Anjanette & Jason Disneyland Hotel PJ (May 8, 2010) -- We're back! 5/15

[ghoulish delight]

Come the revolution the geeks will rule the world!! lmao. Yay for geekiness!!

Heck yes!!! I do like your thinking! Viva la geeks! Lol!

Ooh! I can't wait to see the e-pics!!!!

If the weather holds up we might do ours tomorrow.

Thank you, thank you! Hope the weather did hold up, 'cause I'd love to see yours too!

As promised, the fonts, the top one is the one I was talking about, but I added the bottom one for good measure. If you click on it it will open a larger image.

Okay, the renting DVC, I did check out pointage for you, I like this website for calculating points, but there are more. http://tagrel.com/dvcCompChart.shtml I did not realize that you were not going during value season, so the points to stay will be a bit higher. Plus I don't know how long you are going. You can check out the DVC Rent board on DIS. Pretty much if the resort you want is the DVC's home resort they can book 11 months in advance, if it's not they can book 7 months in advance. The average cost per point is about $10, but you may get lucky and get it for less, I got mine for about 9.40/point.

You definitely have a bit of time, but you can check out the points and see which resort fits in your budget, BWV, AKL, and OKW are the cheapest point wise. BWV standard view rooms make up about 20% of the hotel, so they go quick and if you are on a budget you may not want to fork another couple hundred over for a preferred view.

This website has some good info on renting http://www.mousesavers.com/dvc.html , just scroll done a little bit and there is some info about renting.

That's all I can think of right now, let me know if you have any questions. Oh, you can still do a honeymoon registry when renting, you just need the confirmation number.

You are seriously my wedding-angel, Laurie!!!

We had no idea how we were going to be able to afford our honeymoon. Granted, as I mentioned, my DF's dad is giving us the money... we just didn't think it would be possible to get what we wanted while staying within our means. But now! It's within our reach! So, after first hearing from you about it, I researched as much as I could. Learned everything I could on it and began the search for possibilities.

I made a post here on the boards, over on the Rent/transfer points and I got several PMs. The first person that contacted me was extremely helpful, and told me tons of info I should know as a first time point-renter. We actually got in touch with him, and his wife called and made our reservations this morning! Got my contract emailed to me today, and we're going to sign it and send the deposit asap to them!! I'm so insanely excited!

We too, are staying at BWV in a studio, 5/9 through 5/14 next year. Omg!! I can't believe we're going to get our dream WDW honeymoon afterall! You are the absolute best! Now all we need to do is book our flights, have our DVC member call and set up DME for us and then buy our tickets. What a dream come true!

Oh, and btw, I love the fonts! Thank you!

 

[ghoulish delight]

Alrighty, it took me a few days (I procrastinate sometimes ) but alas! I have come bearing photos! Pictures from my DL/DLH birthday trip with a sort of mini TR. Sort of! And a couple of pics of things I received in the mail that I had ordered online for the wedding!

My birthday was May 28th, and Jason wanted to take me to Disneyland so I could take advantage of their free birthday going-ons. Seeing as I'm an annual passholder, instead of getting free admission, you get the choice to take an unlimited fastpass for the day OR a "funcard" of equal value to a one park admission! Hmm... I suppose you can guess which one I went with!

He decided since we won't be able to celebrate my birthday much next year due to it being only a couple weeks after our wedding and honeymoon, he wanted to do it up nice this year for me. That and I'll be turning 25 next year, so I was happier to make a big deal out of turning the big 2-4 instead. Lol. Sooo, he got us a pool view room at the Disneyland Hotel the night of my birthday.

The room:

Our Haunted Mansion hidden in the bedspread!

View from our mini balcony (which, if you look in the upper lefthand corner that's the backside of where our ceremony site is for the wedding!):

Another picture of the view (and the red building is where our reception is the building where our reception is being held):

Me insisting we get a picture of us together!:

DF insisting he gets a picture of me loving the room!:

The room was gorgeous, and keep in mind I hadn't stayed there prior to this since I was maybe 8 years old. So that made it a big deal to me.

He also took me to dinner at Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen in Downtown Disney! The food was delicious, and I hope we'll visit it again soon! Sadly, I took no food porn pictures. But I promise it was delish!

I can at least give you the descriptions of what we ate though!

Roman Garlic Bread - Fresh ciabatta bread, basil and fresh mozzarella cheese, baked and served with a spicy purée of roasted garlic and olive oil.

Jason had the Pasta Jambalaya - Gulf shrimp, andouille sausage and roasted chicken tossed with spinach fettuccine and Creole seasonings.

And I had the Panéed Chicken Bercy - Pan-fried parmesan and herb-breaded chicken breast topped with artichoke hearts, portobello mushrooms and sun-dried tomatoes. With andouille grits and a roasted shallot and white wine sauce.

