Our Great Escape - Morocco/Canada/Attic/Sago Cay TR *DisneyWeddingBlog Nomination*

[Brit_Jude]

WOW - I just caught up with your updates. The canvas of your trash the dress is amazing. It is such a romantic shot.

Thank you for a wedding pics they are great!

Here is some more pixie dust!

 

[TinkLoverSam]

Hope that's enough pixie dust! Your teaser pics are amazing!

 

[daisygirl902]

LOVE LOVE LOVE your pics so far! The whole thing looks so beautiful - wow...great "non-professional" pics! I can't imagine how great the "real ones" will be

Your cake was amazing - I love the daisies on it!

 

[Chilly]

The TTD photo is amazing.

 

[shippedtosea]

that clutch is too cute. I want it! The shadow box is great! The canvas looks awesome, great idea.

 

[puente0629]

Love, love your bouquet, very unique and that TTD photo is amazing!!! Can't wait to see more pics

 

[DznyGal]

Your teaser pictures are just that!
I can't wait to see more.

You are way ahead of us, I love the shadow box, I need to do something like that. Now you have inspired me.

That TTD canvas is gorgeous, that is my favorite TTD picture I have seen of ANYONE!

Looking forward to seeing more.

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

The teaser pics. look amazing! I love your bouquet; it's so unique. The canvas wrap looks great too. I've been debating of ordering from that site but your pic. just confirmed for me that I will. Lots of luck and pixie dust job hunting!!!

Thanks I really loved my bouquet, even though it was different from my picture I sent in. It smelled (and still smells) amazing! The canvas wrap is so cool! We will probably get more eventually, since it makes us look like art!

SENDING PIXIE DUST YOUR WAY!!!
It wasn't long ago that I was in the same position. It is difficult to wait...heck DH and I got married so I would have health insurance and not end up in the poor house.
It was worth the wait. I got a job that I love (even though it is 60% time and a 1 year grant...) remember...things come to those who wait...and everyone has to start somewhere! I ended up taking a photography job JUST so that I would have SOME income...Don't be afraid to take something for the "right now" while waiting for "the right fit"
One last piece of advice...for what it is worth...ENJOY YOUR TIME OFF!!! I made this mistake. I worried to no end...search for some of my posts and you'll see-I worried right up until the point where I was working again and totally missed the opportunity to relax, enjoy the summer, and unwind after a whirlwind of 3 years...

Thanks for sharing that with me! The hard thing is that because I have a graduate degree, most entry level/customer service type jobs, won't hire me, since they know I will quit when I get a job in my field. Two of my friends had interviews for administrative jobs, and they were turned down for that reason as well. I am trying to enjoy the free time I have, but unfortunately it has rained here for almost 2 weeks!

WOW - I just caught up with your updates. The canvas of your trash the dress is amazing. It is such a romantic shot.

Thank you for a wedding pics they are great!

Here is some more pixie dust!

Thanks a lot

Hope that's enough pixie dust! Your teaser pics are amazing!

Thanks I'm really hoping I hear something this week! And hopefully my DPS pics come soon!

LOVE LOVE LOVE your pics so far! The whole thing looks so beautiful - wow...great "non-professional" pics! I can't imagine how great the "real ones" will be

Your cake was amazing - I love the daisies on it!

Thanks a lot I really hope they come soon so I can share the AK ones especially!

The TTD photo is amazing.

There are way too many for me to choose from

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

that clutch is too cute. I want it! The shadow box is great! The canvas looks awesome, great idea.

Thanks

Love, love your bouquet, very unique and that TTD photo is amazing!!! Can't wait to see more pics

Thanks I'm glad I didn't go for a traditional bouquet, although now I am starting to like flowers again! I think my bouquet really suited the location of the ceremony though!

Your teaser pictures are just that!
I can't wait to see more.

You are way ahead of us, I love the shadow box, I need to do something like that. Now you have inspired me.

That TTD canvas is gorgeous, that is my favorite TTD picture I have seen of ANYONE!

Looking forward to seeing more.

Thanks Since I don't have a job, I decided to just power through and get everything I can wrapped up with the wedding now. If I left it off, than got a job, it wouldn't ever get done! I don't even have a place to put the shadow box right now, but I'm glad it is done!

That is so nice of you to say about the TTD pic! That was my favourite pic, but after going back through them, I think I have a few that I like even more of that one! I'll post them soon


In other news...I was going through all our receipts and all the stuff I saved to scrapbook with, and I found $150! It was shoved into a small Disney envelope, which we thought was a receipt from a gift someone gave us on our wedding. I'm so glad I opened it, and didn't just throw it out...although now I feel so bad we didn't notice before. Oh well, we will buy something with it next time we go!

 

[Walcott]

Oh yay! Teaser pics! I love the one of you guys coming up the stairs with the lake behind you. I hadn't even thought about the lake being part of the whole Epcot Canada scene! How pretty!

 

[Sarah84]

I love your TTD canvas and the clutch bag is gorgeous, i love how its Disney but not OTT Disney. Great job on the box too

Sending lots of Pixie dust your way that you find a job soon

 

[Disney9.9.10]

I love that clutch! I might need to get myself one when I am there in Sept!! It is Disney, yet kind of under the radar Disney. I also love the TTD canvas. I cannot wait to see the rest of your pictures - you look so happy in that picture, it is beautiful!

 

[Sccrmnky2005]

I can't wait to see the rest of your pictures!!!! How did your at home reception go?? I know I'm jumping ahead

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

Oh yay! Teaser pics! I love the one of you guys coming up the stairs with the lake behind you. I hadn't even thought about the lake being part of the whole Epcot Canada scene! How pretty!

