pick a pearl setting

[hematite153]

I wanted to share my Pearl story with everyone...

When we were at WDW in early 2005 my sons were 4 and 2, and we did the pick an oyster in both Epcot and at Sea World. My sons just LOVED it. At one of the two places they actually sent a diver down into a large tank to let the boys choose the oyster of their choice. We just had a daughter in October and we gave her the middle name Pearl after this, and vowed to get a new special pearl from an oyster each trip and maybe someday she can where them on her wedding day.

That's a great story.

Remember to keep all of the original bags so that if your pearls don't match well enough for a wedding necklace she'll be able to bring them all back to wdw and do some swapping for matches.

 

[grumpy&princess]

wow never heard of this. So glad to have stumbled across it on here. Cant wait til I get to do this.

 

[suggies08]

I love this thread Here are a few pics I took June 2007. We picked three different oysters. I have more pics somewhere-just cannot locate them at the moment. Last pic is of my pearl in the setting I chose at DTD.

One of the Oyster tanks in Epcot-Japan

The final product:

We ran out of time and would have missed Illuminations if we had the pearls set in Japan. So afterwards we went to DTD and they put the pearls in settings for us there. Sorry I don't have pics of the others(they were gifts). My setting is white gold and was around $30. They had a lot to chose from there but I felt like they pushed the more expensive settings on us. I kept asking her about silver and she just basically ignored me . I finally gave up and took the one you see in the photo, which I'm honestly glad I did! But for the ones that we gifted, well I just told her if she didn't have more inexpensive ones then we didn't want the settings. Needless to say she whipped out some $12 ones rather quickly after that.

We plan on doing this again in Epcot this summer, can't wait!

 

[pixleyyy]

I love this thread Here are a few pics I took June 2007. We picked three different oysters. I have more pics somewhere-just cannot locate them at the moment. Last pic is of my pearl in the setting I chose at DTD.

One of the Oyster tanks in Epcot-Japan

The final product:

We ran out of time and would have missed Illuminations if we had the pearls set in Japan. So afterwards we went to DTD and they put the pearls in settings for us there. Sorry I don't have pics of the others(they were gifts). My setting is white gold and was around $30. They had a lot to chose from there but I felt like they pushed the more expensive settings on us. I kept asking her about silver and she just basically ignored me . I finally gave up and took the one you see in the photo, which I'm honestly glad I did! But for the ones that we gifted, well I just told her if she didn't have more inexpensive ones then we didn't want the settings. Needless to say she whipped out some $12 ones rather quickly after that.

We plan on doing this again in Epcot this summer, can't wait!

That's very pretty! Did the setting price include the chain or was that seperate.

 

[Faccia Bella]

Hi Everyone. I have made it through most of the pages of this thread, but not all, so I might have missed this...but...does anyone know if there are black pearls at the Japan site? I know someone had mentioned they were pre-set at DTD, but I just wondered if anyone had "picked" one. Also, does anyone know the aprox. cost of the pre-set black pearls at DTD or the resorts? Thanks!

 

[suggies08]

That's very pretty! Did the setting price include the chain or was that seperate.

No, I actually bought the silver chain at walmart, it was around $30 also

 

[acejka]

Hi Everyone. I have made it through most of the pages of this thread, but not all, so I might have missed this...but...does anyone know if there are black pearls at the Japan site? I know someone had mentioned they were pre-set at DTD, but I just wondered if anyone had "picked" one. Also, does anyone know the aprox. cost of the pre-set black pearls at DTD or the resorts? Thanks!

I have picked black pearls at both DTD and Japan. I got a nice sized black one at DTD-around 8mm.

 

[mommy2mrb]

we are surprising our DD (7) with this next Sat when we go to Epcot. it will be her first "real big girl" jewelry. I can't wait to see her face when she realizes what she is getting.

 

[yooperfan]

The crab is 14K and was $99 (this does not include a chain). He is SO cute and worth the price. I love him

Do you know if they give the AP discount on the settings?

