Meryll83's SBP/Citrico's/Morocco PJ - Update: Trip Report now underway!!

[lpizzuro123]

I saw that one on ebay but as we are so close to the wedding it said their delivery time was too long. I might just forget about it or I might try to find one locally.

Thanks,
Linda

[meryll83]

No way is mine going in the hold, the flight would be just awful, sitting there thinking about it the whole time.
Stop scaring me! :lmao:

[meryll83]

Just a teency weency update today:

Simon bought his ring at the weekend - this is the one I think:
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l315/meryll83/Wedding/5546915thumbnail.jpg
And it's 4 weeks today til we can book!!

[figmentfan814]

I really like his ring. Kris went with a two-tone for his band too.

:banana: :cool1: :yay: :woohoo: For being able to book soon!

[camara381]

Gorgeous ring!!!! Yay for only 4 more weeks!!!!! It will be here before you know it.

:banana: :banana: :banana:

[keenercam]

Nice ring. Oh, and once you book, time flies. Amazing, really! :)

[padisneyfour]

your ring is very pretty....:goodvibes

[Chilly]

OMG this is getting spooky, DFs ring that he ordered on Monday is just like that but all white gold! (I can't remember have you got your ring yet?)

I'm so jealous that you can nearly book.

[meryll83]

OMG this is getting spooky, DFs ring that he ordered on Monday is just like that but all white gold! (I can't remember have you got your ring yet?)

I'm so jealous that you can nearly book.

I want a picture of the Twilight Zone TOT!!

I've got mine already yeah, it's back there somewhere on a previous page, but I can't be bothered to trapse through all my ramblings to find it at the moment!

It's gold with a line of diamonds through the middle basically....

[Chilly]

I want a picture of the Twilight Zone TOT!!

I've got mine already yeah, it's back there somewhere on a previous page, but I can't be bothered to trapse through all my ramblings to find it at the moment!

It's gold with a line of diamonds through the middle basically....

Just looked back and our wedding bands are different! :thumbsup2

[Mama of Indybride]

Yay for wedding rings!

I've been following your PJ ever since IndyBride found the Dis!

I'm so glad you are only a month out to be able to book!

Congratulations!

[meryll83]

Just looked back and our wedding bands are different! :thumbsup2
Phew, we can step out of the Twilight Zone for now then! We'll be able to get great ideas from each other though :goodvibes

Yay for wedding rings!

I've been following your PJ ever since IndyBride found the Dis!

I'm so glad you are only a month out to be able to book!

Congratulations!
Thank you for sticking along for the ride, it's been a long one already! I'm really happy you can take the time to follow along :hug: You can give me some motherly wisdom!

[Eeyore's Tailfinder]

Yay for being able to book in 4 weeks!!

[Chilly]

3 weeks tomorrow till you can book (I think)

[meryll83]

6 days til booking day!!

From what I gather, I won't find out that day if we get our choices, so I think those days of waiting to find out are gonna be the worst so far!!

I've had a last minute waiver on Morocco for the DP (again! I think I already worried about this earlier on) as I'm worried that the islands in the middle of World Showcase Lagoon will block the view of IllumiNations.
So I've broadened the horizons to the French Island Arm and UK Upper Terrace and got Simon to pick the spot.
He's gone with UK Upper, which is cool as we're from the UK and have the advantage of chairs and tables already there :thumbsup2
Of course, now I've developed concerns on this location too, so wondered if you guys can ease my mind!
- can the tables here have table linens put on them still, as the parasols look non-removable?
- the parasols look a bit grubby to me, but hey, it'll be dark won't it?
- is it a good view from here?
- is there the possibility of another dessert party being below us at UK Lower? Not that this really matters, I just find it funny that they try and prevent brides from seeing each other all the rest of the day, but it seems there's a great chance they will here!
- are we likely to get this location with our party of 12? I know that they seem to prefer Escapees being in certain locations and I'm not sure how keen they are on using this one..

Is there anything else I need to have ready for the phone call? I presume we need some backup options, but how many? And is this just the times or locations too? Can I only book the actual ceremony on the day, or can I register my interest in the DP too, or do I have to do that once the ceremony is confirmed?

Breathe! Think that's it for now, just need the next week to speed along!!

[mcarthur205]

When I called to book my Escape VR back in April, the person I spoke to took a note of the venue and time I wanted for the ceremony and told me that someone would call me back within a few days. I mentioned that I was also interested in having a dessert party and was told that my planner, when I was assigned one, would deal with that. I got a call back within 48 hours from Dorren Diehl, a Sales Coordinator, who told me that my preferred location and time was available, but again my planner, when allocated would deal with the dp.

Doreen dealt with the contract and deposit, and once that was done, she told me that I would get a planner assigned within two weeks. It was a full two weeks later when I got a call from Tanis to introduce herself. At that time, she took a note of the fact that I wanted a dp, but said that it couldn't be booked until eight months out.

So you've probably got a little more time to think about it LOL!

Hope this helps.

[meryll83]

Sigh. More waiting on the dessert party front then ;) Is it still only bookable at 8 months out for Wishes as well as Escape? I keep having crazy last minute ideas about changing to Wishes again, but I know that would mess up the reception meal we are now set on and of course cost a whole lot more cash! I need to keep talking myself back down!

Do I have to wait to book the MK photoshoot as well?

Do I need to pick a certain number of backup times or locations for the ceremony to have ready for the phonecall?

Booking day tomorrow! So excited!! :banana:

[Chilly]

Booking day tomorrow! So excited!! :banana:

Lucky you, hope it goes well!

[mcarthur205]

I wasn't asked for alternative times/locations for the ceremony when I called, but I suppose it couldn't hurt to have those available. I was told that stuff like dessert parties, photoshoots etc, is dealt with by your planner when you get one. Your sales coordinator will deal with the contract, deposit, etc before you get a planner allocated to you.

[padisneyfour]

good luck making the call....:goodvibes

[MegKate]

I'll be thinking of you tomorrow - post as soon as you hear!!

:goodvibes

[Chilly]

I've got everything crossed for you.

[Summer-Caitlin]

I'm really excited for you Meryll, I remember that time well.

I didn't need to have back up locations, I think they have standard ones in case of bad weather etc. I booked the MK Photo Shoot about the same time, I booked it over email and when the contract came through it was pretty much already set up. Tanis told me in advance what day and time I had and whether I managed to get my requested day. I would have some backup ceremony times though, just in case. I actually wish I had married at a later time (was 10.00am) but getting ready and everything was hust too hectic! An evening wedding would have also been nice! VR on the cards:rotfl:

Post and let us know how you got on today!

[meryll83]

Thanks for the well wishes everyone!

I just called the main number and left some basic details with a dude called Josh and he said someone would get back to me today or wednesday (tomorrow). They had some of my old details on the system from when we were considering Wishes, so I gave him the new choices.

Is that it then for today do you all think?

Will the next phonecall I get be the one to say we have/haven't got our choices, or is there something more to be discussed in the next phonecall before we get confirmation?

I was expecting something more dramatic than a quick 3 minute phonecall I guess :lmao:

I wonder if I should have called Brie on her direct number, I've just looked and the email I got after confirming she would be taking over from Doreen did say I should call her direct today. Oopsie, what do you all think?

Aww look at my ticker, exactly one year out!

[Chilly]

Thanks for the well wishes everyone!

I just called the main number and left some basic details with a dude called Josh and he said someone would get back to me today or wednesday (tomorrow). They had some of my old details on the system from when we were considering Wishes, so I gave him the new choices.

Is that it then for today do you all think?

Will the next phonecall I get be the one to say we have/haven't got our choices, or is there something more to be discussed in the next phonecall before we get confirmation?

I was expecting something more dramatic than a quick 3 minute phonecall I guess :lmao:

I wonder if I should have called Brie on her direct number, I've just looked and the email I got after confirming she would be taking over from Doreen did say I should call her direct today. Oopsie, what do you all think?

Aww look at my ticker, exactly one year out!

I guess all they need is to know the time/date/location today and then they wait till the end of the day to see if they have any clashes then they ring everyone back.

Perhaps you could send her an e-mail?

[meryll83]

I guess all they need is to know the time/date/location today and then they wait till the end of the day to see if they have any clashes then they ring everyone back.

Perhaps you could send her an e-mail?
I've emailed Brie as well, just for my own piece of mind!
Just confirmed the details Josh took on the phone, and said I was looking forward to hearing from them.

Omigod I have no patience, I am going to burst before tomorrow is out! :headache: :rotfl:

Think I'll go and cook myself some lunch to occupy myself....

[figmentfan814]

:woohoo: :yay: How exciting! I know it is a little anti-climatic when you make the booking call. But, it's so exciting to see the one year marker on your clicker!!! :cool1: :banana:

[meryll83]

Woohoo! We got the date, time and location we wanted!

All systems are go now contacting our outside vendors etc to confirm, and I can finish those save the dates off now and get them sent!

The dessert party can't be booked til 8 months out I'm told, and our choice of restaurant 6 months, so I'll just have to guess on our save the dates that I'm giving out the right info!

:banana:

[Chilly]

Woohoo! We got the date, time and location we wanted!

All systems are go now contacting our outside vendors etc to confirm, and I can finish those save the dates off now and get them sent!

The dessert party can't be booked til 8 months out I'm told, and our choice of restaurant 6 months, so I'll just have to guess on our save the dates that I'm giving out the right info!

:banana:

GREAT NEWS!

Do you need to put the Dessert Party and Restaurant location on the save the dates? The important thing is the date and you've got that. Did you sort out the problem with printing your save the dates?

[mcarthur205]

That's great news! Congratulations! :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[padisneyfour]

congrats about getting your date and locations. WOO HOO! That is fantastic.......:cool1:

[keenercam]

Yay!! So glad it all worked out! :woohoo: :yay:

[farjojo]

Really happy for you that it has all worked out for you.......May the hardcore planning commence!!!! :goodvibes

[Summer-Caitlin]

YAY, I am so happy for you. Now at least you can relax and get all your vendors organised. You must be ecstatic, now the fun really begins:banana: :banana:

[meryll83]

Thanks everyone for the well wishes, just waiting for our contract to come through now! I finally feel like things are really starting to happen! :goodvibes

Do you need to put the Dessert Party and Restaurant location on the save the dates? The important thing is the date and you've got that. Did you sort out the problem with printing your save the dates?

Claire,

It's not essential I put this info on I suppose, but I wanted to give people an idea of what is actually going to go on and how the day should pan out. Mind you, it might confuse them more if things get changed later on!

I'll have another look at the STD's this weekend before I finalise them, but I resigned myself to the fact that I wasn't going to be able to get them to line up, so I'd just print them on seperate card and glue them together back to back.
Did I ever send you the various templates I have, I can't remember if I did now, but I know I was meant to! :upsidedow



I've emailed various vendors to confirm we have our date now and enquired about paying deposits / more of the balances off, so I'm waiting to hear back from them.

We also decided that if we were paying for the MK Bridal Portrait, we might as well pay that little bit extra for a second park, so we're hoping to do Morocco, Italy and China at Epcot. Brie has forwarded our request to do the shoots the morning after the wedding to DPS, and will let us know as soon as that's confirmed too!
Now I know what you're thinking, everyone says they are soooo tired the next day to do the photo shoots, but it saves us a rehire cost of Si's suit if we return it to resort reception before midday the day after the wedding, and it's only a couple of hours, we can chill out for the rest of the day.
I'm happy we've made this decision, I love photographs, and I think we'll have them in abundance on this holiday!:woohoo:

[Chilly]

Did I ever send you the various templates I have, I can't remember if I did now, but I know I was meant to! :upsidedow



No you didn't but no rush I've still got ages till I can book!

[Chilly]

Thanks for e-mailing over the STDs :worship:

[meryll83]

Not a problem Claire,
sorry it took so long ;)


Well our contract has arrived so we'll be having fun going through that tonight!

For any UK brides, did you use FedEx or UPS to post it back? I'm gonna scan it and send an email copy in the meantime, but I just wondered who is best to use for the snail mail?

[orangetiggs]

i used royal mail airsure and it got there fine

[Pinkerbell1983]

I just faxed my LOA and the credit card form across, this is what I've done with everything.

[meryll83]

Cool, I'll see what the post office have on offer at the weekend! - do you need to post the credit card auth form as well if you're emailing it? I don't want them to charge me twice! :eek:

ok next question!

I don't see anywhere on the contract anything about the new(ish) outside photography rule - ie. that outside photographers such as Randy cannot do in park photography.
I had wanted Randy to do our dessert party originally, but cancelled this due to the new rule, but as it's not mentioned in my contract do you think I can still get away with this?

[Beep]

Hey hun,

Congrats on getting the date, time and place. I can't waiit until I call to book ours.

I haven't been able to get on here for ages (no idea why) so I've been itching to find out how you got on!

Lexx x

[orangetiggs]

thats so good about getting your date.

Now let all the planning with disney begin. it will come around so fast, I remember booking ours and now we have been married 2 months already!!

[meryll83]

Yey, thanks girlies! :yay:
I'm hoping the time now flies as fast as people tell me!


I notice there are 2 postal address on the back of the DFTW contract - how do I know which one to send it to?

[meryll83]

I notice there are 2 postal address on the back of the DFTW contract - how do I know which one to send it to?
I asked Brie about this and it was the Lake Buena Vista one she told me to use and she called the other day to confirm it had been received, took just under a week to get there by standard Royal Mail international delivery, so I was pretty impressed with that!

We now also have confirmation that our MK and Epcot photoshoot have been booked in for the day after the wedding, at 5.30am, apparently this was the only slot available that day. I'm so looking forward to this, it's a good job coz I have a feeling we'll need that motivation to get out of bed!! Just waiting to hear back from Beaute Speciale now, as I'd provisionally booked the day after this, so I'm hoping they're still available this day, fingers crossed!

