Wedding Crasher: Lurkyloo’s 4 Parties in 3 Nights with 2 Cameras and 1 Fabulous Hat

[lurkyloo]

After brunch Nathan & Jensey took me to the Celebration post office to meet their extraordinary postman, who remembers every little detail of every customer’s life and has an unusual interest in guessing what they’re mailing. We wanted to see if he would remember when he held up the line so he could try to guess what was in the package they mailed me last Christmas, and then they’d introduce me so he would know one more detail about their lives. (“So I see this letter is going to your large pale friend who lives in Los Angeles and likes to stalk Disney weddings…”)


The great thing about hanging out with Nathan & Jensey is they take such flattering photos of you…

This phrase has never been uttered before ever in the history of mankind: Cute post office!

When we arrived, their postman was not there.


Maybe he was in the back brushing up on his Root trivia…?

I decided to buy a stamp so I could send my pal Spanky a postcard from Disney World on her birthday, then dropped it into my wallet and forgot all about it until a week later (sorry Spanky!!!). Nathan & Jensey tried to buy something too but they totally broke the computer and then the line backed up behind us and Nathan was laughing nervously and telling anyone who glowered in our direction, “Just something with their computer … totally not our fault…” I’m not really sure, but I think this “Drobo” thing had something to do with it.


Finally, the lady helping us called for someone to open another register, and who should it be but the Roots’ snoopy postman – hooray! As they had suspected, he did indeed remember my Christmas package (prolly cuz he never did figure out what was inside). And you can be dang sure he’s gonna remember me (“So… how’s your friend who bought a stamp to mail her friend a birthday card and then totally blew it?”)


Eventually, we were no longer in the post office.

We decided to split up and caravan to Downtown Disney so we could try out the new Flights of Wonder balloon ride.


Waiting in my car for the caravan to begin

Oh boy! Here they come!

The switch for the video function on my camera is irritatingly located between the “shoot” and “review” modes, so I am constantly accidentally taking random, boring mini movies instead of pictures. If you would like to see what seven seconds of driving through Celebration in a Ford Focus looks like (and you are not prone to motion sickness) here it is:






On the way back to Walt Disney World, the Roots led me past the REAL offices of Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings. This was very exciting for me, and snapping pix with one hand as I drove felt like the pinnacle of my stalking activities for the trip. I dunno why I’m so interested – I guess cuz it’s like seeing backstage. I imagine all the wedding planners toiling away in their third-floor cubes, hollering into their phones things like “I said ORGANZA you nitwit – the bride must have organza!!!” and “What do you mean you don’t want a DJ? Who’s going to lead the Chicken Dance?!”


Fake Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings office

Real Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings office!

I wonder what’s in these other buildings…

…Maybe this one is where Disney dreams up new ways to part us from our money!

At last, our journey took us back to those hallowed gates…

Up Next: My second-ever daytime trip to Downtown Disney!... Hmmm… not very compelling, is it?

 

[MEK]

I overslept, but I read your TR nonetheless. Thank you for being there this morning Love the pics of Celebration. Must get there someday.
But hairs in food -uck!

 

[PopArtGal]

Awe....don't leave us hanging on your last day

 

[Beka]

Yes ferrets, sugar gliders, and pretty much any 'small animal' or rodent besides your basic mouse, hamster, rat, guinea pig, or chinchilla, is illegal here in Cali. Even gerbils. I've never seen a gerbil in my life.

There is one loophole though, with the ferrets - just a few hours away, in lovely Nevada, they're completely legal, and they don't check when you drive back. If you don't have any neighbors who hate you and want to turn you in, most likely you'll never get caught. It's also 100% legal for vets to treat them, and pet stores to sell supplies for them.

(So says the girl who worked at Petco for 3 years ).

Ahem. Anyway. There's your rodent and weasel history lesson for today. Back to the trippie at hand!

Hi Jack! (I slay me.)

I was a PetCo employee too! I was trying to teach the African Gray to say "PetCo, where the pets go!" but a customer came in and gave him a new home before I could brainwash the bird. As much as I hate retail, that job was a lot of fun!

 

[WDWAtLast]

Another great update! And I think I will pass on Market Street Cafe. One wiry hair I might could forgive, but two?? I think I know what the chef's secret ingredient is!!!! Or maybe Remy is the chef at Market Street - that would explain the hair!

 

[annnewjerz]

There was some discussion on the blog about Huck’s indecent exposure, so I’ve censored it for ya!

…And let’s just censor that double chin there…

I don't even know what to say about these pics other than the fact that I spit my tea out while LOLing. Now, I have a wet dress at work. Thank you.

We got Huck a souvenir on our anniversary trip, but it took DH a while to get around to “embroidering” Huck’s name on it with white paint. I was so excited to finally give it to him that even MY butt was wiggling when he put it on.

