Morgan and Jeff's Whimsical Wedding - Wedding photos blogged pg7

[curiouser]

I'm not a great planner.. so I didn't do a planning journal. In fact, I left most decisions until the last minute. Thank goodness for wedding planners! But, these boards helped us so much in making the decision to have a Disney wedding and in inspiring me that I wanted to contribute back with our experiences and ideas.

Let's start with reviews, shall we?

Ken Weaver/Jen Flores - I was really excited when we were assigned Ken as our wedding planner because I remembered him as "the guy from the Food Network special". There is a reason they put him on TV - he is very good at what he does. We both felt incredibly comfortable putting things in his and Jen's hands. They made us feel so at ease with everything. Jen deserves equal credit; she was always answering e-mails promptly and in the days leading up to the wedding she helped calmed my nerves about the increasing chance of rain (more on that later!). I don't know we could have pulled all of this off without the two of them! Major bonus points to them as well for orchestrating all of the day-of changes without any hiccups at all. It was an amazingly smooth process.

Disney Floral/Laura Kidd - Laura was so nice, I wish I could give her all gold stars but I she lost some "warm and fuzzy" point when she got our names wrong.. twice. In our PS she called Jeff "Jeremy", which we took in good spirits and joked around about. However, when our estimate came it was outlined for Jeff and Allyson. Maybe it was the mood I was in, but it wasn't funny anymore. It did all get worked out, but if I am being honest, that did impact my overall view of her. Otherwise I loved our bouquets and the decor. She/Floral did a great job as well with the last minute change as well, you'd have never known it wasn't planned that way!

Beaute Speciale - I had Ana for my trial, and Ana, Laine and Carrie for the day of services. I wish I could go hang out with them for a day. Not only are the immensely talented, but they are a riot. It felt like we had three friends in the room; we laughed and chatted and they really made everything feel light and easy. Everyone loved their hair and make-up and it really lasted - even through several (and I do mean several) tears on my end, my make-up stayed perfect.

Studio 222 - I love Nate and Becka! I cannot accurately express how happy we are with the decision to book Studio 222. If I had to re-do the whole wedding over again and could only keep one thing from the original (aside from Jeff, of course!), it would be Nate and Becka. I adore their work, they are fabulous people -- and well, I think their photos speak for themselves.

Rev. Miller - A+ We aren't terribly religious people and originally we were going to go with a notary, but I knew that having our ceremony be officiated by a minister of some type was important to some members of our family (ahem, hi mom). We went with the contemporary ceremony from Rev. Miller and he had no problem at all with us altering his script and adding personal elements. He made us feel so at ease and balanced the perfect amount of humor and sincerity in the ceremony.

Coming up later in the trip report... We're late for a very important date!, Hoop-Dee-Dooing it Rehearsal dinner, A Very Mad Surprise!, Somebody's Getting Married...

[pixie921]

First of all, congratulations on your marriage! :goodvibes

Your TR is off to a great start -- I'm anxious to read what happens next!

[Disney9.9.10]

Congratulations on being married! I loved your reviews - they came off as being very honest. I look forward to reading more!

[girli565]

Can't wait to read more!

[weedee]

congrats! Thanks for coming back and posting a TR, they are so helpful. Can't wait to read more :goodvibes

[helloirishkitty]

Yay! Thanks for doing a TR! I am looking into Studio 222 and I'm so happy that you liked them! :)

[amyy]

Can't wait to read more and glad to know I am not the only one who makes last minute decisions :)

[Boardwalk_bride]

I'm excited to read your TR and see your pics! It sounds like you had a fab wedding!

[curiouser]

Thank you all so much for reading along so far!!

Tip: Planning arrivals, welcome bag distribution, rehearsal, welcome event, and rehearsal dinner all in the same day will leaved you a crazy stressed out mess

Our wedding was on a Monday. The tricky thing with Monday weddings is that you have to arrive the previous Friday at the latest if you want to drop off your stuff at Franck's, so arrive on Friday is what we did. Jeff's parents own DVC and they were incredibly generous with offering up several 2-bedrooms and studios at AKV for our guests. They also gave us a studio for two nights before we moved to the Contemporary. Our flight was fairly early, so instead of giving us a studio in the same area as the rest of the family was assigned to, they gave us one that was ready. The upside: ready room, savannah view (woohoo!). The downsize: You know BFE? We joked that it was 5 miles past that. I had no idea Kidani was so large! We estimated that it was almost 1/2 mile walk from the lobby.

We unpacked, dropped off our items at Franck's and headed for some down time in the parks before what would be a very busy few days.

(Honestly, I am trying to write this review but I keep getting distracted by Toddlers and Tiaras... this show is a trainwreck!!!!)

Everyone was arriving on Friday, including our caravan of drivers hauling stuff down. They arrived bright and early, about the time we were finishing up breakfast at Mara. We hopped the cushman cart and made our way back to Kidani to meet the van. I felt really bad for Bell Services; there was a lot of stuff. And a lot of stuff going to different rooms. The Welcome Bags were going to our room (in BFE); the other stuff, including the S'mores Packs to be assembled were to go to one of the 2-bedroom villas. Except the room wasn't ready.

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Mind you, these photos are after two luggage racks had already been fully loaded.

The one thing I am glad we did is pack most of the welcome bags before we left. The only things that needed to be added were papers (so they didn't bend) and name tags and pins. I really loved our welcome bags and we were super excited to see people actually using them. It got to the point where someone would say "It's in the yellow bag." "Which ONE!?" LOL

Some of my favorite custom stuff came in the welcome bags, including the name tags, postcard, itinerary and custom celebration buttons:

Welcome bags

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Itinerary Times Guide

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Postcard

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Celebration buttons

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Once the Welcome bags were completed it was a mad dash to try and get them delivered and check on the s'mores pack committee. Did I mention that everyone else was on the other side of Kidani? We got our exercise....

[ghoulish delight]

Congratulations!! And omg! Those welcome bags are adorable! I'm excited to see more. :goodvibes

[helloirishkitty]

Toddlers and Tiaras is such a train wreck. I was just watching it and Jason walked in the room saying "If we ever have a daughter, you are NEVER going to do that". I told him not to worry :rotfl:

AKV is huge. That's our home DVC resort and it's ridiculous how big it is. My mom doesn't like it because of that fact and always complains.:rolleyes1

Anyways on to your welcome bags, they were fantastic! If you don't mind me asking, where did you get them made? And where did you get the celebrating buttons made? Very cute touches :)

Can't wait to read more!