Incidentally, while I'm on photography, did anyone get a chance to think about this?:

I don't see anywhere on the contract anything about the new(ish) outside photography rule - ie. that outside photographers such as Randy cannot do in park photography.
I had wanted Randy to do our dessert party originally, but cancelled this due to the new rule, but as it's not mentioned in my contract do you think I can still get away with this?Think I might chance it when I get my planning pack and say that we're going to use Randy for the dessert party and see what they say, has anyone else had the new photography rule written into their contract yet??


We've paid off the basic package we've booked with Stan in full, we're keen to get everything paid off ASAP!

I'm waiting to hear back from Randy about what our balance payment should be, as we came out with slightly different figures, but I might wait and see how we get on with Disney about the dessert party photography first, as we might owe him a bit more if we can get him in to do that too!

I've made some progress with renting DVC points so we can stay at the Boardwalk for a couple of nights over the wedding date, so in a couple of weeks we should have that all confirmed too. We loved the Boardwalk last time and can't wait to stay there again!

I also got some velcro dots from ebay to hold our invitations shut, so I stuck all of those on the other day, that's another little job out of the way. Just gotta wait a while longer now to choose the guests and put the content in!!

We sent our STD's out the other week too, everyone seemed to really like them and asked how we did them.

Getting the guys to do their measurements will probably be the next task as we want to get the tux rental sorted soon. Think I'm going to give them all a 'how to' sheet so they can't do it wrong!! :lmao:
Simon likes this one from Carolyn Allens:
http://carolynallens.com/for_him/tuxedos/grey_tuxedos/images/somerset_526_small.jpg
So we're gonna try for this one, think we might buy our own cravat style ties here though, as CA's only do a normal tie, plus then the boys can use them again at home with their own black suit perhaps to save us rehiring for everyone, we think we'll just hire a tux for Si for the at home do.
Not sure whather to have a different colour waistcoat or cravat for Si or not, we're thinking ivory waistcoats and wine coloured cravats - maybe his buttonhole could just be different to the others?
Also need to get the dress steaming with CA's organised soon, might do that tonight.

Oh, and in bargain of the week - after nagging at Julie (she knows I love her really and it's for her own benefit!!) I convinced her to ring Virgin, as the Disney park tix have gone up horrendously on Disney UK (£216 currently for 14 day ultimate tix) and every other vendor the last week, but I notice Virgin seemed to be the only company still have their old price on the website (£196). Well she rang, they gave her a lower price than the website anyway (£183), and then the 10% flying club discount that was available at the time of her original holiday booking, even though now it's gone down to 5%! Result!!:cheer2:

That's it for today's busy busy update!!

[figmentfan814]

I would definitely check about the photography especially if it's not in the contract. We were able to get around several things that they forgot to include in ours :thumbsup2

[meryll83]

I would definitely check about the photography especially if it's not in the contract. We were able to get around several things that they forgot to include in ours :thumbsup2
Ooh what else, tell me your secrets?! ;)

Ok, so our planner gets assigned and in touch with us in a couple of weeks now our contract has been received and pennies taken, but in the meantime, is it now that our contract will be on it's way back to us with our AP's or does the planner sort this?

[Beep]

Hi hun, finally Virgin Media sorted out or broadband problem so I'm back!

I'm so pleased for you - you're all official now!!

We'll be where you are now next month so I'm going to be hanging on your every word in your PJ so keep us updated.

We've got Brie too and she seems great :thumbsup2

[meryll83]

Hi hun, finally Virgin Media sorted out or broadband problem so I'm back!

I'm so pleased for you - you're all official now!!

We'll be where you are now next month so I'm going to be hanging on your every word in your PJ so keep us updated.

We've got Brie too and she seems great :thumbsup2
Hey chick,

Glad to have you back!! Not long now for you to book!!

We've got confimation now from Beaute Speciale that our new date is ok, and a new form from Brie so that we can start to pay off some more of the wedding, like the bridal portrait etc. We're keen to pay as much as we can now, as the US dollar account we're using doesn't accrue interest anyway, and at the moment I feel safer with Disney having our money than leaving it in the bank ;)

Incidentally, does anyone know who it's best to request a particular photographer(s) from? Should I do this via Brie, direct with DPS or via my coordinator when we get one allocated?

Alex, Brie's been really great and got back to me within 24 hours whenever I've emailed her with a question, now it's a waiting game to see who our co-ordinator will be.....

[figmentfan814]

Ooh what else, tell me your secrets?! ;)

Ok, so our planner gets assigned and in touch with us in a couple of weeks now our contract has been received and pennies taken, but in the meantime, is it now that our contract will be on it's way back to us with our AP's or does the planner sort this?

We got our AP vouchers after sending back our signed contract. We received them with a thank you note from our sales rep :thumbsup2

There were just some discrepencies with paying for viewing fees at the DP and then we were supposed to be billed at dinner prices since we had a DP, but it wasn't put in the contract so we paid the brunch prices.

[meryll83]

Well we have now been assigned our planner, Kathleen, who has emailed us over the planning pack and we are going to try and schedule a quick phone call with her this week just to have a quick chat and ask a few questions - the actual completed pack doesn't need to go back until August though!!

[disneygal922]

Meryll, I have NO idea how I've missed your PJ all this time. :confused3 Soooo, I've spent my free time this morning catching up! :goodvibes

Your dress is GORGEOUS! All of your plans sound so wonderful! Glad to hear you finally got a planner! I can understand the waiting though. DF and I will have been engaged 2 years also! I also bought my dress waaaay early at the 19 month mark! Hope you get in touch with Kathleen and she answers all your questions! :wizard: can't wait to read more! :)

[Chilly]

I'm glad eveything is coming together.

[linzwylie]

Its really exciting when you get to this stage and things start happening for real !! Enjoy it

Linz xxx :)

[meryll83]

Meryll, I have NO idea how I've missed your PJ all this time. :confused3 Soooo, I've spent my free time this morning catching up! :goodvibes

Your dress is GORGEOUS! All of your plans sound so wonderful! Glad to hear you finally got a planner! I can understand the waiting though. DF and I will have been engaged 2 years also! I also bought my dress waaaay early at the 19 month mark! Hope you get in touch with Kathleen and she answers all your questions! :wizard: can't wait to read more! :)
I keep pitying you girls who have found my PJ so late, it's just so looooooong! Thanks for taking the time to read through it all though and hopefully you've picked up some hints or ideas along the way :goodvibes
It's also great to know I'm not the only compulsive planner out there!!

I'm glad eveything is coming together.
Not long for you to go now Claire til you're at this stage ;)

Its really exciting when you get to this stage and things start happening for real !! Enjoy it

Linz xxx :)

You're right, it is starting to get exciting now!! :woohoo:

I had my phonecall with Kathleen last night to go through any initial questions I might have - I had a fair few scribbled all over the planning pack so this was really useful!!

She already got back to me in an email as well about the things she wasn't sure on, which is fab!!

So, the main things I learnt that might be of interest to the rest of you:


We are subbing our Disney photography included in the Escape package for a honeymoon shoot, which is in one of the parks. As we are doing both the MK and Epcot Bridal Portraits, I asked if having the honeymoon shoot at a resort was an option, which was one of the things Kathleen went away to check for us, and it's agreed that we can have it at the Poly instead :lovestruc
I asked about having 2 different flavours of cake for the 2 layers, and 2 fillings which aren't on the standard list. This was something Kathleen had to check with the Boardwalk Bakery and the good news is we can have the flavours I've been drooling over for the last year (top layer chocolate cake with peanut butter filling and bottom layer almond cake with amaretto filling) at no extra charge! :yay: I didn't know it was possible to be so excited about cake!!! :rotfl:
I double checked if us UK Escape brides still get the DPS CD included with all their photos on which we do, however I think we get less actual prints, will have to read that again coz I can't remember exactly what prints are included now, but having the CD means we have the rights to the piccies anyway, bonus! :thumbsup2
For those of us staying at BWV we walk from the lobby there to SBP, the limo is of no use there, as it would have dropped us at the BW lobby anyway if we were coming from another resort. We're still making use of it to pick up everyone from Pop and to take us all to our reception meal afterwards though
We've only been offered Morocco as a dessert party location, apparently UK Upper and the French Island Arm have a 20 person minimum, so that makes the selection process easier for us - thank goodness I left it as Morocco on our STD's - I must have known!
Kathleen mentioned on the phone about the outside photography rule, so no Randy at the dessert party, but I'd anticipated this anyway, just was hoping to get away with it ;) I believe DPS charge $300 for the dessert party coverage, so we'll have a think about this and see if we want to go for it, I 've been wondering since whether we should have someone in at Citrico's from DPS to cover the meal as well, but is it weird that they won't be eating and would be snapping away instead? Has anyone else done this without serving them a meal? And that they'd be there for like an hour, I mean how many photos of people eating do you really need?!! But it'd be nice to get photos of the food itself and the atmosphere. We'd initially thought Randy could do this and eat with us, but there isn't space at the table unfortunately, so I figure it'd be best to let him finish before the meal and then get DPS to do this if we decide to do it, then continue over to the dessert party. Need your thoughts on this one!!
Rosie from Disney Floral is due to be emailing us in a couple of weeks, and it's her I need to speak to regarding upgrading our floral to silk and any customisation etc, Kathleen said she thought it was about $100 to upgrade to silk, but I'll let you all know how I get on with this....


Think that's the highlights there for you!

[orangetiggs]

we only had 18 and we had uk lower but again we were a wishes wedding so it may be different

[disneygal922]

Hey Meryll! That's so nice Kathleen got back to you so quickly! Your cake sound delicious! Sorry to hear you can't sneak Randy in to the dessert party. It was definitely worth asking though! Did Kathleen mention if the $300 includes any prints? if so, DPS might be worth it at the dessert party! Those pics always turn out so fantastic! :goodvibes As for pics of the food at the reception, i'm not sure you really need it. I would skip on that and maybe have a bridesmaid or someone just takes a few snapshots. :confused3 Thanks for sharing all the info! :thumbsup2

[Summer-Caitlin]

Hi Meryll

So glad everything is coming together for you.

Oooh you are having the exact same cake that we had, you will not be disappointed, it was the best cake I ever tasted! I so wish we could have taken some back to the UK with us, it was so big that we ended up leaving the majority of it at POFQ!

We got 12 printed pics for the MK Bridal Shoot (I think it has changed now) and we of course got the CD to go with it, which had all our MK Bridal Shoot pics on it. I think it's really unfair that we international brides get that and US brides don't (well not immediately anyway)

Sounds like you are very organised. Can't wait to hear more of the finer details closer to the time!:banana: :banana:

[meryll83]

we only had 18 and we had uk lower but again we were a wishes wedding so it may be different
Hmm perhaps... I don't really mind having Morocco too much, just didn't want to have any trees blocking our view. Will see what the state of affairs is again when we get to 8 months out...

Hey Meryll! That's so nice Kathleen got back to you so quickly! Your cake sound delicious! Sorry to hear you can't sneak Randy in to the dessert party. It was definitely worth asking though! Did Kathleen mention if the $300 includes any prints? if so, DPS might be worth it at the dessert party! Those pics always turn out so fantastic! :goodvibes As for pics of the food at the reception, i'm not sure you really need it. I would skip on that and maybe have a bridesmaid or someone just takes a few snapshots. :confused3 Thanks for sharing all the info! :thumbsup2
I agree, I was really impressed with Kathleen's speedy response. I just found my old email last night, and it was actually $350 for DPS to cover the dessert party, forgot to check if prints were included though, I'll try again!! I think for us UK Escape brides, they don't give you any sort of portfolio and limited prints and you get the master CD instead as it's easier on the postage, but I'll let you know what I find out....
We did decide earlier that we could just have friends and family take piccies at the meal, thanks for reminding me that this was a sound idea, as I was getting all carried away again!;)

Hi Meryll

So glad everything is coming together for you.

Oooh you are having the exact same cake that we had, you will not be disappointed, it was the best cake I ever tasted! I so wish we could have taken some back to the UK with us, it was so big that we ended up leaving the majority of it at POFQ!

We got 12 printed pics for the MK Bridal Shoot (I think it has changed now) and we of course got the CD to go with it, which had all our MK Bridal Shoot pics on it. I think it's really unfair that we international brides get that and US brides don't (well not immediately anyway)

Sounds like you are very organised. Can't wait to hear more of the finer details closer to the time!:banana: :banana:
Hey chick,
hope you're well?
I think it might be your very cake that gave me the unhealthy obsession with having these flavours actually! I told Julie we got the flavours we wanted, and she was like "what if someone's allergic to nuts?" :scared1: I didn't think of that before but hey it's tough now, more cake for me!!

It does seem unfair that US brides have to pay such a huge amount for their master CD. Just as a comparison, I had some professional photos done a year or so ago, and they just wrote to me to say as they are now retired and wanting to delete their photos, would I like the master CD of them all for £50, which I thought was a bargain so my mum's getting me that for Christmas. Isn't it something ridiculous like $1000 if you want your DPS master CD? Yikes!


On a COMPLETELY off-topic note, I just had to share with you my excitement at getting John Barrowman tickets booked for next year on the 3rd row from the front!! (he's another unhealthy obsession of mine :rotfl:) - so chuffed as last time we were up in the circle and about half way back there too...

[meryll83]

Yesterday we were 11 months out from the wedding, and we've successfully managed to get a reservation for 2 nights at the Boardwalk Villas by renting DVC points from a very helpful fellow DISer :hug:
We've used extra points to ensure we have a Boardwalk view and have the room booked for the night of and the night before the wedding - love that view :)

I've also received an email from Rosie in floral already, and we're currently trying to set up a time for a call to discuss upgrades to the floral etc.