For dessert we shared the Crème Brulée Sampler - A sweet sampling of our Grand Marnier, café au lait, and vanilla ginger crème brulée.

It turned out to be a fantastic birthday, thanks to Jason and Disney! Oh! And I bought a super cute new purse with Jack Skellington hidden in the design of it and a Jack tanktop with my free "funcard". It also helped pay for a portion of this cute Disneyland jacket I'd been wanting. Yay for free anything from Disney!

Last but not least! Here's the photos of our unity sand ceremony vases engraved with our monogram and wedding date:

I'm reeeally pleased with it! I just got the sand for the ceremony I ordered too, but the pictures make the colors look all muted.

 

[Bolanette87]

Your Birthday sounds sooooo brilliant Hun!! Wow! Your Sand Ceremony kit is absolutely gorgeous too!

Bob xoxoxox

 

[LLLBelle]

I'm sooo glad that I was able to help you I got goosebumps when I read it, I'm so excited for you It will be a fabulous honeymoon. I will make sure to take lots of pictures in January so you can have a preview!

I can't take all the credit since I found the idea off the boards as well, they are awesome.

I love good news! Disney really does make things magical So exciting, BWV will be awesome!

Happy Belated Birthday, I can't see the pics at work, but I'm sure it is wonderful.

 

[polynesianbride]

Looks like you had a FABULOUS birthday! (a little late) Love the sand ceremony set you got... I like that it has a lid. I also really love the fonts LLLBelle posted, those will be perfect! Congrats on booking your Disneymoon you will LOVE WDW

 

[ghoulish delight]

Your Birthday sounds sooooo brilliant Hun!! Wow! Your Sand Ceremony kit is absolutely gorgeous too!

Bob xoxoxox

Thanky Bob!! My bday was a lot of fun, and I'm more than pleased with the kit! Glad you approve, what with that wonderful taste of yours! Hehe.

I'm sooo glad that I was able to help you I got goosebumps when I read it, I'm so excited for you It will be a fabulous honeymoon. I will make sure to take lots of pictures in January so you can have a preview!

I can't take all the credit since I found the idea off the boards as well, they are awesome.

I love good news! Disney really does make things magical So exciting, BWV will be awesome!

Happy Belated Birthday, I can't see the pics at work, but I'm sure it is wonderful.

Aww! Yeah! I seriously can't tell you how ridiculously grateful we are! Now we get the wedding AND honeymoon we were wanting! We feel pretty darn blessed at this point! And I'll be looking forward to seeing your pics regardless!

Looks like you had a FABULOUS birthday! (a little late) Love the sand ceremony set you got... I like that it has a lid. I also really love the fonts LLLBelle posted, those will be perfect! Congrats on booking your Disneymoon you will LOVE WDW

Thanks dear!! I'd not found another set that I liked nearly as much as that one. It's so unique and I could easily see us having it displayed. We are beyond excited about our Disneymoon!!! You girls will have to give me any tips on what we should see when it gets closer to us going!

 

[ghoulish delight]

Update-age!
We booked our videographer today!!! They are exceptionally professional, and affordable for what we'll be getting. Two cameras, 8 hours of coverage, everything we want! If anyone is curious, feel free to check out their website.

Also, FINALLY got my bridal shoes in the mail today! They are so so comfy and just perfect for what I want!

I almost forgot one of the biggest updates that I never really officially mentioned in my own friggan planning journal! LOL! I am so silly!

Ahem...

WE BOOKED OUR HONEY-- I mean!DISNEYMOON!!!!!!!!

That's right! We're going to WDW (we're both Disney World virgins ) for 4 days, 5 nights! And thanks to the lovely Laurie, we found out about renting DVC points and we're staying at a BWV studio for our stay. It's going to be sooo much fun! I can't wait!!

Back to the planning business! We truly don't have much left to do! Let's see what's left on our list...

• Officiant
• Jason's wedding band
• Bridal jewelry
• Definite bridal-do
• Invitations
• Placecards
• Figure out candy buffet table details
• Ringbearer pillow
• Garter

There's other little things, I'm sure, but the list is still pretty short! Crazy! I need to slow down my planning!

 

[Bolanette87]

How exciting to have your Disneymoon booked!!

Bob xoxoxox

 

[Cleofish]

Oooooh I love the shoes!!!!!!! Glad you had a lovely time in Disneyland - it looks lovely - and happy belated birthday!!!!!! I can't wait to see what your think of WDW, it's my favourite place on earth, so I'm positive your Disneymoon will be wonderous!!! x

 

[MainStMandy]

Ohhh everything looks lovely!!! I love the shoes!! Too cute And you are coming to DISNEY!! YAYY!!!!!