Thanks I totally didn't want an aisle to walk down, but I quickly changed my mind after seeing that one!

I love your TTD canvas and the clutch bag is gorgeous, i love how its Disney but not OTT Disney. Great job on the box too

Sending lots of Pixie dust your way that you find a job soon

Thanks a lot

I love that clutch! I might need to get myself one when I am there in Sept!! It is Disney, yet kind of under the radar Disney. I also love the TTD canvas. I cannot wait to see the rest of your pictures - you look so happy in that picture, it is beautiful!

Thanks I looked at so many clutches before getting one...and enlisted DH to help. I wanted one with fireworks, and the least obvious disney possible.

I can't wait to see the rest of your pictures!!!! How did your at home reception go?? I know I'm jumping ahead

Thanks We haven't actually had our at home reception yet...it is June 12th

 

[ghoulish delight]

Happy one month! Your wedding looks like it was just fabulous! You looked so gorgeous and happy! I can't wait to see more pics!!

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

Happy one month! Your wedding looks like it was just fabulous! You looked so gorgeous and happy! I can't wait to see more pics!!

Thank you! I can;t wait to see more from you. I loved your wedding video

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

I finally got my pictures!!! They came last night, and I was up so late trying to get my photo books done so I have them for the reception! I didn't finish them yet, so I need to work on that before I update on here!

I have also updated 2 of my reviews. I was more honest in my DFTW review, which was hard, because I hate that it sounds like I didn't like my planner, which is totally not true, but I am trying to just be honest so other brides can learn from past mistakes.

I also updated my review of DPS (which doesn't really reflect the photographers) since I had a brutal time trying to get my DVD from them!

I am hoping to get my welcome party up in a few hours! I already have it written, so all I need to do is upload photos!

 

[Disney9.9.10]

I am sorry to hear that you had some issues with the service you received I think that your reviews are really fair and don't "attack" anyone (i.e., your planner). But the fact that you mentioned the negatives really helps those of us who are still planning. Even though it is Disney, they are still people who can make mistakes - so thank you for posting honest reviews!

On a happier note, yay for getting your pictures!! I cannot wait to see them!

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

Day Two Part Two – Welcome Dinner @ Morocco

After swimming around in Stormalong Bay for awhile, I realized that we should probably head back to our room to get ready for the welcome dinner. I want to add in here that we were really disappointed in Stormalong Bay. It was completely packed: all the lounge chairs were taken by adults and the pool was swarming with kids. DH and I agreed we actually had more fun at the Pop Century pool the year before.

Anyway, we are almost finished getting ready when I suddenly realize we are running behind (I am always early, so I get frustrated when I am behind schedule). We quickly gathered all of the welcome bags/gifts, and started running towards the Epcot gate (which took a whole 3 minutes I would say).
I’m going to leave out most of the next part, as I do not want to relive bad memories, but as I mentioned before, we had issues with getting into Epcot with all our gifts (that I was told before I would be allowed to bring). In the end, the guest relations person (who was extremely nice) got us in, but this whole ordeal wasted about 15 minutes, and I really don’t want to go into details and relive it.

We finally got to Morocco and saw that about half of our guests were there, with the rest arriving shortly after. There were two event guides (who were husband and wife, and so adorable) and woman working the food area, as well as Regina (DPS) and someone else (Mike I think?) that was with her, although he wasn’t taking pictures.

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As everyone arrived, we started handing out the welcome gifts we got for everyone. I had brought my sash from my bachelorette party, and decided to put it on as well:

As the gifts were being handed out, Regina took the opportunity to get some photos of everyone opening gifts. Everyone was really, really impressed and grateful for everything, so I am really happy we did this.

After the gift opening wrapped up, we started to line up for food. We used the Oswald Buffet menu, which was $28.50 a person, and we had a BOC soda package. The buffet included:
-deluxe cheeses with grapes and crackers
-market vegetable display with lemon dill cream
-chicken quesadilla
-vegetable spring roll with dipping sauce
-potato chips with leak dip.

The selection of cheese was great, and they were all so tasty!

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The food was extremely good, with the spring rolls and cheese being the biggest hits! The only thing I didn’t have was the chips and dip, but I am sure that tasted fine. At the time, and still to this day, I wish we would have had wine as well. We were trying to save money where we could, and figured we should cut alcohol here, since we had it in other events, but I wish I would have just spent the money on it.

We spent the next 40 minutes or so just chatting to one another. I don’t think Morocco has the best layout for this type of event. It is long and narrow, and is kind of divided into two sections, so we were not all together at once.

If I could go back in time, I would probably not have photography at Morocco. We ended up not facing the camera for most of the fireworks anyway, since we had not actually seen them before. In retrospect, I would have rather had photography at Sago Cay. A lot of it also had to do with the way I looked. I didn’t want to do anything with my hair, because I didn’t want to wash it when we got back, since I wanted to just go right to sleep. I also wore a dress I got a target on the way to WDW, which I totally regret wearing. I should have worn the original one, which I wore another night to Jiko, and it photographed way better!

Anyway, that’s my rant. I’ll leave you with some fireworks pics:

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We stuck around for about 15 minutes after the fireworks. Everyone forgot we had vans for them, so they were so happy when we told them they didn’t have to take the bus! DH and I walked back to BCV to get ready for bed. We couldn’t fall asleep, so we decided to find a somewhat boring show (we settled on Everyone loves Raymond) so that we could fall asleep to that……it worked!

 

[Petals & Pixie Dust]

thank you for the honest review! I'm excited b/c you have pics and have started your story!!!