We've been wanting to pay our balance with Randy, but I've been having real problems getting hold of him now for about the past 3 weeks or so. We had been emailing back and forth, but now I've sent our last message 3 times and still no reply, very odd :confused3

I've booked our dress steamings with Carolyn Allen's now and also discovered that Beaute Speciale do nail extensions, so I'm getting those done on the morning of the wedding.

It's all go at the moment!! :goodvibes

[meryll83]

I've now had my phone consultation with Rosie - she is so sweet!! - and she went through all the pricing with me, and will send a proper breakdown once she has the next couple of month's weddings sorted out first!

Too much detail to go into here and now, I'm tired and have just got back from London, but everything we wanted was do-able :thumbsup2

Feel free to ask the pricing on any of the elements I've mentioned we were wanting earlier in the PJ!!

[polynesianbride]

I've now had my phone consultation with Rosie - she is so sweet!! - and she went through all the pricing with me, and will send a proper breakdown once she has the next couple of month's weddings sorted out first!Too much detail to go into here and now, I'm tired and have just got back from London, but everything we wanted was do-able :thumbsup2Feel free to ask the pricing on any of the elements I've mentioned we were wanting earlier in the PJ!!

Hey Meryll!* Sounds like everything is really coming together:thumbsup2 !* I'm so jealous that you get to "really plan" now... I think this next year of planning without being able to book will drive me nuts:squirrel:! Just wondering the exact price they quoted you for the MK photo shoot and then how much it was to add Epcot... I've heard the wish book pricing can be a little off.* Can't wait to read more!

[Chilly]

How much are the BM wands? :thumbsup2

[meryll83]

Hey Meryll!* Sounds like everything is really coming together:thumbsup2 !* I'm so jealous that you get to "really plan" now... I think this next year of planning without being able to book will drive me nuts:squirrel:! Just wondering the exact price they quoted you for the MK photo shoot and then how much it was to add Epcot... I've heard the wish book pricing can be a little off.* Can't wait to read more!
It does seem like it'll take forever, but now I'm wondering where the time went!!
I believe it was $1000 for the MK shoot, and $300 to add Epcot, there's tax to go on top of that as well. I'm at work at the moment, so I'll double check those figures when I get home, but I think that was it.

How much are the BM wands? :thumbsup2
For 3 roses, 2 colours of ribbon and pixie dust, it was somewhere between $55-65, again I'll check my spreadsheet at home as I can't remember the definite figure now. I presume tax still needs to go on to this too...

Sorry, I'm a bit useless aren't I, but I will find out!:upsidedow

[orangetiggs]

i paid $30 f each for my silk rose wands with 2 colours of ribbon and 1 large rose

[Chilly]

For 3 roses, 2 colours of ribbon and pixie dust, it was somewhere between $55-65, again I'll check my spreadsheet at home as I can't remember the definite figure now. I presume tax still needs to go on to this too...



i paid $30 f each for my silk rose wands with 2 colours of ribbon and 1 large rose

Thanks guys!

[meryll83]

Just a wee update - been mega busy at the moment as I'm performing in a Christmas show at our local theatre which starts tonight (wish me luck!!) but it's only a short run, so by next week I'll have my evenings to myself again until the next one - anyway, just wanted to mention that our AP vouchers came the other day with our contract!
That means we can go back to WDW now, and they'll let us in! ;)

We also reserved our flight seats with Virgin too, so we'll all be sat together if we get the ones we've selected.

PS. I will check out those prices and send out the STD template to those of you asking, just might be another few days!! Thanks for being patient!!

[Chilly]

Good luck with the show :wizard:

[Beep]

MERYLL!!! HELLOOO!!!

Thanks for posting all the details chick, very very useful. I'm calling Disney tomorrow to book so it was great to get some info so close to calling.

I love the sound of the cake - might have to do that one I think.

Doesn't it seem weird that after all this planning you get to finally book it?!

[meryll83]

Good luck with the show :wizard:
Thanks Claire, all went well I think, it's just a shame it's all over now, all that rehearsing for just one weekend!

MERYLL!!! HELLOOO!!!

Thanks for posting all the details chick, very very useful. I'm calling Disney tomorrow to book so it was great to get some info so close to calling.

I love the sound of the cake - might have to do that one I think.

Doesn't it seem weird that after all this planning you get to finally book it?!
Fantastic, let me know how you get on! :banana: The real fun starts soon!

Sorry I never came back with the definitive figures did I? - useless! I have my evenings back to myself to be at home now though, so I might get chance to reappear a bit more, I feel like I've not been around much lately...

[meryll83]

Hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas and New Year, - our wedding is now officially THIS YEAR!! :woohoo:
It's amazing that when we started out it was 2 years to go, and now we're at around 9 months already!

I've been a bit wedding lazy lately actually, not much to report. I've posted another thread asking for all your help on choosing music for the ceremony, as we just can't decide, so we're looking for inspiration. This is the one section of the Escape planning pack we're not decided on I think, but I don't think we actually have to submit it until July or so, so still plenty time, but you know how over-organised I normally am, so it's time to start thinking about this! :rotfl:

I need to get in touch with Rev Miller in just under 3 weeks to hopefully get him confirmed, so looking forward to that as the next milestone!

A little disappointed that the new ADR window is 90 days, I know it makes more sense really, but it means we have to wait a further 3 months to find out if we can have a reception meal :scared1:

I'm sure we'll be seeing lots of new faces as it were around soon, as I expect there have been some festive proposals. I don't expect any of them will dare tackle this beast of a thread though, how many pages have I racked up now??!!

[Chilly]

The ADR 90 day window sucks doesn't it!

[linzwylie]

Ive been wedding lazy too, seems family life, work, uni and christmas have taken over.
Oh well, back to work and normal life on Monday so no excuses - time to start the mega wedding plans!

Rev. Miller is lovely, really funny. We met him for a drink in November and he's great, you'll love him.

Linz xxx :)

[gemmybear83]

Hi I am a newbie and I have just read through the whole of your thread!!

Its been really helpful as we are planning an escape wedding from the U.K too - and we want to have our dinner in Citricos too! :)

[Lynn5700]

Hi Meryll! I have not talked to you in a while I feel like so just wanted to say Hey!

Have you figured out some of your music yet?

[meryll83]

Hi I am a newbie and I have just read through the whole of your thread!!

Its been really helpful as we are planning an escape wedding from the U.K too - and we want to have our dinner in Citricos too! :)

Welcome :wave: and thank you for taking the to read my PJ, just out of curiousity, how long did it take? :scared1:
Glad all the waffling has been of some use to you!

Hi Meryll! I have not talked to you in a while I feel like so just wanted to say Hey!

Have you figured out some of your music yet?
Hey Lynnie, hope you're well?
What's that you're holding in your new avatar piccie?
We still haven't sussed out the tunage, I think we need to make time to sit down and sort it out properly, at the moment we keep casually throwing about ideas but not actually getting down to finalising anything.

We made a teeny little wedding purchase yesterday, got some matching ties for the boys and the matching cravat for Simon from Debenhams, just so we don't have to re-hire suits for everyone, they're all going to wear their own black suits and just Si will hire a proper wedding suit, but at least they'll have matching accessories!
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l315/meryll83/Wedding/burgundy-scrunchie-crfk13.jpg

[gemmybear83]

Hiya! I admit it did take me a couple of hours - and I did skim read some parts!

You must be so excited - not too long to go (sort of!). Were planning on doing a disneymoon cruise too so I will be interested to read your trip report!:)

[KittyKat08]

I just read your entire PJ so far. I love, love, love your dress and it looks fabulous on you. I can't wait to hear more of your plans.

[meryll83]

Hiya! I admit it did take me a couple of hours - and I did skim read some parts!

You must be so excited - not too long to go (sort of!). Were planning on doing a disneymoon cruise too so I will be interested to read your trip report!:)
Haha, I don't blame you, thanks for following allong!! I'm really excited about the cruise, having never cruised at all before...

I just read your entire PJ so far. I love, love, love your dress and it looks fabulous on you. I can't wait to hear more of your plans.
Thanks for braving the long read, I think I might have to try my dress on again soon, I've been dress shopping with my friend recently, and it's got me wanting to dress up again too! :goodvibes

We've just passed the 9 month mark now, so we're in the process of confirming our booking with Rev. Miller, and sorting out the final arrangements for renting DVC points to stay at the Boardwalk the night before and night of the wedding. I've just received the contract from our rentor (is that the right word?!), so hopefully each of these items will be sorted by the weekend! :thumbsup2 Well at our end anyway, I don't know how long airmail will take to reach the US!

It's also only 29 days now until we can book our dessert party, which I'm really excited about, this is one of the truly "Disney" things about our day, a fantastic firework show, amidst amazing scenery, and scrummy desserts! :cool1:
We're going to ask about a custom menu, so we can pick and choose the different items we prefer from the set menus, yummmmaaaaaay!

[Beep]

We've just passed the 9 month mark now, so we're in the process of confirming our booking with Rev. Miller, and sorting out the final arrangements for renting DVC points to stay at the Boardwalk the night before and night of the wedding. I've just received the contract from our rentor (is that the right word?!), so hopefully each of these items will be sorted by the weekend! :thumbsup2 Well at our end anyway, I don't know how long airmail will take to reach the US!

It's also only 29 days now until we can book our dessert party, which I'm really excited about, this is one of the truly "Disney" things about our day, a fantastic firework show, amidst amazing scenery, and scrummy desserts! :cool1:
We're going to ask about a custom menu, so we can pick and choose the different items we prefer from the set menus, yummmmaaaaaay!

Hey you,

We have just booked our DVC too! Exciting isn't it?! I have the confirmation numbers of the bookings and haven't had to pay a deposit as we have rented from this lady before. As soon as we get the postal confs we are paying, although it is more now isn't because of the $/£ exchange rate.

We would have loved to have done a dessert party, and it was a choice between that or dinner at Le Cellier. In the end we decided we are going to book Le Cellier but we aren't paying. Times are getting hard!!

You'll have to let us know what menu items you choose, and don't forget your doggie bags so you can take anything that is leftover. If me and himself were there I guarantee you'd have nothing left over :rotfl:

[meryll83]

Hey you,

We have just booked our DVC too! Exciting isn't it?! I have the confirmation numbers of the bookings and haven't had to pay a deposit as we have rented from this lady before. As soon as we get the postal confs we are paying, although it is more now isn't because of the $/£ exchange rate.

We would have loved to have done a dessert party, and it was a choice between that or dinner at Le Cellier. In the end we decided we are going to book Le Cellier but we aren't paying. Times are getting hard!!

You'll have to let us know what menu items you choose, and don't forget your doggie bags so you can take anything that is leftover. If me and himself were there I guarantee you'd have nothing left over :rotfl:
I know, the dollar rate sucks at the minute doesn't it? We'll be paying for our rental in the next few days I think, so we'll just have to hope it doesn't get any worse!

We're also arranging a group meal at Le Cellier, it was our favourite restaurant by far last time, but it's going to be a pay your own way job.

We're lucky we budgeted way in advance and got most of our dollars changed, as otherwise we might have had to cut back on things about now.

The desserts I think we're leaning towards are:
Chocolate peanut butter marshmallow sqaures
Chocolate fudge brownie
Key West key lime pie
Tiramasu
Cheesecake
:goodvibes

[Beep]

I know, the dollar rate sucks at the minute doesn't it? We'll be paying for our rental in the next few days I think, so we'll just have to hope it doesn't get any worse!

We're also arranging a group meal at Le Cellier, it was our favourite restaurant by far last time, but it's going to be a pay your own way job.

We're lucky we budgeted way in advance and got most of our dollars changed, as otherwise we might have had to cut back on things about now.

The desserts I think we're leaning towards are:
Chocolate peanut butter marshmallow sqaures
Chocolate fudge brownie
Key West key lime pie
Tiramasu
Cheesecake
:goodvibes

Same here with the rental. We didn't change any dollars when the rate was good coz we hadn't got any money!

I can send you my doggie bag now if you like, or closer to when you go? :rotfl:

[figmentfan814]

The desserts I think we're leaning towards are:
Chocolate peanut butter marshmallow sqaures
Chocolate fudge brownie
Key West key lime pie
Tiramasu
Cheesecake
:goodvibes

The desserts all sound yummy! We had the chocolate peanut butter marshmallow squares at our DP and I couldn't stop eating them :rotfl:

[meryll83]

Same here with the rental. We didn't change any dollars when the rate was good coz we hadn't got any money!

I can send you my doggie bag now if you like, or closer to when you go? :rotfl:
If you think I'm leaving one scrap behind you're sorely mistaken! ;)

The desserts all sound yummy! We had the chocolate peanut butter marshmallow squares at our DP and I couldn't stop eating them :rotfl:
Oooh I can't wait, how many of each dessert do you get per person, is it just one of each item on the menu, did you notice?

[Chilly]

We made a teeny little wedding purchase yesterday, got some matching ties for the boys and the matching cravat for Simon from Debenhams, just so we don't have to re-hire suits for everyone, they're all going to wear their own black suits and just Si will hire a proper wedding suit, but at least they'll have matching accessories!
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l315/meryll83/Wedding/burgundy-scrunchie-crfk13.jpg

Oh I like those! I think I'll have to send DF out to Debenhams at lunchtime to see if they've got them in ours.

[Chilly]

We made a teeny little wedding purchase yesterday, got some matching ties for the boys and the matching cravat for Simon from Debenhams, just so we don't have to re-hire suits for everyone, they're all going to wear their own black suits and just Si will hire a proper wedding suit, but at least they'll have matching accessories!
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l315/meryll83/Wedding/burgundy-scrunchie-crfk13.jpg

Did you get it from the shop or online? I went over at lunchtime, I keep forgetting I have shops by me now, and I found it instore but it wasn't that colour, it was more pinky.