[Boardwalk_bride]

Umm...wow! I cannot beleive all the amazing stuff you had made! Please tell me you didn't do that yourself! I think I need to go back and delete my welcome bag post :lmao: (seriously though).

I love your siggie pic! I cannot wait to see more :cheer2:

[Disney9.9.10]

You did an amazing job with the welcome bags! They look great - did you get the bags custom made or did you buy them somewhere?

[pezaddict231]

Congrats! I'm so excited to hear more about your wedding. The welcome bags are amazing!

[LuluLovesDisney]

Yay!!!

I love that you started this already! Of course, you know I adore your welcome bags, too!! You had the greatest schedule ever!!! I totally wish I had thought of that. I am stealing that for my next Disney wedding ;)

You are motivating me, I might start my own TR when school lets out!

I am so looking forward to this!!!!:mickeybar:mickeybar

[pixie921]

I love your welcome goodies! I also want to know more about your awesome Times guide ... did you do all of that yourself?

[tiggerrifficheidi]

Your welcome bags and Information sheets are amazing!!! So creative!!

[lpizzuro123]

Wow - everything looks great. I will jump in with everyone else in saying that I love your Welcome Bags and those buttons.

Looking forward to reading more.

Linda

[KR1343]

The buttons are adorable! Where did you get them?

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Yay, I saw some teaser pics on FB so I was excited to find out you started your TR.

[shippedtosea]

joining in! those welcome bags are awesome! Can't wait to read more

[kcampbell]

Congratulations from another of Ken's brides. So glad you loved him and Jen so much...they are pretty awesome. I adore your welcome bags and the Mickey ice cream bar motif. Looking forward to seeing more of your magical day. Congrats again Morgan! :goodvibes

[LLLBelle]

Joining in!

[mousesweetie]

Joining in. Can't wait to read more. I love the ice cream bar design idea! :goodvibes

[puente0629]

tuning in...I love your bags!! where did you get them done? Also, did you deliver them yourself or did you send to each hotel prior to arriving? I'm still trying to figure that out...

[DisneyFairy66]

So excited to read this! I love your creative style its soo amazing! :banana:
Those goody bags are to die for!

[yoopermom]

Found you on the Transportation Board, entranced by the group wedding photo, subscribing now!

Terri

[LittleMissMagic]

Oh my goodness, your welcome bags are amazing! There was a bride on the DISign boards who asked for a Mickey Mouse with a bite in the ear, today. I think she was inspired by your sling bags!!! That is absolutely adorable!!!!!

[pink_tink8i8]

your welcome bags were adorable!!!! probably the most creative I have seen.

[curiouser]

Thank you so much, everyone! Glad to have you along for the report.

It's fess up time! We do this kind of stuff for a living. :lmao: Jeff is a web/graphic design and I work as a print coordinator in creative marketing. We designed everything (with some inspiration from Disney, of course!) We spent many nights at our laptops pouring over Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign but I am totally thrilled with the results. We loved the buttons so much we are considering opening up an Etsy shop to sell custom celebration buttons.

Umm...wow! I cannot beleive all the amazing stuff you had made! Please tell me you didn't do that yourself! I think I need to go back and delete my welcome bag post :lmao: (seriously though).

I love your siggie pic! I cannot wait to see more :cheer2:

You are too silly - your welcome bags were great! And you are a fellow pink shoe bride!

Yay!!!

I love that you started this already! Of course, you know I adore your welcome bags, too!! You had the greatest schedule ever!!! I totally wish I had thought of that. I am stealing that for my next Disney wedding ;)

You are motivating me, I might start my own TR when school lets out!

I am so looking forward to this!!!!:mickeybar:mickeybar

You better start or I'll come after you! Years of trawling this forum and now it's our turn. ;)

Congratulations from another of Ken's brides. So glad you loved him and Jen so much...they are pretty awesome. I adore your welcome bags and the Mickey ice cream bar motif. Looking forward to seeing more of your magical day. Congrats again Morgan! :goodvibes

Thank you, Ken is really amazing.

tuning in...I love your bags!! where did you get them done? Also, did you deliver them yourself or did you send to each hotel prior to arriving? I'm still trying to figure that out...

We designed the logo and had them printed on the bags with a specialty company via my FIL. I can find out the name if you want. The downside is we had to order 75 bags so we have a ton left over!

Oh my goodness, your welcome bags are amazing! There was a bride on the DISign boards who asked for a Mickey Mouse with a bite in the ear, today. I think she was inspired by your sling bags!!! That is absolutely adorable!!!!!

Who doesn't love a Mickey bar? I loved Andreah's wedding where they had Mickey bar desserts - yum!

Hopefully I'll get the rehearsal portion up by tomorrow. There's cookouts to be had this weekend!

[Boardwalk_bride]

I forgot to mention this in a previous post....I saw your engagement photos last night, and I love them! I would have never thought to do that in DTD. Now I have more to add to my list of Anniversary/Second Honeymoon/Hopefully VR locations for photos!

[Sccrmnky2005]

OMG I LOVE:love: LOVE:love: LOVE:love: your custom ceebration buttons and REALLY REALLY want them :worship::worship:

If you make an etsy account PLEASE PM me because I would totally buy them!!!:banana::banana:

I love eerything so far and can't wait to see more and hear more about your wonderful wedding day!!

[MsEsty]

I am in awe of your talent, I second the request for you to open an Etsy's account!

[MiaBella05]

popcorn:: joining in popcorn::

[coconutprincess]

Your welcome bags were just way too cute!!!!!! That was very generous of Jeff's parents! I love everything so far!

[chelsrae85]

I forgot to mention this in a previous post....I saw your engagement photos last night, and I love them! I would have never thought to do that in DTD. Now I have more to add to my list of Anniversary/Second Honeymoon/Hopefully VR locations for photos!

OP--Can you post the pictures in this thread or post a linky? This sounds amazing. DTD engagement shots? So stealing this idea.... :)

[Joyciemc]

Really looking forward to reading about your wedding!

Your welcome bags are fantastic, I'm sure it only gets better from here... popcorn::

[Sapphire_Ag]

Where did you order your welcome bags? They are very cute.

[Pirate's Princess]

I'm sure if you either put those bags up on ebay or made the custom celebration buttons, you'd be one rich lady! I'm sure a lot of dis'ers (myself included) would buy them.

What beautiful teaser photo! I'm so jealous. I can't wait to see more.

[calanniebu]

YAY :-) Can't wait to read all about your wonderful weekend ... oh yeah, and that whole wedding thing too! ;)

[curiouser]

I forgot to mention this in a previous post....I saw your engagement photos last night, and I love them! I would have never thought to do that in DTD. Now I have more to add to my list of Anniversary/Second Honeymoon/Hopefully VR locations for photos!

