First Phone Call & Contract Information

[Wazzo]

Hello everyone!

I was wondering if someone could give me the rundown on what I need to know in order to make that important phone call to DFTW. In order to book and have them get on the contract ASAP, what info will they need to know immediately?

Also, how do they send the contract? By regular mail?

TIA!!

 

[tinkerlisa]

I was wondering the same thing! Wazzo, when are you looking to get married?
I have to wait only a few more days before I can call!!!

 

[Wazzo]

I was wondering the same thing! Wazzo, when are you looking to get married?
I have to wait only a few more days before I can call!!!

Possibly next summer... so we're past the date I can call!

Good luck with your choices!!

 

[lurkyloo]

A lot of it can be done by email. I believe we even emailed our signed contract (I used a scanner that turns things into PDFs) and then followed up by mailing the original with our deposit check.

What you need on the first call are names, dates, locations and times. What you need in order to get a contract is a filled in room block and two G's for the deposit

Start thinking now about what resorts you want to include and how you want to allocate the minimum number of nights you must guarantee.

Here are the requirements, based on estimated guest count:

1-40 guests: 25 or more room nights
41-75 guests: 50 or more room nights
76 or more guests: 75 or more room nights

I can send you a sample to practice with, if you like. Yours will have the correct prices for the rooms based on what season your wedding will be in. When we booked, we were told Pop Century can't be blocked, but this may have changed.

If you plan to (or are required to) provide transportation, I suggest selecting no more than 2 resorts for the block or else you'll be paying for hours of pickups and your guests will be on the bus(es) a loooong time. However, you're allowed to block up to 4. We did this so we could use our own room block discount on our honeymoon, but I wish there'd been a way to keep the guests from knowing it was in our block

Just let your Wedding Consultant (the sales manager) know that you need to expedite the contract process. They have planned entire Wishes weddings inside of a month, so this should be no problem.

 

[Wazzo]

A lot of it can be done by email. I believe we even emailed our signed contract (I used a scanner that turns things into PDFs) and then followed up by mailing the original with our deposit check.

Should I ask for the contract to be emailed to me rather than mailed?

What you need on the first call are names, dates, locations and times. What you need in order to get a contract is a filled in room block and two G's for the deposit

Do you mean times for when I want things to happen? Like ceremony, reception, dessert party etc?

Is a cheque the only option for Wishes weddings?

Start thinking now about what resorts you want to include and how you want to allocate the minimum number of nights you must guarantee.
I can send you a sample to practice with, if you like.

Does it look like this one? http://www.magicalkingdoms.com/ftw/wdw/roomblock.html

If you plan to (or are required to) provide transportation, I suggest selecting no more than 2 resorts for the block or else you'll be paying for hours of pickups and your guests will be on the bus(es) a loooong time. However, you're allowed to block up to 4. We did this so we could use our own room block discount on our honeymoon, but I wish there'd been a way to keep the guests from knowing it was in our block

Do you know in what cases you would be REQUIRED to provide transportation?

Just let your Wedding Consultant (the sales manager) know that you need to expedite the contract process. They have planned entire Wishes weddings inside of a month, so this should be no problem.

Should I tell them I need to do it fast so that I can beat their new enforcement of the photo policy? Or will that make them mad?


Oh, and Carrie, you're the best!!!!!!!!!!

 

[lurkyloo]

Should I ask for the contract to be emailed to me rather than mailed?

You probably won't have to - it seems like almost everything is done by email these days. But you could tell them you want it emailed, just to be sure.

Do you mean times for when I want things to happen? Like ceremony, reception, dessert party etc?

Just ceremony and reception at first. Like whether you want a morning ceremony or an evening one, and when you want your reception to start (since prices go up after 2pm). That way they can see if the venues are open on the days you want at the times you want.

Is a cheque the only option for Wishes weddings?

Check or money order or wire transfer. You can make subsequent payments with a credit card.

Does it look like this one? http://www.magicalkingdoms.com/ftw/wdw/roomblock.html

N....oooo, mine is much scarier!

Do you know in what cases you would be REQUIRED to provide transportation?

Any time you do an event inside a park, with the possible exception of a dessert party in Epcot, but even then it depends on which venue you're using.

Should I tell them I need to do it fast so that I can beat their new enforcement of the photo policy? Or will that make them mad?

I think you should tell them so they know exactly what your deadline is, and that it's not just that you are impatient or Type A or something. They won't care - the photo policy wasn't their idea.

 

[Wazzo]

Thanks again Carrie!

I kept my last post public so that tinkerlisa could see the answers too!! But I'll PM you for the scarier version of the room block!

Thanks again!

 

[tinkerlisa]

Thanks Wazzo for keeping it public! I am just glad my wedding sounds like it is going to be much simpler since now it looks like it will just be me my hubby to be, our 3 kids, and my mom, sister and aunt. My hubby to be's family probably won't be able to go now. One sister can't afford and the other just lost her job! But it isn't going to stop me from getting married!!! I waited to long for this:7 years!
Thanks Lurky for your help too! You are such a big help!!!!!!

 

[DISNEY*lover]

I'm stressing out over this room block issue.

What if these rooms don't get used? Do we have to pay for them?

 

[lurkyloo]

Don't stress about the room block. First of all, it's 25 room NIGHTS, not 25 rooms. If five people stay five nights, you are covered.

Secondly, if you are really having trouble filling those nights, you can give up the free room night they give the bride & groom and reduce the number of nights you must fill to below 25 (maybe even as low as 10).

Also, if anyone on these boards is going to WDW at the same time you are, they can add their reservation numbers to your block to help you fill in the gaps. You could just post that you have rooms available in your block, and DISers will help you out.

Worst case, you will have to pay for, say, 10 nights at the price of the cheapest hotel in your block, BUT I have never ever heard of anyone having to do that.

 

[HopefulDisneyBride]

Thanks lurky loo! I was worried about the room blocks too, but I feel much better after reading your post!