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Crown_princess

02-07-2009, 12:13 PM

:rotfl2: Future hubby picked up an expensive hobby but now I'll never need a professional photographer, unless he needs to be the one in FRONT of the camera. :cool1:

Here are pics of the invitations.
They were from mygastby.com. They were about $350 for 25 and they threw in some extras. I know! Expensive.

One thing Kevin and I love about having a small wedding (guest count is dwindling down to about 35), is that we can spoil our guests. We are blessed to be able to pay for the wedding ourselves, and proud to spoil the few guest we have.
Sometimes I wish I had more guests to show off my gorgeous and expensive dress to, but it is what it is. :goodvibes And I am so excited that in less than 2 months we will see all of our planning and money pay off for a timeless experience!

I sometimes wonder if we should have cut more corners to save money. But at this point, there is no turning back. And I don't think I could have planned a better wedding, just a different one - that may or may not have cost less. So I am glad to be getting married at Disney, where I can't imagine being disappointed in the service, coordination, and quality.

That being said...

here are our invitations and a few other photos for fun.

We hand delivered as many invitations as possible during Christmas, to save on postage, and mailed the rest.
I was so shocked when we accidently mailed an invitation to Taiwan on two 56 cent stamps and it got there within a week to two weeks!!
One thing I love about these invitations is that every printed surface is thermography, and we designed them ourselves!

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/Crown_princess_photos/IMG_0059-1-1.jpg

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/Crown_princess_photos/IMG_0021.jpg

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/Crown_princess_photos/IMG_0043.jpg

Randy took this one...
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/Crown_princess_photos/JK002473-30-09.jpg

Crown_princess

02-13-2009, 08:10 PM

Oh my gosh! I just spent over three hours on the computer emailing people about the wedding! I feel like this :headache: because it is my day off and I work on a computer 9+ hours a day as it is, and like this :cheer2: because I got so much done.

I had to email people about responsibilities, finish revising the ceremony, pick bible readings, send the readings to my friend, email the best man and let him know he is giving a toast, email the matron of honor with lists of information she needed, email the florist, email the planner. Ugh. Time for a nap. :lmao:

figmentfan814

02-25-2009, 09:00 AM

How special that you and DF were able to design your invitations, what a wonderful keepsake. I love the different colored envelopes for your invitations too!

Hopefully, things are still going smoothly. I know what you mean about getting stuck on the computer doing wedding stuff. Sometimes I would spend the entire day 12 or more hours after being at work all day and then going home to do newsletters, etc. :surfweb:

Any new updates?

Crown_princess

03-01-2009, 12:05 AM

Yup!

Definitely new stuff to post!

I decided to take some steps to add flare to the wedding without having to pay the big $$. So I made a pomander for MOH in place of a bouquet, and made four little floral pieces to go in between the side and unit candles. After the ceremony, the little floral pieces will be moved to our sweetheart table.
The pomander will go on the cake table probably - to spruce it up.

I got my inspiration from another bride, jessesgirl-080708.
Thanks so much!!:hug:

They all turned out great.
I had never done silk floral arrangements before, except for a modernistic wreath I made for Thanksgiving.

The mickey pomander turned out bigger than I planned. Good thing is that MOH is tall so it shouldn't dwarf her.

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/Crown_princess_photos/IMG_1318-1.jpg

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/Crown_princess_photos/IMG_1315.jpg

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/Crown_princess_photos/IMG_1316-1.jpg

I bought all of the materials at Michael's.
For the pomander:
two smaller styrofoam balls, one larger
floral wire
hot glue gun with glue sticks
various silk floral
needle nose pliers with wire cutter
Ribbon

The tricky part is getting the wire thru the balls without it bending. Use the glue to reinforce the wire. Be advised that the tip of the glue gun and the glue may melt the balls slightly.
Shave off the bottom sides of the ball with a safety razor blade to enhance fit.
Cut floral with stems long enough to stick into balls and reinforce anything loose with glue.
Cut smaller pieces and glue close directly to balls to emphasize shape of mickey head, when doing floral between to ears at top of head.
Create loop of wire thru top of mickey head and reinforce with glue. Thread ribbon thru with handle. Trim ribbon.

I'm also going to add swrsk. crystals later.

On other news...
our guest count is down from the planned 50 to 30, including me and DF. We're okay with it, but it is a little disappointing to spend so much on a wedding for so few people. At the end of the day I'm sure we'll be glad we did, because it will be so memorable.

I added light pink table cloths to the sweetheart table and cake table, since I'm wearing an ivory gown and don't want to clash with the white cloths in our pictures.

Our free time is devoted to the fine details of coordination. The majority of the planning is done, but there are always little things that need to be done.

We ordered our rings!
We're supposed to get them on Monday. Yay!

MOH is awesome. She is doing the programs, tea party invites, and more. I'm so glad. At this point I'm exhausted and the wedding is so close. It's a big relief not to have to do those things.

camara381

03-01-2009, 12:30 AM

I love the flowers. The pomander came out perfect, I would have never guessed they were silks!

You're getting so close I can't wait to see how everything turns out.

WithDisneySpirit

03-01-2009, 07:52 AM

You did great on everything!!! I just love the pomander :goodvibes :lovestruc We had the same colors :love:

Mrsdisneyb2b

03-01-2009, 08:44 AM

I love the mickey pomander!! Its so beautiful! You did such a great job with everything!

Your dress is stunning by the way! And I am now on the crocs website lol... I know df will kill me but, Oh well, I need those comfy shoes now dont i?
I can't wait to keep reading!
~Jenny

2BoysMom

03-01-2009, 10:02 AM

For some reason the first two pics aren't working for me...?:confused:
Only the rose chain pic, and they look so real, you must have gotten very good quality silks...

I wish I could see the pomander...:guilty:

2BoysMom

03-01-2009, 10:04 AM

Never mind...:sad2:
Now that I posted the above comments.... the pictures pop up beautifully. OH WELL...

I'm happy to see them and the pomander is GREAT!

Donald'sGirl

03-02-2009, 02:22 PM

Your pompador came out fantastic! Great job! :thumbsup2

I can't believe how close you are!!! 28 more days!!!! :dance3:

pink_tink8i8

03-02-2009, 03:55 PM

your pomander turned out great! I hear you about the guest count. I'm also inviting 50 but I think about 30 will come. Oh well, their loss. How about I come in their place :rotfl2:

Crown_princess

03-02-2009, 06:59 PM

Thanks, everyone!
I'm very happy with the way they turned out. Hopefully I can get everything there safely, being that we are flying and not driving.
I think MOH is going to flip when she sees the pomander. :cutie:

I'm picking up my ring tonight! WOOHOO!
:)

pink_tink8i8

03-02-2009, 07:33 PM

Hey everyone! Crown_princess is passed out this late hour, but I thought I'd share some engagement pics. Here are a few (okay, more than a few :)), and more can be found at the album links at the end of the post.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/wolverinewizard/Engagement/JK001443-30-09.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/wolverinewizard/Engagement/JK001703-30-09.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/wolverinewizard/Engagement/JK000963-30-09.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/wolverinewizard/Engagement/JK000783-30-09.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/wolverinewizard/Engagement/JK000573-30-09.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/wolverinewizard/Engagement/JK001973-30-09.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/wolverinewizard/Engagement/JK003043-30-09.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/wolverinewizard/Engagement/JK003233-30-09.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/wolverinewizard/Engagement/JK000243-30-09.jpg

your e-pics are beautiful!

Crown_princess

03-03-2009, 02:53 PM

Thanks! I love our pictures too.

So sad, we haven't hung up any framed photos.

tiggersam00

03-05-2009, 09:50 AM

figmentfan814

03-05-2009, 10:24 AM

Yup!

On other news...
our guest count is down from the planned 50 to 30, including me and DF. We're okay with it, but it is a little disappointing to spend so much on a wedding for so few people. At the end of the day I'm sure we'll be glad we did, because it will be so memorable.

Definitely don't feel let down about the guest count. In the end, you're having the wedding of your dreams and as long as DF is there that's all that matters :lovestruc

:flower3: I love all your DIY projects; you really did a great job with them. Plus, its always a great feeling to be able to save some $!

Crown_princess

03-05-2009, 12:04 PM

I am just catching up on your PJ! I can't believe i took me this long to find it! Everything looks amazing, I think you are very well prepared for the big day! I will be in WDW on your wedding so maybe I will see a super happy newly married couple strolling around and say to myself "hey they look so happy, must be a disbride and groom!"
Your pomander looks great, I may have to "borrow" that idea!
And I am absolutly in love with your E-Pics! I was going back and forth over having e-pics of us at the boardwalk, but after seeing yours I am positive I would love to have pics like that! You both look so happy and glamorous! :goodvibes

Thanks! You must do pics at the boardwalk! It feels fabulous and fun and your pictures will look like you stepped back in time to some smaller, cuter place. :cloud9: I live in Los Angeles, so there are places around here with the beach feel, but nothing so clean and polished - that is a myth here. :laughing:

Definitely don't feel let down about the guest count. In the end, you're having the wedding of your dreams and as long as DF is there that's all that matters :lovestruc

:flower3: I love all your DIY projects; you really did a great job with them. Plus, its always a great feeling to be able to save some $!

Thanks, Venessa. I am really happy how they turned out. I can't believe I am leaving in 20 days!!

29apr00

03-05-2009, 12:07 PM

I love your mickey pomadors!! You did a great job!

So close now!!

Jennifer

DISNEYMAGIC2005

03-05-2009, 05:08 PM

Crown_princess

03-06-2009, 09:00 AM

Everything looks soo great! I love DIY projects! I know I always feel so great after they are done.

Don't worry about your guest count dwindling! Ours is too but I am having it webcasted so everyone who can't be there in person to share our day with us will be there via PC. I think that we originally started out with about 55 guests and we are down to 30 as well. But as long as the Bride and Groom are happy that's all that matters!

Your big day is coming up really soon! I'm soo excited for you! I just feel like time is flying by!

It's good to hear I'm not alone. I feel kind of guilty that I didn't plan for it. All the wedding books I have read said to count on 30% of people dropping out for a destination wedding. :scared1: I think I was in denial. I should have invited more people! Poor DF's family had told some friends about the wedding and sort of informally invited them (this was last summer) and I said that we could only invite as many people as we had seats for. I feel so embarrassed now. :rolleyes1

The webcasting is a GREAT idea. I hadn't thought of that. :lmao: My last thought before bed was that I should do something similar! Great idea!

On other news:

- my dress final fitting is next weekend, MOH is coming from San. Fran., CA to learn how to do my fabulous bustle. She's so sweet
- my work friends decided to thru me a b.party next Thursday night. I'll try to remember to take pics
- I'm a little concerned about my dress: I'm paying $450 for alterations and had my second fitting. The dress fit like a dream, except the bottom hem is not straight in front.:headache: The seamstress said that the diagonal bodice caused the hem to do that, and that she would either have to cut off more fabric :scared1: or take out the seam from the bodice. I don't want her to make it any shorter, since it already isn't as long as I want. And I dont' want her to take it from the seam, because what if I pull on it and it rips. :scared: SO I ended up telling her not to do anything with it. Ugh.

2BoysMom

03-06-2009, 09:21 AM

- I'm a little concerned about my dress: I'm paying $450 for alterations and had my second fitting. The dress fit like a dream, except the bottom hem is not straight in front.:headache: The seamstress said that the diagonal bodice caused the hem to do that, and that she would either have to cut off more fabric :scared1: or take out the seam from the bodice. I don't want her to make it any shorter, since it already isn't as long as I want. And I dont' want her to take it from the seam, because what if I pull on it and it rips. :scared: SO I ended up telling her not to do anything with it. Ugh.

It's probably pointless for me to try to console you about this, women preparing for their wedding day can be quite "particular." You want everything to be perfect and just right, we all do. But try not to stress out about what you think might be an imperfection in your dress. I remember your pictures, without a fitting your dress was STUNNING, all eyes will be on you and your DH, there won't be a single person there that will think your dress is not straight in the front, particularly if you have an asymetrical bodice, it sounds like it is meant to be that way. If it isn't, people will just assume it does.

Your wedding day is a glorious day where you marry someone you love. It is a party to celebrate your union. It only lasts one, very quick, day. There is just no time to waste on an alleged crooked hem.

I swear to you, no one will notice. (Does that help;) )

Goldeelox9

03-06-2009, 11:57 AM

You are soooo close now! I am getting excited for you!

jessesgirl-080708

03-06-2009, 02:28 PM

pomanders look great!! :goodvibes
You did a good job!

Crown_princess

03-06-2009, 11:33 PM

It's probably pointless for me to try to console you about this, women preparing for their wedding day can be quite "particular." You want everything to be perfect and just right, we all do. But try not to stress out about what you think might be an imperfection in your dress. I remember your pictures, without a fitting your dress was STUNNING, all eyes will be on you and your DH, there won't be a single person there that will think your dress is not straight in the front, particularly if you have an asymetrical bodice, it sounds like it is meant to be that way. If it isn't, people will just assume it does.

Your wedding day is a glorious day where you marry someone you love. It is a party to celebrate your union. It only lasts one, very quick, day. There is just no time to waste on an alleged crooked hem.

I swear to you, no one will notice. (Does that help;) )

Wow! You must be a great mom! That was incredibly reassuring and understanding all at the same time. :goodvibes Thank you. I'm glad I chose not to have her do any more work on it.

You are soooo close now! I am getting excited for you!

It's been fun reading your PJ and TR. I hope my TR is as fun as yours.

pomanders look great!! :goodvibes
You did a good job!

Thanks! I gave you credit for the inspiration! I really did spend significant time admiring your floral. :rolleyes1

Crown_princess

03-06-2009, 11:52 PM

We got our rings this week:

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/Crown_princess_photos/IMG_1340.jpg
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/Crown_princess_photos/IMG_1323.jpg
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/Crown_princess_photos/IMG_1338.jpg

And here is a prototype program, MOH made.

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/Crown_princess_photos/IMG_1347.jpg
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/Crown_princess_photos/IMG_1348.jpg

camara381

03-06-2009, 11:58 PM

The rings are beautiful!!!! What does it say on his? The programs are gorgous! Love the font and colors.

Crown_princess

03-07-2009, 09:43 AM

It says "shing fu" which is Mandarin Chinese for an abundantly happy life.:goodvibes
DF is American-born Chinese. I don't speak Chinese, so hopefully I didn't butcher that. ;)

bridetobe789

03-07-2009, 12:07 PM

It's been awhile since I've caught up and you are so close!! Everything looks great and the rings are VERY pretty!!

jessesgirl-080708

03-07-2009, 02:22 PM

Your programs look great.
The "To be determined" through me off, I had to go back and read where you said it was a trial!:lmao:

I like the rings too. The saying on his is really cute!;)

Crown_princess

03-07-2009, 08:16 PM

It's been awhile since I've caught up and you are so close!! Everything looks great and the rings are VERY pretty!!

Thank you!! I'm glad you are reading. It's fun to post especially now that the wedding is so close.

