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

[meryll83]

Hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas and New Year, - our wedding is now officially THIS YEAR!!
It's amazing that when we started out it was 2 years to go, and now we're at around 9 months already!

I've been a bit wedding lazy lately actually, not much to report. I've posted another thread asking for all your help on choosing music for the ceremony, as we just can't decide, so we're looking for inspiration. This is the one section of the Escape planning pack we're not decided on I think, but I don't think we actually have to submit it until July or so, so still plenty time, but you know how over-organised I normally am, so it's time to start thinking about this!

I need to get in touch with Rev Miller in just under 3 weeks to hopefully get him confirmed, so looking forward to that as the next milestone!

A little disappointed that the new ADR window is 90 days, I know it makes more sense really, but it means we have to wait a further 3 months to find out if we can have a reception meal

I'm sure we'll be seeing lots of new faces as it were around soon, as I expect there have been some festive proposals. I don't expect any of them will dare tackle this beast of a thread though, how many pages have I racked up now??!!

 

[Chilly]

The ADR 90 day window sucks doesn't it!

 

[linzwylie]

Ive been wedding lazy too, seems family life, work, uni and christmas have taken over.
Oh well, back to work and normal life on Monday so no excuses - time to start the mega wedding plans!

Rev. Miller is lovely, really funny. We met him for a drink in November and he's great, you'll love him.

Linz xxx

 

[gemmybear83]

Hi I am a newbie and I have just read through the whole of your thread!!

Its been really helpful as we are planning an escape wedding from the U.K too - and we want to have our dinner in Citricos too!

 

[Lynn5700]

Hi Meryll! I have not talked to you in a while I feel like so just wanted to say Hey!

Have you figured out some of your music yet?

 

[meryll83]

Hi I am a newbie and I have just read through the whole of your thread!!

Its been really helpful as we are planning an escape wedding from the U.K too - and we want to have our dinner in Citricos too!

Welcome and thank you for taking the to read my PJ, just out of curiousity, how long did it take?
Glad all the waffling has been of some use to you!

Hi Meryll! I have not talked to you in a while I feel like so just wanted to say Hey!

Have you figured out some of your music yet?

Hey Lynnie, hope you're well?
What's that you're holding in your new avatar piccie?
We still haven't sussed out the tunage, I think we need to make time to sit down and sort it out properly, at the moment we keep casually throwing about ideas but not actually getting down to finalising anything.

We made a teeny little wedding purchase yesterday, got some matching ties for the boys and the matching cravat for Simon from Debenhams, just so we don't have to re-hire suits for everyone, they're all going to wear their own black suits and just Si will hire a proper wedding suit, but at least they'll have matching accessories!

 

[gemmybear83]

Hiya! I admit it did take me a couple of hours - and I did skim read some parts!

You must be so excited - not too long to go (sort of!). Were planning on doing a disneymoon cruise too so I will be interested to read your trip report!

 

[KittyKat08]

I just read your entire PJ so far. I love, love, love your dress and it looks fabulous on you. I can't wait to hear more of your plans.

 

[meryll83]

Hiya! I admit it did take me a couple of hours - and I did skim read some parts!

You must be so excited - not too long to go (sort of!). Were planning on doing a disneymoon cruise too so I will be interested to read your trip report!

Haha, I don't blame you, thanks for following allong!! I'm really excited about the cruise, having never cruised at all before...

I just read your entire PJ so far. I love, love, love your dress and it looks fabulous on you. I can't wait to hear more of your plans.

Thanks for braving the long read, I think I might have to try my dress on again soon, I've been dress shopping with my friend recently, and it's got me wanting to dress up again too!

We've just passed the 9 month mark now, so we're in the process of confirming our booking with Rev. Miller, and sorting out the final arrangements for renting DVC points to stay at the Boardwalk the night before and night of the wedding. I've just received the contract from our rentor (is that the right word?!), so hopefully each of these items will be sorted by the weekend! Well at our end anyway, I don't know how long airmail will take to reach the US!

