Okay, first off I have to say that I'm terribly impressed with how well Disney handles this process. They make it VERY easy, and as low-stress as it can possibly be. It helped that our wedding planner was a blast to deal with. She made it fun, and comfortable.
As for the fact that we're two gay men, you'd think that they deal with commitment ceremonies every day, all day long. They all acted like they were genuinely happy for us and honored to be a part of our big day. This goes a LONG way toward justifying the cost in our book.
We arrived (accompanied by my mom) at the wedding studio at a bit before our 9 am start time, and wandered around the room a little bit (along with other people there for planning sessions. I gotta say, one of those girls was SCARY tacky, but I digress).
They schedule 4 hours for the planning session. We were done in two. Apparently most people don't walk in with everything in lists and spreadsheets the way I did, because they were very impressed with our level of organization.
We walked through our vision for "our day" from beginning to end in as great of detail as we could. Where are we staying, where are we getting ready, are we going to see each other before the ceremony? How are we getting there? How are the guests getting there? How is everyone getting to the reception? What order do things happen at the reception? Details about photography, etc. It was a lot of fun, and having done our research ahead of time really paid off. We breezed through the questions with answers to most of the questions.
Once that was done they brought out the "cake tray" with eight cake flavors and 10 filling flavors for us to try. Can I just say I want someone to bring me a "cake tray" every day. It was yummy! And mixing and matching the flavors was very fun. Here's what it looks like.
Next, the floral event planner who works with DFTW arrived, just as we were deciding on cakes. She was a real hoot, and I was kind of bummed that we really won't be working with her that much. We're just doing 6 boutonnieres and 3 corsages. The centerpieces we're using are non-floral and do double duty as centerpiece and wedding favor, so we didn't need any flowers for the tables. We're not getting flowers on the cake because we thought it looked too girly, and the Atlantic Dance Hall (where the reception is) doesn't need any additional decorations.
Up next: We're done early, how do we kill three hours before our menu tasting at the Boardwalk?
Did anyone mention a medal to this poor girl?
