DREAMS COME TRUE! Sandy and James TR 6/18/08: 8/28 finally an update!

[lov2b@disney]

Welcome to my TR! It has taken me a little time to get it started, hope you all enjoy it!

We had a wonderful trip, though a little stressful at times, after all we honeymooned with 3 boys and both families :faint:

I will start with the vendors who all were wonderful:

Disney and Marion A: Wonderful, they really do make sure all the details are taken care of! Marion is a true professional, there will definately be a hole left when she retires! She was receptive to our ideas and pulled it all together wonderfully!

Floral B+: We had Laura, she was very nice, you can really tell she loves her job. I had brought lots of pictures to our PS and she went from there, none were exactly what I wanted, probably because I wasnt sure what I wanted. I wanted peonies and roses I got both- the peonies in my bouquet were a little more purple than I liked and the flowers in my bouquet started to fall out before the ceremony. Our reception flowers including white peonies were beautiful. overall wonderful--

Beaute Speciale A: We had Lily- she was great. She came to my room at 4:45 was bubbly and happy- I on the other hand was bearly dry and dressed! She was patient and got her stuff ready while I finished--
of course I had pictures of what i wanted- and forgot them in the car- oh well, she had told me she did Jessicas hair the day before and since I had seen it I told her a loved her hair- she then modified it for me! :cool1:
My makeup at first, I was like :scared1: I dont usually wear alot and she had talked my into fake eyelashes- After I settled in with it I loved it and the eyelashes, they opened my eyes and it looks great in pictures!

Randy A+: There really is nothing more to say! He is awsome! Everything everyone else has ever said is true and beyond! i cannot wait to see what the pictures look like- the anticipation is killing me!

Rev. Jack Day A: He is such a sweet man! We sent him our vows, he adlibed a little, perfectly. The only complaint from our guests was they had trouble hearing him during the ceremony- I think it was because of the large outdoor space.

Carolyn Allens A: The only service we used is a tux for DF. The came promptly and DF's tux fit perfect. She didnt have the cuff links but had them at bellservice at the hotel by the next morning- it was definately and easy process!

Joann A+: Okay who is Joann: she is one of 2 people I invited from my job. i have worked with her for more than 11 years. She is probably the best hearted person I have ever met! She was staying with a friend in orlando to come to the wedding. Since I didnt have a bridal party she stayed with me the night before the wedding- otherwise it wouldve been me alone since DH and I stayed apart-- She suffered throught the 4:30 am wake up- made me coffee and kept the camera rolling! She wondered Epcot behind Randy taking more pictures and help me with my dress. She is the only person who offered to help us with our children in between the reception and dessert party! I just needed to thank her for all her help! Talk about going above and beyond! I hope all of you have a "Joann" in your life!


I think that is our vendors--

Day One Coming...

[29apr00]

Yeah you started!! Can't wait to see all your pictures!!

[lov2b@disney]

Before I start the day to day stuff:

here is the link to our Magic Kingdom Pictures- they were up pretty quick!

http://www.collages.net/disneyweddings/

Browell / Desimone BP
1971

Hope you enjoy!

[jessesgirl-080708]

Sandy!!
Your MK pics look great! Was yours at 5am? Looks pretty dark.
Great photos, do you remember who your photographer was?
Thanks for posting, I look forward to a lot more!!

[29apr00]

You MK Photos are great!! I love the Orange Castle in teh background!

[MyMelody]

:love: Beautiful you are a true Princess.... The pictures are once again BEAUTIFUL!

[roozlilone]

Yeah, TR! :yay: :yay: Can't wait to read more! Great MK photos! :goodvibes

[Keira1387]

Your MK photos look beautiful! Can't wait to hear more!!!

[lurkyloo]

HOORAY!!!

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[Lynn5700]

Woo hoo!!!! can't wait to hear about everything :)

[OceanGdss]

yay for starting!!!!! :)

[BaBeeCee14]

Yay for starting your TR! Your MK pictures came out great - I love your bouquet. Can't wait to hear more!

[Jessbell34]

YEAH! Sandy, you started your TR! I am so excited. I love you MK photos they are amazing! I was happy to see my name in you first post! That made me feel so excited! Wasn't Lili amazing! She is Superwoman! Isn't it amazing how she creates exactly what you want! Wow! You looked wonderful!

When I was checking out your MK pics, I thought is was weird that I had not received any notification from Disney that my pics were up. So, I tried to guess my username and I know the password is alway 1971. After a few tries I guessed right and discovered mine were up too. Did you get notification from Disney to let you know yours were available?

Well, I can't wait to read more about your trip. I think it is so neat that we are working on our TRs at the same time. I love it. Your TR will be my relief when I am taking a break from mine! :laughing:

[meryll83]

Wow, I especially love the photos by Cinderella's fountain :lovestruc

Do you know who your photographer was?

[pjstevens]

beautiful pictures at MK!

[lov2b@disney]

Sandy!!
Your MK pics look great! Was yours at 5am? Looks pretty dark.
Great photos, do you remember who your photographer was?
Thanks for posting, I look forward to a lot more!!
Thanks, yes it was 5am :faint: our photographer was TY!

You MK Photos are great!! I love the Orange Castle in teh background!
Thanks! I love how the castle changes color-so neat..
:love: Beautiful you are a true Princess.... The pictures are once again BEAUTIFUL!

Thank you- princess- I accept;)
Yeah, TR! :yay: :yay: Can't wait to read more! Great MK photos! :goodvibes

Thank you, More coming!
Your MK photos look beautiful! Can't wait to hear more!!!

Thanks! more on the way!

HOORAY!!!

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:thumbsup2

Woo hoo!!!! can't wait to hear about everything :)

Everything, on its way!
yay for starting!!!!! :)
:yay: :yay: i know finally!

Yay for starting your TR! Your MK pictures came out great - I love your bouquet. Can't wait to hear more!

Thank you! My bouquet smelled so good, it was a little different than I anticipated:rolleyes:

YEAH! Sandy, you started your TR! I am so excited. I love you MK photos they are amazing! I was happy to see my name in you first post! That made me feel so excited! Wasn't Lili amazing! She is Superwoman! Isn't it amazing how she creates exactly what you want! Wow! You looked wonderful!

When I was checking out your MK pics, I thought is was weird that I had not received any notification from Disney that my pics were up. So, I tried to guess my username and I know the password is alway 1971. After a few tries I guessed right and discovered mine were up too. Did you get notification from Disney to let you know yours were available?

Well, I can't wait to read more about your trip. I think it is so neat that we are working on our TRs at the same time. I love it. Your TR will be my relief when I am taking a break from mine! :laughing:

your hair was my inspiration! you looked so pretty on your day! Lilly was excellent and boy she has such energy!
your pictures came out beautiul! That is weird that they didnt send you anything- I got 2 emails, the first saying they would be up within 2 weeks of them being done and how to get on... the next day I got one saying they were up- and that was the end of last week!

I know I have been spending so much time catching up on everyones that I have been a little lax starting mine, but now that it is rolling I should be ok-- hope you enjoy! I cant wait to hear about the cruise I so want to go on one!

Wow, I especially love the photos by Cinderella's fountain :lovestruc

Do you know who your photographer was?

our photographer was TY, I asked for those pictures. We got the feeling they are trying a little harder to stick to the castle/carousel.

beautiful pictures at MK!

Thank you much!:cutie:

[lov2b@disney]

Day 1 thurdsay June 12:

the alarm was set for 5:30am, we had packed most of the car the night before so all we really had to do was shower, pack the cooler , make sure the cat had food and water, wake the boys and off we go....

We got up,it wasnt too painful, we were heading to Disney after all--the goal was to leave at 6am! if we are going, we are going to get there and have a few hours to enjoy!!

Here is the car- packed to the gills! The tuxedos and dress where the last to go in--
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then the most precious cargo- you think they might sleep- but no- they are also too excited to sleep---

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Any our mascot

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AWAY WE GO!:dance3: :dance3: :dance3: :drive: :moped:

We usually have the car gases up before we go but since gas is so much cheaper in SC we filled up when we crossed the state line-- then back on the road! We made a stop in Georgia to potty and grab some breakfast-- we hit all sorts of nasty weather on the way down- that driving rain where you can hardly see- :eek:

We were so excited when we finally saw this-

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:yay: :yay:

Unfortunately my "Welcome to Walt Disney World" sign was too blurry! I hated that- i take that one- as does the rest of the world i'm sure- every time we go!

The drive took about 8 1/2 hours, we arrived in world around 3:00-

We were spending our first 2 nights at all-star movies- they were actually an add on to our vacation. our first intention was to go to my dads in Gainesville where we could leave our boys and go get our license there. But, thanks to the dis..we got our license by mail and avoided the chaos that lives at my dads and got 2 more disney days:banana:

WE'RE THERE!
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We checked in pretty quickly and gathered our Just Married pins which we doctored up with "Almost married" and our date- we also got some pins(bday,1st visit) for some of the welcome bags.

I had ordered a basket to be in the room for the kids when we got there- and when I was checking in I saw it sitting on the shelf :headache: I was a little irritated because the room was ready and it never got put in it- i told the CM I would just take it - I think the boys where excited- It has cars, spray fans, and an animal kingdom passport for each of them and a Leo plush for the baby. there was a note to the boys to have a great honeymoon from Mickey-
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We headed over to our room, which was in the love bug section- it was OK but I think if I did it again I would pay the extra for a preferred room- it would be closer to everything, but since it was only 2 nights I didnt try and get anything better-- I had requested the dalmation building hoping for some pixie dust- no go! My youngest loves the "puppies"

The rooms are a little small-especially with our family of 5- but our intention was not to spend alot of time there anyway-

Here is what greeted us-seems pretty standard at check in-
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our room-
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We brought in our 2 day bag of stuff- I had packed it seperately from everything else, my dress, our chocolate welcome dinner favors and a few other things so we didnt have to overcrowd the room!

We decided to take a swim-

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the pool is cute, nothing special- I spent most of my time with my youngest in the kiddie pool and splash area-

It had rained a little and had cooled off some so we decided we might as well head to Epcot--

[lov2b@disney]

Day 1 continued-

We decided to drive to the beach club to drop off the welcome bags, then we could just walk to Epcot-

When we got there DH says he wished we had just came right to the BC- we were staying there the rest of the trip- I reminded him of the 2 bonus days at Disney and he had something to look forward too~!

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When I dropped off the bags the CM noticed my pin and gave me a beautiful red rose
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We wandered a little, excited that in a couple of days we would be staying there, then head to IG to pick up the boys tickets, I had done will call when I ordered them-
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Then through the gates we went to Epcot-we decided we neede to visit World showcase and specifically Italy since the next time we were going to be there was our wedding rehearsal day! On the way around we decided to stop and get something to eat at AA. As we approached a cast member asked me my name I told him and he said "we having been waiting for you" We said follow me and bought us in to the Liberty Inn and yelled "hear ye, hear ye please congratulate Mr and Mrs. lov2b they will be married tomorrow(we had told him on wednesday:confused3 ) in Italy- it was funny, and embarrassing! I thought DH would die-he is not all about the attention! Everyone clapped and congratulated us. He then took us to the front and got us some apple pie!

We ordered food and all ate--and continued on to our next stop- ITALY!
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and the boys on the place where we will soon be married:lovestruc
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We enjoyed more world showcase, riding the 2 rides there Maelstrom and the 3 caballeros. Our youngest loved the 3 cabelleros- he loves donald--and the oldest found a hidden mickey in the fireworks on the ceiling at the end of the ride--
Fun in Norway!(Does everyone do this?)
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2 favorites of everyone soaring and test track were out of fast passes and had long lines so we decided to skip them for another day
We headed to Nemo- which after that any time we asked the 2 yo what he wanted to ride it was "nemo" at every park, every day!:rotfl:
We rode spaceship earth-- the boys like end and compete to try to get the silliest pictures!
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We made our way back to world showcase and watched illuminations from a distance.

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Someone has had a enough-
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We walked back through IG to BC and headed to ASM for a little sleep and a busy next day!

[MyMelody]

:goodvibes aww your kids are too cute, they seemed very happy with the basket that was a great idea on your part.... Can't wait to see pictures and read your TR...popcorn:: It looks like it is going to be great!

[Jessbell34]

Great 1st day Sandy! I actually thought of you on this exact day while I was at home packing. I kept think, "I wonder what Sandy and her fam are doing right now? They must be at Disney." Well, now I know! :laughing: I can't wait to read more!

[Pooh_Girl]

Yippee!!! Another TR to get engrossed in!!! Your MK photos were great. Your family looks so happy. Can't wait to read the rest of your TR!!!

[Beep]

Brilliant, I am hooked on TR's! Can;t wait for the next installment (hint, hint) :goodvibes

[lov2b@disney]

:goodvibes aww your kids are too cute, they seemed very happy with the basket that was a great idea on your part.... Can't wait to see pictures and read your TR...popcorn:: It looks like it is going to be great!
Thanks! There were surprised, which was nice especially that Mickey had sent it:thumbsup2

Great 1st day Sandy! I actually thought of you on this exact day while I was at home packing. I kept think, "I wonder what Sandy and her fam are doing right now? They must be at Disney." Well, now I know! :laughing: I can't wait to read more!

How sweet Jessica, thank you for thinking about us!

Yippee!!! Another TR to get engrossed in!!! Your MK photos were great. Your family looks so happy. Can't wait to read the rest of your TR!!!

Thanks for reading, I hope we can entertain you!
Brilliant, I am hooked on TR's! Can;t wait for the next installment (hint, hint) :goodvibes

Promise I am uploading more pix and gathering my thoughts!:idea:

[FIREFLY01]

CONGRATS CONGRATS!!!
wow those picts are beautiful!!! I love the color changes on the castle!!
great tr start can't wait for more !!:surfweb: popcorn::

[padisneyfour]

Sandy they are so beautiful.... what wonderful memories you have.:goodvibes

[WithDisneySpirit]

What a wonderful job you are doing on your TR!!!! Lots of pixie dust too; that red rose was beautiful!!! :lovestruc

[DisBride2007]

YAY! Great start to your TR! I :lovestruc your MK photos! They are awesome! Just imagine how great the Randy pics will turn out!

Looking forward to reading more!

[lov2b@disney]

CONGRATS CONGRATS!!!
wow those picts are beautiful!!! I love the color changes on the castle!!
great tr start can't wait for more !!:surfweb: popcorn::
Thank you ! It is cool, it changes the whole picture!