Luckily, my dress was already wet from the pics above because if it wasn't---it would have been after reading about your wiggly butt.

This is quite possibly the cutest thing I have ever seen. I may bookmark this picture just to make me smile when I'm feeling down. The little fluffy dog, the little tiny Mickey ears---how could you not love it?!

 

[Aburns8]

I swear to this day last April when we went to WDW I got food poisoning from Market Street Cafe. But since I didn't get sick until later on in the day I am sure it was a stomach bug...

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

ok..I have to pause a moment to blow pixie dust up your @rse...because this is a true..
RonnieJo (of Walt Bridemaid Fame and Ben's wife) and I were talking last night about your wedding pictures and the Roots..I tell her "they are such good friends, the Roots go on vacation with them and so the Lurkyloo's have all these AWESOME vacation shots and that I want to be friends with the Root's so my vacation pictures stop looking like this:

I also told her about getting into the DP and how Lori now has these incredible Roots pictures for her DP!!

ok...'nuff pixie dust flying..I am getting nauseous

 

[irisbud]

Huck looks much happier to wear his Mickey ears than our dog did when we bought him some as a souvineer!

 

[MAGICFOR2]

LMAO this morning with my coffee! Thanks for starting my day out with a laugh. My mom and dad came over at o'dark thirty today so I could take them to the airport BEFORE COFFEE so I started out really grouchy - now I can take on the day! Loved the pics at DHS - I can't believe you got such good ones on your phone!

I can't read the 2nd update yet - have to get up and take care of my grandbabies - I'll be back later!

 

[disneygal922]

Great update!
Love the cute post office!!! Note to self... must visit Celebration, FL. The pic of Huck with the mouse ears is definitely a keeper! I too love seeing backstage and reading about the behind the scenes type stuff, so I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the real DFTW offices! I'm guessing the other buildings are the offices for customer service reps... like reservations and what not! People we talk to on the phone but never see in the parks!!

 

[NeverlandClub23]

I don't know if you know who Bill Bryson is but he's a REALLY funny travel documentary writer. He's most famous for "A Walk Through the Woods" (about attempting to hike the entire Appalachian Trail) but has done many books including ones about visiting all of the small towns in America, visiting Australia, Europe, etc. Anyways, I think you would be AMAZING at something like this! I don't know about everyone else but I'd pay for a book to read all about your travels somewhere (especially WDW). You really are one of the best TR writers. Ok, enough flattery for today .

 

[29apr00]

Celebration looks like such a cute little town! I want to live there!

 

[jwwi]

Getting caught up again with all your posts. LOL about all your comments. "he pays us in Cheese", you crack me up. This is an awesome TR. Bravo

 

[inkedupmomma]

ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew... I hate hair in my food! EW!

 

[Philadisney]

I really did marry my prom date's cousin! Here's the story of how we met...

Aha! I knew the magical story about the magical Disneyland fountain, just not the prom date part. That's so funny.

I SO want to go to Celebration after seeing all the amazing Roots pictures. Now that I'm getting a habit of renting a car when I go to WDW, I must work a Celebration afternoon into my next trip (whenever that is!). That coconut pie looks amazing (well, it did until you told us that there was a hair in it)

 

[LouDisney]

Whoa - so did he make screeching noises and poop all over the place like they s'posedly do?

No, he was actually very quiet. They sleep during the day, and are active at night. He never screeched. I think I heard him do that once, but it was because he got scared.

She had a huge cage for him, and he stayed in that most of the time. She did let him out sometimes, but he was never THAT messy.

 

[k_reile]

i bought the little doggie mickey ears for my chihuahua...but even the smallest size was way too big...so he never got to wear them. I was going to have my MIL make the straps smaller but I never did...wonder what I did with them??

 

[romymichelle21]

Yes I'm much happier knowing you don't eat bunnies and such (I don't eat any of those - plus lobster ).

Exactly how long did Huck keep those ears on? I brought my cat Maleficent ears (horns?) once, but um... I'm sure you can guess that she wasn't as thrilled with them as I was.

Celebration is so cute!! I'd totally live there. They should make one here in Cali!

 

[lurkyloo]

I overslept, but I read your TR nonetheless. Thank you for being there this morning

You know, I was up til 1:30am trying to post the dang thing cuz the DIS was freaking out and giving me database error. Patrick was like, "Why are you up so late?" and I was all, "Because I have to get the report up for MEK to read before she goes to work!!!"

Awe....don't leave us hanging on your last day

But if I tell you all at once, it will be OVER!

I was a PetCo employee too! I was trying to teach the African Gray to say "PetCo, where the pets go!" but a customer came in and gave him a new home before I could brainwash the bird. As much as I hate retail, that job was a lot of fun!

