Meryll83's SBP/Citrico's/Morocco PJ - Update: Trip Report now underway!!

[meryll83]

I want to group together my findings for easier reference, as everything is scattered all over at the moment.
These have come from a veriety of sources, so thank you to anyone and everyone who has willingly (or not so!) inspired me!

So hair inspirations:

 

[meryll83]

I finally got around to figuring out how to get screenshots of Tiffany Amber Thiessen's wedding hair - love the colour, the wave, the front, the positioning of the veil, the half up half down hair, in fact the only thing I really want done differently is to have a mass of curls above the veil, probably closest to the last blonde girls hair.....

 

[meryll83]

 

[meryll83]

 

[meryll83]

Right, now that's out of the way, thank goodness, back to normality!
Apologies for all those pictures, I just felt I needed to group my ideas together in one place.

I bought Universal tickets for us last night while they are still at $79.99 (7 days for the price of 2), as there have been postings that this price will go up very soon, so that's another thing checked off the list. I doubt we'll make it to any other parks in all honesty, so until next years Halloween Horror Nights go on sale (gotta do that!), that's all our park tickets sorted now - as long as DFTW still give us free AP's!

I've seen the new Disney cake options now, but can't decide which I like the best, and may still have to pay upgrade to have each layer a different flavour, and for the fillings we want as they're not listed on the standard choice form Will see what Si thinks, but I don't think he wants to know until nearer the time - he tells me off coz we decide one thing and then Disney changes their policy or it transpires that you need a minimum number of people or something and then we have to change our choices! I really should have just started planning a couple of months before we could contract and then I might have had the right infomation in the first place!!

Did a bit more work on our budget spreadsheet last night, but I wasn't sure if things like officiants fees and marriage licence needed tax adding on top or not, it's all very confusing!!

 

[Chilly]

Thanks for posting all those photos, it'll help when I start planning properly!

I love pretty much everything you posted.

Where did you get the universal tickets from?

 

[linzwylie]

Thanks for posting all those photos, it'll help when I start planning properly!

Yeh I'll second that, I feel super underorganised now

Where did you get the universal tickets from?

Yeh that price is great ! Coyuld do with grabbing a couple of those myself !

Linz xxx

Oh and wasn't Tiffany Amber Thiessen a beautiful bride

 

[meryll83]

Thanks for posting all those photos, it'll help when I start planning properly!

I love pretty much everything you posted.

Where did you get the universal tickets from?

Yeh I'll second that, I feel super underorganised now



Yeh that price is great ! Coyuld do with grabbing a couple of those myself !

Linz xxx

Oh and wasn't Tiffany Amber Thiessen a beautiful bride

I am just super over-organised so don't worry, you won't be behind at all!
The more we sort out now and get paid for, the less of a shock it will be later on though I think!

You can get the tickets (tax to be added so works out about $86 I think) either via Dreams Unlimited or UniversalOrlando.com direct (tip: I discovered that here in the UK we automatically get redirected to a different pricing grid which isn't as good, so if you go via the HHN website and click 'buy tickets' there, you stay on the US pricing grid

As I mentioned, if you're interested, grab 'em now as they're set to increase any time now, DU have put a disclaimer up saying as of today they can't guarantee this price anymore! They don't activate til you first use them, so you can keep them for years and they will still be valid until the day you activate them, then obviously your 7 days kicks in.

I just thought it was too good a deal to pass up!

Oh I absolutely love Tiff's overall look, I need to try and get my hair colour like that gradually over the coming months and then start a wee bit of tanning (not too much though) next summer!

 

[Chilly]

I really like the look of Tiffs wedding as well.

I think I will get annual Unniversal tickets as we are hoping to go back 9 months after the wedding. Thanks for the tip though.

 

[meryll83]

Well there's been quite a lot of talk about the dessert party motorcoaches lately, and it got me to formulating a plan.

We're on the escape package so have a limo for 2 hours.

Now, depending on what people wanna do before the wedding (2.30pm), we could have the limo pick up everyone up from about an hour before the ceremony from Pop, (bridesmaids will already be at the BWV with me) so that we can have some pre-ceremony photos done at the BW, with the boys and girls seperate.

Then the limo can take me, my dad and the bridesmaids from the BWV to SBP just before the ceremony starts (everyone else will walk down).

The limo can then tootle off, and at 4.30pm ish the motorcoach hire can begin to take us all to the GF for our reception meal, back to Epcot for the dessert party and back to resorts at the end (9.30pm ish). Then we get our full 5 hours usage in.

OR

If the limo can only drop me, dad and the BM's as far as the BWV (us girls will be there anyway) and we have to walk to SBP, then the limo can pick up people from Pop about 45 mins before the ceremony, and then at 3.30pm take me and Si to the GF to get some photos started while everyone else waits for the 4.30pm coach to arrive - perhaps we can recruit them to take sand ceremony / cake etc up to our room in the meantime.

OR

A combination of the 2 - 45 minutes before hand from Pop, me dad and the girls from BWV to SBP just before the ceremony, and me and Si still head off before everyone else at 3.30pm to the GF - I wanna get my limo usage dammit

SO........

firstly, please help me decide what option is best / how the limo works
and...
secondly, either way, there may be times where people need to "dawdle" so where at the BW and GF are there bars or other suitable areas that people can get a drink and hang out in between times??

