Return to the Scene of the Crime: The Lurkyloos’ First Anniversary at WDW! New VIDEO!

[29apr00]

I think they caved and bought THV!!!

 

[MEK]

If she's going back, I want to go too!

Me too! Me too!

 

[annnewjerz]

I think Carrie let it slip in a PM to me...hmmm

Well now you're just being mean...it's hard waiting for surprises, even more so when more than just the "surpriser" know about it!!

At least give us this---is it something really worth all of this fuss? Because if the surprise is that Carrie got another "Steve" stuffed animal to add to her collection, that'll be a bit of a let-down.

 

[Mrsdisneyb2b]

Well now you're just being mean...it's hard waiting for surprises, even more so when more than just the "surpriser" know about it!!

At least give us this---is it something really worth all of this fuss? Because if the surprise is that Carrie got another "Steve" stuffed animal to add to her collection, that'll be a bit of a let-down.

I was just going to say this!!!!!!

lololol

I am waiting!

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

i don't know if she did..but I am not going to be the person who unsurprises the surprise that the surpriser has been waiting to surprise the surprisee

 

[Mrsdisneyb2b]

i don't know if she did..but I am not going to be the person who unsurprises the surprise that the surpriser has been waiting to surprise the surprisee

okay okay... I will wait

I think this could be a secret contest.... And perhaps the answer is that there is no surprise ? lolol

Im bored....can you tell?

 

[Loafmastermom]

i don't know if she did..but I am not going to be the person who unsurprises the surprise that the surpriser has been waiting to surprise the surprisee

ok, now i'm dizzy.

 

[tiggersam00]

I'm lost now lol! You guys are making me laugh over here!

Great update Carrie, I lovvvvvve Penguin bars and am very happy to see them in the basket because that means I can get some in 3 days... oh a giant non-fruity sundae at Ghirdellis

 

[DisneyBrideToni]

Ok I am going to go against all the baby guesses and say you bought into the DVC at BLT. I think BLT is more your style.

 

[Mrsdisneyb2b]

Ok I am going to go against all the baby guesses and say you bought into the DVC at BLT. I think BLT is more your style.

Okay Toni... I think you have something here

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

did someone say cake?

 

[lurkyloo]

I am sorry to keep you in suspense, but I love all the guesses and wish I had thought of many of them myself!

All will be revealed at the end of the last installment.... which I am going to post now....

 

[tink774]

I too am shocked by the speculation created by your surprise. I am always telling people that DH and I have a lot more things going and planned in our life than having babies any time soon. I guess people always assume that's next on the list once you're married.!

No kidding. At every single wedding I've been to, there is always that one person/group who demands to know when they can expect a pregnancy announcement from the newlyweds.

Anyway, I've been reading this entire TR since you started, but I've pretty much been lurking and I don't think I've left any comments. I've greatly enjoyed it!! Just wanted to submit my guesses for the "surprise." Either it is a DVC membership like Toni said, someone has a cool new job, or you've decided to just pack up and move to Orlando.

 

[lurkyloo]

Today was a very sad day. I’m sure that all of you, wherever you were, felt a brief wave of sadness pass over you, signaling that someone, somewhere was leaving WDW. And that person was me!

Instead of crying, I expressed my sadness by being cranky. And my dear DH (“DDH”?) spent the morning bending over backwards to calm me down, cheer me up, and smooth things over.

We got up and finished packing. I had to figure out what to do with the leftover cake and rapidly disintegrating topper (we’d sent broken-winged white chocolate Tinkerbell home with Nathan & Jensey on Thursday night – let’s hope they made a good fondue out of her!). I’d brought a bunch of plastic food-storage containers, but I could only fit one in our suitcase, so I decided to whack the remaining cake in half and give one part to Betsy when I met her in a few hours. I think I also gave her our topper, which I wrapped in a giant Ziploc bag, but she’ll have to confirm that. I dunno what I thought she was gonna do with a hookah-shaped chunk of fondant...