[figmentfan814]

Oooh I can't wait, how many of each dessert do you get per person, is it just one of each item on the menu, did you notice?

They just set up the items buffet style and then refilled them as needed. I know by the time everyone had gone through the line we were low on everything, but we still had some leftovers at the end (remember to bring plastic baggies with you because if you fill them up you can take them home!) Although, the host in charge of our event said that they had never seen a group eat so many desserts at one of the parties before :rotfl: They even brought over some items from a DP at an adjoining area for our guests. I guess you can tell that my family really loves their sweet treats!

[meryll83]

Did you get it from the shop or online? I went over at lunchtime, I keep forgetting I have shops by me now, and I found it instore but it wasn't that colour, it was more pinky.
We got them from the shop itself, but the same ones are also available online, I think it's in the formal wear section.
Hmm I wonder if your shop has different ones if they seem a bit pinky, not sure.
I actually bought a plain burgandy coloured cravat off ebay, but I'm selling it back on there now, as it was a little too dark compared to our bridesmaid dresses, and the Debenhams ones have almost a two-tone effect to them with the pattern, so that's working a lot better for us.




We've had some sucky news over the past few weeks. The company both Si and I work for is merging with a larger one, and when the first annoucement was made we were promised there would be no compulsory redundancies, so we didn't worry too much. Needless to say, we were probably naive in believing that, but what else could we do, so to cut a long story short, after much uncertainty and meetings not giving much away, we now finally know I still have a job in another role, but unless something comes up in the meantime, end of March is when the companies merge and Si's job, as it's more technical in the current company, is no longer going to be required. :sad1: It's a real shame coz he enjoys his job, and the way the decisions have been made about who goes and stays have been done really poorly, not based on job performance at all, just the necessity of certain roles. But I'm not going to go into all that....
Sooooo, lots of job hunting going on at the moment, along with most of the UK at the moment unfortunately, hoping something good comes of it! Fingers crossed!

Thankfully, our wedding funds are pretty seperate from everything else, so we shouldn't have to make any cutbacks on the wedding and all will still go ahead as planned. We've joked that if we cancelled the wedding and converted all our dollars back we'd be in the money now, :rolleyes: but obviously we don't want to do that! We still have to pay off the holiday itself though, so we're planning lots of movie nights in and no unnecessary expenses at the moment....

[Chilly]

I will try another debenhams and see if they have any more.

Sorry to hear about Si's job but good news you won't have to cut back on the wedding.

[meryll83]

They just set up the items buffet style and then refilled them as needed. I know by the time everyone had gone through the line we were low on everything, but we still had some leftovers at the end (remember to bring plastic baggies with you because if you fill them up you can take them home!) Although, the host in charge of our event said that they had never seen a group eat so many desserts at one of the parties before :rotfl: They even brought over some items from a DP at an adjoining area for our guests. I guess you can tell that my family really loves their sweet treats!
Haha, I missed this post before Vanessa, that made me chuckle :rotfl:
I too, have a huuuuuuuuuuuuuge sweet tooth so I can't wait! I am now on a mission to eat more than you guys too ;) 18 days til we can get it booked in, then our wedding will feel like it has that extra touch of Disney magic pixiedust:

[meryll83]

I had my phone consultation back in November with Rosie, and pretty much chose everything we wanted then.

She mentioned that she had to prepare the cost break downs for some sooner weddings, but that she would put together a costing for me when those were done.

Do you think I should chase her up on this, or leave it a while longer?
I know our wedding isn't until October, but she implied that we could have our costing within a couple of months, and it'd be nice to check all the pricing to get the definite figures in writing now we're being a bit more conscious with our pennies....

[Chilly]

I had my phone consultation back in November with Rosie, and pretty much chose everything we wanted then.

She mentioned that she had to prepare the cost break downs for some sooner weddings, but that she would put together a costing for me when those were done.

Do you think I should chase her up on this, or leave it a while longer?
I know our wedding isn't until October, but she implied that we could have our costing within a couple of months, and it'd be nice to check all the pricing to get the definite figures in writing now we're being a bit more conscious with our pennies....

I don't think its wrong to ask for the cost. They know brides need to budget.

[figmentfan814]

I definitely don't think there is any problem with dropping Rosie a note to check about your floral budget. I looked back through my emails and it looks like I received my first one about a month after my planning session which would have been about 9 months before our wedding :thumbsup2

[meryll83]

I've sent Rosie and email and am waiting to hear back from her, thanks for the advice :thumbsup2

Speaking of advise....

We have a new addition to the wedding party - Si's brother Adam, and his wife Anna, have their first baby due in April, and they've now ameneded their holiday to a week long trip and are bringing baby, who will be 6 months old at the time.

Sooooo, what do I need to know? Baby counts as an extra guest at the Escape wedding, but that's ok, as there's on 12 of us in total at present. Do I just tell our planner we have an extra guest? I guess at this age they don't need a chair at the ceremony, as they would sit on mum's lap or in their pushchair?

Reception meal, hopefully at Citrico's, do they need a highchair at this age? (I know nothing about babies!!!!) I presume Citrico's can provide this, and that we'll all still be able to squeeze into the Chef's Domaine?

Dessert party, again I'm presuming mum's lap or pushchair?

I'll let them figure out the rest themselves, flights and hotel stuff and whatnot, but I just wondered if we needed to make any changes to be "baby-friendly" at the wedding.......
Although, somehow!!!, now they've ameneded their holiday, they've ended up on the same flight as others (they were previously on Si's parents flight later in the day) and Virgin want to charge Si's parent like £400 to move to the same flight as all of us, so they're leaving it, so I'm hoping this means we don't have to become babysitters on the plane :scared1:

I'm also afraid it means we're no longer immune to baby crying during the ceremony :rolleyes:

[Chilly]

I don't know much about babies but I'd think that a 6 month old might find the Fireworks too loud :confused3

[meryll83]

I don't know much about babies but I'd think that a 6 month old might find the Fireworks too loud :confused3

Ack, I didn't even think about that! Grrr......

[Chilly]

Ack, I didn't even think about that! Grrr......

Thats why you have a PJ:disrocks:

[baywatchextra]

Problem solved - get them to buy some baby earmuffs!!!
Not sure if 6 month olds sit in highchairs... i know nothing about babies but i have it worse than you. my new niece or nephew will be 2 months and present throughout our entire day, grrr!!!!

[meryll83]

Problem solved - get them to buy some baby earmuffs!!!
Not sure if 6 month olds sit in highchairs... i know nothing about babies but i have it worse than you. my new niece or nephew will be 2 months and present throughout our entire day, grrr!!!!
To be honest, it wouldn't surprise me if they go back to the hotel before the end of the night, so perhaps the fireworks won't be an issue.
I'm wondering about the ceremony though, how to vaguely politely say in advance, if she starts crying can you take her away so you don't ruin our wedding video! :guilty:

Maybe you could have a big sign above the pews saying. "all babies to the back of the church please" ;)


Dessert party booking time at the end of this week, woop woop! :banana:

[gemmybear83]

To be honest, it wouldn't surprise me if they go back to the hotel before the end of the night, so perhaps the fireworks won't be an issue.
I'm wondering about the ceremony though, how to vaguely politely say in advance, if she starts crying can you take her away so you don't ruin our wedding video! :guilty:

Maybe you could have a big sign above the pews saying. "all babies to the back of the church please" ;)


Dessert party booking time at the end of this week, woop woop! :banana:

I would be the same :) Do you mind me being nosey and asking how much your dessert party is costing?:rolleyes1

[meryll83]

I would be the same :) Do you mind me being nosey and asking how much your dessert party is costing?:rolleyes1
I'll let you know the figures I get when we get booked in, our 8 month mark is Saturday, so hopefully we will get it confirmed early next week and I'll make sure I ask for a confirmed pricing too :thumbsup2

[Chilly]

That is great that it is time to book your DP, it has come round really quickly.

[meryll83]

Woohoo, we are almost booked for our dessert party!
We get our amended contract on Monday!

We're booking Morocco for now, but our plan has advised that we can check again at 30 days out to see if UK Upper or the French Island Arm are free, and then she will check if we can switch.

We're having:
Chocolate peanut butter marshmallow sqaures
Chocolate fudge brownie
Key West key lime pie
Tiramasu
Cheesecake
Chocolate eclairs
Fruit tarts
And we've been quoted $28pp - very excited we can still have ye olde squares :lovestruc

We've also returned our planning pack, including music choices, I'll be back to tell you about that soon, gotta go get ready for a murder mystery party we're at tonight, but just had to share the good news about dessert!!

[Chilly]

That is great news :thumbsup2

[meryll83]

Ok so we FINALLY settled on some choices that we think will work with the violin, and we've sent off our planning pack now, so I guess we'll hear back soon if there are any problems with what we've chosen!

Pre-Ceremony, Seating etc
Various Disney Songs - As there's only a small group of us, we're not gonna have any official entrances for most of the bridal party, they can just mingle and get sat down and settled.

Bridesmaids and Bride Entrance
Reflection from Mulan - I figured there was no point having 2 seperate songs, as not enough of them would really get played. I think I'll try and time it so the girls head off first and then I set off on the chorus....

Sand Ceremony
All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera

Recessional
All You Need is Love by The Beatles

First Dance
Your Song from Moulin Rouge - if they don't have this version then we'll go with the normal Elton John one...

Cake Cutting / Champagne Celebration
Don't Stop Believing by Journey, followed by Various Disney Songs again until the violinist's time is up (dunno how long they normally stay?)

So not especially traditional at all, but we have to make these choices all over again for our at home ceremony, and they'll mostly be from a CD, so who knows what we'll end up choosing then!!

[gemmybear83]

Ok so we FINALLY settled on some choices that we think will work with the violin, and we've sent off our planning pack now, so I guess we'll hear back soon if there are any problems with what we've chosen!

Pre-Ceremony, Seating etc
Various Disney Songs - As there's only a small group of us, we're not gonna have any official entrances for most of the bridal party, they can just mingle and get sat down and settled.

Bridesmaids and Bride Entrance
Reflection from Mulan - I figured there was no point having 2 seperate songs, as not enough of them would really get played. I think I'll try and time it so the girls head off first and then I set off on the chorus....

Sand Ceremony
All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera

Recessional
All You Need is Love by The Beatles

First Dance
Your Song from Moulin Rouge - if they don't have this version then we'll go with the normal Elton John one...

Cake Cutting / Champagne Celebration
Don't Stop Believing by Journey, followed by Various Disney Songs again until the violinist's time is up (dunno how long they normally stay?)

So not especially traditional at all, but we have to make these choices all over again for our at home ceremony, and they'll mostly be from a CD, so who knows what we'll end up choosing then!!

Love your music choices! Have you had to book a bus to get your party to the dessert party?

[meryll83]

Love your music choices! Have you had to book a bus to get your party to the dessert party?
Thanks! I'm excited to hear them played now! We've been listening to the Vitamin String Quartet on iTunes, they are awesome and make violins sound cool, I have to remember we only get 1 violinist though. I actually went to look up the price for a quartet in my initial pack from Disney, the price for just a trio scared me enough, so we're going with what we get included!!!

I also might go in hunt of dessert pictures to whet my appetite for the sweet things!!:rotfl:

Our planner gave us 2 options for dessert party transportation for our party size of 13:

A mini-motor coach which holds the entire party- $435.75/5 hours (minimum charter is 5 hours)

Two luxury vans which can hold up to (8) guests each- $120.00/3 hours (minimum charter is 3 hours) ... I have presumed this is 2 x the $120 for the 2 vans.

We've plumped for the two luxury vans both to collect us from the GF after our (hopeful!) meal at 8pm. We then have the option to have one returning guests straight to Pop Century after the dessert party, and the other perhaps can then take others to the Boardwalk for those who may want a couple more drinks before returning to their resort.

We weren't offered the option of walking in from the international gateway with an escort like I know some others have, but this wouldn't really have suited us anyway, as we need to get from the GF to Epcot anyway.

[meryll83]

Over the past couple of days I have added some extra bits to the front of our invitations for our at home do.

I just had the hearts and pearl mickeys to begin with, but thought this looked a bit too plain, so I bought some card frames and gold angel hair, stuck it all together, snip snip, and voila!:
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l315/meryll83/Wedding/P1010132.jpg
I think I'm happy with them now :rotfl:

So now we just need to fill the invitations with something!!


We also got our BEO already from our planner, and all looks well on the budget front! We're having a phone call on Tuesday to go through all the paperwork etc, we seem so close to being done already now, it's crazy!!

I'm really starting to get nervous about our ADR though and what we'll do if we find Citrico's Chef's Domaine is already taken!!! Still, almost 5 more months to stew over that scenario!

[gemmybear83]

Over the past couple of days I have added some extra bits to the front of our invitations for our at home do.

I just had the hearts and pearl mickeys to begin with, but thought this looked a bit too plain, so I bought some card frames and gold angel hair, stuck it all together, snip snip, and voila!:
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l315/meryll83/Wedding/P1010132.jpg
I think I'm happy with them now :rotfl:

So now we just need to fill the invitations with something!!

Love them Meryl! They are very individual! Also your PJ - has let me into wanting a dessert party for my wedding hehe!:)

[Beep]

Hey you, a word please?!

NOW I WANT A DESSERT PARTY!! It seems very reasonable on the cost front so may have to talk to Disney about it.

What time does everyone have to be there? We are having dinner at Le Cellier at 6.30pm so it would be great if we could mooch over to the dessert party afterwards.

[meryll83]

Love them Meryl! They are very individual! Also your PJ - has let me into wanting a dessert party for my wedding hehe!:)

Hey you, a word please?!

