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I forgot about Cake Wrecks too!! Check this one out:
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2009/01/problem-with-phone-orders.html
Wedding Crasher: Lurkyloos 4 Parties in 3 Nights with 2 Cameras and 1 Fabulous Hat
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I forgot about Cake Wrecks too!! Check this one out:
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2009/01/problem-with-phone-orders.html
lurkyloo
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As Jensey and I dragged ourselves toward the BoardWalk Bakery in the sweltering heat, I noticed chairs set up at Sea Breeze Point and said, “Oooh! Chair covers! We should get a shot of those for the DIS wedding board!”
Glorious chair covers!!!
OK, does it bug anybody else that they don't steam out the creases? It drives me NUTS!
And then it dawned on me... this was DISer Lori’s wedding setup, and she was getting married in 20 minutes! I’m not sure how this slipped my mind – I had programmed into my iPhone the daily itineraries of all the Disney brides I’d hoped to meet that weekend, so theoretically I knew where each of them was at every hour of every day. But thank goodness we were lured to the bakery by the siren song of peanut butter chocolate cake, because we got to the BoardWalk just in time to stalk our butts off at Lori’s wedding!
I got very excited and asked Jensey to get as many shots as she could. Lori’s videographer’s wife was there shooting B-roll, and she graciously allowed us to step into her shot to take pictures.
Waiting for cake
When you get married at Sea Breeze Point, everyone assembles in the lobby of BoardWalk Inn and then they send groups down to the gazebo: first the groom, then the guests/vendors, then the bride. We decided to continue on to the bakery and stake out a spot at one of the tables along the BoardWalk so we could photograph the wedding procession on the sly.
Jensey grabbed a table and I went inside to order her cinnamon roll and my peanut butter chocolate cake slice. There I was, standing in line, snapping these pictures...
...when I looked up and saw a runner carrying Lori’s cake! What luck!!!
I chased him out the door hollering “JENSEY!!! He’s got Lori’s CAKE!!!!” and she instantly sprang into Action-Photo Mode (if you push the hidden button on her back, she’ll also yell “That’s right – work it! Work it!” as she shoots!).
Sometimes, when I’m looking at someone and I’m really hungry, this is what I see...
Godspeed, Lori’s cake!
After all this excitement, we got a little break to eat our desserts. When I sat down at the table, there was a penny on it. You know how people sometimes say that they start finding pennies after a loved one passes on, and it’s like a message from that person? Well, to me, this penny was like a little message from DH, except without the “being dead” part and more because he is always finding money everywhere we go. I took a picture and put it in my pocket. But later that day when I was changing into a skirt in the ladies’ room at the Beach Club, the penny flew out of my pocket and landed in the toilet! Not sure what the symbolism was there...
So about that Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake.... sweet merciful crap, it was amazing! It was WAY more rich and delicious than the cake they used to have at Sunshine Seasons. For one thing, it’s got a frosting/mousse/whatever layer in the middle that the other doesn’t have, plus you get peanut butter and chocolate frosting. I highly recommend it!
Jensey and I passed a few pleasant moments chatting and enjoying our desserts (I apologize for not demanding that she take a picture of our desserts—I blame the heat and my excitement over the wedding). I was pontificating about religion and the meaning of life when I cut myself off with a shriek of “OMG, it’s the groom!!!” (And yes, I actually said “oh-em-gee” – it started as irony... now I can’t stop myself!)
The groom, Eoghan, is on the left
Jensey started snapping away as the guests passed our table.
Glorious chair covers!!!
OK, does it bug anybody else that they don't steam out the creases? It drives me NUTS!
And then it dawned on me... this was DISer Lori’s wedding setup, and she was getting married in 20 minutes! I’m not sure how this slipped my mind – I had programmed into my iPhone the daily itineraries of all the Disney brides I’d hoped to meet that weekend, so theoretically I knew where each of them was at every hour of every day. But thank goodness we were lured to the bakery by the siren song of peanut butter chocolate cake, because we got to the BoardWalk just in time to stalk our butts off at Lori’s wedding!
I got very excited and asked Jensey to get as many shots as she could. Lori’s videographer’s wife was there shooting B-roll, and she graciously allowed us to step into her shot to take pictures.
