Lurkyloo's PJ: Morocco/Attic/UK Lower - Greetings from WDW!!!

[lurkyloo]

Well I guess I achieved my goal of scaring the pants off everyone - even people who won't be at the wedding!

Quick question -- can your guests get on your bus regardless of WHERE they are staying on property? Or just from your room-blocked resorts?

The guests can only get on the bus at our room-blocked hotels - or, I should say, the bus will only go to room-blocked hotels. This was such a pain for us (and the reason we had to change our schedule) because one couple booked at a hotel that wasn't in our block, and we didn't want to make them walk to a hotel that was...

 

[MadamMim]

Alright Miss Lurkyloo (so soon to be Mrs. Lurkyloo *squee*), I've not been a regular poster or anything, but I have been reading and I want to wish you the bestest (that's right, bestest) ever wedding. You are a fab girl and your DF looks like one lucky fella. Enjoy your day, don't worry about anything except having a great time and everything else will work itself out.

 

[romymichelle21]

Alright, Carrie, now I hope this doesn't creep you out... but we were totally hanging out in my dream last night And early this morning, halfway awake, I thought "Man, I gotta post this...". So here you go!

Somehow, it turned out that we worked together. And when went to leave for the day, you opened your locker and found that someone had left you a bridal shower gift. It was a purple leather Juicy Couture bag (which happens to be my fav brand - sorry!), and while you were oohing and aahing over it, you reached inside and discovered the second gift... a train ticket to BAIL! Which was, apparently, a city.

While we were laughing, a man who had been standing nearby suddenly started dancing. And removing his Fireman's outfit . That's right - your third gift from this mystery person was a Fireman stripper And the look on your face was priceless!!

And then... I woke up

PS - Might I add, at some point in this dream, I met your DF. He was mailing the CD of wedding music you had picked out over to the resort, and he goes, "Carrie's afraid they're not gonna play the songs at the right volume, so she recorded them all REALLY loud!"

 

[lurkyloo]

Alright Miss Lurkyloo (so soon to be Mrs. Lurkyloo *squee*), I've not been a regular poster or anything, but I have been reading and I want to wish you the bestest (that's right, bestest) ever wedding. You are a fab girl and your DF looks like one lucky fella. Enjoy your day, don't worry about anything except having a great time and everything else will work itself out.

Aww... thanks! That's really sweet of you to say! Congrats on the masters degrees - now there's a real accomplishment!

Alright, Carrie, now I hope this doesn't creep you out... but we were totally hanging out in my dream last night And early this morning, halfway awake, I thought "Man, I gotta post this...". So here you go!

Somehow, it turned out that we worked together. And when went to leave for the day, you opened your locker and found that someone had left you a bridal shower gift. It was a purple leather Juicy Couture bag (which happens to be my fav brand - sorry!), and while you were oohing and aahing over it, you reached inside and discovered the second gift... a train ticket to BAIL! Which was, apparently, a city.

While we were laughing, a man who had been standing nearby suddenly started dancing. And removing his Fireman's outfit . That's right - your third gift from this mystery person was a Fireman stripper And the look on your face was priceless!!

And then... I woke up

OMG - now I don't need to have a bachelorette party, cuz I just had it in your imagination!

 

[lurkyloo]

Awright... runnin' low on pictures, but here's our etiquette-flouting combo announcement and at-home reception invite. We are further disgracing ourselves by sending these to people who are actually going to be at the wedding because we want to invite them to the reception too...

We mailed these to our hotel in a box so we can mail them out from Florida the day after the wedding... which is coincidentally the third anniversary of the day we met!

 

[mermaidbride1108]

Hey Lurkyloo, What do you think of Patricia so far? I really love everything on her website. I'm interested in her so when you get back let me know how you like her!

Only a few days away! Good Luck with everything!

 

[DisBride2007]

Carrie,

Your transportation letter looks awesome. It's professional, fits in with your colors (which are great, btw) and it definitely gets the message across. Great job! Try not to sweat the bus issue anymore. It will work out. I didn't think there was ANY way our guests would all make it, but somehow they did.

Your big day is so close. Enjoy every minute of it and have an amazing time!