NOW I WANT A DESSERT PARTY!! It seems very reasonable on the cost front so may have to talk to Disney about it.

What time does everyone have to be there? We are having dinner at Le Cellier at 6.30pm so it would be great if we could mooch over to the dessert party afterwards.

Oh dear, it looks like I'm going to be responsible for some wedding budgets being blown! ;)

Our luxury vans are coming to collect us at 8pm from the GF after our meal, the dessert party itself starts at 8.30pm and lasts an hour....

[Chilly]

Yes I want a DP as well now!

Gtreat invitations :thumbsup2

[Bolanette87]

Love your invites! They're awesome!

Bob xoxoxoxox

[meryll83]

Thanks all for the positive comments on the invites, I kept changing my mind about them so often, but that's it now (at least for the front!), done!

The venue we are using back home for our at home blessing ceremony and reception had a wedding fayre at the weekend, so we went for a nosy to check out what it looked like with all tables set up, so we could decide on decorations etc there.

My parents came too, and they've obviously been thinking about it for a while, as they offered to help us out a little more so we can actually have a sit down meal rather than just an evening buffet, so that all the family that are travelling get a fuller experience I guess, and a little for them too I suppose, it's probably the only big event they get to host!
Soooooo, we're now going to look to move our blessing ceremony forward to 3pm, have a sit down meal for around 70 at 4.30pm, followed by an evening reception and buffet with around 100 in total there. Sooooo, almost a wedding number 2 now! I need to get in touch with the band and registrar to check about moving these times around! It's a good job we planned Disney way in advance, coz now I have a new project to organise more!!

[Chilly]

Thanks all for the positive comments on the invites, I kept changing my mind about them so often, but that's it now (at least for the front!), done!

The venue we are using back home for our at home blessing ceremony and reception had a wedding fayre at the weekend, so we went for a nosy to check out what it looked like with all tables set up, so we could decide on decorations etc there.

My parents came too, and they've obviously been thinking about it for a while, as they offered to help us out a little more so we can actually have a sit down meal rather than just an evening buffet, so that all the family that are travelling get a fuller experience I guess, and a little for them too I suppose, it's probably the only big event they get to host!
Soooooo, we're now going to look to move our blessing ceremony forward to 3pm, have a sit down meal for around 70 at 4.30pm, followed by an evening reception and buffet with around 100 in total there. Sooooo, almost a wedding number 2 now! I need to get in touch with the band and registrar to check about moving these times around! It's a good job we planned Disney way in advance, coz now I have a new project to organise more!!

Wow lucky you 2 weddings!

[Beep]

I've taken the plunge and gone for a dessert party as a total surprise to everyone, including Tim!!

I love the invitations Meryll, very chic!!

[meryll83]

Wow lucky you 2 weddings!

We are so lucky, it's fantastic, both sets of parents have helped us out so much.

We've got a meeting booked in a couple of weeks time to go discuss the menus etc. for our at home do, so hopefully that will be all sorted soon. The package there includes some basic floral for the tables, but as we already bought items for our centerpieces we're also going to arrange an appointment with the florist to see if they can add any extras to what we already have instead, maybe just some more candles or something.... We'll get this organised after the venue meeting I think.

I've taken the plunge and gone for a dessert party as a total surprise to everyone, including Tim!!

I love the invitations Meryll, very chic!!

I've only just noticed your post - Alex that's awesome! I cannot keep a surprise secret for the life of me, so I'm very impressed. Is it Sago Cay you've gone for? Please don't send me the bill :lmao:


So I've still not made any further progress with the inside of the invites, but there's plenty time to suss that out yet.

I booked 4 La Nouba tickets yesterday for our parents for the week after the wedding, this is a little pressie for them to say thank you. (They know - as I said, I can't do surprises!!). I managed to book them directly online, even though when I rang them they told me they didn't go on sale til 6 months out, and it would most likely be the beginning of June for our date!!

We're planning on getting Halloween Horror Nights tickets and Express passes for Tim, Jackie, Julie and Steve as a little thank you for them, which I think don't go on sale until the summer, so we'll look at that nearer the time.

Not sure on what to get Adam and Anna, coz we're not sure whether either of them will be coming to HHN, and they're only holidaying for 1 week with the 6 month old baby - she's actually due today, so we'll see!! Does anyone have any ideas what we could do for them as a pressie? As you can see, we've been going more for experiences rather than items as gifts, but we will most likely give everyone a little something at the at home do too. So it would be nice if we could treat them to something in Orlando, but I'm a little stuck on this one as they're not there as long, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated :thumbsup2

[orangetiggs]

glad your having a blessing, we loved ours and got to share our day with family that could not make it to florida.

We got some greta pics from ours as well, I'm waiting on the photos from the photographer as we have only just picked them

[meryll83]

Okay so today we put together a final prototype of our invitation, whaddya think?:
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l315/meryll83/Wedding/P1010209.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l315/meryll83/Wedding/P1010210.jpg

[gemmybear83]

They look great - I love the way its a little folder :goodvibes

[lpizzuro123]

Love your invites. We used Cards and Pockets also and they were just right for our wedding.

Just a word of note - it looks like you are using velcro circles to keep your invite closed. We did this also. It did make them more expensive to mail because it made the envelope thicker. I would not have not used the velcro because I love the way it kept the invite closed but I just wanted to let you know to maybe bring the invite to your post office to check on this.

Linda

[figmentfan814]

I think they turned out great! I love the color and the Mickey punch in the corners :thumbsup2

[meryll83]

They look great - I love the way its a little folder :goodvibes
I really like that too, I think it makes them a bit unique. I know a lot of brides on here have used this style, but it's not something I've ever received myself in the UK before.
Love your invites. We used Cards and Pockets also and they were just right for our wedding.

Just a word of note - it looks like you are using velcro circles to keep your invite closed. We did this also. It did make them more expensive to mail because it made the envelope thicker. I would not have not used the velcro because I love the way it kept the invite closed but I just wanted to let you know to maybe bring the invite to your post office to check on this.

Linda
Thanks for the advice Linda, we'll certainly have to get them weighed at the post office so we have the right postage on them. We wanted to make sure they stayed closed, same as you.
We're going to try and deliver a lot of them by hand as well I think, to save on the old postage!!

I think they turned out great! I love the color and the Mickey punch in the corners :thumbsup2
Thanks Vanessa, just gotta make another billion of 'em now! (that might be a very small exaggeration!) ;)


The La Nouba tickets arrived for our parents today, pretty speedy I though considering it's been Easter. And considering we're not even 6 months out yet, I'm very impressed! They look really smart, they're on plastic cards like the MNSSHP tickets we've had previously.

I've booked an appointment with the florist now for in 2 weekends time and we're at our at home venue for a meeting next weekend, so we're all go again at the moment!

I have no idea what I'm going to do when this is all over, I'll have to find me something else to plan!

[Chilly]

Your invites are lovely! I'll be making mine in a couple of weeks hopefully.

[meryll83]

Your invites are lovely! I'll be making mine in a couple of weeks hopefully.
Thanks Claire, do you have plans for how yours will look yet?


I bought some wedding trainers the other day online, which have arrived today. Julie will kill me coz she said I wasn't allowed to wear trainers on my wedding day, but I figure if my feet get sore in my heels, the ballet slippers I have won't provide much comfort as they're so thin, so here are my new reserves:
http://www.schuhstore.co.uk/images/product/190114/1901142320m1.jpg
I'm not yet sure how to carry them around all day though!!

In other news, I'm almost an auntie, Anna is in labour as I type......

[disneygal922]

cute shoes! I'm looking for a pair of flip flops as stand-by shoes! :goodvibes

[meryll83]

cute shoes! I'm looking for a pair of flip flops as stand-by shoes! :goodvibes
I figured they look reasonably bridal, as trainers go! :lmao:



I almost forgot to mention (how could I?!!!) that due to the latest news from DFTW, I'm now in the process of sorting out a room block with our planner, that, fingers crossed, will bag us a complimentary night at the Polynesian Resort :woohoo: Our planner is just checking it's okay for our room block to be based at Pop Century, as this resort is not on the standard list, so wishing and hoping really hard that this works out! We've always said we'd love to stay at the Poly, so this will be an awesome treat for us. We've picked to stay there one night almost a week after our wedding date, the night before we're having our honeymoon shoot at the Poly already, as we've already rented DVC points to stay at BWV over the wedding period. Combined with our cruise, we're now set to sample 4 different Disney accommodations this trip, check us out!! :cheer2:

[Chilly]

Thanks Claire, do you have plans for how yours will look yet?

Yes i've got the bits, they are quite simple as i'm not crafty, will post a photo when they are done.

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I bought some wedding trainers the other day online, which have arrived today. Julie will kill me coz she said I wasn't allowed to wear trainers on my wedding day, but I figure if my feet get sore in my heels, the ballet slippers I have won't provide much comfort as they're so thin, so here are my new reserves:
http://www.schuhstore.co.uk/images/product/190114/1901142320m1.jpg
I'm not yet sure how to carry them around all day though!!

In other news, I'm almost an auntie, Anna is in labour as I type......

Love the trainers and exciting baby news!


I figured they look reasonably bridal, as trainers go! :lmao:



I almost forgot to mention (how could I?!!!) that due to the latest news from DFTW, I'm now in the process of sorting out a room block with our planner, that, fingers crossed, will bag us a complimentary night at the Polynesian Resort :woohoo: Our planner is just checking it's okay for our room block to be based at Pop Century, as this resort is not on the standard list, so wishing and hoping really hard that this works out! We've always said we'd love to stay at the Poly, so this will be an awesome treat for us. We've picked to stay there one night almost a week after our wedding date, the night before we're having our honeymoon shoot at the Poly already, as we've already rented DVC points to stay at BWV over the wedding period. Combined with our cruise, we're now set to sample 4 different Disney accommodations this trip, check us out!! :cheer2:

Fingers crossed on them agreeing Pop counts.

If I get a free night we'll do 4 places as well, GF for the free night, Poly, AKL and the cruise.

[meryll83]

We have a baby!

Isabelle Grace, 17lb 7oz

So we now officially have our final wedding guest for Florida!

We'll be going to visit at the weekend...

[Lynn5700]

17lbs?????????????? WOW that is a big baby lol!!!

Congrats!!!!

[Chilly]

We have a baby!

Isabelle Grace, 17lb 7oz

So we now officially have our final wedding guest for Florida!

We'll be going to visit at the weekend...

Congratulations Auntie.

17lbs!!! Ouch.

[orangetiggs]

are you sure 17lbs?? thats over a stone!! that muct have hurt laods

[gemmybear83]

17Ibs!!!! I don't know much about babies but thats scary!!

Love the wedding trainers and I've got my fingers crossed for you on the free night (I hope they are doing this for escape brides next year :thumbsup2)

[meryll83]

:rotfl:

Ohmigod I can't stop laughing!

I must have typed the 1 in by accident! She was 7lb 7oz

:lmao:

[meryll83]

I think I've found another activity we're going to do on our trip. Now it's not the average wedding/honeyoon holiday activity, but for us it's something really unique........:

http://disneyworldsports.disney.go.com/dwws/en_US/events/eventDetail/detail?name=TowerOfTerrorDetailPage

I'm only contemplating the 5k (we are on holiday after all ;) and I'm not really a runner), and I think it might just be me and Si that do it (we'll be a husband and wife duo by then!) but I think it sounds really exciting! Plus I'm a sucker for some exclusive Disney merchandise!

Anyone done anything like this before?

Do you think I've gone mad?!!

[Chilly]

I think I've found another activity we're going to do on our trip. Now it's not the average wedding/honeyoon holiday activity, but for us it's something really unique........:

http://disneyworldsports.disney.go.com/dwws/en_US/events/eventDetail/detail?name=TowerOfTerrorDetailPage

I'm only contemplating the 5k (we are on holiday after all ;) and I'm not really a runner), and I think it might just be me and Si that do it (we'll be a husband and wife duo by then!) but I think it sounds really exciting! Plus I'm a sucker for some exclusive Disney merchandise!

Anyone done anything like this before?

Do you think I've gone mad?!!


YES YOU ARE MAD :eek:

No it sounds fun but I hate running.

[disneymeg]

my sisters (Caryndisneydiva) and (Lindsay22) run in the Disney marathons all the time. THey are trying to get me to do it as well so I am working on becoming a runner. They love the merchandise and although it is tough, they seem to have a good time doing it. They both post on these boards (my sister Lindsay22 just got married 12 days ago in Disney) so if you have questions, I am sure they will be happy to answer.

[meryll83]

my sisters (Caryndisneydiva) and (Lindsay22) run in the Disney marathons all the time. THey are trying to get me to do it as well so I am working on becoming a runner. They love the merchandise and although it is tough, they seem to have a good time doing it. They both post on these boards (my sister Lindsay22 just got married 12 days ago in Disney) so if you have questions, I am sure they will be happy to answer.
That's right, I remember now, didn't they run something recently in minnie mouse style skirts and ears?

I might have to enlist their help!! Plus I now need to check out Lindsay's trip report, I assume she has one underway - her wedding came round so fast, I didn't realise it had gone by already!

Thanks Meg :thumbsup2

[Chilly]

That's right, I remember now, didn't they run something recently in minnie mouse style skirts and ears?

I might have to enlist their help!! Plus I now need to check out Lindsay's trip report, I assume she has one underway - her wedding came round so fast, I didn't realise it had gone by already!

Thanks Meg :thumbsup2

Its up to the morning of the wedding!

