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We are back from our wedding,vacation,familymoon!
We were gone from Oct 8-21, wedding was on the 11th!
Wedding was held at The Swan-everything was great!
We had a FABULOUS TIME!
There were 16 of us total down there-most of us stayed at disneys POP CENTURY resort-it was fun fun fun.
The wedding was sooo wonderful! We had a change in plans as it rained all day on our wedding day--so no outside wedding at the cresent terrace--but it didn't even bother us-we were just so happy/excited! Nothing could put a "damper" on our day-lol! Actually it turned out to be a blessing in disguise as it was so hot the whole time we were there--we would have just melted outside in our wedding outfits-as we were supposed to have the reception outside as well. It was in the 30's (celsius) the whole time we were there!
So the Swan resort had us have the ceremony indoors--it was perfect-the officiant -Rev Tim was excellent--we made it through our vows-I tried REAL hard to pay attention to what he was actually saying-to let it all sink it! But man it goes by so fast! DH and I were just having a wonderful experience!
Ohh I had my hair/make up done before the ceremony by Disney Cosmo--that was great-loved it! My maid of honor had my wedding dress all ready-her Mom had sewed it for me--she even sewed a hidden mickey on it-sweet!
Okay back to the ceremony-we didn't know exactly how it would it go--so we did our vows,the he did a apache indian prayer! And he also did a small part to include our son! How great is that hey! My brother video taped it so I still have to watch it.
Then we did photo's..our photographer was EXCELLENT! We used Randy Chapman. He was so easy to work with-great personality-came highly recommended. He actually had our pics developed for us before we left on thursday but we didn't have time to connect with him so he is shipping them. I just thought that was so great that he went ahead and got them all ready for us in like one week! To bad we could not coordinate our times to pick them up. By the time the ceremony was over it had stopped raining so we went outside to do some pics-with the dolphin/swan resorts in the background, the boardwalk,on the bridge,in the palm trees,on the little beach! We even "borrowed" someones limo to do a couple of pics! I think he said we would get about 200 pics. (ummm not to mention the 300plus I took of the whole vacation and the shots friends/family got for me!)
Our cocktail hour and reception was awesome-everyone was so impressed with the food! I was totally suprised by my cake--it was supposed to be 1 tier only..they made me 3! And it was decorated with little icing mickey mouse icons-it was so cute! They also gave me creme/pink chair covers and bows as a extra-those were my colors! The ball room looked great,lots of candles.
The bevvies were flowing and everyone was having a good time, the dj was great-had everyone dancing! We used Doc Cori of ABCDJ's..he was awesome and a steal $$$ of a deal.
Afterwards we decided to just buy beer and go back to resort and party by the pool--we had 3 people under 21 and didn't want to leave them behind as our plan was to hit the bars at Pleasure Island. So we bought a trolley--YES A TROLLEY full of beer!! Ha ha ha--lets just say we were all feeling great-lol! The security guards even came to visit us--not becuase we were to loud or anything-just to say hi! It was so hot out--we had to change out of our formal wear--then we partied and swam! It was a great ending to our day--totally fun and relaxed-just like we wanted it!
We did theme parks nearly every day-saw all of disney parks between 2 and 4 times each! We did Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party-that was a hoot. Ohh we had bought our Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse Bride/Groom ears so we wore those around the parks-teee hee heee!
We ate at lots of yummy places--had lots of yummy drinks We did one character dinner at the Crystal Palace-love that place! They suprised us with a MAGICAL MOMENT! All the characters did a parade and song for us and they gave us a decorated cupcake and a cute certificate signed by Pooh,eeyore,piglet,tigger wishing us a happy honeymoon!! How cute it that!
We spent 3 days at Islands of Adventure/Universal Studios--that was awesome to ride all the big coasters with my family! We drove to kennedy space centre as well-that was pretty neat.
So it was a wonderful perfect wedding and vacation!
