Hey everyone!
My DF and I got engaged at WDW in December 2005. We are getting married exactly 2 years after the proposal and will be going back to WDW on our honeymoon. Anyway, we have lived together since the proposal and we didn't really want to register for household stuff that we really already have. I'm sure most of you are in the same boat if you are considering a honeymoon registry. We are also doing it because we are funding our own wedding and that makes it hard to afford that perfect honeymoon.
I double and triple checked - you are not required to purchase or do anything that you add to your registry list. It's just to help the guests feel like they are giving you something tangible rather than just money. All of the money contributed through the Disney Honeymoon Registry is put in a lump sum on the honeymoon gift card.
I just got my honeymoon gift card in the mail. We scanned it in the best we could, but I am new to DIS so I can't post the image yet.
We are encouraging guests to contribute to our honeymoon via a poem that we wrote and posted on our website.
Mike and I adore nearly everything Disney
So just take a guess where he knelt down before me?
He nervously proposed at the castle of Cinderella
And my gleeful "Yes!" make him quite the lucky fella.
Exactly two years later is when we will wed
With family and friends our vows will be said.
We are wistfully dreaming of a magical honeymoon
But can we afford a Disney World visit so soon?
That is why we are here, asking quite modestly
Would it be all right if we skipped the registry?
Instead we want memories in our most cherished of places
Imagine the joy in our hearts and the smiles on our faces.
We want to start off right and what better way
Than to escape it all with Mickey and play.
Any amount will help and we will surely appreciate
Thank you for caring, we hope to see you on our wedding date.
Doing it in poem form is kind of cheesy, but it takes out the awkwardness that you are essentially asking for money. I think it encourages people to check it out without being too improper (if that makes sense).
Anyway, I just want to say that some people really are going to want to give tangible gifts. So, it really is a good idea to have a backup registry. We went with Target. We put in small writing at the bottom of the webpage: "For those of you who prefer more traditional gift options, we are also registered at Target."
Congrats and good luck to everyone planning their wedding and their DisneyMoon.
Fingers crossed as I really want one of these sparkly cards lol
I was thinking that as we probably won't be getting pressies for a VR, I could get my family to use it for my 40th, and Nigel's B'day as they're both just before we go.
