Meredith & Matt's PJ-June 19th, 2011 Germany/LSS - Completed TR and Blog Feature!

Your welcome party looks like it was so much fun! Yah, BOC bars can be really scary! I had the opposite of you though. I was suppose to have BOC mimosas, and they stopped serving at one each, so I ended up getting a refund :lmao: I was mad though, because I wanted another mimosa! Oh well.....

I can't wait to see more. And I really hope David and Vicki do a disbride shoot! I will use any excuse to go back to Disney!

I saw on David and Vicki's facebook to stayed tuned for more info on the disbride shoot! I'm patiently waiting :yay:
 
After eating lunch and hanging out by the pool we headed back to the room and got ready for the rehearsal and dinner...mmm

Of course us girls couldn't get ourselves ready on time so the boys and our families left to catch a bus to MGM and then the bus back to Boardwalk. Since we had a rental car the the girls and me drove over to the Boardwalk once we finally got ourselves together. We actually thought we were early until we figured out the clock in the rental car was 15 mins behind! :lmao: Since we were getting married in Epcot we just decided to have rehearsal at the Boardwalk. It would have been extra money to have it at Epcot and we would have had to have it at 9:00 am if that the was case.

Rehearsal was supposed to start at 4:30 and here we come strolling in at 4:30 thinking we were 15 mins early. Anyway Amy and Jack were there with everything set up. They even had candy set up as out unity candle...it was so cute. Anyway the rest of our party wasn't there and Matt was calling me frantic saying the Boardwalk was the last stop and they'd be there as soon as they could. I felt really bad because I didn't want him to be so stressed about it. We just chatted with Jack and Amy about the schedule for the wedding day while we waited.

Waiting for everyone else to show up
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Everyone got there by 4:45 and we breezed through rehearsal. Jack ran through everything twice and I swear my dad had no idea what he was saying. He couldn't pick up on his accent and he was talking so quietly...it was hilarious :rotfl: My dad did everything perfect on the wedding day anyway so it really didn't matter. Jack was so cute and really was perfect for us.

I thought I had more pictures of the rehearsal but this is all I uploaded apparently
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After rehearsal we split up again to get to DTD. The girls and I drove to DTD because Matt hadn't picked up the Pluto pin for his brother that he wanted to give him yet. So the girls and me were on pin duty while he got everyone else to Raglan Road. We had reserved the Snug Room for dinner and it was really perfect for us. It was off in the corner and we could move around as we wished back there. We had to wait around a little bit for my 2 older sisters to get there. They were just checking into CB while we were waiting at getting a taxi to get there as soon as they could. We just ordered some beer and it gave us a chance to talk before dinner was served.

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My parents....I really have no idea what they were talking about....so serious:confused3
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This was the ongoing theme of the whole trip...drinks!
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Groomsman and his gf
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My sisters eventually got there
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The other table
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Dinner was served and it was absolutely delicious :goodvibes I'm still regretting not being able to eat everything on my plates but I was just so stuffed. The bread pudding dessert was my favorite...my mouth is watering right now just thinking about it.

Dessert!
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The Irish dancers came over to our table for a little private performance and got Matt and me up to dance. Raglan Road was so accommodating and very attentive to us. I wish we could have gone back for dinner later that week but we just ran out of time :sad1: If you're thinking of having your rehearsal dinner there DO IT...we were even allowed to use our TIW cards.

Dancers
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Us trying to dance
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Overly stuffed
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Us and Cindy after dinner
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After dinner we shopped a little bit and headed back to the hotel. The boys wanted to go to the pool bar for a beer. I wanted to go by MOH and BM informed me that I had to get up at 4am and it was already 10:30...I needed to go to bed. They were right so we chatted a little bit and I surprisingly fell asleep pretty quick.

Up next....alarm goes off at 4am!
 

