I am so sorry guys, I have been so busy at work with my new promotion and by the time i get home and spend time with my husband, i am exhausted. I havent forgotten about you!
So here we go.........
The alarm goes off at 3:30 a.m. the next morning, because we had to meet our photographer in the lobby of the hotel at 5:00 a.m. I dont know if it was the fact that we had only had 3 hours of sleep, or what, but somehow when that alarm went off at 3:30 it got turned off....completely. Somehow, by the magic of Mickey, Doug woke up around 4:15 and JUMPED out of bed. Yelling, OMG, OMG, we are late!
So I rush to do my hair and makeup to somewhat resemble that day before and slip my dress on, while Doug is getting dressed. We end up in the lobby at 4:55.....I was so proud.
We wait..........
and wait..........
and wait........
at this point it is 5:15.......our photgrapher was supposed to pick us up at 5:00. So Doug goes inside to the concierge to see if they have a number to call DPS and get an answer as to why we are standing outside at 5:15 a.m. in wedding attire looking like a stranded newlywed couple. The concierge calls DPS.....and guess what?......they are closed.....seriously at 5:00 a.m.?
So they call an emergency number and get no answer, but leave a v-mail.
Doug comes back outside to wait with me.
No mind you, while i am waiting there is a
DCL bus loading people and I am alone in a wedding dress at 5:15 a.m.........I felt like a moron. People were staring and looking all confused.
5:25: We see these headlights BARRELING towards us, it was like a crazy van all out of control. And guess who it is? Our photographer.
He apologizes and says we NEVER do these at 5:00 a.m. I dont know why they scheduled this time for you. I say, " I requested this time because i wanted all of our pictures to look like nightime and Rosie suggested that this was the best time to guarantee that."
Photographer: Well Rosie is not the one out here taking pictures, she doesnt know what time it gets light outside......all I am thinking at this point is lets just get these D**n pictures so I can go back to bed....lol
Are Disney photgraphers god? Because this one thought he was and he acted as if traffic laws did not apply to him......somehow we make it to MK alive....
One bonus and probably the one saving grace about doing this photo shoot was seeing all the behind the scenes, we saw the backs of POTC, Splash Mountain, all the parade floats in there "beds", the water pageant floats, and much more "magic" and then out of nowhere we are being driven down mainstreet USA.....some of the things I saw were not magical though, and honestly i wish I would have never seen. Because the rest of the week all i could think of was what was going on in the MK at night while I slept.....it is not a fairytale, let me just say that....lol
We arrive.
We drive up to the Walt and Mickey statue and he begins yelling commands to us. Not friendly, not happy, he was a man who was mad he had to get out of bed that morning, and he was determined to prove that to us.
Look at me, look at eachother, kiss......repeat.....repeat....repeat. These are the ONLY poses we have, nothing romantic, candid, or fun. Look at me, look at eachother...kiss
This is now a rolling joke with me and Doug.....it was awful.
$800.00...........never again.
After the MK shoot we return to our hotel, to shower and change because we have to meet the next photographer at 9:30 at the International Gateway for our honeymoon shoot "around the world".
At this point we are actually considering canceeling it because we are so disappointed with DPS. Now I must say I haebv seen DPS photos before. BEAUTIFUL photos.........but we were not that lucky.
We get to Epcot and a very nice gentleman is waiting for us.....wonderfully nice, but I was seriously concerned about him getting around Epcot and leaving healthy....he was like 75 or 80.......no joke. He was so nice to us though, and we told him a little about our earlier experience and he was baffled. He asked us what we wanted that we didnt get ealrier, and he gave it to us. Lots of candids, fun shot, playful shots, and cute stuff. But the pictres were not flattering, so bad that i am not even willing to post them. That is not necessarily the photogs fault though, in order to get the shots we wanted we were exposed to direct sunlight most of the time so we are squinting badly, and I picked a BAD choice of outfit.
Once that shoot was over we left our photog in Mexico, and went about our way.......kinda..........my feet were BLEEDING from the "cute" sandals I had to have!
Bleeding........I am in tears I can not walk and we have to walk to the front of Epcot from Mexico to get back to our hotel.....We took a break and got a cheese danish from a cart along the way and took about 5 breaks after that...it was horrible. When DPS tells you to wear comfy shoes.....LISTEN TO THEM!
We FINALLY get back to the room at this point we have been up for 6 hours on three hours sleep and it is only 10:30 a.m. Needless to say we get back to the room and CRASH......we slept until about 3:30. We had to be at MK at 5:00 p.m., but Doug couldnt understand what the rush was for.......our ressies at CTR werent until 6:30..........
but I had some magic up my sleeve........
up next........
The Vacation OFFICIALLY starts, I make my husband cry......and GOAL.....
I would love to talk more but this day has been one from hell-- shanes car caught on fire as well as the side of the house-- yayaya-- check out the off topic thread. Anyways-- you are one of the most beautiful brides ive ever seen in my life-- love your flowers, love your hair, doug looks great-- cant wait to see more photos! Ill look at randys tonight!!
I'm glad you didnt let it ruin your day! Cant wait to hear the rest of the story!
Doug and I were gawking at your photos last night! Unreal.
I cannot believe the photographer was late and then so rude to you 
It sounds like you had the same photographer that Tiffany (ForKeeps) had. Did the pics turn out ok though? That's awful that your honeymoon shoot pics didn't turn out nicely either! Your wedding day pics from Randy are absolutely beautiful though 
I am glad you have some lovely pictures from your wedding!
I cannot wait to hear about your GOAL surprise!
