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

[lurkyloo]

As a (former) Disney bride, I just wanted to say I thoroughly enjoyed reading your PJ from start to finish! I lurk and read things here and there-your choices are so different-I love the colors and the cake! Sounds like you are going to have such a special affair!

I loved the music clips as well-that is so neat to incorporate muppets!

I also loved Root Photo's website...

Hmmm...maybe I need a vow renewal!

Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed reading!!!

That's really sweet of you to say - thanks! You TOTALLY need a vow renewal (I already have ours planned in my head - don't tell DF!)

 

[MistressOfAllEvil]

Carrie ~ I'm late chiming in on this... but I totally agree with the "NOT MY PROBLEM" philosophy!!!!

My parents still have not booked their room (and they're handling my sister and niece's reservations too.) We had one couple price out POFQ and then not book it and now it's full. So, they're staying off site. I've had 4 people back out of the wedding in the past 4 days. We're an escape wedding. It's not like we started with 100 people.

Whatever. Whoever can be there will be there! I'm soooo over it at this point.

okay, i think I did less to calm you down and more to work myself up! ugh. sorry.

 

[Kristen14]

Another vote for "not my problem"! My FFIL doesnt have a tux yet, and i dont care!! He can come in his PJ's! he's not in the wedding. Of course this makes the monster in law just so wonderfully happy... but again, I DONT CARE

 

[Mermaid_Ariel]

Yet another vote for "not my problem"! Quite frankly, I would be annoyed enough at this point to say that it's the guest's responsibility to figure out transportation since you have it all set for people who met generous deadlines. They could call always call a cab.

Sorry this is happening, though. I can't even imagine how stressful it is with guests not cooperating with all the hard work you've put into things. Just remember, things WILL all fall into place and 10, 20 years down the road you won't even remember these things.. just all the happiness the day brought you!

 

[caryndisneydiva]

Just remember, things WILL all fall into place and 10, 20 years down the road you won't even remember these things.. just all the happiness the day brought you!

good point!

to add to kristen, my fmil doesn't even have a dress yet. we leave in 2 weeks. i even sent her links to three dresses i found and she didn't like any of them. i'm over it.

 

[BaBeeCee14]

I am also going to vote "not your problem". Seriously Carrie you have enough things on your plate right now and you just can't babysit everyone. You have made more than enough effort to make things convenient for your guests and if they don't want to take that road - let them deal with it. Let them stress out about how they're going to get to your ceremony. The important thing is that you'll be there marrying the person you love. Lots of 's for you!

 

[lurkyloo]

You guys are great - thank you! This morning my planner's assistant emailed to say all the Value Resorts are sold out during our stay... I was starting to stress again, but then I read your replies. I feel better again!

 

[lurkyloo]

Carrie ~ I'm late chiming in on this... but I totally agree with the "NOT MY PROBLEM" philosophy!!!!

My parents still have not booked their room (and they're handling my sister and niece's reservations too.) We had one couple price out POFQ and then not book it and now it's full. So, they're staying off site. I've had 4 people back out of the wedding in the past 4 days. We're an escape wedding. It's not like we started with 100 people.

Losers! Do you get any kind of refund on the cost of dinner for those people who backed out? That might be some consolation...

 

[DisBride2007]

As a former Epcot bride I have to point out that the guests can't just "get themselves" to the ceremony. They have to take the bus because they will be taken through backstage. I know it's like the least fun thing to think about, but it would really be a shame if someone ended up missing the ceremony because they couldn't find the bus.

I know you already have your schedules printed but if there has to be a last minute change, it's not that big of a deal. We ended up just leaving messages in everyone's room as to where and when to catch the bus. You could divide that task up among family members and have it done in no time. Incidentally, even if the pick-up times hadn't changed, we would have had to do that anyway because the bus pick-up area was not necessarily clear to everyone, especially if you're dealing with a resort like CBR where there are about twelve bus stops.

I gave my sister (MOH) a check-list of who was supposed to be getting on the bus and from what resort, that way she was in charge of people getting on the bus and I didn't have to worry about it.

Sorry, I know you don't need more stress... but it's better to figure it out now and not the day before the wedding!

 

[MistressOfAllEvil]

Losers! Do you get any kind of refund on the cost of dinner for those people who backed out? That might be some consolation...

Yeah, even though it's all pre-paid for, I have until the Wednesday before the wedding by noon to drop the number down. So that will be included in the refund check provided we don't blow through our inflated beverage estimate and then some.

 

[Kristen14]

to add to kristen, my fmil doesn't even have a dress yet. we leave in 2 weeks. i even sent her links to three dresses i found and she didn't like any of them. i'm over it.

SHOCKINGLY my monster in law bought one... an actual mother of the bride/groom dress from an actual bridal shop! I was so shocked because the first dress she bought was basically a long t-shirt from JC Penny... im not kidding! It was a t-shirt turned into a tea length dress!