Sandy they are so beautiful.... what wonderful memories you have.:goodvibes

Thank you- i was pleased--it was fun too, even at that time of day;)

What a wonderful job you are doing on your TR!!!! Lots of pixie dust too; that red rose was beautiful!!! :lovestruc
Thank you, the rose was beautiful! Cant wait to see more pictures of yours!

YAY! Great start to your TR! I :lovestruc your MK photos! They are awesome! Just imagine how great the Randy pics will turn out!

Looking forward to reading more!
Thank you! I am so excited to see Randy's pictures it is torture!!!:laughing:

[dougsmom98]

I read through your entire planning journal the other day and was so excited to see your trip report! I love your MK photos. They are great. Can't wait to read more! Congratulations!

[lov2b@disney]

I read through your entire planning journal the other day and was so excited to see your trip report! I love your MK photos. They are great. Can't wait to read more! Congratulations!


Thanks so much for reading along!

[29apr00]

What a great tr so far! that basket was a great idea for the boys! :thumbsup2

[lov2b@disney]

What a great tr so far! that basket was a great idea for the boys! :thumbsup2

thank you! the boys enjoyed their little surprise!

[lov2b@disney]

DAY 2: FRIDAY 6/13/08

We let everyone sleep in a little so they would be ready to go!
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Big day! We had to drop off all our stuff at Francks today and our 1st guests were arriving!:cool1:

We got moving, and took a long stroll around through mighty ducks to dalmations so DS-2 could see the puppies-we have watched that movie i think thousands of times-at least it seems like it! He was in AW of the giant puppies- it was cute!

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we made our way past the main pool to cinema hall and had a little breakfast at the ASM food court-sorry no food porn I kept forgetting! the good thing about the food courts at the values is you get the DDE discount--

We decided since we had time we would stop and explore Coronado Springs-I love to check out the resorts--
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even made time to play with the ducks-
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overall it was pretty,the day we visited there was a function going on and traffic was not very good.

Next stop Francks to unload the 6 boxes of stuff for the wedding! The door was locked i had a panic moment before someone finally answered and opened the storage area so we could put our stuff in! :yay: Wow it felt real now!

Then on to Fort Wilderness to drop off my dad and brothers welcome bags-
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Next stop on our tour- Wilderness Lodge where we had a 2:30 lunch reservation at Whispering Canyon Cafe- Since we got there a little we went down by the water and let the kids blow off some steam at the playground- we really like WL, have stayed a few times so it was fun to revisit it- it is one of the kids favorites!
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the kids played with the lincoln logs until we were called--immediately the server threw straws and napkins at the boys-they thought that was great--still trying to break the habit at home!:rolleyes1
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But overall our experience was less than I anticipated I dont know if it was because we were at the end of the lunch times but not as much fun as I read about! The food was pretty good!
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I got a pirates punch with a cute light up Capt. Hook-even though I asked for a tink! She did give it to us for free-Congratulations! Just a touch of pixie dust. Still, not that impressed- we had a better experience at breakfast a few years ago--

After lunch we took the boat over to the MK!
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Yeah! It just doesnt feel like Disney until we see the castle--
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[accountingbabe08]

Your sons are so handsome. Congratulations on being married.

[roozlilone]

Fun! Fun! Fun! Keep it coming! You need to finish your TR before I leave! :rotfl: You only have 10 days! I don't want to miss anything! :goodvibes

[irisbud]

Just joining in! Can't wait to read more!

[pink_tink8i8]

your MK photos are wonderful!!!! I didn't realize that you had such a beautiful train on your dress. I absolutely love the pictures of you in front of the fountain. So magical. Your boys are so adorable!!!!

[figmentfan814]

:woohoo: I can't believe I missed the start of your report! Marion and Randy are both so fantastic; there really aren't words that can describe how great they were at our wedding too!

Your MK shoot was beautiful; I love some of the shots by the partners statue. Also, the angle with the Cinderella fountain is beautiful. We had some of the actual water fountain spouts showing in our shots :sad2:

That's too bad about the boys basket not being in the room, but at least they still loved it. Isn't it odd visiting the site of your wedding with so many other people around? We didn't go to the AAR until after the wedding (and it was closed for a private event) but just being outside with all the other people was strange after we had it all to ourselves for the wedding.

You have some really cute shots of the boys, looking forward to reading more.

[DecemberBride]

Your kids are soooo cute! Love the update! :thumbsup2

[lov2b@disney]

Your sons are so handsome. Congratulations on being married.
Thank you!:thumbsup2

Fun! Fun! Fun! Keep it coming! You need to finish your TR before I leave! :rotfl: You only have 10 days! I don't want to miss anything! :goodvibes
i will work as hard as I can-it is more if the boys will cooperate! i planned on more yesterday and my oldest and his friends woke up the 2yo from his nap, finally he feel back to sleep on the couch with me and my 7yo and his friend come flying in the door and wake him again:headache:

Just joining in! Can't wait to read more!

Thanks for reading!:goodvibes
your MK photos are wonderful!!!! I didn't realize that you had such a beautiful train on your dress. I absolutely love the pictures of you in front of the fountain. So magical. Your boys are so adorable!!!!

Thank you- i really liked that it was simple in the front but there was pretty in the back! It made doing a hem every easy too!

:woohoo: I can't believe I missed the start of your report! Marion and Randy are both so fantastic; there really aren't words that can describe how great they were at our wedding too!

Your MK shoot was beautiful; I love some of the shots by the partners statue. Also, the angle with the Cinderella fountain is beautiful. We had some of the actual water fountain spouts showing in our shots :sad2:

That's too bad about the boys basket not being in the room, but at least they still loved it. Isn't it odd visiting the site of your wedding with so many other people around? We didn't go to the AAR until after the wedding (and it was closed for a private event) but just being outside with all the other people was strange after we had it all to ourselves for the wedding.

You have some really cute shots of the boys, looking forward to reading more.
hey Vanessa! Thank you- water spouts- yuk! It is funny because DH kept noticing how Randy noticed little things that would be in pictures, like the picture in my siggie- my bouquet is on the water fountain spout- genious!

It was weird to revisit the location- especially after the wedding- we actually went in between our reception and DP and not even a flower petal was left :sad:

Thanks for reading!
Your kids are soooo cute! Love the update! :thumbsup2

Thanks! The were eating up the attention!

[lov2b@disney]

Quick frustration- in between day 2! I ordered 472 prints of the wedding/honeymoon from snapfish- UGH!:mad: :headache: :mad: They look like crap! The are grainy, and look like they never finished processing. i am so irritated- so I emailed them and they better fix it!

[WithDisneySpirit]

Wow! Were they from your own camera? I get real nervous about stuff like that? I haven't yet ordered anything as a result - I'm such a slacker :confused3

I hope you get better results from them soon!!!!!

[29apr00]

Don't say that!! I just ordered 250 pics from our trip in May!! They should be here this weekend! Yikes!!

I love your pics from WL!! We so want to stay there when we go for our VR next year, but we may have 5 with us, so we may have to stay at AKL. But i definately want to try WCC and explore the grounds at WL!

[lov2b@disney]

OK back to the completion of DAY 2:

So we got to the MK:yay: and recieved a call from FSIL- her and her family had arrived safely at ASM, our first guests:cool1: The had left at like 3am to drive so her husband was going to nap and the kids swim and they were going to meet us around 6. We decided since we were full from lunch we would start slow and gather our GP-(game plan) (the kids spent have the vacation trying to figure out what GP meant- they were going with GIGGLE PLAN :laughing: )So we headed to the TTA- we enjoy it as a way to rest and cool off!
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From there we decided to go to Toontown-our last trip Goofy Barnstormer was one of DS-7's favorites--(he moved up to bigger things this trip)
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I stayed back with DS2- he's not quite ready for rollercoasters yet--

We got the call that FSIL and family were on the way- we were going to meet on Main Street by the train station so we decided to take on Philharmagic to kill a few minutes since there was hardly a wait- No wasting time hanging around, must fill every minute!
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by the end of the trip he was really mastering the 3D glasses!

We met up-their kids were so excited-it was their 1st Disney trip- so decided to head through Adventure land -pirates was closed :headache: but was due to reopen mid week and we would be back:woohoo: and on to Fronterland- I really wanted to ride Splash Mountain-it had been year and it is one of my favorites! I was preggo one trip and the next it was closed for refurbishment:mad: So we ride- I caught the wave off the boat that had just dropped and got DRENCHED!! Oh well- damp undies and on we go! We hit Big Thunder Mtn which the boys likes My DS7 now had a partner in crime his future cousin-8yo!
And on too Haunted Mansion-

FSIL and the trouble makers!
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We headed to Fantasyland next-sorry no pictures!:eek:

It was about an hour before Spectomagic so i decided to try and grab a spot on Main Street- the kids and DF family stayed and played and I got us a spot-
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all the goofy boys- sans the 2yo!
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all the kids

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I love Spectromagic- it is my favorite parade- they changed the characters in the beginning- they were those white masked guys not they are more clown like- not sure if I like that!
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After the parade we headed to Tommorrowland to get FP for Space Mountain-now a contender for best rollercoaster for DS7! It was extra magic hours so we got to ride some more stuff before we pooped out and headed home at about midnight! FSIL and family stayed until 2am- closing the joint!



Coming up-Day 3 at HS-Star Wars Weekend!

[lov2b@disney]

Wow! Were they from your own camera? I get real nervous about stuff like that? I haven't yet ordered anything as a result - I'm such a slacker :confused3

I hope you get better results from them soon!!!!!
they were from my camera and I have ordered online- usually from Kodak, but since I loaded the pix to my laptop and it is an HP the quickest way was to order from snapfish (an HP company) so I did and now I regret that! I got an email responce that they would be back to me in 48 hours-crazy!

Don't say that!! I just ordered 250 pics from our trip in May!! They should be here this weekend! Yikes!!

I love your pics from WL!! We so want to stay there when we go for our VR next year, but we may have 5 with us, so we may have to stay at AKL. But i definately want to try WCC and explore the grounds at WL!

Oh! I hope yours come out good! mine look like a digital image with all the tiny little boxes of color that need to be merged to a smooth color- does that make sense? And I know it is not the camera because I printed a couple on my printer dock at home and they are fine! It just was not cost/time effective to do it that way!

WL is awesome we really like it -we have stayed there 3 times and may stay in November too! once DS2 is 3 we too will need rooms that accommodate 5- I think the only ones at WL are deluxe rooms- at least I thought i read that they can have 5-

WCC is fun-- i think it would have been better if it was not at the end of lunch when they were more in cleanup mode for dinner-

[linzwylie]

Someone has had a enough-
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!


I love it when you see kids like that, they look so sweet :lovestruc totally out for the count :rotfl:

subscribing popcorn:: :surfweb:

Linz xxx :)

[Lisacope]

Great report so far!!! Your kids are sooo cute!

[MiaBella05]

cant wait to read more! :cool1:

[BaBeeCee14]

Great update Sandy! Sorry about the Snapfish problems. I've only used them once for a collage poster and I was happy with what I got. I usually get my prints from shutterfly. I'm glad you emailed them, I'm sure they will try to fix them or give you a refund. Once I had a similar problem with shutterfly and they fixed my pictures for me, so it worked out in the end. Good luck and let us know what happens!

[lov2b@disney]

I love it when you see kids like that, they look so sweet :lovestruc totally out for the count :rotfl:

subscribing popcorn:: :surfweb:


Linz xxx :)
It was great- and it happened about every night-poor thing we had no mercy on him-wore him out !

Great report so far!!! Your kids are sooo cute!

thanks Lisa- Looking forward to yours too!
cant wait to read more! :cool1:
More to come!!!

Great update Sandy! Sorry about the Snapfish problems. I've only used them once for a collage poster and I was happy with what I got. I usually get my prints from shutterfly. I'm glad you emailed them, I'm sure they will try to fix them or give you a refund. Once I had a similar problem with shutterfly and they fixed my pictures for me, so it worked out in the end. Good luck and let us know what happens!

It is a bummer- I wanted to start and organize my stuff to get my scrapbook going-

oh well- they want me to send them back and they are going to redo them- hopefully they will get it right the second time-

[orangetiggs]

is there any more??

[shezfrombermuda]

Congratulations! Looking forward to reading more.

[keenercam]

Sandy - LOVE your TR so far! Your MK pictures are so beautiful! You looked like a fairy tale princess, and I LOVED your flowers!

[lov2b@disney]

is there any more??
sorry--lots more to come! Crazy busy--family over for the 4th and I worked the last 2 days-12hours shifts--meetings tomorrow and I will get back on it!

Congratulations! Looking forward to reading more.

Thank you!
Sandy - LOVE your TR so far! Your MK pictures are so beautiful! You looked like a fairy tale princess, and I LOVED your flowers!

Thanks Cam-you're very sweet! I felt like a princess!

[lov2b@disney]

DAY 3: CHECKING IN TO BC, DHS- STAR WARS WEEKENDS

Stitches wake up call came at 7am! We dragged out of bed too shower-letting the kids sleep a little longer, a little difficult in such a small space, but every tiny bit helps later!!!;)

It was the day we were going to the BC for the rest of our vacation:cool1: We were soo excited, we had never stayed there and we ready to go. The ASM was good but we were anticipating the little more that the BC has to offer!

The boys got dressed in their Star Wars Weekend shirts i made them!

We made a few trips to the car- this is when having a stroller comes in handy-packed it up and took everything out-we only had one bag of clothes for the couple of days and some wedding stuff to bring out! After check in we were heading to DHS, needed an early start to try and get there for opening since we anticipated it to be busy since it was star wars weekend!



We decided to stroll to the courtyard to "say goodbye", the last minute pictures:

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And :car: away we go!

It was only a few minute drive and we had arrived-
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We parked and went in, leaving all our things in the car- since it was only 8am we figured the room would not be ready and we would just come back in the afternoon before dinner and unpack.

There was no wait at the check in desk, clearly, proudly wearing my ALMOST MARRIED pin and hoping for maybe a little pixie dust- we booked a standard room- all I asked for was a full balcony- it makes nap time a little easier on the parent waiting for DS to wake up-

Much to my surprise the room was ready and she said it had a full balcony and a daybed(always a good option so the older boys dont have to share a bed)

We grabbed just our welcome party favors since they were chocolate and headed to the room, it was on the water side of the hotel, right in the area of the pool on the 4th floor which was great we went in-- the room was nice- spacious( in compared to ASM) and bright- :yay: all was great--------UNTIL I OPENED THE CURTAIN TO SEE THE VIEW-----I felt nauseous and instantly though of work. (i am a nurse) and i hate taking patients to a room in the hospital when the view is the roof below and the vents and things.

