Corinna and Graham Vow Renewal Planning Journal

[dolphingirl47]

I was going to wait until I have actually got my vow renewal confirmed with DFTW, but I am getting so excited that I have decided to get started. I figure there is more than enough planning to do over the next 14 months so I might as well get with the programme now.

We are Corinna and Graham. I am 35 and Graham is 51 and we have been married for 12.5 years. I am originally from Germany and Graham is English and we live in Manchester in the north-west of England, UK.

We had originally planned to renew our vows for our 10th anniversary, but somehow never got around to this. The original plan had been to renew our vows at Crystal Cathedral in Graden Grove, California. For me this is one of the most inspirational places I have ever had the fortune to visit. However, I am aware that this means a lot more to me than it does to Graham.
In September 2008, I was lucky enough to attend a vow renewal on board the Disney Wonder for a couple that were on our Cruise Meet thread. This was just completely magical. We both love cruising and particularly cruising with DCL. As far as our favourite ship is concerned, we are a little bit divided in our family. I prefer the Magic, but Graham prefers the Wonder. I am happy to have the vow renewal on his favourite ship though. We will be doing a Mexican Riviera Cruise on the Wonder from October 2nd to 9th 2011. We will be cruising with a great group of people that we cruised with in October last year on the Magic and it will be wonderful to share our special day with them.
We are hoping that we will be able to have the vow renewal on the outside area on deck 7. It would be perfect if we could schedule this for October 6th as this is Graham's birthday, but any date and location is fine by us as long as we are on the Wonder. I will update this as and when I get things done.

Corinna

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Hi
We live in the North West of England too (Cumbria) and we are having a VR at the Swan in May.
Welcome and have fun planning

 

[dolphingirl47]

Hi
We live in the North West of England too (Cumbria) and we are having a VR at the Swan in May.
Welcome and have fun planning

Thanks for the welcome. Are you still dealing with DFTWs or directly with the hotel? If you are dealing with DFTW, do you know what their opening times are? I don't recognize the dialing code.

Corinna

 

[tinkerbell 766]

No sorry I am dealing with JustMarry for my Swan VR. Wish I could help!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

No sorry I am dealing with JustMarry for my Swan VR. Wish I could help!!

Thanks anyway. I hope that you have a wonderful vow renewal.

Corinna

 

[Chilly]

I think they are open office hours Corinna so 9 to 5 ish Florida time.

 

[dolphingirl47]

Well, the big day might still be 14 months away, but I have started to get a few odds and ends. I never did the whole "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" the first time round, but I will definitely this time.

I unearthed the shoes that I wore for my wedding 12.5 years ago and I am determined to wear them for the vow renewal. They are just plain ivory satin ballet flats, but they will do nicely for the "something old".

I managed to find a lovely tiara on Ebay, which I really bought to go with my formal night dress on my upcoming cruise. However, I love it so much that I will wear it for the vow renewal as well:

This will cover the "something blue".

I had a preliminary look at dresses and I have fallen in love with those two:

They are both from Ebay and will be custom made in China. I had two dresses made in China for my next cruise and I absolutely love them. I think I have a slight preference for the second one.

Corinna

 

[dolphingirl47]

I think they are open office hours Corinna so 9 to 5 ish Florida time.

Thanks Claire. I will try to contact them next week.

Corinna

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Wow lovely dresses

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

CORINNA---I stumbled on this thread of yours and glad I did!! I loved cruising with you Oct 2009 and can't wait to celebrate the whole week long with Graham and u for this exciting moment!! Our Mexican Riviera is 411 days away but I am praying it flies by.

I like both dresses but I love the 2nd one as well. Very neat headpiece!! Can't wait to see what custom jewelry you have made too!!! Someday I hope Del and I can do this and hey maybe you will be onboard!!! =) Waiting patiently for more updates....ok you know me I am waiting impatiently!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

CORINNA---I stumbled on this thread of yours and glad I did!! I loved cruising with you Oct 2009 and can't wait to celebrate the whole week long with Graham and u for this exciting moment!! Our Mexican Riviera is 411 days away but I am praying it flies by.

I like both dresses but I love the 2nd one as well. Very neat headpiece!! Can't wait to see what custom jewelry you have made too!!! Someday I hope Del and I can do this and hey maybe you will be onboard!!! =) Waiting patiently for more updates....ok you know me I am waiting impatiently!!

Thanks for coming by. There is not much to report at the moment. I am still playing hide and seek with DFTW. They keep sending me generic emails, but have not otherwise responded to my contact request. I am going to have to bite the bullet and ring them.

Most of the door magnets are taken care of and I love them. I have a three day weekend this week and not much planned so I will upload the graphics to Photobucket then and post them here. We have such talented people on the DIS.

I also commissioned a special Fish Extender for this cruise and can't wait to receive this. I will take a photo and post it here once I got this.

As for custom jewellery, I am not sure how this will work out. My favourite "wire bender" is currently pregnant and is expecting her first baby early next year. She only intends to be on maternity leave from December to March, but you never know how things go. If at all possible, I will commission some jewellery from her as she made me some jewellery for me for just about every significant event in the past 4 years.

Michelle, if you and Del ever have a vow renewal on a cruise, just let me know when and I will move heaven and earth to be there. Maybe our ceremony will act as inspiration for you in the same way as the vow renewal that I attended in 2008 did for me.

Corinna

 

[Chilly]

Yes you really need to ring them to get the ball rolling but you can do it via e-mail after that.

 

[dolphingirl47]

Yes you really need to ring them to get the ball rolling but you can do it via e-mail after that.

I need to give myself a kick and just ring them. It is funny, I earn my money working in a call centre, but I absolutely hate using the phone in my private life.

Corinna

 

[dolphingirl47]

I actually had a little bit of time to spare before heading out to work and decided to upload the fabulous designs that I have for the magnets for the vow renewal cruise. They were all made by Jordak, milliepie, tjbaggott and Scooby3x1y on the Cruise Magnet Thread. My heartfelt thanks goes to them. Their magnets will make this cruise even more special:

Jordak's creations:

milliepie's creation:

tjbaggott's creation:

Scooby3x1y's creations:

Corinna

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

I love all the magnets! Hmmm I am gonna have to find a little something to put on ur door...LOL I am soo excited for you 2! Maybe even more cause I know stories behind it all and it makes everything even more special....I got a new camera for Syd's dance competition(canon rebel slr) and I can't wait to capture some awesome photos for you!! =) Well off to run errands....TTFN Waiting for more update=)

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Very pretty magnets!!
It will be hard to choose which one to use!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

Very pretty magnets!!
It will be hard to choose which one to use!!

I won't have to choose. I get them printed as photos and put them through my Xyron Creative Station, which laminates the front and puts a magnet on the back. Because they are relatively small, they will all fit on and then some. Here are some photos of my door from the Med cruise earlier this year:

Corinna

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Wow very impressive!!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

I had some spare time over the weekend for some "window shopping" on Ebay. I found another dress that I really love:

If this ends up being the one, I would have it done in ivory. I wish I could just go ahead and order one.

I did find something on Ebay that I did order. I had always said before I got married that I would go for ribbons rather than a veil, but then ended up with a veil anyway. This time round, I am definitely going for the ribbons. I think this looks so cute and it was not expensive either.

Corinna

 

[Disney9.9.10]

I love the magnets! You did a really great job making them. The dress is beautiful as well and I think it would look lovely in ivory!