Your programs look great.
The "To be determined" through me off, I had to go back and read where you said it was a trial!:lmao:

I like the rings too. The saying on his is really cute!;)

Yeah, I can't decide what song to use for the unit candle.
We are at the WP, so we have an organist.
What songs can people suggest for the unit candle?
Tale Old as Time?
A Whole New World?
I was thinking that these songs, with words, might sound cheesy. But on the organ it might be a more subtle Disney touch.
What have other people used?

My main wedding task this weekend is the wedding time line. But I am fighting a sore throat, trying not to let it turn into something worse (my colds 80% of the time turn into bronchitis which takes me a month to get rid of - read, leaving for wedding trip in 18 days :headache: ). So I don't know if that will get done this weekend. Although for fighting a cold, I did allot today: worked out, got my oil changed, bought a bikini, went tanning, did the dishes...hmmm. Oh, and I'm about to do laundry. :lmao: AND make egg salad sandwiches for dinner. I did get a few hours on the couch with DF pouring over me about drinking airborne and the importance of rest. Oh and frozen yogurt was provided. :cloud9: :love:

Petals & Pixie Dust

03-07-2009, 08:24 PM

What a great DF...Sounds like something mine would do.
So, airborne, cold-ezze, vitamin c drops and a lot of liquids!
Feel better!

camara381

03-07-2009, 08:29 PM

OH I hope you feel better soon!!!! :goodvibes
I agree airborne is the best thing!!!! I am so excited for you, your so close now!!!!

tiggerrifficheidi

03-09-2009, 02:30 PM

I can't believe I haven't checked on your PJ in forever! Congrats on being so close! The programs look great and your dress is divine!

2BoysMom

03-09-2009, 09:39 PM

What a great DF...Sounds like something mine would do.
So, airborne, cold-ezze, vitamin c drops and a lot of liquids!
Feel better!

OK. The Mom post. (who is also a nutritionist)

And Vitamin D! At least 2,000 IU's. Most people in this country, regardless of where they live, have a Vitamin D deficiency. Many people feel the deficiency is the root of many illnesses.

Pirate's Princess

03-10-2009, 09:40 PM

So I finally made through your whole pj and I'm so excited for you! Everything looks beautiful and your engagement pictures are gorgeous! I love the way you had your hair. Definitely going into the ideas folder. Good luck!! I can't until the TR!!

Crown_princess

03-10-2009, 10:33 PM

What a great DF...Sounds like something mine would do.
So, airborne, cold-ezze, vitamin c drops and a lot of liquids!
Feel better!

So far I have been taking daily vitamin, airborne, decaf tea, and antihistamine. I wasn't congested until today. I think that's my fault because I blew my nose so much. I went thru 1/2 roll of toilet paper at work (10 hours). ugh. I know...TMI.

OH I hope you feel better soon!!!! :goodvibes
I agree airborne is the best thing!!!! I am so excited for you, your so close now!!!!

Thanks! It is encouraging, the enthusiasm from the DIS. I'm too:sick: to be :yay: But I'll get there!

I can't believe I haven't checked on your PJ in forever! Congrats on being so close! The programs look great and your dress is divine!
:goodvibes Thanks. Saturday is my final fitting.
I bought new shoes and they are shorter than expected. So I have to take them with me to make sure it works out. I should probably buy some a little taller, just in case. And then return the ones I don't use. My original plan was to cover my shoes from Aerosoles in the fabric from my dress. That was ruined when I couldn't even cut it with scissors. :rotfl2: But I think all things work out for good: the seamstress cut my dress shorter than I asked, and the shoes are shorter than I thought they would be. :)

OK. The Mom post. (who is also a nutritionist)

And Vitamin D! At least 2,000 IU's. Most people in this country, regardless of where they live, have a Vitamin D deficiency. Many people feel the deficiency is the root of many illnesses.

Darn it! The most my daily vitamins have is 1,000 IU's. I'm congested tonight, so DF is running out to get me DayQuil and NyQuil. I hope that helps. I wouldn't buy it before because I was just having post-nasal drip. But now it seems like it won't be an excessive use of medicine. Oh, and he also made me dinner. He never ceases to amaze!:flower3:

So I finally made through your whole pj and I'm so excited for you! Everything looks beautiful and your engagement pictures are gorgeous! I love the way you had your hair. Definitely going into the ideas folder. Good luck!! I can't until the TR!!

I'm really touched at how people read my pj and say such nice things. It is a great community and I hope all the brides planning their wedding continue to have this experience. :hug:

princess_momma

03-11-2009, 11:48 AM

Hey!! I'm a future DFTW bride!! (Okay....way distant future, not even engaged yet...) but I just got all caught up with your report and everything--especially you!--looks so beautiful and I'm so excited for you!! I will continue to read because....you're 19 days away!! :yay: :cheer2: :cool1: AHHHH I'm so happy for you!!

figmentfan814

03-11-2009, 01:58 PM

I hope this message finds you feeling a little better today!

The program prototypes turned out really nice! I like your song selections so far. For the unity candle, you're looking for something on the organ right?

I can't remember, did you two decide to go to Hawaii? I know we talked about it a while back.

Mrsdisneyb2b

03-11-2009, 03:43 PM

Are you getting excited??? I cant wait to see the mickey pomaders in action!!!!

Crown_princess

03-14-2009, 11:40 PM

Hi, friends.

I am feeling better! I still have a cough, but it is only once every hour or so and more forced than unstoppable.
:banana:

The wedding is so close now! 16 days.
It is going to fly by.

MOH came down for the weekend to help with wedding stuff. It was a real motivator to beat the cold and get organized.

I was not feeling motivated, had sort of ran out of steam, so to speak.

Anyway. We made a list of what needed to be done and it was reassuring that it is getting significantly shorter.

We headed out to Target, Friday, and bought pink and green gift bags as our welcome bags and some pink and white tissue paper. I want to keep the welcome bags simple.

I am attempting to follow a tip I read for welcome bags:
- something sweet
- something savory
- water
- a piece of fruit
- a schedule
- a thank you note

I think I got this from Mindy Weiss, not sure

So we walked around Target and planned what we will buy in Orlando to put in the bags (flying, can't bring with). We will go to the Walmart.
We took pics on our phones so we wouldn't forget and would be able to get in and out of Walmart.
We settled on:
- a bottle of water
- mini milk dud containers (they take up space) or candy bars
- oranges
- small packs of trail mix
- a schedule
- park maps
- a thank you note

I don't plan on doing anything to personalize the bags.

My goal for the next 16 days is to not get stressed out. I get stressed out really easily, so I am forcing myself to let-go-and-let-God. Which just means not to dwell and linger over things. Everything is falling into place, and I just need to follow up on the details, but I don't want to nit-pick too much or worry. I want to enjoy the week we are there and relax as much as possible.

After our target trip, MOH showed me the emergency purse she made. It is so cute! She bought the purse with her shoes at Payless, and got the purse half off. Her shoes are dyed the perfect shade of pink to match the pink roses in her pomander - which she just saw this weekend.

The emergency purse is amazing! It has everything I could possibly need, and I added fashion tape and oil blot papers to it. She even made a list of everything in it! :worship: I will post a picture later.

Saturday:

Today we went to the tailor and picked up my dress, so she could learn how to do my bustle. Wow! It is so beautiful. I was so thrilled with my dress, that I was hugging the bag and saying, "I love my dress," as we walked out of the shop. Alterations were $450, but I have to tell you that it was completely worth it. My dress looks like it was made custom for me, and essentially it was, since it was taken apart and redone to fit my frame perfectly. I can't wait for the wedding pics!!:yay: :cloud9:

MOH left and went home. I'm really thankful she drove 6-8 hours to come help. :hug:

Angela0917

03-15-2009, 02:04 AM

I just found your PJ. WOW, you are so close!! Your dress is beautiful, I love your engagement pics, and your mickey pomander's are adorable!!!!

princess_momma

03-19-2009, 02:04 PM

You're getting so close!! :cool1: I'm practically dying of excitement for you!! And there's a tinge of jealously...I want my DFTW!!! :laughing: I bet you are just so excited!! I can't wait to hear how everything goes!

Disneymoon0909

03-20-2009, 01:41 PM

Just wanted to say I love your PJ and can't wait to hear about your big day when you come back! Good luck with everything and don't stress, you have done an amazing job! I am just under 6 months out for my own wedding (unfortunately not Disney- but I get my honeymoon there!) and hope my last few months goes as smoothly as yours. 10 DAYS LEFT!
Holly

figmentfan814

03-20-2009, 02:18 PM

That was so sweet of your MOH to make the trip down. I know how nice it was when my MOH came from Indiana (I'm in Michigan) to help with some things :goodvibes The welcome bag list sounds great and what a great list of things to include. And you're right eople care the most about the snacks :thumbsup2 Plus the schedule is the best thing to keep everyone coordinated.

spacerangerqueen

03-21-2009, 04:48 PM

How exciting you are so close!
That's great that your MOH came to help you out. I remember when you posted about her moving away :sad1:
That's a great list for welcome bags. I will have to remember that!

lpizzuro123

03-23-2009, 12:06 AM

Wow - I can;t believe your wedding is so close. My DH's birthday is 3/30 and we will be celebrating at the MK. We arrive on 3/27 and leave 4/5. I will say hi if we see you walkiing around in your bridal ears.

Linda

DISNEYMAGIC2005

03-23-2009, 12:17 AM

:banana::banana::banana:Exactly a week left! :banana::banana::banana:I am sooo excited for you! When are you headed down?

princess_momma

03-23-2009, 11:39 AM

I can't believe how close you are!! I can't wait for updates! I hope everything is going smoothly in this final countdown!

Crown_princess

03-25-2009, 01:49 AM

Hi, all.

Checking in with you very late at night, so will keep this short.

It's been a crazy past couple of weeks. I still have a lingering cough from the cold.

I had a bachellorette party last Friday night. So awesome!
We played had dinner, played games, and went to bars.
I don't think my pictures are appropriate for the boards. :lmao:

Thursday before that work threw me a wedding shower. We hit the jackpot of gifts!

We are trying to finalize our planning - communicating schedules, etc to guests, washing laundry, dry cleaning. We are also working full schedule days. The only reason I'm up at 11pm is that I am working off nervous energy. And my "woman time" starts tomorrow :headache: so not only am I nervous, I'm moody.

DF has been warned :rotfl:

I sent out a time line of all events, and bus schedules, via email today.
DF is writing the Thank you note for the Welcome bags.

MOH has done programs. WP has answered tons of questions.
Now just to get there. That's the hard part.

2BoysMom

03-25-2009, 09:15 AM

Hey Sweetheart.

We are all getting excited for how wonderful your wedding will be. Don't stress about anything, just focus on the great memories, so you don't forget anything.

Many blessings to you both. Can't wait to hear all the happy details.

-Donna

Crown_princess

03-26-2009, 01:58 AM

It's hard to open up to people you don't know as close friends. But I'm going to in the hopes that prayers will help.

It's 11pm and I am packing my suitcase. I have a 10 am flight.

I just got a call from my dad. His in the ER on nitro and there may be a blockage in his heart. He is being kept overnight for monitoring.

He is supossed to be on the road with my mom, on the way to my grandmas. To help her get to FL. Please pray for a speedy recovery and that this is just a false alarm.

All I can do right now is hold myself together and finish packing.

I don't know if I will be able to post until we get back from the wedding, so please don't worry. Just pray.
Thanks.

DISNEYMAGIC2005

03-26-2009, 02:02 AM

tiggersam00

03-26-2009, 09:41 AM

ohhh I will keep you both in my prayers, and will be thinking of you both on Monday. I hope you have a wonderful trip and an amazing wedding:goodvibes

jessesgirl-080708

03-26-2009, 11:22 AM

I am so sorry.
I hope your dad is okay.

I'll be looking for you this weekend!

Congratulations!

figmentfan814

03-26-2009, 11:28 AM

You're probably in the air right now, but I wanted to say that I am praying for you and your family. I'm hoping that as I'm writing this message your dad is already on his way to Florida. Here are wishes for a wonderful wedding and an enjoyable trip spent with your family :bride:

Rebclay

03-26-2009, 04:16 PM

I hope that your dad is doing better. Good luck with everything. Can't wait to hear how everything goes.

Crown_princess

03-26-2009, 05:44 PM

my dad is ok
I don't have details
Thank you!

figmentfan814

03-26-2009, 10:22 PM

my dad is ok
I don't have details
Thank you!

That's great news :goodvibes Enjoy your wedding weekend! Sending you wishes for a wonderful wedding :bride:

princess_momma

03-27-2009, 10:16 AM

I'm SO GLAD to hear that your dad is doing okay. Now I can't wait to hear about your fairy tale!

pink_tink8i8

03-27-2009, 01:22 PM

you're so freakin close now. I'm excited for you. Hope your trip down goes well.

tiggerrifficheidi

03-28-2009, 09:24 AM

I'm glad your dad is okay and I hope that is the last thing to stress you out. Enjoy your wedding!

BewwyBootiful

03-29-2009, 12:18 PM

for your father and for your wedding day! I just read your pj in one sitting - I can't wait to see you and your darling AngryPenguin on your big day! Here's to LOTS of Pixie Dust!:wizard:

jessesgirl-080708

03-30-2009, 08:37 AM

HAPPY WEDDING DAY!!!!!

Glad to hear that your dad is doing okay! Your wedding is going to be AMAZING! Enjoy it girl!

Wish we could have ran into eachother over the weekend! I looked for you!

Congratulations!!!!!!!

keenercam

03-30-2009, 09:09 AM

Happy Wedding Day! Can't wait to hear all about it! :goodvibes :sunny:

BewwyBootiful

03-30-2009, 09:24 AM

HAPPY WEDDING DAY!princess:

figmentfan814

03-30-2009, 09:37 AM

:tink: Happy Wedding Day! May you have time to enjoy every single moment and to take in all the little details of your day. Congratulations! :bride: :groom:

arubio0801

03-30-2009, 09:44 AM

HAPPY WEDDING DAY!!!! IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING!! :cool1::banana::bride::cheer2:pixiedust: JUST SOME PIXIE TO MAKE SURE IT ALL HAS SOME MAGIC . I'll be looking out for some picutes :surfweb: popcorn::

29apr00

03-30-2009, 10:12 AM

Happy Wedding Day!!!

2BoysMom

03-30-2009, 10:48 AM

I'm here, too. I can't wait to hear how wonderful your wedding turned out to be. CONGRATULATIONS!!
:cheer2::cheer2:

DaDivatude

03-30-2009, 11:39 AM

Happy Wedding Day!!!

Bride-to-be

03-30-2009, 11:47 AM

YAY!!! What a perfect day! Hope everything goes off without a hitch. Can't wait to read your TR!

princess_momma

03-30-2009, 12:22 PM

happy wedding day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Angela0917

03-30-2009, 12:46 PM

Happy Wedding Day!! Hope everything is perfect!!

Rebclay

03-30-2009, 03:48 PM

Happy wedding day!!

