leonix8238
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- Jun 3, 2008
Hi ladies and gents,
I just wanted to post a vendor review for all your brides and grooms to be. I hope some of you find it useful!
Wedding date: November 30th 2010.
Location: Sea Breeze Point
Guests: None, just the bride and groom!
Wedding Planners 10/10
We had Stacey as our initial contact and she was absolutely wonderful! Stacey was so patient with our many, many questions and our change of venue twice! We cannot thank her enough for everything.
Once we were assigned a planner we were given Amy R and like Stacey we both have nothing but great things to say about her. Amy was very generous with her time, quick to respond to emails and really reassuring. Whilst we were working with her she was given a promotion and moved to work on the Wishes weddings, so we assigned the lovely Vita as our planner for the final few months before the wedding.
Once again as boring as it sounds Vita was superb. Neither of us can think of a single negative thing to say about Disney's Fairytale Weddings. Each person we dealt with was fantastic, responsive to emails, sweet and reassuring.
Thanks to Stacey, Amy and Vita our wedding ceremony was without a single issue, we cannot thank them enough.
Floral 10/10
We had Rosie as our floral designer and once again Disney did not disappoint. Rosie was very sweet and patient when I couldn't quite find what I was looking for. When I finally did find it Rosie was very supportive and 'got' exactly what I wanted. The flowers and candles at our ceremony looked simply perfect and our personal flowers were stunning; they even lasted (thanks to a big bucket of ice!) until our MK photo shoot a week later!
Photos of the floral:
http://flic.kr/p/92AFRD
http://flic.kr/p/92BjQP
http://flic.kr/p/92BkeM
Hair and Make Up 10/10
I booked Beaute Special for my hair and make- up on both my wedding day and for our Magic Kingdom photo shoot. Laine was the stylist sent on both occasions and once again we have nothing but great things to say about her.
I warmed instantly to Laine who was great fun and very calming. I don't usually wear much make up so the prospect of wearing so much was a little unnerving for me; I wanted my groom to marry me, not a stranger who he's never met before! However, Laine reassured me that it would all work out and look great on the photographs and you know what, she was absolutely right. At first when I looked in the mirror, I thought "OMG, I can't wear this make up" but after about 15 minutes I got used to it and everyone including my groom said how lovely it looked.
Initially my hair wasn't quite what I wanted but I told Laine and within minutes she'd fixed it to make it perfect. Ideally I would have liked to take a photograph of what I wanted with me, however my hair idea was all in my head and as I'm terrible with hair myself it wasn't something I could show Laine easily so for her to get it right pretty much first time was great. Thanks Laine!
Photos of the hair and make up:
http://flic.kr/p/92E1vj
http://flic.kr/p/92DNu5
http://flic.kr/p/92AR4F
Photography
Randy Chapman 20/10
As everyone on here is already aware Randy is simply fantastic!
We both felt very relaxed and comfortable around Randy as soon as we started chatting. We had no guests at our wedding so when me and my husband were apart it was lovely to have someone who you felt comfortable with and reassured by.
I have no idea how Randy does it but he has a great knack for capturing moments without you even knowing. Most of the shots we have look very relaxed even when Randy did ask us to pose. Randy was also great at making sure my necklace and dress were lying properly.
We cannot recommend Randy enough he was simply wonderful and we can honestly say he really helped to make our day : ) Thanks Randy!
Photos from Randy:
http://flic.kr/p/92DZeJ
http://flic.kr/p/92BAyM
http://flic.kr/p/92ANYH
http://flic.kr/p/92Byvr
DPS - Mike 10/10
As we had an Escape wedding we had a Disney photographer present as well as Randy. Mike Strickland turned up on the day and was a very lovely guy. Mike took some amazing shots including one of my favourites of my groom placing the ring on my finger. I would definitely recommend anyone who is using DPS to request Mike.
Photos from Mike:
http://flic.kr/p/92DY4y
MK Photo shoot 9/10
We had Amy for our Magic Kingdom photo shoot, which was done on a freezing cold morning at 5am. Amy was very professional and took some great shots but we didn't feel as comfortable with Amy as we had with Mike and Randy. However, her photographs and general professionalism were fantastic. Amy made sure my dress and shawl were right for shots and even went to the extent as to move one of the workers vehicles to make sure it wasn't in the shot! Once again we would recommend Amy.
