Actual Costs

[Luvndisney]

I am trying to budget for the wedding, but have not received the planning information yet. (It’s still early) I was wondering if Disney brides could help give me a real life estimate on some of the Disney services...like what you actually paid. The wish book seems to exaggerate a little bit???


* I know it depends on your style, but an average for simple things*
Bridal bouquet??
Bridesmaid bouquet??
Boutonnieres??
Centerpieces (preferably glass bowls with floating candles and flowers)


Also - I read on here a few months ago that custom wedding couples were receiving vouchers for annual passes once they signed their letter of agreement. Does anyone know if this is true or if it still going?
I can't think of the others right now...i'll add them later.

Any information helps!!!

 

[pixie08]

I have not had a disney wedding YET but...it seems everything in the wish book is right on except floral. I think for what they show those are the correct prices but I believe their are other options available that are cheaper and not listed!

Again I have not yet had my dftw so we will have to wait to hear from the experts.

 

[Mary626]

Also - I read on here a few months ago that custom wedding couples were receiving vouchers for annual passes once they signed their letter of agreement. Does anyone know if this is true or if it still going?
I can't think of the others right now...i'll add them later.

Any information helps!!!

I signed my contract a month ago and haven't received any AP vouchers . I wouldn't have been sad about this had I not heard someone mention it was a possibility lol. Since we'll be spending so many thousands of dollars a little extra help would sure have been appreciated. Oh well.

As for everything else, I'm not really sure yet. I only recently recieved my planning kit and haven't even heard from my event coordinator yet. This feels like it is taking forever just to start planning.

 

[JonetteA]

What does the planning packet look like? Are there suggestions/ pictures in there?

 

[hwygirl1928]

I received a preliminary estimate from Disney. This is what was on it:

Pavillion Fee - $2343.00 incl. tax
Floral total - $376.48
( Includes my bouquet - 3 roses, 2 bridesmaids - 1 long stem rose, 2 corsages, 7 boutonnieres, and altar arrangement)

Wedding Day Photos (smallest package) = $2665.00
Magic Kingdom shoot - $800.00

Cosmo - Hair and Make-up X 4 = $580.00

Bus for 8 hours and Vintage Ford - $1,194.00

Dinner for 45 people was - $4202.06 tax in

Wedding cake - $766.80

Bar - $1748.36 tax in

Centerpieces for tables (4) = $319.50

And last but not least the DJ = $1300.00


This was all a grand total of $16295.13 But I am goign to be changing a lot of things so I have it down to around $10,500.00 now!

 

[sbggirl]

My disney wedding is in January and I have received the 2 vouchers, which is very cool. They came with my signed contract (the copy Disney sent back to me after I had signed it and sent it in to them). So be on the lookout or ask if you don't get them!

I haven't seen too many hard numbers other then floral...My bouquet is $250 (mini calla lilies) and bridesmaids are $150 (mini calla lillies, parrot tulips). Bouts are all $15 (mini callas), corsages are $30-35 (mini callas, greens). Petals to throw upon exit were (choke!) $196. Alter arrangements vary lots depending upon what you have...mine are $225 total.

Haven't really had anything else specifically quoted yet, still waiting.

 

[WithDisneySpirit]

Wow! What did you do to cut it down?!

 

[Luvndisney]

sbggirl - are you having a custom wedding?? I would be really excited if they gve us vouchers!! But I have heard so many DB saying they haven't recieved anything. I guess I will have to ask once the time comes

 

[Mary626]

What does the planning packet look like? Are there suggestions/ pictures in there?

The one I got was actually sent via email, and was just a bunch of word documents like a "Let the Planning begin!" which had worksheets to help figure out the overall wedding structure.. a bunch of menus from our reception site and the bar packages... Dessert menu for our fantasmic party...

That's about it really . No pictures. Not even of the cakes .

I'm assuming (hoping) they'll send me something later. I need to call Disney actually, my wedding coordinator was assigned to me two weeks ago and they said she would call me when she got back from vacation. I haven't heard anything from her yet. I think her name is Michelle Shoemate or something, if anyone else has had her I'd love a PM of how you thought she handled your wedding!


