Disney weddings tonight-$70,000!!!!!!

[ScarlettO]

Originally posted by Kismetdreams
Ok...Just to set some things straight...

As for the "orange wedding" on the show, Ann is a very good friends of mine, and I hate to see her trashed when no one really knows how it actually is.

They did not spend even close to $70K for thier wedding, tho it was slightly more then the $20K quoted as average.

It was NOT the "Orange" couple who spent $70,000 for the Over-the-Top wedding, it was the one armed dress couple shown last. I still say that a WDW wedding will cost more (per person) than your local venue....at least Down South. The majority of brides who protest that the cost is the same seem to be from very pricey Northeast locales where EVERYTHING costs more than the average American spends.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Ann, DH and I fell in love with your wedding. It literally has him now thinking of doing a vow renewal at WDW. I thought it was very classy. And how lucky of you to get those upgrades. I wish they would have shown your Illuminations Dessert Buffet though, as that is one of the things DH says is a must. Your cocktail party looked FABULOUS, the Boardwalk looks so pretty at night. We had the pleasure of watching a wedding take place where your cocktail reception was, and I now consider that SUCH A romantic spot.

Thank you for sharing your special day with us!

 

[suzannen]

Ann,
Thanks for sharing your wonderful story. My 9 year-old DD wants to have your wedding!

 

[WDWLVR]

I will definately have to watch again and this time see the whole show. As I said in a very early post I turned it off about 1/2 way through when the focus was mostly on the one couple who paid $70,000. I still think she is a spoiled brat just by the way she acted. Maybe a better term in Bridezilla - they even have a show about them now.

Ann - I didn't get to see your wedding, but the pictures I saw on the links looked great.

I'm not saying everyone who has a Disney wedding is spoiled. Far from it. I do however think the bride in the $70,000 wedding came off as such and would have if the setting was the Plaza in New York or any other location.

 

[RUDisney]

Originally posted by MaryAnnDVC
Is it? (an Italian thing). I'm Italian...we didn't have it, and I never went to a wedding that did. But I'm not sure what you meant by "they also MADE SURE" to have it...is there a problem with that??

This was not a criticism. Many of the Italian-American households in this area have fried peppers, or fried dried peppers every Sunday with their macaroni. "MADE SURE" meant that they didn't miss this detail that would have been a part of every big meal they'd do at home.

I don't get the sad feelings that have been expressed. Each and every one of us has a different idea about what makes a wedding perfect. We all strive to have our vision of perfection at our weddings. For us not being able to say that we didn't like someone's wedding dress, or the way that they presented something, or the menu that they selected is hardly being critical in a bad way... it just isn't our vision of what we'd have done.

Which one of us have gone to weddings where we didn't comment with others who were there about things that we liked and didn't like? Ooh, opinions... how awful! How many of us have never given other family members and friends a commentary about a wedding we attended that they may have missed?

Ann, I thought your wedding looked like a lot of fun. Yep, the quantity of cake on camera was over the top, but I understand now what they did to add so much more to your menu. Very cool theming. The funny thing is that it reminded me of the pink theming in Steel Magnolias or from Trista's wedding... except better because it wasn't the normal, average, pink thing.

 

[Fantasia Sam]

Originally posted by RUDisney
I don't get the sad feelings that have been expressed. Each and every one of us has a different idea about what makes a wedding perfect. We all strive to have our vision of perfection at our weddings. For us not being able to say that we didn't like someone's wedding dress, or the way that they presented something, or the menu that they selected is hardly being critical in a bad way... it just isn't our vision of what we'd have done.

I agree

Originally posted by RUDisney
Which one of us have gone to weddings where we didn't comment with others who were there about things that we liked and didn't like? Ooh, opinions... how awful! How many of us have never given other family members and friends a commentary about a wedding we attended that they may have missed?

I also agree but in those cases the Bride doesn't get to hear them or read about them unlike here.

Originally posted by RUDisney
..... The funny thing is that it reminded me of the pink theming in Steel Magnolias or from Trista's wedding... except better because it wasn't the normal, average, pink thing.

I know that you don't know me or my wedding but it was pink and I didn't know that that was the normal, average thing - see I told you I wasn't thick skinned

 

[RUDisney]

Please, don't be insulted... mine was normal, average, pink, too. I would venture to guess that it is the most popular color for weddings, hence average.

 

[Fantasia Sam]

LOL not insulted just a new bride who seems to be in "wedding sensitive" mode - I'm gonna get over it ............ soon I hope

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

I loved the Steel Magnolia's wedding..BUT!!! I think the Orange was PERFECT for a fall wedding and the little pumpkins ( I think I saw them ) were just right for Cinderella!! Fall colors are my favorite and it was very elegant!

Hi Ann!

 

[Nancy]

Sam...I love your wedding pictures in your signie.


AND your wedding was the most awesome wedding I have ever been to, except for my own of course!

 

[StaceyA]

Originally posted by Nancy
Sam...I love your wedding pictures in your signie.


AND your wedding was the most awesome wedding I have ever been to, except for my own of course!

Sam....why wasn't I invited???