DISNEYMAGIC2005

03-30-2009, 05:58 PM

HAPPY WEDDING DAY! Hope it's filled with lots of pixie dust!

padisneyfour

03-30-2009, 07:52 PM

Wishing you a magical wedding day! ENJOY!:goodvibes

pinkcow

03-30-2009, 08:02 PM

Congratulations!!! Have a truly fabulous day!! :goodvibes

MegKate

03-30-2009, 08:40 PM

Happy Wedding Day!!!!!!!!!:goodvibes

beach bride 2010

03-31-2009, 09:49 AM

I saw you leaving the wedding pavilion as I was going in to Franck's. I wondered if it was a Disbride so I just had to look on here to find out. You looked absolutely gorgeous and the weather for your day, wow, you couldn't have asked for a nicer day! Congratulations...I hope everything about your special day was as wonderful as the weather!

pink_tink8i8

03-31-2009, 10:39 AM

Happy belated wedding day!

Angrypenguin

04-03-2009, 01:57 AM

Hey everybody, we're back!!!

I'm sure my lovely wife will have a more detailed update soon enough, but here are some unofficial pictures from the week.

We'll post more when Randy's pics come back, and we'll do a trip report to boot! But for now, we're going to recooperate :).

Thanks everyone for the well-wishes!

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DISNEYMAGIC2005

04-03-2009, 02:11 AM

Welcome back! Love all of the teaser pics and I can't wait to see more. Hope ya had a great time!

BewwyBootiful

04-03-2009, 09:21 AM

What great photos! Especially Crown Princess in front of the castle - Angry Penguin, did you take that? Enchanting!

Can't wait for more....popcorn::

Bride-to-be

04-03-2009, 10:12 AM

Wow - the teaser pics really are a tease. I can't wait to see more of them! I am so glad you guys had such great weather!

Congratulations!!!!!!

arubio0801

04-03-2009, 10:16 AM

Awww great photos!! I can't wait for more :surfweb:popcorn::

2BoysMom

04-03-2009, 10:50 AM

Tell her she has to hurry! We want a full report!:lovestruc

figmentfan814

04-03-2009, 04:55 PM

Great pictures; I love the artistic angles on so many of them. Looking forward to seeing more and congratulations!

camara381

04-03-2009, 05:00 PM

Welcome Back and congrats!!! The pics are amazing!!!! Can't wait to see more!

spacerangerqueen

04-03-2009, 07:09 PM

yey for teaser pics!
They are awesome :thumbsup2

What kind of camera do you have?

Malefi_Stitch

04-03-2009, 07:28 PM

Happy belated wedding day and happy return!! I just saw your teaser pics and you look like you were having so much fun. What dessert is that and where can I can one?! The picture of you sipping from the lighted glasses is great!! Congratulations!

Malefi_Stitch

04-03-2009, 07:36 PM

Angrypenguin

04-03-2009, 08:41 PM

HeatherNJNC

04-04-2009, 11:25 AM

My DF and I had our planning session the morning you were getting married so we snuck some peaks! Everything looked amazing, including the both of you! We watched Randy take some pictures of you guys out in front of the Wedding Pavilion. Congrats!!!

tiggerrifficheidi

04-04-2009, 02:23 PM

Great pics! Congratulations! I can't wait to read about the rest!

Crown_princess

04-04-2009, 03:42 PM

Wedding TR: Day 1

Hi, everyone. Thank you for keeping up with reading our PJ. Now for the start of the TR! :banana:

Thursday, March 27th

Hubby and I arrived at MCO (airport) around 6pm. We walked to the transportation pick up, lower level, and checked into Magical Express.
We took a potty break and then walked up to the Magical Express boarding area. During the potty break I had put on my bride ears :idea: ready to get some Disney magic. As we walked up to the boarding area, everyone starred at us and whispered, except for one of the cast members who excitedly asked us if we were getting married at Disney. In hindsight, that question was almost redundant, if you consider that I was carrying a body bag with a wedding dress in it.;)
We had a couple nice conversations with curious folks, as we waited in line to go to Contemporary; and once there, the magic continued. We went to the check in desk ready to work our stuff: I had my ears on, looking sweet, and cradling my dress. DH (how exciting to type DH!) was his usual uber charming and charismatic self. He snuck in a little chatter about the wedding and asked if there was an upgrade available. The cast member didn't say it was an upgrade, but we knew it was as soon as she told us where our room was. :wizard: We got to the room and I danced around like a crazy person, chanting "upgrade, upgrade!":cool1: One look out the window of our 4th floor, tower building room and :love::cloud9: Can you say perfect day? Oh, it isn't over.
We proceeded to go to California Grill with two friends for dinner. We had ate there before and had our reception there on Monday, so we were feeling rather excited to visit one of the big day sites.
After dinner we walked around the resort and got a feel for the layout. Then it was off to bed.

At California Grill (I am now wishing I had worn mascara:lmao:)
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To be continued with Day 2....

BewwyBootiful

04-04-2009, 04:56 PM

Lynn5700

04-04-2009, 05:01 PM

Thanks for the comments everyone! Yup, I did take those pictures. Well, most of them anyway. A few of the ones where we're actually in it were taken by a buddy of mine.

I currently am using a Canon Rebel XS, but I'm already looking to upgrade (my birthday's only a month away!) to the Canon 50d. Also looking to get the Canon 24-105mm f/4 L lens for you photographers out there.

We'll have some more updates tonight!

The pics are great!! You have made me change my mind. I was going to get a nikon D40!! I may have to look into the Cannon!

Does it take pictures of the fireworks really well?

I love the teaser shots!! You look gorgeous! Congrats!!

Lynn5700

04-04-2009, 05:02 PM

Oh how was the Cali Grille?? We are having our anniversary dinner there. I can't wait!

Angrypenguin

04-05-2009, 02:14 AM

Oh how was the Cali Grille?? We are having our anniversary dinner there. I can't wait!

Thanks for stopping by Lynn! The D40 is a fine camera, although it's being discontinued. One thing I do want to warn about the Nikon D40 and D60, is that there is no autofocus built into the body, so you have to buy autofocus lenses. So far with Canon's DSLR line up (from the least expensive XS and up) all have autofocus in the body. Both brands are great, it's just a matter of what you prefer :).

The Cali grille is fantastic, and our favorite restaurant! That first night we were there, I ate.....Ostrich! Yup, they had Ostrich on the menu. It was surprisingly very tender, with the same texture as filet mignon. Fantasic! :thumbsup2

I can't believe people here actually saw us at the pavillion! We've officially become internet celebrities :lmao:

In case you were curious as to what ostrich looked like...

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More reporting and pictures to come tomorrow!

MiaBella05

04-05-2009, 12:47 PM

popcorn:: So excited to read all about your wedding trip!! Congrats again!! popcorn::

Crown_princess

04-05-2009, 02:21 PM

Welcome home, Crown Princess!

This is the first wedding trip report I have ever read having ALSO read the pre-trip before the wedding...I am so excited!

YOu look beautiful, even without mascara. :rolleyes:

Congrats on your upgrade - did you like the Contemporary? We still don't know where we want to stay - our first anni is on Easter this year, and I have convinced DH it is time for us to go to WDW for a romantic Vaca in fall, 2010. His first time....

Anyway, I can't wait to read more!

Thanks! I'm excited how many people are reading along. It's allot of fun to read people's posts and to have something to do now that there is no more planning. Which is bitter-sweet, it's nice not to stress over planning but sort of boring too.

We loved Contemporary!! You must stay there. Of course, we also had an awesome room, so I'm not sure what it is like if you don't get that awesomeness. It is very convenient to be on the monorail, and we enjoyed chef Mickeys. We had our free concierge level night at Wilderness Lodge and sort of wished we had stayed at Contemporary...more on that later.

We think that we will probably go back to WDW before our free DFTW annual passes expire, as an anniversary trip. I hope you have fun on your trip too!

DH wants to post Day 2, so you can all jump up and down and urge him on. hehehehe

Lynn5700

04-05-2009, 02:51 PM

Oh ok that is good to know... to be honest I have always used cannon and I love their cameras. Ok so what is the name of the one you guys have again? I want to look into this camera as well.

jessesgirl-080708

04-05-2009, 03:54 PM

Wow! How gorgeous were you?? :love:
Your bouquet and hair were stunning! Congratulations, you must be so happy with the turn out! But it really is bittersweet! I miss planning our wedding too!

And, we had dinner at the California Grill on the 28th! Just one day behind you!

Congratulations on being upgraded! Thats so awesome! We stayed in the Contemporary on our honeymoon too. We LOVED it! I wish we would have just stayed there instead of leaving to go on the cruise! I love it there!!!

Can't wait for more pics!! And to see that mickey pomander in action!!

Angrypenguin

04-05-2009, 05:25 PM

Hey everyone! Welcome to day 2! But before delving into day 2, just wanted to post a few pics of day 1 and our room.

Here's Crown_Princess fluffing and making sure her dress is okay
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Showing off our room!
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The view from our room
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Looking to the left of the balcony, it's the new Contemporary DVC
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Angrypenguin

04-05-2009, 07:53 PM

Day 2, Part 1!:cool1:

So on Friday, we awoke and I went down to grab us some breakfast and coffee. After paying an exorbitant amount of money for a bagel and a cup of mud water, we enjoyed a few minute out on the balcony and were treated to this view:
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The plan was for my cousin and his wife to pick us up around 8:30 in the morning (!) to take us to the courthouse. They were already in Orlando, visiting a friend of theirs, and luckily had the foresight to rent a car. Soon enough, however, we received the word that they were running late and were lost trying to find the contemporary resort. So, we decided to relax a little more on the balcony:

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A little later they arrived, and we were on our way to the Orange County Ocoee courthouse. Luckily, we had my cousin to document every step.
Apparently, all you really need to do to get married is read an informational packet on the marriage, which really just exposes you to the expense you might incur if you divorce, and pay 93 bucks. Kind of takes any semblance of romance out of the process.

Us in front of the courthouse:
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Reading over the "Please don't divorce it's expensive" information package
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Paying getting our license
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At this point, we had a few of our friends start trickling in to Disney, so we extended an invitation to everyone to join us at Beaches and Cream for lunch. Arriving at the picturesque Yacht Club, I couldn’t help but snap off of a few shots.

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My cousin and his wife

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A couple of Yacht Club pictures

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One thing that they don’t tell you about Beaches and Cream is how dang hard it is to find the place. It’s hidden away in along a wall that’s only accessible from the outside. Either it’s difficult to find, or the bunch of us are directionally inept. Which isn’t exactly beyond comprehension.
Beaches and cream is a cute little soda shop, and almost all of us decided to gorge on an old fashioned cheeseburger. Afterwards, however, I made sure to save some room for the famous “kitchen sink”, a delectable (and gigantic!) ice cream sundae filled with oreos, whipped cream, angel cake, brownies, and vanilla, mint, chocolate, and coffee ice cream. “Feeds 4” is a misleading statement on the menu; it fed all seven of us very well.

Mmmmm....delicious.
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All gone!
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Enjoying the food and company
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Well, we had an afternoon to kill, so we finally were able to make it to a park! MK was just a short walk away, so we put on our walking shoes and made our way there. We joined up with Alex and Neil again, and along with my Best Man (Kramer) and our friend Matt, went on our way. We hit up classics such as Pirates and Buzz, and when Alex and Neil told us they had fastpasses for Splash Mountain, I couldn’t pass up this photo opportunity. Ever since I got my new camera, I’ve been dying to try to get some high speed shots.

Here are Alex and Neil starting out….

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And then screaming like 2nd grade girls :thumbsup2.

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Us waiting for Buzz Lightyear
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Of course, the obligated castle shots.

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Lynn5700

04-05-2009, 07:58 PM

Awesome pics!!!

YAY you guys got the Kitchen Sink!! Looks like you all had fun eating it!!

princess22

04-05-2009, 09:08 PM

Just wanted to drop in and say Congrats. You two are adorable together and look so in love:lovestruc

Can't wait to read more!

KSchwagg86

04-05-2009, 09:30 PM

loving the tag team! what kind of camera do you have?

tiggersam00

04-06-2009, 02:16 PM

:goodvibesI was on the lookout for you around WDW last week but alas I did not see you two... I am loving the TR though, the contemporary is where I want to stay next... any tips on how to convince DF?? LOL

The splash mountain shots came out great! You are a great photographer:goodvibes

figmentfan814

04-06-2009, 02:52 PM

disneygal922

04-06-2009, 03:16 PM

Welcome back! Glad to see you've already started your TR. I love that you guys are both adding to it! It's so nice to get a perspective from both angles! :goodvibes

DF and I are having our reception at the CG and will hopefully be staying at the Contemporary for the trip as well!

Can't wait to read more! :goodvibes Congrats!

Angrypenguin

04-06-2009, 09:44 PM

Hey everyone! I had a Canon Rebel XS, although I just sold it to my cousin a couple days ago:lmao:. My new (and upgraded!) camera is on the way!:cool1:

Hopefully to have an update tonight.

Lynn5700

04-06-2009, 09:49 PM

I just want you to know that you sold me on The Canon. As soon as our income tax return comes in were getting it. Should be any day now!

Angrypenguin

04-06-2009, 10:36 PM

Good to hear, Lynn! I think you'll like it; let me know if you need any tips!:)

Angrypenguin

04-07-2009, 08:33 PM

Hey everyone!

On Friday night (day 2) we split up, so I guess I'll talk about what I did.

Julie's MOH arrived (hooray!) and myself, Julie, my best man, and Shelley (the MOH) went to dinner at the Wave, in the lobby of the contemporary resort. Disney tip: don't bother with the wave. Just take the 25 dollars you would have spent and stick it in your mouth, it's probably tastier.

Afterwards, a few guys (myself, best man, friend Matt, my cousin, and Julie's brother) split off from the womenfolk. The guys and I ended up driving about an hour to go to a place called "Hard Knocks," which is essentially laser tag pumped with HGH and steroids. After chucking away an exorbiant amount of money on tolls, we arrived at what appeared to be a normal business park.

But a normal business park, this wasn't. As we piled out of the car, through the window we saw some guy running by carrying a life-like assault rifle. We walked into Hard Knocks, and entered into male pubescent heaven. There were plasma tvs everywhere, hooked up to a multitude of video game systems. The staff was all female, who were all wearing very short and very tight shorts, knee high socks, and skimpy tank tops. I felt like a dirty old man at the age of 26.

I realize that most of (if not all) of our audience here on the DIS is female, so pardon me if the analogy gets lost. Hard Knocks is a place where someone went "Hey, you know what would be cool? If we took Call of Duty, and, like, turned it into laser tag with skimpily clad attractive women running around."

After selecting a nickname (mine was "Angrypenguin", obviously), we had the choice of either playing one of two levels. One level was decorated like an abandoned warehouse, while the other was an average office building. After shuffling in with a bunch of 16-19 year olds (we were pretty sure we were the oldest bunch there), we grabbed our gear (think really big guns!) and ran, dodged, and killed prepubescent teenagers for the next several hours. Sure, we felt a little self-conscious at first, but after awhile we really started to get into it through the course of the night.

