Questions about Decorations

[BELLE16127]

I know I ask so many questions you all are probable tired of answering them but I have a few more. DD is in the VERY EARLY stages of planning her WDW wedding. They are looking at January 2010 so they haven't signed anything yet. She knows what she wants as far as the sites for the wedding the flowers she wants and so on. Like many I have seen on here she and the fiancee are trying to keep the wedding at the minimum cost of 15000. so here are a few of the questions I have since she is worried about some of the things I suggest adding to the cost of the entire thing:

She is hoping to get married at the Gazebo at Yacht and Beach Resort. That being said can I make bows for decorations on either the chairs or the Gazebo itself ? If I do this will Disney count this as something of the 3 things you are able to bring for them to set up?? DD is really concerned with that 3 thing statement. She is right now looking at Mini Champaigne bottles for favors with personalized lables. I purchased Little glass slipper placecard holders on e-bay and then of course the cards themselves. Now is that the 3 things for the reception?? Plus then you have the table # for the reception now are we up to 4?? I have seen several that people have made here and I am looking for things to do with time I have and would love to make them for her but she keeps telling me to wait, wait , wait. It is making me crazy!!! I know it is a long time till "the Day" but I keep thinking it will come faster than we think and I like to work ahead.

She has her cake knife and server allready, so that is done. I have seen all your welcome bags also and think that IF she decided to do this she can place a card in them with the table assignements for the reception then she won't need any kind of posting at the reception for this. Am I crazy here??

I know there are a million more questions that will come up I keep telling her to look at this site and I know part of her putting it off is the whole wondering IF they will be able to come up with the $$ in time to do it and they have allready said if they need to they will back the wedding off another year to have it at WDW. So I know she is not looking or reading this because she wants to avoid the dissapointment if they have to wait. I am trying to help her as much as I can with sending her sites of other photographers and so on I have seen here to help with the cost. I sent her the Misty like for photos and yes she is alot less expensive for the 6 hour package than Disney.

I think nthat she said with the taxes and gratuity that you add in they are in the 20's for an amount.

She is concerned about not having a rehersal dinner and a brunch the day after I really do not see the need for some of it I don't know am I CRAZY????

HELP anything you all can add to this to help me out with this would be great. I will go out and buy what I need to make these things and get working on them IF it is possible to use things we bring without making the total go so far up it freaks her out. And if she saves on a photographer the cost would be about the same if we had to add $$ for set up. Does anyone have the additional cost for such things and how they break it down so I can pass this info on to her??? She says she has it but trying to talk to her about it on the phone between Texas and Pennsylvania is sometimes a pain because I forget to ask things until I hang up.......HELP

 

[lurkyloo]

Hi!

That being said can I make bows for decorations on either the chairs or the Gazebo itself ? If I do this will Disney count this as something of the 3 things you are able to bring for them to set up?? DD is really concerned with that 3 thing statement.

You should be able to make your own decorations, but you might bump up against a new policy that prevents you from using non-Disney vendors to decorate at outdoor locations. Nobody's really tested this yet, so it's not clear whether this is just to prevent you from using an outside floral company or if it applies to home-made decorations as well.

If they DO allow it, you will have to set them up yourself, so you won't be violating the 3 items rule (that rule only applies to place settings at the reception).

She is right now looking at Mini Champaigne bottles for favors with personalized lables. I purchased Little glass slipper placecard holders on e-bay and then of course the cards themselves. Now is that the 3 things for the reception?? Plus then you have the table # for the reception now are we up to 4??

Again, this is up to Disney's discretion. Maybe they won't split hairs and will just set everything up for free, or maybe they'll consider these 4 items a lot of work and charge you the $35/hour. But it's just $35! A drop in the bucket by Disney standards... There's no way it's going to take them more than an hour to set that stuff out.

I have seen all your welcome bags also and think that IF she decided to do this she can place a card in them with the table assignements for the reception then she won't need any kind of posting at the reception for this. Am I crazy here??

One thing to consider - lots of people don't read/go through everything in their welcome bags, so some might miss the cards and some might see them but forget them. Again, it's prolly worth the 35 bucks not to have to worry about it...

She is concerned about not having a rehersal dinner and a brunch the day after I really do not see the need for some of it I don't know am I CRAZY????

I don't think so! In my experience, wedding guests don't like to be overscheduled with related events, especially when it cuts into theme park time!

HELP anything you all can add to this to help me out with this would be great.

I think your daughter has the right idea - this wedding is 18 months away and she's not even sure they can afford it. All the prices will change between now and then. Perhaps it would be a good idea to take a break from worrying about the details until things are more certain. Disney can pull off a full-blown custom wedding with just one month's notice - no need to stress out about these things now.

 

[lpizzuro123]

I agree with not doing a scheduled breakfast the next day. If most people are staying at the same resort they might "bump" into each other and decide to eat together. If not, I am sure most will be visiting the park or maybe getting ready to leave depending on how long they are down for.

Our wedding is on a Monday. Most people are getting down either Friday or Saturday and most are staying at POFQ. Saturday night we are just doing an informal meet at the Scat Cat Lounge. This is a small lounge right off the lobby of the POFQ. We love it there and visit everytime we are down in Disney. The music goes on from 9:00 to midnight. We are just telling people to stop by. This way if they are out enjoying the parks or eating dinner, they can stop by on the way back to their room.

We are doing our rehearsal on Sunday morning and have a brunch at Cape May Cafe schedule for our bridal party and their guests and our immediate family right after. Everything should be over by noon so they will have the rest of the day to do what they want to do.

Linda

 

[Anna2984]

I am in the stage where we are trying to figure out the same thing for the reception centerpieces & decor. We spoke with our Consultant & planner, and my Mom came to the conclusion it was not worth us worrying about the hassel to set stuff up so we are having Disney make/set up.

Oh and the reason this might be important is I do not want the traditional floral arrangements...

Good luck & I agree with what the others have said