The view was the roof of the 3rd floor below was rocks on the roof and directly in front of the balcony was a architectual peak the completely obstructed the view to ANYTHING! :scared1: All you could see on the sides of the peak where some tree tops! I wish i had gotten a picture I was too upset-

DH at this point could tell I was NOT HAPPY:sad2: And kept asking "What do you want to do?" I kept saying I dont want to look at that for 9 nights!!! again, "what do you want to do?" This went on for a few minutes, when in my distress I said one of the keys doesnt work lets go back down and I'm going to see if they will change the room--we grabbed the favor box, left and were hoping not to look back!

We went back down I told the same CM that one of the keys didnt work. Then I told her that the view was awful- rocks and the back of a roof--I told her that we would like to change rooms, it did not matter if it was ready, I was willing to give up the balcony,daybed. I also asked if there was any upgraded views- which I said we would pay for--

She called whoever she needed to call to get a room change and after what seemed like forever she said she was able to get us a different room, which was also ready-convienent-and :pixidust: was an upgrade to a waterview- for no charge!! :dance3:

We apprehensively decided we better go check it out, just in case--
it also had a daybed and the view was wonderful, and the location was also great- 3rd floor right above the lobby area- which was great for the morning coffee fillup!

The mandatory Mickey head towels at checkin-
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The view of the room from outside-
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And from the room- a great view across to the BW-
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Much happier we decided since we were already behind our original schedule and were not going to be at DHS for opening we decided to head down to the Beach Club Marketplace for a little to eat-and the boys were driving us crazy because they were STARVING- it really is amazing how often we starve them!!:laughing:

We had breakfast sandwiches- ham, egg and cheese on croissants and a couple bakery items to share-YUM! We sat out on a patio across from the Marketplace - it was nice and quiet- we talked about the days events then finally headed over to DHS--
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We went to the lighthouse to catch the friendship boat-
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The crowds were definately pouring in, starwars music playing we were excited- the boys love star wars they were pumped:woohoo:

We were greeted by the stormtroopers-
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[lov2b@disney]

We decided to head directly to Toy Story since it was new we knew it would be crowded and fastpasses would run out quick-

Well the wait an hour and the fastpasses were for later in the afternoon-3:45-4:45- but at least we got them- an hour wait just is a bad option with a 2 year old!

We decided to head to the Backlot tour-
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Everyone enjoyed it - it was many years since we had been to DHS- our last big trip DS-11 had a GI bug and we missed our day there-

We then decided to try and find Darth Vader! At breakfast we decided we wanted to find him and the Disney characters dressed in their starwars stuff! This was the goal for today-

We found him right in the area the Backlot tour ride lets out- perfect- the wait to see him was about 45minutes-
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we then set out to find Jedi Mickey! We headed toward star tours- YIKES! It was soooooooooo crowded over there!
The boys pose for a picture-
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We finally found a CM who told us where we would find Jedi Mickey, still couldnt find him,
taking a break from looking -
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until we found another CM who pointed us in the right direction-and WAA-LAA! We hit pay dirt!
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Since we wanted upclose and personal with Jedi Mickey we got on line to get pictures and autographs! We meet some nice people on line and hung out a while waiting-
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After standing in line in the sun we were ready for some airconditioning so we headed over to the Great Movie ride, we had never rode it, we enjoyed it The boys really liked the Gangster area since this is where they did the little skit-

Cooled off we decided to head back to the BC to unpack and relax a little before we had to be back for our reservation at 50's prime time cafe-

[WithDisneySpirit]

Congrats on the wonderful pixie dust of an upgrade! Your view was fabulous :lovestruc I loved the pix of the Star Wars characters! I really need to get DH there for Star Wars weekends - he will love it!!!

[lov2b@disney]

We headed back to the BC and unpacked-this time we had lots of suitcases and stuff-
We filled the drawers and organized the rest-\

The boys goofing off on the balcony(what little there was- didnt bother them though)
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once we got everything straightened out it was time to head back for our fastpass for Toy Story and dinner-

And we're back-
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We headed straight to Toy Story- i pulled out the fastpasses and realized earlier I had looked wrong and was an hour off- I thought it was 4:45-5:45YIKES :eek: it was 5:00 and we were ow 15 minutes late for our FP time-

I though DH was going to flip--it all ended up ok- we were let in!!! And we absolutly LOVED the ride! Boy do you work out the pulling arm though!
A new family favorite!

We headed to the 50's primetime cafe for dinner, now this was already a bone of contention for me since FSIL and family were supposed to join us and decided not too and I was irritated that I had made all sorts of ADR's for people--I asked them before I made the reservations- an all trip people backed out at the last minute-

I got over it and we checked in and waited only about 5 minutes and were seated-
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Food was pretty good enjoyed it up until DS-2 decided he didnt want to sit any more and proceeded to act like a wild beast! the servers kept telling DH not to pinch him--at this point we were ready to have our check and she took a long time to get it too us- could she not see we were all getting distressed at this piont- it probably was only 10 or so minutes but 10 LONG minutes! We left and peace resumed!

We browsed some shops after dinner and searched for a Star wars weekend pin- we apparently they dont have one- WHY? there is a pin for everything!

We decided to head over to wait for Fantasmic-
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DS-2 doesnt sit still very well without entertainment -
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so I took him for a walk- there was a DP set up -had to check it out- all the DFTW planning has caused a sort of obsession and we headed over by the entrance where apparently alot of toddlers were brought to run off steam and wait for the show- DS2 had alot of fun running with the other kids--running is good! Wears them out!

We headed back right before the show started and he fell asleep-
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We enjoyed the show-
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We left after to head back BC to catch some ZZZZZZZ for the next day---


up next - Day 4:Father's Day, AK

[29apr00]

congrats on the upgrade!!! Glad you were able to get a room you liked!! Love the starwars pics!! I'm sure it is very crowded during that time!!

you're so lucky to have DS fall asleep on you!! my kids won't sleep anywhere except a bed, making long trips to the parks a hassle. And WHY does it take so long to get the check when you have a screaming child??!! Even at home, it's like the servers LIKE to hear your child fussing and crying! Gesh! Just give me the check before he starts throwing things at you!!

[lov2b@disney]

Congrats on the wonderful pixie dust of an upgrade! Your view was fabulous :lovestruc I loved the pix of the Star Wars characters! I really need to get DH there for Star Wars weekends - he will love it!!!

I was so relieved to get a better view! I definately was excited for the pixie dust! The Star wars stuff was fun! We spent more time that day doing it than anything else! No regrets though! Everything else will be there next time!~

[lov2b@disney]

congrats on the upgrade!!! Glad you were able to get a room you liked!! Love the starwars pics!! I'm sure it is very crowded during that time!!

:cool1: for the upgrade! I just could look at the back of a roof all week!
Star wars was fun- that area of the park especially the store was unbearably crowded! We went in and I immediately regretted it! It was hot crowded- I couldnt wait to get out! and i knew I would not be back in there! The rest of the park wasnt too bad!

[jessesgirl-080708]

Great pics Sandy! Glad you got your balcony!

[keenercam]

Wonderful installments, Sandy! Love the boys' shirts. The one picture of your little one hugging Mickey is so beautiful! What a moment to have captured! I hope you LOVED the BC. That is our home DVC resort and we absolutely love it. Can't wait to hear more!

[roozlilone]

Great TR so far! :thumbsup2 I'm so happy that you got upgraded at the Beach Club! I had the same exact problem last June when I booked a standard view at the Beach, horrible roof view! I wish I had thought to try and change! Good for you! :goodvibes

[pjstevens]

Sandy,

Another great installment! Congrats on the upgrade, that's awesome. Can't wait to see more.

[lov2b@disney]

Great pics Sandy! Glad you got your balcony!
Thank you!:goodvibes
Wonderful installments, Sandy! Love the boys' shirts. The one picture of your little one hugging Mickey is so beautiful! What a moment to have captured! I hope you LOVED the BC. That is our home DVC resort and we absolutely love it. Can't wait to hear more!

Thank you! My little guy loves the characters:lovestruc We did love BC, it was our first time staying in the Epcot area! We loved strolling over to Epcot- we and the boys love Epcot so we went over there alot! I loved how there was always things going on- it is beautiful and fun in the evenings! We will definately do it again!

Great TR so far! :thumbsup2 I'm so happy that you got upgraded at the Beach Club! I had the same exact problem last June when I booked a standard view at the Beach, horrible roof view! I wish I had thought to try and change! Good for you! :goodvibes
I cant even believe they have those views! i think a parking lot in the distance has to be better- at least there is something to look at! It was very out of character for me to complain-but I couldnt live with it--and I'm glad i did it!

Sandy,

Another great installment! Congrats on the upgrade, that's awesome. Can't wait to see more.

Thank you! We were happy after my bridezilla moment!

[figmentfan814]

Sandy, I'm so glad that things worked out at the Beach Club for your room. I'm impressed how early you were able to get your family up and running every day. I love going into the park and seeing the storm troopers; it's been a couple of years, but I remember how cool it seems as you're coming inside.

I love the pictures with all the characters :darth: :yoda: :chewy: How did you like Toy Story?

50s is always a lot of fun; we did a group dinner there and had a blast!

[lurkyloo]

We headed straight to Toy Story- i pulled out the fastpasses and realized earlier I had looked wrong and was an hour off- I thought it was 4:45-5:45YIKES :eek: it was 5:00 and we were ow 15 minutes late for our FP time

A tip about FastPasses - it doesn't matter when you return as long as you don't come back until after the first time printed on the ticket. We collect FastPasses in the morning to use later in the afternoon and evening! :thumbsup2

[lov2b@disney]

Sandy, I'm so glad that things worked out at the Beach Club for your room. I'm impressed how early you were able to get your family up and running every day. I love going into the park and seeing the storm troopers; it's been a couple of years, but I remember how cool it seems as you're coming inside.

I love the pictures with all the characters :darth: :yoda: :chewy: How did you like Toy Story?

50s is always a lot of fun; we did a group dinner there and had a blast!
We definately got everyone going as early as possible! I guess it is a Disney illness- gotta go-cant miss anything! That is probably why Evan ended up asleep in the stroller every night!!! The star wars stuff was fun- we all liked seeing the characters in their outfits!

We loved Toy Story, it was fun! And I beat DH:banana: - once at least!!

50's was fun until Evan decided he was done!:rolleyes:


A tip about FastPasses - it doesn't matter when you return as long as you don't come back until after the first time printed on the ticket. We collect FastPasses in the morning to use later in the afternoon and evening! :thumbsup2

Thank you Carrie! i did not know that! That is a great idea--

[Jessbell34]

Sandy... I love your new update! My DH is a huge Star Wars fan as well and loved that Sunday at MGM... Oops HS! I can't wait to read more! I have been a slacker this past week with my TR. I think I may be back on track again though! Keep the updates coming. I am loving it! :lovestruc I can't wait until the wedding day!

[lov2b@disney]

Sandy... I love your new update! My DH is a huge Star Wars fan as well and loved that Sunday at MGM... Oops HS! I can't wait to read more! I have been a slacker this past week with my TR. I think I may be back on track again though! Keep the updates coming. I am loving it! :lovestruc I can't wait until the wedding day!

Jessica, Star wars was fun I'm glad we got to do it! I am trying to catch up to you...not sure if that will happen!:upsidedow

[lov2b@disney]

Day 4: june 15, 2008, Father's Day- AK

Stitch woke us up at 7am- seemed to be our time of day! We had a 9:10 ADR at Tusker House at AK- so we roll out of bed and groggily be on our way!
The boys in the Solarium at the BC-a nice quiet sunny spot waiting for us to fix coffee-
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Ready to go-
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We were meeting my dad, sister and 2 nephews and DH sister, husband and 2 kids for breakfast.

We met my family at the BC and followed each other to AK- we always drive to AK I dont know why but it is easy.

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My family-
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my dad decided to upgrade his tickets to an annual pass--I've been trying to turn him to a Disney junky too and maybe it is starting to work!!:woohoo:
They actually had a separate reservation because they decided later to join us so we went ahead and met DH family and we all hoofed it back to Tusker House in Africa!

My now SIL and husband waiting for our table-
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We didnt wait long, my family got there before we sat down. Before you go to be seated they take a picture of your group outside-to entice you to buy once inside! Of course I did!;)

There is plenty of character interaction, including a little parade around the restaurant-which is great the kids get up and move around a little-the food was yummy and the juice was great- I cant remember what is was but our kids drank pitchers of it!
Me and the kids-
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DH and the kids-
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Evan loves the characters-:lovestruc
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the happy couple and a couple of characters!
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We finished up breakfast and met everyone outside of the restaurant we decided to get a FP for the safari and since it wouldnt be too long we explored the Pangani Forest Trail- the highlight for the kids... a gorilla pooped!

Then we headed to Kilimanjaro Safaris-

waiting- my son and his cousin(they were so excited they would officially be cousins once we got married) and they are a handful together
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my dad-
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My oldest son took the camera here are some of the animals-
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After the safari we decided we should get a FP for Everest--

One the way we stopped to see the leaf lady- she is really cool-
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And the mandatory picture of the tree of life-

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Before we got to Everest we noticed the wait at Kali River Rapids was only 20 minutes--DH said he didnt want to get wet so he went to collect the FP and we would ride- well somewhere FBIL disappeared-we waited like 10 minutes and I finally told SIL we were going without him--it turned out he went with DH to get the FP-oh well, he lost out! We had fun and got wet!
It was really funny a wave came over the side where my DS7 was sitting and he got drenched---it was hot already so we dried up quick-- all except the 2 trouble makers- we stopped for a bathroom break and they found a little fountain area and finished the job the ride had not- they were dripping wet!
of course I didnt get a picture because we were annoyed since we thought they were in the bathroom and could find them for just long enough to start panicking---


We met back up with DH our FP werent for a while so we decided to head to Dinoland--we rode Dinosaur, when we came out it was pouring! SIL stayed with DS2, my sister and her 2 boys--we found them under a tree trying to stay dry-- my phone rang it was my friend who came in from NY to come to the wedding she was in the park- I had left her our itinerary--I couldnt have been happier, we grew up together and were good friends since middle school and I hadnt seen her in about 6 years-I was wonderful to see her again-

her little girl and DS2-
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We enjoyed a nice visit and catchup while the kids played in the Dinoland playarea-we decided to take the young kids to the triceratop spin, when we got off DH family was gone- I asked where they were and SIL got a call that DH other sister, her family and his grandmother were in Orlando and on their way to the hotel so they went to ride Everest and were leaving to meet them- I just felt bad because the kids didnt get to ride all together--

DH took the boys and i waited with Evan while they rode-- shortly after we decided to go back to the BC, we had an ADR at Rose and Crown for Father's Day---

[lov2b@disney]

Father's Day Dinner--

My dad, sister and nephew came back to the BC with us, we cleaned up and walked over to Epcot, it was not really raining but it wasnt very nice, kind of misty- We didnt wait long and were seated on the outside (covered) patio- it was nice-

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My nephew enjoying his meal-
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Fried fish basket-Dh and Ds11 had this they said it was good!
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Me and Dad had Bangers and Mash- yummy!
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My sister decided to order the surf and turf- she didnt want the "surf" so they brought hers without it but charged the full price--which i normally wouldnt care about except that somehow i ended up with the bill!!(this is a recurrent theme:mad: )

While we were eating a man at the table across from us must have been having a birthday and his family ordered a cake- they brought it out and sang--my father proudly:confused: ,more out of obligation was wearing his bday pin I put in his welcome bag(it was his bday earlier in the week) and says I am glad noone did that to me--- well--

a few minutes later our server brought out the Father's Day cake i ordered for Dad and DH, but they also used it as an opportunity to sing Happy Birthday to my dad!:rotfl: He was so embarrassed---

The cake- DH loves Donald-
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It was really yummy!

