Wow!!! The whole experience was absolutely great!
Before I start I would like to give a few words of encouragement and advice to future brides ..Disney knows what they are doing!!! I planned my wedding for 16 months and at the 8, 6, 4, and 1 month mark I questioned every decision I had made from where to stay for our free night to the color shirts they guys would be wearing with their tuxedos (I panicked about the shirts two days before delivery). I questioned my reception location, food, and liquor package several times and I am sure I drove my EM nuts!!! There are so many options to choose from that it can be very over whelming. Go with what you feel is right stick with your first instinct and even if you need to cut some things out because you have exceeded your budget, it will be okay Disney knows how to make it work. I did not end up changing anything (I did have to cut some things out) and my wedding turned out to be better than expected. I could not have been happier! And I can not say enough about the wonderful people on this board, you all got me through some pretty indecisive times!!! THANK YOU
Let me introduce the players!!!
The bride .ME ..Jill
DH ..Dave
Best man Jim
Groomsmen .Brian, Dave, Bob
MOH .My sister, Linsay
Bridesmaids .Tricia(BF), Patty, Jenny
RBs . Ryan and Sam
FGs MyKenzie and Abby
My Parents .mom and dad
Daves parents .. Josie and Larry
Rev. Jack
Randy Chapman
Karen my EM
A Magic Moment
Day One ..1:45 PM, 1:46, 1:47 ..
We were all packed and ready to go so I thought! We were supposed to leave the house at 1:45 to get a taxi at BILs house in Providence, RI at 2:30. Dave of course was running 15 minutes behind schedule (as always) which why EVERYTHING I scheduled was with 15 minute leeway I know Daves family well!!! 2:00 PM and he is finally in the car.
Our flight left on time at 4:30 and we got into Orlando at 7:05 25 minutes early. The pilot was not sure if a gate was available and all I wanted to do was get off the plane!!!
We were in luck
a gate opened and we headed for Alamo. We got our car and we were off to the All Star Movies Resort. We check in with Tara who looked at our reservation and said oh you are here for a wedding and I responded yes, ours Tara eyes lit up, she was so excited for us. She took us to get all the tuxedos and when we were walking back to the desk Daves BM Jim came around the corner. Jimmy is a bit on the obnoxious side
.he means well but says what ever he wants whether appropriate or not. He told Tara to have a bottle of champagne sent to the room. At that point I got nervous
really nervous, it was all so real now. I was there for my wedding!!! Tara also comped our refrigerator for us. After we received our keys Jimmy took us for a beer and we met up with his wife and son. I had not eaten all day so that beer went right to my head. 
We then went to our room and started unloading our car. Jimmy took everything in for us
he said he it was his job and he did not want me to break a nail lol.
We were in the Might Ducks building which is a quieter building with a pool.
The Light
Dave unpacking
We were in the room for about 20 minutes and there was a knock on the door. It was Tara and she had a box. She explained that management would not allow her to bring us champagne so she got us something else. It was Mickey and Minnie wedding bobble heads!!!! So sweet!
After Tara left we had to deliver the welcome backs. So off we went to find my parents off site resort. On our way out we saw Magical Express coming in, so we decided to stop at the desk to see if my best friend Tricia and her husband Brian were checking in and yup they were there. So I went running in to say hi and told them that we would be back in an hour to hang out. Jimmy and family went for the ride and we found my parents place with out a problem. We visited with my aunt, uncle, grand parents and parents for awhile, gave them their bags and left to find DHs familys off site resort. Map quest said it was 2 miles away. But Jimmy insisted his little navigation thingy was better than map quest. So 45 minutes later yes I said 45 minutes later
we found the resort. It was literally down the street from my parents. But Jimmy had his little electronic device UPSIDE DOWN!!!!!!! 
Needless to say
I picked on him for the rest of the trip. After we finally found the resort I called Tricia to let her know we got lost and to not wait up for us
it was now midnight! We delivered the welcome bags and tuxs. The boys had a few drinks while I munched on pizza
I had not eaten in 10 hours. I decided to open up one of the tux bags and discovered that it had an ivory vest in it!!! The groomsmen were wearing black vest and yellow ties
Dave was the only one wearing ivory. So I open all the tuxes and they all had ivory vest. I was panicking 
when Jenny said "wait Ryan has two vests". So I sorted through all the bags and sure enough they all had one ivory vest and one black vest. Wwwoooohooooo.
I found out later that the order from the home store was confusing so After Hours put in both vest to be sure. I was so relieved. We then went back to ASMR, unpacked and went to bed!!!
Up next Sea World and the Bachlorette Party!!!
Before I start I would like to give a few words of encouragement and advice to future brides ..Disney knows what they are doing!!! I planned my wedding for 16 months and at the 8, 6, 4, and 1 month mark I questioned every decision I had made from where to stay for our free night to the color shirts they guys would be wearing with their tuxedos (I panicked about the shirts two days before delivery). I questioned my reception location, food, and liquor package several times and I am sure I drove my EM nuts!!! There are so many options to choose from that it can be very over whelming. Go with what you feel is right stick with your first instinct and even if you need to cut some things out because you have exceeded your budget, it will be okay Disney knows how to make it work. I did not end up changing anything (I did have to cut some things out) and my wedding turned out to be better than expected. I could not have been happier! And I can not say enough about the wonderful people on this board, you all got me through some pretty indecisive times!!! THANK YOU
Let me introduce the players!!!