And I'm glad to hear the AP vouchers came with the returned copied contract, since I haven't received that in the mail yet either.

I need to be more patient!!

 

[Mary626]

I received a preliminary estimate from Disney. This is what was on it:

Pavillion Fee - $2343.00 incl. tax

.....

Did they tax the location fee??? I have not figured that into my budget.. I figured that was a non-taxable thing I'm so confused!

Also, is your MK photo session on the same day as your wedding? If it's on a different day, did they still count it towards your minimum?

Last question, what kind of cake are you getting? I was hoping for a nice cake, but was hoping to spend much less then $770, wow I hope that is an awesome cake!!

Sorry for all the questions!

 

[ead79]

The planning packet does not have pictures (at least it didn’t back when I was planning). It’s got sample menus, sample song suggestions, and info about a variety of the transportation, entertainment, etc. options available through Disney. There are also worksheets to help you plan and a large questionnaire to fill out that helps when it’s time for your planning session.

Here’s what our prices were. Keep in mind that my wedding was in 2003, so some of these may be out of date.

Trumpeter - $600
Violinist - $425
Pavilion fee (including organist) - $2130 (I think this had increased for sure)
Bridal bouquet - $266
Bridesmaids bouquets - $125 each (total with tax $533 for 4)
Unity candle arrangement - $250
Wreaths on the pews - $238
Boutonnieres - $13 each
Corsages - $21 each
Nosegays (for the mothers to carry instead of corsages) - $48 each
Cake - $12 per person (including $2 per person cutting fee)
Floral centerpieces for tables at reception - $138 each (candelabras with roses, mixed flowers and greens)
Chair covers/bows - $8.50 each plus tax
Table covers - $45 each plus tax

 

[hjc1277]

Does anyone have a copy of the worksheets or questionnaires that they send you? I have just signed my contract and should be getting things within the next three weeks or so, but since our planning visit is just around the corner (September) 'd like to have some time to think these things over.

-heidi

 

[Codie]

Wow! What did you do to cut it down?!

My original quote for 75 guests was over $26k. My mom almost had a heart attack. I just got my final (quasi-final) estimate and we are at $16.6k for 101 guests. Much more palatable. There are lots of things you can cut out or down, without losing too much. One thing that I am not getting to do, and which was never included in any estimate is the dessert reception for the fireworks...that would be about an extra $4k for 100 people. But a cool thing is that having the wedding at ADH we will be able to have our own "private" viewing of the Epcot fireworks right at 9!
Things we cut:
We are using a limo instead of one of the fancy cars
We tweaked our menu to limit the cost of the food--especially the pre-reception food
Limit your bar to beer/wine, instead of doing a full or premium open bar
Minimize your flowers for your bridesmaids--i kept mine at like $272 but theirs only cost me $25 each instead of the quoted $150
Buy your own centerpieces, or minimize your use of real flowers on the centerpieces
I chose a fancy dessert instead of a cake--that saved me about $1600.00

I'm sure there's more...but those were the key things we did...

 

[happylalagirl]

hwygirl1928 - how did you cut your cost down from $16+ to $10,500??? We are paying for our own wedding and we purposely changed it to a weekday so we only had to reach the $10K min. We are using an outside photog and videographer... we are having around 50 people... thanks.

 

[RangerPooh]

My costs for a DLR wedding were similar to others posted. My bouquet was about $250, and $150 for each of my three BM. You can lower your wedding costs a few different ways. Hiring outside vendors will decrease it (ie: video, photography, DJ, floral-if allowed). You can also consider the site being used and if it really needs additional floral or if there's alredy enough. Take the floral that you use for your ceremony and move it to your reception, make your own centerpieces etc.

A Disney wedding can difinately get costly, but there are ways to reduce it.

Keri

 

[dcibrando]

what is the minimum price

 

[Luvndisney]

Thank you all for posting and responding...your responses really help out when figuring my budget.