Hello again everyone,
I have been off-line for a while --- Thursday 12/16 was the day after and everyone was so tired, I couldn't get online in the afternoon. People started going home on Thursday, the grooms parents, brother, grooms SIL and their 2-year old twins. Also my DW's sisters.
Before I post about Friday, I will try to answer some of the questions people have asked:
kamittens -- Yes, our kids are the same age -- my DD is 23.
alldz -- The bride and groom spent 2 days at WDW. He is the music director at our church, so he had to be back at work for Saturday PM. My daughter is finishing up her grad school to be a teacher, so it looks like the honeymoon will have to wait until summer.
Disneyhotdog -- The cost? Well, that depends on what you want. My daughter had a "Wishes" wedding, which has certain minimum $$ you need to spend, also is dictated by how many people you have. Just about eveything is a-la-carte. I'll give you some general figures for stuff: The Wedding Pavillion is $3,000 , my daughters cake was about $1,000, we had a classical sring trio for 5 hours -- about $2,500. The food depends on where you go and what time of day (brunch is cheaper than dinner). Transporation for all of the guests can add up, Mickey and Minnie were not cheap, and so on. I don't think we spent much more than we would have had we had a traditional wedding in CT -- we just had a bunch fewer people there ! I would suggest you take a look at the wedding board. People post their entire wedding budget there.
Someone else asked if she had a photo shoot in the theme parks --- She was going to have it from 6:00 AM - 8:00 AM on Friday in the Magic Kingdom, but when she found out they could not guarantee that the Castle Lights would be on, she decided against it.
The photographers were David and Vickie Arndt -- just fabulous. They did an engagment shoot wth them in July, and from those photos they created the gurst book for the wedding -- most spectacular book I have ever seen -- an Mickey and Minnie signed the guest book too!!
Next post ? Friday --- and believe me, you don't want to miss it --- Just when you thought everyting went smooth..........................
mac_tlc