When we were in the elevator to the lobby, a woman in it with us did a double take and then asked if we’d been married in Morocco. Turns out she’s DISer quentina (Kim) and recognized us from our wedding trippie! (And here I thought we were going incognito under our subtle anniversary hats...)

The cranky part started when we dragged everything down to the Beach Club airline check-in desk. I can’t remember what the trouble was, and I can’t read what I wrote in my journal late, late that night (it looks like “punt barlwy pus”) – OH! They couldn’t print my boarding pass! They printed DH’s and then were like, “So, you have to get yours at the gate.” As if that were just standard procedure to split up a party that way. Finally, under cross-examination, they revealed that there was something wrong with their printer and suggested I go have the Concierge access my account online and print it.

At the same time, they weighed Big Bertha the suitcase and told us she was .9 lbs (that’s POINT nine pounds....) over the limit. I flipped out and barked at DH to redistribute the weight while I went to the Concierge desk, but I had no idea how he’d accomplish that because everything was meticulously packed in exactly the place it would fit. I stalked inside to the Concierge desk, only to find a line eight people deep – argh! So I stalked back out to the airline check-in and found DH whistling merrily and telling me that the staff had relented and accepted Big Bertha for who she was: .9 pounds overweight. Hooray!

Then I decided I would walk to the Yacht Club and try its airline check-in desk while DH loaded the car and drove it over to the Yacht Club (where we planned to have breakfast). Meanwhile, Betsy and I had begun texting as she headed for WDW. The Yacht Club’s airline check-in had no line, and a friendly fella there had my boarding pass printed in a jiffy.

DH and I met in the lobby, where he’d put our name in at Captain’s Grille for breakfast. I was grumpy that we had to wait because I’d just assumed we could waltz in for brunch on a Saturday morning without an ADR.

No walk-up for you!!!

I’d picked it because it was convenient and we’d never eaten there before. It was not the ideal dining experience cuz we were pressed for time. When we got in about 15 minutes later, it was packed. And dark! And service was frantic.

The windows are “borrowed” from the hall that runs alongside the restaurant

We prolly shoulda bitten the bullet and done the brunch buffet just to save time, but I couldn’t bring myself to pay that much for breakfast.

Instead we ordered off the menu and then I bugged our server at regular intervals to see when our food would be ready.

Crab Cake Benedict - fried crab cakes on grilled tomatoes, topped with two poached eggs, hollandaise sauce, served with breakfast Potatoes

This was just OK. I guess it’s hard to make a good hollandaise....


Eggs Your Way - two eggs, breakfast potatoes, choice of bacon or sausage, and a biscuit

I’m sure DH thought this was fine. He likes everything!

Unbeknownst to us, when we got up to leave, we were spotted by DISer GoodFairies (Amber), whose BF apparently encouraged her to come talk to us, but she didn’t want to be “stalkerish”! Little did she know how much we love meeting DISers! (I did get to meet her through PM about a week later.)

By then, Betsy had arrived at BoardWalk Inn and was just checking out her room, so we whizzed over there in Clementine to meet her!

DH dropped me off at the lobby and drove out to the boonies to park. Betsey and her sister and about five dozen children (OK, maybe there were less) were gathered around the plush seat-thingie that’s just inside the doors at BoardWalk Inn.

A-ha! Found a picture of it online – apparently it’s called the “carousel pouf”

I’m sure I completely overwhelmed them with my breathless combination greeting/explanation of the cake.

Lurkyloo:“Hi!GreattomeetyouHere’sabigslabofouranniversarycakethatwecan’tfitinourluggage,doyouwantitIknowitlookskindagross,butit’sreallygoodAlsohere’sthecaketopper,whichIhaveabsolutelynoideawhatyou’regonnadowithitbutwhattheheckIthoughtyoumightlikeit!!!”

Betsy & Co.: [blink, blink]

Lurkyloo: “Um... can I take a picture of you for my blog?”

Betsy & Co.: [whispering to each other] “Maybe if we take a picture with her she’ll hand over the cake and leave us alone!”

