just the two of us?

[**tinkerbell**]

Has anybody had just the bride and the groom at the wedding and would you recommend it? we have totaled up how much a wedding is going to cost in the UK and its crazy - so much ££ would be spent on food. so we were thinking we would come over to florida for it and have a party with just a buffet when we get home which would save so much money. I was hoping our imediate families would come over to florida with us - but now we are not sure they will. if we were to come over to florida ourselves we are thinking a beach wedding on cocoa beach followed by lunch at narcosseess follwed by a wishes cruise? - would the day be strange with only the two of us? thanks x x

 

[kayleighnik]

Jo (JoJo1980) is having the wedding with just her and her DF - they're from England too Check out her PJ, or pm her. They're getting married in three weeks

 

[hiwaygal]

DH and I were married at Disney three years ago...and it was just the two of us!

My brother and his wife were married in Jamaica and it was just the two of them as well!

(my poor mom...)

Anyway, many brides and grooms who choose destination weddings do sometimes end up being the only two guests. It makes for a very romantic, intimate wedding!

I think in some ways you have much more freedom to say and do things with each other than you would in a large wedding with all your family/friends in attendance (maybe add more personal details to the vows, etc.).

And there are lots of ways you can include your family in your celebration, even if they can't be there. You can create a website/blog to keep everyone posted on your plans. You can have a videographer record the ceremony so you can play it at your "at-home reception". You can see if your photographer will get your images online quickly to share with your family. Heck, I called my mother on my cell phone so she could listen to our ceremony!

If this is what you and your fiance want, then go for it!

Congratulations and Good luck!!!

 

[dmslush]

We had just he and I along with out 16 year old daughter. I wouldn't have done it any other way!

 

[DonnaBoo]

My fiancee and I will be the only 2 at our wedding. We have mixed emotions about not having anyone with us. At least we can make our own decisions and do what will make us happy. It will be romantic and we get to focus on each other.

 

[Lynn5700]

If you feel ok with it and it feels right then do that

 

[adisneygal]

I think it would be awesome! If I could do it, I would!!! Df & I have 5 kids though, so we have to bring them and wranglers to help with them.

 

[Lisa1976]

Hubby and I had my parents there, so there was just the 4 of us. I don't think I could have done it without my mum though.

We were the same as you, cost was spiraling out of control so go married at Disney and had a big party for family and friends when we got back to the UK, definatly worth it.

 

[orangetiggs]

congrats from another uk bride, we have a party of 16 plus us going over for our wedding next tuesday!

We are also having a blessing and a reception here as well.

We have a wishes wedding in disney nest week

 

[A whole new world]

I wish i was doing it with just the two of us. I wanted my sisters as bridesmaids so that mean having to have parents to. Which has caused a lot of stress. Its your day and i think its so romantic doing it with just the two of you. You then don't have the stress of having to worry about anyone else.

 

[Beep]

I would have loved it to be just the two of us, but we couldn't do it without my parents. They are our best friends. That then led to my brother and his wife as my parents didn't want any ill feeling with them.

We then invited my friend, our best mate, my Manager invited herself and her husband and we included our friend from USA. If we could have done it with just the two of us we would have.

 

[PrincessBride07]

In hindsight this would have been a wonderful idea. I don't regret what we did (Wishes wedding with 25 guests). It is just we had a lot of craziness in Disney before the wedding. Just think you won't have to deal with Rehearsal dinners, rehearsals, getting groups together for meals or other events, the day of you don't have to worry about everyone getting their and possibly doing their duties (BM's, FG's, etc.), and a whole other lot of wedding things.

 

[Tink_Kel]

You can have a beautiful, romantic wedding/honeymoon! I was debating just me/DF & 2 sons, but DF said we could do the escape if we wanted to, that way we could have 18 of our family/closest friends. I LOVED the idea, but after I thought long and hard about it, I was thinking..."Well, Momma won't ride a shuttle by herself, so we'd have to go pick her up from the Airport". "____ and ____ may not like us having alcohol at the reception" (he's a preacher) "______ get's moody, and might put a crimp in things"

That's just the tip of the iceburg!

Anyway, after all that thinking, I realized, it was all about us, and I didn't want to stress and worry about what everybody else had going on, so it's going to be just me, DF, and my two sons

Oh yeah, and DS's are leaving after two day, so the rest of the Disneymoon will just be the two of us.

You do what's right for you. But I definitely wouldn't feel bad about going without family....and you can always have a wonderful reception when you get home and invite everyone!

 

[Xiarra]

congrats from another uk bride, we have a party of 16 plus us going over for our wedding next tuesday!

We are also having a blessing and a reception here as well.

We have a wishes wedding in disney nest week

Best Wishes for your big day next week!!!!

I keep joking with my husband that we should get divorced so we can get married in Disney again... LOL....

 

[Bellamickey]

Just the two of you......I THINK THAT IS PERFECT!!!!! It's more intimate and romatic for the two of you!

That's how we're doing our vow renewal with DCL and I wouldn't have it any other way!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 

[CinderellaNL]

Actually I've always said that I wanna get married in the USA.
So for our Las Vegas wedding at the Wynn, my parents, parents in law and my sister in law and her boyfriend will be joining us. The parents will stay for 5 days and my SIL will get there before us for a two week vacation and after our wedding she will leave.
When we get home, we'll give a reception for our friends and family.

I really didn't want everybody at the wedding so this is perfect for us. Actually they've invited themselves to come allong which is fine by us...but just the six of them and nobody else.
And it's so much more fun to have a wedding/honeymoon and after that I can wear my dress again for the party!! YEEEY!

 

[Raenstoirm]

We are getting married in a little over three weeks, just the two of us. We planned on a large wedding and it just never materialized. So one day we just decided to run off together. As this is really not "planned" we will have our reception and honeymoon in 2009 as originally planned when we were preparing a big wedding. This way it is a lot less stress and a lot more fun. 'By the way we are getting married in the desert in Nevada and spending a long weekend in Vegas and then spend 10 days in Disney in April for our Honeymoon. And as such, skipping our large spring wedding. Glad we never got around to sending out those invites!