Disneymoon-June 7th, 2008 Pre-TR

[JenAusty]

Well since we've changed our reservations twice since we booked them and since I booked the dinner reservations..now we have to REDO are reservations becuase we can't fit all of them in since we are going for less days. But I can post and let you know what we were going to do..and if you have any comments or suggestions they would be greatly appreciated..
also..we haven't booked yet- but we are hoping that someone purchases the cirque de soil show for us through disney honeymoon registry.. we will see..

June 9th-Magic Kingdom Day 1
Pinocchio Village Haus for lunch when we arrive
Hoop Dee Do Musical Revue for dinner

June 10th-MGM Studios (Hollywood Studios)
Lunch-Sci-fi Dine In Theater
Dinner-Le Cellier Steakhouse (This is for DF the steak lover.. and last time we didn't get to go)

June 11th-Epcot Day 1
Lunch- undecided- I know we plan on going somewhere in Epcot.. but were hmm.. suggestions? It has to be quickservice to follow our dining plan
Dinner-Coral Reef (Our all time fav. place to eat-its a new tradition)

June 12th-*relax day*-Downtown Disney and Blizzard Beach Day
Lunch- Pop Century foodcourt
Dinner- Ragland Road in Pleasure Island.. we also plan to shop today soo we will already be in downtown disney..

June 13th-Animal Kingdom Day-
Lunch- Animal Kingdom quickservice- suggestions?
Dinner- Biergarten in Epcot (For me.. the german who loves german food )

June 14th-Magic Kingdom Day 2-
Lunch-Planet Hollywood
Dinner-Boma at the AKL

June 15th-Epcot Day 2 and Typoon Lagoon Day-
Lunch-Quick Service.. undecided still suggestions?
Dinner-Restaurant Marrakesh in Epcot

June 16th-Originally the Last Day =( Finish shopping or maybe a park in the morning..)-
Lunch-Pop Century Food Court
Early Dinner-Yak & Yeti at Animal Kingdom

Others we wanted to go to:
San Angel Inn
Pecos Bill Cafe
Columbia Harbour House
Crystal Palace
Sunshine Seasons
Boulangerie Patisserie
Backlot Express
Toy Story Pizza Planet
Flame Tree Barbeque
Fultons Crab House
Wolfgang puck Express
ok I'll stop.. the list will go on forever. If you guys have any suggestions on ways to change things.. food choices.. or ways to add in the "others" for quickservice.. or also the snack.. I know out parks don't always follow the dining but there are places we really wanted to do.. soo we are going to run around like crazy people to do it..

 

[BrittBritt]

You could easily eat at Sunshine Seasons for your Epcot CS and FTBBQ for your AK CS. I know those are two places we're definitely going to try.
I also was interested in the San Angel Inn, but everything I read about it on here scared me away. These people HATE them some SAI!
As for your wedding plans---
Those bridesmaids dresses are beautiful. We used David's Bridal as well. The name 'watermelon' sounds so summery!
That ring of yours is gorgeous! How did your DF know what to get you? You were saying you thought you'd need to get a wedding band custom made. Any ideas so far?

 

[JenAusty]

You could easily eat at Sunshine Seasons for your Epcot CS and FTBBQ for your AK CS. I know those are two places we're definitely going to try.
I also was interested in the San Angel Inn, but everything I read about it on here scared me away. These people HATE them some SAI!
As for your wedding plans---
Those bridesmaids dresses are beautiful. We used David's Bridal as well. The name 'watermelon' sounds so summery!
That ring of yours is gorgeous! How did your DF know what to get you? You were saying you thought you'd need to get a wedding band custom made. Any ideas so far?