By the time the boys and others get to the BW area, it may only leave half an hour before the ceremony for Randy to get some photos in with them, will that be plenty do you think?
Also, if the limo is picking up from Pop, will there be enough room for:
Si
My mum
My dad
Si's mum
Si's dad
Si's brother
Si's brother's (then) wife
Julie's (then) husband - OMG that's so scary!!
Jackie's DBF
And then there's a possible 2 x friends that are umming and ahhing at the moment about coming.

I suppose some people could make their own way over via Disney transport, or taxi, earlier on - maybe my parents might want to be at my room earlier, I dunno.....

Decisions, decisions!

 

[meryll83]

Ooooh, forgot to mention,
Our UK registrars for the UK ceremony finally emailed me back, and advised that as the "vow renewal" type ceremony they are performing is not legally binding, they can accept a letter from Randal Miller advising that he has completed the marriage ceremony, just in case our certificate is back in time - they said it's not an absolute necessity, but they do like to check we are actually married first!!

 

[Chilly]

Well just to through a spanner in your planning you get the limo for 4 hours not 2 hours

 

[meryll83]

Well just to through a spanner in your planning you get the limo for 4 hours not 2 hours

Oh no -you're right!! After all that!!

Ok, so in that case, I'd get the limo to make two trips if needed, get people started coming from Pop maybe about 1pm first pickup to arrive at the BW - presuming that there is somewhere they can grab a drink at the BW to keep them occupied, use it for the bridal party to get to the ceremony site if it's do-able, and then get the limo to also make two trips to the GF after the ceremony as well, so we can all have some photos down there, again need recommendations on a bar though.....

Then we'd get the motorcoach just to take us to and from the dessert party, we'll maybe only get a couple of hours use out of it this way, but at least we won't be worried about rushing to stay within the 5 hour limit.

Ok, so does that plan work better?


Right, so where can people go at the BW and GF to fill in any time gaps? Come on ladies, hit me with your best ideas!.....

 

[Chilly]

Well at GF they could go to the Garden View Lounge and have afternoon tea. Or at the BW Beaches and Cream Soda Shop perhaps?

 

[meryll83]

Well at GF they could go to the Garden View Lounge and have afternoon tea. Or at the BW Beaches and Cream Soda Shop perhaps?

We're going to be feeding them at 6pm ish at the GF though, so it was really just somewhere for drinks we were thinking, rather than any of the restaurants.

Lurrrrve B&C too much to let anyone go there without me anyway!!

Are there any lounges or bars within the hotels themselves?

 

[Chilly]

We're going to be feeding them at 6pm ish at the GF though, so it was really just somewhere for drinks we were thinking, rather than any of the restaurants.

Lurrrrve B&C too much to let anyone go there without me anyway!!

Are there any lounges or bars within the hotels themselves?

There afe definately seating areas that they could sit in but i'm not sure there are any actual bars that would be open in the day, not really a Disney thing.

 

[DigitalLove]

We're going to be feeding them at 6pm ish at the GF though, so it was really just somewhere for drinks we were thinking, rather than any of the restaurants.

Lurrrrve B&C too much to let anyone go there without me anyway!!

Are there any lounges or bars within the hotels themselves?

Citricos has a nice bar which *I THINK* opens at 5pm... We had a couple of drinks there before we went to eat at 6pm

 

[figmentfan814]

Not too sure on which option I would choose for transportation either, but your planner will be great at helping you work out these details. My planner helped us rearrange things so we had extra time with our bus for additional pictures after the reception.

For the limo, they only hold 8 and I ended up taking up two seats with my dress

 

[baywatchextra]

mezz whats the deal with these universal passes? im thinking we should get in on this!!!

p.s. you think saying steven will be my husband is scary, trying being me!!

 

[meryll83]

There afe definately seating areas that they could sit in but i'm not sure there are any actual bars that would be open in the day, not really a Disney thing.

Citricos has a nice bar which *I THINK* opens at 5pm... We had a couple of drinks there before we went to eat at 6pm

Not too sure on which option I would choose for transportation either, but your planner will be great at helping you work out these details. My planner helped us rearrange things so we had extra time with our bus for additional pictures after the reception.

For the limo, they only hold 8 and I ended up taking up two seats with my dress

I forgot that hotel bars aren't likely to be open too early, darnit, hopefully we should have plenty to keep us busy though. Maybe.....

At least we can have the limo do 2 trips, might as well get our use out of it!!

mezz whats the deal with these universal passes? im thinking we should get in on this!!!

p.s. you think saying steven will be my husband is scary, trying being me!!

go via the Halloween Horror Nights website and go to 'buy tickets' there, then you go through to the USA's Universal ticket area, then select the 2 day unlimited access option - I thought it was a fab deal so have bought these now before they go up - do it fast if you want them, they're set to go up at any time..... You pay in dollars, but obviously your bank card converts the currency over for you, bought ours on the credit card until payday on Friday

next year when HHN tickets for 09 come out, you can then pre-pay $29.99 to upgrade your day tickets (you choose which day before hand) to stay for one night of HHN, and then we'll get the express pass aswell which is about $35 to make sure we can fit it all in in one night. Adds up a bit, but it's the best way to do it!




Ok - quick budgeting question - if you are only having the soft drinks included in the dessert party base price, does this mean you don't have to pay the $100 bartender fee, or is he your server of the soft drinks anyway and you have to pay this regardless?