Carly & Jesse 08-07-08 WP/WH/SCP I got my high res CD from Disney!! Reception update

[jessesgirl-080708]

Thank you for sharing the reviews; especially on the restaurants. I was curious how the princess meal was and it's good to hear an honest review.

The Minnie topper is so cute. My mom had a few things that she had bought for our wedding that she's had hidden away for years. So, did your sister get married at the World too?

Love the shots assembling the Welcome Bags. Even though it took a long time, this was one of my favorite things during the preparations the last few days before the wedding!

No, unfortunately my sister didn't get married at Disney.. I felt a little bad for her, but she really helped me through everything..heck..she did all our flowers! She was soo wonderful. I ended up giving her a father/daughter dance at our reception. She was married in our church and didn't get the opportunity to dance with our dad..she was soo surprised! But they had to dance sideways since she's 8 months preggo! It was adorable! I also made her ressies at Le Cellier..which she said was wonderful! So if I could reivew that I would.. she LOVED it!

 

[dizneyfreak]

I think that with every new post I get even more hooked if that's possible to be more hooked than I already was Your gift bags were too cute! I can't wait to see more.

Anna Marie

 

[jessesgirl-080708]

Cinderella's Royal Table- Girls Night Out!

After we finished our welcome bags we went straight for the MK! I was supposed to be surprised at where we were going to eat ( my sisters doings) but as soon as we got on the bus to the MK I knew! I had been wanting to eat for a while.. but I save all the good restaraunts for special occasions!

We were both starving.. and ready for bed by the time we got there.. but we still had a good time.. here's the photo album that we got with the meal..

And in this picture I think we look like we are doing a victory chant instead of the dainty princess stuff..this was pre-food!

We both had the castle salad, then I had the salmon and my sister had the prime rib. For dessert we both had the chocolate. It was a chocolate muffin filled with cream cheese.. totally worth going back for!
I really wanna go to CRT for breakfast!

After dinner we stayed for firewors then headed back to our room at the Coronado and crashed!

 

[Lynn5700]

Aww cute pics with Cinderella

 

[jessesgirl-080708]

Day Two- Rehearsal Day!
August 6th, 2008

We rolled out of bed and headed to GF.. my parents were coming down that day, and most everyone else!
On the way over, my sister starting practicing her solo for the wedding, and I completely missed our turn. Somehow we ended up at a back entrance to EPCOT.. but we finally made it to the GF.
We checked in, but we were way to early! So we headed to Gasparillas!
The Italian meat sandwich..so good!

We ran into one of my BM's right after this.. then begged the front deck to let us check in early.. which they eventually did.

This was the sign on the Daily event board! I was so exciting to see it, a lady stopped to congratulate me.. it was exciting!

We ended up in a really big room. They gave us a handicap room right next to the elevator since the bathrooms in these rooms are huge! There was so much room..but we didnt have a bath! And we ended up having to check out before it was time to get ready.. so we got ready in my moms room down the hall anyways! I should have a taken of picture of the counter in this bathroom, it was pretty nice of them! And would have been really helpful the next day!


Right after me and my sister got into our room, my parents showed up.
(* when we checked in, they were trying to give us conjoining rooms with my parents, but it wouldn't work out because my parents had been upgraded to theme park view. They told us this when we checked in, and jokingly, me and my sister told the CM we wanted to take credit for it)
Well, my shows up practically in tears over what we had done.. she was so excited that we had done this for her.. and neither one of us had the heart to tell her we didn't! The scary thing is..a completely different CM checked me in... so I guess they had it in the system.. Mom quoted the CM saying she was "upgraded compliments of the bride".. it was pretty funny...to this day she still doesn't know we didn't do it!

 

[Alec'sPrincess]

Carly, that is so cute with your mom! That is so nice that she got upgraded!

 

[tiggerrifficheidi]

YAY!! More TR!

That is such a cool story with the MK view! So nice that they went along with you on that...even if you were joking!

 

[Disneychix]

That's too funny that they told your mom the view was compliments of you! (and that you're still going along with it!!)

Your sister is a real trooper for doing so much while so pregnant! She must really love you!!

 

[keenercam]

Carly -- loving the updates, sweetie! Can't wait to hear more!

 

[Donald'sGirl]

Carly great update! That is so awesome with your mom! Hopefully she won't read your TR and find out the real truth!

 

[dizneyfreak]

I was just thinking the same thing...does your Mom ever read these boards...it would spoil the whole magic of it. That was so nice of the CM to note that for you in the computer. My mom would have died too...she loves the GF!

Anna Marie

 

[tlhbdm]

Yay!!! More More!!!!!

 

[jessesgirl-080708]

Carly, that is so cute with your mom! That is so nice that she got upgraded!

We were excited for her! And mad that we didn't get it too! But we went to her room to watch fireworks!

YAY!! More TR!

That is such a cool story with the MK view! So nice that they went along with you on that...even if you were joking!

haha yea.. me and sister laughed for a long time about it!

