Now I really might have to buy one...I'm still not sure how it works, but now I'm even more interested to find out! 
Yay, I hope it works out and you can rent points! POR is beautiful, and I think you would really enjoy your Disneymoon there, but if you can go deluxe, why not?
You can get discounts on alcohol with the TiW card??
A DVC stay is sounding very nice! I hope that all works out.
I'm so happy everyone has joined it for this journey to my wedding day!Can you all believe it's already November?! Where does the time go???
Soon, it will be Thanksgiving with Christmas right around the corner...I have a busy November coming up...this weekend is my cousin's baby shower. November 16th is my brother's 22nd birthday and then, November 20th is a different cousin's baby shower and a different different cousin's going away party lol She's moving to South Carolina with her boyfriend! The 22nd is Chris' 27th birthday (old man) with Thanksgiving just two days behind that. That mixed with student teaching, school and work...I'm exhausted just thinking about it all!
Anyway, let me give a little update here. As you all know, our current plan was to stay at POR for this trip. I was originally hoping for free dining, which seemed like a good bet if Disney released the same discounts next year as they did for this year. Well, I began thinking more and realized that with our APs we can get the Tables in Wonderland card for 20% off meals and alcohol...the more I thought about it, the more I realized NOT doing the dining plan and just taking advantage of a great AP room only rate would probably be a better idea! We'd get the discount on the food and wouldn't be restricted to what the dining plan says we have to get (like the desserts we never eat half the time!) Of course, like any good DISer, my wheels kept turning now. If we didn't need to rely on free dining, I started to wonder how many DVC points we would need to stay deluxe this trip...I have a good friend who has been asking us if we wanted to rent from her. At first we figured no...but yesterday at work I ran some numbers and realized that at the price she'll rent them to us for, we can stay at almost ALL of the DVC resorts for cheaper or just slightly more than we'd pay at PORI quickly emailed my friend...it looks like this will be a great possiblity for us!! I'm not going to say exactly what we're hoping for right now because I want to finish talking it over with my friend...we're meeting for dinner with her and her daughter next week! So, my dear DIS friends, I'm going to keep you in suspense until then...
I had a few requests to post more of my engagement pictures from the Poly...if you're friends with me on FB or had started reading the now defunct June 2011 TR, you may have seen these already. But, for anyone interested, here's some more of our engagement pictures from a private shoot we did in June.
We did out shoot at 8:30am and got about 60 shots taken. We received them all on a disc with all the rights to them by 5:00 that night. At the time, the cost of the shoot was $100 but I've since heard that they increased it to $150. Still, I think it was worth it unless you know a good photographer who can give you a better deal near you, which we don't. We were happy with so many of the shots. The only thing I found lacking a little in the photographer we have was some of the poses he had use do were super awkward looking or feeling. I may be wrong on this but I don't believe that Disney photographers are professionally trained...again, I'm not sure that's a fact but it's my belief. So, I think that's why some of the posing wasn't perfect. I didn't post the awkward pics, btw lol
Anyway, I hope everyone is enjoying their week! Stay tuned for more!
Wow! That's exciting! I hope the DVC rental works out for you!! I'm with you could never pass up on DVC!! Especially since it's your DISNEYMOON
Here for all the wedding and Disneymoon fun!!!
Yayy I'm glad you started your PJ/PTR!
A DVC stay sounds so nice!
We never have and the honeymoon is the perfect opportunity!
Hello there! I was also a "Long Island bride," grew up there and just got married this past September, though I'm living in PA now. Looking forward to seeing your plans! We also stayed at POR for the honeymoon and loved it, it was beautiful, but I totally understand wanting to stay deluxe too
Your engagement pictures are beautiful!
I'm soooooo incredibly excited!! Here's the quick story...friends of ours that own were willing to rent us the points where we'd have to book at BLT at 11 months out (where they own) and then switch. We'd get to stay our 11 nights like we planned but then I talked to Chris and he said he would want to stay an extra night. So, if we were able to switch at 7 months (we were hoping for the Boardwalk Villas!) then we'd be able to add the extra night because it's much less points to stay at BWV. About 3 days later I run into another friend...she basically begs me to use some of her 200 and something points because she's going on a long cruise next year and won't be able to go to WDW...she texts me later in the day and tells me she will book any DVC resort for me...for $1200...I nearly fell off my chair! 12 nights in a deluxe villa for $1200...so of course I'm going to go with her offer! She'll be booking us at Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa at our 11 month date (I believe the Tuesday after Thanksgiving) and then at 7 months we're going to try and switch to the Boardwalk again. I'd rather stay at the Beach Club than the Boardwalk though, so I'll have to talk to her about that since 12 nights at SSR is less points than BCV so she might want more money. Either way, we're staying deluxe 