MK photos:
http://flic.kr/p/92BosH
http://flic.kr/p/92Bqzp
http://flic.kr/p/92BjrP
Officiant - Ron Rosenzweig 10/10
We wanted Ron to perform our ceremony as we are not particularly religious and liked the fact that he wore a suit rather than robes. Ron was lovely, very calm and relaxed. He walked us through everything and double checked our personal reading before the ceremony. Once the ceremony began everything was word perfect, he made it very much about 'us' and thus very intimate and romantic. As we had no guests he even offered us a toast after the ceremony, which we thought was wonderful.
During email communication Ron comes across as very much down to business, which makes it difficult to warm to him. However, once we met and spoke with him we both knew we'd made the right choice.
We are so very pleased we chose Ron as our officiant, in our opinion you could not ask for a better non religious ceremony. Thanks so much Ron!
Victoria and Alberts 10/10
I'll be honest, we booked V&A's thinking it was something we would never do again as it would be a bit too high brow for us. However, we felt it would be a great experience to share on our wedding day. That said, now we don’t want to dine anywhere else! The food was simply outstanding and the service was fantastic. The coffee is even prepared in an old fashioned percolator, it's a little expereince in itself! The harp music, personalised menus and rose are such a beautiful touch it make the evening simply perfect.
One small word of warning though; If you order the wine pairings for each dish be prepared to drink A LOT of wine. We thought it would be simply a little taster to compliment the dish but with each course we received a fair amount of wine. I ended up with three glasses at one point as I simply could not drink it all!
Finally, we wanted to publicly thank the couple who sent us over a lovely dessert wine. The couple were newly married and were honeymooning in Disney. They popped over to our table just before they left to congratulate us and let us know that the wine would be on the way. We are still completely blown away by how lovely this gesture was. We are only sad that we were in such shock we didn't get a chance to catch their names or thank them properly. So we’d like to say a huge thank you to both of them on DIS in hope they may read it. You made our special day even more wonderful. : )
Summary
We hope our little report helps a little. I know all our reviews are very positive but in all honesty we feel our wedding was pretty much perfect, and that would not be the case without everyone who made it happen.
Thank you to everyone on DIS who helped us with our wedding planning and good luck to everyone who is currently planning their wedding. I have no doubt you’ll have a fantastic time!
:
I just wanted to post a vendor review for all your brides and grooms to be. I hope some of you find it useful!
Wedding date: November 30th 2010.
Location: Sea Breeze Point
Guests: None, just the bride and groom!
Wedding Planners 10/10
We had Stacey as our initial contact and she was absolutely wonderful! Stacey was so patient with our many, many questions and our change of venue twice! We cannot thank her enough for everything.
Once we were assigned a planner we were given Amy R and like Stacey we both have nothing but great things to say about her. Amy was very generous with her time, quick to respond to emails and really reassuring. Whilst we were working with her she was given a promotion and moved to work on the Wishes weddings, so we assigned the lovely Vita as our planner for the final few months before the wedding.
Once again as boring as it sounds Vita was superb. Neither of us can think of a single negative thing to say about Disney's Fairytale Weddings. Each person we dealt with was fantastic, responsive to emails, sweet and reassuring.
Thanks to Stacey, Amy and Vita our wedding ceremony was without a single issue, we cannot thank them enough.
Floral 10/10
We had Rosie as our floral designer and once again Disney did not disappoint. Rosie was very sweet and patient when I couldn't quite find what I was looking for. When I finally did find it Rosie was very supportive and 'got' exactly what I wanted. The flowers and candles at our ceremony looked simply perfect and our personal flowers were stunning; they even lasted (thanks to a big bucket of ice!) until our MK photo shoot a week later!
Photos of the floral:
http://flic.kr/p/92AFRD
http://flic.kr/p/92BjQP
http://flic.kr/p/92BkeM
Hair and Make Up 10/10
I booked Beaute Special for my hair and make- up on both my wedding day and for our Magic Kingdom photo shoot. Laine was the stylist sent on both occasions and once again we have nothing but great things to say about her.
I warmed instantly to Laine who was great fun and very calming. I don't usually wear much make up so the prospect of wearing so much was a little unnerving for me; I wanted my groom to marry me, not a stranger who he's never met before! However, Laine reassured me that it would all work out and look great on the photographs and you know what, she was absolutely right. At first when I looked in the mirror, I thought "OMG, I can't wear this make up" but after about 15 minutes I got used to it and everyone including my groom said how lovely it looked.
