Hey guys my fiance (Lizz) and I (Will) have been together for about 7 years and we have been engaged for around 2.5. we decided on a DCL wedding because half of my family was going on this particular cruise anyway and we decided it couldn't be to hard to get her family to go if we told them we were getting hitched. So we started our planning a little bit later than most of you. We leave on May 6th for a 4 day cruise on The Dream.
We are having our ceremony on board because cast away was booked but I do not mind because I am not really into beach weddings. The DF on other hand put us on the waiting list just in case. LOL.
Lizz went shopping this weekend and managed to find a dress that she really loved. She initially thought the dress she wanted was at the first place she went to and ended up finding it at the last store she visited at half the cost of the original dress. She bought a set of blue satin heals to go with the dress. We are also planning on getting the grooms men to wear blue socks with the tuxedos that match her shoes. we saw some really awesome shots where a couple did this but with yellow and liked the the idea.
On the topic of photos, we chose to hire an outside photographer because we wanted a very specific style of photographs. You can find our photographers website here
We actually know 2 couples that have used these photographers for there weddings and engagement shots and the pics they got are exactly what is posted on the website. In fact some of the shots on the site are of our friends. While they are a fairly pricey we are planning on going around nassau to take pictures and they have experience on the island at The Cloisters, the Versailles Garden, and the beaches.
My biggest complaint about DCL is the group booking process. The fact that I have to call with the a guests information and create a reservation for them is very annoying. I really do wish that I could just give our guests the group number and that they could call Disney and make their own reservation. Also the fact that DCL group sales can not email confirmations is ridiculous.
Because we decided to this wedding on such short notice I set up a website to notify our friends and family. I used google for this grabbing a wedding template from gsites. It was very easy and only took a few hours. You can see our site here.
I will try to update this as we get closer to our departure date we currently have 18 people and rooms booked. We will most likely end up with around 25-30 total.
We are having our ceremony on board because cast away was booked but I do not mind because I am not really into beach weddings. The DF on other hand put us on the waiting list just in case. LOL.
Lizz went shopping this weekend and managed to find a dress that she really loved. She initially thought the dress she wanted was at the first place she went to and ended up finding it at the last store she visited at half the cost of the original dress. She bought a set of blue satin heals to go with the dress. We are also planning on getting the grooms men to wear blue socks with the tuxedos that match her shoes. we saw some really awesome shots where a couple did this but with yellow and liked the the idea.
On the topic of photos, we chose to hire an outside photographer because we wanted a very specific style of photographs. You can find our photographers website here
We actually know 2 couples that have used these photographers for there weddings and engagement shots and the pics they got are exactly what is posted on the website. In fact some of the shots on the site are of our friends. While they are a fairly pricey we are planning on going around nassau to take pictures and they have experience on the island at The Cloisters, the Versailles Garden, and the beaches.
My biggest complaint about DCL is the group booking process. The fact that I have to call with the a guests information and create a reservation for them is very annoying. I really do wish that I could just give our guests the group number and that they could call Disney and make their own reservation. Also the fact that DCL group sales can not email confirmations is ridiculous.
Because we decided to this wedding on such short notice I set up a website to notify our friends and family. I used google for this grabbing a wedding template from gsites. It was very easy and only took a few hours. You can see our site here.
I will try to update this as we get closer to our departure date we currently have 18 people and rooms booked. We will most likely end up with around 25-30 total.
Welcome! Can u post a pic of ur fiance's dress & a pic of u guys.. i love 2 c all the lovely couples on here 
.. congrats on ur up coming event.. keep the updates coming 
Hopefully that gets worked out soon!