Thanks for the ideas. I think I am going to replace them with those restaurants and if we change our mind when we are there- it will be ok because they are quickservice. I am actually pretty disappointed in Davids Bridal. I've heard soo many good things, and you know a lot of people use them so you would think they would have it together- but they don't at all- at least not with my account. They lost all my information except for my name and number. They lost the sizes and the names of my bridesmaids.. I went it for a second fitting with a bridesmaid and they didn't have any information that we even came in before except that my maid of honor purchased her dress and then when one of my bridesmaids came in to order their dress- I'm glad she came in to order it instead of calling because they were going to order her the same dress as the MOH. I was sooo upset. They still don't have on file what dresses are mine. I went in one time and I had to show the lady the dress- thats pathetic. When we were there the first time, the coworker said that they would have akll this information on file.. and they "misplaced" it I guess. But my MOH said she heard bad things about this Davids Bridal.. I didn't.. but then again theres not many places to go to around me for dresses. but I'm not worried anymore- they are all ordered and as long as they come in and are the right color and everything- I'll be done with them.

Thanks I'm glad you like my ring.. I love it Well- My DF and I were together for 5 years.. and we talked about getting married from time to time- and he would ask me what kind of rings I liked.. and I even looked up styles and saved pictures for him. I even saved a picture of a ring almost identical to this one for him. But when it came down to it.. after he asked me- he took me shopping to pick one out .. He said he was to scared to pick it out because he wanted me to really like it, and he was afraid to pick the wrong thing. So he took me.. and I was surprised that I got this because 1. it was almost identical to styles I wanted, 2. I didn't know anything about prices of rings- especially the antique style, and 3. I only got this ring because it was onsale. It was funny really- we were shopping and we stopped at a shoe store to find shows for my DF and we seen a sign on a jewelers store that said- "60-80% off". So we went and checked it out.. but as soon as I walked in the store- I was already let down - because the store was really nice, and the jewelry was beautiful. I was scared to even ask to try one on- just because I didn't want to see the price. Now my DF said that if he had to he would just charge it to a credit card if he had to- but I wouldn't let him. I told him me having a huge ring is not that important. I don't want to have to deal with debt later when we will be planning a honeymoon and stuff. So I told him whatever we could afford was what I was getting. Well of course while looking at the rings, you couldn't see prices (because they hide them) soo I just looked around.. and then a saleman came up to us and asked if we needed help- I said "I'm looking for the antique style-do you have anything?" He said "yes" and he took me the section. I was shocked when I seen this ring- it wasn't huge, but soo beautiful and I figured what the heck I can at least try it one and get the price- I did and the ring was 60% off- and even though it was a little higher than I wanted to pay- DF said "just get it- its what you want". So after browsing for a few mins more nothing else even compared to it- so I got it!! I wore it 3 months before getting it sized.. hehe It was size 7 and my size is 41/2.. hehe I just wore my old ringin front.. until my mom said ok you need to get it sized before you ruin it.. and luckily I found a jeweler that fixed it in 1 day =) My jeweler although it was included in the warranty took 12-15 days... pffff! So that is the story of my ring.. hehe

Lastly, I don't have any ideas yet for the custom made band- but I know that the same store had the band that could go with it- I'm not sure on the price or if I liked it because I didn't really pay attention but we will probably stop in there to check.
Thanks for writing!

 

[Beana9802]

Hi! I am in! Good job with dining!

Beautiful everything!!! I love your ring!!!

 

[JenAusty]

Hi! I am in! Good job with dining!

Beautiful everything!!! I love your ring!!!

Yay another person!!! I like knowing I'm not talking to myself! hehe Thanks for commenting. I'm glad you like the stuff I picked out for the wedding.. it was so hard because I don't knwo what will look good.. I'm just going with my gut!

We have to make a few changes to dining because we are only going for 6 days now .. but its ok I'm just happy we are going cause its been 3 yrs.. I'm surprised I haven't lost it yet. hehe when we figure everything out.. I'm going to repost it!

 

[Beana9802]

Anything you choose will be perfect because it is for you (and your DF, but he probably doesn't care! )

 

[dancin_princess]

congrats on payin off your trip. Its cool that your going to Pop cause thats the resort i work at. However i will be moving out of florida before june so i wont have a chance of running into you here. I'm subscribing to your post to hear how everything turns out. Best of Luck with everything!

 

[ariel2007]

Hey Jen, loving the report so far, its great . I love your and your bf's story, I believe in soul mates too and believe I am one of the lucky people like you to have found mine .

