Winding Up WRIR2016

In Most respects I would judge WRIR 2016 a success.
Yes we were a small intimate group, but for the first year that was wonderful. We had a real chance to get to know each other and had a lot of fun. I have  gotten a lot of ideas and know a few things that I would do differently if we hold one in 2017. I still have to get a survey out, but I am waiting on that as I recover from an illness I picked up while in Florida.

The time we were all able to spend together was fantastic and I have several new writers to read and I hope that I can count as friends. I want to give a thanks to Holly, Julie, Karl, Randy, Mandy and Linda for their help. Also to Naralle for all she did. I count the weekend as a success.


One thing I would differently change is the hotel we were at. The location I loved just a short walk from Disney Springs and I was impressed with the politeness and helpfulness of the front desk. The event staff that served the actual event were also great. The food was very well done, except for one instance which was the dessert buffet, it was rather sad and total not enough for the event.  they did  chocolate dipped strawberries and the other dessert consisted of pretzels, graham crackers, and marshmallows dipped in chocolate, for $18 dollars a head for a party of 50 that seemed rather disappointing to me. Since we ordered and paid for dessert buffet for 50 and we only had about 40 or less for that , it was sad that not every one got a strawberry as they did not have enough. My really frustration with the hotel came with the sales staff that we contracted with for the event. They seemed to not be very helpful, then keep nickel and dime-ing us to death. I got another email today saying that we still owe them for more. After I spent a good deal of time on Jan 25th going over all the bills with them and paying more to finish the event. I was assured that we had filled all of our contract and we were totally done. I have sent an email back explaining this and hope that will be the ending, but the whole process of working with them has not left a good taste in my mouth. I would not recommend the Holiday Inn at Disney Springs for an event.

Thanks for listening to this rant on them, I am so happy with most of the people who came to the event. Thanks to the authors, presenter, the helpers and the great readers who attended. You were all wonderful and with luck I will see you again soon.



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Trees for the Festival

Image
As it is almost the end of January, I felt that I should get myself in gear and finish my 2017 Christmas posts. Here is the process I went though this year for the two large trees and one small tree that I decorated for the Festival of Trees First I measured the spaces needed down in my basement game /family area. This tree required a 7x9 foot area and the other required a 9 by 14 foot area. Next I put the trees bag where I wanted to put the tree up in each space. Then I got my ornaments gathered. Next was assembling the trees and checking to make sure the lights worked, as they are always new trees, so far I have not had a problem with lights. Then I put some of the ornaments on, the tree topper on, and the tree skirt around it to check how I am planning it to look. Next I stack the boxes I am going to wrap to had depth and high to the display Then I put out he other items I have that go with the tree theme. This one was a Hogwarts Christmas, of course.
Read more

Baked Sandwiches

Image
Baked Meat and Cheese Sandwiches I started with two loaf of french bread as I wanted to make enough to freeze some for later and I have found that it only takes a few minutes more to do multiple batches so I can freeze some for a later date. I sliced the bread in half lengthwise Then in a mixing bowl I put one 8oz package of softened cream cheese  and 8 oz of softened butter I then cream it well until it is all mixed together and smooth Them comes the poppy seed I add 2 T of poppy seed And them cream it again until the poppy seeds are evenly mixed in the butter/cream cheese mixture I divide the mixture in 4 and spread it on the halves of french bread. Now you start to layer the meat and cheese. I started with ham lunch meat. you only layer on the bottom halves of the loafs then layered Colby Jack Cheese Then I placed sliced lunch meat turkey Then a layer of Swiss cheese Final
Read more

frosted

Image
One of the things I have done off and on for the last 35+ years is cake decorating.  The below pictures are a sample of the pictures fro that whole time. It does not include the wedding cakes I have done. Later I will do a blog on how I used my favorite mold on several occasions to do cakes for different occasions. but have fun glancing through these.  this one above is my favorite of all the molds I have ever used Holiday and birthdays are my main ones I do thing for.
Read more