It's also only 29 days now until we can book our dessert party, which I'm really excited about, this is one of the truly "Disney" things about our day, a fantastic firework show, amidst amazing scenery, and scrummy desserts!
We're going to ask about a custom menu, so we can pick and choose the different items we prefer from the set menus, yummmmaaaaaay!

 

[Beep]

We've just passed the 9 month mark now, so we're in the process of confirming our booking with Rev. Miller, and sorting out the final arrangements for renting DVC points to stay at the Boardwalk the night before and night of the wedding. I've just received the contract from our rentor (is that the right word?!), so hopefully each of these items will be sorted by the weekend! Well at our end anyway, I don't know how long airmail will take to reach the US!

It's also only 29 days now until we can book our dessert party, which I'm really excited about, this is one of the truly "Disney" things about our day, a fantastic firework show, amidst amazing scenery, and scrummy desserts!
We're going to ask about a custom menu, so we can pick and choose the different items we prefer from the set menus, yummmmaaaaaay!

Hey you,

We have just booked our DVC too! Exciting isn't it?! I have the confirmation numbers of the bookings and haven't had to pay a deposit as we have rented from this lady before. As soon as we get the postal confs we are paying, although it is more now isn't because of the $/£ exchange rate.

We would have loved to have done a dessert party, and it was a choice between that or dinner at Le Cellier. In the end we decided we are going to book Le Cellier but we aren't paying. Times are getting hard!!

You'll have to let us know what menu items you choose, and don't forget your doggie bags so you can take anything that is leftover. If me and himself were there I guarantee you'd have nothing left over

 

[meryll83]

Hey you,

We have just booked our DVC too! Exciting isn't it?! I have the confirmation numbers of the bookings and haven't had to pay a deposit as we have rented from this lady before. As soon as we get the postal confs we are paying, although it is more now isn't because of the $/£ exchange rate.

We would have loved to have done a dessert party, and it was a choice between that or dinner at Le Cellier. In the end we decided we are going to book Le Cellier but we aren't paying. Times are getting hard!!

You'll have to let us know what menu items you choose, and don't forget your doggie bags so you can take anything that is leftover. If me and himself were there I guarantee you'd have nothing left over

I know, the dollar rate sucks at the minute doesn't it? We'll be paying for our rental in the next few days I think, so we'll just have to hope it doesn't get any worse!

We're also arranging a group meal at Le Cellier, it was our favourite restaurant by far last time, but it's going to be a pay your own way job.

We're lucky we budgeted way in advance and got most of our dollars changed, as otherwise we might have had to cut back on things about now.

The desserts I think we're leaning towards are:
Chocolate peanut butter marshmallow sqaures
Chocolate fudge brownie
Key West key lime pie
Tiramasu
Cheesecake

 

[Beep]

I know, the dollar rate sucks at the minute doesn't it? We'll be paying for our rental in the next few days I think, so we'll just have to hope it doesn't get any worse!

We're also arranging a group meal at Le Cellier, it was our favourite restaurant by far last time, but it's going to be a pay your own way job.

We're lucky we budgeted way in advance and got most of our dollars changed, as otherwise we might have had to cut back on things about now.

The desserts I think we're leaning towards are:
Chocolate peanut butter marshmallow sqaures
Chocolate fudge brownie
Key West key lime pie
Tiramasu
Cheesecake

Same here with the rental. We didn't change any dollars when the rate was good coz we hadn't got any money!

I can send you my doggie bag now if you like, or closer to when you go?

 

[figmentfan814]

The desserts I think we're leaning towards are:
Chocolate peanut butter marshmallow sqaures
Chocolate fudge brownie
Key West key lime pie
Tiramasu
Cheesecake

The desserts all sound yummy! We had the chocolate peanut butter marshmallow squares at our DP and I couldn't stop eating them

 

[meryll83]

Same here with the rental. We didn't change any dollars when the rate was good coz we hadn't got any money!

I can send you my doggie bag now if you like, or closer to when you go?

If you think I'm leaving one scrap behind you're sorely mistaken!

