Day 6: Park Portraits, Part 1 (MK)
Warning: this post is VERY image heavy, but I had a lot of pictures to share. I should have split this into two parts, but oh well. You’ve been warned,
. My alarm went off at 3, and I dragged myself out of bed. Thank goodness I didn’t schedule our park pictures for the day after the wedding! I was so exhausted this morning. As a note to future brides, I might consider giving yourself two days between the wedding and park shoot, but DEFINITELY at least one full day between. I took a quick shower, laid out my bridal accessories, and waited for Beaute to arrive. In the meantime, Josh continued to sleep blissfully… guys are so lucky. LOL
Jenny arrived just after 4. I told her to do everything the same from the wedding day, but I used regular makeup instead of airbrush. She was feeling much better today, and my hair/makeup turned out AWESOME. I think I preferred the traditional makeup a little to the airbrush, at least on me. It just had a bit more of a natural, matte look. In the end, I liked both, so it probably didn’t matter much. Somehow, Josh slept through my entire hair and makeup session… it was as if a Fairy Godmother had just magically appeared and made me over. Haha. I woke Josh, and after he got ready, it was time to put on my dress. We had a heck of a time doing it, but somehow he got it on over my head.
About 6:45, Amanda called our room phone, saying she would be there very soon to get us from the lobby. We waited in the lobby maybe 5 minutes before she arrived. We retrieved my bouquet from the back of the car (I had the floral refresh done), and soon headed toward MK. I’m not sure if the refresh was completely necessary, but I’m glad I did it. Reduced my stress which I was all for at that point. When we arrived at MK, we did one of the coolest things ever: actually drove down Main Street and parked at the side of the castle!
Amanda explained our general schedule for the morning: shots at the side of the castle before moving to the back, then hitting the carousel, Tea Cups, wishing well, and distance shots. Then, we would move on to Epcot. We started out by getting a few shots with the side of the castle in the background.
After these, we moved to the area by the carousel. I would like to warn future brides that the bottom of my dress got
very dirty from walking around MK. It was so strange walking around an empty park.
This was my favorite shot from the back of the castle.
Fun story: the Disney Weddings Pinterest actually shared this picture, as well as one of ours from Epcot!
One of my coworkers joked that I should be offended that there aren’t any pictures of me trying to pull out the sword. Haha!
For the record, the next few minutes getting shots on the carousel were incredibly uncomfortable. LOL. My dress kept sliding down the horse, and I had to hold myself up. Josh was also in an awkward position, having to keep himself from sliding off. Oh well. All of the layers of lace and tulle look pretty in the pictures.
By this time, guests with early breakfast reservations had entered the park. I guess we got the attention of several guests, and one young girl ran over to tell me she liked my dress and to congratulate us. It was very sweet.
We made our way over to the Tea Cups, and Amanda mentioned that we wouldn’t spend too much time there so we’d have plenty of time for shots at the wishing well and some ‘distance shots’ that she thinks will become to the new moat shots that were so popular, but are impossible now because of the hub construction. I know Josh really loves the moat shots and was a little disappointed we couldn’t get any, but these turned out really cool too.
After the Tea Party pictures, we hustled over toward the wishing well, taking a few shots along the way. We kept a pretty close eye on the time, because Amanda said they really aren’t supposed to go over the hour. I think we finished with 2 minutes to spare, so we really fit as much as we could get into the time allotted!
If you look closely, there are ducks in this picture.
After these shots, it was time to head to wrap up. We exited from backstage and started heading toward Epcot. The countries Josh and I chose were Italy and Japan, with Canada if we had time. Amanda mentioned that Canada is usually full sun, especially by that time of morning, so we would probably be better off taking our time in the other two countries rather than rushing to fit in the third. Before long, we drove in backstage and parked right in the middle of Italy (so cool!), and it was time for our Epcot shoot.
I think I pinned that picture they shared! I'd have to double check.
Bahaha... I shamelessly pinned them too, even though they are of us.
). Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of commentary for this first series of pictures. At this point, I felt like I was on auto-pilot, just following all of the posing directions. Haha. During the MK shoot, I didn’t feel that tired, but by now, I was feeling pretty exhausted.