Thank you! Funny story about that.. we picked DTD because we figured we'd have tons of Y&B/Boardwalk photos from the wedding.. :rolleyes1

OMG I LOVE:love: LOVE:love: LOVE:love: your custom ceebration buttons and REALLY REALLY want them :worship::worship:

If you make an etsy account PLEASE PM me because I would totally buy them!!!:banana::banana:

I love eerything so far and can't wait to see more and hear more about your wonderful wedding day!!

Thank you so much! Jeff does most of the leg work, so it will be his call but I'll let you all know as soon as we decide! :)

I am in awe of your talent, I second the request for you to open an Etsy's account!

Aww, thank you! Some of our guests didn't "get" everything so I am glad you all like them. :rotfl:

popcorn:: joining in popcorn::

Welcome! Thanks for joining!

Your welcome bags were just way too cute!!!!!! That was very generous of Jeff's parents! I love everything so far!

Jeff's parents are amazing! We are so blessed to have amazing families and I can't believe how lucky I am to marry into a family that I absolutely adore. You meet his parents and his family and you know why Jeff is such a great guy. :lovestruc

OP--Can you post the pictures in this thread or post a linky? This sounds amazing. DTD engagement shots? So stealing this idea.... :)

Coming right up!

Really looking forward to reading about your wedding!

Your welcome bags are fantastic, I'm sure it only gets better from here... popcorn::

Thank you! Hopefully the rest isn't a let down because the welcome bags were some of my favorite parts! :rotfl:

Where did you order your welcome bags? They are very cute.

The bags were printed with 4imprint.com. Jeff designed the artwork.

I'm sure if you either put those bags up on ebay or made the custom celebration buttons, you'd be one rich lady! I'm sure a lot of dis'ers (myself included) would buy them.

What beautiful teaser photo! I'm so jealous. I can't wait to see more.

Thank you so much! We're not looking to get rich, maybe some extra Disney spending money. ;)

YAY :-) Can't wait to read all about your wonderful weekend ... oh yeah, and that whole wedding thing too! ;)

Uh oh, I better keep up now. Don't want to be accused of lagging with my sneak peaks! :lmao:

[curiouser]

Since they have been requested, here are some of my favorite from our engagement photoshoot:

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Foot pop!
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[LittleMissMagic]

Oh, yeah... the lego store one was featured on Carly's blog!

Can't wait for more TR!!!

[LuluLovesDisney]

Love those engagement pictures!! Can't wait to see more!!!

[tinkspark]

Yay! I'm so excited to read about another Cleveland bride's wedding!!! If you do decide to open a store on etsy... I want to know! Your celebration buttons would fit our theme perfectly! :)

Love the engagement shots... especially the one at the lego store!

[calanniebu]

Uh oh, I better keep up now. Don't want to be accused of lagging with my sneak peaks! :lmao:
:thumbsup2

[curiouser]

As we finished up the welcome bags the rooms at Kidani started becoming available so we hand delivered as many bags as we could for those staying there. Being ever so slightly OCD I placed each one perfectly staggered against the pillows on each bed. We still had a box of welcome bags going to Coronado, so we met up with the S’mores Packing Crew. The Crew consisted of Jeff’s aunt, uncle, cousins and their grandma’s who so amazingly offered to help assemble the little individual s’mores packs for our welcome gathering.

(Also, credit where credit is due – the same aunt and uncle were the mastermind crafters behind the Mickey bar name tags! Hi Aunt Linda!)

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The s’mores packs contained a two graham cracker halves, a mini Hershey bar (larger than fun size, but smaller than full size) and the biggest marshmallow I have ever seen. The thing was seriously about 2-2.5" long! Major kudos to my MIL for finding these gigantic fluffy sugar clouds of joy!

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Since one box of welcome bags was theirs, we handed it over to them and they were gracious enough to take the other box of welcome bags to Coronado. I believe they were able to drop them off at concierge and let them know the reservation name the bags went to (Aunt Linda, you can jump in and comment if I am wrong J). Everyone received their bags without a hitch, and for that I was immensely grateful. With everything else going on I know I would have been a crazy person trying to locate missing welcome bags.

We finally had a little bit of downtime so we settled for a bit in Jeff’s parents 2-bedroom while I frantically checked flightarrivals.com for everyone’s incoming status. Now, I take full responsibility: I booked my family’s flight. How I thought they could arrive at MCO at 2:30, hop ME, arrive at Kidani, get settled and be ready to leave for the rehearsal by 4pm, I don’t know. I must have been harboring delusions of grandeur. It was nearing 3:00 and they were only just getting to the ME area at MCO. The realization of my poor planning was starting to hit and my anxiety levels began to rise. Unfortunately, I couldn't do anything to make them arrive any faster so the best thing for both Jeff and I to do was return to our room (with a quick hello to the bridal party that had arrived) and freshen up/change for the rehearsal.

We told everyone to meet in the lobby at 4pm; it was 4:10 and we were still our room in BFE. As we scrambled down the hallway and into the lobby we found the bridal party dutifully waiting when we arrived; everyone, including my parents, who had arrived on the 2:30 flight was only now just checking in. Panic was slowly starting to sink in. It was 4:15, we needed to take busses to the Board Walk and all I could think of was that line in the BEO about events starting more than 15 minutes late would be canceled.

We greeted our new arrivals in the lobby with hugs and smiles that said "I'm really trying hard not to have a panic right now, how are you?".

My poor family. Most of them hadn't been to Disney; none of them had ever stayed DVC. They were quite in awe of their massive 2-bedroom walking from room-to-room with a lot of "Oh my gosh, did you see this?" and my niece and nephew wanted to just stay and rifle through their welcome bags. I, meanwhile, found myself pacing up and down the hallway, in and out of their room, between their two bedroom and Jeff's parents two bedroom all with a lot of "We have to go! Please, really, we have. to. go."

Once we got everyone organized it was too late for busses so we loaded everyone into two taxi vans and sped off to the Board Walk. My poor family got stuck in the van with the cabbie who didn’t see the need for air conditioning. I’ve also never noticed how short Disney traffic lights are. One of those things you don’t notice when you are sitting on a bus!

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It's a TRAP!

