Aimee & Brent's Dream Wedding~09/17/11 Castaway Cay~Update Wedding

[futuremrsrowell]

Your dress is beautiful. I'm considering getting sleeves like that put on mine. I couldn't find the dress I wanted with sleeves, so I had to go strapless.

[stl_figment]

Originally Posted by roxysmum123

Wow, for 100$ that dress was a STEAL! It's really pretty and looks great on you! I love the strap/cap sleeves and the style is lovely.

I'm just joining in now, I'm really interested to hear about a cruise wedding. I love cruises almost as much as Disney so I can't wait to see how it goes.

Any idea of if your MIL is going to join you? What part of the cruise is she nervous about?

Thanks! I love my dress.

My future MIL and FIL are coming on the cruise. I think they are just looking forward to everything. It is their first Disney cruise but not their first cruise.

Feel free to ask anything about the cruise wedding, I will try my best to answer.

Originally Posted by PixieDust1969

Your dress looks beautiful! I love the softness the little sleeves give the dress and it looks great on you! I also like the shirts for your DF and the shoes will look great with either shirt.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by pigfishinn

I wish the pics I snapped at the seamstress showed the beautiful lace/sparkles of the dress. See the pic on page 3 (the ones from the catalog w/the model) to see the lovely detail.

I agree ~ the sparkle is lovely.

Originally Posted by futuremrsrowell

Your dress is beautiful. I'm considering getting sleeves like that put on mine. I couldn't find the dress I wanted with sleeves, so I had to go strapless.

Thanks! If you want it, I would totally get the sleeves, I LOVE them. My dress is made to go either way, but I knew I wanted them. Once they were sewn on, it made the dress look so much prettier.

[stl_figment]

Here's the wording I'm thinking about for the at home reception.

Where should I put in the "Disney Dream" cruise part or is it necessary?
__________________________________________________ _________________

Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life,
love gives us a fairy tale... we

Aimee MIDDLE NAME LAST NAME
&
Brent MIDDLE NAME LAST NAME

have found our fairy tale and will be joined in marriage
September 17, 2011
on the shores of Castaway Cay, Bahamas

Along with our families,
we request the honor of your presence
at a celebration of our happily ever after
October 1, 2011
7:00 p.m.
LOCATION
ADDRESS
Saint Louis, MO ZIP CODE

[roxysmum123]

Originally Posted by stl_figment

Here's the wording I'm thinking about for the at home reception.

Where should I put in the "Disney Dream" cruise part or is it necessary?
__________________________________________________ _________________

Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life,
love gives us a fairy tale... we

Aimee MIDDLE NAME LAST NAME
&
Brent MIDDLE NAME LAST NAME

have found our fairy tale and will be joined in marriage
September 17, 2011
on the shores of Castaway Cay, Bahamas

Along with our families,
we request the honor of your presence
at a celebration of our happily ever after
October 1, 2011
7:00 p.m.
LOCATION
ADDRESS
Saint Louis, MO ZIP CODE

I don't think it's necessary to have in there unless you're inviting people on the cruise and they need to know what ship to get on. When people see "Castaway Cay" most people will know it's a Disney cruise.

[Goofy4Ever]

I think the wording is just fine and the Disney Dream doesn't nee to be listed. It sounds very similar to mine.

[stl_figment]

I borrowed ideas from the disboards and made passport invitations for the people going on the cruise.

I am really pleased with how they turned out.

[stl_figment]

I also mailed out 130 + invites for the at home reception.

These were also DIY with inspirations from the boards.

[roxysmum123]

Love the passports! They look great! If I can ask, approx how much is it for your guests to do the cruise? Do they do a room block and reduced rate like a WDW wedding or is it the regular cruise pricing?

[stl_figment]

Originally Posted by roxysmum123

Love the passports! They look great! If I can ask, approx how much is it for your guests to do the cruise? Do they do a room block and reduced rate like a WDW wedding or is it the regular cruise pricing?

For us it was regular cruise pricing. We didn't expect that many guests to come so we didn't want to go through the hassle of working with the Disney Groups person.

Our personal total was just at $4570

$3500 ~ Wedding
$1070 ~ Cruise (Category 05D - Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Verandah)

Some of our guests got inside staterooms so their totals were less.

[Fivepin]

Originally Posted by stl_figment

I borrowed ideas from the disboards and made passport invitations for the people going on the cruise.

I am really pleased with how they turned out.

Congrats on your upcoming wedding. Just got off the phone with Shanda and found out my date is available in nov 2012 for a vow renewal. Yours and others PJ's are going to be helpful. I love the passport idea..could you please help me with the instructions on how to do these-or where the template is. I ahve done the Epcot ones for my boys before. The boards has been great with helping me to make our cruises more memorable.

Thanks.

[kathi]

Loved reading this thread!! (followed over here from the "is Castaway Cay going to be open" thread).

We are on the same sailing as you and will be celebrating our 11th anniversary. We will definitely say hello if we see you.

Your dress is lovely, the invitations are beautiful and the flowers are perfect!!

Best Wishes

Kathi

[stl_figment]

Originally Posted by kathi

Loved reading this thread!! (followed over here from the "is Castaway Cay going to be open" thread).

We are on the same sailing as you and will be celebrating our 11th anniversary. We will definitely say hello if we see you.

Your dress is lovely, the invitations are beautiful and the flowers are perfect!!

Best Wishes

Kathi

Kathi,

Thanks! I have a planned update to this thread tonight. I have had my combined wedding shower/bachelorette party. And finished my shoes.

If you see us say hi. You should pop over to the cruise meet thread and say hi there (if you haven't already)

[PrincessTinker11]

Oh my gosh your wedding is RIGHT around the corner!!!!

[stl_figment]

Kara, (my BFF) came in town from Chicago and threw me an "Amazing Race" themed wedding shower/bachelorette party.





She brought cookies! We used to have "Girly Beer and Skip Bo" nights in college (note: the skip bo cookies have our wedding date 9/17/11).





After presents, we had an "Aimee's Amazing Race" 2 teams of 4 went on an actual race throughout downtown St. Louis.







My team Won!

[PrincessTinker11]

That is absolutely amazing, you have some wonderful friends