 

[acomasdiaz]

I am so excited to see a Disneyland wedding. The locations look beautiful. I love the colors you have chosen too! I'll definitely keep looking for more updates.

 

[torsie24]

Anjanette!!!

I feel like such a bad Disney Bride that I hadn't seen your PJ until now! I'm so sorry!!! (I spend 99% of my DIS time over on the WDWplanning boards - maybe I'll see you over there now you're all booked! )

OMG everything looks amazing!! I love your dress, and your Bridesmaids colours, AND the groomsmen too! Your location looks fabulous! And I love the cake topper!!!!

Sorry again I've not come over here!

P.S. I love the candy tables! Will look awesome in your colours!!

 

[polynesianbride]

Looks like everything is really coming together for you The shoes are super cute and look super comfy. AND...YAY FOR BOOKING YOUR DISNEYMOON You're going to absolutely love it!

 

[Shyvioletisme]

Update-age!

I almost forgot one of the biggest updates that I never really officially mentioned in my own friggan planning journal! LOL! I am so silly!

Ahem...

WE BOOKED OUR HONEY-- I mean!DISNEYMOON!!!!!!!!

That's right! We're going to WDW (we're both Disney World virgins ) for 4 days, 5 nights! And thanks to the lovely Laurie, we found out about renting DVC points and we're staying at a BWV studio for our stay. It's going to be sooo much fun! I can't wait!!

that's awesome!!! Sounds nice!!!

 

[figment fan21]

Ok so I wanted to pop in real quick! I'm at work and i'm soooo gonna get in trouble!

I LOVE your colors, they're so pretty together!

I've never been to DL so i'm going to live through you

I'm doing a sand ceremony too so YAY!

And YAY for a disneymoon!!!! DF and I rented DVC points for our last trip and it saved us a boat load! I highly recommend it!

I'll be checking in later once i'm all caught up!

 

[ghoulish delight]

How exciting to have your Disneymoon booked!!

Bob xoxoxox

Thank you, my darling Bob! Jason and I are just ecstatic over it!!

Oooooh I love the shoes!!!!!!! Glad you had a lovely time in Disneyland - it looks lovely - and happy belated birthday!!!!!! I can't wait to see what your think of WDW, it's my favourite place on earth, so I'm positive your Disneymoon will be wonderous!!! x

Why thank youuu!! Oh yes, I can't wait either! I'd love to visit ALL of the Disney parks someday, but I'm thrilled to see WDW. Been wanting to go there all my life! What better than to go for my first time with my (by then) brand new hubby right after our Disney wedding?!

I'll be sure to let you know exactly how much I love it, once we return!

Ohhh everything looks lovely!!! I love the shoes!! Too cute And you are coming to DISNEY!! YAYY!!!!!

Hooray! I'm happy you approve, as you have fantastic taste! I can't wait for the wedding, and now I've got a Disneymoon to look forward to?! How am I supposed to wait thaaat many months?! Time should speed up a little, just so it all gets here quicker! Lol!

I am so excited to see a Disneyland wedding. The locations look beautiful. I love the colors you have chosen too! I'll definitely keep looking for more updates.

Thanks much! It kind of sucks to be the only DL bride on here, but I'm hoping maybe my PJ will help some other DL bride someday. Hehe. If nothing else, I've gotten a ton of help already from all the lovely Disbrides on here, and I couldn't be happier for posting! Thanks for reading!

Anjanette!!!

I feel like such a bad Disney Bride that I hadn't seen your PJ until now! I'm so sorry!!! (I spend 99% of my DIS time over on the WDWplanning boards - maybe I'll see you over there now you're all booked! )

OMG everything looks amazing!! I love your dress, and your Bridesmaids colours, AND the groomsmen too! Your location looks fabulous! And I love the cake topper!!!!

Sorry again I've not come over here!

P.S. I love the candy tables! Will look awesome in your colours!!

Aww, silly Torsie!!! You are so sweet. Worry not! I was too too late on catching up with all your beautiful wedding details on your PJ too! (And you may just happen to! I'll need all the help I can get since I'm so new to WDW!)

I'm so happy you like it all, lovely! Thank you for the kind words! AND thank you for reading all my nonsense! Hehe.

Looks like everything is really coming together for you The shoes are super cute and look super comfy. AND...YAY FOR BOOKING YOUR DISNEYMOON You're going to absolutely love it!

Thank you Adelia! It truly is coming together easily and quickly! I thought this would be more of a challenge! Lol! No, truthfully, I'm happy to have so much planned already. Less for me to stress about. Now I can sit back and try to enjoy waiting for it all to get here!

that's awesome!!! Sounds nice!!!

Thank you, thank you! Can't even tell you how excited I am!!!!