We arrived at the Board Walk and made a mad dash for Sea Breeze Point. The bridal party was already there (they had gotten there before us and didn't have to maneuver two wheelchairs and two EVC's) - as was Ken and this strange gentleman I’d not seen before. He was bald and slightly muscular and as I got closer I thought to myself “This is NOT Rev. Miller! Rev Miller has curly hair!” Well, Rev. Miller it was (man, I totally forgot to review him…. Editing the first post now) and the ladies they were a-swoonin’! Especially my grandmother – who I call Elizabeth Taylor for a reason – and it’s not because they are lookalikes :lol:

(And I totally just realized I forgot to review Rev. Miller....

Rev. Miller - A+ We aren't terribly religious people and originally we were going to go with a notary, but I knew that having our ceremony be officiated by a minister of some type was important to some members of our family (ahem, hi mom). We went with the contemporary ceremony from Rev. Miller and he had no problem at all with us altering his script and adding personal elements. He made us feel so at ease and balanced the perfect amount of humor and sincerity in the ceremony.

As I had mentioned in my review I had called Jen slightly pani.. um, concerned about the forecast for the wedding day. First thing, Ken pulled us aside to go over some alternate ideas for our ceremony décor in the ballroom should the weather, as he put it, “not cooperate”. We agreed to the ideas and it was time to start rehearsing the ceremony.

I had mentioned to my mom on the ride over that I was disappointed to not have a bow bouquet since I hadn’t had a shower. While we were talking to Ken, my mom and sister defaced Disney property and stole some flowers from the grounds and wrapped them with a tablecloth to make me a bouquet! Normally I would be appalled at defacing Disney property but I couldn’t help but laugh! It was very cute of them to make me a practice bouquet and it really just lightened the mood and lifted my spirits.

So.. we rehearsed!

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And the guys... just kind of stood around talking
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:lmao: Typical...

And another sneak peak just to tide you over...

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[emilymad]

Everything looks so good! I can't wait to see more pictures.

[Sparky47]

(Also, credit where credit is due – the same aunt and uncle were the mastermind crafters behind the Mickey bar name tags! Hi Aunt Linda!)

Hi! It's Jeff and now officially Morgan's Aunt Linda adding her two cents. We loved making the Mickey bar name tags and we're thrilled they came out to Morgan's liking !!!

Since one box of welcome bags was theirs, we handed it over to them and they were gracious enough to take the other box of welcome bags to Coronado. I believe they were able to drop them off at concierge and let them know the reservation name the bags went to (Aunt Linda, you can jump in and comment if I am wrong J). Everyone received their bags without a hitch, and for that I was immensely grateful. With everything else going on I know I would have been a crazy person trying to locate missing welcome bags.

You are right! It was a piece of cake taking the box of welcome bags to the concierge. I'll admit now I was a little nervous about that task! After arriving at Kidani Village to find that the rooms weren't ready and we were making s'mores bags in a little waiting room off the lobby...and stress and emotions in full force already....I was trying to remain calm when Morgan asked me to take the welcome bags back to Coronado. I walked into the lobby of Coronado like I knew what I was doing and went to the concierge and said "These bags need to get delivered to the 'Smith' room" (and I kept my fingers crossed!) The concierge searched the computer and said "here they are, I'll make sure they are delivered; have a magical day." Yippee!

I had mentioned to my mom on the ride over that I was disappointed to not have a bow bouquet since I hadn’t had a shower. While we were talking to Ken, my mom and sister defaced Disney property and stole some flowers from the grounds and wrapped them with a tablecloth to make me a bouquet! Normally I would be appalled at defacing Disney property but I couldn’t help but laugh! It was very cute of them to make me a practice bouquet and it really just lightened the mood and lifted my spirits.

Darn it! Another thing I forgot to bring! I saw on one of your blogs you mentioned that you wouldn't have a bow bouquet and I was going to make you one!

[Boardwalk_bride]

I love the smores assembly team! I'm interested to see how you ended up at the WP, seeing as your rehearsal was at SBP (I hope you didn't already mention this and I missed it!)

[Disney9.9.10]

Great instalment! It is really nice to see that you had all of those people helping you out to get your welcome bags delivered. And it is great that Disney magic helped you get them delivered without a hitch!

I am sorry to hear about the anxiety you had over getting to your rehearsal. It is really hard to plan around flights, but I am glad that it worked out and you got to have your rehearsal!

[coconutprincess]

Fabulous installment!!! I just love your writing style. You always crack me up! Your engagement pictures are so amazing!!!! I love the foot pop picture!

The SMores idea is just amazing and so creative!

I would be in the same boat, panicking about the 15 minute rule in the BEO! That is so cute your mom "retreived" some flowers for you!

Can't wait for more!popcorn::

[DisneyLeah]

Wow - Morgan!!! Everything looks amazing! Your custom items are to die for and I'll be eagerly awaiting your arrival on etsy!! ;)

Thanks for sharing - can't wait to hear more!!!!

Leah

[ghoulish delight]

Oh yeah! I remember seeing your e-pics on Carly's blog too! So so cute! :goodvibes

You poor thing, waiting for everyone to get there in time for your rehearsal! I can't even imagine. :sad2: So good job on managing to keep it together! That could not have been easy!

Excited to see what's up next!! popcorn::

[Sparky47]

Aunt Linda here...since Morgan's not posting I thought I would (We're all patiently waiting...)

I just wanted to say that Morgan was the most beautiful bride (and Jeff was handsome too)! If she was nervous or stressed, it didn't show. She may have felt stressed on the day everyone arrived but she seemed in control. From some of the stuff I saw going on around her, that's commendable!!

And for the record, the pictures of the printed material she and Jeff put together do not do it justice. I think some people thought it was "official" stuff. It was amazing. I can't wait to see what they come up with next because I don't think anything can top the wedding program and "fast pass" placecard details. I was excited when I was able to figure out the coding on the bottom of the fast pass....but I was ashamed of myself when I realized from this report that the "postcard" in our welcome back was real (oops, I thought it was just a little souvenior postcard--shame on me).

Great job Jeff and Morgan -- uh, I mean Morgan and Jeff! :love:

[curiouser]

Everything looks so good! I can't wait to see more pictures.

Thank you! I can't wait to get our pro photos back!


I love the smores assembly team! I'm interested to see how you ended up at the WP, seeing as your rehearsal was at SBP (I hope you didn't already mention this and I missed it!)

They are great, aren't they? We were overwhelmed by how many family members were willing to help us out. And you'll find out about how we ended up at the WP!


Great instalment! It is really nice to see that you had all of those people helping you out to get your welcome bags delivered. And it is great that Disney magic helped you get them delivered without a hitch!

I am sorry to hear about the anxiety you had over getting to your rehearsal. It is really hard to plan around flights, but I am glad that it worked out and you got to have your rehearsal!