Waiting for cake
When you get married at Sea Breeze Point, everyone assembles in the lobby of BoardWalk Inn and then they send groups down to the gazebo: first the groom, then the guests/vendors, then the bride. We decided to continue on to the bakery and stake out a spot at one of the tables along the BoardWalk so we could photograph the wedding procession on the sly.
Jensey grabbed a table and I went inside to order her cinnamon roll and my peanut butter chocolate cake slice. There I was, standing in line, snapping these pictures...
...when I looked up and saw a runner carrying Lori’s cake! What luck!!!
I chased him out the door hollering “JENSEY!!! He’s got Lori’s CAKE!!!!” and she instantly sprang into Action-Photo Mode (if you push the hidden button on her back, she’ll also yell “That’s right – work it! Work it!” as she shoots!).
Sometimes, when I’m looking at someone and I’m really hungry, this is what I see...
Godspeed, Lori’s cake!
After all this excitement, we got a little break to eat our desserts. When I sat down at the table, there was a penny on it. You know how people sometimes say that they start finding pennies after a loved one passes on, and it’s like a message from that person? Well, to me, this penny was like a little message from DH, except without the “being dead” part and more because he is always finding money everywhere we go. I took a picture and put it in my pocket. But later that day when I was changing into a skirt in the ladies’ room at the Beach Club, the penny flew out of my pocket and landed in the toilet! Not sure what the symbolism was there...
So about that Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake.... sweet merciful crap, it was amazing! It was WAY more rich and delicious than the cake they used to have at Sunshine Seasons. For one thing, it’s got a frosting/mousse/whatever layer in the middle that the other doesn’t have, plus you get peanut butter and chocolate frosting. I highly recommend it!
Jensey and I passed a few pleasant moments chatting and enjoying our desserts (I apologize for not demanding that she take a picture of our desserts—I blame the heat and my excitement over the wedding). I was pontificating about religion and the meaning of life when I cut myself off with a shriek of “OMG, it’s the groom!!!” (And yes, I actually said “oh-em-gee” – it started as irony... now I can’t stop myself!)
The groom, Eoghan, is on the left
Jensey started snapping away as the guests passed our table.
lurkyloo
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Meanwhile I tried to go incognito...
Looks like hes late for a very important date!
And then.... OMG its the bride!!!
As she passed, I totally blew my cover and started waving wildly and hollering Lori! Lori! LOOOOOORIIIII!!!!
And then OMG, she recognized me!!!
She looked so beautiful!
Loris photographer gets his hustle on!
Jensey and I took a few more minutes to finish our desserts and then thought wed maybe sneak just a few photos of the ceremony on the pretext of going to catch a boat at the International Gateway. Many brides are worried about how public Sea Breeze Point is, and with good reasonits right on the path to the BoardWalk. However, at that moment there was no one else on the path, which made two dames tiptoeing sloooooowly by the gazebo accompanied by a chorus of frenzied clicking all the more conspicuous.
I cant pick how about all three versions?
Our next mission was to catch a Friendship Boat from the International Gateway to the BoardWalk so we could shoot Loris wedding from the back. We took up a strategic position on the boats, uh, back porch (as it is known in nautical terms) so we could get a clear shot (geez, we sound more like snipers than wedding stalkers!).
(Waiting for the boat to depart was boring!)
As soon as we got underway, I barged up to the front of the boat and demanded the crew toot the horn when we went by Sea Breeze Point. I assured them that we knew the bride and groom (the crew didnt need to know whether wed ever actually met them in person...) and that they would find it HIGH-larious! I was totally DENIED! They used to do it all the time, but then some bride got P.O. ed when it happened to her, so theyve forbidden the skippers from tooting the horn. Boooo! (Actually, now that I think about it Im totally glad it didnt happen I really dont know that Lori and Eoghan would have found it HIGH-larious... I might have ruined their wedding!)
Whaddya mean this thing doesnt have a horn that plays La Cucaracha?!
Looks like hes late for a very important date!
And then.... OMG its the bride!!!
As she passed, I totally blew my cover and started waving wildly and hollering Lori! Lori! LOOOOOORIIIII!!!!
And then OMG, she recognized me!!!
She looked so beautiful!
Loris photographer gets his hustle on!
Jensey and I took a few more minutes to finish our desserts and then thought wed maybe sneak just a few photos of the ceremony on the pretext of going to catch a boat at the International Gateway. Many brides are worried about how public Sea Breeze Point is, and with good reasonits right on the path to the BoardWalk. However, at that moment there was no one else on the path, which made two dames tiptoeing sloooooowly by the gazebo accompanied by a chorus of frenzied clicking all the more conspicuous.