We finally left around 1:30 in the morning and I slept-walked back to our room. Unfortunately, Julie's MOH Shelley was staying with us at the contemporary that night, and somehow I got relegated to the couch. Which would be fine, but the couch was the size of a toothbrush.

After tossing and turning and nearly falling off the couch to an almost certain death, I gave up and crawled into bed with my honey:cloud9:.

Sorry, no pics for the evening! But we'll have more pics up shortly :)

tiggersam00

04-07-2009, 10:24 PM

haha! I just read your last post out loud to my DF and he said "Can we go there!" so there is another 26 year old guys opinion for ya:rotfl2:

disneygal922

04-08-2009, 10:21 AM

It sounds like you had a great time! I'm sure my DF would love that as well! :laughing:

Crown_princess

04-08-2009, 10:21 AM

Day 2, Part 2b: The Bride's Perspective

Okay, so now time for Friday night from my POV. :goodvibes

After MK DH's parents stopped by our room to try on a tux. The best man had already tried his on. There were some shirts that didn't fit, and DH's dad was nice enough to exchange at the local MW Tux for us. I was a little shocked the DH asked him to do this, I thought it was asking alot, and even more shocked when his dad agreed. They are nice to each other!

Then we were running late for dinner at The Wave, and also waiting for MOH to arrive, so we talked to the parents for a little longer. We mentioned that we were dancing to a song in 3/4 time at the reception (waltz) and that we didn't know how to waltz. So they spontaneously errupted into a waltz and then taught us how. It was a true Kodak moment.

Then the BM called and let us know that MOH had already found her way to The Wave on her own, so we said goodbye to his parents and went downstairs. We had already spent a couple hundred dollars in food, and been at WDW for 1 Day, so we decided to split a meal. It wasn't that great but not as horrible as DH said. We had the chicken pot pie, which wasn't actually pie at all...just two chicken breasts on a plate with some gravy and veggies. :confused3

From there the menfolk arrived; and this was almost all the men in their 20s that were invited to the wedding. Keep in mind this is about 1/3 of the people attending our wedding. :lmao: I took the women folk back to our room and we discussed what we could do that night.

I had two things I had to get done: take my dad's tux to Polynesian so he could try it on (yes, they actually made it to Dis), and go to Walmart to buy things to put in the welcome bags. My sister-in-law pointed out that it might be good, since there were four of us, to split up and have two people do the tuxes and two people go to Walmart. So that's what we did.

Sister-in-law and I rode the monorail with the tux and had my dad try it on. The shoes were too tight and the handkerchief was the wrong color. I then realized that everyone else might have the wrong color too. So I told DH the next day and he alert his dad that this was the case, and we got replacements (had to pay for them though). That was taken care of.

The other two folks were my cousin-in-law's wife and MOH. I told them to buy oranges, something disney, trail mix, chocolate and water for 18 bags for under 80 dollars. They got great stuff for 89 dollars. We rendezvoused back at my room, created an assembly line, and stuffed the gift bags. People received them as soon as possible, and thought they were very nice. I think the practicality was appreciated. For a couple people that wasn't until the dessert party, but most people we saw at some point prior to that, so we would just give them the bag then - as long as it wasn't at a theme park. :)

Angrypenguin

04-08-2009, 07:44 PM

Day 3: Epcot!

Ooookay, back in business. Slow afternoon, so I figured I'd post a few things.

We planned on being at Epcot all day, as this was the only real "park day" that we had prior to the wedding. Since a bunch of people were in town, we figured the best way to approach this was just to do pretty much what we wanted in Epcot, and have people meet us if they wanted to join up. Unfortunately, I didn't take into account the abuse that my phone would take during the course of the day, as it was a constant stream of text messages, voicemails, missed calls, calls back, etc. etc.

We took our time in the morning, as the only reason to hurry was to make our 11:30 reservations at Le Celier. Crown_Princess was also determined to wear her bride ears:

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So myself, the MOH, crown_princess, and the best man excitedly entered Epcot. Of course, a few pictures were needed.

This sign seemed fitting:

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After taking a few pics, we stopped by Soarin’ to grab fastpasses for later in the day. Then, it was off to Le Celier!

I had been looking forward to Le Celier, but I have to say I was really disappointed this time around. It’s expensive, that’s a given, but especially at lunch time, I felt that the quality of food was disappointing. I had the “Celier Experience” which grants you an appetizer, main entrée, and dessert. The cheese soup of course was great, but the prime rib sandwich I had was only okay. Don’t get me wrong, there was nothing wrong with it, but it’s just like every prime rib sandwich I’ve had and cost twice as much. Sorry Le Celier, but I might be hitting up Yachtsman’s steakhouse next time .

Well, during lunch, I received an avalanche of messages and phone calls, so we told people to meet us over at GM test track. Here’s a tip: the single rider line is fantastic. Rather than waiting an hour, we were in the cars within 10 minutes, often at nearly the same time.

My dear coordinating with people:

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So after meeting with everyone, we headed over to mission space. Knowing the full extent of the nauseating powers of the orange side, I held back while everyone piled on, not heeding my warning. So while waiting around, I snapped more pictures. Hey, I had nothing else going on.

It’s…Mission Space!
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Mickey…he’s calling to us. Giiiiiive meeee yoooooour mooooooney.

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Mission Space claimed one casualty. My brother in law’s wife, apparently got a slightly panicked look on her face when she found out that Mission Space spins. Yeah…no one heeded my warning of what this ride might do to them.

While she recovered, the rest of us headed off to Nemo. It was a beautiful day, and everyone was in a great mood.

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The Best Man and MOH

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My lovely bride’s “Holy crap will you stop taking pictures” smile.

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After Nemo, our friends Alex and Neil joined our growing entourage and we hopped onto Soarin’. Our group filled up an entire row of seats on Soarin’. I don’t know why this is important, but it is. The entourage made us feel like rap stars. Except, minus the loose fitting clothes, bling, diamond encrusted teeth, and random gunshot wounds.

Since we were down there, we went on living with the land, and ended up on a boat to ourselves. I risked my life to stand up at the front of the boat and snap off another picture:

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So it was dinner time, and I was pretty insistent on getting Fish’n chips. I have no idea why, but a few of us guys stopped off for fish and chips while the ladies went and got something not so unhealthy. On top of that, I decided to treat myself to a beer, since I have a wicked alcohol tolerance.

Needless to say, after one beer I became very giggle and slightly tipsy (sad, yes, I know.) Still, we wandered around Epcot for a bit, and simply enjoyed being with friends. I’m sure crown_princess will fill in with additional details .

Somewhere in…France? Remember, slightly drunk at the time. After one beer.

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Getting in touch with my Arabian side.

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Italia.

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Seriously?!?!?

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Lots o’soldiers.

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Across the lake.

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Ahhh, the ball.

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ariel1025

04-08-2009, 09:12 PM

Day 3: Epcot!

Somewhere in…France? Remember, slightly drunk at the time. After one beer.

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Italia.

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Ok, first of all I have to say I LOVE LOVE LOVE everything so far. I SO wish I would have found your report sooner :sad2:

It looks like you guys were having a wonderful time before the wedding day actually got there and you are super cute together!!!

I can't wait to read your wedding report!!

Second...I am in love with the quality of your pictures. Now, time for some silly questions...

Did you do any sort of editing to these pictures or are they settings on the camera? If you did edit, what software did you use?

How difficult is the camera to use? I am not completely new to the photography world but definitely (not even close) to a professional. My camera now is about one step above a point and shoot, but I am desparately wanting to upgrade and am considering your camera...or the one you had before you sold it anyway :laughing:

Can't wait for more updates!!!!

figmentfan814

04-08-2009, 09:51 PM

That's too bad about the problems with the tuxes, but at least DH's dad was able to exchange everything for you :thumbsup2

I know how you both feel about the being bombarded with phone calls, messages. One day my phone died on me after so many calls; we have several pictures of us with our cells glued to our heads too :rotfl:

Great shots in the World Showcase. Looking forward to more!

camara381

04-09-2009, 12:10 AM

I am loving your TR so far!!! your pictures are amazing, i am hooked!

disneygal922

04-09-2009, 10:55 AM

Fantastic update! Your pics are all fantastic and I love the way you guys write. It definitely makes me smile and can't wait for more! :goodvibes

Nicola2010

04-10-2009, 06:43 AM

BewwyBootiful

04-10-2009, 09:11 AM

I just love reading your trippie!

More, please!
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29apr00

04-10-2009, 09:34 AM

Loving your TR so far! All of your pictures are amazing!!

Lynn5700

04-10-2009, 01:23 PM

Awesome updates!!! Fantastic pictures as always :)

Angrypenguin

04-10-2009, 04:40 PM

So exciting to see your TR started :goodvibes I love the commentary from both of you. I bought a new Canon SX10IS before our trip to WDW last month and I spent a lot of time experimenting with it. Definitely a great place to get the hang of a new camera!

The shots at the courthouse are such a great addition to your story; those are the little things that you'll always want to remember. The room you got at CR was really nice; I love the mirror shot where you're fluffing the gown.

We did the kitchen sink a couple years ago and it was so cool to try it. Although DH was the only one that like mint ice cream and insisted that we still get it in there. Needless to say everything tasted like mint ;)

I've been craving the kitchen sink for the past few weeks. Granted, myself not being the most efficient of dairy digesters, I felt it afterwards. But it was a good pain.

Welcome back! Glad to see you've already started your TR. I love that you guys are both adding to it! It's so nice to get a perspective from both angles! :goodvibes

DF and I are having our reception at the CG and will hopefully be staying at the Contemporary for the trip as well!

Can't wait to read more! :goodvibes Congrats!

Thanks Disneygal! We're both having fun contributing. Although crown_princess seems to think I'm stealing her thunder a bit with the pics! :scared:

haha! I just read your last post out loud to my DF and he said "Can we go there!" so there is another 26 year old guys opinion for ya:rotfl2:

He should go there, it's fun! It's Hooters with laser tag.

Ok, first of all I have to say I LOVE LOVE LOVE everything so far. I SO wish I would have found your report sooner :sad2:

It looks like you guys were having a wonderful time before the wedding day actually got there and you are super cute together!!!

I can't wait to read your wedding report!!

Second...I am in love with the quality of your pictures. Now, time for some silly questions...

Did you do any sort of editing to these pictures or are they settings on the camera? If you did edit, what software did you use?

How difficult is the camera to use? I am not completely new to the photography world but definitely (not even close) to a professional. My camera now is about one step above a point and shoot, but I am desparately wanting to upgrade and am considering your camera...or the one you had before you sold it anyway :laughing:

Can't wait for more updates!!!!

Thanks for the kind comments Ariel! I'm glad you could join us, and I hope you enjoy our trip report!

For everyone wondering about the pictures, I've kind of taken up photography as a hobby. I've been reading a lot of books (such as "The Digital Photography Book" by Scott Kelby and "Understanding Exposure") as well as learning as much as I can online about photography techniques and what not. Additionally, I do post processing in Lightroom to get the look I want.

Feel free to browse the DIS photography board; lots of good info there!:thumbsup2
I am loving your TR so far!!! your pictures are amazing, i am hooked!

Thanks, camara!

Angrypenguin

04-10-2009, 04:43 PM

OMG this TR is soooo funny.... im literally laughing out loud with some of your expressions :lmao:

Looks like you had a great time and your closeness to each other really comes across when you both write :thumbsup2

Angrypenguin you take amazing pics... wish mine came out like that, makes me think i should invest in a good camera for my disneymoon!

Loving it so far and waiting for more :surfweb:

Glad we could make you laugh, Nicola. Thanks for hanging out with us!

I just love reading your trippie!

More, please!
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We're working on it! Maybe I'll have Crown_princess write the next part...my fingers are getting tired. :)

Loving your TR so far! All of your pictures are amazing!!

Thank you! More pictures to come.

Awesome updates!!! Fantastic pictures as always :)

Thanks Lynn! I started going through your trip reports as well. Sounds like you like DVC! I've been looking into it as a potential future investment. I may have some questions for you later down the road.

Angrypenguin

04-11-2009, 11:07 AM

Taking a break from our trip report, I got my new camera and lens yesterday! So I thought I'd post some snaps :).

Alex and Brian playing BBall
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My lovely wife

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Playing with photoshop a little

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Lynn5700

04-14-2009, 01:30 AM

Awesome pics!!!!!!! You are so talented.

Angrypenguin

04-14-2009, 01:39 AM

Thanks Lynn! Congrats on the camera again!

Everyone: We'll have a post up of day 4 soon; Julie is supposed to write it as it was tea party/rehearsal day. Unfortunately for most of the day I sat in the room like a potato while she went out to the spa and had her tea party. So we'll wait for her ;-)

Thanks to everyone for following along with us! Julie and I have enjoyed sharing our experiences with you all; we love to read your comments. Also, before I forget, thanks to everyone for all the support you've provided us over the past year or so. You've all been a great blessing. :)

29apr00

04-14-2009, 09:35 AM

Playing with photoshop a little

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Now THAT is a cool picture!! great job!

Crown_princess

04-14-2009, 07:59 PM

Hi, ALL. I know I've been pretty quiet lately.

I have gently chastised DH for stealing our TR and turning into his own personal photography journal. :laughing:

He took it well.

I have in turn been gently told I must post the next post tonight. We'll see how long I last before passing out on the couch after work and working out.

;)

figmentfan814

04-14-2009, 10:44 PM

Looking forward to reading more. I can't wait to hear about the tea party :goodvibes

KSchwagg86

04-14-2009, 11:09 PM

Can't wait!! :goodvibes

Lynn5700

04-14-2009, 11:28 PM

Looking forward to your updates!

Crown_princess

04-15-2009, 01:22 AM

Day 4!

Day 4
While DF sat in the hotel room editing photos and answering the phone, the almost-beautiful bride went to Grand Floridian Spa to bring her beauty up to 90% ready-bride status (the other 10% to be achieved by Patricia LeJeune). It was a rainy Sunday, March 29th, so when the bride arrived at GF Hotel she was stranded on the veranda looking out toward the spa, several hundred feet away and not yet insight due to the pool blocking her view. She decided to make a run for it and arrived at the spa only minimally damp.

She donned a spa robe, decided the spa’s slippers were hideous (so kept her own), and waited in the lounge for her name to be called for a French pedi and mani. The bride had learned when making her reservation that GF Spa only does “natural” nails, so she did not get her normal acrylic. She was hoping she wouldn’t ruin this mani, pedi in the next 24 hours, which is why she normally got acrylic nails.

The spa lounge is comfortable but not quiet the ambiance one might expect for a $110 mani, pedi. However there were free refreshments: tea, water, grapefruit, and mints.

The bride realized this was the first time she had had alone in over a week and felt suddenly tired. Relieved to leave the lounge and the annoyingly chatty woman breaking the serene silence of the lounge, the bride answered to her name and was escorted to a pedicure chair.

