Thanks Bridget!
As promised here is the 2nd half. haha
We find a blocked off area with a woman "guarding" it. We approach her, excited, even dare I say giddy. I have been planning this dessert party for 11 months. And this first person I met face to face regarding this special party to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary was.. miserable. I don't usually complain about CM's, in all fairness, I seldom come across any reason to complain. But this woman grunted responses. What happened was this:
I was in my wheelchair as we approached I noticed the roped off area had too many tables. The area looked too large. I am basing this on the information the event coordinator provided me with. At one point the event coordinator (EC) told me if I increased the count of guests to above 12 I would have to change my venue. We were at 11 confirmed guests. But the area roped off had apprx. 6 tables, with 6 chairs each. I was pretty certain this wasn't our venue, but I didn't press the issue. We approached her slowly, as DH & I were discussing if this could be our venue or not. I asked her if this is for a dessert party. She grunted what I thought to be a confirmation. At which time I said, I'm not sure that it is ours though, as it seemed to be too big an area for our party of 11. She asked if it was an anniversary. I said yes, but I was aware there was another anniversary dessert party going on at the same time. Perhaps it was theirs? She said no. I told her our name. She really didn't respond to this, other than to ask if we had our wrist bands. I said yes, she asked to see them. I raise my hand to get them, at which time she asked "where?". I assume she expected us to have them on our wrists. I told her we didn't have them on yet, as I realized we are early, wasn't sure if we would be able to enter the area yet, and began to say that our entire party isn't even here yet, but she interrupted me. I think she said she will have to check. ... Okay, I wasn't asking if we could, I was saying since I didn't expect to get in, I was simply explaining why we didn't have our wrist bands on yet. She speaks into her headset and says we can go in, but she MUST see our wrist bands first. Well, while she was talking we were putting them on. Obviously, she could see us doing this. I was trying to be very careful not to loose any, as again, the entire party wasn't together yet. As we were fumbling around with the wrist bands DDFG & family show up. Everyone is very excited, wrist bands are handed out & promptly attached to each of our wrists. I explain again VERY nicely (my mother always taught me you get more bees with honey than you do with vinegar. AND I always figure you never know WHY someone is cranky. I think back to my losses in life and how distracted I was. Perhaps I was that cranky person). So, very nicely I say I understand if we can't go into the area yet (perhaps she was thinking I was trying to weasle an extra 1/2 hour out of them) I understand. And that I certainly wouldn't want anyone to get into trouble. She replies, no you can go in, after she sees wrist bands. Fine. We go in. We being, DH, DD9, myself, DDFG, DDFGDH, DDFGDD, DDFGDS. 7 out of 11. DH's job is to call the others and have them get to the UK. They are on their way. (It is now the time the DP was scheduled to begin). Taking the long way, because they thought they had 1/2 hour. So, now, it is actually the time the DP was suppose to start. But the "kids" were going by my agenda I made for them, and I .... put the wrong time. oops.
So, they begin to run to the UK from mission space.
Meanwhile, a CM approaches me, introduces herself, but I couldn't hear her. Says that so&so (a male) is my something or other & she is gone before I could ask her to repeat herself.
huh? I figure if I need anything there are 2 CM's at the dessert table, and there is always MS. Smiley.
I introduce myself to the 2 chefs at the dessert table. They are very pleasant. But am having difficulty hearing them as well. Perhaps it is me. But, atleast they are captive for the next hour so i can ask them to repeat themselves.
Here is a picture of them.
They were both wonderful!
The "kids" arrived fairly quickly. DH had to come to me and get their wristbands. Then the were in our area handing out hugs.
I wish I had thought to take a picture of the tables. They looked very nice. Each had 2 glow icecubes on them. I wish the coordinator had asked me about doing this as each icecube was a charge of ... $3.75 I think. Plus, considering we only used 2 tables. That is a lot of wasted money. I have to admit, I loved the dessert party concept, but I was looking forward to a much more intimate feeling with just the 11 of us. This was much too large for our group. Live and learn!
Next up, desserts, drinks, and fireworks, oh my.
Well, along with DH & my anniversary, DDFG & DDFGDH were celebrating their anniversary the day after us. AND DDBF was celebrating his graduation from college. So we were button happy. 
I love the way they came out. Except I had 2 peoples names on the wrong sleeve. and... 2) the tiara DD21 is wearing is mine. DDFG & her DH bought it for me as a joke for me to wear at the VR. They had been so kind to get me bobby pins with crystals on them, which I wanted, but didn't have time to shop for. Not that it mattered because my hairdresser decided not to use them anyway! 
Go for it cutie!
The more he accused us of teasing him, the more we laughed, the more he thought we were teasing him.
But - I -DO - NOT - UNDERSTAND..... it is - MARY POPPINS - AND - ALICE!! However, she wanted to do Perry the Platypus adventure. She begged us. I felt so bad, but, we just didn't have enough time. So, onward to the Uk to find our exact location. 
