Help! Questions!!

[DisneyB2B]

Hi Guys!

I am new to the the forum and was wondering if you could all give me a little bit of help please? I am from the uk and we have booked our Disney Wedding at the Yacht Club for April next year. My travel agent did not really supply me with a lot of information but after me constantly asking for someone to speak to about all the planning she gave me my wedding coordinators email address.

My wedding coordinator failed to tell me the other day that he is now no longer our coordinator and has passed us over to someelse (who my I add has been quite good up until now).

The thing is we where wondering the following questions:

Our reception is set for 2:30 pm at the Yacht Club. We have 10 guests attending so 12 pple inc Bride and Groom.

1. We would like to know how long the wedding, cake and champagne photos will take?

2. Where would be best to eat I have been looking around but having not been to Disney since I was a little girl now I do not know where would be best.

I quite liked the look of the Commanders Terrace. Where is this located and would they let someone with an intermate wedding book this and for around 5 o'clock?

I have asked these questions to our coordinators but they dont seem to be able to give me a straight answer

thanks in advance!

 

[BrideToBe82]

Sorry I can't really help you out (I'm getting married @ Disneyland) but I just wanted to say CONGRATS and I hope things work out for you! Others on this forum will have more info for you.

 

[DisneyB2B]

Hi!

Thanks, Congrats to you also! I have never been to DisneyLand before hope you have a great day anyway! Would love to check out your pictures after the happy day not long left now for you!

 

[karentan]

hiya
photos and cake and champagne can take as short or as long as you like. normal times including cake cutting and dances are around 1 hour to an hour and a half.
commanders terrace cant really be booked, its the cake reception place for people getting married at the wedding pavilion. its open to the public the rest of the time. its at the grand floridian. overlooks the swimming pool and the lake.
there are lots of options for places to eat after dinner. the only limitation you have is that if you want to keep your dress on for dinner, you cant go into any of the theme parks. theres plenty of threads on dinner locations if you do a search. depending on ages of your wedding party there are lots of options. victoria and alberts is the very posh place at the grand floridian. lots of couples have chosen buffets as a cheaper and more plentiful option. the most popular places are ohanas at the polynesian and 1900 park fare at the grand floridian. we had our meal at chef mickeys! california grill at the comtemporary is a popular option. you have a whole load of choices!
hope this had been of some help, if you have any other questions, feel free to PM me (as a fellow UK intimate bride, ive been there and done it!!)
karen

 

[DisneyB2B]

Hi Karen!

Thanks for that! Sorry for all the questions but I feel that I am totally in the dark with the wedding plans tbh. Nobody has really given me any specific details. Anyway!

So just wanted to know if I have this right or not.

We have the wedding ceremony then straight into the cutting of the cake, champagne toast and the pics? Where do we have our first dance ? will it be right there at the Gazebo with someone playing a violin? or will they take us to another room in the Yacht club and have the toasts and dance there as we are both very shy and at the Yacht club you have quite a lot of pple passing by and watching from their balcony?

Oh dear

 

[Laurafoster]

Hi!!

Not sure about the ceremony stuff as im having a custom wedding. But for the meal, how about the Yachtsman steakhouse in the yachtclub, the food is lovely and there is a private room where you can have dinner with your guests, they will let you personalise the menu etc!

 

[georgiajaimie]

It looks as though you have had similar problems to us. We booked with First Choice who's wedding team didn't have a clue and our original co-ordinator left and I found this out from a fellow DISer. We now have Amy who is fab and responds to our emails in record time considering the time difference.
We are having an intimate at the wedding pavillion followed by cake and champagne at the grand floridian. We have booked tables at cinderellas royal table for our evening meal.

 

[karentan]

It looks as though you have had similar problems to us. We booked with First Choice who's wedding team didn't have a clue and our original co-ordinator left and I found this out from a fellow DISer. We now have Amy who is fab and responds to our emails in record time considering the time difference.
We are having an intimate at the wedding pavillion followed by cake and champagne at the grand floridian. We have booked tables at cinderellas royal table for our evening meal.

dont forget you cant wear your dress in the parks so you'll have to get changed first

 

[karentan]

Hi Karen!

