December 11th 2006

[Doodles13]

Did anyone else here get married at the Wedding Pavillion on December 11th?
There were 6 seta of names on the boards and just wanted to know if any of the other couples felt they were rushed with their reception?

 

[Cinderella Fan]

I know Diane and her DH did, but I am unsure of their last names... She will be back tomorrow. So you can ask her then...

 

[friendofgusgus]

Okay, I am also a 12/11/06 Wedding Pavilion bride and I was not rushed through my reception - in fact, I shudder to think that perhaps we are the reason for anyone else's delay.

We were not ushered off the terrace but were given a time to leave by - we did exceed it and were surprised that no one had come to remove us. (In our case, that would have been a help!) Our time to depart was fairly close to the time we arrived, but we had the coach and that does slow things up a bit since the ponies are slower than the limo!

We had most of our problems in the planning stages but they lasted right until the morning of the wedding.

I'm not sure how much of this it's best to discuss on a public forum, but if other brides would like to share, feel free to PM me!

Jennifer

 

[Laurafoster]

Not sure but i think Diane and her DH were a Custom wedding at the living seas?

Sorry to hear that you felt rushed!

 

[friendofgusgus]

I still wouldn't say that we were rushed, maybe, but I was kind of unhappy with the way the cake cutting went.

We walked through the doors to the terrace and were immediately led around to the back of the cake table - I NEVER saw my cake from the front and have now only seen it in pictures. Once my pro pics come in, I'll finally be able to see the cake I spent so much time worrying about. That was a disappointment to me.

We cut, fed, kissed and then were led immediately into our first dance and then our parents dance with no time to even think in between. It was only after these things were done that I got a chance to even say hello or kiss anyone. Now I know that this happens a lot to wedding couples, regardless of their location, but it did seem like we were just part of a script they were following, and not in any way special, and that was kind of stinky.

Bob did not even get a piece of cake at all - and since it wasn't put in a fridge in our room, he didn't get to eat it later, either.

My biggest complaint of our day - and trust me, there were many - was that I really felt like a customer at any wedding "mill" anywhere. There really wasn't anything too magical about it - there was a bunch of staff (trust me, they weren't cast members - that would have required acting happy for us!) doing what they do every day, several times a day, as if ours was just another wedding. And maybe it was - for THEM. But it was my one and only, and even if it wasn't special for them, they should have at least tried to act as if it was. If they can't do that, they really need to be moved to another department - maybe one without public contact - especially brides!

Our pictures clearly show them looking bored or annoyed behind us as we're dancing - and if they couldn't do any better than those looks on their faces, they could have at least gotten out of the way of the camera. Now I'll have photographic evidence forever of just how much they didn't care about what was happening that morning.

I'm so glad to be married to Bob and that made the day wonderful and special but I am really finding that a lot of the Disney magic is gone for me since that day, and that makes me really sad.

Jennifer

 

[Doodles13]

I know exactly what you mean! After the Wedding Pavillion the whole thing was over in a flash. Tony and I had to wait outside the terrace for 10 mins waiting for the cake to come up. I made a comment to the wedding co-ordinator that I was going to go and look around the gift shop!
We had to be out by a certain time too so didn't give us a lot of time to have pictures and eat cake!
We only had 1 mouthful of the champagen each and then never see the rest. After our first dance (Which was not to the songs we requested) we sat down to open cards for 2 seconds and then we were presented with our certificate followed by being taken to have photo's done on the beach and around the hotel. We spent a grand total of 10 mins on the commanders terrace with my parents.

On top of this we have been charged for an extra hour with the limo when it picked Tony up early. Plus the driver left the car and went looking for me when I was making my way to the car as we were told the driver will not leave the Limo!

Only a few slices of our cake was eaten too as we left at 3am for St Lucia the next morning! The hotel in St Lucia made up for Disney's lack of special treatment. The Honeymoon was great!

Disney did not make my day special at all!

 

[Funniebunny]

I'm so sorry you felt that way. I hope you still had a wonderful wedding and I'm thrilled that the honeymoon in St Lucia was fantastic

 

[Doodles13]

Hi Emma (Funniebunny)

The Ceramony at the Pavillion was great. I wouldn't change that for the world. I was just disapointed by the reception part and that Disney did not keep the magic alive.

As soon as I have the photo's from the Photographer I will post some.

Emma

 

[Icats]

Sorry to hear the magic was lost for some of you during the reception.

We were the 4:00 wedding that day. The reception went by fast, but we didn't feel rushed. We also had to wait a few minutes for our cake. Then we were announced and led around to the back of the cake. We did the toast and cake cutting. We skipped the dance because it's not really our thing. We also opted to save the cake for our dinner reception at Shades of Green. So, even with the photographer taking us downstairs to take some pictures, we had plenty of time to mingle and drink a couple glasses of champagne. And, I hate to admit, I was so caught up in the moment that I really didn't notice the cast members.

It sounds like we went through the same motions as everybody else. But, that's exactly how our coordinator told us it would go. It really didn't make the day any less magical for us.