I had us set for a party of 4 at a 1030 Cape May Café character breakfast, but 19yo wanted to come along and they readily accommodated us. It was actually nearly empty and we had lots of fun with Minnie, Goofy, Chip & Dale. After the meal, we drove over to the CR to check in and scope out the convention center. Our tower room was ready, so we went on up to drop our things. My first impressions were very good. Spacious, modern without looking “modern”, and a lovely view of Bay Lake. That was the end of the good vibes at CR. No locks on the bathrooms turned into a serious problem, thanks to my mother’s immaturity, and the sinks, while very cool LOOKING, were utterly dreadful to use. Top that with no storage per se for 5 females??? Disastrous. I found my spot at the convention center, right next to the World’s Largest Scrapbook, which was cool. The convention center has one narrow drive that is at a weird angle, so backing the trailer in was fun. At least the other guys were amused…I’m proud to say that it only took about 5 minutes and I never once hit any of the shrubbery on the sides!
I unloaded, confirmed that I was in the right spot and got my “perimeter” set for my displays when the coordinator told me I was in the wrong spot! Thankfully, the “guys” helped me move all my stuff over one which didn’t take long, but was enough to throw me off my rhythm.
I went up to the room and collected everyone for a trip to the Food and Fun Center for dinner. It was really pretty gross as counter service goes and the Cms seemed to have really low morale. Not at all what I’d expected. 19yo went back to help move me along with the setting up and they kicked us out about 1130pm (and I wasn’t quite done…) Up to bed with an early alarm for a busy day tomorrow!
Our view:
Here is my booth:
Me with the World Record sign:
The pages I put into the World's Largest Scrapbook:
DDs and their contributions:
