More Marathon Meet-a-thon and I “May” get crabby
When I walked into the Beach Club lobby after my stroll from HS, I was greeted with a welcome sight. Teena was talking with a couple of friends of mine, Wood Nymph (Sue) and her husband. I had met them during our DISmeet in August 2015 and our group spent some time together in EPCOT.
I took a couple of pictures and had a picture taken with them myself.
It was great to see them again and to chat for a bit before they had to leave.
Just around then, Lauren came by. She would be joining us for dinner, too.
Hey, check out the guy in the red shirt in this picture.
While we were chatting and waiting to meet up with our friend Mike and his family, I noticed that the people behind us were speaking “Southernese” I acted upon a hunch and asked if they were part of Mike’s group. They were.
Mike’s wife Lee Ann was there and then Mike came along and we talked about their beautiful granddaughter who was born shortly before their trip.
Mike had reservations for the last night of his family’s trip at the Cape May Seafood Buffet, a marathon weekend tradition for them. After I had planned my last minute trip to Florida and knew I would be spending Sunday at the Beach Club as Teena worked, I made reservations for Teena and me so we could join them. Another friend of ours, Lauren, was also able to join us for the dinner.
The only problem was that their reservation was for 5:15 and ours was a little later, 5:30, after Teena’s shift. As soon as the restaurant opened at 5, Mike and I went over to the host station and explained that we had two separate reservations, at slightly different times, but we wanted to sit together.
We were told that they would be able to help us out and said they would make a note that I had checked in so I wouldn’t be charged the no show fee.
(Fast forward to a few weeks post-trip: a $20 charge from the time I was in Florida appeared on my Disney Visa card. I could not figure out what it was for awhile, but when I realized it was the “no show” fee, I called Disney dining and explained that I did eat at the Cape May that night. The charge was quickly reversed without hassle)
I think this was my third time having dinner at the Cape May. I am a New England native and I have eaten my fair share of seafood since I was young. Mark and I also both worked for a seafood restaurant, Weathervane Seafoods, for 5 years each, so I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about fish. I loved all of the food selections and everything I tried was excellent.
My review: Two claws up from me!
Clam chowder- YUM!!!
Bucket of Snow Crab Legs, Mussels and Little Neck Clams- YUM! YUM!!!
First plate- green salad, artichokes and olive (and hearts of palm?), watermelon with mint and feta, peel and eat shrimp and a couple of crab legs for the photo.
Second plate- fried shrimp (rotating selection available on certain nights- Sunday apparently), roast beef, rice, green beans and Brussels sprouts.
Desserts. Oreo Bon-Bon's have gone bye-bye!
But the food was really secondary to what made this a thoroughly enjoyable night. I loved talking and laughing with Mike, Lee Ann, their family, Teena and Lauren. Even though some of us had only “met” a few hours earlier, we were together as family.
This was such a FUN, delicious night!
When dinner was over, we had a final picture of four dear DIS friends.
Bye Bye
We made it back to Teena’s house. She got her things ready for work the next day, I packed up my things for my departure.
I’ll have one more short but eventful chapter to this story, which will lead quite nicely into my next trip report debuting soon!
Next Up: Bounceback and "Thank You Random Ice Pack Stranger"