[figmentfan814]

I think I've found another activity we're going to do on our trip. Now it's not the average wedding/honeyoon holiday activity, but for us it's something really unique........:

http://disneyworldsports.disney.go.com/dwws/en_US/events/eventDetail/detail?name=TowerOfTerrorDetailPage

I'm only contemplating the 5k (we are on holiday after all ;) and I'm not really a runner), and I think it might just be me and Si that do it (we'll be a husband and wife duo by then!) but I think it sounds really exciting! Plus I'm a sucker for some exclusive Disney merchandise!

Anyone done anything like this before?

Do you think I've gone mad?!!

DH keeps asking me about starting to run and I said the only way that I'll do it is if we train for a Disney marathon :laughing: I have heard good things about the races, so I'm sure you'll have a great time doing it.

I'm a little behind on things, we've been gone the last 3 weekends, so I just wanted to say that I love your shoes. I had some that were similar on my wedding day and I was grateful that I was comfortable! :bride:

The Polynesian is a fantastic resort, I only stayed there once for a few nights with my friend's family and hope that Kris and I can stay there one day too.

[Chilly]

Happy Birthday :hug:

[Chilly]

Okay so today we put together a final prototype of our invitation, whaddya think?:
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l315/meryll83/Wedding/P1010209.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l315/meryll83/Wedding/P1010210.jpg

I've told you before how great these are but did you make them yourselves from scratch or did you customise something? I need some sort of folder to put maps and stuff in.

[meryll83]

Happy Birthday :hug:
Thanks hun! party:

I've told you before how great these are but did you make them yourselves from scratch or did you customise something? I need some sort of folder to put maps and stuff in.
We bought all the materials from cardsandpockets.com, the folders come ready made, and the card for the main invitation is already the correct size, and the tallest of the inserts, we just have to cut down the shorter inserts.

Oooh look how far my tickers are on now, it really is getting close!!! We can actually send the invites out soon (when we've made them all!) We actually did a first batch yesterday of around 20, didn't take all that long, so looking forward to doing another set soon....

[Chilly]

Thanks hun! party:


We bought all the materials from cardsandpockets.com, the folders come ready made, and the card for the main invitation is already the correct size, and the tallest of the inserts, we just have to cut down the shorter inserts.

Oooh look how far my tickers are on now, it really is getting close!!! We can actually send the invites out soon (when we've made them all!) We actually did a first batch yesterday of around 20, didn't take all that long, so looking forward to doing another set soon....

I shall have a look at cardsandpockets.com thanks :thumbsup2

[missy0107]

Where did you get that awesome Mickey graphic?!? I want to do something similar with my invites, I love yours!

[meryll83]

Where did you get that awesome Mickey graphic?!? I want to do something similar with my invites, I love yours!

The one in the bottom corners is actually a cut-out, I bought the punch on ebay - it's just called a swirly mickey punch or something along those lines. I cut it out of the main invite so you can see the folder underneath, and then stuck the cutting on the other side. I've actually put a sticky pearl in the centre of that one now too.
The pale pink one on the background I just created using a swirly pattern from the autoshapes available in Word I think, either that or it was clipart, but I just pieced together 3 to make the mickey head. :thumbsup2

[meryll83]

Ok, so we still haven't decided whether to do the beastie ToT run yet, now we've put together a timetable, we're quite busy bees, so we'll see how funds are going nearer the time I think...


Halloween Horror Nights tickets for Universal are starting to come on sale now, and we were planning on buying these as gifts for our bridesmaids, best man and partners. So we had a chat with everyone concerned to check they were still up for this plan.

However, Adam and Anna seem unsure that they won't want to leave early to check on the baby (who'd likely be with parents), so it's been decided that this might not be the best gift for them.

Sooooo, please please please help me think of a new gift idea for them!! We've been going down the route of experiences whilst everyone is in Florida (i.e. our parents have Cirque tickets), but I'm struggling to think of something baby friendly if they wanted to bring her along, or something which doesn't last all that long so they wouldn't mind leaving her for a couple of hours with family maybe. And something around $60-100 per person ish......

[Chilly]

What about a backstage tour or a carriage ride around WL? Parasailing was great!

[meryll83]

What about a backstage tour or a carriage ride around WL? Parasailing was great!
Great ideas Claire,
It will be Anna's first visit, so I don't know if a backstage tour might spoil the magic, but they're definitely all ideas we can run past them.

Any more ideas anyone? I'm lacking inspiration!!

[Chilly]

Couples Spa treatment, hot air balloon ride, try this link for ideas: http://www.wdwinfo.com/recreation/index.htm

[livinlife25]

Just wanted to drop in and say I love your invites!

[meryll83]

Just wanted to drop in and say I love your invites!
Thank you!! We're going to try and make the last batch of the day invites this weekend I think, with a view to sending them out in the next couple of weeks, then we can start work on the evening ones!



Claire, I love the hot air ballooning idea, but it's a little steep price wise I think, plus I'd just be jealous of them! Perhaps the Characters in Flight at DTD is more in my price range!! I was sat yesterday figuring out the costs of all the meals and activities we'll probably want to do, and it's made me realise I need to do quite a bit of hard saving for these last few months!

I noticed as well as carriage rides, there's actually a horse riding trek as well that sounds fun, but that's just me wanting to do that as well, I don't know whether it'd be their kind of thing or not! At least we have quite a few options to go to them with now and see if they fancy anything, thank you :thumbsup2



This doesn't mean the rest of you get of easy though, I want some more suggestions from you lot too, stop letting Claire do all the hard work!! ;)
Pwiddy pwease?

[Chilly]

I'm happy to help :thumbsup2

[meryll83]

I notice noone else has come up with any other gift ideas, obviously my PJ is getting far too long now for people to even consider reading! :laughing:

I think we're going to settle on going for a meal somewhere, as they don't seem to be willing to commit to anything to be honest, and at least it's not the end of the world if they back out on a meal while we're there. Still need to have a proper chat about it with them though....

Having weighed myself yesterday I've lost a stone from when I first starting trying to lose weight, so that's pretty awesome :cool1:

I think we're going to send out our at home invites this week, I've been doing the envelopes this weekend. Seems a bit premature perhaps for November, but I want to be nice and organised, and have asked people to respond by September so we can be sorted before we go away.

Going to arrange an appointment in mid-July with an alterations shop to check the girls BM dresses and also to see if they will be able to put a bustle on my dress, seeing as my bridal shop were too lazy to do it!

ADR time soon as well, just a few more weeks to go, here's hoping we can get the 2 full group meals we're hoping for sorted, especially as one of them is acting as our wedding reception meal!!:scared1: I'm hoping that things may have calmed down when we book, as at the moment free dining is on for those trying to make ADR's, whereas for ours there is only UK free dining on, the US offer has finished by then.

We got our confirmation through for our free night at the Poly, it's a standard garden view room, but we were lucky to get it at all I think, as my planner advised me that they set a deadline for this for Escapees and don't offer it anymore, as it's really a Wishes perk.

So quite a lot going on at the moment, really wishing the time would fly a little more still though....

[Chilly]

Good luck with your ADRs.

Perhaps you could just give them some Disney Dollars.

[figmentfan814]

Sorry I haven't stopped by in a while; my laptop at home has been out for repairs for 2 weeks and I am way behind on everything on the board. Have you thought about the Dining with the Imagineer package as a gift? We did this for my parents and the lunch was at the Brown Derby. Even if the baby is along I think this would still work out for them since its in the restaurant and one of them could step away for a few minutes. It is a little over $60 per person.
http://allears.net/din/dine_imag.htm

How exciting that you were able to get the free room at the Polynesian. Plus, who knows when you check in they might even offer an upgrade :goodvibes

[ChocoKat]

OMG Merryll, just started reading your PJ, I just started mine not long ago!
I am planning a vow renewal, but aaaall the way till 2011, I guess I am an eager beaver as well :rotfl2:

Can't believe we will be on the same cruise during your DisneyMoon. :thumbsup2

[meryll83]

Good luck with your ADRs.

Perhaps you could just give them some Disney Dollars.
This could be a good idea, saves us having to get creative!

Sorry I haven't stopped by in a while; my laptop at home has been out for repairs for 2 weeks and I am way behind on everything on the board. Have you thought about the Dining with the Imagineer package as a gift? We did this for my parents and the lunch was at the Brown Derby. Even if the baby is along I think this would still work out for them since its in the restaurant and one of them could step away for a few minutes. It is a little over $60 per person.
http://allears.net/din/dine_imag.htm

How exciting that you were able to get the free room at the Polynesian. Plus, who knows when you check in they might even offer an upgrade :goodvibes

Vanessa, I love this idea, but they like us, can be slightly picky eaters, so unfortunately I'm not too sure whether they'd enjoy the menu at the BD...

I'll be wearing my bride ears in the hope of an upgrade, but it seems like chances may be slim. I'm just really happy we get to stay at the Poly after all though, it was what we were planning to do when we were originally looking at the Wishes package :woohoo:

OMG Merryll, just started reading your PJ, I just started mine not long ago!
I am planning a vow renewal, but aaaall the way till 2011, I guess I am an eager beaver as well :rotfl2:

Can't believe we will be on the same cruise during your DisneyMoon. :thumbsup2
Oooh I'll have to hunt down your PJ, I'll be able to tell you all about ours when we arrange the group meet! We had 2 years to go when we started and now we're almost at 3 months 'til we fly! :banana:

[Chilly]

Have you been able to get on the online ADRs yet?

[tinks_1989]

Hello Ok so i have been reading for a while and am still getting through all your PJ but I just relised we are there for your wedding day oh my god you must be sooo excited i may walk past to have a peak :D

[meryll83]

Have you been able to get on the online ADRs yet?
I'm using Jackie's details so we can get on a week earlier than I could with my own as she checks in a week earlier than us, and I think, if I have done my calculations correctly, that because she checks in on 10/10, I should be able to do our Le Cellier ADR for the 19/10 on 12/07, and our Citrico's ADR for the 21/10 on 13/07, thanks to the 90 days out +10 we get for staying on site.
We rang Dining to get Jackie's US reservation number, and have been able to retrieve the resort reservation online, so we should be good to go when the time comes from Le Cellier, but I know how difficult it is to get lately so fingers crossed! For the Chef's Domaine we have to call anyway, it's not bookable online.

Hello Ok so i have been reading for a while and am still getting through all your PJ but I just relised we are there for your wedding day oh my god you must be sooo excited i may walk past to have a peak :D
I'll have to keep an eye out for you passing!!!
It'd be cool to see some other DISbrides while we're there!:thumbsup2


I forgot to tell you all, but I started doing WeightWatchers earlier in the year, can't remember exactly when, although if I check the weight loss thread I'm sure that'll tell me, but about a week or so ago I reached the 1 stone lost mark! :yay: I'm really quite proud of myself, as I've never been a dieter before, I just figured I couldn't do it coz I like my food too much! I only really want to lose a few pounds more and then work on toning up a bit, just over 3 months to go, so I'm starting to get really excited now. Once we get our ADR's sorted one way or another, I'll really start to feel like we're good to go!

I'm taking my dress and the 2 girl's dresses to an alterations shop in a couple of weeks time to see if they can bustle my dress and take up the shoulders on the girl's dresses.

Me and Si have also been asked to be godparents for Adam and Anna's new daughter in September, which is exciting, however I don't know if it presents a problem that I haven't been christened! Need to find out whether it effects things that I'm living in sin.....:scared1:

[Chilly]

well done on reaching the 1 stone mark :thumbsup2

[meryll83]

99 days until we go - time for some double digit dancing!
:banana:

[Chilly]

:cheer2::yay::cool1::woohoo:

[meryll83]

Got Le Cellier sorted for all 12 of us (2 tables of 6) using the online ADR system, for the exact time we wanted (6pm)!! :cool1:

So that's the hen and stag meal sorted, hope it all goes as well tomorrow for the wedding meal booking! :scared1:

[gemmybear83]

Congratulations on the Le Cellier Booking and I have my fingers crossed for you to get the wedding meal :wizard:

[Chilly]

I've got everything crossed for you.

[meryll83]

Arrrrrgh, phoned to try to get the Chef's Domain confirmed, the first girl transferred me to a different reservations team as she had never booked it before and was struggling, and the second girl was having trouble also accessing it, so she is going to check with the restaurant if they have already put it on hold and call me back.
Stress!! :scared:

In the meantime I called back reservations and booked us into the main room at Citrico's for now (hope this doesn't confuse matters!) so we don't lose out all together if something goes wrong. They warned me it'd be seperate tables, but if we have to go down this route I'll email the restaurant directly to ask if they can put us all together.

Think happy thoughts for me, the girl said it might be a few hours before she got back to me as there probably wouldn't be anyone at the restaurant until then!

[Chilly]

Arrrrrgh, phoned to try to get the Chef's Domain confirmed, the first girl transferred me to a different reservations team as she had never booked it before and was struggling, and the second girl was having trouble also accessing it, so she is going to check with the restaurant if they have already put it on hold and call me back.
Stress!! :scared:

In the meantime I called back reservations and booked us into the main room at Citrico's for now (hope this doesn't confuse matters!) so we don't lose out all together if something goes wrong. They warned me it'd be seperate tables, but if we have to go down this route I'll email the restaurant directly to ask if they can put us all together.

Think happy thoughts for me, the girl said it might be a few hours before she got back to me as there probably wouldn't be anyone at the restaurant until then!

:scared1::scared1::scared1::scared1:

[meryll83]

:scared1::scared1::scared1::scared1:
I feel waaaaaaaaaaaay better now!

[gemmybear83]

I hope you get this sorted :hug: sending some pixie dust!:wizard:

[Chilly]

I feel waaaaaaaaaaaay better now!

Are you sorted then?

[meryll83]

Are you sorted then?

Nope, that was my poor attempt at sarcasm!

I haven't heard anything back, so just called again, and got transferred away from the main ADR team again, this time I noticed they said it was guest relations I was speaking to.