Oh, such bliss!! But she did not know that a mani, pedi French would take 1.5 hours! Her mani, pedi was scheduled for 10:30am and she had planned to meet her groom at 12:30pm in the hotel room to practice dancing, and at 1pm was to head back from Contemporary to GF Garden View Tea Room for her 2pm tea with family and in laws. The mani pedi did not end until 12:30pm, or later. She called her MOH to pick her up, but had to walk back to the hotel – shuffle in mani slippers – because the spa had no parking lot of it’s own.

Form there the bride and MOH rushed back to Contemporary for clothing change and makeup. No time for hair! The groom was panicked from constant phone calls – the bride had made it clear to all guests that she would not be answering a phone all week (and glad she did so), and the groom was paying the price.

Off MOH and the bride drove as fast as they could to GF, just a little late for the 2pm tea.

Some of the guests, among which were the bride’s mom, MIL, aunt in law, cousin in laws wife, two grandmas, sister in law (brides side), matron of honor, many had been driven by their menfolk.

After hurredly and forcibly telling the Tea Room hostess to add one to the reservation and that they must be out by 2:45pm in order to make the 3pm wedding rehearsal – this pissed them off good, the bride posed for a picture and forgot to smile!! Lol.

BTW, my brother took these pics and not Angrypenguin :)

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After that the Tea Room people managed to successfully serve 9 ladies in 45 min tea and sandwiches. All had a great time, and favors were exchanged afterwards outside of the lounge – the bride had read not to bother trying to do gifting in the lounge.

From there all found their own way (many picked up by their man and transported) to the wedding pavilion for the beautiful rehearsal. Many hugs were exchanged.

Steve, the bride’s friend’s husband, was the minister. He gently said quietly to the bride in private that she had planned a great deal and now it was time to let others do their jobs. The bride laughed and said, “Steve, is that your way of telling me to let go?” to which he replied “no.” But the bride knew this was what he meant and decided he was right. She was glad to have someone else boss around her wedding party, parents, and all and the following day ran perfectly smooth.

Carol Mikles, the gracious and always professional wedding planner, was present also. This was when the bride gave Carol anything for the wedding: programs, some small floral arrangements, the guest “vase.” These items were in a bag the bride was carrying , so MOH let Carol take the whole bag. Luckily, when the bride realized, during family snapshots at the picture point, that she had left her envisalign braces in the bag MOH was able to call Carol’s cell phone to ask her for them back. Carol got a good laugh out of this, and the braces were successfully obtained, since Carol had not gotten far.

A few shots of the rehearsal

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The rehearsal ended at 3:30pm. All people present, plus a few extra took their own transportation to Animal Kingdom lodge for the rehearsal dinner – 16 people total – at Boma Restraunt. In good tradition, the bride and groom got distracted at their hotel during the break (dinner starting at 4:50pm) and arrived about 20 min late to their own party.

Rehearsal dinner pics (these taken by Angrypenguin :))

The best man

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The MOH

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AP's mom and aunt

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Boma gave us a little surprise!

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AP's dad and our minister, Steve!

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My mom!

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Some family and friends

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Coming up next...the BIG DAY!!!

disneygal922

04-15-2009, 10:03 AM

Great update crown_princess! It looks like you had a wonderful rehearsal! Can't wait to see the recap of the big day!:goodvibes

tiggersam00

04-15-2009, 10:41 AM

great update! At least the rain was on the 29th not the 30th! You really did have amazing weather for your wedding day:goodvibes.

Good to know about the 2 hour mani/pedi too... that is a long time:rolleyes:

Crown_princess

04-15-2009, 12:36 PM

Great update crown_princess! It looks like you had a wonderful rehearsal! Can't wait to see the recap of the big day!:goodvibes

great update! At least the rain was on the 29th not the 30th! You really did have amazing weather for your wedding day:goodvibes.

Good to know about the 2 hour mani/pedi too... that is a long time:rolleyes:

Thanks!

Last night I was in the mood to write in third person. It was sort of my way of making fun of myself.

Just to warn people: book about 1.25 hours of your time to do the tea room. A traditional English tea is about an hour. What I did really ticked them off. But it couldn't be helped. I'm just glad they were nice about it once we got seated. They couldn't exactly turn away nine women in front of the bride - that would be mortifying for the bride!

linzwylie

04-15-2009, 04:28 PM

enjoying reading !

looking forward to hearing more !

Linz xxx :)

KSchwagg86

04-15-2009, 06:07 PM

This trip report is great...especially with the awesome pictures! :surfweb:

Lynn5700

04-15-2009, 08:08 PM

Aww look how cute you were at your bridal tea!!! So adorable! looks like you all had fun.

I love the picture of you two. It's so cute!

Rebclay

04-15-2009, 10:42 PM

Yay! Can't wait for the next update!! Sounds like everything went really well. I hope I can not answer my phone either the week of but i think my df would kill me. Love it so far.

Pirate's Princess

04-18-2009, 07:09 PM

your wedding vacation sounds so much fun and wonderful! I can't wait to hear about the wedding!

29apr00

04-18-2009, 09:32 PM

the bridal tea looks so fun and WOW for a 2 hr mani/pedi!! How relaxing that would be!!

princess22

04-18-2009, 11:05 PM

What a wonderful update. Your tea looked wonderful. Can't wait to read more (especially about the big day):thumbsup2

DISNEYMAGIC2005

04-19-2009, 03:19 AM

Love the pics and the tea looked great! Keep the updates coming! I don't know how you did it with a natural mani. I would have messed them up before they were finished doing them :laughing:

figmentfan814

04-20-2009, 11:12 AM

It amazes me how far away the spa is from the GF; it is such a trek! I have only been for a massage, but the mani/pedicure sounds wonderful too.

That is pretty impressive that they were able to get you through your tea so quickly. I think mine was about an hour and a half like you mentioned. Isn't it so much fun doing it with a large group of ladies :goodvibes I love the sashes that you had for MOH and yourself, so cute! Great shots with family at picture point too.

Can't wait to see the wedding day unfold!

Angrypenguin

04-26-2009, 03:26 AM

Hey everyone! Apologies for the lack of posting, but we've been in Hawaii for the past week! We stayed at the beautiful Marriott Ko Olina beach club, right down the street from Disney's new DVC.

Not much time to post yet, but we did want to share....Randy's preview of our big day! See the slideshow here:

http://chapmanphotography.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/04/julie-and-kevin-march-31-2009.html

Hope everyone's doing well!

MainStMandy

04-26-2009, 08:58 AM

I can't see the entire thing because of my stupid computer but I just wanted to say that you looked absolutely beautiful!!! Congratulations!

pink_tink8i8

04-26-2009, 10:58 AM

the slide show is fantastic :goodvibes

KSchwagg86

04-26-2009, 07:21 PM

GREAT pictures

Pirate's Princess

04-26-2009, 09:36 PM

Those pictures are awesome! I love the one with you in the hat!

Angrypenguin

04-30-2009, 09:29 PM

Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts, but I'll probably be writing an update for tonight! Also, we should be getting our wedding pictures next week, so stay tuned!

Just to hold you over until my "real" update comes later tonight, pics of Hawaii!

Happy to be here!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3557/3478612437_a2c0526a18_b.jpg

Our resort and the lagoon right behind it. Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3618/3478618759_0c2a45b2b5_b.jpg

Sunset
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Snorkeling with dolphins and sea turtles
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The Valley of the temples
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The Hawaiian Coast
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Watching the fishermen at Paradise Cove
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figmentfan814

04-30-2009, 09:44 PM

Love the pictures from Hawaii. My DH and I were there exactly a year ago this week on our honeymoon :goodvibes If I remember correctly the two of you were going to Oahu?

Your slideshow from Randy was fantastic too. I love the shots with you two checking the calendar on the phone. So, what did it actually say on it?

Angrypenguin

04-30-2009, 09:46 PM

Thanks, figment! Yep, we were on Oahu. We stayed on the Southwest tip, at a place called Ko Olina. It's actually the same coast where Disney is building their new DVC; we saw the construction down the street!

The whole coast there has 4 man-made lagoons; Marriott has a hotel on lagoon 1, and we were on lagoon 3. I believe the DVC is going up right at lagoon 2, if I'm not mistaken.

figmentfan814

04-30-2009, 09:49 PM

It looks a lot more peaceful there then where we stayed in Waikiki. I can definitely see why Disney is building there :thumbsup2 The area looks more like what we saw when we stayed in Maui.

Lynn5700

04-30-2009, 09:51 PM

WOW awesome pics!!! Do you photoshop your pictures? They are sooo awesome!!

Ok going to check out the wedding pictures now :)

Lynn5700

04-30-2009, 09:55 PM

Gorgeous wedding pics!! You guys are so cute.

Angrypenguin

05-03-2009, 11:59 PM

Thanks Lynn! We can't wait for our pics from Randy, we should get them this week!

I use Lightroom to touch up and organize my photos. I love it, very easy to use, hard to master :).

I hope everyone's doing well!

Crown_princess

05-04-2009, 01:52 AM

Hi all!
I've been quiet on the boards lately! We have had such an amazing time in Hawaii. Things have been busy in the home front too - lots of life events going on.

I think I am the only DisBride on the boards who has the luxury of a DH doing her posting for her. :lmao:

We are looking forward to getting more wedding pictures this week, from Randy, and may end up waiting for those to do our wedding day post.
They are so much better than the ones our friends took...although the ones our friends took were good too!

KSchwagg86

05-04-2009, 11:33 AM

LOVE the Hawaii pics :thumbsup2

PalmBeachPrincess

05-05-2009, 04:43 PM

Hi Princess & Penguin! So glad I didn't find this before your wedding or I wouldn't have been surprised! Was just looking around the boards and I found you! Hehe.... I have some pics from the wedding I can post if you want, I'm sure they are no where near as good as Randys though.

P.S. It's your friend who's getting married in the keys ;)

Angrypenguin

05-05-2009, 05:51 PM

Crown_princess

05-06-2009, 12:04 AM

PalmBeachPrincess

05-06-2009, 05:07 PM

Your Honeymoon Pics are gorgeous by the way, I want to go there, but I heard its alot more expensive than say some of the places in the Caribbean, did you find that?

Angrypenguin

05-07-2009, 05:36 PM

Angrypenguin

05-07-2009, 05:37 PM

Big Day morning, part 1:

So I wasn’t sure if I was going to be nervous the night before the wedding. You hear about the stories all the time, how the groom couldn’t sleep the night before, etc. etc., but I was sure it wouldn’t be me. It’s not like I was meeting this random girl for the first time as part of an arranged marriage; we’d been together for over five years.

I spent the night in the room next door, my best man’s room. We putzed around and talked for several hours, but he finally conked out around 1 a.m. I was a little nervous, since I knew Randy was going to show up at the girl’s room around 7:45 and hop on over a little later to grab pictures. So I tried sleeping, and just laid there like a potato for about an hour. Then I took out my iPhone and surfed the internet. Then I laid there some more. Then I took out my iPhone again and watched an episode of “The West Wing.” Then I tried turning around, and laid there like an overturned potato. Then I got up and sat on the balcony over looking Bay Lake for a bit. Fun fact: cast members clear out the trash around the resort around 3:30 a.m. in the night. They drive around one of those little carts with the flashing light.

Somewhere around 4-4:30 I finally dozed off, and then around 6 a.m. my eyes shot open. Time to get a move on!

My buddy got up as well, and grabbed me some coffee and a bagel. The coffee turned out not to be a great idea, because while I was worried I only got as much sleep as, well, something that doesn’t sleep much I suppose, the adrenaline of the day kept me going. Add to that the coffee, and I was twitching more than a meth addict with tourettes.

After getting dressed, and looking quite dapper, I ran to the bathroom to utilize the crapper. Wait, that’s not right. On a semi-serious note, I did have this fear that we’d be at the altar, and I wouldn’t be able to concentrate on everything happening because I’d have to pee really bad. I’ve affectionally coined this feeling as “micturitionphobia”

Randy came over and we took some snaps, and around 8:45 a.m. my BM and I headed out the door down to the lobby to catch our limo to the Grand Floridian. Was I nervous? Sure. I felt even more self conscious because the entire population of the Contemporary Resort stared at us as we walked, probably whispering “look at those crazy people in tuxes. How do they expect to walk around Epcot like that?”

I grabbed a bottle of water in the limo and sipped it on the way to the GF, with a goal of hydrating myself just enough not to fall over (remember: fear of peeing). Once we got to the GF, we were met by one of Carol’s assistants. Since I’m terrible with names, I’ll just call her DINO for Diligent Instigator of Nuptial Organization.

DINO greeted us and announced through her secret-service like walkie talkie that the groom had arrived, and let us know that my parental units were wandering around the GF lobby somewhere. They finally stopped by and we had hugs all around. Randy showed up and snapped a few more pictures, while I nervously waited for the day to really begin. I’d always imagined I’d be bouncing up and down and a be a nervous wreck on my wedding day, and while I was anxious, I wasn’t nearly as nervous as I anticipated. Sure, lots of people would be staring at us, but lots of people stare at me due to my chiseled physique anyway, so that wasn’t new. After all, I was marrying a beautiful girl that was also my closest friend; a girl who rubs my head to calm me down and make me feel better, a girl who lets me stand in line for 9 hours at the Apple store to buy a stupid phone and still loves me anyway. I was ready to go, let’s do it!

Pirate's Princess

05-07-2009, 09:25 PM

It is so nice and refreshing to hear a groom's side of the story...And that last part...so sweet!!!

Petals & Pixie Dust

05-07-2009, 09:41 PM

Loving it!!! Ok Crown Princess your turn! popcorn::

tiggersam00

05-08-2009, 11:16 AM

Loving it!!! Ok Crown Princess your turn! popcorn::

ITA!:goodvibes

KSchwagg86

05-08-2009, 01:41 PM

more of your gorgeous pictures please!! :thumbsup2

29apr00

05-08-2009, 04:40 PM

Aw! Your version of the start to your wedding day is so sweet!! :love:

PalmBeachPrincess

05-08-2009, 10:54 PM

Hey PBP! I can't speak for the hotel, as my parents graciously allowed us to trade their timeshare for the Ko Olina resort, but I believe it runs anywhere from 300-650/night. I know there are a lot of deals out there for the bigger resorts near Honolulu/Waikiki, so keep checking!

As for normal expenses, I would say restaurants and so forth are pretty standard. Museums and other attractions aren't super expensive either, no more than anywhere else a tourist would go. I got a deal on the rental car using priceline, so I don't think it's that much more expensive than any other normal vacation. Plus, it keeps us in the U.S., which is great. However, flying to Hawaii from the east coast can get fairly pricey I think (I haven't checked). It's easier for us simply because Los Angeles is the last main airport in CONUS that can go direct, so flights are more reasonable.

Yeah, the flight from Florida to Texas to Hawaii is fairly pricey. The Ko Olina Marriott really isn't too bad though. I'm seriously considering it because it looks gorgeous and it's the best of both worlds - beach and cultural/historical/attraction stuff. I was previously looking at the Dominican Republic and all there really is there is Beach. Plus my parents honeymooned in Hawaii so I think that would make it special too. My mom at lobster every single night of her honeymoon in Hawaii :lmao:

camara381

05-09-2009, 10:38 AM

Aw I love the Groomy version!!! So sweet.