Thanks for that! Sorry for all the questions but I feel that I am totally in the dark with the wedding plans tbh. Nobody has really given me any specific details. Anyway!

So just wanted to know if I have this right or not.

We have the wedding ceremony then straight into the cutting of the cake, champagne toast and the pics? Where do we have our first dance ? will it be right there at the Gazebo with someone playing a violin? or will they take us to another room in the Yacht club and have the toasts and dance there as we are both very shy and at the Yacht club you have quite a lot of pple passing by and watching from their balcony?

Oh dear

the first dance is normally where the cake is served. so you will be out in the open. it may be under the gazebo so you may get a bit more privacy. the cake and champagne is straight after the wedding itself.

 

[DisneyB2B]

It looks as though you have had similar problems to us. We booked with First Choice who's wedding team didn't have a clue and our original co-ordinator left and I found this out from a fellow DISer. We now have Amy who is fab and responds to our emails in record time considering the time difference.
We are having an intimate at the wedding pavillion followed by cake and champagne at the grand floridian. We have booked tables at cinderellas royal table for our evening meal.

SNAP!!!

Let me guess your original coordinator was called Matthew? He didn't let us know about the change and I received an out of office reply refering us to Amy LMAO!!

Well Frist Choice will now be my last choice for any future bookings!

They are rediculous arent they, can I ask did you receive a wedding extras pack or any?

Nicci

 

[karentan]

SNAP!!!

Let me guess your original coordinator was called Matthew? He didn't let us know about the change and I received an out of office reply refering us to Amy LMAO!!

Well Frist Choice will now be my last choice for any future bookings!

They are rediculous arent they, can I ask did you receive a wedding extras pack or any?

Nicci

virgin weddings are worse!!!

 

[DisneyB2B]

I can't believe we trust these people to orgainise our weddings and they don't feel the need to supply us with any detail or information about the day. I mean I am sure that on their happy day they didn't just turn up and expect everything to fall into place!

It really makes me laugh how these companies make any money or ever get any recommendations.

I do think to myself at times what am I paying First Choice for??

 

[karentan]

in matthew's defense though, we had him for our day and he sorted out all the problems that virgin weddings had caused me, he is a very nice guy. think theres things going on in DFTW that means people are being shifted around. some custom brides have been shifted from person to person too.

 

[DisneyB2B]

No to be fair it wasn't Matthew I was making the dig at, it was First Choice. He was quite helpful when I asked him questions. I suppose I have been more annoyed with the fact we didnt receive any details out the whole wedding.

I was totally in the dark and having paid a lot of money wasn't told anything.

 

[georgiajaimie]

No to be fair it wasn't Matthew I was making the dig at, it was First Choice. He was quite helpful when I asked him questions. I suppose I have been more annoyed with the fact we didnt receive any details out the whole wedding.

I was totally in the dark and having paid a lot of money wasn't told anything.

Matthew was good just not as efficiant as Amy. Our pack initially was First Choice extras. We had to really badger them to get our planning pack and when we did get it, it was a rather poor photocopy. I now deal direct with Amy. The holiday team has been brilliant though.

 

[DisneyB2B]

We received out planning pack last week for the first time ever from Amy in one of her first emails she sent we booked our wedding in March 2006 so we have waited 6 months to get this. So I am really happy with Amy at the moment and feel she is providing me the information I need.

 

[Funniebunny]

Hi, just a quick question. When you book a Disney wedding through a holiday company like Virgin/First Choice do you still get assigned a Disney Wedding co-ordinator?

 

[DisneyB2B]

Hi!

The main reason I was assigned was because I complained that I hadn't heard from them and wanted to know the extras that where available to me etc.. They couldn't even tell me what day the wedding was on so after speaking to the manager of the store I eventually got Matthews name and told to contact him as he would be able to help answer my questions.

HTH

Nicci

 

[georgiajaimie]

Hi!

The main reason I was assigned was because I complained that I hadn't heard from them and wanted to know the extras that where available to me etc.. They couldn't even tell me what day the wedding was on so after speaking to the manager of the store I eventually got Matthews name and told to contact him as he would be able to help answer my questions.

HTH

Nicci

Our story was the same.