Do not let my ill-fitting shirt fool you into believing the unfounded rumors currently being perpetuated regarding my surprise announcement

It was great to finally meet Betsy in person, and I was terribly jealous that she was just starting her trip while ours was ending. DH finally got to the lobby just as the five dozen children broke into a chorus of “Moooooooooooooom! Can we GO now?! They have, like, RIDES here, you know!” So we wished them a happy vacation, sadly waved farewell to the other half of our cake, and hopped into Clementine to head to the airport.

Driving to the airport is a boring story. The most exciting part was stopping for gas.

Here are some pictures of the plane trip:


Last Ride of the Day

Some window seat that turned out to be!

We found some small amusement in the egregiously bad Photoshop work on the safety cards – it was almost as fake as the work on DVC’s new print ad campaign!

Check out Baryshnikov leaping onto the slide!

[sniff!] Bye-bye, Disney!

I think you can see Downtown Disney in this one...

And this one may have a corner of Epcot. Or possibly Oklahoma.

Is that the Grand Canyon?

Ah.... my beloved urban sprawl...

Our neighbors picked us up at LAX in a Florida-like downpour - I've never seen anything like it in L.A.!

We came home to this:


“Where the *&%$ have you been?!”

“...And then I slept on the sofa all day, and then I saw a bird, and then I lay in the sun patch on the floor, and then I had a drink, and then I ran around with a kink in my tail, and then I slept on your pillow....”

Cake: The Aftermath

OK, I’ve pontificated as long as I could, but there’s nothing else I can tell you about this trip.... except that
I'm going on a solo last-minute trip to WDW in May!!!





PassPorter is holding part of its 10th Anniversary Celebration at WDW May 2-6, and after crunching the numbers (and finding some spare vacation hours in the couch cushions), I discovered I can swing a 3-night banzai run across the country to participate!

It’s gonna be a doozy, though – I have to take a red-eye on the way in, and then the weekend is packed with events, including a private party at Living Seas Salon (where FigmentFan had her wedding reception!) and a Fantasmic! Dessert Party – whoohoo! The downside is, DH can’t come along, but I’m hoping some of you will be there at the same time so we can meet up.

Anyway, I’ll post a link to my pre-trip report when I start it so you can find that trip report when it starts.

And tomorrow I’ll post DH’s Dancing Around the World Showcase video. And at some point I may even have the Roots’ video of DH puppeteering Damian/Azriel Overlord of the Underworld/Steve!

 

[lurkyloo]

No kidding. At every single wedding I've been to, there is always that one person/group who demands to know when they can expect a pregnancy announcement from the newlyweds.

Totally! Our trick is to reply, "Well, we try constantly!"

Anyway, I've been reading this entire TR since you started, but I've pretty much been lurking and I don't think I've left any comments. I've greatly enjoyed it!! Just wanted to submit my guesses for the "surprise." Either it is a DVC membership like Toni said, someone has a cool new job, or you've decided to just pack up and move to Orlando.

I would love any of those things - except I think maybe I wouldn't want to live in Orlando unless I could live in a Disney hotel!

 

[kafitty]

so sad this one's over, but yay for the solo trip in May!!

 

[tiggersam00]

Oh a solo trip how awesome!! I think there are a lot fo disers heading to the world in May, you will have a blast!
Your cake still looks delicious by the way... crumbly or not I bet it tasted awesome. Now when can we see your DH dancing around the world?? lol!

 

[irisbud]

Ooh, a solo trip will be fun! I don't know if I would be brave enough to do it though! Looks like we all have another TR to look forward to!

 

[tiggersam00]

wait I just realized... WHAT am I going to read until May??? Can you make up a story of an imaginary TR where you do strange things like wake up late, not make ADR's and actually drink WDW coffee?? That would entertain me until May... I suddenly feel very lost

 

[twiu]

Carrie - well done on your TR. Its so well written. As a part time CM, I don't see the magic as much as you guys do - and you kind of gave me a little pixie dust back. And yes, do not move to Orlando - not as exciting as it is when you're on vacation.

I will be in town when you come in May. Let me know if you need someone to hang out with.. I'll be here. And I'll try not to be rude and interrupt any planned dinners like I did with your anniversary "private" dinner