The desserts all sound yummy! We had the chocolate peanut butter marshmallow squares at our DP and I couldn't stop eating them

Oooh I can't wait, how many of each dessert do you get per person, is it just one of each item on the menu, did you notice?

 

[Chilly]

We made a teeny little wedding purchase yesterday, got some matching ties for the boys and the matching cravat for Simon from Debenhams, just so we don't have to re-hire suits for everyone, they're all going to wear their own black suits and just Si will hire a proper wedding suit, but at least they'll have matching accessories!

Oh I like those! I think I'll have to send DF out to Debenhams at lunchtime to see if they've got them in ours.

 

[Chilly]

We made a teeny little wedding purchase yesterday, got some matching ties for the boys and the matching cravat for Simon from Debenhams, just so we don't have to re-hire suits for everyone, they're all going to wear their own black suits and just Si will hire a proper wedding suit, but at least they'll have matching accessories!

Did you get it from the shop or online? I went over at lunchtime, I keep forgetting I have shops by me now, and I found it instore but it wasn't that colour, it was more pinky.

 

[figmentfan814]

Oooh I can't wait, how many of each dessert do you get per person, is it just one of each item on the menu, did you notice?

They just set up the items buffet style and then refilled them as needed. I know by the time everyone had gone through the line we were low on everything, but we still had some leftovers at the end (remember to bring plastic baggies with you because if you fill them up you can take them home!) Although, the host in charge of our event said that they had never seen a group eat so many desserts at one of the parties before They even brought over some items from a DP at an adjoining area for our guests. I guess you can tell that my family really loves their sweet treats!

 

[meryll83]

Did you get it from the shop or online? I went over at lunchtime, I keep forgetting I have shops by me now, and I found it instore but it wasn't that colour, it was more pinky.

We got them from the shop itself, but the same ones are also available online, I think it's in the formal wear section.
Hmm I wonder if your shop has different ones if they seem a bit pinky, not sure.
I actually bought a plain burgandy coloured cravat off ebay, but I'm selling it back on there now, as it was a little too dark compared to our bridesmaid dresses, and the Debenhams ones have almost a two-tone effect to them with the pattern, so that's working a lot better for us.




We've had some sucky news over the past few weeks. The company both Si and I work for is merging with a larger one, and when the first annoucement was made we were promised there would be no compulsory redundancies, so we didn't worry too much. Needless to say, we were probably naive in believing that, but what else could we do, so to cut a long story short, after much uncertainty and meetings not giving much away, we now finally know I still have a job in another role, but unless something comes up in the meantime, end of March is when the companies merge and Si's job, as it's more technical in the current company, is no longer going to be required. It's a real shame coz he enjoys his job, and the way the decisions have been made about who goes and stays have been done really poorly, not based on job performance at all, just the necessity of certain roles. But I'm not going to go into all that....
Sooooo, lots of job hunting going on at the moment, along with most of the UK at the moment unfortunately, hoping something good comes of it! Fingers crossed!

Thankfully, our wedding funds are pretty seperate from everything else, so we shouldn't have to make any cutbacks on the wedding and all will still go ahead as planned. We've joked that if we cancelled the wedding and converted all our dollars back we'd be in the money now, but obviously we don't want to do that! We still have to pay off the holiday itself though, so we're planning lots of movie nights in and no unnecessary expenses at the moment....

 

[Chilly]

I will try another debenhams and see if they have any more.

Sorry to hear about Si's job but good news you won't have to cut back on the wedding.

 

[meryll83]

They just set up the items buffet style and then refilled them as needed. I know by the time everyone had gone through the line we were low on everything, but we still had some leftovers at the end (remember to bring plastic baggies with you because if you fill them up you can take them home!) Although, the host in charge of our event said that they had never seen a group eat so many desserts at one of the parties before They even brought over some items from a DP at an adjoining area for our guests. I guess you can tell that my family really loves their sweet treats!

Haha, I missed this post before Vanessa, that made me chuckle
I too, have a huuuuuuuuuuuuuge sweet tooth so I can't wait! I am now on a mission to eat more than you guys too 18 days til we can get it booked in, then our wedding will feel like it has that extra touch of Disney magic