Hey guys I’m back and starting to recover from our wedding trip. We were going November 30th- December 7th. I was sick the entire time, but I had so much fun.
So here’s my wedding trip report.
November 30th
We had an early flight and landed at MCO at around 9:30. We had lunch at 50s Prime Time cafe with my siblings and dad. We did some rides at Hollywood studios together and DH and I then went off on our own.
December 1st
Everyone started to arrive this day. We all met at Whispering Canyon Cafe for lunch. I think we had 30 people. We then took the boat to Mickeys very merry. Wrangling 30 people around the MK was awful. I also started getting sick at this point. Most of my family left before fireworks so we had a manageable 6 people for fireworks and the second parade which was great. I mostly focused on the rides. I didn’t have time to get treats. The new fireworks show was awesome.
December 2nd
We all started the day in Epcot. We got three rides done and headed towards the Hoop Dee Doo for dinner. We left the park at 2:30 for a 4pm show. A bus didn’t come until 3:05. It stopped first at wilderness lodge and then it broke down!!! I took my group of 30 and ran to the boat. We got to the Hoop dee doo at about 3:45. This was so stressful. I planned on being in the Magic Kingdom this day and having a Magic Kingdom dessert party but at 6 weeks out I found out that wasn’t happening so we moved to Epcot and Sunday we made our Magic Kingdom day even though it was supposed to be Epcot. My wedding planner and the entire Fairytale wedding team was a disaster, maybe I’ll do a write up on that later lol. The Hoop dee doo was great though. It’s the perfect place for big groups. They made a joke everyone was invited to our wedding. We then thankfully had a private charter bus after the Hoop dee doo to take up to the Epcot dessert party. It was cold outside so we had it in the spaceship earth lounge. They then walked us over to UK lochside for fireworks and we did Soarin after the fireworks. The charter bus stopped at everyone’s resort after which was really nice.
Wedding day!!
I didn’t get back to my room until like midnight. I had to wake up at 3:15 ish because my hair and makeup lady was arriving at 3:45. We paid for another room this night so I let DH sleep while I got my hair and makeup done. Our photographers got us at 5:45am and we had a photo shoot at the magic kingdom and Epcot. We were back at 8:30 and my family started to arrive at 9. We had the extra room to get ready in. 9:30 the photographers came back and did getting ready photos and photos around the Grand until the ceremony at noon. Cocktail hour was at 1. 2-6 was the reception. The day flew by. DH and I had planned to have a dinner alone but we were so tired we went to bed. Some people were doing the parks and we considered going but we had a relaxing night in the room and listened to the fireworks music on our balcony.
December 4th
We all met in animal kingdom. My siblings and cousins left later this day, but we all got to do Everest and flight of passage. We had lunch at Yak and Yeti which was awful. I normally enjoy Yak and Yeti, but I think with the big group the food quality took a dive lol We had a dinner with DHs brother SIL niece and nephew at Jiko. Jiko was amazing.
December 5th
This was the opening day of ROTR by the time we got to Hollywood boarding groups were done. I had no desire to wait on a 6 hour line so I didn’t get up early. When I found out they did boarding groups tho we decided to get up early the next day and go. We did TSL and star tours and had drinks in the cantina. The park was crazy, but it was manageable with our fastpasses. We got a 4th FP for tower of terror and our niece cried lol We then went to Epcot for the candellight processional with NPH. We had a dinning package at Chefs de France. This was really great. It’s a must do during Christmas time for us.
December 6th
We got up at 5am and left to catch the bus to Hollywood at 6am.
The bus was waiting for us there. We were the only ones on the bus and got to HS at 6:20. The park was supposed to open at 9, but people were being let in the park already when we got there. We scanned in and got boarding group 21. It took a few minutes for the app to recognize we were in the park. They were boarding 1-10 when we got in. We then rode slinky. We also did the falcon. After we went to wait outside ride of the resistance until our group was called. When our group was called we went in the line and grabbed another boarding group. We got group 30 the second time. after about 30 mins in line we were evacuated from the line. By the time we got evacuated at like 8:30 they were done with boarding groups for the day. When we got evacuated. They gave us a fastpass to come back attached to our magic bands. We came back when the ride opened and we were again kicked off the line and we were given another magic band fastpass to come back. Ride opens again so we come back for a third time. We get through the first preshow and the ride breaks again so we were given a paper fastpass for Rise of the resistance and a fastpass on our magic band for any other ride in HS( including the falcon) this paper fastpass allowed us to immediately get to the preshow when it reopened. After using our paper fastpass we went again because it was group 30s boarding time. Also the fastpasses were not being taken away after we rode so DH got to go a third time with his brothers family while I watched the baby. We even had the option to go a 4th time but we decided against that. We spent the whole day at Hollywood and even bought our niece a lightsaber. She loved it. She is 6 and I think she thinks everything is real so it was so cool for her. She did cry when the storm troopers said they were watching her lol We had dinner at Yatchsman with my Grandparents and Great aunt.
Our departure day was uneventful. We went to the magic kingdom and ate at the castle with DHs family. The meal was not good not the best character interactions and awful food. I had one bite of my chicken.
Overall, we had an amazing trip. It was so great celebrating with our families and friends for a week. The Epcot dessert party was definitely the highlight of the trip and better than the wedding lol If I got married again I would just do a solo ceremony and do a dessert party at all four parks lol