 

[DisBride2007]

Oh, one more piece of advice about the bus. I can't remember if I posted this earlier. Give a checklist of the guests and which resorts they're staying at (and cell phone numbers, if you have them) to a trusted friend or relative, preferably one staying at the first resort at which the bus will stop. Then it's that person's responsibility to make sure the guests get on the bus and you don't have to worry about it anymore!

And not sure if you read the post about what you would have changed, but definitely give your camera to someone so they can take pictures. Then you'll have some to tide you over (and us!) until you get the professional ones back.

 

[lpizzuro123]

Love the letter - I'll have to make a copy of it and make something like that for our ceremony.

I have a money transportation question for you if you might know the answer. You had said a while ago that if you had just two hotels for your guests to get picked up from you could just have used one way transportation. I was interested in learning more about this. Our ceremony is at 9:00 in Epcot and we are using three hotels. I would imagine the first pickup will be sometime around 7:30 - not sure about that. Anyway, if we keep the bus for the 5 hour minimum, that brings us to 12:30. By that time our reception will be in full swing. Now, do we need to keep the bus for another 5 hour minimum - which would bring it to 5:30. Which is way past the end of our reception. Our reception is at ADH in the Boardwalk and this is one of the hotels in our room block. Can we send the bus on its way at 12:30 when the 5 hour minimum is over and then just book two one way transportations for 3:00 when the reception is over. As the people staying at the Boardwalk will not need transportation back to their hotel, we will only need to provide transportation back to All Star Movies and Port Orleans French Quarter.

Does any of the above make sense and do you know the price of one way transportation?

Thanks,
Linda

 

[romymichelle21]

definitely give your camera to someone so they can take pictures. Then you'll have some to tide you over (and us!) until you get the professional ones back.

I second that!! You know we're too impatient to wait like normal people for pictures to come back, hmmph

 

[caryndisneydiva]

hi carrie! i'm back! trying to catch up on everything i missed while i was gone. don't worry about the rain. the morning of my wedding i woke up at 4:30 and it looked really bad for me. marion and i had talked about rain the day before and she wouldn't even discuss it with me, rain was NOT an option. by 6am the morning of the wedding, things still weren't looking up. in fact, it didn't get sunny until i began my descent down the aisle. had it not been up to marion, i'm sure it would have been rained out...i think it was drizzling at around 5:30-6ish am...

 

[figmentfan814]

The transportation newsletter is great! I used a similar quote in my last newsletter, "If you miss the bus, you miss the wedding!" Hopefully, that gets the message across to our guests That's a great idea about mailing out the invitations for your at-home reception.

 

[lurkyloo]

Hey Lurkyloo, What do you think of Patricia so far? I really love everything on her website. I'm interested in her so when you get back let me know how you like her! Only a few days away! Good Luck with everything!

So far, she is great! One caveat: She is really hard to get ahold of, but if she says she'll be there, she'll be there. I like how open she is to suggestions and willing to work with me on what I want. (I know some people have had trouble getting the look they want, but Patricia will work with you - no matter how long it takes.) Also she's really good at a more natural look, if that's what one wants....

Carrie,Your transportation letter looks awesome. It's professional, fits in with your colors (which are great, btw) and it definitely gets the message across. Great job! Try not to sweat the bus issue anymore. It will work out. I didn't think there was ANY way our guests would all make it, but somehow they did. Your big day is so close. Enjoy every minute of it and have an amazing time!

OK - I promise to not sweat the buses anymore, and also to enjoy every minute - scout's honor!

Oh, one more piece of advice about the bus. I can't remember if I posted this earlier. Give a checklist of the guests and which resorts they're staying at (and cell phone numbers, if you have them) to a trusted friend or relative, preferably one staying at the first resort at which the bus will stop.

Thanks for the great idea - I went and lined my FMIL up to do this!

And not sure if you read the post about what you would have changed, but definitely give your camera to someone so they can take pictures. Then you'll have some to tide you over (and us!) until you get the professional ones back.

Now don't hate on me everyone, but I like to art-direct my life, which means no wedding photos but the professional ones. We even made my FMIL swear not to bring her camera to the wedding (she is an avid shutterbug, but we wanted her to see the wedding from in FRONT of the camera!). But the Roots have promised the pix will arrive shortly after we get back from the honeymoon, and in the meantime I'll post plenty of pictures of hotel rooms, things we ate, things other people ate, etc. until they arrive.