OH WOW :woohoo: These pictures are exceptional - you two are a very photogenic couple - looking extremely happy - the location was beautiful with everything in bloom throughout......

especially liked the pics of you from the back with the petals on the dress, the wedding cake (OMG :thumbsup2 ) and the one of you two with Mickey & Minnie silhouetted against The Living Seas signage.

Congratulations - may you two have many happy years together....:goodvibes

Thanks for sharing these (I hope mine turn out half as great :flower3:)
 
Wow! Such great pictures! I LOVE the one of you guys silhoutted against the tank at your reception!
 
Your photos are awesome!!! Who was your photographer?? This gives me more faith in DPS--their work has been really good lately.
 
Just wanted to say that I was so impressed with your personal floral that I looked at Roberta's site and just sent her an email to order all of our personal floral!! It will save a ton of money and they'll last forever (or at least until I get tired of having them around).
 
Wow - very pretty photos!!!! They are stunning!! I love the bread and butter pudding at Raglan Road too (not as good as my Mum's though)!!
 
OH WOW :woohoo: These pictures are exceptional - you two are a very photogenic couple - looking extremely happy - the location was beautiful with everything in bloom throughout......

especially liked the pics of you from the back with the petals on the dress, the wedding cake (OMG :thumbsup2 ) and the one of you two with Mickey & Minnie silhouetted against The Living Seas signage.

Congratulations - may you two have many happy years together....:goodvibes

Thanks for sharing these (I hope mine turn out half as great :flower3:)

Thank you so much for your compliments! The petals on the back of my dress is one of DH's favorites too! The living seas was beautiful and they really got some great pics in there. The silhouetted one was on my list of pics to do and they came out great :goodvibes I'm sure your pics will turn out beautiful!

The silhouetted pictures are awesome!

Thanks! We're in love with them :goodvibes

Wow! Such great pictures! I LOVE the one of you guys silhoutted against the tank at your reception!

Thanks!! The living seas was so beautiful!

Your photos are awesome!!! Who was your photographer?? This gives me more faith in DPS--their work has been really good lately.

Thanks!! We had Amy and Regina as our photographers and they were fantastic. So much fun to work with and they put us in positions that really made us look our best. Have faith in DPS!! They've really been putting out some great work!

I was sooooooo happy with our flowers from Roberta. They were perfect for us. My guests were commenting on them all day and EVERYONE was surprised they were fake. They came out great in the pictures and that's what really counts I guess. You won't be disappointed if you order them from her ;) All the flowers are on wires so if they looked a little misshapen when you get them they are easy to fluff up. I kind of crushed them in the box I shipped down to Florida but it didn't matter because we just bent them back to the right shape :thumbsup2

Beautiful photos! You looked stunning.

Congratulations, looks like you had a wonderful day! x

Thanks! We couldn't have had a better time.

Love your photos! You looked beautiful, and your cake was very cool!

Thanks! We loved our cake!

Wow - very pretty photos!!!! They are stunning!! I love the bread and butter pudding at Raglan Road too (not as good as my Mum's though)!!

Thanks! I can't stop thinking about the bread and butter pudding...it was amazing.



I want to post on the wedding day but I wanted to include some of the professional pics. The high res disc is suppose to come in 2-3 weeks but I don't think I can hold off that long. I can post with some of the pics I have and then go back and post the prof pics when they come in. I don't have time today to post but I will on one of my days off next week!
 
WOW Meridith your wedding pictures are amazing!!! I can't wait to read about your day.


I love the back of your dress! It looked amazing on you! PERFECT :lovestruc
 
I loved the professional pictures that you posted. They did an amazing job!!! We are getting married in Disney in March!
 
The photos are so beautiful. I always love seeing pictures in the World Showcase. I have to admit some of my favorite shots are in Italy, of course shots from that area from my wedding were my favorites too so I am a little bias. I think its so great that you got pictures in front of the Living Seas. I loved having guests stop to look at us as we got our pictures there. It was such a cool experience to be right there in the middle of everything. It looks like your guests had a lot of fun with Mickey and Minnie too.
 
