Ghirardelli Sundaes are soooooo yummy!

And how - OK, so which one is your favorite? I keep trying to like the peanut butter chocolate one, but the peanut butter is too goopy. I think I'm more of a Strike It Rich sundae fan!

 

[Janell]

Thanks Lurkyloo. I may just do that. Love the Boardwalk anyways.

When I chatted with well I forget her name, but she is from GF and took over for Linda. She said they wont deliver the cake anywhere that is out of the GF. I think because we are not doing a privet dinning. Because we all know they can deliver it outside GF, for an easy two million dollars I still laugh at all the delivery and moving charges they would charge for the weddings.

Anyhow, thank you for the information. We may save the $60 and go have a nice dinner and get a piece of cake at the Boardwalk.

 

[Disneygrl36]

WOWZA that boston cream cake looks like it's 3D & reaching out to me!!!! Yummo.

Love the to do/to eat list..........
I wanna hear all about all of them, but I am especially interested to hear about the Flights of Wonder at DTD.......It's got Mary Poppins silhouette on it......scree!!!!!!!!!!!!! We might just have to do that ourselves on our Friday/goof off/DTD day.

 

[adisneygal]

Eeeeeeeeee! That sounds like a great idea... now remind me when you're leaving and what flavors your cake is!

We are leaving 5/3 so any time before that. Our flavors are choc pb cup and marble with mocha mousse.

We have this place at our Downtown Disney called Vault 28 that sells overpriced designer clothing with Mickey on it - I'm curious to know if Tren-D is the same!

From the looks of the pics of Tren-D on here, it has the same stuff as before. I could be wrong though but it looks the same to me as it did in Dec.

I was told that Sunshine Seasons has discontinued the cake, but I am going back just in case the person I talked to was wrong (she also told me they hadn't had it in her 2 years of working there, and we've had it there twice in the last 2 years). ADisneyGal went looking for it last fall and couldn't find it, though, so I am trying not to get my hopes up.

Yes, we were there in Dec and no cake.

Here's an idea: Jenna77 says that BoardWalk Bakery sells a chocolate peanut butter cake slice (it's on my To Eat list). You guys could get a couple of those and save a bundle!

I think I am gonna have to buy one of these to compare to the wedding cake. We are having the Disney wedding cake and a grooms cake from Sprinkles, hopefully I can work more cake in...

 

[brookelizabeth]

A lurker popping in to tell you, in case you don't already know, Sci Fi has a Peanut Butter Cake that I have read rave reviews of on various TRs, served at lunch and dinner. I believe it's a fairly new addition to the menu!

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Peanut Butter-Chocolate Cake - Warm chocolate cake with a creamy peanut butter center served a la mode $7.99[/FONT]​

 

[MEK]

To Do

• Visit the new Kidani Village building at Animal Kingdom Lodge; take lots o’pix!
  

Oh would you, Please! I will be staying there in June and I can't wait until people start posting Kidani pics! This will be my second family DVC trip, and the nicest resort I have stayed in to date, so I am super excited!

Carrie - I know if you post pics they will be good!

 

[MEK]

Whaaaaaaaaaaat! That looks amazing. (How did I miss that the first time I read your post????????)

 

[Wazzo]

Cake!!

Carrie, all of these delicious pictures have inspired me to share with you (and all these other fabulous DISers) my two favourite cake recipes. Both super easy and SOOOO good!

Chocolate Eclair Cake

Ingredients:
1 (16 ounce) package graham crackers
2 (3.5 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
4 cups milk
1 (16 ounce) package frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 (12 ounce) container of your favourite chocolate frosting

Directions:
1. Line the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking pan with graham crackers. In a large bowl, combine the milk and vanilla pudding according to directions on box. Fold in the whipped topping. Spread a layer of the pudding mixture over the graham crackers. Alternate the graham cracker and pudding layers up to the top of the pan. Spread the frosting over the top of the cake. Refrigerate for at least 12 hours before serving. (I usually make it the night before... it's always better when the crackers have had a chance to get slightly moist!)

My Favouritest Super Rich Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:
1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
1 (5.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
1 cup sour cream
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1/2 cup warm water
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 (12 ounce) container of your favourite chocolate frosting

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, mix together the cake and pudding mixes, sour cream, oil, beaten eggs and water. Stir in the chocolate chips and pour batter into a well greased 12 cup bundt pan.
3. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, or until top is springy to the touch and a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool cake thoroughly in pan at least an hour and a half before inverting onto a plate and frosting with icing.


ENJOY!!! Hopefully you can make these and eat them while you continue to keep us posted on all of your trip details!

 

[DisneyBrideToni]

I was boring and went for the world famous sundae. It was still yummy though. I think I will have to try the one that you like next time. I would love to try them all!!