 

[MistressOfAllEvil]

You guys are great - thank you! This morning my planner's assistant emailed to say all the Value Resorts are sold out during our stay... I was starting to stress again, but then I read your replies. I feel better again!

Hmmm. Don't stress!!! I just check online and then called and was able to extend a reservation for two of my girlfriends at Pop Century. They were originally going to come in on Saturday but the flights were soooooo much cheaper on friday that it actually cost less to fly in Friday and pay for another night between the two of them. They're still saving over what a Saturday flight would be!!!

After I read your post though... I FREAKED OUT! But, like I said, I was able to find availability on line and then I called and added on the extra night no problems!! You know how ressies are always changing. So I'm sure it will all work out and people will get there shtuff together.

(I'm finding that focusing on calming others is easier than focusing on calming myself, is that messed up or what?!? )

 

[lpizzuro123]

It is a horror reading about all these room and transportation problems. We are having an Epcot wedding this November and the room block is what is throwing me. At the moment we have 27 room nights blocked off at 3 resorts. My question is the people that are booking so late - do they get the discounted rate and is this part of your room block (although if they miss it it is their own fault)? Have you been able to call and add rooms to your block if the blocked rooms are full? Everyone seems gungho at the moment but who know what will happen when they actually have to start planning.

I really want everyone to stay in the resorts we chose because as said previously, our ceremony is in Epcot before the park opens and they will need transportation to get into the park.

Thanks,
Linda

 

[lurkyloo]

Yes - even if they have to book at Disney resorts that aren't in your block, they still get the discount and the rooms still count toward your room block and the room-night minimums.

Our block was released on January 3rd, a month before the wedding. I would imagine that if we'd called before then we could have added rooms to our block, but now we're out of luck. I warned everyone about January 3rd, but did they listen? Noooooooooooo!

Now I'm wondering if people will be similarly clueless about the transportation schedules... "Oh, do you mean I was supposed to *keep* that?" I really really really don't want the hassle of welcome bags, but it seems like they might be the only way to communicate some of this info to those guests who skim/ignore the Very Stern Wedding Emails I send!

 

[lpizzuro123]

Yes - even if they have to book at Disney resorts that aren't in your block, they still get the discount and the rooms still count toward your room block and the room-night minimums.

Interesting, one of my friends wants to stay at the AKL (which is not one of our choices). Will they get the room discount there even if it is not on our list. I do know that it counts toward our minimum, but can they get the discount?

Linda

 

[lurkyloo]

Interesting, one of my friends wants to stay at the AKL (which is not one of our choices). Will they get the room discount there even if it is not on our list. I do know that it counts toward our minimum, but can they get the discount?

Linda

That I'm not sure about. I was under the impression that you could only get the discount if the blocked hotel you wanted was sold out, but you might ask your sales person. It's sounding like they're more and more flexible on the room block these days.

Alternatively, you could add AKL to your bock - you can have up to four hotels. We added the Contemporary just so we could stay there for cheap on our honeymoon!

 

[lurkyloo]

Double $%#&@! post!

 

[lpizzuro123]

Ok - that makes more sense - you could only get the discount if your blocks were all sold out. For some reason I kept thinking 3 hotels not 4. As long as it is 4 if some friends want to stay there I will add that to our block.

Thanks,
Linda

 

[DisBride2007]

Now I'm wondering if people will be similarly clueless about the transportation schedules... "Oh, do you mean I was supposed to *keep* that?" I really really really don't want the hassle of welcome bags, but it seems like they might be the only way to communicate some of this info to those guests who skim/ignore the Very Stern Wedding Emails I send!

I don't think you need to go through all the hassle of welcome bags if you weren't planning on it - especially at this point in the game. You could write a form letter and put one in an envelope for each guest. Then mail them to the front desk of the hotel (would be much easier than mailing or delivering welcome bags). Or you could leave a phone message with each guest... depending on how many of them you have of course. Are you having a welcome event? If so, you could give out the information at that point.

For people considering doing 4 hotels instead of 3... I'm all for saving money on the honeymoon, and for that reason it's great to select 4. But it's really easier to have your guests in as few hotels as possible. It certainly makes for less time spent on the bus in the morning - as you could see from that bus schedule, those who get on first will be there for almost an hour.

 

[lurkyloo]

You could write a form letter and put one in an envelope for each guest. Then mail them to the front desk of the hotel (would be much easier than mailing or delivering welcome bags

I love this idea! I can't believe I never considered that. Thanks!

As for the four hotels and the bus schedule, now that it's sold out, no one will be staying at BoardWalk, so I'm wondering if I should rejigger the schedule after all just to save people from sitting on the bus for an hour...