I have a money transportation question for you if you might know the answer. You had said a while ago that if you had just two hotels for your guests to get picked up from you could just have used one way transportation. I was interested in learning more about this. ... Now, do we need to keep the bus for another 5 hour minimum - which would bring it to 5:30. ... Can we send the bus on its way at 12:30 when the 5 hour minimum is over and then just book two one way transportations for 3:00 when the reception is over.

Once you've paid for the minimum, you don't need to pay for a second 5-hour block. So you could have the bus for 5 hours plus 3, or whatever you need.

The one-way mini bus costs $390 for 5 hours and $80 for each additional hour. The regular bus is $446 for 5 hours and $89.25 for each additional hours. Gee... that's not much of a savings! Does that help at all?

hi carrie! i'm back! trying to catch up on everything i missed while i was gone. don't worry about the rain. the morning of my wedding i woke up at 4:30 and it looked really bad for me. marion and i had talked about rain the day before and she wouldn't even discuss it with me, rain was NOT an option. by 6am the morning of the wedding, things still weren't looking up. in fact, it didn't get sunny until i began my descent down the aisle. had it not been up to marion, i'm sure it would have been rained out...i think it was drizzling at around 5:30-6ish am...

Oh my gosh - I hope my planner is as flexible as yours about the drizzle. I was thinking of you that morning and going, "I hope it doesn't rain! I hope it doesn't rain!" Now I can't wait to hear why you were grouchy til after the ceremony....

The transportation newsletter is great! I used a similar quote in my last newsletter, "If you miss the bus, you miss the wedding!" Hopefully, that gets the message across to our guests That's a great idea about mailing out the invitations for your at-home reception.

You caught me - I stole that line from YOUR newsletter! It was just so direct, I figured no one could claim they weren't warned. Thanks!

 

[Lisella]

I am so excited for you, Carrie! You have also worked so hard on making your wedding one special event. It will be great if you and Wendy see each other and can steal a little moment and maybe a picture together. I am looking forward to reading all about it when you get back.

Sending special wishes for a wonderful week and wonderful trip!

 

[lurkyloo]

I am so excited for you, Carrie! You have also worked so hard on making your wedding one special event. It will be great if you and Wendy see each other and can steal a little moment and maybe a picture together. I am looking forward to reading all about it when you get back.

Sending special wishes for a wonderful week and wonderful trip!

Awww... thanks! I TOTALLY want to get a picture with Wendy... but she'll have to sign a release form promising not to publish her copy until I get my TR up (I learned that from Caryn and her sister!)

 

[MistressOfAllEvil]

Awww... thanks! I TOTALLY want to get a picture with Wendy... but she'll have to sign a release form promising not to publish her copy until I get my TR up (I learned that from Caryn and her sister!)

You got yourself a deal.

I bet two disney brides in there dresses, at the same time, in the same place, getting a picture, would be a first! We're really messing with the space-time continuum here, or something!

 

[lurkyloo]

Not a lot of news... we're STILL working on our vows, which is making me crazy and the minister nervous.... I've printed out the worksheets, looked at all the samples, and I don't like ANY of them. Plus we're feeling all this pressure to make them The Most Significant Things We'll Ever Say. DF wrote some perfetly lovely ones but insists they are too "simple"....

In other news, my boss is freaking out that I'll be gone for 2 weeks, so I'm being loaded up with work to do before I go. ...Like I'm really going to do that great a job three days before I leave for the Wedding of the Millennium....

But in the bestest news yet.... Weather.com's forecast for our wedding day is a big ol' SUN! 80 degrees and 10% chance of rain!

 

[lurkyloo]

You got yourself a deal.

I bet two disney brides in there dresses, at the same time, in the same place, getting a picture, would be a first! We're really messing with the space-time continuum here, or something!

Eeeee! I can't wait! So long, space-time continuum!!!

 

[caryndisneydiva]

You got yourself a deal.

I bet two disney brides in there dresses, at the same time, in the same place, getting a picture, would be a first! We're really messing with the space-time continuum here, or something!

Eeeee! I can't wait! So long, space-time continuum!!!

you girls are star trek fans, aren't you???

 

[twiu]

Carrie... just so you know... it is absolutely GORGEOUS in Orlando right now. I've lived here for 7 years and this week has the most beautiful weather I've experienced in a long time. You're going to have a great wedding!!!! I can't wait to hear all about it. Good luck and congratulations!