That's too funny that they told your mom the view was compliments of you! (and that you're still going along with it!!)

Your sister is a real trooper for doing so much while so pregnant! She must really love you!!

haha..sometimes I feel a little bad about lying.. but I think I would feel worse if I actually told her!
Yes, my sister certainly does love me! We have come so far over the past year.. so now its my turn to plan the baby shower!

Carly -- loving the updates, sweetie! Can't wait to hear more!

Lot's more coming!

Carly great update! That is so awesome with your mom! Hopefully she won't read your TR and find out the real truth!

HA! My mom barely knows how to work the internet...much less find the boards!

I was just thinking the same thing...does your Mom ever read these boards...it would spoil the whole magic of it. That was so nice of the CM to note that for you in the computer. My mom would have died too...she loves the GF!
Anna Marie

It was pretty cool Thank you!

Yay!!! More More!!!!!

Coming soon! Thanks!

 

[jessesgirl-080708]

Rehearsal Dinner!!!
Whispering Canyon Cafe @ the Wilderness Lodge
August 6th, 2008; 5:00 p.m.

All in all I think this was one of the best decisions we made for the wedding. I had never met DH's mom,or grandmother, neither had my parents.. our parent's had never met. So needless to say, I expected this to be a little tense.
My FIL agreed to pay for our dinner.. so we started talking about options.. at first we were going to go with Cape May, then Ohana's...but he didn't like any of there menus.. so as soon as he saw BBQ, he agreed!
At first, I was a little worried..because I know this restaraunt and I thought it would be really inappropriate, but with the group of people I had...it was absolutely perfect!
Right after the got there.. the waiter went directly to picking on us..but she was really good about it. She pretended as though she was mad at me for no making DH a "Groom" sash, since all the girls had one.. Well about 10 minutes later she comes back with a "Groom" sash made up of Mickey Stickers...and those huge handmade paper hats!

Here's my favorite picture from the night! A summary of the Whispering Canyon...NEVER order ketchup!

We knew better than to order it..but the other table decided to order it for us... there was so much ketchup...eventually we also payed them back!

The food was good..and the service was even better! With so much going on..it was the best way for us to unwind and enjoy the company without being so fancy! It really felt like everyone had a great time.. even our minister got along with Dh's groomsmen! And they are total opposites!

A little later into dinner.. our waiter calls us up to the front..at this point I just knew we were going to have to ride the stick pony.. and I paniced! We were standing at the front of the restaraunt and the waiter goes to yelling! She announced that we were getting married tomorrow, and the entire restaraunt cheered! It was pretty nice.. then she says that we have to practice our wedding kiss.
I thought "ok" not so bad...wrong! her countdown went like this..
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,3,3,3,3...3,3..3,3,
It never ended until we finally just couldn't stop laughing..it was pretty funny!

So we headed back to our table to hand out our cupcakes...

About half way through I hear the Best man, Cliff, complaining about restaraunts that sing "Happy Birthday" all the time...
Well.. the waiter grabbed him.. and called him right to the front of the restaraunt! She started to announce that it was his birthday..which we thought was the big joke! Then, she hands him the stick pony and tells him he has to ride around the entire restaraunt... while singing "Happy Birthday To me" and if he wasn't loud enough.. she was going to send him into the lobby to sing for everyone!
Well before we knew it, Cliff took off running through tables not singing.. but SCREAMING "happy birthday to me" then runs out into the lobby (still screaming), makes a big circle, then comes running back in to our table.. the look on the people's faces who were sitting in the lobby was priceless!
I was laughing so hard I think I stopped breathing! It was hysterical!

After dinner we handed out our gifts to our wedding party..
I gave my mom a gift card, and a ressie to Victoria and Alberts for her and my dad.
I gave my sister a gift card and made her a ressie at Le Cellier.
I gave my bridesmaid a Mickey Chef hat ( she's a culinary student)
and I gave my "bridesman" a mickey shirt and a Disney gift card...

FIL was the funniest.. I gave him a Disney card as a thank you for our dinner... and I made him a shirt that said " I love my Daughter in Law" He laughed to hard!
I think he has worn that shirt every other day..it is too funny!
here's my mom when she prentended like she was surprised by her gift...stinkin V&A left a message on her phone the previous week!

then headed over to the GF for our rehearsal!

 

[jessesgirl-080708]

Here's FIL wearing his shirt one day last week....

 

[tlhbdm]

Dinner looked liked so much fun.

 

[adisneygal]

Wow, you had such a blast at WCC. Now I am considering this for our rehearsal dinner. Too funny about your mom and the upgrade...
Gotta love pixie dust and it is even better when you get credit for it...LOL

 

[dizneyfreak]

WOW! Your rehearsal dinner looked like a blast! I sure wish my FIL loved me enough to wear a shirt like that...mine would burn it!

Anna Marie

 

[dakcp2001]

I love love love your pj/tr! Everything turned out awesome! Your dress is stunning!

 

[Keira1387]

Looks like you had fun at the RD! I love the hats!