We had a nice time , after dinner we decided to walk off dinner in world showcase it still wasnt very nice out but we wandered a while anyway before heading back to BC, we had planned on swimming but it wasnt very nice and we called it a night!



Up next Blizzard Beach, tux fitting, and another dinner paid by me!:headache:

[irisbud]

Great update, looking forward to more.

One question: You mentioned that paying for everyone's dinner became an unfortunately recurring theme for you. I am afraid this will happen to us at our wedding as well. Is there something you would have done differently to stop it if you knew that would happen, or is it just one of those things that you wenren't going to be able to stop? Not trying to be nosy, just hoping for options and advice :goodvibes:

[WithDisneySpirit]

Love the updates!!!

I was probably rude in that I sent an email to friends explaining which dinners were "pay your own way" and which were treats. My mom did the same with our family and I let Rick's family know. It worked out well for us :goodvibes

[29apr00]

More great updates!!

I'm sorry you got stuck with the bill for dinners!! That is totally unfair!! After the 1st meal, i'd have made a general annoucement at the begining of each meal, near the server, that all meals are on seperate checks! Takes care of everything!

[lov2b@disney]

Great update, looking forward to more.

One question: You mentioned that paying for everyone's dinner became an unfortunately recurring theme for you. I am afraid this will happen to us at our wedding as well. Is there something you would have done differently to stop it if you knew that would happen, or is it just one of those things that you wenren't going to be able to stop? Not trying to be nosy, just hoping for options and advice :goodvibes:

Mostly it is because of my sister who is naturally a SPONGE- a whole dramatic story I wont bore you with--

We used our DDE card and some where willing to split the check others were not-- they were not so I ended up with the bill this night and the next! It was my dad-who I have no problem paying for- my sister, her babysitter-who she decided to bring(not invited) and her 2 kids- so it added up quickly.

We ended up only using the DDE for ourselves so the checks could be split, I felt bad not extending the discount to others but after $500 in food for 2 days (not including a full day of feeding everyone for the wedding) I was done!

Love the updates!!!

I was probably rude in that I sent an email to friends explaining which dinners were "pay your own way" and which were treats. My mom did the same with our family and I let Rick's family know. It worked out well for us :goodvibes

i actually did send out links to the menus and prices when I asked who wanted to be included on the reservations-- I guess I needed to make it more clear:mad:

As above my sister takes advantage- and it made me mad that she didnt offer anything- not even i have no cash I'll pay you back---

[lov2b@disney]

More great updates!!

I'm sorry you got stuck with the bill for dinners!! That is totally unfair!! After the 1st meal, i'd have made a general annoucement at the begining of each meal, near the server, that all meals are on seperate checks! Takes care of everything!

It was a little- ok alot of money I didnt plan on spending! 3 adults and 2 children! My dad-- of course said he'd pay me back- but it is her that i'd like to see pay not him! So I told him I didnt mind paying for him but not her whole clan--I know it is futile I will never see any of it!:mad:

[roozlilone]

Gosh, I hate that for you! :headache: I know that can be extremely stressful! I too have a sister exactly like that.....a sponge...but I've made it pretty clear on what we are paying for and what we are not. I hope we don't run into the same problem! :goodvibes

[Kimberly815]

I just found your report. I love all the pictures (especially your Magic Kingdom photo shoot ones)! Thanks for sharing your story! I can't wait for more!:thumbsup2

[lov2b@disney]

Gosh, I hate that for you! :headache: I know that can be extremely stressful! I too have a sister exactly like that.....a sponge...but I've made it pretty clear on what we are paying for and what we are not. I hope we don't run into the same problem! :goodvibes
Good thing to make it very clear! It wouldnt of mattered though I'm sure she would've expected my father to pay if I didnt!
I just found your report. I love all the pictures (especially your Magic Kingdom photo shoot ones)! Thanks for sharing your story! I can't wait for more!:thumbsup2
Thank you for reading along!:goodvibes

[MickeyAnne]

Looks like you had a great time in AK! I love character breakfasts and look so forward to when I have children to bring to them!! Loved this installment!

[lov2b@disney]

Looks like you had a great time in AK! I love character breakfasts and look so forward to when I have children to bring to them!! Loved this installment!

The character meal at Tusker House was really good- one of the best breakfast ones- fun and entertaining for the kids--and the adults(big kids)

[pink_tink8i8]

I can't believe you got stuck with the bill :scared1: I have a feeling my family might think that we are going to pay for everything for them too :mad:

[JoJo1980]

Seems like you had a lovely time, you & your boys look like you have lots of fun & smiles together :goodvibes Your MK pix are gorgeous :love: Can't wait for more updates :surfweb:

It was fab seeing photos of Donalds Breakfast, I was considering booking this for us and I think you've just made my mind up ;)

[lov2b@disney]

I can't believe you got stuck with the bill :scared1: I have a feeling my family might think that we are going to pay for everything for them too :mad:

:scared1: I know! I dont even think they thought we were paying- its more she is so used to my father paying her way that it didnt matter as long as she wasnt paying!

Seems like you had a lovely time, you & your boys look like you have lots of fun & smiles together :goodvibes Your MK pix are gorgeous :love: Can't wait for more updates :surfweb:

It was fab seeing photos of Donalds Breakfast, I was considering booking this for us and I think you've just made my mind up ;)

Thank you we really had a great time! Tusker House was fun, we are doing it again on our next trip- if you like buffet breakfasts do it!

[lov2b@disney]

DAY 5: BLIZZARD BEACH

We had promised the boys we would go to a water park this trip, I think DH and i could have went either way. Since alot of our trips recently have been in January we have skipped it- we let the boys pick which park to go to and they picked BB.

We got up early-yet again- To get to the park at opening, DH had a tux fitting with CA later in the afternoon so up at 7:30 and we hit the road running---

AFter parking and walking towards the entrance we see- Summit Plummet- I had already decided this was not for me, i think I'm still digging reminants of my bathingsuit out from the last time I went on something like that!
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We used our AP discount on the tickets which worked out good
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We paid for a locker- then realized we probably didnt need it- but oh well we stuck our $ and "valuables" in it. we had plans to meet my friend from NY and her family for the day--

We all decided to set up camp at the kids area we have the 2yo and she has a 9month old- we then decided to go on the family raft ride- we decided to take the chair lift to the top-we wait on line and then I see a sign that says you have to put young children in the seat-well I had planned on holding Evan, in a death grip on my lap- much better control that way- I think I started to sweat, 2yo do not sit still very well and i envisioned him slipping under the bar and UGH:scared1: So I promptly got off the line, DH and the 2 older boys had a nice leasurely ride to the top and I mostly carrying Evan hoof it up the hill to the top, thank God he decided to walk the stairs near the top, I was so tired when I got to the top!

We enjoyed the ride- Evan hated it and screamed the whole time! I decided to take him to play in the kiddy area, lessen the trauma--DH took the big boys to ride some of the rides/slides that Evan couldnt go on-

No pictures of DH and I -only cute kids in the pool! The theming is cute in this area- my only issue is unless your on the slides with them you have to do a lot of running to keep up with them!
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My friends little girl-
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After playing a while DH came back and got us and we decided to play in the pre-teen area which is a nice transition area for kids not ready for the big slides, then on to float on the lazy river for a while- I really liked that they had the tubes with bottoms so Evan could sit and float- much easier than trying to hold him all the way- we enjoyed a trip around and decided to pick up my friend and head to the wave pool--

We ate a hidiously expensive lunch-and back to the kiddy pool when they skys quickly grayed, the thunder and lightening started we decided we would pack it up since we had to be back for a Tuxedo fitting at 4:00 any way-- it was actually kind of funny everyone was running when it started to rain--I wanted to say, Hey, we are at a water park why isnt this what you came for-to get wet!

We headed back to the room, where DH had a tux fitting and I planned on meeting my friend at the BC pool for a little bit- well we get down there and it starts to thunder again so no go- we wandered around a bit and headed into the Yacht CLub-which seemed much quieter than the BC with hardly anyone in the gift shop-

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Finally we got to go to the pool-
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my friend-
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Evan loving the sand in the pool-
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We didnt play long and more thunder and lightening and out we go!
We decided to head back to the room where we get in the elevator with the lady from CA- I thought she would've been done already- oh well-

I tried not to look when DH tried on the Tux, I wanted to be surprised. It went well everything fit-she had forgotten cufflinks and said she would leave them at the front desk, she called a bit later and said she did not have them in her car but would drop them off in the morning- no problem- since we had 2 days until the wedding---

We got cleaned up and ready to meet my dad, sister and family and my brother who was driving in today at Boma at AKL- I was excited to go over to the AKL since we have never been there and I love exploring new resorts!

[WithDisneySpirit]

Wow, y'all got so much touring done in the days leading up to the wedding! Your 2 year old looks so happy in his water park and SAB pictures :goodvibes

Its so nice that your faraway friend could come for your wedding :wizard:

[lov2b@disney]

Wow, y'all got so much touring done in the days leading up to the wedding! Your 2 year old looks so happy in his water park and SAB pictures :goodvibes

Its so nice that your faraway friend could come for your wedding :wizard:

We had a great time leading up till the wedding! We got there 6 days before it was a really nice distraction from the anxious waiting that happens before the big day!

He absolutely loved the pools esp SAB with the sand!

i was thrilled to be able to see Brenda and she loves Disney too- it was our first trip there together and i think we will try and do it again!:banana:

[lov2b@disney]

We headed to AKL-
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It really has a similar feel to WL which we Love!
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The beautiful lobby-
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We went out on a little observation deck off the lobby, didnt see any animals at this point-
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We got there a little early to we could walk around a few minutes before my family got there-they called to say they were on the way--but heard from my brother who got a late start leaving NC that morning and would not be here in time for dinner

We checked in - the check in desk is in the lobby and not near the restaurant-
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They got there right before our thing buzzed to be seated-

Food- the food is a big buffet, some weird, some yummy- definately worth the experience-
couscous and watermelon rind salad-
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my nephew-(and in the background the uninvited guest:rolleyes1 )
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My oldest and my other nephew(they are brothers 11mo. apart)
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my sister and dad-
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Dh and oldest-
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The yummy desserts- alot are made with alcohol and the kids kept asking if they could have them!
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the server noticed our Just Married (almost) pins and brought us this-
(notice the hidden mickey)
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After i paid for everyones dinner AGAIN!:eek: :mad: we went to go outside to explore a little more. My brother called shortly after we got out and he was in Orlando so he came and met us just in time to miss my oldest of the 2 nephews climbing the rock next to these birds-the 4+ high rock structure-
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now i about flipped thinking he was going to fall off and no one was doing anything about it- I yelled at my sister to get her son before he fell- not to mention all the people looking at him in disgust-including me!!!!

Anyway we enjoyed seeing all the animals who were out after just being fed-
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Dad, DH and the boys-
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the lobby from outside, there is a neat little firepit area with chairs-right outside
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Notice who is asleep again--
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the pool-
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We really liked the atmosphere here, I think the kids would like to look out and see the animals!

We all decided to call it a night and head seperately back to our hotels:cool1:



NEXT: Rehearsal, O'hana Welcome Dinner

[irisbud]

Great installment, can't wait to read more! It is unbelievable that everyone thought you should just pay for them. GRRR!

[29apr00]

Love the pics of AKL. What did you think of Boma?? enought for the kids to eat? What kinds of "regular" food did they have? Dh and my kids would totally not be into Coucous and watermelon rind salad! :lmao: I'd love to try Boma, but i don't think my family would go for it!

[lov2b@disney]

Great installment, can't wait to read more! It is unbelievable that everyone thought you should just pay for them. GRRR!

I know! I didnt figure them into my budget!;)

Love the pics of AKL. What did you think of Boma?? enought for the kids to eat? What kinds of "regular" food did they have? Dh and my kids would totally not be into Coucous and watermelon rind salad! :lmao: I'd love to try Boma, but i don't think my family would go for it!


AKL is beautiful! Too bad it doesnt have better transportation options-that is my only issue with staying there-
Boma- atmosphere is awesome, really cool...food I, nor most of the adults really cared for the African stuff-I tried it though-
There was Prime rib,chicken,salmon,salads(reg and African),fruits, soups

for the kids-chicken nuggets,wings, fries, mac and cheese, pasta meatballs and sauce- kind of the usual kids stuff at buffets

i am glad we did it but probably wont do it again-we just dont have adventurous eaters.

[lov2b@disney]

day 6: June 17, 2008 Rehearsal Day!

Today is rehearsal day! Evan had a bad night- so far the only one and was up several times and got up at 6am, not being ready just yet to get up I got him to lay with us--

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i got up and started to get ready our rehearsal was 8:30, we were meeting our guide at the IG at 8:15. We got ready and headed out, it is a pleasant walk to Epcot. We easily spotted our guide and headed to Italy where Marion and Rev. Jack where waiting for us. We mostly just talked through everything since it was just us and the boys. Really no practice. But it was nice to meet Rev. Jack, who is very sweet before the ceremony- I also brought to Marions attention a couple of changes that were never made to our BEO--we only picked up our final one after little changes(itinerary changes) on friday when we dropped off our things at Francks--they did not get it to us before we left, much to my dismay. The rehearsal probably only lasted 10-15minutes and we walked back.