The guy spent a bit of time looking but then told me it had already been booked, and could he try another date for me. :sad1: I explained that we had tried to place this on hold via email with the restaurant some time ago and again tried to book this morning, so was it possible this was our booking, but for some reason he said the system wouldn't let him show what name the booking already there is in. He said they were open from 7am so someone else could have booked it in that time as it's popular, but darnit I was on the phone trying to sort it then with the other girl who was meant to be ringing me back!!

I asked if I rang the restaurant directly would they be able to tell me if it was booked for us, and he said only if it's in your name (which could be mine, Simon's, Tim's or Jackie's technically!). I've tried ringing the restaurant and emailing the manager directly, but there doesn't seem to be anyone there at the moment :sad2:

So I'm now uber stressed coz I know the room is booked, but is it for us???!!!!!!!!! :scared:

[gemmybear83]

Nope, that was my poor attempt at sarcasm!

I haven't heard anything back, so just called again, and got transferred away from the main ADR team again, this time I noticed they said it was guest relations I was speaking to.

The guy spent a bit of time looking but then told me it had already been booked, and could he try another date for me. :sad1: I explained that we had tried to place this on hold via email with the restaurant some time ago and again tried to book this morning, so was it possible this was our booking, but for some reason he said the system wouldn't let him show what name the booking already there is in. He said they were open from 7am so someone else could have booked it in that time as it's popular, but darnit I was on the phone trying to sort it then with the other girl who was meant to be ringing me back!!

I asked if I rang the restaurant directly would they be able to tell me if it was booked for us, and he said only if it's in your name (which could be mine, Simon's, Tim's or Jackie's technically!). I've tried ringing the restaurant and emailing the manager directly, but there doesn't seem to be anyone there at the moment :sad2:

So I'm now uber stressed coz I know the room is booked, but is it for us???!!!!!!!!! :scared:

Oh no I am so sorry I hope you manage to get this sorted out :hug:

Lurkyloo posted this number on your thread on the main wedding page, have you tried calling this one? 407-824-2989

[Chilly]

Nope, that was my poor attempt at sarcasm!



I thought maybe you were but was hoping.

I would be having fits if I were you. Hope you get it all sorted today.

[meryll83]

I thought maybe you were but was hoping.

I would be having fits if I were you. Hope you get it all sorted today.

The restaurant manager emailed me back last night to my work address (so just seen it this morning) and said that the Domain was already put on hold and she will transfer into our name (well Tim's as it's his resort ressie we're using) tonight. We've given her our card details so she can do this, as it's a venue that needs a credit card guarantee.

So it sounds like it's okay and was already reserved for us somehow, but I won't rest easy until we get a confirmation number (presuming we get one!), which I won't find out until Thursday morning if she replies to my work email again, as I'm not in the office tomorrow :eek: More waiting........

Keep hoping for me that it all goes to plan!

[Chilly]

The restaurant manager emailed me back last night to my work address (so just seen it this morning) and said that the Domain was already put on hold and she will transfer into our name (well Tim's as it's his resort ressie we're using) tonight. We've given her our card details so she can do this, as it's a venue that needs a credit card guarantee.

So it sounds like it's okay and was already reserved for us somehow, but I won't rest easy until we get a confirmation number (presuming we get one!), which I won't find out until Thursday morning if she replies to my work email again, as I'm not in the office tomorrow :eek: More waiting........

Keep hoping for me that it all goes to plan!

That sounds promising. Will you have any access to e-mail tomorrow? Can you put an auto forward on?

[meryll83]

That sounds promising. Will you have any access to e-mail tomorrow? Can you put an auto forward on?
I've tried to auto-forward to my home email before specifying who the email would be coming from and it just doesn't seem to work :confused3 I can't really forward all my mail. I'll just have to set it up like last time before I leave tonight though and try again, it's worth a shot.
Unfortunately otherwise I can't get access to my work email until Thursday. The suspense might kill me :laughing:

[Chilly]

I've tried to auto-forward to my home email before specifying who the email would be coming from and it just doesn't seem to work :confused3 I can't really forward all my mail. I'll just have to set it up like last time before I leave tonight though and try again, it's worth a shot.
Unfortunately otherwise I can't get access to my work email until Thursday. The suspense might kill me :laughing:

Hope it works. Or could you e-mail them before you leave and give them your home e-mail address?

[meryll83]

We got the Chef's Domain!! :yay:
So now I can breathe a huge sigh of relief knowing that we do have a reception venue, and our first choice at that!!

[disneygal922]

We got the Chef's Domain!! :yay:
So now I can breathe a huge sigh of relief knowing that we do have a reception venue, and our first choice at that!!

YAY! :yay: congrats! it must feel so nice to have that booked finally! :goodvibes

[MainStMandy]

We got the Chef's Domain!! :yay:
So now I can breathe a huge sigh of relief knowing that we do have a reception venue, and our first choice at that!!

YAY!:cool1:

[Chilly]

:dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3::d ance3:
:dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3:
:dance3::dance3::dance3:
:dance3:

[gemmybear83]

Yeahy!!!!! So pleased for you! Everything is falling into place now!:goodvibes

[meryll83]

Thanks ladies!!

This means now that there's just a couple of things to finalise on our budget and BEO and then off it will go back to DFTW once we've signed it! :woohoo:


Things seem like they're getting really close now we've booked all of our ADR's too, here is what we have booked:

- Crystal Palace for breakfast on our first morning in WDW. Just for me and Si, as we think everyone else will be astonished at how military we are getting up early to do this, especially as we're having a late one at Halloween Horror Nights later. But we know we'll be up bright and early, so might as well make the most of it! :laughing:
http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:goYehIYPV1BMXM:http://www.intercot.com/infocentral

- Le Cellier on our stag and hen night for everyone, a table for the girls and a table for the boys. I was really pleased I managed to get two tables for 6 at 6pm :thumbsup2
http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:LJrxdjhZvAVYsM:http://adisneyworld.disney.go.com/media/wdwi/images2003/languagespecific/en_CA/parks/epcot/dining/lecellier/LeCellier_Steakhouse.jpg

- Beaches & Cream the afternoon before the wedding when we check into the Boardwalk (okay, so we haven't made an ADR for this as you can't, but this is where we'll be going for a No Way Jose!!) :worship:
http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:spWmmsXHAc_RBM:http://albums.mouseplanet.com/album221/BC_Beaches_and_Cream_Interior.sized.jpg

- Citrico's Chef's Domain for our wedding reception meal :lovestruc
http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:0Mi3SyRGWT0b-M:http://www.mygourmetconnection.com/articles/culinary-artist-spotlight/img/citricos-chefs-domain.jpg

- California Grill with Adam and Anna the night after the wedding as a gift to them, although they are still to confirm if they want to do this, but thought I'd better get it booked in anyway!
http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:DIhySrrtZpmjtM:http://www.kevinandjohna.com/pic-californiagrill.jpg

- Mythos at Universal (okay, so again I haven't booked this yet, as when I called the number it told me to leave a message, so I thought I'd try again another time, but we plan to go here for lunch whilst we're at Universal that day) We're also waiting to see if Julie and Steve want to join us for this meal, as they said they'd likely join us for a Universal day.
http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:oH2z5_JoIDDAwM:http://www.wdwinfo.com/universal/Photos/Mythos-Restaurant-250.jpg

- Sci-Fi Dine in for lunch with Si's parents and Adam and Anna too before they leave to go home. We need to confirm this with everyone still, but once again we thought it better to get booked! This is somewhere Si's family went when the boys were kids, so we're planning a nostalgic trip back!
http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:7dy_Ri89TiUykM:http://i.pbase.com/u40/grimgrinnin/large/26155358.DSCN0798A.jpg

- ESPN for an early dinner whilst our parents go to Raglan Road and then on to Cirque (our gift to them), but Si desperately wants to go back to ESPN and have dingers, so we've squeezed it in for ourselves here (okay, so yes again we can't book this one, but you get the idea!):lmao:
http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:-I8u0HqBARmsxM:http://wdw2.wdpromedia.com/media/wdw_nextgen/CoreCatalog/WaltDisneyWorld/en_US/Media/InternetMediaType/Dining/ESPNClub/ESPN_1_998.jpg

- Big River Grille & Brewing Works for lunch the day before we cruise. The plan is for everyone to have a last get-together before we head our seperate ways, so I've booked for us, parents and Julie and Steve
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:DwzomAn1yuUlhM:http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gpIdckMm_V0/SDnAlxWf_UI/AAAAAAAAAAs/8c1qUn_rQNY/s320/Big%2BRiver.JPG

- Boma for a late breakfast on our final morning with my parents before we head home, we'll be all that are left at WDW, so our final farewell :sad1: We're actually not able to make this ressie until Friday, and my dad's going to handle this one, as I've now trained him to be an expert(ish) at the new online ressie system!!
http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:-7P_5dKDTFubjM:http://www.intercot.com/infocentral/dining/menus/image/Boma2.jpg

Haven't totally decided whether to do the Epcot Segway Around the World or the Tower of Terror 5k yet, so leaving those for now. Tried to book HHN tickets with Universal over the phone the other day, but the payment wouldn't go through as apparently they're having issues with UK security codes at the moment, which is darn useful! :rolleyes:


Took our dresses in to an alterations shop last weekend and they're adding me a bustle :cool1: and just doing some minor alterations on the girl's dresses, the lady in the shop was lovely and said the total would be no more than £40 and she is doing Jackie's for free as the alteration needed was so minor. Very pleased with that, as I was anticipating up to £40 a dress based on my limited knowledge!


I've also sent off to Brevard County for the mail away marriage licence, does anyone know how long the intial papers should take to come back to me?

[figmentfan814]

I loved reading through all your dining choices, I love so many of the places that you have picked. What is the dessert you mentioned at Beaches and Cream have in it? We absolutely love going there for burgers and ice cream on our trips. I'm interested to hear about the places in Universal since we're going there in December.

[meryll83]

I loved reading through all your dining choices, I love so many of the places that you have picked. What is the dessert you mentioned at Beaches and Cream have in it? We absolutely love going there for burgers and ice cream on our trips. I'm interested to hear about the places in Universal since we're going there in December.
Oh Vanessa, the No Way Jose is a divine creation!! You must try one, we made the mistake of ordering one each last time, this time we will be sharing, much as I love dessert, it is HUUUUUUUUUUGE! I have a picture of me with one somewhere, but for now....
http://www.diningindisney.com/images/nowayjose.jpg
No Way Jose - A peanut butter and hot fudge delight featuring chocolate and vanilla ice cream, peanut butter and chocolate morsels, whipped cream and a cherry. - $7.99

[MainStMandy]

Oh Vanessa, the No Way Jose is a divine creation!! You must try one, we made the mistake of ordering one each last time, this time we will be sharing, much as I love dessert, it is HUUUUUUUUUUGE! I have a picture of me with one somewhere, but for now....
http://www.diningindisney.com/images/nowayjose.jpg
No Way Jose - A peanut butter and hot fudge delight featuring chocolate and vanilla ice cream, peanut butter and chocolate morsels, whipped cream and a cherry. - $7.99

OMG I think I just gained 10 lbs looking at that!

[Chilly]

Your plan sounds great. I'll be asking for tips when we mail for our license.

[figmentfan814]

Oh Vanessa, the No Way Jose is a divine creation!! You must try one, we made the mistake of ordering one each last time, this time we will be sharing, much as I love dessert, it is HUUUUUUUUUUGE! I have a picture of me with one somewhere, but for now....

A peanut butter and hot fudge delight featuring chocolate and vanilla ice cream, peanut butter and chocolate morsels, whipped cream and a cherry. - $7.99

That sounds out of this world; we love peanut butter and chocolate desserts! We normally just do shakes or something boring, except for getting the "kitchen sink" one time. I am now going to have to add this to my list of must have desserts next time we're at WDW :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

[Michelle2010]

I'm really glad you got the Chef's Domain booked, it looks like all your plans are coming together well - you certainly won't go hungry on the holiday :rotfl:

I need to get more organised - you are my inspiration :worship:

[meryll83]

OMG I think I just gained 10 lbs looking at that!
Ah, but sooooooooo worth it! :thumbsup2

Your plan sounds great. I'll be asking for tips when we mail for our license.
No problem! I'm wondering when to start chasing it up actually, coz I think it was a good couple of weeks ago I sent it off, but I have heard they don't send it back to you until you're at a certain timescale, just to make sure you don't do it all to early and have it expire before you get to the wedding!!

That sounds out of this world; we love peanut butter and chocolate desserts! We normally just do shakes or something boring, except for getting the "kitchen sink" one time. I am now going to have to add this to my list of must have desserts next time we're at WDW :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2
You won't regret it, I promise :cloud9:

I'm really glad you got the Chef's Domain booked, it looks like all your plans are coming together well - you certainly won't go hungry on the holiday :rotfl:

I need to get more organised - you are my inspiration :worship:
This is the trouble with having the free dining plan last time we went, we're now addicted to eating in Disney restaurants! :rotfl:

As for organisation, really I'm OVERorganised, I keep running out of things to do!! :lmao:

[Chilly]

Funny thing happened today, I asked Kathleen a question and she sent me the answer but she got confused and thought I was you! She realised straight away and sent the correct answer though.

[meryll83]

Funny thing happened today, I asked Kathleen a question and she sent me the answer but she got confused and thought I was you! She realised straight away and sent the correct answer though.
Hahaha, what did you manage to find out? Maybe it'll help me!!
That reminds me, she was supposed to send me an updated copy of my BEO last week, I'll have to drop her a reminder....

[Chilly]

Hahaha, what did you manage to find out? Maybe it'll help me!!
That reminds me, she was supposed to send me an updated copy of my BEO last week, I'll have to drop her a reminder....