Initially my hair wasn't quite what I wanted but I told Laine and within minutes she'd fixed it to make it perfect. Ideally I would have liked to take a photograph of what I wanted with me, however my hair idea was all in my head and as I'm terrible with hair myself it wasn't something I could show Laine easily so for her to get it right pretty much first time was great. Thanks Laine!
Photos of the hair and make up:
http://flic.kr/p/92E1vj
http://flic.kr/p/92DNu5
http://flic.kr/p/92AR4F
Photography
Randy Chapman 20/10
As everyone on here is already aware Randy is simply fantastic!
We both felt very relaxed and comfortable around Randy as soon as we started chatting. We had no guests at our wedding so when me and my husband were apart it was lovely to have someone who you felt comfortable with and reassured by.
I have no idea how Randy does it but he has a great knack for capturing moments without you even knowing. Most of the shots we have look very relaxed even when Randy did ask us to pose. Randy was also great at making sure my necklace and dress were lying properly.
We cannot recommend Randy enough he was simply wonderful and we can honestly say he really helped to make our day : ) Thanks Randy!
Photos from Randy:
http://flic.kr/p/92DZeJ
http://flic.kr/p/92BAyM
http://flic.kr/p/92ANYH
http://flic.kr/p/92Byvr
DPS - Mike 10/10
As we had an Escape wedding we had a Disney photographer present as well as Randy. Mike Strickland turned up on the day and was a very lovely guy. Mike took some amazing shots including one of my favourites of my groom placing the ring on my finger. I would definitely recommend anyone who is using DPS to request Mike.
Photos from Mike:
http://flic.kr/p/92DY4y
MK Photo shoot 9/10
We had Amy for our Magic Kingdom photo shoot, which was done on a freezing cold morning at 5am. Amy was very professional and took some great shots but we didn't feel as comfortable with Amy as we had with Mike and Randy. However, her photographs and general professionalism were fantastic. Amy made sure my dress and shawl were right for shots and even went to the extent as to move one of the workers vehicles to make sure it wasn't in the shot! Once again we would recommend Amy.
MK photos:
http://flic.kr/p/92BosH
http://flic.kr/p/92Bqzp
http://flic.kr/p/92BjrP
Officiant - Ron Rosenzweig 10/10
We wanted Ron to perform our ceremony as we are not particularly religious and liked the fact that he wore a suit rather than robes. Ron was lovely, very calm and relaxed. He walked us through everything and double checked our personal reading before the ceremony. Once the ceremony began everything was word perfect, he made it very much about 'us' and thus very intimate and romantic. As we had no guests he even offered us a toast after the ceremony, which we thought was wonderful.
During email communication Ron comes across as very much down to business, which makes it difficult to warm to him. However, once we met and spoke with him we both knew we'd made the right choice.
We are so very pleased we chose Ron as our officiant, in our opinion you could not ask for a better non religious ceremony. Thanks so much Ron!
Victoria and Alberts 10/10
I'll be honest, we booked V&A's thinking it was something we would never do again as it would be a bit too high brow for us. However, we felt it would be a great experience to share on our wedding day. That said, now we don’t want to dine anywhere else! The food was simply outstanding and the service was fantastic. The coffee is even prepared in an old fashioned percolator, it's a little expereince in itself! The harp music, personalised menus and rose are such a beautiful touch it make the evening simply perfect.
One small word of warning though; If you order the wine pairings for each dish be prepared to drink A LOT of wine. We thought it would be simply a little taster to compliment the dish but with each course we received a fair amount of wine. I ended up with three glasses at one point as I simply could not drink it all!
Finally, we wanted to publicly thank the couple who sent us over a lovely dessert wine. The couple were newly married and were honeymooning in Disney. They popped over to our table just before they left to congratulate us and let us know that the wine would be on the way. We are still completely blown away by how lovely this gesture was. We are only sad that we were in such shock we didn't get a chance to catch their names or thank them properly. So we’d like to say a huge thank you to both of them on DIS in hope they may read it. You made our special day even more wonderful. : )
Summary
We hope our little report helps a little. I know all our reviews are very positive but in all honesty we feel our wedding was pretty much perfect, and that would not be the case without everyone who made it happen.
Thank you to everyone on DIS who helped us with our wedding planning and good luck to everyone who is currently planning their wedding. I have no doubt you’ll have a fantastic time!
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