Let Them Eat Cake, Pre-Trip Report Part 3, Cakes, Star Wars, ADR's, and FP, Oh My!

I ordered cake!

We discussed several celebration ideas for our anniversary.  We went to La Nouba and did a wishes cruise for our 10^th.  We inquired about getting Re-Hitched, which we also did for our 10^th, but Disney doesn’t offer that anymore.  We looked at some activities like meeting the dolphins and various tours, but we decided, we mostly want to spend time at EPCOT. We are getting old and kind of slow and we really just want to eat and enjoy the country pavilions.  (Which also matches with our daughter’s goals, although she is neither old nor slow.)  We decided to get an ADR for Rose and Crown and I ordered a fancy fondant 20^th Anniversary cake. 

I requested a 6” but was told we would need to bump up to an 8”, so 8” it is.  I requested yellow cake with white chocolate mousse filling, butter cream frosting, white fondant, all white decorations and a white chocolate Mickey and Minnie with the inscription of “Celebrating 20 Magical Years Together”.  I was quoted a price of $63.00 +tax and gratuity.  I am really looking forward to this!  I can’t wait to share photos of what they come up with.

I also ordered a milk chocolate shoe dessert for our daughters Sweet 16 lunch at Cinderella’s Royal Table.  My husband had ordered one for my birthday in October and she was really taken with it, so I ordered her a Happy Sweet 16 shoe.  The cost is $12.50 +tax and gratuity.  Here is a photo of the one from my Birthday in October.  They say it only serves one but we split it among 4 and everyone was happy.

My daughter's favorite food is Mexican and she request we eat at the San Angel Inn in the Mexican Pavilion, next to the river of time, for her birthday dinner.  I have checked into ordering a cake for there as well.  I am going to wait until 2 or 3 weeks out to place that order though because it is an outside company that creates the cakes for some of the EPCOT Restaurants, the Mexican Pavilion being one of them.  I have read that it is $23 for a 6” chocolate or vanilla cake and that we can get a character screen and inscription for no additional charge.  I will be checking into that soon.

We talked about doing something special for Mother’s Day but honestly, I will be tired and I am just looking forward to hanging out at our resort.  I thought about ordering a cake to our resort but there are so many great snack options that I think we will want to do that instead.  Just hanging out with my family at a Disney resort has got to be the best Mother’s Day ever!

Several days ago, Disney released information on two new character dining experiences for Star Wars weekends.  One is dinner at Hollywood and Vine with Disney characters dressed as Star Wars characters.  The other is breakfast at Sci-Fi Dine In with the classic Star Wars characters and Star Wars clips on the screen instead of the usual B movie reel.  Both meals include a photo with the characters.  The meals are actually available through the week, not just on the weekends.  My husband LOVES Sci-Fi Dine In for the atmosphere and we all enjoy Star Wars so I jumped on booking that.  They are on the expensive side, but I cant imagine not doing this while we are there.  I called the Disney reservation line after 3pm, was on hold for about 20 minutes but was able to get the ADR for the day, time and meal we wanted.  There were high fives and happy dances in my living room.

ADR's, FP+, Character Meets

I have finalized all of our table service ADR’s  and am pleased to have it taken care of and able to check it off of my to do list.  The only reservation I never could get was for Be Our Guest.  We may try for the counter service one day but at this point I’m not sure where we will fit it in. 

We have fast passes picked but some of that will change as we wait anxiously for the 7 Dwarfs Mine Train Ride to open up for FP+.  We got FP for Anna & Elsa too.  We have never made a FP for a character meet and greet before but these two ladies are super popular and I will not stand in a line for 4 hours to meet them.

Our daughter has a list of character meet and greets she would like to accomplish on this trip and they include Anna & Elsa, Rapunzel, Tiana and Naveen, Merida, Tink and any of her fairy pals, Peter Pan, The Fairy Godmother, Eyore, Mulan and Pocahantas.  It is a long list!  There a a few must meets (hence the fast pass) and the rest we hope to meet.

Sewing Update:

The timing on my machine decided to go all wonky.  I have been working on getting it working again so it will sew properly.