Catherine & Jesse - PJ & TR: TR Day 2 - hair & make up trial, updated 11/5

[lov2b@disney]

Enjoy your planning session!:

 

[MsTinkerChele]

I wanna come!!!!

 

[BaBeeCee14]

How exciting that you leave to your planning session in 2 days... Hvae agreat time.. Take lots of pics

Have fun Catherine - and take good notes!!!

I can not wait to hear all about your Planning Session!

Enjoy your planning session!:

Thank so much ladies!! Don't worry, I will be back with a full TR and pictures to share

I wanna come!!!!

I know - I'm sad you couldn't come with us

 

[Keira1387]

HAVE FUN AT YOUR PLANNING SESSION!!!

 

[BayouPrincess]

Have a great time at your Planning Session and come back with tons of pictures!

 

[Mermaid_Ariel]

Woooo!! Take lotsa piccies!!! We'll be waiting!

 

[BaBeeCee14]

Hi Ladies!

I got back from my PS last night. Everything went really well, we had a great time! Wish we could've stayed longer though . I'm working on my TR right now so hopefully I can get it posted soon. Stay tuned!

 

[BaBeeCee14]

So we're back from our PS trip. We had a great time -- I'm sad to be back. Anyway, on with the TR...

April 3, 2008 - Day 1

I left work at 2:00 on Thursday to make sure I had enough time to get home and finish getting all my last minutes things together. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 6:00pm. The flight down was pretty uneventful. Although we did have the pleasure of toddler screaming bloody murder the entire first hour on the plane .

We got on the Magical Express and POP was the first stop . By the time we checked in, it was about 11:00 and we were starving. Before even going to the room to drop off our bags, we headed over to the food court and get some food. They were getting ready to close so it was a good thing we went there first.

Jesse got himself a burger and a cheesesteak wrap for me.

Once we were done, we headed over to our room. I set the alarm for 7:00am and we passed out for the night.

April 4, 2008 - Day 2

The alarm went off at 7:00, we got ready and were headed out the door. We quickly grabbed some breakfast at the food court. Jesse got the breakfast platter and I got a ham and cheddar omelet.

When we got to the bus stop, it looked like we had just missed the MK bus – so we hopped on the Epcot bus and took the monorail to the GF. We got to Franck’s around 8:45 for our 9:00 appointment.

When we got in, a CM greeted us and offered us some water while we waited for Meri to arrive. There was a Mad Hatter cake by the window where we were sitting. I think they call it the Queen of Hearts cake actually.

Meri came in and greeted us and took us into one of the PS rooms. We got started on talking about all the specifics for the wedding (which I won’t bore you guys with). Then it was cake tasting time!

Jesse and I were mix and matching all the different filling flavors and the cakes. Everything was so good and we love cake, so we had a hard time chosing just 3 flavors. We finally came to a decision:
top layer: yellow cake with tropical mousse
middle layer: almond cake with amaretto mousse
bottom layer: chocolate cake with bavarian cream and fresh strawberries

We finished around 10:30 with Meri and Rose was going to come in at 11:30 to talk about the floral. We had about an hour to kill so Jesse and I decided to walk over to the WP and take a look. I’ve never seen the WP in person before so I was really excited to go check it out. Pictures do not do this place justice! It is so beautiful inside – I was so happy I chose this location for my ceremony.

We got back to Franck’s and waited for Rose to finish up with another couple. I was happy to finally meet Rose because I’ve heard so many great things about her. She was really sweet and upbeat. She definitely knows what she’s doing. I can’t wait to see my bouquet on my wedding day.

Once we were done with Rose, we headed out of Franck’s and went with Meri to Epcot. We had some time before our tasting at 2:30 – so we went to take a look at the LSS. Like the WP, I have never seen this location in person and chose it based on the pictures I’ve seen. LSS is another gorgeous location. Meri gave us a tour and showed us where the cake would go, where the cocktail hour would be held, etc. It was really helpful because now I’m able to envision what the reception would look like and where everything would be. After we left the LSS, we still had about 20 minutes before the tasting session so we drove over to Lower UK. I love this location. It feels secluded from the rest of the park and has a great view of Illuminations.

Up next...we finally head to our tasting session

 

[Keira1387]

Great start to your TR!! I love the cake choices that you made. Can't wait to hear how the tasting went!

 

[pink_tink8i8]

Great start so far love all the pictures. Can't wait to read more

 

[padisneyfour]

looking forward to hearing more details- sounds like things went well.

 

[BaBeeCee14]

We drove backstage and pulled up at the Epcot kitchen. Once we got in, we sat down at a big round table and picked out our napkin fold. We decided to go with the pocket fold so that our menu cards can be placed in them. Then we met our chef, Hazel and our server, Jennifer.

First up was our cocktail hour food:

mushroom pastries and mini beef empanadas with an olive tapenade

Jesse loved the mushroom pastries. He must’ve eaten like 5 or 6 of them. I had to tell him to stop eating because we had so much more food to try. I’m not a huge fan of mushrooms so I liked the empanadas more. The olive tapenade was really good.

crab cakes with dill cream sauce

Jesse can’t eat seafood so I was the only one who tried this. They so were yummy. I wanted to eat all of them, but only had 2

Next up we had 2 different soups:

red pepper and tomato soup

This is was delicious. It doesn’t sound like much but it has so much flavor and a little bit spicy at the end. So good!

cheddar cheese soup

If you love cheese – this is the soup for you. It was really rich and creamy. It had little bacon bits on the bottom. We decided not to have this soup on the menu because we were afraid it would be too heavy. We didn’t want our guests to be full when there is so much more food coming.

Caesar salad

Fresh and delicious!

Intermezzo:

Raspberry sorbet on Cinderella ice slipper

The minute I saw this in front of me – I knew I had to have it . It was sooo pretty. The sorbet was really refreshing.

Entrée:

Parmesan crusted chicken with herb cream sauce, beef filet with demi glaze, asiago mashed potatoes, green beans and carrots

Mahi mahi with mango chutney, peppercorn crusted beef filet, asiago mashed potatoes, and asparagus

Wow – everything was so good, it was almost impossible to choose! There was so much food on our table at that point. Not only would Jesse and I each get our own “tasting plates” with smaller portions, but the chef would also bring out the “show plate” with the actual portion that would be served and how it would be plated (the entrée pictures I posted are the show plates).

Dessert:

Cinderella’s chocolate slipper

I was so full at this point, I just nibbled a little bit here and there. The mousse was very good. 2 people can share this dessert. I think this is way too much chocolate for one person to eat. We decided that with the wedding cake and dessert party, we won’t need another dessert. But it was so pretty to look at.

So the final menu is:

Cocktail hour:
-mushroom pastries
-crab cakes
-beef empanadas

Appetizer:
-roasted red pepper & tomato soup with pretzel bread
-Caesar salad

Intermezzo:
-raspberry sorbet in Cinderella’s ice slipper

Entrée:
-parmesan crusted chicken & peppercorn crusted beef with asiago mashed potatoes, green beans and carrots

Dessert:
-wedding cake

After the tasting session, it was around 4:00 and we went back to the WP because I wanted to hear what the organ sounded like in person. I didn’t like the way the music sounded on the sample cd they sent me. There was a 5:00 wedding scheduled so the organist was already there. He played a few songs and they sounded really nice. I’m glad I asked to hear it because it put my mind at ease about the music. It sounds so much better than the cd. We left the WP and said goodbye to Meri. Now – we wait for the beo to come

Up next: Jesse and I go to the & Party

 

[padisneyfour]

Everything looks and sounds absolutely delicious! The desserts too, but I do also plan on having the cake and a dessert party so That is alot of sweets(even though they do look amazing)!

 

[Avcproduction]

I'm getting hungry just looking at the pictures. we're all going to have to lose 1 size since we will gain it all back in that 1 nite lol

& who wants to take bets on some1 getting their tongue stuck on the Cinderella sorbet slipper

 

[MsTinkerChele]

me!!!!!
ps: Cat you put chicken on the main course twice, you mean peppercorn BEEF. Fix it. NOW.

 

[shezfrombermuda]

The menu sounds delicious! Looking forward to hearing about the pirate/princess party.

 

[Avcproduction]

I'm not gonna lie...that slipper looks pretty tempting

 

[Lynn5700]

OOOOOOOOOOOOH the food look's soo good!!!!! I can't wait to hear about the PPP!!!!

 

[plutofreak]

great job, can't wait to hear more

 

[BaBeeCee14]

Thank you all for reading along! P&PP installment will be coming soon!