I cant pick how about all three versions?
Our next mission was to catch a Friendship Boat from the International Gateway to the BoardWalk so we could shoot Loris wedding from the back. We took up a strategic position on the boats, uh, back porch (as it is known in nautical terms) so we could get a clear shot (geez, we sound more like snipers than wedding stalkers!).
(Waiting for the boat to depart was boring!)
As soon as we got underway, I barged up to the front of the boat and demanded the crew toot the horn when we went by Sea Breeze Point. I assured them that we knew the bride and groom (the crew didnt need to know whether wed ever actually met them in person...) and that they would find it HIGH-larious! I was totally DENIED! They used to do it all the time, but then some bride got P.O. ed when it happened to her, so theyve forbidden the skippers from tooting the horn. Boooo! (Actually, now that I think about it Im totally glad it didnt happen I really dont know that Lori and Eoghan would have found it HIGH-larious... I might have ruined their wedding!)
Whaddya mean this thing doesnt have a horn that plays La Cucaracha?!
lurkyloo
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OK, so this is where we went from being mere wedding pho-stalk-raphers to being the Lucy & Ethel (or Laverne & Shirley, take your pick) of Walt Disney World. While we were shooting these....
...Loris videographer caught us hanging off the back of the boat and snapping pictures as we whizzed by!
Check out the sneak peek of Loris video here (but be warned, you may cry!):
http://www.stvsweddings.com/sneakpeeks/sneakpeeks.html
Lori & Eoghan (Seabreeze & Animal Kingdom) HD
Username: blu-ray
Password: magic
When it gets to the ring exchange, look sharpwell be cruising through the back of the next shot. Just watch for the ginormous black hat!
In all the excitement, wed forgotten another of the items on my To Do List, which was to get some good shots of the mock-ups of the Disneys Fairy Tale Wedding cakes on display at the BoardWalk Bakery, so we got off the boat at the first stop. If you have whats known as an Escape Collection wedding, you get to choose from one of five designs for your cake:
I also asked Jensey to get some shots of the special occasion cakes on display for my pals on the DIS Cake Chatter thread, which is where you go if you have questions about ordering a custom cake at WDW. While we were there, I got the inside scoop on ordering a cake, since BoardWalk Bakery is the only one on property that will let you pick up a fancy cake. I posted all that info HERE if youre curious.
These arent for sale, but you can order one like them with 48 hours notice:
While we were there, I broke down and bought a bottle of water at outrageous Disney prices because Id forgotten to bring one of the ones Jensey picked up for me. I decided I might as well try SmartWater, but, alas, it made me no smarter (and might have made me dumber, seeing as how moments later I forgot to take pictures of Loris wedding as we went back by it on another Friendship Boat!). However, it did allow me to bore Jensey half to death with a story about how my brother and I used to pretend we were spokesmodels for water when we were kids!
We stood in a thin sliver of shade and waited for a boat to Disneys Hollywood Studios. All attempts to not sweat in front of each other were out the windowat that point we were lucky if we didnt slide into each other when we sat on a bench.
The boat came. We grabbed the first seat inside the door and collapsed in a heap. As we cruised by Sea Breze Point, we could see Lori & Eoghan dancing with Mickey & Minnie (who were even wearing purple to go with the wedding colors). The first mate started spouting inaccuracies about the availability and cost of having Mickey & Minnie at a Disney wedding, but I was too heat-stricken to correct him. (I need to start carrying around copies of my book to dispense to the clueless!)
Up Next: Disneys Hollywood Studios and Meeting DIS Bride Sarah, Dinner at Shulas Steakhouse, and Crashing Loris Dessert Party!
...Loris videographer caught us hanging off the back of the boat and snapping pictures as we whizzed by!
Check out the sneak peek of Loris video here (but be warned, you may cry!):
http://www.stvsweddings.com/sneakpeeks/sneakpeeks.html
Lori & Eoghan (Seabreeze & Animal Kingdom) HD
Username: blu-ray
Password: magic
When it gets to the ring exchange, look sharpwell be cruising through the back of the next shot. Just watch for the ginormous black hat!
