girli565
A Miami kind of girl
- Joined
- Mar 27, 2007
Carol Mickles - 100/10 Carol was so amazing. during the planning process she was always easy to get ahold of, she responded to my emails within a resonable amount of time, sometime within hours of me sending them. The saturday before the wedding (which was Monday) she responded to one of my emails 5 minutes after I sent it, lol. She understood exactly the type of day I was looking for, I wanted fun, not too traditional or formal and we wanted everyone to have a great time. She got that right off the bat and also helped us keep to our budget even when we went over a bit. The day of was great, she was there to squelch any problems, not that we had any, and was always around when I needed her. She made sure our day flowed perfectly and I couldn't have been happier with her performance. I would recomend any person waiting to get assigned their planner request Carol because she did a kick!@$ job!
Laura Kidd WDW Floral - 9/10 I loved my floral, you can see my bouquet and centerpieces in my teaser pics I posted previously. The only reason she gets a 9 is because the colors we spoke about weren't exactly what I got in my bouquet. I thought my bouquet would be more on the darker pink side but I still loved it. I didn't give her inspiration pics so I knew I was taking a gamble. I still loved it, I just expected something a bit different. The centerpieces were amazing, I loved them so much and loved that they were similar yet different from my bouquet.
Rev. Kevin Knox - 7.5/10 I LOVED him through the emails we would exchange and we even tried to meet up while I was in WDW for my planning session but it just didn't pan out. The reason he gets a 7.5 is because if you ask Danny he was great but if you ask my and my mom we were kind of bummed by him. Danny had a great experience with him, Danny tells me that he was fun, talked to him about the ceremony and even did a breath check with him
. I on lth eother hand really didn't get to talk to him much. We were running late because we didn't actually get to the GF for pics until after 11:30am when we should have been there by 11 
oh well. So we started the ceremony 5 minutes late. Rev. Knox came in to the Bride's vestibule at the WP, introduced himself, asked about the balance (I had paid it through PayPal), and then ran through the creremony in like 30 seconds. I mean it was fast!!!!!
Now on to the main reason he lost 2.5 points. I get all this second hand from my mom... after the ceremony and Danny and I walk out Carol is setting things up for the staged exit, my mom says that he shoved the license in her face told her to sign and was gone. I guess that's what he normally does but it just seems so strange to me, I would have liked a picture of them signing the license and it happened so quickly that Randy didn't even know it was happening.
Patricia Lejeune - 10/10 I abosolutely adored Patricia. I can't recommend her enough to future DFTW brides. She is prompt, a joy to be around, and does amazing work. My hair and makeup on the wedding day was beautiul. I loved how simple it was yet still looked like it was done and really held up through the 100 degree heat, and an hour of pictures outside. My hair and makeup on the MK shoot day was just as beautiful. My hair didn't make it quite as long but the humidity at 6am is ridiculous in FL and leaving my hair down I knew it was not going to make it. But it looked great during the pictures so that's what matters. My makeup lasted all day, even through the next day once we were home, lol. It was beautiful, she does amazing makeup.
Randy Chapman - pending at the moment I have not received photos, teasers or anything yet from Randy so I don't know what the pics look like so I can't honestly give hima score yet. I can tell brides to be that he is an uber professional. He was early, even Patricia was like "wow he's WAAAAY early" lol!! He took my getting ready pics, got photos of my dress, accessories and jewelry really quickly and then was gone to take Danny and his family's pics at the boardwalk. It was a close ride because I was staying at the Beach Club. He then met me at the GF for my portraits, was cool even though I was running late and made sure we got the important pictures. From the ones he showed us form his camera they looked amazing and I can't wait for the end result.
Wedding Pavilion - 10/10 We were worried it would look empty because we only had 35 guests but Carol did a great job of spreading people out and making it look full. The organist was awesome. Danny walked in to the Star Wars theme which was hilairous and because it was played on the organ it made it seem like something different but everyone got it eventually.
Ariel's/waiters/bartender - 10/10 Ariel's was beautiful and everything I wanted it to be. The colors we picked worked perfectly with the existing decor. Our teal/black/white was a great complement to Ariel's.
The waiters were perfect, they walked us through the buffet, got everything we needed, had things at the table already before we needed to ask for it. I wasn;t feeling well that day. I had an awful headache throughout the whole day and once our waitress knew it she was all over it! She brough me a coke, and when I actually felt faint because my head was pounding so hard she brought me a towel with ice in it for the back of my neck. They were wonderful. The bartender was awesome. He was heavy handed and people were getting wasted, hahahaha! Danny at the end of the night was totally drunk. It was hilarious!
GF Bakery - 10/10 I never mentioned it at all but my biggest worry was the cake because we kind of choose the mickey delight cake but wanted the mickey heads to be in black and teal. Well they couldn't guarantee that they were going to be stamped on but may be piped on. I had seen some previous piped on mickey head cakes and didn't like them but ours was great. It was exactly what I had in my mind when I first mentioned it.
DJ Steve Weinstein - 100/10 He was a riot, he was fun, and he really got us. He understood the type of music we liked and we even sent him some CDs that he loved and was so happy he now had that music. I loved him and Danny and him became best buddies.