The bride .ME ..Jill
DH ..Dave
Best man Jim
Groomsmen .Brian, Dave, Bob
MOH .My sister, Linsay
Bridesmaids .Tricia(BF), Patty, Jenny
RBs . Ryan and Sam
FGs MyKenzie and Abby
My Parents .mom and dad
Daves parents .. Josie and Larry
Rev. Jack
Randy Chapman
Karen my EM
A Magic Moment
Day One ..1:45 PM, 1:46, 1:47 ..
We were all packed and ready to go so I thought! We were supposed to leave the house at 1:45 to get a taxi at BILs house in Providence, RI at 2:30. Dave of course was running 15 minutes behind schedule (as always) which why EVERYTHING I scheduled was with 15 minute leeway I know Daves family well!!! 2:00 PM and he is finally in the car.
Our flight left on time at 4:30 and we got into Orlando at 7:05 25 minutes early. The pilot was not sure if a gate was available and all I wanted to do was get off the plane!!!
We were in luck
a gate opened and we headed for Alamo. We got our car and we were off to the All Star Movies Resort. We check in with Tara who looked at our reservation and said oh you are here for a wedding and I responded yes, ours Tara eyes lit up, she was so excited for us. She took us to get all the tuxedos and when we were walking back to the desk Daves BM Jim came around the corner. Jimmy is a bit on the obnoxious side
.he means well but says what ever he wants whether appropriate or not. He told Tara to have a bottle of champagne sent to the room. At that point I got nervous
really nervous, it was all so real now. I was there for my wedding!!! Tara also comped our refrigerator for us. After we received our keys Jimmy took us for a beer and we met up with his wife and son. I had not eaten all day so that beer went right to my head. We then went to our room and started unloading our car. Jimmy took everything in for us
he said he it was his job and he did not want me to break a nail lol.We were in the Might Ducks building which is a quieter building with a pool.
The Light
Dave unpacking
We were in the room for about 20 minutes and there was a knock on the door. It was Tara and she had a box. She explained that management would not allow her to bring us champagne so she got us something else. It was Mickey and Minnie wedding bobble heads!!!! So sweet!
After Tara left we had to deliver the welcome backs. So off we went to find my parents off site resort. On our way out we saw Magical Express coming in, so we decided to stop at the desk to see if my best friend Tricia and her husband Brian were checking in and yup they were there. So I went running in to say hi and told them that we would be back in an hour to hang out. Jimmy and family went for the ride and we found my parents place with out a problem. We visited with my aunt, uncle, grand parents and parents for awhile, gave them their bags and left to find DHs familys off site resort. Map quest said it was 2 miles away. But Jimmy insisted his little navigation thingy was better than map quest. So 45 minutes later yes I said 45 minutes later
we found the resort. It was literally down the street from my parents. But Jimmy had his little electronic device UPSIDE DOWN!!!!!!! Needless to say
I picked on him for the rest of the trip. After we finally found the resort I called Tricia to let her know we got lost and to not wait up for us
it was now midnight! We delivered the welcome bags and tuxs. The boys had a few drinks while I munched on pizza
I had not eaten in 10 hours. I decided to open up one of the tux bags and discovered that it had an ivory vest in it!!! The groomsmen were wearing black vest and yellow ties
Dave was the only one wearing ivory. So I open all the tuxes and they all had ivory vest. I was panicking when Jenny said "wait Ryan has two vests". So I sorted through all the bags and sure enough they all had one ivory vest and one black vest. Wwwoooohooooo. I found out later that the order from the home store was confusing so After Hours put in both vest to be sure. I was so relieved. We then went back to ASMR, unpacked and went to bed!!!Up next Sea World and the Bachlorette Party!!!
and I will stay at mod resorts from here on out 
. 
Oh well. We proceeded directly to the Hospitality Center as we needed to sign up for Budweiser Beer School!!!! Come to find out they do not do an actual school with a certificate anymore but a beer tasting. We hung around the Hospitality Center for way too long drinking free beer. 
Then…DH’s family showed up and we hung around drinking free beer even longer. I finally had enough and went off with Tricia and Brian to see the fish!!! We stopped at the horse stalls first to see the Clydesdales. So enormous! 
) to cleans the palate. I was the only female there, so I had to warn Rob that he had a rowdy bunch. They guys tried to get Rob to let them finish off each bottle and he said no. But by the end….they drank it all plus some!!! We went on Kraken and Tricia and I screamed like we were little girls…it was so fun. I got to release a lot of stress on the coaster. We left SW to meet my family for dinner at Portobello’s to celebrate my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary. Dinner was very good but the service was slow. My sister was having a little bit of a fit because DH’s sisters, mom and aunt we waiting for us to meet them for my bachlorette party. 
I was having my first bridezilla moment!! We got lost on the way and finally arrived at 1:30…..so my itinerary was right lol. Now DH’s family was very lost and they did not get there until 2:00. Linsay was great and stayed on the phone with Patty the entire time. Once I got my feet into the soaking bath I calmed down and apologized to everyone for being a bridezilla. That was really my only break down the whole trip. At Magic Nails I was the first done with my pedi…the 3rd to start, first to finish and my toes looked terrible! Everyone else got the leg massage and lotion…I got nothing!!! Hello I am the bride!. The finger nails came out better. But one of my toes was messed up. The girl who did them just picked off the bubbled polish and walked away. She came back few minutes later and told me I was done. I told her that it was unacceptable and to redo it. So she did...with an attitude. Most of the girls redid their nails when we got back the resort. My mani looked nice but the polished bubbled. I would not recommend them at all!