Crossing the bridge from France to the IG we noticed alot of people waiting to get into the park. We felt pretty cool being in the park, everyone was looking at us-wondering why we were in and already leaving the park---just keep 'em guessing!

We had not eaten and decided to walk to the BW Bakery and get some breakfast--an added perk it was Jessica's wedding Day and we got some front row seats to see her heading to SBP! Beautiful I might add!

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After eating we walked past SBP, pausing to see the wedding and then back to the BC to make some calls and see what everyone was up to today--

our timer we got 350+ days before the wedding now read-
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ONLY HOURS LEFT!!!

My dad and brother came to meet us and just hang at SAB for the day. Everyone else went to AK--

DH ended up hanging in the room for a while because Evan was really grumpy and I told him his son needed a nap---I think he took the clue and said he would stay with him:rotfl:

Couple of BC pictures I took on the way down to the pool-
DS on balcony
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pretty courtyard-
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Unfortunately I left the camera in the room and was not going to chance waking Evan up- so pictureless afternoon-

We relaxed by the pool, floated in the lazy river and pretty much did nothing!! It is a great pool to just hang out at. We ate burgers out of buckets from Hurricane Hannahs- DH finally joined us a few hours later with Evan--right before it was time to get ready for the rehearsal. We went in about 3:30 to get showered and changed.

Before we left for the rehearsal I checked into my room, which a friend was sharing with me . Of course it was not that easy- they had lost/cancelled my reservation, I dont think I ever figured out what happened. All I knew is it was paid for and I needed a room to be able to hang my dress and get ready for my wedding-- It did get straightened out but what I didnt realize was they gave me a room with a King bed! So the night before my wedding I shared a bed with my good Friend Joann!:)

[29apr00]

:eek: There's a lazy river at BW??? At SAB? No way!! That's it, definately changing my reservation for the VR....again. :rotfl:

Too funny!! most brides will do anything for the king bed, and you get one that you can't "enjoy"! :rotfl:

[lov2b@disney]

:eek: There's a lazy river at BW??? At SAB? No way!! That's it, definately changing my reservation for the VR....again. :rotfl:

Too funny!! most brides will do anything for the king bed, and you get one that you can't "enjoy"! :rotfl:

Yes! The SAB at BC is awesome! The lazy River is not really big, it is deep in spots though (8ft) but if you just lay(tubes for rent), I did see some people with noodles, close your eyes and float who cares-- it is very relaxing! Not to mention so many little nooks and crannies to hang out , the slides and sand for the kids!

Yes, king bed-- and a friend who already didnt know there was going to be a wake up call at 4:30am!:lmao:

[padisneyfour]

:goodvibes tooo cute!

[Jessbell34]

That is so neat that you got to catch a glimpse of me and the wedding. Too exciting. Did you happen to snap any pics from a distance? I know probably too weird to take pictures of someone you don't know, but I would have love to see my ceremony from your point of view. Oh, and I can't wait... your wedding day is getting so close!

[lov2b@disney]

:goodvibes tooo cute!

I know too funny!! She was ok with it thank god!

That is so neat that you got to catch a glimpse of me and the wedding. Too exciting. Did you happen to snap any pics from a distance? I know probably too weird to take pictures of someone you don't know, but I would have love to see my ceremony from your point of view. Oh, and I can't wait... your wedding day is getting so close!

We had fun watching you come from the BW to SBP! i did not take any I thought people would think i was a stalker! It was beautiful from my point of view, I was very excited for you! Rehearsal dinner next than WEDDING DAY! Hopefully i will have some Randy shots by then! Linda is sending our CD to us--she asked if we wanted to wait until they got back----NO!:scared1:

[WithDisneySpirit]

Before we left for the rehearsal I checked into my room, which a friend was sharing with me . Of course it was not that easy- they had lost/cancelled my reservation, I dont think I ever figured out what happened. All I knew is it was paid for and I needed a room to be able to hang my dress and get ready for my wedding-- It did get straightened out but what I didnt realize was they gave me a room with a King bed! So the night before my wedding I shared a bed with my good Friend Joann!:)

I read this part to my husband; that is priceless!! :laughing: :rotfl:

I also loved the pic of Evan in the photo booth :lovestruc he's a cutie but all your boys really are too!!!!

[lov2b@disney]

I read this part to my husband; that is priceless!! :laughing: :rotfl:

I also loved the pic of Evan in the photo booth :lovestruc he's a cutie but all your boys really are too!!!!

Glad he enjoyed it!:rotfl:

[figmentfan814]

Quick question what do they serve at the AK breakfast?

Sorry to hear about getting stuck with the bill. I was glad that this didn't happen to us. Did you talk to your family about it at all?

The Donald cake was so cute; did you order it through Disney Dining directly?

[lov2b@disney]

Quick question what do they serve at the AK breakfast?

Sorry to hear about getting stuck with the bill. I was glad that this didn't happen to us. Did you talk to your family about it at all?

The Donald cake was so cute; did you order it through Disney Dining directly?


The breakfast at AK is buffet with pretty much the ususal breakfast fare nothing fancy, the juice is awesome. The character stuff makes it really fun!

I didnt really discuss it directly with them--before I made the reservation I sent an email with all the information about the restaurant including the price--- next time no hints;)

I ordered the cake through the cake hotline--

[lov2b@disney]

O'hana Welcome Dinner June 17, 2008

Since we only had 33 people we decided on a Welcome Dinner for everyone! We decided on O'hana based alot on the recommendation of this board. We enjoyed it when we have eaten before and the fun entertaining stuff they do during the meal. We had lots of kids traveling with us and any GOOD reason for them to get out of their seats and burn off some stream is great!!

Entering the Poly, the lobby is tropical plants and waterfalls-
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Our reservation was 5:15, we told everyone to meet at 5:00, which worked well all but one family got there on time, and that family was SOOOO late, they got lost on the way to the poly-ending up at DTD:confused3

Checking in-next to a pushy lady, she wiggled right in front of me to check in
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Evan and his great grandma! She was amazing during this trip, she is 91 years old and she lasted longer in the parks then me! They had here out until 2am at MK for EMH one night :faint:

I asked them at the podum if we could set out our favors before everyone sat down, they were very accomodating.
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They put us in the main dining area, in the middle of the restaurant, our table when from one edge of the walkway around the restaurant to the other. There were 2 other partying in the same area.


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The open kitchen-
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The food starts with a yummy salad and fried wontons-
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Next up shrimp, which had a little kick, chicken wings- sweet, yummy

Skewers of Steak, pork and turkey
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After dinner is bread pudding with banana Foster sauce-


our guests, who all enjoyed the dinner-
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Me-
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[lov2b@disney]

Mischievous boys-
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My oldest and my dear friend Joann-
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DH sister and son-
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Dh other sister and husband-
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The family, a good friend of both of us, who arrived almost an hour late after deing lost on property for a long while-- the staff at Ohana was awesome they brought them out everything they had missed, i had asked if we should save salad, appetizers for them and they said no they would bring fresh food out when they got there.
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The fun!

The man who leads the fun- i forget his name--
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Coconut rolling, you use brooms to roll the coconuts around the track around the restaurant-

Evan-
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my neice-
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my nephew-
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The limbo, the line goes around the room, everyone gets a maraca-
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[lov2b@disney]

They called up everyone celebrating a special occasion, wedding/anniversary.

DH and I got up they asked everyone what occasion we were there for and then had us all dance--
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Dh sister brought us a few gifts, which we then opened-
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Then DH started to talk to everyone at first I thought it was a thank you to everyone for coming, which it was, and a thank you to my Dad who hosted the Welcome Dinner, which it was. Then it turned to how much he loved me and he had a gift for me-- I was floored, I had no idea that was coming, surprises are fun, but I was kind of embarrassed---

During his speech-
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Opening my gift-my sister's faces are priceless-
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Seeing the gift- which I need to get a better picture of. The are a pair of earrings, that apparantly he had been plotting for a while to get, through his sister's friend in NY.
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They are diamond hearts, in the middle are 3 sapphires(matching my e-ring and wedding band) of course the 3 sapphires look like a hidden mickey(not on purpose and someone who is not a disney fan may not even notice:eek: :eek: )

i had been having trouble deciding what earring to use for the wedding and that is when he decided to get me them. Sweet:lovestruc so of course i wore them for the wedding----


After dinner we wandered out by the pool, taking in the views over to the MK. Most of our guests had never been to the Poly-


Our family-
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My side of the family-
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We all decided we would meet back up at the BC to swim, relax and head to bed early--for the 4:30am lingering wake up call---


up next-THE BIG DAY!

[jessesgirl-080708]

Surprises are great! That was really sweet!
Great pics Sandy, can't wait for the next insert!

[WithDisneySpirit]

Wonderful day and great pictures, Sandy!!!! I wanna see those earrings :goodvibes What a sweet hubby :lovestruc I am getting hungry for O'Hana's too!!!

I am going to show that picture of Evan's grandma to my mother and tell her she has another great twenty years to enjoy Disney, hey, maybe more! :dance3: she is 70 this year...

[sungela]

You all look so cute with the leis. And that was very sweet of him to surprise you!

Now get to the wedding day... ahem....

[29apr00]

yeah for suprise presents!! the earring sound beautiful!

Can't wait for the next day!!

[padisneyfour]

Sandy it sounds like you and your family really had a very special trip up to this point and looking forward to hearing more about your wedding day.....:goodvibes

[lov2b@disney]

Surprises are great! That was really sweet!
Great pics Sandy, can't wait for the next insert!
Thanks it was sweet!

Wonderful day and great pictures, Sandy!!!! I wanna see those earrings :goodvibes What a sweet hubby :lovestruc I am getting hungry for O'Hana's too!!!

I am going to show that picture of Evan's grandma to my mother and tell her she has another great twenty years to enjoy Disney, hey, maybe more! :dance3: she is 70 this year...

i already booked o'hana for our next trip! Never too old for Disney! We drag my dad, he is 66, everytime we go-- I think he finally has decided it's not so bad--he upgraded his pass to an annual pass when he came for the wedding:cool1:

You all look so cute with the leis. And that was very sweet of him to surprise you!

Now get to the wedding day... ahem....

It was sweet! Wedding day coming.....tomorrow if Evan decides it is OK..he is the boss of my day!:rotfl:

yeah for suprise presents!! the earring sound beautiful!

Can't wait for the next day!!

The earrings are perfect! :yay:

Sandy it sounds like you and your family really had a very special trip up to this point and looking forward to hearing more about your wedding day.....:goodvibes

We did have a wonderful trip! Wedding day ....up next!!!:bride:

[lov2b@disney]

OUR WEDDING DAY! June 18, 2008

Starting with the night before--I stayed in a separate room--i checked into my room and didnt think to tell them someone would be staying with me and when I went to the room to hang my dress and put my overnight bag in there, low and behold a single King bed--

The dress hanging out- i did not have it steamed, i talked to the girls at the shop where I bought it and they said it would be fine if I hung it out-they had stuffed it like I was in it- They were right it was just fine--and one less thing to worry about coordinating-
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Since I had no bridal party and my friend Joann was staying off property at a friends house it made sense that she just stay with me the night before the wedding so it would be easier for her to get to the ceremony and she could help me get ready. She definately didnt know what she was getting herself into!

We got to the room somewhere around 11-After I helped DH get the kids washed and settled and all their stuff ready for the next day. i kissed everyone good night and went to my room-I showered and washed my hair so it would be easier in the morning and we headed to be, now the king size bed was really no issue since we comfortably could've fit at least one more person:rotfl: I made the wake up call-4:30am:scared1: This is when Joann found out when we were getting up!!! At this point it was nearly midnight and we are chit chatting in bed and she said "too bad it is so late,i had some questions for you", so I responded "what are your questions?" Well, i thought they were going to be easy, and really they were, but not quick! The first one was "Why do you love James?" So here we are after midnight with a looming 4:30am wake up call having this long, serious conversation--at least it felt long as I was starting to panic about no sleep and bags/puffy eyes-and yes you can see it in some of the pictures! Finally we went to sleep and when Stitch called 4 hours later i was NOT bright eyed and bushy tailed but i drug myself out of bed and into the shower! Luckily I decided to wash my hair the night before so I tried not to get it too wet, less to do before the arrival of Lilly from Beaute Speciale at 5am!

I got done, dried off, had the big underwear debate-i had 3 different ones and didnt know which to wear--luckily i had the chicken breasts sewn into my dress so NO bra:cool1: When---a knock on the door---WHAT--it was only 4:45 and my hair was still damp- it was the bright eyed and bushy tailed Lilly! She was like a ball of energy! I WAS NOT! Joann took the liberty of making the little tiny pot of coffee that comes in the room- since there was no where to get coffee yet in the resort:scared: I was excited that it was my wedding day but I was tired, but slowly waking up!

While Lily set up-literally moved things, took off lamp shades- i finished drying my hair and Lily was ready to go! She is so cute, she talked the whole time, she is high energy and very personable!

Here we are getting ready-
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she started about 5am and worked until about 6:30-yikes-I had alot of work to be done! My hair turned out perfect-exactly what I wanted! She talked me into fake eyelashed which turned out good- the eye makeup was alot compared to what I usually wear-DH definately noticed-I wasnt sure I loved it but once it wore a little I liked it better-

James called at about 6:00 to let me know everyone was up and laying around like slugs! He was showered and was trying to motivate the 3 boys to get done- since he had no help my dad was coming over at 6:30 to help him finish up the boys in anticipation of Randy's arrival at 7:00!

I told him I loved him and couldnt wait to be his wife and wished him luck with the boys. I was glad I didnt have that stress to deal with on this morning!