The Big man Mickey Mouse - 10/10 I never realized what a hit he would be, Im so glad we decided to have him. The kids really didn't like him, the young ones especially. They were scared of him. The adults LOVED Mickey. It was awkward at first but he really got the party going when he did the electric slide with everyone before he left. He was great! Did we really expect anything less? lol
Laura Kidd WDW Floral - 9/10 I loved my floral, you can see my bouquet and centerpieces in my teaser pics I posted previously. The only reason she gets a 9 is because the colors we spoke about weren't exactly what I got in my bouquet. I thought my bouquet would be more on the darker pink side but I still loved it. I didn't give her inspiration pics so I knew I was taking a gamble. I still loved it, I just expected something a bit different. The centerpieces were amazing, I loved them so much and loved that they were similar yet different from my bouquet.
Rev. Kevin Knox - 7.5/10 I LOVED him through the emails we would exchange and we even tried to meet up while I was in WDW for my planning session but it just didn't pan out. The reason he gets a 7.5 is because if you ask Danny he was great but if you ask my and my mom we were kind of bummed by him. Danny had a great experience with him, Danny tells me that he was fun, talked to him about the ceremony and even did a breath check with him
. I on lth eother hand really didn't get to talk to him much. We were running late because we didn't actually get to the GF for pics until after 11:30am when we should have been there by 11 oh well. So we started the ceremony 5 minutes late. Rev. Knox came in to the Bride's vestibule at the WP, introduced himself, asked about the balance (I had paid it through PayPal), and then ran through the creremony in like 30 seconds. I mean it was fast!!!!!Now on to the main reason he lost 2.5 points. I get all this second hand from my mom... after the ceremony and Danny and I walk out Carol is setting things up for the staged exit, my mom says that he shoved the license in her face told her to sign and was gone. I guess that's what he normally does but it just seems so strange to me, I would have liked a picture of them signing the license and it happened so quickly that Randy didn't even know it was happening.
Patricia Lejeune - 10/10 I abosolutely adored Patricia. I can't recommend her enough to future DFTW brides. She is prompt, a joy to be around, and does amazing work. My hair and makeup on the wedding day was beautiul. I loved how simple it was yet still looked like it was done and really held up through the 100 degree heat, and an hour of pictures outside. My hair and makeup on the MK shoot day was just as beautiful. My hair didn't make it quite as long but the humidity at 6am is ridiculous in FL and leaving my hair down I knew it was not going to make it. But it looked great during the pictures so that's what matters. My makeup lasted all day, even through the next day once we were home, lol. It was beautiful, she does amazing makeup.
Randy Chapman - pending at the moment I have not received photos, teasers or anything yet from Randy so I don't know what the pics look like so I can't honestly give hima score yet. I can tell brides to be that he is an uber professional. He was early, even Patricia was like "wow he's WAAAAY early" lol!! He took my getting ready pics, got photos of my dress, accessories and jewelry really quickly and then was gone to take Danny and his family's pics at the boardwalk. It was a close ride because I was staying at the Beach Club. He then met me at the GF for my portraits, was cool even though I was running late and made sure we got the important pictures. From the ones he showed us form his camera they looked amazing and I can't wait for the end result.
Wedding Pavilion - 10/10 We were worried it would look empty because we only had 35 guests but Carol did a great job of spreading people out and making it look full. The organist was awesome. Danny walked in to the Star Wars theme which was hilairous and because it was played on the organ it made it seem like something different but everyone got it eventually.
Ariel's/waiters/bartender - 10/10 Ariel's was beautiful and everything I wanted it to be. The colors we picked worked perfectly with the existing decor. Our teal/black/white was a great complement to Ariel's.
The waiters were perfect, they walked us through the buffet, got everything we needed, had things at the table already before we needed to ask for it. I wasn;t feeling well that day. I had an awful headache throughout the whole day and once our waitress knew it she was all over it! She brough me a coke, and when I actually felt faint because my head was pounding so hard she brought me a towel with ice in it for the back of my neck. They were wonderful. The bartender was awesome. He was heavy handed and people were getting wasted, hahahaha! Danny at the end of the night was totally drunk. It was hilarious!
GF Bakery - 10/10 I never mentioned it at all but my biggest worry was the cake because we kind of choose the mickey delight cake but wanted the mickey heads to be in black and teal. Well they couldn't guarantee that they were going to be stamped on but may be piped on. I had seen some previous piped on mickey head cakes and didn't like them but ours was great. It was exactly what I had in my mind when I first mentioned it.
DJ Steve Weinstein - 100/10 He was a riot, he was fun, and he really got us. He understood the type of music we liked and we even sent him some CDs that he loved and was so happy he now had that music. I loved him and Danny and him became best buddies.
The Big man Mickey Mouse - 10/10 I never realized what a hit he would be, Im so glad we decided to have him. The kids really didn't like him, the young ones especially. They were scared of him. The adults LOVED Mickey. It was awkward at first but he really got the party going when he did the electric slide with everyone before he left. He was great! Did we really expect anything less? lol
I told Danny's sister that they were crazy but they only had one day park hoppers so they were going to do it.