Your bridesmaid and maid of honor dresses are lovely and I love the colours, how many bridesmaids are you having? And your engagement ring is gorgeous, very 'bling' yet elegant at the same time. Your dbf did a really good job choosing that, you must truly be soul mates. Cant wait to hear more about your wedding plans, it all sounds great so far .

Your ADR's sound great too, we have quite a few of the same or have been to some on previous visits. I especially can't wait for Le Cellier, Hoop Dee Do Revue and Yak and Yeti. We have done Sci Fi and Boma before and loved both and really want to try Fulton's but just haven't got the time . I'm glad you like Coral Reef though, I have heard really mixed reports about this and was beginning to worry about our ADR here so its glad to find someone who likes it

Cant wait to hear more xxx

 

[JenAusty]

Anything you choose will be perfect because it is for you (and your DF, but he probably doesn't care! )

Your probably right!

 

[JenAusty]

congrats on payin off your trip. Its cool that your going to Pop cause thats the resort i work at. However i will be moving out of florida before june so i wont have a chance of running into you here. I'm subscribing to your post to hear how everything turns out. Best of Luck with everything!

Yay! I am excited that you work there and you have positive things to say about the resort. We choose it because we wanted to try a new value resort and this was the one that interested us the most and had the most positive responses from people. I will probably have TONS of questions for you as time gets closer.. hehe Is there a certain section we should recommend to stay in? I've never stayed there so I don't know a lot about it.
Why are you moving out of Florida? My DF plans and I after we graduate is to relocate to Florida eventually! Have you always lived in Fl?

Thanks again!

 

[JenAusty]

Hey Jen, loving the report so far, its great . I love your and your bf's story, I believe in soul mates too and believe I am one of the lucky people like you to have found mine .

Your bridesmaid and maid of honor dresses are lovely and I love the colours, how many bridesmaids are you having? And your engagement ring is gorgeous, very 'bling' yet elegant at the same time. Your dbf did a really good job choosing that, you must truly be soul mates. Cant wait to hear more about your wedding plans, it all sounds great so far .

Your ADR's sound great too, we have quite a few of the same or have been to some on previous visits. I especially can't wait for Le Cellier, Hoop Dee Do Revue and Yak and Yeti. We have done Sci Fi and Boma before and loved both and really want to try Fulton's but just haven't got the time . I'm glad you like Coral Reef though, I have heard really mixed reports about this and was beginning to worry about our ADR here so its glad to find someone who likes it

Cant wait to hear more xxx

Yeah- we had a list of like 30 restaurants we wanted to eat at and we had to narrow it down to 8 days, and since our plans have changed and we are only going 6 days- we had to narrow it down farther.. and it was hard. I just tried my hardest to organize things to our new schedule and just look forward to those in the future. I will post the new schedule by this weekend.
Coral Reef is our favorite restaurant. The food is great- I think since its so expensive that people tend to knock it because its a lot and the quantity isn't always a lot. But having the dining plan and it only counts for 1 dining meal.. then it makes it something we don't have to worry about. I would suggest going there at least once.

When are you going?!
Thanks for posting!!

 

[lilpixiebabe101]

Just finished reading your TR. I'm also in the process of trying to plan a trip for Sept (DF first) and then our wedding/disneymoon for May 2009! I understand the stress!

 

[ariel2007]

When are you going?!
Thanks for posting!!

Were going April 28th - May 21st so not long now, I'm so excited

Can't wait to hear about more of your plans

 

[DWGal210]

Hey girl! Thanks for the PM today.

I found your TR, so now I'm going to the beginning to read

 

[JenAusty]

Just finished reading your TR. I'm also in the process of trying to plan a trip for Sept (DF first) and then our wedding/disneymoon for May 2009! I understand the stress!