In all the excitement, wed forgotten another of the items on my To Do List, which was to get some good shots of the mock-ups of the Disneys Fairy Tale Wedding cakes on display at the BoardWalk Bakery, so we got off the boat at the first stop. If you have whats known as an Escape Collection wedding, you get to choose from one of five designs for your cake:
I also asked Jensey to get some shots of the special occasion cakes on display for my pals on the DIS Cake Chatter thread, which is where you go if you have questions about ordering a custom cake at WDW. While we were there, I got the inside scoop on ordering a cake, since BoardWalk Bakery is the only one on property that will let you pick up a fancy cake. I posted all that info HERE if youre curious.
These arent for sale, but you can order one like them with 48 hours notice:
While we were there, I broke down and bought a bottle of water at outrageous Disney prices because Id forgotten to bring one of the ones Jensey picked up for me. I decided I might as well try SmartWater, but, alas, it made me no smarter (and might have made me dumber, seeing as how moments later I forgot to take pictures of Loris wedding as we went back by it on another Friendship Boat!). However, it did allow me to bore Jensey half to death with a story about how my brother and I used to pretend we were spokesmodels for water when we were kids!
We stood in a thin sliver of shade and waited for a boat to Disneys Hollywood Studios. All attempts to not sweat in front of each other were out the windowat that point we were lucky if we didnt slide into each other when we sat on a bench.
The boat came. We grabbed the first seat inside the door and collapsed in a heap. As we cruised by Sea Breze Point, we could see Lori & Eoghan dancing with Mickey & Minnie (who were even wearing purple to go with the wedding colors). The first mate started spouting inaccuracies about the availability and cost of having Mickey & Minnie at a Disney wedding, but I was too heat-stricken to correct him. (I need to start carrying around copies of my book to dispense to the clueless!)
Up Next: Disneys Hollywood Studios and Meeting DIS Bride Sarah, Dinner at Shulas Steakhouse, and Crashing Loris Dessert Party!
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Meanwhile I tried to go incognito...
Carrie:
I have to publicly thank you for sending me your pics posted to flicker. What an unexpected surprise! I don't why our work computers support flicker, but not photobucket. Now I can read and SEE at work!
Secondly, this is one of the greatest pictures ever. I LOVE that hat, but I especially love the 'incognito look'
Last, this TR continues to surpass all expectations. It is fantastic!
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You need to become a professional literary travel writer. Seriously. I would pay to read your journals and blogs. I loves them!
Now go get published (again)!!adisneygal
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ACK! I'm next. I apologize to all dis'ers in advanced if Carrie posts any scary pics of me! I was running on E after the wedding and nothing like a load of sunscreen to break me out.
Your TR is great as usual!
I am still cringing from the way that guy was carrying her cake. I lugged mine from two different resorts and those babies aren't light!
I love Jensey's pics. I wish I had half her talent.
princess&her4princes
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I'm a lurker....coming out, love your writing and love this TR so far!! I have to know, what kind of camera do you or Jensey use for these pics? They are fantastic!!
Oh I didn't feel any pressure about the TR. No worries. And thank you. It takes a week or two to get better. So Im just waiting it out. lol
Your photos are great. I love them. To cute the bride saw you. That is fun, when you see a fellow Dis Bride on your wedding day.
So is the peanut butter cake like what you get in the wedding cake flavors?
Your photos are great. I love them. To cute the bride saw you. That is fun, when you see a fellow Dis Bride on your wedding day.
So is the peanut butter cake like what you get in the wedding cake flavors?
Okay, firstly (is that even a word? Oh who cares, I'm using it!): How do I keep forgetting that you have a T & Co. waaaay down south @ BH? Heck there's on at SCP too! Why do I do that?! We are TOTALLY going there - to BH and picking up some Sprinkles to the shots of you in that hat @ Tiffany! Oh yes!
Now, to the important stuff - what a fantastic update! Sorry to interrupt the flow...but, I HAD to gush! Great stuff from Jenzy. She is so sweet to help you stalk a bride AND take snaps too!
I'm thinking it's a good thing Patrick didn't go on this trip with you. I'm not sure he wouldn't have put the kibosh on stalking a Dis-Bride.
Can't wait for more! Oh boy!
Before I forget - I adore the pic of the cake-headed man! Your caption TOTALLY made that pic for me. I guffawed. Seriously! Out loud, in my house...and frightened my cat! Guffawed! (I should spell check that word but, I won't...because...I . am . lazy!
