We've gotten about half of our RSVPs back so far! The deadline I gave is in a little less than two weeks, so there's still some time for the stragglers. Then we'll have about a week and a half to get answers from any non-responders before we have to give Disney our final count. So far, we haven't had any surprises. I pretty much expected all the yeses and nos that we've gotten so far, and the people I wasn't sure about haven't responded yet. We've only gotten two nos so far, but I've heard that you get more yeses at first, since the nos are less eager to respond right away.
Less than eight weeks now until the wedding! We're working on finalizing our music selections for the ceremony and reception. Here's what we have so far:
Prelude: Violinist plays Disney love songs
Jeff with his parents, his best man, and his groomsman: Come and Get Your Love - Redbone. (
Link.) Jeff was basically obsessed with Guardians of the Galaxy when we first got engaged, so we were joking that he would walk down the aisle to one of the songs on Awesome Mix Vol 1. Until we got to Come and Get Your Love, and we realized it was actually a pretty good wedding song. Jeff will walk down the aisle with his parents, followed by his best man/brother and groomsman.
My bridesmaid and maid of honor: Princess Diaries Waltz - The Princess Diaries Soundtrack. (
Link.) I definitely stole this idea from
@elphie101. As soon as I read in her PJ that she was walking down the aisle to this, I re-remembered that this song is amazing. I already knew what song I wanted to walk down the aisle to, but I couldn't not use this song. So my bridesmaid Haley will walk down to this, followed by my maid of honor/sister Samantha.
Me and my parents: Spectromagic Instrumental. (
Link.) I've known since I first stumbled upon the idea of Disney weddings, at least five years ago, that I wanted to walk down the aisle to this song. Mind you, this was well before I had a future-husband in mind. I loved Spectromagic, and this version of the soundtrack is beautiful.
Recessional: Sh-Boom - The Chords. (
Link.) This song is in Cars, when Lightning McQueen fixes the neon signs in the town. It also plays in Cars Land in Disney California Adventure, every night at dusk. The lights on the buildings light up, just like in the movie. I'm not a big fan of Cars, but seeing those buildings light up in DCA amazes me. And that was the first place Jeff and I ever went on vacation together. So we had to use it.
Pre-Reception: Violinist from the ceremony continues
First dance: Define Dancing - Wall-E Soundtrack. (
Link.) This is another song that reminds me of our first vacation to Disneyland. Jeff had made me a soundtrack of different Disney songs to listen to on our way to California, and I didn't know until our first night at DCA that some of the songs on his playlist were featured in World of Color. This song reminds me of that trip, and Jeff loves that it sounds a little bit winter-y. The first dance took forever to decide on, but we both love this song.
We don't have our reception entrance or parent dance songs decided yet. We also need to think of a good last song, for when our confetti cannon will go off at the end of the reception.
There is also a plethora of other things to do. Not the least of which is making an actual decision on table names. I don't know why it's so difficult for us to come up with a table name theme that we both agree on, but we're going to have to decide soon.
Oh, and then there's the minor details of buying our wedding rings and getting our marriage license. And next week, I have my first alterations appointment at Carolyn Allen's. Hopefully they don't freak out when I tell them I want them to remove the train from my dress!
