Day 4, Wedding Day! Part Eleven: Dessert Party Part 1
My mom and sister came to our room to help me get back into my dress, and it was a little harder than it was that morning when we had 5 girls there. (You should have seen Josh get me into it on Wednesday for our park pictures…) I touched up my makeup just a bit, and we went to meet Michael, David, and Kristina outside. We shot a little bit along the way as we walked over to the International Gateway.
Around this point, David told us to "walk like we liked each other." Haha. But I was having a hard time keeping up.
The sun was setting now, and everything looked beautiful. The shots we took on the way to the DP are some of my very favorites from the day! The weather was also still beautiful – warm but not hot. There was a bit of a nice breeze, although that turned into a major gust once we got to Lochside. Perhaps because we were closer to the water?
Beautiful sunset.
Most of our guests were already there waiting when we arrived at the International Gateway. There was a bit of confusion because some of them had gone into Epcot after the reception and were already inside, but our guide insisted everyone go in together. So, they had to exit Epcot just to immediately reenter with us. Apparently we got a guide who was a real stickler for rules. I guess I should be happy that we got to take pictures around the UK after the party ended.
Waiting at IG with some of our guests.
Once we were able to enter, our guides led us to UK Lochside. When we arrived, I was excited by how nice all of the food looked. I immediately scoped out our custom Donald Duck cupcakes – they were SO cute! I wish that I had brought Ziploc bags to pilfer them out. There were so many left over… but I doubt our guide would have let us. I did at least have one of the cupcakes, and they were delicious too. The nacho bar was the biggest hit of the night, though. Honestly, more people raved about it than they did any other food served that weekend.
Sundae bar and Donald cupcakes.
Fruit salad. Hopefully someone ate this, because Josh and I didn't.
My beautiful cupcakes.
Part of the nacho bar.
Everyone loved the nacho bar!
I don't think that the centerpieces are exactly what we chose at the PS, but I don't really care. I hardly noticed them, and they were only in a couple of pictures. I'm not sure they were really worth the expense (but they didn't cost much). Thankfully, I am happy to say that I DID eat at the DP. I had a little of everything but the fruit salad. Only one of my Donald cupcakes, though.
Wish I had gotten a doggy bag of them. Josh and I visited with our families and friends while everyone ate.
Making a sundae (very carefully!).
What was I so excited about in this picture?
Because this little guy was hanging around Lochside with us.
The last few minutes of sunlight.
As the sun set, the wind really started to pick up. It got to the point that I was having trouble keeping my veil in place, so Kristina helped me take it off. I gave it to my sister to hold on to, but later realized that I would need it for our park pictures on Wednesday, and they were leaving the Boardwalk at 3:30 am the next morning! We get to that later.
Soon, the announcement came on that Illuminations would be starting in just a couple of minutes. Michael gave us instructions on what he wanted us to do when the fireworks started. We only got to actually watch the slow part of the show, but I love our firework pictures so much that it's worth it.
Josh and I took our place by the railing, and soon we heard the first 'booms' of the fireworks along with some 'oohs' from our guests.
I'm already brainstorming ours... Aulani or 
(Well, one was due to a child meltdown, so that's understandable.) Everyone else stayed the entire time. I don't think it was too long, especially when you consider that you generally will miss almost an entire hour of it when you're taking pictures.