Crown_princess

05-09-2009, 01:19 PM

First I have to say that our wedding was absolutely perfect. There were some minor things off, that I was surprised Disney forgot, but I didn't even realize they were wrong until my head cleared of bridal bliss 2 days later.

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You know all wedding planning books say not to wash your hair less than 24 hours before the wedding. But with all of the running around we had been doing, at about 11pm the night before I was dreading the idea of my hair being greasy in wedding pictures! Since I moved to Los Angeles, I've become much more conscious of hair, makeup, and clothes. This might sound shallow, but it’s difficult not to change a little from this crazy place! Anyway, I hit the shower convincing myself in my bridal madness that somehow it is possible to just wash the top part of one’s head.

The next day I crawled out of bed at 6am with my squeaky clean hair and had a bowl of cereal. MOH slept in the room with me – oh and our room was amazing – so we opened the blinds and welcomed beloved Patricia into the room at 6:30am. She had a big rolling makeup kit with her, most of which she wouldn’t need as I was doing airbrush and hair, and my MOH and mom were just getting hair.

Mom arrived next, all twittering with excitement. I didn’t have much to say, as I was all business and about sticking to the minute-by-minute schedule DH and I had given to our wedding party and families. Disney floral arrived and had me close my eyes so my mom could ooh and ahh over the bouquet, then they had her hand it to me and open my eyes. We took a picture on someone’s camera, probably MOH’s, and haven’t seen it yet.

We stuck mom in the chair to get her out of there ASAP so that she could go back to Polynesian, from Contemporary, to get dressed. MOH sat on the stool while we thought my mom was going back to the hotel, and then it happened…my mom came into the room saying she didn’t like her hair, because my dad said she looked 70!! Who says that?!

Of the 6:30 – 8:40 getting ready time, MOH probably took 15 or 20 min. I knew from my trial that I needed an hour at minimum for hair and make up. It was already 7:30. My hair was set, but I new that I would still need an hour, and that didn’t even include time to get my dress on. I was panicked. Ugh!!! I am going to do my best on my daughter’s wedding day to remember that it is HER day and I need to be careful not to hog all the get-ready time. DH will have to remind me maybe, but I’m not letting that one be me.

I told my mother sternly that she had to be done by 7:50 and her time was up, and it was very embarrassing to have Patricia and Randy, who had come for getting ready pictures sometime during the whole mom debacle, see me like that. Patricia later told me she was grateful I said it. So my mom was done by 7:50 am and I was in the chair immediately – airbrush make up first, then hair. We weren’t done until 8:40am. MOH and Patricia had to help me get dressed in less than 5 minutes, which meant I didn’t even have a chance to check a mirror to see if I looked right. I had also arranged to buy a lip gloss from Patricia to touch up my color, and forgot it. I think it would have enhanced all of our pictures if I had had gloss on – it wears off so fast! My mom never apologized for the rush she put me in, and I’m still bitter about it when I think about it. Maybe she has no idea. But don’t get me wrong, I don’t think about it regularly, it’s just when I’m writing this. To add insult to injury, my parents didn’t even give us a wedding card, and we paid for the wedding ourselves.

Okay, done ranting…on to happier things.

So the original plan was for the parents to meet us a GF lobby for pre-ceremony pictures. MOH and I got in the limo and stopped to pick up the grandmas and my parents at Poly (another delay), but since we were behind schedule I sent my parents off to WP with my grandmothers in the limo, once MOH and I got out at GF. As soon as we stepped out and walked away, MOH said she felt so much tension melt away from me. She had to remind me that I was Cinderella to all the little girls in GF lobby, and to smile. This was not only was a perfectly beautiful reprimand, it made me smile!

I have to say: I love GF lobby, Victorian is my fantasy style.

So while I thought DH would not understand the romance of “the reveal” that Randy was setting up, I had underestimated the sentiment a man feels on his wedding day. It was so heart warming to walk out to the patio behind the lobby and see my groom sitting nervously waiting. I wanted to run to him, but Randy told me where to stand and then had DH turn around. It was timeless!

From there we had an amazing time taking serious, silly, sassy, and artistic pictures. Randy did an amazing job!

Afterwards we were whisked away with MOH and BM to WP. We walked up to the pavilion together (guests inside) and parted. I went to the bridal vestibule and I THINK he went to the groom’s.

When I went to the bridal vestibule I immediately had to pee. Those stories of brides having their MOH hold their dress up while they pee always made me think I would be mortified to have someone in the stall with me, but I found an alternate pee-ing method.
I lifted up my dress, scooted my panties to the side, and when straight toward the toilet, no turning around! This made MOH and I both giggle as she stood behind me holding the back of the dress. But I still couldn’t pee! That’s when MOH randomly started singing a song about peeing. Hahahahaha. With the reassurance that she wouldn’t be focusing on the sound of my tinkle, I peed. This became our peeing method the rest of the day – and since I was constantly drinking water and tea, I had to pee at least 5 times.

Randy took some pictures of us waiting in the little room, and the music in the WP was piped into the room too –fun.

After this, MOH went to get in line to walk into the ceremony. I became very nervous. Like run and hide nervous. I should mention that my WP put my dad in the room with me too, and his very presence tends to set me off in anger. So I was singing to myself and looking in the mirror so that I could ignore him and my own nerves.

Finally the music and Carol let me know it was time to walk down the isle. My dad was as cute as a little boy – all bouncy to do his special job. I found the mirrors between the entrance to WP and the doors to the chapel very useful – I checked my posture and my bouquet placement, as well as reminded my dad to mind my dress. Then in we went!

I couldn’t look around too much, I just focused on DH. He was so handsome and looked so happy! My dad handed me off and we were on with the show!

I think this is a good point to stop and let DH describe where he went and what he was feeling before, during and after the ceremony.

I promise not to complain in my next post!

THANK YOU FOR READING.

Angrypenguin

05-10-2009, 07:24 PM

Hi honey!

KSchwagg86

05-11-2009, 12:42 AM

This trip report gives me warm fuzzies :lovestruc

Angrypenguin

05-11-2009, 07:34 PM

Pics are in! After sorting through and editing an ungodly amount of pictures, I've posted a "few" online! Randy's fantastic, he got some great shots. I helped a bit in the editing part :). Here are a few teasers; more at the three (!) links below. Warning, there are a lot of pics!

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3589/3521898168_8208ec491f.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3663/3521917280_856c2caef9.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3662/3521617753_48f42721c0_b.jpg

200+ pics HERE!

SET 1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinkyen/sets/72157617894421047/

SET 2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinkyen/sets/72157617895937955/

SET 3
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinkyen/sets/72157617897969695/

Let us know what you think!!

KSchwagg86

05-11-2009, 09:23 PM

yay for pictures!!

Scrapbook Stacy

05-11-2009, 09:26 PM

GREAT photos! I love the ones with the fireworks!

Stacy

Angrypenguin

05-11-2009, 09:32 PM

yay for pictures!!

GREAT photos! I love the ones with the fireworks!

Stacy

Thanks! We're pretty happy with them :goodvibes

lizet313

05-12-2009, 11:10 AM

Am in trying to catch up to all this excitement. popcorn::

bridetobe789

05-12-2009, 11:43 AM

You look sooo gorgeous!! Your pictures look so amazing !!

29apr00

05-12-2009, 12:01 PM

beautiful pictures!!

LittleStinkerbelle

05-12-2009, 12:03 PM

Your pictures turned out amazing! You look so beautiful. Looks like a great day--love your reception.:goodvibes

Angrypenguin

05-12-2009, 12:42 PM

Am in trying to catch up to all this excitement. popcorn::

Thanks! Glad to have you along!

You look sooo gorgeous!! Your pictures look so amazing !!

She does look great, doesn't she? I've only posted pictures of myself when I didn't look really goofy. In all honesty, I think this is the best pic of me of the day: ;)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3379/3521115607_16e3b4cecb.jpg

beautiful pictures!!

Thank you! We're really happy with them.

Your pictures turned out amazing! You look so beautiful. Looks like a great day--love your reception.:goodvibes

Thanks Stinkerbelle! Great name, lol!

Hope everyone's having a great day!

lizet313

05-12-2009, 12:49 PM

I just finished reading your whole PTR / TR wow. I am impressed with all the arrangements and plans can't wait to hear more. Congrats on everything the weeding the camera all the flowers dress etc. Great updates.

Angrypenguin

05-12-2009, 03:41 PM

Welcome, lizet!

I just wanted to reiterate that our photographer, Randy Chapman, did a fantastic job capturing the day. Not only that, when we got our proof albums, the bindings were broken, and he made it super easy to swap them out. I highly recommend him, he's fantastic!

Knelson85

05-12-2009, 05:18 PM

Your pics and TR are amazing!!!!! I LOVE your cake....I didn't know they would paint the topper....I may have to use that idea!

Crown_princess

05-12-2009, 08:39 PM

Hi! Thank you for all of the wonderful comments!

I'm so happy with our pictures!

Randy Chapman was amazing and did a great job making sure we got the "look" we wanted. AngryPenguin gets very um...angry :rotfl:....(jk) if his pictures don't look good. Actually he is way to sweet to show his anger to people, but he is really into photography and knew exactly what he wanted.

If every groom has one wedding detail they care about, this would have been his. Although he was very involved in the whole process:love:. Even though sometimes he didn't want to be bc I was crazy. :rotfl2:

Thank you for reading and looking!

figmentfan814

05-13-2009, 12:28 PM

Your pictures really are fantastic, Randy never ceases to do a great job! I don't have time to look at all of them now, but am looking forward to seeing all your shots on Flicker.

I love hearing the groom's perspective. I have asked DH on several occasions what he was thinking, but I think he is afraid to admit that he was pretty nervous. His mood is definitely evident in some of our shots though, so he's not fooling me ;)

Crown Princess: I totally understand where you're coming from with your mom, only for me it was MIL. I am still bitter (over a year later!) that we didn't even get a card from her. For goodness sakes you can buy them at the dollar store and DH is her only child! Okay, enough of that, just thought I would tell you that your rant is completely acceptable.

Crown_princess

05-13-2009, 08:59 PM

starann

05-13-2009, 10:01 PM

AG........

what do your rings say? I noticed that they were..ohcrap..i can't think of the word, but you know what I mean........

2BoysMom

05-13-2009, 10:16 PM

Angrypenguin

05-13-2009, 10:33 PM

LOL nope we're not done, we're still here!

The next update will come soon. I epically failed at cleaning the oven, so crown_princess is taking care of it. Well, at least I tried :)

Angrypenguin

05-13-2009, 10:43 PM

AG........

what do your rings say? I noticed that they were..ohcrap..i can't think of the word, but you know what I mean........

It's mandarin, and it's "shing fu," which is a phrase that basically means blessed, or total wealth. So when you say someone has it, it means they have happiness, love, financial stability, the whole package :).

The funny thing is in that picture, Randy put it upside down;), even though I told him what the right side is. Oh well, the pic was still great.

Angrypenguin

05-13-2009, 10:53 PM

Your pics and TR are amazing!!!!! I LOVE your cake....I didn't know they would paint the topper....I may have to use that idea!

Thanks! I told CP we needed more color and she came up with that idea. We were surprised that Dis did not charge extra for it - or the pink swags!

Luvmyfam3

05-14-2009, 09:44 AM

Crown_princess

05-14-2009, 01:23 PM

Julie and Kevin,

Your pictures are AMAZING!! I even emailed Randy to let him know what a great job I thought he did! :worship: Unfortunately, he's not available on my wedding date. :sad2: I told him we should have changed our wedding date to accomodate him! lol

Anyway, your wedding was truly beautiful. You both look so very happy! :cloud9:

Kim
Thank you so much!

You joke, but actually we DID change our wedding date to accomodate Randy and Patricia LeJeune.

We changed our venue right before our initial contract. In order to get both Randy and Patricia (which I knew I wanted) I called them and picked a Monday in March they were both available. I didn't mind at all. It's a good story so I just thought I would share.

Angrypenguin

05-14-2009, 03:14 PM

Julie and Kevin,

Your pictures are AMAZING!! I even emailed Randy to let him know what a great job I thought he did! :worship: Unfortunately, he's not available on my wedding date. :sad2: I told him we should have changed our wedding date to accomodate him! lol

Anyway, your wedding was truly beautiful. You both look so very happy! :cloud9:

Kim

Thanks, Kim! As Julie stated, we had to change our date to accomodate Randy. I still remember the panicked phone calls that morning as I was bouncing between DFTW and Randy.

Glad to have you along!

figmentfan814

05-14-2009, 03:21 PM

Hey! Go Blue!
Sorry, I have to say that.

Thank you for your support. I felt sort of self conscious revealing my frustration. I was thinking people would think I'm a witch. :rolleyes1

Don't worry that's what we're all here for as a sounding board for fellow Dis:bride:

Just wanted to say that I got a chance to look at all of your photos and they are fantastic. Great editing job by Kevin too. I am starting a Photoshop class next week for fun and am hoping to get creative with some of our wedding pictures too.

My best attempt at maize and blue on here ~ lol. I tried to do the yellow, but you can't read it at all!

Angrypenguin

05-15-2009, 11:30 AM

Thanks figment! Enjoy your photoshop class! I currently use lightroom, but I've been thinking of branching out.

Next parts, coming soon!

Tink&PirateMama

05-15-2009, 01:23 PM

I just wanted to say your pictures are beautiful!! :goodvibes

Angrypenguin

05-16-2009, 11:25 AM

Thanks, Tink!

Hopefully we'll have an update sometime today. Stay tuned :)

Lynn5700

05-17-2009, 11:33 AM

Aww you guys I love your pictures. They are so beautiful, and soo much fun. I love them.

Angrypenguin

05-18-2009, 01:06 AM

Aww you guys I love your pictures. They are so beautiful, and soo much fun. I love them.

Thanks, Lynn! Welcome back.:cool1:

Angrypenguin

05-18-2009, 01:56 AM

So Crown_princess left off with us at the altar. Our minister (and friend) Steve began the ceremony. I’d articulate on the specifics of the ceremony, but I honestly have no idea what happened. There was some speaking, we held hands, we lit a candle, and bam, we were done.

Me waiting for my bride:

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Walking down the aisle

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Us doing...something

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We did it!