Oh dang, I was hoping that story would end with the bird saying swears!

Another great update! And I think I will pass on Market Street Cafe. One wiry hair I might could forgive, but two?? I think I know what the chef's secret ingredient is!!!! Or maybe Remy is the chef at Market Street - that would explain the hair!

I think you have it there... I would still recommend the place cuz we've had 2 other great meals there, but I totally see why it would give one pause...

I don't even know what to say about these pics other than the fact that I spit my tea out while LOLing. Now, I have a wet dress at work. Thank you.

You're welcome!

I swear to this day last April when we went to WDW I got food poisoning from Market Street Cafe. But since I didn't get sick until later on in the day I am sure it was a stomach bug...

I've heard it could be anything you ate in the last 24 hours... maybe it *was* Market Street Cafe....

ok..I have to pause a moment to blow pixie dust up your @rse...because this is a true..
RonnieJo (of Walt Bridemaid Fame and Ben's wife) and I were talking last night about your wedding pictures and the Roots..I tell her "they are such good friends, the Roots go on vacation with them and so the Lurkyloo's have all these AWESOME vacation shots and that I want to be friends with the Root's so my vacation pictures stop looking like this:

I also told her about getting into the DP and how Lori now has these incredible Roots pictures for her DP!!

ok...'nuff pixie dust flying..I am getting nauseous

You crack me up! I don't see what's wrong with your picture, though - I think it's adorable!

Huck looks much happier to wear his Mickey ears than our dog did when we bought him some as a souvineer!

I think he's just used to posing for pix in doggy clothes - the consequence of having photographers for parents, don't ya know...

LMAO this morning with my coffee! Thanks for starting my day out with a laugh. My mom and dad came over at o'dark thirty today so I could take them to the airport BEFORE COFFEE so I started out really grouchy - now I can take on the day! Loved the pics at DHS - I can't believe you got such good ones on your phone!

Whohoo! I hope you eventually got some coffee, though...

Great update!
Love the cute post office!!! Note to self... must visit Celebration, FL. The pic of Huck with the mouse ears is definitely a keeper! I too love seeing backstage and reading about the behind the scenes type stuff, so I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the real DFTW offices! I'm guessing the other buildings are the offices for customer service reps... like reservations and what not! People we talk to on the phone but never see in the parks!!

Oh, I'll bet you're right! Also, I do hope you get a chance to see Celebration. It's so cute!

I don't know if you know who Bill Bryson is but he's a REALLY funny travel documentary writer. He's most famous for "A Walk Through the Woods" (about attempting to hike the entire Appalachian Trail) but has done many books including ones about visiting all of the small towns in America, visiting Australia, Europe, etc. Anyways, I think you would be AMAZING at something like this! I don't know about everyone else but I'd pay for a book to read all about your travels somewhere (especially WDW). You really are one of the best TR writers. Ok, enough flattery for today.

You are so sweet! I do know of Bill Bryson and I'm flattered that you think I could do something like what he does. It sure would be fun.... I just wish I could figure a way to do the "scrolling down through text + pictures" format of the DIS in a book. This is what's keeping me from turning my trip reports into Blurb or LuLu books...

Celebration looks like such a cute little town! I want to live there!

I always say if I had to live in Orlando, that's where I'd want to live.

Getting caught up again with all your posts. LOL about all your comments. "he pays us in Cheese", you crack me up. This is an awesome TR. Bravo

Thanks! Glad to hear you're enjoying it!

ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew... I hate hair in my food! EW!

Word.

I SO want to go to Celebration after seeing all the amazing Roots pictures. Now that I'm getting a habit of renting a car when I go to WDW, I must work a Celebration afternoon into my next trip (whenever that is!). That coconut pie looks amazing (well, it did until you told us that there was a hair in it)

Yeah, you should totally check it out - it's really not that far from WDW, and then you could get a piece of pie (just be sure to order the hairless version).

No, he was actually very quiet. They sleep during the day, and are active at night. He never screeched. I think I heard him do that once, but it was because he got scared.

She had a huge cage for him, and he stayed in that most of the time. She did let him out sometimes, but he was never THAT messy.

Oh dang, now I really want one! I wonder if they're available on the black market in Nevada....

i bought the little doggie mickey ears for my chihuahua...but even the smallest size was way too big...so he never got to wear them. I was going to have my MIL make the straps smaller but I never did...wonder what I did with them??

You know, the ones we got were actually for a My Disney Girl doll, and they just had one elastic strap - maybe those would work?

Exactly how long did Huck keep those ears on? I brought my cat Maleficent ears (horns?) once, but um... I'm sure you can guess that she wasn't as thrilled with them as I was.

But I'll bet she looked A-Friggin-Dorable!!!