I got married in Walt Disney World, so it was much easier for me to have a Disney theme to my wedding. LOL. Our reception, however, had a slight Midsummer Night's Dream theme to it, though we did have a few Disney touches.
We got married in the Wedding Pavilion, with Cinderella's Castle in the background. We used Disney Music for most of the entrances, except mine - I stayed traditional with the wedding march. However, for those planning a Cinderella Theme, make sure to include the Chiming of the Hour before the wedding march, since 12 o'clock is a significant time in that fairytale!
The songs we used:
The mothers' entrance was to "Candle On The Water" (from Pete's Dragon)
The groom entered to "Some Day My Prince Will Come"
The groomsmen entered to "A Dream Is A Wish" (though I debated about Once Upon A Dream, and also thought that entering to "Heigh Ho" would be amusing)
The bridesmaids entered to "If I Never Knew You" (from Pocohontas)
The flowergirl entered to "Tale As Old As Time (Beauty & The Beast)"
At our reception, we had the following Disney touches: A White Chocolate Cinderella's Castle as our wedding cake topper (you can see a picture
here ). These can be ordered through
Impressions and shipped anwyhere in the US. We also had a Mickey & Minnie Cake topper that we placed as a decorating piece on our cake table.
At our pre-reception, we had Mickey Head Confetti sprinkled on all the tables. You can order this through Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings department, or you can make your own by getting a Mickey Head Paper Hole Puncher at any local craft store. Sometimes the Mickey Confetti shows up on EBAY for sale.
For favors, we had Mickey Wreaths made, decorated with white and green flowers (our wedding colors) and hung from the back of the guest chairs. They were made by Minda of Briar Rose Celebrations (briarrosechocolate@yahoo.com) and were beautiful!
For our groom's cake, served during our Illuminations party, we had a storybook cake - another touch that could fit in well to a Cinderella themed wedding.
Mike's Amazing Cakes has a Cinderella Castle shaped cake.
Other touches I've heard of for Disney and Cinderella-themed weddings:
- using Disney Snowglobes as centerpieces
- using the little plastic cinderella slippers with slits in them for placecard holders
- using the plastic slippers or pumpkins filled with candy for favors
- Minda makes a lot of chocolates, shaped as Cinderella's Castle, Slippers, Mickey, Minnie, and other Disney characters, and so much more. Makes great favors
Hope this helps!