I think the best advice I saw from other brides on the DIS was to get a team of people to help you assemble and distribute. I'm not great at delegating but I am so glad I did!


Fabulous installment!!! I just love your writing style. You always crack me up! Your engagement pictures are so amazing!!!! I love the foot pop picture!

The SMores idea is just amazing and so creative!

I would be in the same boat, panicking about the 15 minute rule in the BEO! That is so cute your mom "retreived" some flowers for you!

Can't wait for more!popcorn::

Thank you!! Of course I can't take credit for the s'mores welcome party idea. Laura (who's s/n escapes me) did that a few years back and I always loved that idea!


Wow - Morgan!!! Everything looks amazing! Your custom items are to die for and I'll be eagerly awaiting your arrival on etsy!! ;)

Thanks for sharing - can't wait to hear more!!!!

Leah

Thank you!!


Oh yeah! I remember seeing your e-pics on Carly's blog too! So so cute! :goodvibes

You poor thing, waiting for everyone to get there in time for your rehearsal! I can't even imagine. :sad2: So good job on managing to keep it together! That could not have been easy!

Excited to see what's up next!! popcorn::

Thank you! Hopefully, someone will learn from my mistakes not to pack everything in one day!


Aunt Linda here...since Morgan's not posting I thought I would (We're all patiently waiting...)

:lmao: Hey I need time to be a newlywed, too!

[curiouser]

Now where was I? Oh yes, we rehearsed, and then it was time for our welcome event: campfire and sch’moes (bonus points if you get this reference!) at Fort Wilderness.

The last (and only, come of think of it) time we had been to the campfire sing-a-long at Ft. Wilderness it was October. There was a decent amount of people, but not too crowded. There were plenty of seats and room to properly burn your marshmallow at the two campfires on either side. In never occurred to either of us that in May, when the weather is warmer, and on a Saturday night, the place would be packed. We walked up with our gaggle of guests in tow and I almost stopped short when I saw the gobs of people everywhere. And the festivities hadn’t even officially started yet!

We managed to wrangle ourselves one of the bleachers. I walked over to the chuck wagon and bought 30 sticks and a case of cold bottled water and began distributing sticks, water and s’mores packs to our guests. Our guests were a little overwhelmed at first, I think, but eventually they started getting up and going over to the campfire. It was fun watching everyone get gooey and messy eating their s’mores (did I mention my genius MIL bought wet-naps for each s’mores pack as well?).

I was completely dumb and never remembered to take a picture of the s’more packs. Honestly, I was still a little stressed at that point – and I also had random strangers coming up to me because someone was telling people that if you wanted sticks you the “CM in the blue dress was giving them out”. :lol:

Andy and Andrea make a mess
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Everyone piled on the bleachers (and some people we don't know)
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Soon it was time to wrangle everyone up again to head off to the part of the evening I’d been waiting for all day: our rehearsal dinner at Hoop-Dee-Doo.

[curiouser]

Now Morgan, you are saying to yourself, it’s Saturday and you are getting married on Monday. Why are you rehearsing and rehearsal dinnering two days early?

Simple, my friends. Simple. It’s called sangria. It’s called all-you-can-drink sangria. Hungover girls and boys do not make attractive bridal parties and it was with great forethought that we decided to have our rehearsal dinner two nights early.

Hoop-Dee-Doo is a tradition with us. Where there is a trip to WDW, there is a stop at Hoop-Dee-Doo. I have a not-so-secret ambition to play Claire de Lune. We’ve never stayed sober enough to decide if the show is actually that funny or if it’s the sangria that makes it funny. We miss the Dolly Drew we had for years and who seemingly retired two years ago. We still agree that the funniest Sixpence was the guy who played the part around Christmas of 2005. And it’s not unusual for me to randomly break out lines from the show…. “but alas, she was no swimmer…”

One of the things I was most excited about was the photo. Behold epic group photo! (I need go back and Photoshop the people who weren't smiling... ;))

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They sort of clustered all of us together on the right, toward the back. Being the HDD junkies that we are, we are spoiled and usually right up against the stage. It didn’t matter, we still got some major HDD love!

Clearly unaware of this photo being taken...
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Our waitress, Heather, was amazing! She enjoyed our excitement and kept the sangria coming!

Best man Nick got cozied up to by Claire.

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And of course when they asked for anniversaries, honeymoons, etc… everyone in our group was eager to point out to Miss Flora that it was our rehearsal dinner. Flora made a big fuss over us and our upcoming vows and we danced with all of the other couples to Let Me Call You Sweetheart.

Flora wears a looooooooot of eyeliner
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Clearly, mad framing skillz
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"Leeeet me call you sweeeetheart..."
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Aaaaand then we drank…

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and I became a bank robber. Or something.
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I taught her everything... so proud.
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We were laughing, eating, and getting ready to enjoy our strawberry shortcake when I heard a chorus of “Oh my god, Morgan!” I turned to follow all of the pointing and there was Claire de Lune and my DAD walking toward the stage. To give you some background, my dad is really a big teddy bear, but he’s reserved, often grumpy and definitely not the type to volunteer for something like this.

I was shocked and over the moon. I had seen the show so many times I knew exactly what character he was going to come out as…. Davey’s Angel!!

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Best Davey’s Angel, ever.

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An epic ending to an epic day.

Final glass totals:
Tara, Kevin, Nick: Some embarrassingly low number
Andrea: 5
Jeff: 5
Theresa: 6
Morgan: 6
Andy: 7

Why yes, we are totally insane
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Morgan and Jeff Got Married encourages responsible drinking. Please do not drink and drive or operate heavy machinery. Be aware that anything caught on video tape, including your crazy, wedding-inspired version of ‘Tik Tok’, may show up on the internet. Additionally, inebriation does not qualify you to play Disney Tour Guide for the entire bus on your return trip to AKV.

[girli565]

Looks like you had an AMAZING time!


One quick question... how did you go about delivering your welcome bags?

[DznyGal]

I love reading your trip report, your writing is so much fun to read. I can only imagine how much fun you guys had on your trip and at your wedding.

Looking for to reading more. :goodvibes

[Boardwalk_bride]

I love that you had a rehearsal dinner at HDDR. If I could go back, I would have done that instead of the dessert party. Despite the questionable food, my guests would have liked the entertainment and loved the unlimited alcohol.

I agree with you on the not knowing how funny the show actually is. When were were there, we were had 6 pitchers of beer and 8 glasses of wine between 4 of us, so of course we would be laughing :lmao:

Can't wait to read more!