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One thing I do want to mention; we bought a high def camcorder and had a friend video tape the ceremony for us. He set up at the front toward the left on a tripod, and captured a lot of the great moments. However, one thing he didn’t think of; looking back toward the entrance of the pavilion, he didn’t take into account that when the bride enters, everyone stands up and blocks out your view. So a tip for anyone who has a friend video taping the ceremony, be ready when people stand at the bride entrance :)

We walked down the aisle together as husband and wife, and swung a left to do pictures with the arch:

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After the pictures, we walked from the pavilion to the bridge to get our awesome staged exit. One thing they don’t tell you is how long the walk is from the pavilion, over the bridge and to the exit point. It’s a little funny how you can see everyone getting ready for the exit, and that they can see you coming for the staged exit, but it takes five minutes to get to the exit point, ruining any feeling of spontaneity that might exist. Still, it made for a great photo opportunity, and we walked (briskly!) through our receiving line and got into the limo. But not without getting a few more photos:

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In the limo, we took a deep breath, went down the street, sat for a few minutes, then turned back around. Carol and her assistants kept the family held back for some pictures in the pavilion. We took our required pictures with the family, then shooed them away to the reception so we could get to the fun pictures!

We posed for fun pictures in the pavilion, and as we really made pictures the priority, we went down to the beach area and snapped a bunch of pictures as well. We got some great ones with Julie throwing her veil around in the wind, and at one point while posing, we got visited by a couple of ducks! They walked up right next to us ;)

In the pavilion:

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Where'd I come from??!?
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Playin' it cool
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The "opening the door" shot
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Gotta remember to eat!
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Awwww
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We be cool.
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On the beach!
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Duckies!
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Modeling:
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We took pictures for about an hour, before it was decided that it was time for us to make an appearance at the reception. We made our way to the Contemporary, where one of Carol’s assistants was sitting out front to meet us. We took the private elevator to the California Grill.
Everyone was waiting inside the Napa room, while we took a moment to ourselves outside in the main restaurant, taking a drink of water and having a quick potty break. Coincidentally, we met a California Grill CM that was working our wedding who was from my home town in Michigan! What are the chances of that?

Steve, our minister and friend began the announcements, and we got to see our reception event for the first time. The room was beautiful! This is Julie’s reaction to seeing our cake:

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Angrypenguin

05-18-2009, 01:57 AM

Here's the cake:
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Additionally, they did a beautiful job in decorating our sweetheart table (Julie made those little vase/flower pieces herself):

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Our streamer:
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And our “guest book” (or rather, guest vase) table:
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The Napa room was a perfect size for thirty people. *Side note: while I was typing this, we just had an earthquake!
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Rings and other little details:

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Our menu cards:
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Our guests nibbled on the cheese platter while we took pictures, and after we sat, we were finally able to get some food. First on the docket, goat cheese ravioli!

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We got great feedback on this; people loved the ravioli. It was very flavorful, the tomato wasn’t overpowering, but I personally found the goat cheese a little strong.

Next up, the fillet:
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More than a few of our guests came up to us and raved about how tender and delicious the steak was. I have to agree, it was cooked beautifully :thumbsup2. I'm a foodie too, so I was very happy with the way the fillet turned out. When I was able to eat it, that is. Everyone kept coming up to talk to us, it took us forever to finish off the food!

And, of course, Cinderella's slipper :)

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We fought for awhile on whether to include the slipper or not, but I definitely wanted it because it just screamed "Disney", and I knew everyone would get a huge kick out of it. Needless to say, it didn't disappoint, as we gleefully watched people's reactions when the slipper was served. Lots of gasping, oohs and ahhhs, and camera flashes starting appearing! :thumbsup2

Coming up next: finishing up the reception, and are we really going to ride the monorail in our wedding attire?

bridetobe789

05-18-2009, 11:16 AM

Your wedding was absolutely gorgeous!! You guys are such a cute couple!

lizet313

05-18-2009, 11:24 AM

Beautiful pics wow I love the vase idea and the rings in the rose. :cloud9:

CinderelliT

05-18-2009, 02:18 PM

Your cake is to die for!!! I love the colors, and you guys seem like such a fun couple! Congratulations. I've had a lot of fun looking at your pictures.

Angrypenguin

05-18-2009, 05:24 PM

Your wedding was absolutely gorgeous!! You guys are such a cute couple!

Thanks! Princess is much cuter than me, so she elevates the overall cuteness factor, I think. :)

Beautiful pics wow I love the vase idea and the rings in the rose. :cloud9:

The vase was all her idea! The rings in the rose pic is great, except for the fact that my ring is upside down. ;) Only Chinese people would probably recognize that though, so...only about a billion people would notice :).

Your cake is to die for!!! I love the colors, and you guys seem like such a fun couple! Congratulations. I've had a lot of fun looking at your pictures.

Thank you! The cake turned out really well. As you can see, Crown_Princess seemed pleased with it.

juligrl

05-18-2009, 08:06 PM

De-lurking for a moment to say Wow! Those are fantastic photos!

Congrats on the wedding!

Angrypenguin

05-19-2009, 08:30 PM

De-lurking for a moment to say Wow! Those are fantastic photos!

Congrats on the wedding!

Thanks, juligrl! We're happy you de-lurked, feel free to hang around :)

29apr00

05-19-2009, 08:37 PM

beautiful pictures! The cake is amazing and I love the decor for the reception, the flowers are so pretty!

Yikes on the earthquake! Hope you are all OK!

Crown_princess

05-20-2009, 07:16 PM

Thanks for all your comments. We are very happy on how everything turned out.
Now we're just two bugs in a rug, right sweetie? :lovestruc:cloud9:

LuluLovesDisney

05-20-2009, 09:22 PM

Crown_princess

05-21-2009, 08:34 PM

Wow, I just read all 32 pages. I can't believe I didn't see this sooner! We are wedding twins- I am having mine at the WP and CG, too! AND I am in the process of getting veneers on my 2 front teeth (well, 1 crown w/ porcelain and a matching porcelain veneer). And my wedding is pink, lol!

I love everything and it is wonderful to hear the groom's perspective as well.

Your wedding pictures are gorgeous and your TR is so much fun to read!

I am SO glad you loved the food at CG. It's hard to figure a menu without a tasting, I hate that about CG.

Did you do a prereception? Do you have any advice regarding the food choices?

Your fireworks pics are amazing, too!

Thanks so much for sharing!

We are totally wedding twins!
Funny how Dis makes the prereception sound like a separate event. Basically they just have people go to the reception location and eat food and drink from your bar package. Then when you show up you get a little of the pre-reception time to taste leftovers from that, and they start the reception.

The food that they are eating before you get there is basically what a pre-reception is.

We did the cheese platter - which was really a cheese bar since it wasn't served individually. Our guests all liked at least a couple of the cheeses that were served, and I liked them all....because I love cheese!:banana:
Note: you don't really get much time to taste stuff from your pre-reception. We specifically asked when we got to CG for the server to bring us a plate with all the cheeses and pairings, so we could pick at it. But we were so excited the whole day that we didn't eat more than half of anything served. I didn't eat any of the dessert party. But everyone loved it.

AP, do you have a picture you can post of the cheese? MUAH

Angrypenguin

05-27-2009, 03:37 AM

So our reception continued, and I started getting nervous about our first dance. I, like many of the male species, refuse to dance out of fear of ridicule. However, Crown_Princess was fairly adamant about having a “proper” first dance, and two days prior, my parents came to our hotel room and taught us to properly do the Box Step. We picked our song, (“How You Live”, by Point of Grace), and Julie and I practiced the night before while the best man and MOH watched us and mocked me silently with their eyes. I must say though, after an hour or two, I started to actually look like I knew what I was doing.

Before the dances though, were the speeches. The MOH and Best man gave lovely speeches:

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Julie’s father had a few quaint words to say:
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Not to be outdone, my father prepared a very long soliloquy. I believe he recited “The Odyssey” in its entirety somewhere in his speech. It was loooooong. We started to squirm at one point. But ah, we love him.

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The obligatory slide-show (put together by my friend Alex) was then shown, who did a fantastic slideshow. One of the best ones I’ve seen.

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Next, dancing time!

We hooked up the iPod (old school iPod Mini, hurrah!)
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And we danced!

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Give it up for the “twirl”.

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I’d like to take a break here for a second and give a few tips for you all getting married. First of all, try not to pick a five minute song. When everyone’s staring at you, that five minute song transforms into a fifteen minute song and it begins to feel redundant. Second, if you’re in the Napa Room, Disney will pipe in the house music, which is actually very nice. We had our own playlist all ready on the iPod, and while it was nice, I found that the house music seemed perfectly acceptable.

After all the dancing and fun, people mingled and we wandered out to the balcony to take a few photos.

She sees a handsome man.
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Oh no, she found me!
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The ladies.
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I started getting a little loopy. It was probably the 3 sips of champagne that I had:
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By this point, things were wrapping up, and Crown_Princess needed to address everyone to make sure everyone knew the bus schedule for the dessert party that evening.

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As people were leaving, Randy came over and asked if we wanted to do an extra session at the Grand Floridian, since we ran out of time that morning and didn’t get a chance to do any inside shots. This was really kind of him; technically his time was up with us, but he wanted us to have the best shoot possible. Unfortunately, our limo time had run out, so we didn’t have a quick way of getting there except the monorail, and we were a bit uneasy riding the monorail in our wedding attire. However, a shoot at the GF was too good to pass up, so we sucked it up and dealt with the odd stares from people as we walked through the contemporary, rode the escalator, and got in line for the monorail.

While waiting in line, a nice CM asked if we wanted to ride in front, to which we replied quickly agreed to. Things got even better, because as we pulled into the GF, Randy was waiting at the monorail station to greet us. We waved to him as we were pulling in, and once he saw we were at the front, rushed to the door to try to get a few snaps of us. Turns out, he didn’t need to rush. The monorail driver graciously allowed him to get into the front with us, and actually held up the train for us while we spent a good five to ten minutes getting shots! We stepped out, and they held the train for us even longer to get even more shots in front of the monorail. How cool is that? People continued to stare at us as Randy snapped away; we felt like Jon and Kate Gosselin, only without the infidelity rumors, tabloid press, and gaggle of children following us around.

This is what happens when you let me drive.
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More power!
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Out front
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Still buzzing from the monorail excitement, we followed Randy inside and got some photos in the GF

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Us looking out the window
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Up next: Dessert Party time! And why are we doing an Irish Jig?

LittleStinkerbelle

05-27-2009, 08:39 AM

Love the monorail pics!!!

figmentfan814

05-27-2009, 10:26 AM

My DH was super nervous about our dance too, so I can definitely sympathize. He has a pained look on his face through most of it in our video since he was concentrating so much. Probably a good plan to stick with the basics like the box step. I made him go through dance lessons and we had the whole thing choreographed which just added to his stress over it :rotfl: I love the pictures from your reception, that is such a wonderful venue. The shots of the monorail are awesome! That is so cool that Randy was willing to take the extra time at the GF plus the monorail shots are so Disney! Out of curiosity if you don't mind sharing, did Disney charge very much for the projector?

disneygal922

05-27-2009, 11:31 AM

I always love reading your updates! They make me smile:goodvibes

tiggerrifficheidi

05-27-2009, 12:06 PM

I've loved PoG since I saw them in concert when I was a freshman at Texas A&M in 1995!!! I never thought about that song! I'm listening to it now, and the meaning is a great choice...but I see what you mean about the length! It's still beautiful!

Angrypenguin

05-27-2009, 01:55 PM

Love the monorail pics!!!

Thanks! We had a lot of fun taking them.

My DH was super nervous about our dance too, so I can definitely sympathize. He has a pained look on his face through most of it in our video since he was concentrating so much. Probably a good plan to stick with the basics like the box step. I made him go through dance lessons and we had the whole thing choreographed which just added to his stress over it :rotfl: I love the pictures from your reception, that is such a wonderful venue. The shots of the monorail are awesome! That is so cool that Randy was willing to take the extra time at the GF plus the monorail shots are so Disney! Out of curiosity if you don't mind sharing, did Disney charge very much for the projector?

Yikes, I don't think I could deal with a choreographed dance. I originally just wanted to do the "hold each other and sway" thing, but Crown_Princess kept saying "that's so high school!" :lmao:

I always love reading your updates! They make me smile:goodvibes

Glad we could help make you smile! Thanks for joining us.

I've loved PoG since I saw them in concert when I was a freshman at Texas A&M in 1995!!! I never thought about that song! I'm listening to it now, and the meaning is a great choice...but I see what you mean about the length! It's still beautiful!

It's a great song! The time of the song is perfect for a box step. Which is good, since that's the only thing I know how to do now. :confused3

Angrypenguin

05-27-2009, 02:10 PM

juligrl

05-27-2009, 04:32 PM

Great pics! Great TR! Fun, fun!

Crown_princess

05-27-2009, 11:08 PM

Thanks, honey for posting. ;)
I always fall asleep early on the nights it's my turn. :headache:

Lynn5700

05-28-2009, 12:03 AM

OMG adorable!!! I'm so in love with your update!!!!! Awesome pictures! Love the monorail pictures, and the one of you on the stairs. So beautiful!

Angrypenguin

05-28-2009, 12:16 AM

OMG adorable!!! I'm so in love with your update!!!!! Awesome pictures! Love the monorail pictures, and the one of you on the stairs. So beautiful!

Awe, thanks Lynn! We're glad to have you following along :):thumbsup2

figmentfan814

05-29-2009, 12:31 AM

Yikes, I don't think I could deal with a choreographed dance. I originally just wanted to do the "hold each other and sway" thing, but Crown_Princess kept saying "that's so high school!" :lmao:

I told my buddy that his slideshow had better be worth 750 bucks.
She is so right! Or in the words of our dance instructor, "there's nothing worse than seeing a bride and groom rock back and forth with his hand on the bride's butt the whole time!" :rotfl: Of course, I know you weren't talking about doing your dance that way. It definitely sounds like your buddy didn't disappoint which is great!

Looking forward to hearing the bride's perspective soon :bride:

acwinsett

06-02-2009, 07:18 PM

Congratulations on your recent wedding! I hope you guys have been having a blast as a married couple!

I just found and read your entire planning journal today. It's amazing! And I'm so excited (and just a teeny bit creeped out) that we could practically be wedding twins!

We're also having a Wedding Pavilion ceremony and a Napa Room reception. No dessert party because we're having an evening wedding and we'll be at the CG for the Wishes display.

It is so exciting to finally see photos of that room decorated. And you guys apparently have very similar tastes to ours - even down to the font on your printed materials :rotfl:

So, thanks a TON, for sharing your story and your photos! I will probably be visiting your Flickr site a thousand times between now and our planning session . . . CONGRATS again, you guys look like a really nice and fun couple!

lizet313

06-03-2009, 09:04 AM

WOW beautiful pictures. :lovestruc

Todd_H

06-03-2009, 11:28 AM

Congratulations, Kevin and Julie!

Hey Kevin, I told you I was going to read your entire journal and I just finished it. Looks and sounds like you guys had a great wedding. If my DW and I had it to do over again, we would definitely go the Disney Wedding route. Love all the pictures, especially those of the monorail and at the GF. We only had a pro photographer at our wedding ceremony, not at our reception which, looking back, was a big mistake. We put a disposable camera on each guest table at the reception and you should see some of the ridiculous stuff we got back :scared1:!

Anyway, thanks for sharing!