The finished me:

my hair-
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and me-
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Joann helped me into my dress -
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then I asked her to go check on James and the boys, and return my things to the other room since I only had this room for one night-

handsome boys, but what it up with the hair! i did not say anything to DH- just let it go--
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and DH all ready-
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At this point Randy had gotten to the room with the boys, snapped a few pictures and headed with Joann back to my room-we took a few pictures in the room and headed out for the big reveal in the lobby- On the way we met the floral people who had my bouquet- It was pretty, smelled absolutely wonderful but not exactly my vision-i think I figured out it was the more purple color of the peony, instead of it being more pink- but oh well- i was not letting it stress me i was excited, mostly awake and ready to see my future husband--

Waiting in the lobby for the go ahead--
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[WithDisneySpirit]

Just gorgeous, Sandy! I loved your dress on you too! The boys all looked handsome and I agree, your DH did good to keep all the kids corraled and actually got them dressed too!! :lovestruc

[lov2b@disney]

THE BIG REVEAL- I did not have any pictures so these few are Randy's-I am trying to go through the 2000 pictures he took so all the rest are mine-I will post his soon! They are not yet on his website-he his on vacation and just sent the CD of all of them--

ok, back to the story- Randy had James wait outside-
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I walked outside, talking to him, telling him not to peek, he was shifting and pulling on his sleeves-you could tell he was anxious to see me-

finally the moment-now I wish I had a better face shot-but I dont
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Checking me out-
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us-
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now this is definately a departure from my little makeup, ponytail mommy self-
he looked very handsome as did my boys-
the oldest 2-
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and the youngest-already a ball of energy-
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We took pictures around the BC for a little before the limo picked us up so we could go over to Epcot and take some pictures before the ceremony- I will say this was the best decisions- we got lots of pictures and had lots of time to get some great ones

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My dad had Evan in the stroller so he wouldnt get in the way of Randy taking pictures-
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We finished up pictures around the BC entrance-the flowers were beautiful out there- and headed to the limo- it picked us up at about 7:30- so we could have about and hour to snap away in Epcot-

Joann and Dad rode in the limo with us- the where our team- Dad had Evan, Ryne and Kyle and Joann took almost all of these pictures! Thank God we had them both!


the limo ride to Epcot-
glad to have water in the limo-it was already hot out-though coffee would've been better and the boys ate some cereal-hungry boys are never well behaved! At least this will hold them over for a little while!
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[keenercam]

Sandy!! You looked so beautiful!! Your hair and makeup were absolutly gorgeous and perfect!! And all of your men were absolutely dashing! The picture of the five of you walking away with you and DH holding Evan's hands and your gown flowing behind you made me cry. What a beautiful, beautiful memory of the five of you walking off into your future together. :cloud9:

Can't wait to see more! :banana:

[sungela]

You looked so beautiful! And you have such handsome sons. I hope they weren't too upset about having to wear tuxes, because they were so cute.

[pjstevens]

Sandy,

they are awesome!!! You have such a beautiful family!

[irisbud]

Beautiful. And I love your hair! It is exactly what I want for mine! Do you mind if I use a picture of it as my inspiration picture?

Can't wait for more!

[29apr00]

HAPPY 1 MONTH ANNIVERSARY!

Great pictures!! your dress is beautiful and the boys are so handsome!

[Jessbell34]

Sandy, I am loving it so far. Isn't Lili absolutely wonderful! She showed up early on my morning too. I was so impressed by her. You looked so beautiful! I love the reveal pictures. I can't wait for more!

Oh, I also love the picture of all of you in the limo and the boys holding their Fruit Loops....

Keep it coming!

HAPPY 1 MONTH ANNIVERSARY!

...mine was yesterday, I couldn't believe it!

[lov2b@disney]

Here are some of the hundreds of pix Randy took that morning-keeping in sequence, of the BC-(anyone know why they are not very clear?)

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first look again-
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[lov2b@disney]

Just gorgeous, Sandy! I loved your dress on you too! The boys all looked handsome and I agree, your DH did good to keep all the kids corraled and actually got them dressed too!! :lovestruc
Thanks Lisa! DH was very good to get himself and the boys done!:thumbsup2

Sandy!! You looked so beautiful!! Your hair and makeup were absolutly gorgeous and perfect!! And all of your men were absolutely dashing! The picture of the five of you walking away with you and DH holding Evan's hands and your gown flowing behind you made me cry. What a beautiful, beautiful memory of the five of you walking off into your future together. :cloud9:

Can't wait to see more! :banana:
Thank you Cam, you are too sweet!

You looked so beautiful! And you have such handsome sons. I hope they weren't too upset about having to wear tuxes, because they were so cute.
Thanks! They didnt even bat an eye at wearing them! Shoes-now that was a different story-no stiff tux shoes- the 2 youngest wore Crocs and the oldest black skate shoes!

Sandy,

they are awesome!!! You have such a beautiful family!
Thank you very much!

Beautiful. And I love your hair! It is exactly what I want for mine! Do you mind if I use a picture of it as my inspiration picture?

Can't wait for more!
Absolutely, please use it!

HAPPY 1 MONTH ANNIVERSARY!

Great pictures!! your dress is beautiful and the boys are so handsome!
Thanks you Jennifer!

Sandy, I am loving it so far. Isn't Lili absolutely wonderful! She showed up early on my morning too. I was so impressed by her. You looked so beautiful! I love the reveal pictures. I can't wait for more!

Oh, I also love the picture of all of you in the limo and the boys holding their Fruit Loops....

Keep it coming!

HAPPY 1 MONTH ANNIVERSARY!

...mine was yesterday, I couldn't believe it!


jessica- I'm trying hard to catch up with you!!! Boys need breakfast:rotfl:

and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU TOO! time has flown and we are ready to go back to disney:woohoo:

[DecemberBride]

I can't remember if I've commented or not... but I've been following along!

Your dress is stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pink_tink8i8]

just beautiful! you even look gorgeous on the phone and I love the family shots

[adisneygal]

You look amazing! I can't wait to see more pics!!!!

[lov2b@disney]

I can't remember if I've commented or not... but I've been following along!

Your dress is stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for reading along!

just beautiful! you even look gorgeous on the phone and I love the family shots
Thank you:rotfl:
You look amazing! I can't wait to see more pics!!!!
Thanks!

[roozlilone]

Sandy,
Just catching up on your TR (just got back from our VR). Great family pics at the BC, your boys are just adorable! I can definitely relate with the whole hair and makeup thing, I'm not use too wearing that much makeup either. I'm a no makeup, stick my hair in a ponytail, soccer mom kinda of girl! It was weird for me to wear makeup and false lashes, it was definitely a first for me! :goodvibes

[jessesgirl-080708]

Your little ringbearer is adorable!! I need to borrow him in about two weeks!:lmao: He makes major domo look bad!!:rotfl:
Great Pics.. I'm sure that was one of the best moments of the entire day!

Can't wait for more!

[WithDisneySpirit]

I love your pictures around the BC, very pretty!! Your reveal is sweet :goodvibes I am not not smart to guess about the resloution of the pics; what size did you upload them to?

[lov2b@disney]

Sandy,
Just catching up on your TR (just got back from our VR). Great family pics at the BC, your boys are just adorable! I can definitely relate with the whole hair and makeup thing, I'm not use too wearing that much makeup either. I'm a no makeup, stick my hair in a ponytail, soccer mom kinda of girl! It was weird for me to wear makeup and false lashes, it was definitely a first for me! :goodvibes
Thanks Jodi! i cant wait to read all about your VR! Hope everything went great~

Your little ringbearer is adorable!! I need to borrow him in about two weeks!:lmao: He makes major domo look bad!!:rotfl:
Great Pics.. I'm sure that was one of the best moments of the entire day!

Can't wait for more!
He is a gem! Tux is hanging in the closet-ready when you are:rotfl:

I love your pictures around the BC, very pretty!! Your reveal is sweet :goodvibes I am not not smart to guess about the resloution of the pics; what size did you upload them to?
Thanks Lisa! My new obsession--picture resolution--although i still dont know anything more, just googled alot:lmao: Definately not a strong skill i have!

[figmentfan814]

Hi Sandy, Just catching up after my trip. Any shots in Italy during the rehearsal? O'hanas looked like a blast; it must have been so much fun with all the kids! I like seeing the Disney Bride logo again :goodvibes

The hardest thing about the Epcot ceremonies is the early morning wake-up :upsidedow That's great that you didn't have to pay for your dress to be steamed.

It looks like you've gotten a lot of great shots from Randy already. Maybe he didn't send you high resolution copies yet. Are they fuzzy when you open them on your computer too?

[lov2b@disney]

Hi Sandy, Just catching up after my trip. Any shots in Italy during the rehearsal? O'hanas looked like a blast; it must have been so much fun with all the kids! I like seeing the Disney Bride logo again :goodvibes

The hardest thing about the Epcot ceremonies is the early morning wake-up :upsidedow That's great that you didn't have to pay for your dress to be steamed.

It looks like you've gotten a lot of great shots from Randy already. Maybe he didn't send you high resolution copies yet. Are they fuzzy when you open them on your computer too?

Unfortunately we did not get pictures of the rehearsal:eek: I know what was i thinking! O'hanas was great, everyone had a blast! Thank you for the logo!

The early morning was tough 2 days in a row! Although I think it really didnt hit me until friday-2 days after the wedding!

Randy was going on vacation and Linda has said they didnt have everything back from the lab- so he sent 2 CD's so we could see pictures :confused3 they are not on his website yet--so maybe that is it!

[lov2b@disney]

Why is it that Disney Photography doesnt let you pick out what pictures you want in the album from the MK shoot:confused3 ???

Most of what they picked was OK but there is one that DH hates, our photographer insisted we take a couple without his glasses-he always wears glasses--and of course they put one of those in the album:mad:

You'd think for the $$$ it costs and for only 12 pictures it would be nice to let us pick them out!

ok rant over!:sad2:

[irisbud]

That is totally rediculous! It couldn't possibly be that hard to let you pick your own :confused:

[Jessbell34]

Why is it that Disney Photography doesnt let you pick out what pictures you want in the album from the MK shoot:confused3 ???

Most of what they picked was OK but there is one that DH hates, our photographer insisted we take a couple without his glasses-he always wears glasses--and of course they put one of those in the album:mad:

You'd think for the $$$ it costs and for only 12 pictures it would be nice to let us pick them out!

ok rant over!:sad2:

I am not happy with the Disney photo shoot service either. I still haven't even heard from them about my pictures being posted or haven't gotten the pictures yet. The only reason I found the pictures on the website is because I guessed the username and password from past brides on the board. That doesn't seem right does it? I am sorry you are not happy with the pics they picked for you. I am wondering which ones they will choose for us. I can't believe they don't let guests pick their own pictures. That is definitely not the way to run a photo business. :sad2: They are way, way, way too overpriced too! I am usually happy with Disney services, but this photo stuff is insane! Ok... thank you for allowing me to rant too! :rotfl:

[Jessbell34]

P.S. I could not imagine settling with Disney Photography for the actual wedding day stuff. Could you imagine? Thank goodness for Randy Chapman! :cheer2:

[lov2b@disney]

That is totally rediculous! It couldn't possibly be that hard to let you pick your own :confused:
I wouldnt think so, i dont know why they do it that way--

I am not happy with the Disney photo shoot service either. I still haven't even heard from them about my pictures being posted or haven't gotten the pictures yet. The only reason I found the pictures on the website is because I guessed the username and password from past brides on the board. That doesn't seem right does it? I am sorry you are not happy with the pics they picked for you. I am wondering which ones they will choose for us. I can't believe they don't let guests pick their own pictures. That is definitely not the way to run a photo business. :sad2: They are way, way, way too overpriced too! I am usually happy with Disney services, but this photo stuff is insane! Ok... thank you for allowing me to rant too! :rotfl:

That's great customer service:headache: I agree for that much $ we should be able to choose! Hope yours come soon!

P.S. I could not imagine settling with Disney Photography for the actual wedding day stuff. Could you imagine? Thank goodness for Randy Chapman! :cheer2:

i am happy we chose Randy!:)

[lurkyloo]

Why is it that Disney Photography doesnt let you pick out what pictures you want in the album from the MK shoot:confused3 ???... You'd think for the $$$ it costs and for only 12 pictures it would be nice to let us pick them out!

They do let you pick them - you just have to know to ask. :sad2: The only people who don't get to pick are UK Escape brides cuz they are given a disc of pictures and the portfolio to take with them when they leave WDW.

I am not happy with the Disney photo shoot service either. I still haven't even heard from them about my pictures being posted or haven't gotten the pictures yet. The only reason I found the pictures on the website is because I guessed the username and password from past brides on the board.

This happened to us too. They never notified us that our pix were up, so I just guessed our username. And this is only the tip of the iceberg of our problems with them. Our shoot was FIVE months ago and they still haven't resolved our problems with the photos.

[BaBeeCee14]

Loving your TR so far Sandy! You look beautiful! :goodvibes

[DecemberBride]

P.S. I could not imagine settling with Disney Photography for the actual wedding day stuff. Could you imagine? Thank goodness for Randy Chapman! :cheer2:

Now, I'm just scared about using Disney Photography for my wedding! :scared1: :confused: :sad2: :sad1:

[lov2b@disney]

They do let you pick them - you just have to know to ask. :sad2: The only people who don't get to pick are UK Escape brides cuz they are given a disc of pictures and the portfolio to take with them when they leave WDW.



This happened to us too. They never notified us that our pix were up, so I just guessed our username. And this is only the tip of the iceberg of our problems with them. Our shoot was FIVE months ago and they still haven't resolved our problems with the photos.

I have to say they certainly dont tell you that picking them is an option:confused3 Hope you get your mess resolved soon~ it is a shame they havent made it right yet!

Loving your TR so far Sandy! You look beautiful! :goodvibes
Hi Catherine, thank you!

Now, I'm just scared about using Disney Photography for my wedding! :scared1: :confused: :sad2: :sad1:

Dont be scared! The pictures are fine, we were just disappointed they sent us our album without our input as to what pictures we wanted in the album!
There was definately a different style between photographers, just different not bad or good. I'm sure you will get great pictures---

[padisneyfour]

just catching up( on vac in nc dodging rain drops today) loving your report! I saw all of you and your ds could sit in limo( I was glad to see that-wasn't sure
how many it would seat....we will need to seat 4) everything looks so pretty. I love the pics of all of you together walking as well as the one of you and james in front of the flowers! looking forward to reading more!:goodvibes

[lov2b@disney]

Arrival at Epcot and Pictures in the World Showcase

We arrived in Epcot through the back entrance, which is always fun, feeling like a VIP, in about 15 minutes! We arrived between italy and AA-
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So excited to get to Italy and see it all set up, at this point we were just so excited to be there, the realism of it all had definately set in :cool1:
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The Disney team and Rev Day were hard at work--everything was set up except the petals, less time to blow away--
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The Ceremony site-
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Petal cones, programs and petals to toss-
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program-
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sand ceremony-
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Everything looked perfect! The white chairs were totally worth the upgrade price- it was beautiful!

Randy got right to work--these are not his pictures--
We started in Italy-Isola
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[WithDisneySpirit]

Just beautiful, Sandy!! I love the petal cones on the chairs :lovestruc Your dress looked perfect on you against the backdrop of gorgeous Italy :goodvibes Can't wait to see the sand ceremony!!