[helloirishkitty]

I'm reading this at work and your last post made me DIE laughing. I love your writing style! I have never tried Hoop-Dee-Doo but this unlimited Sangria is making me want to :rotfl:

can't wait for more!

[LuluLovesDisney]

That looks like so much fun! I've never done HDDR! It sounds great though, I miss when the Luau had unlimited rum punch *sigh*. And your hair looks great in these pics.

Sorry you were stressed. I wish I had more pics of pre-wedding things and it is because I was so stressed! Although it is cute that people thought you were a CM handing out sticks lol.

Did all your guests go to the HDDR? Did you make one group ADR? It seemed like a great time!

hahaha, I can imagine you, Tour Guide Barbie, after 6 sangrias! Loving this of course!!

[mcarthur205]

Morgan - I just found your TR here today, can't wait to read all about your wedding. Sounds like you're all having a blast so far!!

[coconutprincess]

HAHAA!!! I love the idea of you giving your own tour version for Disney.. Hilarious.

I'm glad you had fun at HDDR. I've never been there but with unlimited Sangria - Hello! That would be a lot of fun! Very cute idea for the rehearsal dinner!

All of the pictures you take always turn out so nice! I'm jealous!

[kcampbell]

You are genius for having the rehearsal dinner 2 days before the wedding Morgan! I love the HDDR and had been many times, but honestly I haven't been since I was 8. It was one of my dad's favorite shows (he too played Davy Crockett's angel) and I just haven't emotionally been able to go back. (Oh and my grandpa LOVED Dolly! LOL!) But, I love that it's one of your family traditions and that you were able to incorporate something so important and so "Disney" into your wedding weekend. How incredibly fun! :goodvibes Maybe Jim and I'll make our way to HDDR on our next trip so I can have some of that Sangria! ;) Looking forward to reading more! :goodvibes

[alwaysdisney]

Can't wait to read more. I also booked HDDR for our wedding. 21 of us in all. I am glad you and your guests had a great time, looking forward to reading more. :surfweb:

[curiouser]

Looks like you had an AMAZING time!


One quick question... how did you go about delivering your welcome bags?

We hand delivered to the people staying at the same hotel as us. The rest were dropped off at concierge at CSR with the reservation name. If we had more guests not staying at AKV I probably would have tied them/boxed them together with the reservation name/ressie# clearly marked.

I love reading your trip report, your writing is so much fun to read. I can only imagine how much fun you guys had on your trip and at your wedding.

Looking for to reading more. :goodvibes

Thank you so much for reading! We had a GREAT time!

I love that you had a rehearsal dinner at HDDR. If I could go back, I would have done that instead of the dessert party. Despite the questionable food, my guests would have liked the entertainment and loved the unlimited alcohol.

I agree with you on the not knowing how funny the show actually is. When were were there, we were had 6 pitchers of beer and 8 glasses of wine between 4 of us, so of course we would be laughing :lmao:

Can't wait to read more!

We thought about doing the DP but we ultimately decided we had to do HDD! You don't get the wow factor of Illuminations, though.

I'm reading this at work and your last post made me DIE laughing. I love your writing style! I have never tried Hoop-Dee-Doo but this unlimited Sangria is making me want to :rotfl:

can't wait for more!

Thank you so much! I hope you didn't get into any trouble at work! :goodvibes

That looks like so much fun! I've never done HDDR! It sounds great though, I miss when the Luau had unlimited rum punch *sigh*. And your hair looks great in these pics.

Sorry you were stressed. I wish I had more pics of pre-wedding things and it is because I was so stressed! Although it is cute that people thought you were a CM handing out sticks lol.

Did all your guests go to the HDDR? Did you make one group ADR? It seemed like a great time!

hahaha, I can imagine you, Tour Guide Barbie, after 6 sangrias! Loving this of course!!

Yes, we had one group ADR and everyone was invited. The only reason we have so many pre-wedding pics is because of other people! Thank goodness for photo sharing!

Morgan - I just found your TR here today, can't wait to read all about your wedding. Sounds like you're all having a blast so far!!

Yay, thank you for reading!

HAHAA!!! I love the idea of you giving your own tour version for Disney.. Hilarious.

I'm glad you had fun at HDDR. I've never been there but with unlimited Sangria - Hello! That would be a lot of fun! Very cute idea for the rehearsal dinner!

All of the pictures you take always turn out so nice! I'm jealous!

The Convention folks who I was giving my tour too were all in good spirits so it made it all that much more fun. I become a chatty Cathy when I drink!

You are genius for having the rehearsal dinner 2 days before the wedding Morgan! I love the HDDR and had been many times, but honestly I haven't been since I was 8. It was one of my dad's favorite shows (he too played Davy Crockett's angel) and I just haven't emotionally been able to go back. (Oh and my grandpa LOVED Dolly! LOL!) But, I love that it's one of your family traditions and that you were able to incorporate something so important and so "Disney" into your wedding weekend. How incredibly fun! :goodvibes Maybe Jim and I'll make our way to HDDR on our next trip so I can have some of that Sangria! ;) Looking forward to reading more! :goodvibes

You should definitely go back! It's such a fun time - the show hasn't changed one bit but who cares! It's still funny (I think.... :rotfl:)

Can't wait to read more. I also booked HDDR for our wedding. 21 of us in all. I am glad you and your guests had a great time, looking forward to reading more. :surfweb:

You guys are going to have a great time! Going with a group is just an entirely different experience, especially if they really get into the show.

[curiouser]

Sunday: Our Mad Bridal Shower!

Now I must admit, our bridal shower was mostly a surprise. I say mostly because we were clued in before hand that the shower would be at Disney. My bridesmaids and the moms could only string me on so long before they felt guilty and confessed to the surprise. That was the only detail I was given (Jeff was consulted on the whole thing!) but once we received a very generically themed invite instructing us to be at the Whitehall patio on Sunday… I started to get an idea of what was going on.

Sunday also happened to be the morning we were moving from AKV to the Contemporary, so in addition to getting ready for the shower we were packing our stuff up. Unfortunately, bell services was a little more behind than we anticipated and so our plans of taking the bus to MK and hopping the monorail was out. We had to hail another cab to the GF (I’ve never used so many taxi’s at Disney!) and of course we were running late!

We pulled up to the convention center and made our way to the Whtiehall patio. I saw Ken standing at the end of a line of glass paneled French doors and as I passed each door my eyes grew bigger and bigger until they were filled with tears by the time I walked out to the patio.

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No, I didn’t intentionally plan for my dress to match my phone!

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The whole thing was amazing!!