Angrypenguin

06-03-2009, 01:13 PM

She is so right! Or in the words of our dance instructor, "there's nothing worse than seeing a bride and groom rock back and forth with his hand on the bride's butt the whole time!" :rotfl: Of course, I know you weren't talking about doing your dance that way. It definitely sounds like your buddy didn't disappoint which is great!

Looking forward to hearing the bride's perspective soon :bride:

I'm looking forward to hearing her too! Every night it's, "I'm gonna post" or "I'll post soon!" and then she falls asleep reading a book. Then the cycle repeats itself on a nightly basis:lmao:

Congratulations on your recent wedding! I hope you guys have been having a blast as a married couple!

I just found and read your entire planning journal today. It's amazing! And I'm so excited (and just a teeny bit creeped out) that we could practically be wedding twins!

We're also having a Wedding Pavilion ceremony and a Napa Room reception. No dessert party because we're having an evening wedding and we'll be at the CG for the Wishes display.

It is so exciting to finally see photos of that room decorated. And you guys apparently have very similar tastes to ours - even down to the font on your printed materials :rotfl:

So, thanks a TON, for sharing your story and your photos! I will probably be visiting your Flickr site a thousand times between now and our planning session . . . CONGRATS again, you guys look like a really nice and fun couple!

No problem! You'll have a wonderful wedding; feel free to ask any questions. I'm sure Crown_Princess would love to answer them, if she's not asleep on the couch ;-)

I really liked the Napa room; it was clean and modern, with a great view. You'll really enjoy it!

I was also wondering who was checking on my flickr site; my views keep going up!

WOW beautiful pictures. :lovestruc

Thanks lizet :). How's that new XSi working for you?

Congratulations, Kevin and Julie!

Hey Kevin, I told you I was going to read your entire journal and I just finished it. Looks and sounds like you guys had a great wedding. If my DW and I had it to do over again, we would definitely go the Disney Wedding route. Love all the pictures, especially those of the monorail and at the GF. We only had a pro photographer at our wedding ceremony, not at our reception which, looking back, was a big mistake. We put a disposable camera on each guest table at the reception and you should see some of the ridiculous stuff we got back :scared1:!

Anyway, thanks for sharing!

Hey Todd, thanks for joining us! You really read the entire thing? :worship:

We thought about the disposable camera idea, but looking around I think we had 3 guests with DSLRs and everyone else had their own cameras.

You know, Disney Wedding DOES do Vow Renewals....just food for thought :). Might cut into the camera budget a bit though:thumbsup2

We'll be posting soon! The Dessert Party is coming up, then the remainder of our vacation. Unfortunately, Randy didn't take the vacation pics, so you're stuck with mine :).

Have a great day everyone!

lizet313

06-03-2009, 01:41 PM

Thanks for asking. I love my XSI right now I am just trying to get a feel for it get to know all the settings. I have reading a lot of threads in Dis online and in books. The information is very useful I took some pictures this weekend. I will post them in my PTR and I will let you know so you can check them out right now I have been using auto I will start experimenting this weekend.

I am really enjoying your TR it is an amazing wedding.

Crown_princess

06-06-2009, 01:29 AM

I just want to say that I am very touched by the number of people who read and post on our journal. :hug:

I feel like I owe an explanation for my absence: I work about 10 hours a day on a computer but am too busy to surf the internet and by the time I get home my eyes are too tired and sore to look at a monitor. DH never seems to have this eye problem (we think it is because he has anti-glare on his glasses and I don't wear glasses) so, bless him, he posts for me. ;):lovestruc

The next post is mine and is already written, just getting the pics together.
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Hope you enjoy!

Crown_princess

06-06-2009, 04:02 AM

Yes, that's right, I have finally delegated some time to sit and write of our wedding day. As you've read, it was a day which dreams were made of, and the magic continued on at our dessert party.

After pictures with Randy, DF and I rode the monorail back to Contemporary. I highly recommend staying on the monorail for your wedding week as it adds convenience. People looked at us funny as we stood in our wedding attire looking exhausted, waiting for the tram. We boarded a car and stood up. The following conversation was very memorable.

13yr ish old girl to boy: "ooh..I like her dress. Would you want to get married at Disney?"
Boy: "I don't want to get married."
Girl: " I want to get married and have a big family. I want a big wedding but I don't want to get married at Disney."

At this point DF and I were trying to pretend that we didn't hear any of this and it was not slightly comical (as most teenage conversations are), we stepped off the MR and dragged our feet back to our room.

We came into our room to a cute little bouquet from Disney Floral, thanking us:goodvibes.

MOH and possibly BM had done some romantic damage in our room with putting petals on the bed and dimming the lights. Which was slightly mortifying:rotfl: We'll skip ahead...aaahheeeem:rolleyes1

After a very brief maybe 45min break, which originally was going to be 3 hour break (but who was going to give up extra time with Randy, com’on!), we polished up and headed to the CR lobby to catch our bus to the dessert party.

At the end of the reception I had used my teacher voice to read the bus schedule to everyone, and we were very fortunate everyone heeded our warning that the bus would not go back to their resort. The bus had already gone to several resorts. I think we were the 7:15 pm stop. We boarded and sat in front to great guests as they got on. My big dress and I got our own two seats. Hehe This was also a good opportunity hand out gift bags which had not be been distributed due to their owners not having been seen until the wedding day (most were distributed prior).

DH lovingly announced he wanted to buy me a new Dooney and Burke purse at the Orlando outlet and I out of my drunken bliss (not alcohol induced) made the silly mistake of telling him it wasn’t necessary. But he made up for that mistake later by getting me a DB wallet just recently.:thumbsup2

When the bus completed stopping at the scheduled resorts, it went backstage to Epcot. It was so neat to see the backside of Test Track and other rides. When we got off our bus we had a very friendly greeter who escorted our whole party thru UK to the Lower UK party area. We felt like such celebrities! People cleared out of the way for our whole group and cheered for us like were were a parade. The escort ended up giving us her flashing wand (it was after dark at this point, and it was her equivalent of the tour group leader flag) and we strutted our stuff holding it high.
All our guests laughed the whole way.

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We got to LUK and oohed and aahed over the food. I didn’ t eat any because I didn’t want to sugar crash during pictures and I was too busy talking to people and kissing DF during pictures. I had brought zip lock bags for leftovers – Disney’s rule is that you legally are not supposed to take the leftovers because they do not want to be liable for food poisoning. However, if you don’t ask and just take it, and warn your guests that it is at their own risk, you will probably get away with it. So I assumed I would eat a bag of left over treats, but once again I was so into playing hostess that I didn’t get a bag. Tough luck! I will have to hope my daughter gets married at Disney – at her own expense – so that I can get some free dessert party dessert. Lol!

Yummy goodness
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Note: if you choose to take the leftovers, please remind your guests on the bus that it is at their own risk. I found out that if someone calls Disney reporting they took leftovers and got sick the helpless person who manned the party can be laid off. So please be responsible.

We had paid probably $3 per flashing LED “ice” cube – one per drink. I didn’t think to have people put their cubes in a bag for me to take home. They probably got disposed off. I sort of regret this. They were also the wrong color. They were supposed to be pink, since the drinks were green. No one noticed and I didn’t even think about it until 48 hours later when the fog of bliss cleared a little.

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Crazy Wizards! AP's cousin brought a bag of goodies, including a couple Mickey Wizard hats and glowing necklaces.

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For some reason, AP's uncle decided to do an irish jig during some random music being played over the speakers. We didn't know how to respond, so we just joined in!

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We had a great time. Don’t expect to see Illuminations during your dessert party pictures. You will be too busy posing. Go some other time while you are there, to get it out of your system. You could even use it as an excuse to kiss your sweetie, “But honey, we have to practice our timing!” hehehe

Illumination pictures:
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We boarded the bus and half way to our hotel I felt like I was going to vomit. My dress had finally taken its toll on me. It had to come off, so I unzipped it. I had a wireless bustier underneath, nude color, so my MOH gave me her wrap to wrap around my bust so that the unzipped zipper wouldn’t show. We hustled up to my room.

Unfortunately, the BM had got a call that his Grandfather died a couple days before the wedding. He had been humble enough to try and hide the sadness but he had to scoot out right 3am after our dessert party to go to the viewing.

We stayed up and talked until probably 1am, since his room was next to ours. We talked about all manner of things and others with whom we hadn’t had a good chat with were happy to join in too. Eventually we let him get an hour sleep before his flight, poor guy. Back in our room, we were exhausted so we fell asleep pretty easy.

Up next...it’s the day after our wedding and we are…hanging with DH ‘s parents. Lol! Yes, we showed our respect and go to visit my favorite park: Animal Kingdom! Additionally, I may or may not have petted an alligator.:banana:

padisneyfour

06-06-2009, 06:32 AM

malibustacey

06-06-2009, 06:45 AM

oooooh you looked such a beautiful couple! DH looks verrry smart and handsome in his attire! I love all your photos, your DP is exactly what i wish mine will look like. You look like you had the best time ever!

big yayyy for you guys!

Bolanette87

06-06-2009, 12:40 PM

I just want to come out of Lurkdom to say that I love all of your piccies! Your day looked totally beautiful and amazing! :lovestruc

Bob xoxox

pink_tink8i8

06-06-2009, 12:51 PM

what fun and beautiful DP pics! the food looked yummy mmmm :goodvibes

Crown_princess

06-09-2009, 10:49 PM

I have enjoyed reading along with your plans and TR-everything looks wonderful! It looks like you had an amazing day! I am glad you were pleased with the napa room, because that where we are hoping for as well. It looks wonderful! thanks for sharing....:goodvibes

You are going to love the Napa room! It is just a beautifully laid out room and it needs minimal floral. I hope you enjoy the view!

oooooh you looked such a beautiful couple! DH looks verrry smart and handsome in his attire! I love all your photos, your DP is exactly what i wish mine will look like. You look like you had the best time ever!

big yayyy for you guys!

Thank you. DH is my definitely my prince and he was ever so dashing. It's not fair how he can throw anything on and look so handsome. :cloud9: He picked his tux - did a great job.

I just want to come out of Lurkdom to say that I love all of your piccies! Your day looked totally beautiful and amazing! :lovestruc

Bob xoxox

Thank you! We love them too. DH hasn't made our wedding album yet though. *COUGH COUGH* :rotfl:

what fun and beautiful DP pics! the food looked yummy mmmm :goodvibes

We had an amazing time. DH wanted to do the dessert party and the Cinderella slipper. Those were his two big things and I think he was definitely right to want them, they were hits with our guests!:thumbsup2

Angrypenguin

06-12-2009, 05:12 PM

Hey everyone! I guess it’s time to continue the report.

The next morning we woke up and decided to take it easy. Our first day as a married couple felt…exactly the same as our last day as an unmarried couple.

Crown_Princess’s brother and sister in-law were leaving this day, and we had plans for two at Chef Mickeys. So we went down to breakfast (I love me a breakfast buffet!) and asked if we could change our ADRs from two to four. Unfortunately, the hostess (we’ll call her Miss. Snobby Snippypants) insisted that it wasn’t possible, and if we wanted four, we’d have to essentially give up our ADR and waiting in line like everyone else. We decided that we’d take our table, and hopefully the waitress wouldn’t mind that an additional two people would arrive.

Since we were at the Contemporary already, we took our table and went in with Miss Snobby Snippypants. They, of course, seated us at a four seat table (rolleyes) so we called Crown_Princess’s brother and wife and they came and joined us. We enjoyed our breakfast pizza, Mickey waffles, etc., and posed for some pictures with the Disney crew.

Our waittress announced we got married, so everyone waved their towels for us :wizard:

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It’s Goofy!
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Crown_Princess and her sis-in-law with Pluto
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Pinching Donald’s bum!
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Mickey and Minnie!
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We personally found Minnie a lot more inviting. Maybe Mickey was having an off day or something.

After eating, we went back to our room and finished packing our things. It was time to say good bye to the Contemporary :sad1:. We loved it here, from the wonderful view we had, to the convenience of the monorail, everything was fantastic. Alas, it was time to move on over to the Wilderness Lodge for the next few nights. We gave our things to the bell hop, who would transfer everything over for us, and headed out the door.
By this point, we hadn’t had a lot of time to spend with my parents, so we decided to join them at AK for some fun. It was the first time we were able to relax and go have some fun, so we were looking forward to it! We like AKL, but we find that sometime’s it’s limiting and you’re done fairly early.

We got there, and the banners were very appropriate.
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Had to get a shot with the tree
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It’s me!
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And my wife!
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After a few phone calls of “Where are you? Where? Oh. Where are you again?” between myself and my parents, we finally found them near Kilimanjaro Safari. Unfortunately, the Safari had a huge wait at this point (booo!), and my parents had already gone, so we decided to skip it. On the plus side, I had what was probably the most delicious snack I’ve ever had: a Jalapeno cheese soft pretzel. I tried hunting around for one at other places in WDW later, and even here in Downtown Disney in Anaheim, and I still haven’t found another place that makes it. That random pretzel cart in the middle of Animal Kingdom is the only place I’ve found that has it. Therefore, I conclude that I must return to get another one. Or a box of them, if they let me.

Everyone taking a snack break!
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My friend Matt was still hanging around a few days after the wedding, so I called him up to join us and my parents as well. We rode the train to Raficki’s planet watch, since we’d never done it before. We probably won’t do it again, as I found planet watch to be a little boring. However, we did stumble upon a CM who had brought out a baby alligator for everyone to pet. Crown_Princess got super excited and lined up right away.

Here she is in line. Notice how she’s the only adult
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It’s almost her turn, look at the excitement!
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Hooray! She did it!:woohoo:
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If you notice, she’s wearing her “just married” pin. The CM actually asked her if she actually got married, or if she just enjoyed wearing it around the parks. This bewildered her (for obvious reasons), and she pointed at me and said no, we just got married yesterday!:confused3

As we left Raficki’s, I glanced at the wall and just found this amusing.

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At this point, my parents wanted to wander a bit and Crown_Princess, myself, and our friend Matt wanted to brave Expedition Everest. So we split off, agreeing to meet at the Finding Nemo show in a couple hours.

EE was packed (as usual) and the wait was about 90 minutes, but the three of us decided to go to the Single Rider line. 15 minutes later, we were all on. Booyah!

It’s calling us in the distance
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The storm clouds came, just as people escaped the Yeti’s grasp!
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We headed over to Nemo, and took a seat in the nice, cool theater. It had just started to rain a little, so we were glad we had some cover.

For those of you who haven’t seen it, I have to admit, it’s a pretty neat show. Costumes and effects were well done, although it’s weird having a 90 minute movie condensed into about 25 minutes. “Nemo on Speed” is probably a more accurate description.

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It’s the school of fish!

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We were getting pretty tired, and the park was closing in a few hours, so decided to head out. My parents were staying at a condo off-site, and had a car, so we drove out of the World (gasp!) and went to Bahama Breeze for dinner.

Crown_Princess riding the parking lot tram.
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Up next: We move into the Wilderness Lodge, and we visit Hollywood! Well, the fake, clean, and family-friendly Hollywood. The real Hollywood by us is kind of seedy.