Yay for Disneymoonsss!! Yeah- we did the "smart" thing- got engaged on Sept 25th 2007 and then decided we wanted to either go to Disney or Ireland.. I know drastic differences. We figured since we only had 8 months to pay and save for the trip- we decided on disney as being the best choice. So..then we didn't actually book it until Jan. and then I just got it paid for last month. (1 month early from the due date- Go ME). So i say we did the "smart" thing because we didn't plan ahead at all.. but we wanted to get married in 2008- and I really wanted a summer wedding.. and June 23rd was our anniversary before, so we wanted to stay with June- little did I know that June is most popular month to get married.. and even though it was 8 months in advance.. we only found 1 church and 1 hall (by cancelation) open for the same day.. ekk. So the church wasn't what we wanted exactly but it works... if I would of done it over though- I would of allowed more time to plan and pay for things.. for my parents sake. Because my DF parents aren't paying for anything and haven't offered to. We told them they had to pay for an alcohol and the rehearsal dinner- and thats it. and DF mom had the nerve to complain when my mom said adult only reception because of the cost of catering.. and she didn't want to pay for a bunch of little kids who won't eat. It had nothing to do with kids being there. I wanted to say "well if you want to pay for all the kids that register to come-then they can come". Ugh.. but anyways.. hopefully everything goes smoothly for you! But all in all- its been fun planning it anyways..

 

[JenAusty]

Hey girl! Thanks for the PM today.

I found your TR, so now I'm going to the beginning to read

Ok I will search you TR! (I am going to reply from our PM) We were thinking about doing the cruise.. but we decided on doing it next time. We are just staying onsite this time! My friend just went to the disney cruise- and she said it was one of her best experiences. This was also her first cruise so she can't compare to others.. but she highly recommended it!

 

[JenAusty]

I just wanted to let you guys know- I will be posting an update on our schedule today.. probably by 4pm!!
Thanks for posting!!

 

[lilpixiebabe101]

Yay for Disneymoonsss!! Yeah- we did the "smart" thing- got engaged on Sept 25th 2007 and then decided we wanted to either go to Disney or Ireland.. I know drastic differences. We figured since we only had 8 months to pay and save for the trip- we decided on disney as being the best choice. So..then we didn't actually book it until Jan. and then I just got it paid for last month. (1 month early from the due date- Go ME). So i say we did the "smart" thing because we didn't plan ahead at all.. but we wanted to get married in 2008- and I really wanted a summer wedding.. and June 23rd was our anniversary before, so we wanted to stay with June- little did I know that June is most popular month to get married.. and even though it was 8 months in advance.. we only found 1 church and 1 hall (by cancelation) open for the same day.. ekk. So the church wasn't what we wanted exactly but it works... if I would of done it over though- I would of allowed more time to plan and pay for things.. for my parents sake. Because my DF parents aren't paying for anything and haven't offered to. We told them they had to pay for an alcohol and the rehearsal dinner- and thats it. and DF mom had the nerve to complain when my mom said adult only reception because of the cost of catering.. and she didn't want to pay for a bunch of little kids who won't eat. It had nothing to do with kids being there. I wanted to say "well if you want to pay for all the kids that register to come-then they can come". Ugh.. but anyways.. hopefully everything goes smoothly for you! But all in all- its been fun planning it anyways..

We wanted to get married in '08 too, BUT my mom won't even accept DF as my boyfriend much less as my DF or DH. So needless to say we have pushed it back a year in hopes that she will come around. If not, my dad said he would pay for my wedding and she can suck it up. We talked about going on an Alaskan cruise for our honeymoon, but I talked DF into the Newlywed Mouse Ears yay!

 

[JenAusty]

We wanted to get married in '08 too, BUT my mom won't even accept DF as my boyfriend much less as my DF or DH. So needless to say we have pushed it back a year in hopes that she will come around. If not, my dad said he would pay for my wedding and she can suck it up. We talked about going on an Alaskan cruise for our honeymoon, but I talked DF into the Newlywed Mouse Ears yay!

yeah- I want those ears too!! hehe I put them on my disney honeymoon registry! hehe
Good luck with your mom.. hopefully she will come around. I'm glad that my parents like my DF and his parents like me (I think they like me more than him) hehe but good luck anyways!

 

[lilpixiebabe101]

yeah- I want those ears too!! hehe I put them on my disney honeymoon registry! hehe
Good luck with your mom.. hopefully she will come around. I'm glad that my parents like my DF and his parents like me (I think they like me more than him) hehe but good luck anyways!

Yeah, you'd think after almost 6 years she'd have come around. I might have to put them on my registry too. hmmm....
His family always tells me that if we every leave each other, they'll keep me around instead of him. I love them!