I asked about important dates such as when the final payment is due.

[Beep]

Hey hun, remember me??!!

Sorry i've not been around for a while but I thought I'd check in and see how things were going. Not long now huh?

I'm so glad you got your ressies. We had decided against Le Cellier for our wedding night meal as we just couldn't get anything online or on the phone when we tried. I was trying to see what the likelyhood was of getting the numbers and times but no luck. I know we can't book it this far out but thought it would give us an idea of how available it was - and it's not!

We are going to go for the Yachtsmans instead and then hop into Epcot afterwards.

Congrats on the weight loss - that is fantastic! I joined a gym a few weeks ago and have lost around 1.5" all over so I'm well chuffed.

So what have you got left to organise?

xx

[meryll83]

Hey hun, remember me??!!

Sorry i've not been around for a while but I thought I'd check in and see how things were going. Not long now huh?

I'm so glad you got your ressies. We had decided against Le Cellier for our wedding night meal as we just couldn't get anything online or on the phone when we tried. I was trying to see what the likelyhood was of getting the numbers and times but no luck. I know we can't book it this far out but thought it would give us an idea of how available it was - and it's not!

We are going to go for the Yachtsmans instead and then hop into Epcot afterwards.

Congrats on the weight loss - that is fantastic! I joined a gym a few weeks ago and have lost around 1.5" all over so I'm well chuffed.

So what have you got left to organise?

xx
Hey Alex,
Nice to have you back! Sounds like your plans are coming together now, and well done on the inches! :thumbsup2

We picked up our altered dresses yesterday, I have pictures! The shop randomly had a fake bouquet which was in our wedding colours, so we got to pose for our first bridal party shots! :rotfl:

Here goes....
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l315/meryll83/Wedding/Dress004.jpg
Julie is on the left and Jackie on the right. Excuse our lack of hair styles and makeup! I forgot to bring my shoes as well, so my dress will sit a tiny bit higher from the floor.

I am now officially bustled!
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l315/meryll83/Wedding/Dress005.jpg

[ChocoKat]

I only have one word: Stunning! You are going to be such a beautiful bride!
The dress is wonderful and the bridesmaids dresses fit the bridesmaids beautifully :thumbsup2

[Beep]

Yep, absolutely stunning!! Do you want to swap for a Capri Royale?

[Chilly]

Looking great :thumbsup2

[Swmhc]

Ooooo ! I love your BM dresses ! I am at work so I don't have time to go through your whole TR again, but could you tell me who the designer is and what the style # is for those ? You all look lovely !!

Thanks!

[meryll83]

Ooooo ! I love your BM dresses ! I am at work so I don't have time to go through your whole TR again, but could you tell me who the designer is and what the style # is for those ? You all look lovely !!

Thanks!

What do you mean you don't want to trawl through all 64 pages? I'm offended! ;) They are Bella by Venus, D586.

Alex, your Capri Royale is going to look amazing, when do we get some piccies?

Thanks girls for all your lovely comments, I'm really looking forward to getting ready on the big day now, having seen a preview of what it will look like when we're all suited up. Can't wait 'til we have the whole set with the boys as well!

[Beep]

I may see if they will take a picture at my fitting...

That dress SO suits you, it looks like old Maggie had you in mind when it was designed. Really really looks good :)

I love the colour of the BM dresses too.

[Beep]

Hey hun,

Any news from Beaute Speciale about your nails?

[figmentfan814]

Lots of things going on the last couple of weeks, so I just made it over here. I love the dress pictures, your dress is so classy and elegant. :bride:

[meryll83]

Hi girls,

Sorry I've slightly neglected my PJ the last couple of weeks, just started a new job on Monday which has meant giving up doing my theatre shows, so very busy and emotional times, but should be nice and stable now!
My theate group threw me an amazing surprise leaving party, complete with songs performed for me, so I've asked the director whether they would be able to come and perform at our at home reception they were that fab :lovestruc

I emailed Beaute Speciale after hearing they couldn't do Alex's nails anymore as their nail technician had left, and sure enough, same problemo.
Think I'm just gonna get them done before I leave now and pray i don't damage them travelling or in the first few days before the wedding.

Thanks for the compliments on my dress, we didn't lethally lace it up here, so hopefully when it's done right I should have a teeny tiny waist. At the start of the year I was weighing around 11 st 3, and I went on the scales on Sunday to discover I'm down to 9 st 13 :woohoo:

Have received our mailed back marriage licence application from Brevard county and we're going to get it notarised next week.

Also got up at 5am at the weekend to book our shore excursions, we're doing the Sea Lion Encounter at Nassau, and Parasailing at Castaway Cay, very exciting! We've also booked a getaway package for the rest of the day at CC which includes bike hire, snorkel hire and float hire on the island.
I have also booked Palo for now, not sure whether to keep this or not, but thought it best to book now and cancel later rather than not have the option later.

Phew! Busy busy!

[Beep]

Whose been a busy girl then??!

Sorry about Beaute Speciale but glad you know too. I'm surprised they didn't email you to let you know :confused3

I heard back from Valencia Salon on Wheels if you are still interested in gettign them done in your room. They charge $75 per set of nails which includes a French manicure and a one-off fee of $50 location fee.

I have emailed them to say I want to book and am just waiting to hear back. I've promised my Mom nails and nails she will have!

ps. Congrats on the new job :thumbsup2

[meryll83]

Ohmigod, where has the time gone??!!!

To think we started with 2 years to go, and now we leave in 5 weeks time!

I've made a list of all the stuff we have to do, and it's surprisingly long :sad2: - to be honest the majority of it is for our at home do, seeing as we don't have the joy of a wedding planner for this part! It's all lots of little things like making background music CD's, table names etc, but it's all added up to make a scary looking list!

I'm going to email aaaaall our Florida vendors either this weekend or next, to make sure we're still all set and whether there's anything else they need from us etc. Yikes, I'm gonna be a busy bee for the next few weekends!!

[Chilly]

5 weeks how exciting!

[Beep]

Oooh getting close now :goodvibes

[DisneyBrideToni]

Wow only 5 more weeks!!! How exciting!:banana:

[meryll83]

Just 20 days now and we'll be on our flight, I've been spending most of my spare time at home getting last minute crafty type things sorted, we're fast running out of time now that we spend a couple of hours each day travelling to work and weekends are taken up with stag and hen do's, so I've really neglected my PJ. I will compensate with lots of pictures when we return!!

[Wish on a Star]

Just 20 days now and we'll be on our flight, I've been spending most of my spare time at home getting last minute crafty type things sorted, we're fast running out of time now that we spend a couple of hours each day travelling to work and weekends are taken up with stag and hen do's, so I've really neglected my PJ. I will compensate with lots of pictures when we return!!

VERY EXCITING!!!!:yay::cheer2::yay::cheer2:

[Chilly]

How was your hen party?

[Beep]

Oooh, I can't believe it is this close now!

You and I have been pinching, sorry, swapping ideas and info for so long it seems really surreal that your day is nearly here.

Are you going to do any updates when you are away or keep us on tenterhooks until you get back?

:goodvibes:goodvibes:goodvibes

[meryll83]

Oooh, I can't believe it is this close now!

You and I have been pinching, sorry, swapping ideas and info for so long it seems really surreal that your day is nearly here.

Are you going to do any updates when you are away or keep us on tenterhooks until you get back?

:goodvibes:goodvibes:goodvibes
I know!

I'm afraid I'm going to keep you all in suspense until I return, I don't want to waste precious Disney time searching for internet access somewhere (my phone is a bit rubbish so can't do it from there).

Going for a meal and some drinks on Saturday night whilst Si is stag doing, then next weekend will be my turn, then the weekend after we're outta here!!

[figmentfan814]

It truly is hard to believe that you will be leaving so soon!!! I remember when you were following my PJ and your wedding seemed so far away. I am so excited for you and can't wait until your day arrives.

I know what you mean about having hours dedicated to a commute; I spend out 10 hours a week in the car going back and forth to work and it can be draining.

Have fun at your hen party!

[Beep]

Just 20 days now and we'll be on our flight, I've been spending most of my spare time at home getting last minute crafty type things sorted, we're fast running out of time now that we spend a couple of hours each day travelling to work and weekends are taken up with stag and hen do's, so I've really neglected my PJ. I will compensate with lots of pictures when we return!!

Would it make you feel better if I told you I spent nearly six hours in the car today getting to my appointments and back?!

Well, I suppose we'll just have to imagine what a fantastic day you had and a great trip and wait for the trip report. Sigh... :rotfl:

[Cinderella&Dopey]

You must be getting really excited!! :) We'll be in Disney while you're getting married and will be on the cruise with you. Hope everything turns out fantastic!

[MiaBella05]

popcorn:: joining in popcorn::

[Chilly]

SDD tomorrow - how exciting!

[tinks_1989]

Hi again

we are in Epcot the day of your wedding :D What time is your wedding I would love to sneak past and have a look at a SBP live

x x x

[meryll83]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 7 more sleeps!!!! :cool1:

[Chilly]

I can't believe its nearly here!

[figmentfan814]

:bride: I know I've already said this before, but I can't believe its already time for your big day! Looking forward to seeing all your pictures and reading about it once you get back!

Are you still using the Mickey bubbles? Just curious if they have managed to survive.

[ChocoKat]

4 more days!!!! :banana::banana::banana::banana:

[meryll83]

Right everyone, as I'm a very busy girl, I'd better say my goodbyes now!
I'm away overnight with work tonight, then I have tomorrow night at home, then it's off to Manchester airport ready for Saturday's flight to Orlando.

As I still have a wee bit of packing to do on Thursday night and Friday morning is taken up with a hairdressers appointment, this may be my last post before we go - eeeeeeeeeeeeee! :yay:

Wednesday is Wedding Day!

I feel like I've neglected my PJ for the past couple of months, I've just been so busy I don't know where the time has gone! I promise to return to you all with pictures at least, even if I don't manage a full TR, but with nothing to plan for anymore, I might need the TR to keep me occupied!

So this is it ladies, wish me luck!!! :wave:


P.S. Vanessa - Oh yes, the bubbles are packed and ready to go, thank you! :thumbsup2

[Chilly]

OMG I can't believe the time is here! I hope you have a wonderful, fabulous, magical time. Can't wait to hear all about it on your return.

[malibustacey]

the good old drive upto manchester airport! ahhhh!

i hope you have the most amazing, magical time! Rember to enjoy every single minute! and we want a very long Trip report when you return with a heap of photos!

3 more sleeps!! :banana:

[MainStMandy]

OMG have a great time!! Can't wait to see it all!!

[figmentfan814]

]
I feel like I've neglected my PJ for the past couple of months, I've just been so busy I don't know where the time has gone! I promise to return to you all with pictures at least, even if I don't manage a full TR, but with nothing to plan for anymore, I might need the TR to keep me occupied!

So this is it ladies, wish me luck!!! :wave:


P.S. Vanessa - Oh yes, the bubbles are packed and ready to go, thank you! :thumbsup2

I'm so excited for you and I can't wait to see pictures once you get back. I'm glad the bubbles have survived ::MickeyMo Just remember to not keep us hanging even if you just end up posting pictures. You're right it is definitely nice to keep you occupied plus it is fantastic reliving those memories. I know I loved going back and reading my TR around our 1st anniversary, it brings back so many memories that you might otherwise forget.

Congratulations and have a safe trip! :bride:

[ChocoKat]

I hope your trip goes smoothly and that your wedding day is wonderful!!! :wizard:

Hopefully I can catch you on board the Wonder!

[Beep]

Awww my little Meryll friend :goodvibes

Have an absolutely fantastic time and enjoy every second of it! I'll be thinking of you on wednesday :cloud9:

[Beep]

It's just after 1am in the UK and you know what that means??!!

IT'S WEDNESDAY!! HAPPY WEDDING DAY!!

Have a brilliant day and a wonderful life together xx

[Chilly]

HAPPY WEDDING DAY

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg116/witch-cruella/wedding.jpg

[acwinsett]

happy wedding day!!!

[ChocoKat]

Happy Wedding Day!!!

Today will be a beautiful day! Sending you tons of pixie dust! :wizard:

[Bolanette87]

HAPPY WEDDING DAY!

Bob xoxoxox

[DisneyBrideToni]

I can't believe your wedding is here Meryll!!!

HAPPY WEDDING DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sarah <3 Disney]

Happy wedding day! :lovestruc

[MainStMandy]

Happy wedding day!!

[figmentfan814]

:bride: :groom: Happy Wedding Day! I hope you are able to take in every little detail and to enjoy each moment of the day! Congratulations!!!!! :bride: :groom:

[meryll83]

Hi everyone, I'm baaaaack!
After a little bit of rest I'll try and begin a TR for you all, but I'll say that we had an awesome day and holiday!!!

[Chilly]

Welcome home! Can't wait to hear all about it and see photos.

[figmentfan814]

Congratulations! I can't wait to hear about your trip and to see some pictures :dance3:

[gemmybear83]

Congratulations!!! Can't wait to hear all about it!:goodvibes

[Beep]

YAY!! You're back!!

What do you mean you need to rest??!! We have been sitting here, waiting patiently (ok, not so patiently), and you want to rest??

*tut* :rotfl:

Can't wait to hear all about it sweetie :goodvibes

[Chilly]

FB is playing up so I can't comment on anything so thought i'd post here to say you've got some great photos and you look like you were having a fab time.

[meryll83]

Hi again all, I've found myself short of time this weekend as we've been at a friend's wedding, and next weekend is our at home do, so apols for the delay in the commencement of the trip report!

To appease you all in the meantime ;), a Peek of the Sneaky variety is available on Stan's website of our video, go check it out!.....

[rachy]

Just seen your video and you look beautiful! Dress is stunning, and i love your bouquet x