How soon to contact Disney?

[PinkSleepingBeauty]

Hey, firstly, thanks so much to all the information and tips you guys come up with on here! You are all SO helpful! ... Might seem a bit of a silly question but.... if i'm planning a wedding for September/October 2011, how soon do i contact Disney? Also, we're planning our next holiday to Orlando for this September/October and would love to arrange a visit to the Wedding Studio (we're from the UK). We are planning a Wishes Wedding so will this be possible? How soon would we need to get in contact with them? Thanks again!! xxx

 

[Bethany66]

Wishes you can actual set contract 12 months out.
Escape you can set contract 8 months out, to the day.

You can get "pencilled in" 12 months out for Escapes.

If you are pencilled in for a location & time and someone else wants that also you will go into a lottery. So be prepared to be flexible on dates, locations & times, especially if it is a busy time of year.

We're planning a 10-10-10 wedding and are in a lottery. Therefore we have several back up plans to pass onto our planner if we don't when our lottery location.

Hope this helps. There should be alot of other responses coming, I am sure!
Congrats!!

 

[Chilly]

I would ring 18 months before hand.

 

[sambycat]

i wasn't sure if we would fall in escape or wishes territory. i made a phone call and put my name on the website email in december and we are planning for a january 2011 wedding. i heard back from someone early january. i will say this - some infor says they book 12 months out for wishes, but deposits etc... aren't in for a bit after that, so we are "pencilled" in (and it is just under a year till our date) but i haven't made a deposit (though i have asked) and i don't have a contract or even a proposal although it is in the works. i imagine depending on the date you are looking at, it may be that deposits etc are taken on the year date, but maybe not. but i also had the TA who booked our (now honeymoon) cruise following the wedding put in a call too.

good luck!

 

[Legalmccoy]

Hey!

I called in the middle of January for a Disney Wishes Wedding on August 24 2011 and received a wedding coordinator within a couple of days so I am sure you could call without a problem either this month or next

 

[lurkyloo]

Whether you can book a Wishes event at 12 months depends on the venues you want. If it's a theme park ceremony and a reception in a theme park, Ariel's or Atlantic Dance Hall, you can sign a contract 12 months out. The other venues require you to wait til 8 months out to sign the contract.

 

[PinkSleepingBeauty]

Thanks all for the responses. As i'm visiting in September do you think i will be able to have a site visit? It's just coz of us travelling from the U.K that we would want to do this then. It's a Wishes wedding we want (i understand that you don't get site visits with escape weddings?) Thanks again! x