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My mom made all of the centerpieces

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I was a little overwhelmed (in a good way) and just amazed! I never ever imagined I would have my own Mad Tea Party at Disney, but here I was! And of course being a massive Alice fan I was over the moon (and glad I had worn one of my bowed headbands!) :lol:

Then it was time to eat and there was a ton of food!! Fruit, scones, tarts, three types of sandwiches, chocolate covered strawberries, salad. There was food that I didn’t even know we had until after the shower was over and I was walking back down the table going “Oh my gosh, we had ?!?!” I had a centerpiece blocking my view!

Fresh fruit
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Berries and scones
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Sandwiches: turkey with yogurt and cranberries on a croissant, chicken salad on Italian (I think), and heirloom tomatoes with Roquefort on multi-grain (hands down my favorite!!)
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Chocolate covered strawberries
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[curiouser]

Once everyone had gotten their fill of food, we moved on to shower games. There was an Alice in Wonderland trivia game and a game to see how well Jeff and I knew each other. What that game revealed is not that we know each other well, but rather that Jeff can’t pick a favorite anything. :lol:

After the games we took some time to look over the scrapbook our family and friends had made for us. The first half had photos of the two of us throughout our relationship and the second half consisted of pages made by individual family and friends with notes, favorite memories and more photos.

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“What was I thinking with that outfit?”
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While we were looking through the scrapbook and chatting with people, I kept hearing people say "Oh the cake will be coming, it's just late." "The cake is running late, it will be here soon." You'd think I would have caught on.. the cake is late. For a very important date. But I didn't, until I saw this...

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My reaction
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And then we preceeded to take about a million photos
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With our moms
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The ladies from my family
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The ladies from Jeff’s family
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[curiouser]

After about a million photos in the Florida sun (poor Mr. Rabbit) it was time to cut the rapidly melting cake!

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We are so mature.
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White Rabbit gave me a rose
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And not to be outdone, Jeff gave him one back!
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Then sadly we had to say goodbye and get to om nomming some cake!
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Practice for tomorrow!
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The cake was vanilla with orange filling and chocolate with peanut butter filling. Both were very good but the chocolate/peanut butter combo seemed to be the overwhelming favorite. While everyone enjoyed their cake, we opened gifts.

Obligatory opening gifts photo
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Jeff’s uncle lives in China and he sent us some cool Disney items from China. We think it’s a game but we actually aren’t too sure.
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And like that, it was time to wrap up and head to our new digs at the Contemporary. We had so much fun and it was such a dream come true to have a shower like this!! I couldn't have asked for anything more exciting!

[Pooh_Friend#1]

What a great party! The centerpieces are awesome! Such a talented family.

[kcampbell]

What a fantastic surprise!! And btw your mom rocks at centerpieces!! They were so cute! I love the whole "golden afternoon" flowers. I <3 the white rabbit and your face was just priceless when he entered. Totally can't wait to see more. (oh, and I've decided that we are going to go to the HDDR on one of our next trips to WDW so thanks!) :goodvibes

[lurkyloo]

Wow! What a fabulous party! Is your mom a pro? Those centerpieces are adorable. How'd she put those together on vacation?!

Also, I must know where you got your dress—SO cute! :goodvibes

[Brit_Jude]

The centerpieces are amazing - what a lovely, lovely suprise. Food looks yummy! Your outfit was so cute and went with the theme perfectly.

[pezaddict231]

The party looks amazing! How sweet of them to plan that for you, it looks like it was definitely worth the wait! Your mom is so talented, the centerpieces are amazing. What a great surprise to have the White Rabbit come with the cake. Thanks for sharing the pictures with us. Looking forward to hearing more!

[pixie921]

Your shower looks like it was wonderful! What a beautiful job everyone did on it -- I really love those centerpieces that your mom made, and you looked so cute! It was easy to see how much you were enjoying yourself. :goodvibes

[Disney9.9.10]

Your shower looks so amazing! I can just imagine how excited you must have been, seeing as you are a huge Alice fan. Your family did a good job of surprising you and adding in those extras. Your mom also did a great job with the centrepieces!

[chelsrae85]

This is probably the most amazing bridal shower I've seen. Those centerpieces are beyond awesome--I love the flowers with eyes! just like the movie!!!

[curiouser]

What a great party! The centerpieces are awesome! Such a talented family.

Thank you, Heidi!! You are too sweet.

What a fantastic surprise!! And btw your mom rocks at centerpieces!! They were so cute! I love the whole "golden afternoon" flowers. I <3 the white rabbit and your face was just priceless when he entered. Totally can't wait to see more. (oh, and I've decided that we are going to go to the HDDR on one of our next trips to WDW so thanks!) :goodvibes

The "golden afternoon" centerpiece was my favorite too. I thought they would start talking any moment. "Just what specie, or shall we say, genus, are you, my dear?" "Well, I suppose you could call me a genus... humanus.. Alice!" :lmao:

Wow! What a fabulous party! Is your mom a pro? Those centerpieces are adorable. How'd she put those together on vacation?!

Also, I must know where you got your dress—SO cute! :goodvibes

She's not a pro, she just has that crafty gene! She didn't pass it along to me, sadly. I can make friends with the Adobe Creative Suite, but put me in Michaels and I am like a lost sheep. She made the centerpieces at home and then my IL's drove down so they were able to transport them.

My dress is from Macy's. It's a Calvin Klein dress and it comes in a billion colors so if pink isn't your thing I am sure you can find a color that is.

The centerpieces are amazing - what a lovely, lovely suprise. Food looks yummy! Your outfit was so cute and went with the theme perfectly.

Thank you! The food was yummy and there were tons of leftovers. I wish we had smuggled in take-out containers to keep some of the fruit and sandwiches. It's so awful seeing stuff go to waste, you know?

That's my tip for this entry: if you have a bridal tea smuggle in tupperware!

The party looks amazing! How sweet of them to plan that for you, it looks like it was definitely worth the wait! Your mom is so talented, the centerpieces are amazing. What a great surprise to have the White Rabbit come with the cake. Thanks for sharing the pictures with us. Looking forward to hearing more!

Thank you! I'll pass on the accolades to my mom. :goodvibes

Your shower looks like it was wonderful! What a beautiful job everyone did on it -- I really love those centerpieces that your mom made, and you looked so cute! It was easy to see how much you were enjoying yourself. :goodvibes

Everyone did amazing and they were so good at hiding every thing from me! One guest did slip up the day before and mention about a tea party, but it still didn't ruin the surprise!

Your shower looks so amazing! I can just imagine how excited you must have been, seeing as you are a huge Alice fan. Your family did a good job of surprising you and adding in those extras. Your mom also did a great job with the centrepieces!

