Short Answer: Our Memories wedding on April 21, 2012 (JUST the wedding, nothing else) cost us $1991.
Long answer: when all was said and done, we spent around $7,500 for the entire wedding/honeymoon trip.
This is my budget for my Memories collection wedding circa April 2012. The $1500 is was the money we had paid up to that point (February 2012).
This budget does not include:
Marriage license ($193.50, plus the cost of stamps)
- Officiant--ours was a family friend who didn't charge us, but unless you know someone, you'll have to pay.
- The required 2 night stay at a Disney resort--We stayed 2 nights and chose the Poly, since we were getting married there. The cost of the room we booked for the same Thurs/Fri/Sat we were there in April 2012 is currently $641/night, but we paid less than that per night since it was 2 years ago and we booked before January. We also got more bang for our buck because we were upgraded to an MK view since it was our wedding.
- Roundtrip airfare from Newark, NJ to Orlando which, if I recall correctly, was about $300 per person
- Lunch for our guests at the Grand Floridian Cafe after the wedding (I can't recall how much this was, but there were 8 of us there, so I imagine it was probably $300-$400).
- Food while we were on property (lunches, dinners, bachelor(ette) party, etc.)
As you can see, I spent an extra $111.18 on floral for my girls and crystals for my bouquet. We did not have a cake.
However, here were a few things we didn't pay extra for. Our DFTW coordinator gave my husband a free boutonniere (value $10.50), our violinist stayed for a little while after the ceremony to play music while we got our pictures taken (no cost associated that I can find, but an extra 10 minutes of music was nice), and hubby and I had AP's, so park tickets were covered.
Outside the realm of wedding budget, but still in the same vein, is the honeymoon--not a necessary cost, but one that most people pay. We went on a 4 day cruise on the Disney Dream, which cost about $2k. Add in extras like souvenirs, spa, and alcohol, and we're looking at $2500 or so.
When all was said and done, I'd estimate that our wedding cost us (including food, honeymoon, etc) $7,500. Obviously, this is a very rough estimate, since we didn't pay for everything in one large lump sum (except for the wedding).