WOW Meridith your wedding pictures are amazing!!! I can't wait to read about your day.


I love the back of your dress! It looked amazing on you! PERFECT :lovestruc

Thanks!! I loved how you couldn't see the zipper...that's what sold me on the dress.

I loved the professional pictures that you posted. They did an amazing job!!! We are getting married in Disney in March!

Thanks! Congratulations...everything will be beautiful!!

The photos are so beautiful. I always love seeing pictures in the World Showcase. I have to admit some of my favorite shots are in Italy, of course shots from that area from my wedding were my favorites too so I am a little bias. I think its so great that you got pictures in front of the Living Seas. I loved having guests stop to look at us as we got our pictures there. It was such a cool experience to be right there in the middle of everything. It looks like your guests had a lot of fun with Mickey and Minnie too.

Yea the Italy shots are our favorite too. I want to get a wrapped canvas of the one of us going through the door :goodvibes

Mickey and Minnie were one of the best parts of the whole day!
 
I really need to get started on the wedding day. I feel like this summer is flying by and I have no time for anything. My days off are filled with stuff that doesn't include sitting at the computer. So I'm sitting down today and making it a point to get some of this wedding day report done.

My alarm went off at 4:00am that morning. I actually slept REALLY well and it felt like I had just fallen asleep....I didn't move all night. The weird thing was that my sister was just standing up looking at me once I finally rolled over and turned the alarm off. SHE denies the whole thing but I think she just doesn't remember. Anyway, I hopped in the shower to wake up. I was just putting on lotion and the girls from Beaute Speciale knocked at the door :goodvibes Rosie started on me and Lacy?? (I think that was her name) got started on the other girls. I was trying to make sure I was drinking plenty of water and eat while I was getting my hair done.

My sister and me getting our hair done
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It took about an hour and a half for my hair...here is it all done!
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I did my makeup after my hair while the girls were getting finished up. Amy and Regina showed up right in the middle of makeup and started right away with the pictures. They did all the staged pics of the my dress and the rings since I wasn't ready yet. At this point I was just getting REALLY excited. Even though we had to be up so early I was just having so much fun :goodvibes. Once I get the CD of the pics I'll post more of the professional pics from the room.

Before I knew it, it was time to get into my dress and head down for the first look photos. We did the first look photos at Caribbean Beach before we left for Epcot. I really like those pics because they were so candid :goodvibes Then the whole bridal party hopped in the van and we were off to Epcot!! I'm really happy we opted for the van...it was only $25 and the whole bridal party got to ride together.

We took the bridal party pics around Germany and it surprisingly wasn't too hot. The humidity wasn't too bad it and it was just so peaceful all by ourselves. We got a bunch done and then it was time to hide in the stores while our guests arrived. It was awesome because the stores were air conditioned and we just goofed off while we waited. We were dougie-ing and learning the Bernie....apparently the new Dougie. :lmao:

All set up for the ceremony
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the girls
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One of my FAVORITES...too bad it was on a cell phone :confused:
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MOH and Best Man
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Bridesmaid and Groomsman
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goofing off in the store
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a little better pic of my hair...we had a lot of time in the store
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a little Penn State pride :goodvibes
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I don't have any of the pictures from the ceremony on my shutterfly. I couldn't pull them off facebook and upload them :guilty: I REALLY hope the prof CD comes soon so I can keep going with the TR. I feel like you won't get the full feel of the ceremony unless you see the pics. Fingers crossed for the CD to arrive!!!:wizard:
 
OMG, your pictures are just stunning! DPS did a really great job. I absolutely love your dress and hair, and love the ceremony location! The reception looks like it was so much fun, and your cake is just absolutely amazing. I seriously just want to have another event at WDW to request that cake :lmao:

I can't wait to read about everything else:goodvibes
 
Your wedding pictures are beautiful. I really love your hair. It is so unique. I can't wait to hear how it all comes together!!
 



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