Afew Questions....

[Florida Bride]

Hey guys!

My Fiance is a Disney fanatic and I'd love nothing better than to get him a brick in Disney for a wedding present. I hope I've worded that correctly...We are from Ireland and try to visit Orlando every year. Our wedding is April 26th next year. We signed our letter of agreement and sent our deposit last week so it's all official......

Sorry I don't know how but I managed to submit the post without finishing it!

Anyways... What I was going to ask was can anyone give me any information about buying a brick and if so how much it'll cost and how I go about it!

I'm visiting Disney in November for my 'official' planning session and get to taste all the food - can't wait!!!! I have Meri as my EM - I haven't had any dealings with her yet so looking forward to meeting her.

On another note, Im having a nightmare with my mums family.....her sister (my aunt) sent me her RSVP and declined attending the wedding. So working off the accepted RSVP's we confirmed numbers with Disney and completed our room block (not something I EVER want to do again) and based on our 75 guests we've to guarantee 50 room nights...now my aunt has changed her mind and wants to come to the wedding but that'll push our room nights up and we wont meet the requirement.... What I'm most bugged about is I haven't heard from her since April and shes not a huge part of my life. I just can't make an exception for her not when all she does is upset my mum all the time. Im sounding so bad here but really guys if you knew her you'd understand. My DF and my dad are furious that shes now decided to go - they say she always likes to cause chaos and make situations about her and thats exactly what shes doing and Im and easy target cause since all the wedding planning has begun I hate making decisions about numbers and whos attending and whos not and Im in tears more often than Im not. I figure of I dont want her there, DF doesnt want her there and my dad doesnt want her there...we can't all be wrong?

Weddings really can bring the worst out in people!!!

On a lighter note, Im sooo looking forward to my 10 days in Florida in November.

Any help re the bricks is much appriceated!!!

 

[MistressOfAllEvil]

I totally understand about sounding bad, but don't worry... I don't think that you sound bad. NO ONE should make your wedding about them. I think that is the rudest thing ever. How much does your aunt know about Disney weddings? If you've already confirmed your numbers... does she know there's any flexablility in that? If not, I would just let her know that it's too late and she can't come now. Really, that's what I would do. Especially if I felt as strongly as you do about how poorly she treats your Mom and that you're not that close to her. Good luck with everything!

 

[Tabetha]

Talk to your Planner, there may be some flexibility in the numbers/room block. Especially in a case like this. Unless you don't want her to come, in which case tell her you're sorry but you booked your final numbers already based on her declining RSVP, and you really can't add her in at this point because Disney's "very strict" (wink) with the numbers.

I'm sorry I don't know anything about the bricks, though.

 

[hmgolden]

Are you talking about the bricks on the pathway in front of MK? As far as I know, they aren't selling those anymore.

 

[TheRealDoraExplorer]

I don't know about the bricks, but doesn't Epcot have some special thing where you can get a photo of yourself imprinted on some giant slabs of stone at the entrance? If the bricks aren't available anymore, that might be a nice alternative.

And hey -- you can't please all of the people all of the time. As far as I'm concerned, your wedding is just that; yours. It sucks that your aunt is being like this, and you might have to ask yourself and your fiance some difficult questions; is it going to be worth it having her there with all the emotional strain it sounds like she might cause? I'd advise talking to her frankly; I had to do this exact same thing with my OWN mother for my October Disney wedding for this year. I called and told her I needed a definite yes or no as to whether she'd be coming, since we were the ones paying for her ticket. I told her that if something happened and she changed her mind or couldn't make it, we'd have to ask to be reimbursed. She didn't like it, but finally had to admit she wouldn't be coming anyway.

Sometimes a little unpleasantness is worth it to get rid of uncertainty. Especially when you're going to be busy enough with other things!

Best of luck. I hope your wedding is beautiful -- and above all, happy!

 

[lurkyloo]

Unfortunately, Epcot has stopped taking orders for those commemorative plaques. Maybe someone will have some info about Magic Kingdom bricks, though!

 

[JaxTeach]

Epcot had the Leave a Legacy tiles. Unfortunately they quit selling them June 17, 2007.

Earlier this year MK was selling some bricks to fill in empty spaces, but they are no longer accepting applications. DF and I were there last weekend and double checked. I think they received a lot more interest than they expected! The bricks were around $300 each.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!