 

[solferino]

I did the pick a pearl in Japan last week and was so excited about doing it. I got a really pretty 6.75mm that was two toned- green and pink, it looks like a bubble does the way they're multicolored. I picked one of the cage settings for it. I just had them box it and went on my way. When we got home and I was going to put it on a chain I noticed there was a very visible scratch on the pearl . It seems like a waste of 60 bucks now to me and we're home so I'm not sure what can be done about it and if the scratch affects the integrity of the pearl. I'm bummed to say the least because I was so excited about getting one.

 

[lyzziesmom]

Y'know, I noticed after getting mine home that it has a dull spot on it that definitely was not there when I picked it. I think it's a smudge of glue or something. We are going back in 8 days and even though I no longer have the receipt, I do have the box it came in and will be bringing it to see if there's anything they can do. Hopefully it is just glue and can be cleaned easily. I still love my ring though and unless someone looks very closely, they probably would not see the smudge.

 

[wen774]

OMG Im so excited, I cant wait to do this with my DD! Clearly I am also incredibly oblivious, because I must have spent an hour shopping in Japan on our last trip and never even noticed this. Guess it will have to wait for the next trip in December!

 

[ms.yt]

My husband is going to kill me, but I'm just going to have to do this when we're there next week! After reading all these posts & seeing the great pictures, I won't be able to resist. He'll give me a hard time, though, because I am a demonstrator for home pick a pearl parties, and already have tons of pearl jewelry! Oh well! I was reading these threads that got me interested in doing the home parties, so I think I deserve to get to do it in WDW!

 

[Daxx]

We're leaving for WDW this weekend and after watching the pearl ladies trip after trip, I'm going to do it this time! I cannot wait!!!!!! I'll let you all know how it went when I get back!!!!!

 

[BlissP]

My husband and I leave a week from today for my VERY first visit to DW! We are celebrating our 5th anniversary. I told him all about this and is he's on board - I can't wait to come home with a pearl ring for my right hand!

I can't recall from reading this thread (and I did read the WHOLE thing ) but are there any ring settings that will hold two pearls? If I get twins (or even if I don't - I might pick two! ) I'd prefer a ring since I already have mikimoto pearl earrings (my 1st anniversary present from my sweet man!)

 

[Candid]

My husband and I leave a week from today for my VERY first visit to DW! We are celebrating our 5th anniversary. I told him all about this and is he's on board - I can't wait to come home with a pearl ring for my right hand!

I can't recall from reading this thread (and I did read the WHOLE thing ) but are there any ring settings that will hold two pearls? If I get twins (or even if I don't - I might pick two! ) I'd prefer a ring since I already have mikimoto pearl earrings (my 1st anniversary present from my sweet man!)

There were two pearl rings at Japan but I'm not sure about DTD.

 

[yooperfan]

Another thing to watch for when you pick up your pearl after it is mounted, if they drill a hole for the type of setting that requires this, check that the pearl is straight in the setting especially with cap settings. I had one I waited an hour to pick up that was mounted crooked. I noticed it about 5 min. later and went back. I had to come back for it, but they did straighten it out.

 

[thatgirl23]

Does anyone happen to know if any of the pearl stands have settings related to music? Like music notes and symbols or instruments? Thanks!

 

[pixleyyy]

We picked pearls twice during our recent visit. Our first time was on Jan. 28 at the Japan pavilion in Epcot's World Showcase. Both my daughter and I picked an oyster ($15 each, which includes tax) and here's what we got:

I got the small but beautiful one on the right. It was 7mm but a nice color with lots of shine. My daughter got the large one on the left. It was 8mm and the biggest one we saw in the 45 minutes we were there. When you get something big or beautiful they play the drum for you. This was for DD:

We then went and chose settings. I went with the horseshoe setting, which cost $25. DD went for the big butterfly (they had two sizes). Her setting was $21. Here's our set pearls (sorry, it's not a great photo). The one on the left is MIL's pearl set in a cage.

I'll post the other trips pearl and the story leading up to it once I have a moment to edit those photos.

 

[pixleyyy]

Does anyone happen to know if any of the pearl stands have settings related to music? Like music notes and symbols or instruments? Thanks!

Nope, I didn't see anything music related when we were there. Sorry.