 

[charlie,nj]

I am a guy and I liked the show..(don’t tell the other DIS guys)

First off to the DIS ladies who got married at WDW ..great pictures and stories..thanks for sharing. (especially bubbaloo331’s behind the scenes story)

OK it was time for me to lose my freedom and get hitched…(I held her off for 5 years). Ladies it is amazing how fast those Bride magazines come out right after the engagement ring is slipped on your finger. (what do you do.. start buying them when you are little?) I just wanted to get married in a small church and go to a small restaurant afterwards. My wife’s sister did that but even better she got married in City Hall. (no she didn’t have the reception at a Mickey D’s)

I fought the good fight for a year…I always thought I was winning the fight…but for someone who was winning the war why was I knowingly being dragged to every wedding reception place and every wedding dress (the two sleeve shops only), shoe, invitation, flower, tux, limo store in NJ and NYC. (I had to keep saying to myself ..you are winning..you are in control..your wallet will thank you)

We …err.. I mean she picked a place in NJ for the reception. It is a pretty nice place called The Manor in West Orange. It is featured on the Sopranos a lot. I have no connection to the mob…but my wife does have an uncle who never talks about how he got his right pinky cut off. (hmmmm) Oh BTW we had boxes on our wedding rsvp card that gave the person a chance to pick either chicken or roast beef as a meal. Of course at the actual reception my friends double dipped..(thanks guys that cost me extra $$$ it wasn’t free you know)

I was still against a pricey wedding but I must admit after seeing all of the wedding stuff I started to give in a little. (and maybe it also had a little to do with my soon to be one pinky-ed “in-law” pulling me aside and saying “you better take good care of my niece”) At the Manor planning meeting…I was the one who started to add on the extras. (ok so I went with the good booze)

I started to realize that it was a once in a lifetime event..(for some of us anyway…). I also started to think about how rough my wife had it growing up. Her mother had a debilitating disease for years and years..her father took off and left my wife and her sister to run the household and care for their dying mother.

I saved my money all of my life and I worked my butt off in college and graduate school to get a great job in a great company. I had the money so why not do with it what I wanted to. (sort of what danacara posted..BRING IT ON). My wedding was nowhere near $70,000 but back than it was a little pricey.

The day was great…we got married in my wife’s childhood church. My mothers tenant’s brother who is a priest (who watched me grow up) presided over the ceremony. He stopped saying mass a few years before because of a nerve disorder … I asked him if he would do our wedding. (I will never forget the smile on that man’s face when I asked him)

The reception was fabulous it was a nice August evening..not to hot. We had the cocktail hour in a room that opened on to a big veranda. A three-piece ensemble of musicians played music during the hour.(that farty chamber music type stuff…and you will never guess who requested it…no not my wife…it was her one pinky-ed uncle..to each his own) The main reception went off without a hitch…well except for one of my wife’s in-law’s yelling out..”you call this crap pasta..where’s the cook?

In the long run I am glad I “listened” to my wife (and her one pinky-ed uncle) and went for the nice reception. My friends and family to this day still comment on how nice it was. My kids get a kick out of looking at the pictures …”daddy you were so thin when you got married..what happened?” (nice)

Again to the DIS WDW brides thanks for sharing…

PS – don’t believe the rumors that I secretly want to dress up in one of those gold military costumes and be a ring “boy” at a WDW wedding.

 

[piglet too]

OK, no fair, it took a guy on a wedding thread to make me cry!!! Thank you so much for your thoughtful thread Charlie!! (and my husband won't believe the "ring boy" rumors about you if you don't believe the same ones about him!!)

 

[RUDisney]

Charlie, my parents' favorite wedding reception ever (with the exception of their own and their childrens') was at The Manor. Your wedding must have been wonderful!

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

Originally posted by charlie,nj
Ladies it is amazing how fast those Bride magazines come out right after the engagement ring is slipped on your finger. (what do you do.. start buying them when you are little?)

yes...yes we do!

 

[PatriciaH]

Originally posted by pirateofthecarolinas

Weddings like this employ lots of people and keep our economy going.

Lori

I know I would LOVE to work as a wedding planner at WDW!

 

[PatriciaH]

Originally posted by MelessaG
Ann-
I am glad your wedding was beautiful and sorry we didn't see more of you and Michael in last night's show. From what I saw, it was a very classy affair (loved the orange theme, and the pre-reception). Thank you also for clarifying that it doesn't have to be over-the-top expensive. DH and I were married in a very small ceremony in my parents' living room. It was very nice, but I've always regretted not doing what I truly wanted. To that end, we are doing a vow renewal at Disney for our 10th anniversary and were very excited about it, UNTIL I watched last night's show. I agree that last night's show really had the potential to scare away potential customers. I am one of them. Thanks to your reply, I am now looking forward to our 10th again.

DH and I loved what they showed of your wedding too Ann! He really liked the sushi pre-recpetion. We also had a very small wedding-just family -and Chinese food after! We had a great time but we are thinking of a vow renewal for our 10 year at WDW so we loved the show!

 

[charlie,nj]

piglet - I would do the custome..but not the wig.

ruD - yeah the manor is pretty nice..we try to go back there on our Anniversary every year.

DDnut - I knew it!

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

Originally posted by charlie,nj
piglet - I would do the custome..but not the wig.

aww...come on..wear the wig!!

 

[hmp2z]

I had a dream that one day, everyone making 6 or 7 figures a year decided to use their money to make a difference, instead of spending $35-70K in a 24 hour span on a party to show off for their friends. They donated to charities. They took time off work to be mentors and Big Brothers and Big Sisters. They stopped driving Hummers, because they realized what it was doing to our environment. They stopped buying dogs, and started adopting and saving lives from the pounds.
The weird thing was that, instead of enjoying themselves less, they then began to enjoy themselves MORE. Princess types who once criticized the free food that they were given at their Disney wedding tastings, calling it "Chicken McParm," stopped being so critical. Instead of only worrying about themselves, they began to think about others.
It was a pretty good dream...
Cheers!
Heather W