[lov2b@disney]

While we were doing pictures my dad and a disney cast member entertained the boys! The CM was fantastic- he gave the older boys all sorts of cool epcot knowledge, they were fasinated- I truely couldnt of thanked him enough-they followed behind everywhere we went with tid bits of knowledge all along the way!
Dad and EJ-
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With the CM at the train set btwn Italy and Germany-
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We moved on to Germany-

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On to Japan-

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Then back to Italy- it was almost ceremony time!:woohoo:
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stopping for a little consult about the reception-
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time to hide for the ceremony- we went on the side of the Italy building towards Germany-still not even the least bit nervous!
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The Guests had arrived:dance3:
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my niece-i bought her a cinderella dress to wear!
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Ceremony up next!

[WithDisneySpirit]

The pictures are great!!!!!!!!!! :lovestruc :goodvibes

[pjstevens]

Sandy,

Everything looks beautiful! Can't wait to see the cermony!!!

[roozlilone]

Oh Sandy, can't wait for the ceremony! :yay: :yay: Everything looks beautiful! I just love the location in Italy! Keep it coming! :goodvibes

[keenercam]

Gorgeous, Sandy! Absolutely gorgeous! Everything looked so perfect and your petal cones and programs were so beautiful!

[irisbud]

Everything looks great so far! Can't wait to read about the ceremony

[Keira1387]

Wow, everything looks beautiful! I LOVE the way the ceremony was set up, and the pictures look so amazing!

[MyMelody]

popcorn:: Wow you guys look great! I love looking at the pictures so much love in the air.... The kids seem to be enjoying the train too. Everything was just PERFECT

[disneygal922]

You look absolutely stunning! Your pics all came out wonderful! That was nice of the CM to take the boys around and share his knowledge! Can't wait to read more! :goodvibes

[lov2b@disney]

Just beautiful, Sandy!! I love the petal cones on the chairs :lovestruc Your dress looked perfect on you against the backdrop of gorgeous Italy :goodvibes Can't wait to see the sand ceremony!!

The pictures are great!!!!!!!!!! :lovestruc :goodvibes

Thank you :goodvibes
Sandy,

Everything looks beautiful! Can't wait to see the cermony!!!
Thanks! Coming up!

Oh Sandy, can't wait for the ceremony! :yay: :yay: Everything looks beautiful! I just love the location in Italy! Keep it coming! :goodvibes
Italy was beautiful, I would chose it again!

Gorgeous, Sandy! Absolutely gorgeous! Everything looked so perfect and your petal cones and programs were so beautiful!
Thanks! I was pleased with how everything came out!
Everything looks great so far! Can't wait to read about the ceremony
Thanks:thumbsup2

Wow, everything looks beautiful! I LOVE the way the ceremony was set up, and the pictures look so amazing!

Thanks! Yours is coming fast! I was very pleased with the ceremony set up! It is amazing how long you stress about these things!

popcorn:: Wow you guys look great! I love looking at the pictures so much love in the air.... The kids seem to be enjoying the train too. Everything was just PERFECT
Thanks! The kids enjoyed their day, and the special things that CM did to entertain them!

You look absolutely stunning! Your pics all came out wonderful! That was nice of the CM to take the boys around and share his knowledge! Can't wait to read more! :goodvibes

Thank you! the CM was great, my oldest loves that kind of stuff so it was great for him!

[29apr00]

Everything looks great! Your little niece is too cute in her Cinderella Dress. And how great that the CM was there to help with teh boys! I wonder if there is always an Epcot rep around during the wedding...????

[DisneyBrideToni]

Everything is so beautiful so far!!! I really wanted to get married or at least have my DP in Italy but I didn't have enough people, besides I couldn't wake up that early!!..lol.

You were such a beautiful bride!!!!

Can't wait to hear more.

[lov2b@disney]

Everything looks great! Your little niece is too cute in her Cinderella Dress. And how great that the CM was there to help with teh boys! I wonder if there is always an Epcot rep around during the wedding...????

She is my excuse to by all things disney girly! The CM was awesome I am grateful for him! Boy it would be nice if he was around...
Everything is so beautiful so far!!! I really wanted to get married or at least have my DP in Italy but I didn't have enough people, besides I couldn't wake up that early!!..lol.

You were such a beautiful bride!!!!

Can't wait to hear more.

Italy was wonderful...the wakeup was not alot of fun, but I'd do it again! Definately no time to sit around and wait.

[Pinkerbell1983]

Hi Im fairly new to these boards but I've been reading along and had to leave a comment to say how beautiful everything is. I love those Mickey shaped programmes, did you make them yourself?

[lov2b@disney]

Hi Im fairly new to these boards but I've been reading along and had to leave a comment to say how beautiful everything is. I love those Mickey shaped programmes, did you make them yourself?

Thank you! I did make the programs:goodvibes

[figmentfan814]

Sandy, your pictures around the World Showcase are so beautiful; it definitely brings back great memories. Isn't getting married at Epcot the best, we definitely had our choice of the best backdrops for our photos :goodvibes That's great that the cast member was so entertaining for the kids. Your neice was so cute in her Cinderella outfit.

For you MK shoot, did they send you all your extra prints? Maybe you could switch some of them out?

[padisneyfour]

sandy, your pics look wonderful! Looking forward to seeing more. Everyone in your family looked so great( you looked so pretty and your dh and boys were so handsome)....what beautiful memories:goodvibes

[adisneygal]

I love everything! I can't wait to see the ceremony.

I just changed our ceremony from France to Italy and your pictures & TR have me so excited!!!!

[lov2b@disney]

Sandy, your pictures around the World Showcase are so beautiful; it definitely brings back great memories. Isn't getting married at Epcot the best, we definitely had our choice of the best backdrops for our photos :goodvibes That's great that the cast member was so entertaining for the kids. Your neice was so cute in her Cinderella outfit.

For you MK shoot, did they send you all your extra prints? Maybe you could switch some of them out?
Thanks Vanessa! It really was so special and unique! And the pictures are awesome!

they did send all the prints-which I am glad! The book was really OK other than the one of DH without his glasses- it just isnt him!

sandy, your pics look wonderful! Looking forward to seeing more. Everyone in your family looked so great( you looked so pretty and your dh and boys were so handsome)....what beautiful memories:goodvibes

Thank you Tammy! We are so thankful we could have them be such a special part of our day!

I love everything! I can't wait to see the ceremony.

I just changed our ceremony from France to Italy and your pictures & TR have me so excited!!!!


Ceremony up next- would've been up already but photobucket was down:upsidedow

you will LOVE Italy is was a perfect choice!

[lov2b@disney]

CEREMONY!
My dad brought DH grandmother down the aisle-(btw,that is the water station they set up)
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Then DH and Rev Jack came out-
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Waiting on my arrival
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After hiding in my corner, we moved to the edge of the building in preparation for my big reveal-

DS, ringbearer had his big moment first- in order to get him to go down the aisle I told him to go give daddy the pillow, he looked at me, looked like he thought about it a minute and took off- and I mean took off!!! As fast as his little legs would go he ran down the aisle, went up the steps and THREW the pillow at DH, promptly turned around and ran just as fast back to me!:lmao: :rotfl: It was hilarious--

On the way down-
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and the way back-
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Next after everyone composed themselves the older boys escorted me down the aisle to meet my future husband-
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they were so sweet, they both kisses me and the ceremony began-
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The boys did various things during the ceremony! DS2 wandered a bit, DS7 joined him for a while, DS11 acted good for most of the time! The good thing was they were never disruptive-- well DS2 had a moment-more to come...
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DS11-how sweet
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DS7-checking out the sand ceremony-
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Now I was not nervous at all, until Rev Jack says "right now your heart is beating fast and you're a little nervous" and I thought no I'm not- but the power of suggestion and my heart started to pound and I think this is when I realized how hot it was the sun was beating on us and the sweat was literally RUNNING down my legs.
So I was glad we got to do something to take my mind off of that-so on with the rings

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[jessesgirl-080708]

Sandy..Your pics just keep getting better! You had such a beautiful set up!

Dont forget..... I need your DS2 in two weeks!!:rotfl2:

[lov2b@disney]

The sand ceremony was next-
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Our colors are modified from our birthstone color and the boys were included-
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DH and I went first followed by each of the boys-
The ceremony was a wonderful was for us all to come together and celebrate the beginning of our new family-
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All went well It was a beautiul ceremony- the disney folks filled the rest of our container after to match the rest-
her it is finished-
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We went on with the ceremony--paying no attention to the kids(none of the guests were either apparently)-- when DS2 grabbed on of the containers from the sand ceremony and CRASH:scared1: :eek:
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wasnt it nice of him to just hang out on my dress after:confused: Well being seasoned parents we just moved on- my dad grabbed him and we went on with the KISS-
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and the new MR and MRS
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down the aisle we went to turn around:rotfl: and do our staged exit(going in the wrong direction)
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Everyone posed for a picture after-
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btw- the container was really pretty thick so only the top cracked and broke, still good enough to display with the rest;)

[pjstevens]

Sandy,

You son is adorable. I can just see him running down the aisle and back, lol. What an adorable memory you will always have. I cannot imagine how hot some of these lovely dresses are in the summer heat of Disney (even as early as it was). Can't wait for more!!!!

[roozlilone]

Oh, how sweet! Don't you just love how kids are so unpredictable and anything can happen! Your boys are priceless! Especially the little one running for his life! :lmao:

[accountingbabe08]

Absolutely gorgeous pictures!!! Wow!

[BaBeeCee14]

Loving all it so far Sandy! I love how Italy was set up for the ceremony, everything looked so beautiful!

[keenercam]

Oh, Sandy, you certainly had a memorable ceremony and it is wonderful that the boys were such a big part of it. Evan was so adorable running down the aisle and how hysterical that he obviously liked the feel of your train under his shoes. ;) Your sand ceremony came out really beautiful. The colors are gorgeous together!

[figmentfan814]

I love how you had the sand represent your birthstones, definitely more thought out than randomly picking colors like I did :rotfl: How did your sand stay separated on your way home? Probably because you drove I'm guessing because ours is all mixed up.

The staged exit shot is really great, I love how you did a group shot too.

[pjstevens]

Sandy,

I must of been posting when you put the rest of the ceremony up, lol. Everything looks so nice. Even your little one standing on your train, lol. He is so adorable. All three of the boys looks so nice. Sounds like everything is going great!

[disneygal922]

Sandy ~ all your pics came out wonderful! I especially love the one of DS2 running down the aisle! he is adorable:goodvibes my ring bearers will be 4 1/2 and 2 1/2 so i can only imagine! :laughing: can't wait to read more!

[DisneyBrideToni]

Sandy your ceremony was beautiful! Can't wait to see more pictures!!!

[Goldeelox9]

Your Pictures made me drool....Can not wait for my Epcot photo shoot! You were a stunning bride!

[29apr00]

Your little boy is too cute! I can totally see him looking at all those people, then running down the aisle and back again. :rotfl: And standing on the dress and dropping the sand container! So great!! Atleast it gave you something to think about instead of nerves!! :lmao:

Can't wait to hear more!!

[lov2b@disney]

Sandy,

You son is adorable. I can just see him running down the aisle and back, lol. What an adorable memory you will always have. I cannot imagine how hot some of these lovely dresses are in the summer heat of Disney (even as early as it was). Can't wait for more!!!!
It was funny! I dont think I felt the heat until we stood still to do vows- then WOW did I feel it!
Oh, how sweet! Don't you just love how kids are so unpredictable and anything can happen! Your boys are priceless! Especially the little one running for his life! :lmao:
They are sweet! It wouldnt have been the same without them, that is for sure.
Absolutely gorgeous pictures!!! Wow!
:goodvibes Thank you so much
Loving all it so far Sandy! I love how Italy was set up for the ceremony, everything looked so beautiful!
Thanks Catherine- it was beautiful!

Oh, Sandy, you certainly had a memorable ceremony and it is wonderful that the boys were such a big part of it. Evan was so adorable running down the aisle and how hysterical that he obviously liked the feel of your train under his shoes. ;) Your sand ceremony came out really beautiful. The colors are gorgeous together!
Memorable yes! Afterwards I was a little upset we decided not to get a video-

I love how you had the sand represent your birthstones, definitely more thought out than randomly picking colors like I did :rotfl: How did your sand stay separated on your way home? Probably because you drove I'm guessing because ours is all mixed up.

The staged exit shot is really great, I love how you did a group shot too.
I was pleased with the way the colors looked- they filled the rest of the container with sand and it came with a stopper-foamy type thing so the sand bearly shifted at all.

Sandy,

I must of been posting when you put the rest of the ceremony up, lol. Everything looks so nice. Even your little one standing on your train, lol. He is so adorable. All three of the boys looks so nice. Sounds like everything is going great!
thanks for reading along!

Sandy ~ all your pics came out wonderful! I especially love the one of DS2 running down the aisle! he is adorable:goodvibes my ring bearers will be 4 1/2 and 2 1/2 so i can only imagine! :laughing: can't wait to read more!
Just dont stress about what they are going to do-enjoy it!
Sandy your ceremony was beautiful! Can't wait to see more pictures!!!

Thanks!
Your Pictures made me drool....Can not wait for my Epcot photo shoot! You were a stunning bride!

Epcot makes a beautiful background, you wont regret it!
Your little boy is too cute! I can totally see him looking at all those people, then running down the aisle and back again. :rotfl: And standing on the dress and dropping the sand container! So great!! Atleast it gave you something to think about instead of nerves!! :lmao:

Can't wait to hear more!!
Yes he made it truely memorable and gave everyone a good show! hey... I wonder if anyone paid attention to us:rotfl:

[Donald'sGirl]

Sandy I just got caught up on your TR :surfweb: and everything looks and sounds so beautiful!!! You looked fantastic! I love the pictures at BC with your whole family!! I can't wait to see and hear more!

[WithDisneySpirit]

Your trip report and pictures are totally awesome, Sandy! I have loved reading along and I dragged my DH over to the computer to see the pics of your DS running down the aisle. That was unbelievably cute :goodvibes DH loved it too!!! :lovestruc

[MyMelody]

:worship: The kids are Priceless!! I just love them! :rotfl2: I would have been the guest looking at them and going wow I wish I could join them... :thumbsup2 everything looks amazing CONGRATS

[lov2b@disney]

Sandy I just got caught up on your TR :surfweb: and everything looks and sounds so beautiful!!! You looked fantastic! I love the pictures at BC with your whole family!! I can't wait to see and hear more!
Thank you very much!:goodvibes

Your trip report and pictures are totally awesome, Sandy! I have loved reading along and I dragged my DH over to the computer to see the pics of your DS running down the aisle. That was unbelievably cute :goodvibes DH loved it too!!! :lovestruc
Glad you are enjoying! Our little one is a mess for sure!