Oh gosh yes, I could have just skipped the wedding and been happy with just the shower. :rotfl: It's probably a good thing I didn't know about it in advance because I am dorky enough to have worn an Alice dress (just kidding! maybe...:rotfl:)

This is probably the most amazing bridal shower I've seen. Those centerpieces are beyond awesome--I love the flowers with eyes! just like the movie!!!

Thank you! I just read your LJ bio and it is hysterical! I love the bit about eating overpriced cake. You are so funny!

[Ann117]

I love your shower!! I am having a mad tea party too. I am so jealous I wanted to use the props and have a character but a little out of my budget. The centerpieces are amazing!!

[bunny_pop]

I just love the tea party! What a nice surprise bridal shower :)

[coconutprincess]

What an amazing surprise! I just love the dress you wore! You mom did a fantastic job on those centerpieces. They were amazing! Your cake was beautiful!!!! What a wonderful shower! Talk about a dream come true!

[Disney Bride To Be]

Morgan... I am just tuning in! I have to say WOW. You have so many fun ideas, I am in the early stages of planning and after reading your TR I have so many more ideas. I LOVE LOVE LOVE :lovestruc the S'mores! Such a cute idea and fun. Your welcome bags are to die for. I esp. loved the mickey mouse ice cream bar name tags. :mickeybar such a wonderful idea.
How wonderful that your family was able to keep your shower a surprise. The party looked amazing. I cannot wait to read more...

[DisneyCookie24]

OMG, I LOVE everything so far! The HDD is such a great idea and those welcome bags are too cute. That's so nice of your family to surprise you with the bridal shower... how awesome.. I am definitely subscribing! I can't wait to hear more!

[Joyciemc]

I had a lot of catching up to do!
Seeing your rehearsal dinner made me want to go to HDDR! In fact, I think I need to try it this trip.
And you are so smart for having it a couple days before the wedding! My DH got a bit drunk at our rehearsal and let's just say it was a good thing we had a late wedding the next day!

Your shower was amazing! It all just looked so perfect!

[ericapixiedust]

And, OMG-you are totally adorable in that hot pink dress! You and the White Rabbit are competing for cuteness.:laughing:

[KR1343]

Everything looked amazing! I love the bridal shower idea... so cute. The welcome bags, buttons and all you details are amazing :rotfl: Congrats!!

[LuluLovesDisney]

I want one!! lol Seriously, this is an amazing shower! I cannot wait for more!!

[BravaCentauri]

You had the most gorgeous shower! Was it hard to wait till Florida instead of having one a couple months earlier? I love that cake! What a masterpiece! And please let me know if you open an Etsy store and sell your designed paper products and buttons. They are amazing!

[curiouser]

Thank you all for reading, I totally owe you an update - which will be easier now that we have our photos!! Hurrah!

In the meantime, Studio 222 blogged our photos yesterday: http://www.studio222photography.com/blog/2010/07/a-rainy-day-romantic-wedding-at-disney-morgan-jeff/

[ScotsMinnie]

Found your report by accident. Saw your photos under your ticker and thought they were beautiful so started to read.

I have read a few wedding reports and yours is by far the most wonderful. The photos on the blog are beautiful and the tea party was out of this world. Everyone looks like they are having a wonderful time and I can't wait to read more.

Congratulations on your marriage!

[DisneyDiva84]

Just joining in! LOVING your trip report! Everything looks gorgeous!

[Boardwalk_bride]

OMG, I love LOVE your cake. It is the most amazing cake I have ever seen! Your pics are just fab :goodvibes

[neener3]

Beautiful pictures!

(and I loved your cake too!)

[DisneyGirl4188]

OMG I LOVE your cake!!! I am also insanely jealous of your tea party.

[helloirishkitty]

Your pictures brought tears to my eyes! So beautiful :)

[Racey]

I'm loving the TR so far ..... your shower looked brilliant.

And as for thsoe centre pieces:thumbsup2.... you can see where you get your creativity flair if your mum comes up with those!:thumbsup2

I cant wait to read more:yay:

[ZetaCPA]

I LOVED your cake :love: . Your pics are great! Congrats!

[Nikisha421]

I have to say your wedding colors are so beautiful and stand out...I saw your signature picture and thought dag those colors are really working with each other...

[PinkSleepingBeauty]

Hey, just jumping in here! Wanted to say how beautiful your wedding was! Congrats! :goodvibes

[sambycat]

ok.
1) i think we are hijacking your wedding cake. it is beyond.
2) i need to get some runway moves from you because, girlfriend, you are working it! you guys look great!
i've peeked at your TR before and saw your pics before but never saw the wedding cake. tell me more? pretty please?

and now you are making me reconsider some of the tall flowers for outdoor decor for the prereception. and i have a basic price out on the short flowers and we are already over budget.
*sigh*
gorgeous!

[katel]

Oh my gosh your wedding was so beautiful!! I really love how it was totally Disney but at the same time different than most Disney weddings you see. I may have to steal some of your paper ideas! Seriously, really really good work, congratulations, and I'll be following along your trip report with pleasure! :goodvibes

[brer rabbit 28]

All I can say is WOW!!

Your pics are fabulous...and that cake. You must have been over the moon with it. I'm guessing it's a Disney creation?

[PrincessSarah19]

Your wedding looked amazing! I can't wait to see more! :surfweb:

[m1720]

I just got threw reading your PJ. Everything was just so perfect. I had wanted a mad tea party and was thinking of scratching the idea but after seeing your pics it just reaffirms how much I would love this element. And you had donald at your reception. So funny cause my DF had mentioned wanting donald of all the characters cause he remembers donald from a character breakfast he went to when he was 5. And Donald looks great in his tux. So we have to get him.

[LuluLovesDisney]

So . . . want to finish reports together? lol I finally got back to mine.

[AbbyPan]

eeeee! I got teary-eyed reading the first page of your report.

Holy cow Morgan- do you know how cute you are????
you and Jeff look adorable in your engagement pics!

Rehearsal dinner- I felt your pain, but the Taxi was a smart move!

FortWilderness had a lot of people (gotta love that random mustache guy on the bleachers with your family/friends)
*thank you for encouraging responsible drinking (wink)lol

Your mad tea shower was insanely cute (you looked adorable, as always).
And your mom- she did an amazing job with the centerpieces.

Can wait to see/read more! totally enjoying seeing how happy you both are here...

[BatgirlBride]

It looks like you had a wonderful wedding! So neat to have the White Rabbit at your tea party!