Now, to the important stuff - what a fantastic update! Sorry to interrupt the flow...but, I HAD to gush! Great stuff from Jenzy. She is so sweet to help you stalk a bride AND take snaps too!
I'm thinking it's a good thing Patrick didn't go on this trip with you. I'm not sure he wouldn't have put the kibosh on stalking a Dis-Bride.
Can't wait for more! Oh boy!
Before I forget - I adore the pic of the cake-headed man! Your caption TOTALLY made that pic for me. I guffawed. Seriously! Out loud, in my house...and frightened my cat! Guffawed! (I should spell check that word but, I won't...because...I . am . lazy!
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Aww Lori's wedding was beautiful!!! How cool that she can have pics from Randy and the Roots now! 
Your hat reminds me of my hat I had for my tea party!!! 
Your hat reminds me of my hat I had for my tea party!!! 
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Sometimes, when Im looking at someone and Im really hungry, this is what I see...
This made me literally lol!
inkedupmomma
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Wow, how lucky is lori to score some bonus roots wedding shots!! She looked gorgeous! I'm excited to hear about this dessert party!! I am determined to have one, one day!!!
does Jensey lurk on here and totally get a great ego?? I would if i were here
does Jensey lurk on here and totally get a great ego?? I would if i were here
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I can't believe how that person carrying their wedding cake...with one hand and kind of above his head. I would have flipped if that was my cake!! What if it would have fallen then he would have been in TROUBLE!!
lurkyloo
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Fabulous!
I'm so glad you can see the pix now. It's just not the same without them.
You need to become a professional literary travel writer. Seriously. I would pay to read your journals and blogs. I loves them!
OK, show me an audience outside the DIS who would care, and I'm all over it! 
ACK! I'm next. I apologize to all dis'ers in advanced if Carrie posts any scary pics of me! I was running on E after the wedding and nothing like a load of sunscreen to break me out.
No worries - it is my personal code of ethics only to post good-looking shots of other ladies because I know how I'd feel if a goofy-looking one of me surfaced (well, OK, besides the goofy-looking ones I have approved for use in this trip report!).
Yes, but do you LOOK like cheesecake?
I'm a lurker....coming out, love your writing and love this TR so far!! I have to know, what kind of camera do you or Jensey use for these pics? They are fantastic!!
I believe Jensey's camera is a Canon EOS 5D Mark II (not a 5D Mach III Turbo ExXxtreme, as I had surmised).
Mine is just an ancient Canon "POS" --er, uh, Powershot SD200.
I would actually venture to say that it is better. I have realized that I am not a huge fan of the mousse that Disney uses in the wedding cakes - it's not flavorful enough for me. This had peanut butter frosting that was thick and rich like, oh... like the peanut butter frosting on that Peanut Butter Cookie Dough "cheesecake" they sell at the Cheesecake Factory.
Do it! Do it!
But I'd say to use BoardWalk Bakery or get one delivered to a restaurant at the Yacht/Beach Club or Grand Floridian. Cuz the ones they serve elsewhere get middling reviews...I am thinking you are right!
Plus, I found that without him, the burden to be a huge goofball fell entirely on me, and I discovered reserves of goofiness that I never knew existed. Aww Lori's wedding was beautiful!!! How cool that she can have pics from Randy and the Roots now!
Oh, that's right - you had a fabulous hat at your tea party!
Mission accomplished
You totally should! Did you see my thread about having an anniversary dessert party in Epcot? You could do one of those!
lurkyloo
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I know, right? But then I think I read once that wait staff learn a special way to flex their wrist and hold it so that it's actually more stable than any other way... I hope...
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I nearly choked on my Tiramisu from laughing so hard whilst reading your latest posts. I love this TR!
If I ever convinced the BF to not only marry me but do it in WDW I would seriously love a bunch of DISers popping by "stealthly" and screeching my name as I go by. Knowing my dorky self I'd throw up the devil horns and screech RAAAAAAAWK
LOVELY updates! (and I want your hat)
If I ever convinced the BF to not only marry me but do it in WDW I would seriously love a bunch of DISers popping by "stealthly" and screeching my name as I go by. Knowing my dorky self I'd throw up the devil horns and screech RAAAAAAAWK
LOVELY updates! (and I want your hat)
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Great update! I can only imagine what the wedding guests thought about having their photos taken by random people on the Boardwalk! I was seriously laughing out loud reading this one 
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