:worship: The kids are Priceless!! I just love them! :rotfl2: I would have been the guest looking at them and going wow I wish I could join them... :thumbsup2 everything looks amazing CONGRATS

Absolutely priceless! Thank you!

[lov2b@disney]

Our Randy pix are on his site:cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/thumbpage.aspx?e=3996830

enjoy!:goodvibes :goodvibes



Hoping to get the next update up this week!!

[padisneyfour]

Sandy, THEY are BEAUTIFUL!!!!! :goodvibes Thank you for sharing! What beautiful memories you will have to cherish!!!!:goodvibes

[roozlilone]

Sandy,
OMG, your pics were gorgeous and Italy made such a stunning backdrop! There wasn't a bad one in the bunch! I don't know how you are going to pick!

The thing I love the most about the outside photographers is they tell a story with their pictures from the beginning to the end. I really felt like I was there! I'm very happy with my pics, but if I had the extra money in my budget I would have loved to have Randy or Roots! They are both amazing photographers!

Thanks for sharing! :goodvibes

[Lynn5700]

SANDY...I am looking at the pics now and I LOVE the one of you blowing a kiss with pixie dust!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG...ok now I am going to finish!

[Lynn5700]

Girl your pictures are gorgeous!!!!!!

[WithDisneySpirit]

Randy did an awesome, AWESOME job with your pictures!!!! :lovestruc :lovestruc WOW! I have seen about 550 of them so far and they were just gorgeous! :worship:

[irisbud]

Beautiful pictures!

[Princesskeyblade]

Your pictures are gorgeous. You look so beautiful!

[keenercam]

Oh my goodness, Sandy! Your pictures are breath-taking. Just in the first grouping there are so many to comment on that I don't know where to start. Wow! How in the world will you ever choose? BTW, your bouquet was exquisite. :love: :lovestruc

[pjstevens]

Sandy,

Your pics are absolutely AMAZING!!!! Randy is so talented, but with the subjects he was shooting, it wouldn't be hard to look good! Your entire family is beautiful!

[DisneyBrideToni]

Sandy, your pictures are gorgeous!!!! I love them all! I bet its hard to pick out your favorites! :goodvibes

[29apr00]

Beautiful pics! I love the one with the blue sky! It's such an amazing effect!

[Goldeelox9]

Sandy...Your Pictures were breathtaking! OMG they are wonderful!

[figmentfan814]

Sandy, I've only made it through half your photos so far, but wow, they turned out amazing!

The World Showcase is such a perfect spot for wedding pictures, althought I might be bias on that one ;) It's neat to see the comparison of the different shots we each ended up with from our weddings.

I'm jealous you got some great twirl shots (my dress was heavy and wouldn't budge) and some neat ones in Germany (that was our last stop and we were getting rushed out at that point.)

Also, there are some sweet pictures of the boys and I love the group shots. Those are the memories that will live on forever. I just got one of our group shots blown up to an 11x14 and I can't wait to hang it up!

[lov2b@disney]

Sandy, THEY are BEAUTIFUL!!!!! :goodvibes Thank you for sharing! What beautiful memories you will have to cherish!!!!:goodvibes
Thanks you, indeed we do have wonderful memories
Sandy,
OMG, your pics were gorgeous and Italy made such a stunning backdrop! There wasn't a bad one in the bunch! I don't know how you are going to pick!

The thing I love the most about the outside photographers is they tell a story with their pictures from the beginning to the end. I really felt like I was there! I'm very happy with my pics, but if I had the extra money in my budget I would have loved to have Randy or Roots! They are both amazing photographers!

Thanks for sharing! :goodvibes

The pictures are great and you are right it is easy to relive the day by looking at them--and i have over and over!

SANDY...I am looking at the pics now and I LOVE the one of you blowing a kiss with pixie dust!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG...ok now I am going to finish!

Girl your pictures are gorgeous!!!!!!

Lynne- you are funny- I like the stop to post and go back to the pictures! I love the pixie dust too!! So me!

Randy did an awesome, AWESOME job with your pictures!!!! :lovestruc :lovestruc WOW! I have seen about 550 of them so far and they were just gorgeous! :worship:

Thank you for looking at so many Lisa! Glad you enjoyed them!
Beautiful pictures!

Thank you:goodvibes
Your pictures are gorgeous. You look so beautiful!

Oh my goodness, Sandy! Your pictures are breath-taking. Just in the first grouping there are so many to comment on that I don't know where to start. Wow! How in the world will you ever choose? BTW, your bouquet was exquisite. :love: :lovestruc

Thanks Cam! Randy did a great job- I'm not sure how we will choose, it will take a while;) and some time i'm sure

Sandy,

Your pics are absolutely AMAZING!!!! Randy is so talented, but with the subjects he was shooting, it wouldn't be hard to look good! Your entire family is beautiful!
Thank you PJ! (blushing)

Sandy, your pictures are gorgeous!!!! I love them all! I bet its hard to pick out your favorites! :goodvibes

Thank you Toni! It is hard, there are so many different background and shots:confused3

Beautiful pics! I love the one with the blue sky! It's such an amazing effect!
Thanks Jennifer! The photoshopped ones are cool!

Sandy...Your Pictures were breathtaking! OMG they are wonderful!

Thank you Lisa!:cutie:

Sandy, I've only made it through half your photos so far, but wow, they turned out amazing!

The World Showcase is such a perfect spot for wedding pictures, althought I might be bias on that one ;) It's neat to see the comparison of the different shots we each ended up with from our weddings.

I'm jealous you got some great twirl shots (my dress was heavy and wouldn't budge) and some neat ones in Germany (that was our last stop and we were getting rushed out at that point.)

Also, there are some sweet pictures of the boys and I love the group shots. Those are the memories that will live on forever. I just got one of our group shots blown up to an 11x14 and I can't wait to hang it up!

Thanks vanessa! WS is a great back drop for pictures, i want some of all of them--it is an endless variety!
I was dizzy after all the twirling! It was funny, Germany had beautiful areas- it's weird, things you dont see on a normal touring day!

oh- great idea for a big picture of everyone!

[BaBeeCee14]

Beautiful pictures Sandy!!

[lov2b@disney]

Beautiful pictures Sandy!!

Thank you Catherine!:goodvibes

[lpizzuro123]

I have a question for you from way back when.

I remember you had made menu cards for the adults and kids. I love the ones you made for the adults and I made some along the same lines.

The ones for the kids was also great and I just found a copy of one in your PJ. My question is, how did you get such a good shape for the Mickey head? I would love to do something along those lines but am terrible at cutting.

I also would love to do Mickey fan programs but again there is the cutting issue. I was wondering if you could let me know how you did the cutting.

I just love everything you have done. We are getting married this November in Italy (but in the front by the water) and reading your journals has given me so many great ideas.

Thanks,
Linda

[lov2b@disney]

I have a question for you from way back when.

I remember you had made menu cards for the adults and kids. I love the ones you made for the adults and I made some along the same lines.

The ones for the kids was also great and I just found a copy of one in your PJ. My question is, how did you get such a good shape for the Mickey head? I would love to do something along those lines but am terrible at cutting.

I also would love to do Mickey fan programs but again there is the cutting issue. I was wondering if you could let me know how you did the cutting.

I just love everything you have done. We are getting married this November in Italy (but in the front by the water) and reading your journals has given me so many great ideas.

Thanks,
Linda

Linda- you will love Italy! It was the best choice!

To get the Mickey head i used 2 different size circle cutters--
here is how I did the fans-(starts on pg 2)
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1669819
HTH!

[lpizzuro123]

I can't wait to get married in Italy. You photos came out so wonderful.

I will check out the instruction for the fans. Not sure if I will make them or not - it depends on how much time I have left once I have all the information for them but I am definately going to make the kids menu cards Mickey heads.

Thanks again,
Linda

[lov2b@disney]

No problem Linda-

After you cut out the first one, use the cut out part for a template to cut the others--

Good luck--

We will be in the world during your wedding! We will be sure to be thinking of you!

[lpizzuro123]

I did just notice that you will be down there during our wedding time. We are arriving on November 3rd and leaving on November 16. We should try to meet somewhere - maybe Downtown Disney for ice cream or just one night on the Boardwalk.

Linda

[lov2b@disney]

Yes, that would be neat--we are arriving 11/7-12, it is too bad there is no lurking at an Epcot ceremony...:rotfl:

[jessesgirl-080708]

Sandy Your Randy pics are great!!
I LOVE the one of you guys at your reception with the castle in between your faces!!
Adorable!:goodvibes

[lov2b@disney]

Thank you Carly!! I like those too--

Now I need to finish my TR! I have been a slacker!:eek:

[jessesgirl-080708]

HA!
I can't add more to mine yet because all my good pictures I need my sister has.. and there not formatted! So we have to get that fixed!
Good luck with yours! they certainly are time consuming!

[lpizzuro123]

Yes, that would be neat--we are arriving 11/7-12, it is too bad there is no lurking at an Epcot ceremony...:rotfl:

I would love it if you could "lurk" at our Epcot ceremony.

Maybe try the Boardwalk - we will be having our reception at ADH from 10:00 to 3:00 - we will probably be getting there around 11:00.

Linda

[lov2b@disney]

HA!
I can't add more to mine yet because all my good pictures I need my sister has.. and there not formatted! So we have to get that fixed!
Good luck with yours! they certainly are time consuming!

For me it is going through all the pictures, uploading , yada yada yada...
Kids are back to school next week and game on...

I would love it if you could "lurk" at our Epcot ceremony.

Maybe try the Boardwalk - we will be having our reception at ADH from 10:00 to 3:00 - we will probably be getting there around 11:00.

Linda


I have to see what we will be up to, cant remember off the top of my head. but BW is definatley a lurking spot:rotfl:

[lov2b@disney]

Sorry I have been slacking on my TR! Here goes some more---


After the ceremony we did some additional pictures in Italy with our families and some more alone-

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/sjrke/100_3682.jpg

DH's grandma-
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/sjrke/100_3686.jpg

my dad-
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/sjrke/100_3692.jpg

DH side of the family-
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/sjrke/100_3687.jpg

my side of the family-
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/sjrke/100_3689.jpg

friends-
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/sjrke/100_3690.jpg

[padisneyfour]

sandy those are very pretty pictures .... it was a nice that you had photos taken with different groups including friends.:goodvibes

[lov2b@disney]

After all our family and friends loaded back in the bus to head over to the Grand Floridian we took a few more pictures in Italy, before we had to get out of Epcot--and they were on it for time--even a 3 minute warning :rotfl:


here are a couple -
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/sjrke/DSCN0179.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/sjrke/DSCN0184.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/sjrke/DSCN0187.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/sjrke/100_3703.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/sjrke/100_3701.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/sjrke/100_3700.jpg

We then headed back to the limo for the ride to the Grand Floridian for yet some more pictures and the reception--

[lov2b@disney]

sandy those are very pretty pictures .... it was a nice that you had photos taken with different groups including friends.:goodvibes


Thanks! We didnt have too many people, 34 was our final count so it was nice to get pictures with everyone

[keenercam]

Sandy -- the pictures are wonderful, especially the various family groupings. What a great thing to have for always. :goodvibes

[lov2b@disney]

Sandy -- the pictures are wonderful, especially the various family groupings. What a great thing to have for always. :goodvibes

Thanks Cam! I'm glad we could get some group shots!

[Donald'sGirl]

Sandy I love the picture of you on the stairs! I am hoping to pictures of the family as well. I think it is a great way of capturing who was there.

[WithDisneySpirit]

That was one of my favorite things about my video was that they captured the family and friends portraits live. I could actually see my BIL bouncing my two month old nephew on his knee in the picture :lovestruc

Sandy, I love you group pictures too :love: and the one of you sitting on the pedestal area where you married earlier :goodvibes

[lov2b@disney]

Sandy I love the picture of you on the stairs! I am hoping to pictures of the family as well. I think it is a great way of capturing who was there.
Thanks you Laura!


That was one of my favorite things about my video was that they captured the family and friends portraits live. I could actually see my BIL bouncing my two month old nephew on his knee in the picture :lovestruc

Sandy, I love you group pictures too :love: and the one of you sitting on the pedestal area where you married earlier :goodvibes

I just wish I had done a ceremony video-oh well, maybe a VR video:rotfl:

[WithDisneySpirit]

I just wish I had done a ceremony video-oh well, maybe a VR video:rotfl:

Oh, I didn't know that you didn't! Well, that is a great reason to have a VR in the future :hug: You did have such gorgeous pictures though, and I must say - so many more than me because my photogs came with me from home and were not experienced in this environment...

[lov2b@disney]

Oh, I didn't know that you didn't! Well, that is a great reason to have a VR in the future :hug: You did have such gorgeous pictures though, and I must say - so many more than me because my photogs came with me from home and were not experienced in this environment...
I am very pleased with my pictures, I dont think there is a better background then the world showcase, just so unique.

[pjstevens]

Sandy, wonderful pics. Love the one of hubby holding your flowers, LOL. Actually the one just before that of you standing on the stairs, takes my breath away. So beautiful!

[figmentfan814]

Sandy~ Thank you for sharing some more of your pictures. I absolutely love Italy for pictures; those are some of my favorite shots from our wedding too. We kept getting the warning too and Randy ignored them for as long as possible :rotfl: We were literally sprinting to get some shots in Germany!

[roozlilone]

Sandy, just catching up.....more great pics! You couldn't ask for a prettier backdrop! :goodvibes

[lov2b@disney]

Sandy, wonderful pics. Love the one of hubby holding your flowers, LOL. Actually the one just before that of you standing on the stairs, takes my breath away. So beautiful!

Thank you Patty!

Sandy~ Thank you for sharing some more of your pictures. I absolutely love Italy for pictures; those are some of my favorite shots from our wedding too. We kept getting the warning too and Randy ignored them for as long as possible :rotfl: We were literally sprinting to get some shots in Germany!
Thanks Vanessa-It is pretty funny how they are on that watch down to the minute:rotfl:

Sandy, just catching up.....more great pics! You couldn't ask for a prettier backdrop! :goodvibes

It is beautiful Jodi, thanks!

[disneygal922]

Sandy, Your pics are so beautiful! Thank you for posting the link to your Randy pics! :worship: I'm highly considering Narcoossee's and was wondering what it looks like for a wedding setup! Was there enough room to dance? Everything looked so wonderful! Thanks again! :goodvibes

[FSUDisneyGirl]

Sandy, this is all so great! I truly hope you come back and finish off the reception! :cool1: