Centerpieces And Flowers

[KJET54]

Can you have Centerpieces made and brought into the reception? I am hoping to have a custom wedding in 2007 with the reception in the Living Seas and was wondering if I could have the centerpieces shipped from home to disney or do I have to use thier florist?
Also can I use silk flowers for my bouquets and bring those from home?
rather than spend 3000 on flowers in Disney i would rather have an open bar. Thanks

Also has anyone had trouble getting a Wedding Cinsultant to call you back? I realize 2007 and a year away but I would like to get information. I have called daily the past week and no one has called back

 

[KT27]

I am doing my own centerpieces that consist of mirrored tiles, crystal bowls with floating ivory candles, crystal tea light holders & rose petals. The centerpieces ended up costing about $14.00. I am sending all of the centerpiece components to my florist Charming Events along with a photo of how I want them set up, she will set them up at the reception & add the rose petals. She is charging me 1/2 hr which is $50.00 to do this.

 

[faeriegrl]

If you're having an in-park reception, there might be different stipulations than a resort reception.

I used Dream Designs for my personal floral, and Disney for our reception floral. I did purchase a lot of stuff off eBay and Disney just charged me a setup fee and they were really inexpensive!

 

[pixie08]

If you're having an in-park reception, there might be different stipulations than a resort reception.

I used Dream Designs for my personal floral, and Disney for our reception floral. I did purchase a lot of stuff off eBay and Disney just charged me a setup fee and they were really inexpensive!

Yes I think you are right brittany...thing MIGHT be a bit different for epcot receptions.

 

[cryssi]

*butting in on a WDW thread again* lol

I don't know about WDW, but at DL, if you had an in-park reception, the cost of centerpieces was already included in the package price. We provided our own mini snowglobes for the centerpieces, but that didn't reduce the cost. They built our centerpieces around it. Did that make sense? Also, if we had wanted to provide our own candles, they would have had to be approved by the Fire Department, or something like that...

 

[pixie08]

*butting in on a WDW thread again* lol

I don't know about WDW, but at DL, if you had an in-park reception, the cost of centerpieces was already included in the package price. We provided our own mini snowglobes for the centerpieces, but that didn't reduce the cost. They built our centerpieces around it. Did that make sense? Also, if we had wanted to provide our own candles, they would have had to be approved by the Fire Department, or something like that...

Oh that is pretty cool and convinient but it is not that way at WDW ...it would be nice if it were cheaper but do they let you customize?

 

[cryssi]

Oh that is pretty cool and convinient but it is not that way at WDW ...it would be nice if it were cheaper but do they let you customize?

What we did was tell our Entertainment person what we wanted, and that we wanted to incorporate the snowglobes. At our tasting, she came to show us 2 examples of centerpieces, and we picked the one we liked. See, when we bought the snowglobes, we thought we were going to get by cheap...weren't going to have any floral just maybe some tealighs or something, but since we had to use the alloted $100/centerpiece (or something like that), we ended up with floral centerpieces.

 

[UnderTheMistletoe]

*butting in on a WDW thread again* lol

I don't know about WDW, but at DL, if you had an in-park reception, the cost of centerpieces was already included in the package price. We provided our own mini snowglobes for the centerpieces, but that didn't reduce the cost. They built our centerpieces around it. Did that make sense? Also, if we had wanted to provide our own candles, they would have had to be approved by the Fire Department, or something like that...

Disney requires that all candles be self-extinguishing; or, that the flame is covered from my understanding.

 

[twojo21]

yes you can use/bring in your own centerpieces. we are, we bought & diy-ed our centerpieces here. 2 glass bowls with seashells & floating candles inside on either side of a glass mirror with colored stones & the centerpiece theme item in the middle. were bringing them in to the florist when we arrive & paying a small set up fee.

as for your 2007 wedding KJET54 most planning with dftw doesnt really begin until your signed contract at 8 months out. dftw is limited in the info they can give/tell you until then.

 

[happylalagirl]

My understanding is you can bring an outside vendor in for the wedding you just have to pay an outside vendor fee.

 

[KJET54]

Thank you for all the info. I know it is a long way off but it is so exciting

 

[IrishCinderella]

I just spoke to my (new) planner yesterday afternoon, and she said that in-park receptions require that Disney floral is utilized. It's a branding issue for them. My reception is at the American Adventure Rotunda, so I will have to use Disney floral for the centerpieces, etc.; however, since I have a huge wedding party, I will probably use an outside florist for my bouquets, etc.

 

[cheeks605]

I am doing my own centerpieces that consist of mirrored tiles, crystal bowls with floating ivory candles, crystal tea light holders & rose petals. The centerpieces ended up costing about $14.00. I am sending all of the centerpiece components to my florist Charming Events along with a photo of how I want them set up, she will set them up at the reception & add the rose petals. She is charging me 1/2 hr which is $50.00 to do this.

Wow! That's amazing! They are only charging you $50 to set up the centerpieces and add the rose petals? Did you talk to your wp about doing that and they were fine with it?

 

[KT27]

Wow! That's amazing! They are only charging you $50 to set up the centerpieces and add the rose petals? Did you talk to your wp about doing that and they were fine with it?

Actually I was going to have Disney set them up at 1st but Ken Weaver our wedding Planner suggested I contact my florist and see if she would take care of the centerpieces. Emily at Charming Events agreed to do it. Best part is we don't have to lug down all of the centerpiece components. I am shipping them out over the next few weeks, and it allows ample time in case anything gets broken/damage enroute. Emily is going to keep them until our big day!!!

 

[happylalagirl]

So, for a Living Seas reception, can we bring our own centerpieces? I am trying to avoid using disney Floral because we can't really afford it. We are trying to stay at the $10K mark.

 

[KJET54]

It sounds like you can bring your own but you have to pay a set up fee for Disney florist or pay an outside florist to do it. Is this correct?

 

[Codie]

Talk to your caterer and your wp. I brought my own centerpieces and at first they were on my beo as needing to be set up by the florist, but then when i talked to the florist (the set up fee was a bit much) she said that your caterer can set up I think it was 3 things per place setting. Since I didn't have menus, favors, etc., the caterer did it for no charge