Ok so I wanted to pop in real quick! I'm at work and i'm soooo gonna get in trouble!

I LOVE your colors, they're so pretty together!

I've never been to DL so i'm going to live through you

I'm doing a sand ceremony too so YAY!

And YAY for a disneymoon!!!! DF and I rented DVC points for our last trip and it saved us a boat load! I highly recommend it!

I'll be checking in later once i'm all caught up!

Don't get in trouble, silly girl!

BUT thank you for checking out my PJ! Hehe. And feel free to live vicariously through me on my DL trips! I'm happy to help! Lol!

Sand ceremonies are so so perfect, are they not?! I just love the idea!

Woo! I'm glad to hear the DVC point rental stuff is worthwhile! It's saving us a ton of money! I've been nervous about it, but the people we're renting points from seem very nice and genuine!

 

[ghoulish delight]

It would appear as though we've finally reached a wedding dilemma...

Our WC was supposed to send us a copy of our official Disney budget a few weeks ago. It's been very busy for them at the DFTW offices here in California, since they did some employment cutbacks, so we didn't get it from her until today. Our wedding budget as allotted by my parents is $20,000. My FMIL is paying for our floral, and my FFIL is paying for the honeymoon. Two of my FSILs are paying for our candy buffet favors.

We're very very blessed to have such generous and thoughtful family members - however, getting back to the dilemma - the total Disney budget came back at $17,000. Sigh. We had asked our WC if we could toast with Disney mint juleps instead of champagne, and of course they can do it but it's a specialty drink. So that in itself is 4 dollars extra per person.

I've not been especially picky on most everything else. It's all pretty standard fare. The only little extra we had wanted was material with lighting in it draped from the ceiling of our reception area. They want to charge us $2,000 for it! So, as beautiful as it is, we're going to have to nix that.

See, we've already got money taken from our budget too. Roughly $2,000 for my gown. $2,000 for the wedding and reception site. Photographer will be $1395, and videographer at a grand total of $1895. Looking at all that.. we've only got around $13,000 to work with to stay within budget. I just don't know how it would be possible.

We may just have to start saving up money to pay the extra costs OR we're going to have to cut down our guest list. We already know that out of the 100 we're inviting, only about 80-90 will truly be able to attend. But, we can't count on that.

Argh. Well, I apologize for ranting but I had to get it off my chest! Thanks for reading, any of you who will, that is. Any prayers/happy thoughts would be fantastic. I could use some right about now! Everything was going far too smoothly, I suppose.

The only positive things we really got, were our floorplan for the reception and a picture of the shape of our wedding cake. Jason still needs to sketch up a mock drawing of what we want exactly.

 

[princess22]

I just wanted to say I just read your PJ and I love everything so far. The dresses, the hairstyles, the colors, it all looks great!

I'm sorry to hear you are having budget issues. I think the majority of brides have this issue. I know I do! My wedding is on a very tight budget and it's hard to cut back here and cut back there. Have you sat down and wrote a list of what is a must and tried to figure out where else you can cut back? Have you already paid for your dress? (I can't recall if you have) If not, I got mine for more than half the price off of Craig's list. There are other ways to budget also. But, I will keep you in my thoughts. I know that no matter what happens, your big day is going to be gorgeous! And even if you have to have major cutbacks, just remember, it's not so much about all the materialistic stuff, it's about saying "I Do" to the love of your life and starting the rest of your lives together!

Anyway, sorry that got so long... I'm hooked on your PJ and can't wait to read more!

 

[LLLBelle]

Oh dear! . . .I think the budget crisis is unavoidable, I'm reworking mine right now. And always remember, there is always something you forget, I just got off the phone with our wedding planner and we just had another 500 added on and I know there are at least 600 more, so have a buffer

So back to the issue at hand, first step would be guest list, if you can cut anyone, it sucks, but is possible. Also make a list of what is important to you and your DFi and see if anything can go. Everything little thing adds up. And as a back up plan. . .start saving some dough so you don't end up putting stuff on a credit card.

It will all work out and your wedding will be beautiful!

 

[Princess Sarah 92]

so i came across this thread and im in love with your wedding!
i usually never see floral arrangements that i really like, and yours is so pretty!
also i love your dress, centerpieces, and pretty much everything lol

the shoes you would have picked would have been great, but i know what its like to not be able to walk in shoes, so yay for flats! haha

i would love to get married at disneyland [im only 17 though so i might have to wait lol], so when i went there for my birthday i went to the rose garden and snuck into sleeping beautys pavilion (hey the door was open, so i took it as a sign and went in lol) and i love it, im excited that you're posting all these pictures and all because not many people have disneyland weddings on this site

ah this makes me want to go back to disneyland. anyways good luck with all the planning! cant wait to read more