Okay...I'm all typed out here---lol--
Vanessa (grover in Winnipeg)
We were gone from Oct 8-21, wedding was on the 11th!
Wedding was held at The Swan-everything was great!
We had a FABULOUS TIME!
There were 16 of us total down there-most of us stayed at disneys POP CENTURY resort-it was fun fun fun.
The wedding was sooo wonderful! We had a change in plans as it rained all day on our wedding day--so no outside wedding at the cresent terrace--but it didn't even bother us-we were just so happy/excited! Nothing could put a "damper" on our day-lol! Actually it turned out to be a blessing in disguise as it was so hot the whole time we were there--we would have just melted outside in our wedding outfits-as we were supposed to have the reception outside as well. It was in the 30's (celsius) the whole time we were there!
So the Swan resort had us have the ceremony indoors--it was perfect-the officiant -Rev Tim was excellent--we made it through our vows-I tried REAL hard to pay attention to what he was actually saying-to let it all sink it! But man it goes by so fast! DH and I were just having a wonderful experience!
Ohh I had my hair/make up done before the ceremony by Disney Cosmo--that was great-loved it! My maid of honor had my wedding dress all ready-her Mom had sewed it for me--she even sewed a hidden mickey on it-sweet!
Okay back to the ceremony-we didn't know exactly how it would it go--so we did our vows,the he did a apache indian prayer! And he also did a small part to include our son! How great is that hey! My brother video taped it so I still have to watch it.
Then we did photo's..our photographer was EXCELLENT! We used Randy Chapman. He was so easy to work with-great personality-came highly recommended. He actually had our pics developed for us before we left on thursday but we didn't have time to connect with him so he is shipping them. I just thought that was so great that he went ahead and got them all ready for us in like one week! To bad we could not coordinate our times to pick them up. By the time the ceremony was over it had stopped raining so we went outside to do some pics-with the dolphin/swan resorts in the background, the boardwalk,on the bridge,in the palm trees,on the little beach! We even "borrowed" someones limo to do a couple of pics! I think he said we would get about 200 pics. (ummm not to mention the 300plus I took of the whole vacation and the shots friends/family got for me!)
Our cocktail hour and reception was awesome-everyone was so impressed with the food! I was totally suprised by my cake--it was supposed to be 1 tier only..they made me 3! And it was decorated with little icing mickey mouse icons-it was so cute! They also gave me creme/pink chair covers and bows as a extra-those were my colors! The ball room looked great,lots of candles.
The bevvies were flowing and everyone was having a good time, the dj was great-had everyone dancing! We used Doc Cori of ABCDJ's..he was awesome and a steal $$$ of a deal.
Afterwards we decided to just buy beer and go back to resort and party by the pool--we had 3 people under 21 and didn't want to leave them behind as our plan was to hit the bars at Pleasure Island. So we bought a trolley--YES A TROLLEY full of beer!! Ha ha ha--lets just say we were all feeling great-lol! The security guards even came to visit us--not becuase we were to loud or anything-just to say hi! It was so hot out--we had to change out of our formal wear--then we partied and swam! It was a great ending to our day--totally fun and relaxed-just like we wanted it!
We did theme parks nearly every day-saw all of disney parks between 2 and 4 times each! We did Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party-that was a hoot. Ohh we had bought our Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse Bride/Groom ears so we wore those around the parks-teee hee heee!
We ate at lots of yummy places--had lots of yummy drinks We did one character dinner at the Crystal Palace-love that place! They suprised us with a MAGICAL MOMENT! All the characters did a parade and song for us and they gave us a decorated cupcake and a cute certificate signed by Pooh,eeyore,piglet,tigger wishing us a happy honeymoon!! How cute it that!
We spent 3 days at Islands of Adventure/Universal Studios--that was awesome to ride all the big coasters with my family! We drove to kennedy space centre as well-that was pretty neat.
So it was a wonderful perfect wedding and vacation!
Okay...I'm all typed out here---lol--
Vanessa (grover in Winnipeg)
LOL!!
