Toni & Bobby's Shabby Chic wedding PJ & TR (SBP/Attic/UK) 2/2/09 *COMPLETE*

[Chilly]

Can't wait to see more photos

 

[jennifaerie]

Gorgeous, Toni. After all the dress woes you had, it was just *perfect*. You were perfect.

 

[malibustacey]

is Misty that blonde lady with the big camera taking a photo as you are getting off of the glass coach?

I have been wondering what she looks like!!

 

[orangetiggs]

Stacey, that is misty and her husband was there as well. They are great, we are having them do another shoot for us in aug when we go back

 

[malibustacey]

I know they are great... every photo i have seen looks magical!! - i was just really curious if that was her in those photo!!

 

[disneygal922]

Toni, you look stunning. I totally agree with Meg, that dress looks like it was designed just for you! I, too, love the pic of you and your dad! Can't wait to see your Misty pics!!!

 

[Mrsdisneyb2b]

I cant stop watching it!! It makes me cry!!!!! I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT!!!
How's the WL? Do you have the HM suite? If you do i hope u have the fireworks room!!!

 

[tiggersam00]

congrats again, cant wait to hear all about everything when you get back! hope your honeymoon rocks!

 

[pink_tink8i8]

Aw..Toni, you made me cry! you looked so stunning!

 

[Flurbee]

Toni,

I just have to say that your dress is GORGEOUS!!! Seriously!!! It is so pretty!!! You were truly a princess!!

 

[LittleMissMagic]

Wow... I just read your entire PJ!

I love your dress! The train is gorgeous! I also really like your color selection. Can't wait for your TR!

Congratulations!

 

[irisbud]

Toni, I am so happy for you! You look so beautiful! Enjoy the rest of your honeymoon!

 

[Carye]

Congrats!!! Looks like everything came out beautifully...can't wait to see more pics. Hope you are enjoying the honeymoon.

 

[Crown_princess]

Everything looks wonderful! Congratulations!!

 

[bridetobe789]

Again, Toni you looked so gorgeous!! I can't wait to see more pics!!

 

[DisneyFairy19]

I hope you both are having a FABULOUS honeymoon

xoxo

 

[mermaidbride1108]

Toni-Congratulations! I hope you are enjoying your honeymoon! You looked gorgeous. I watched your Ceremony live - it was so pretty!

 

[BLT_BobbyComics]

oops

 

[DisneyBrideToni]

Toni & Bobby's Wedding Trip Report​

January 31st to February 12th, 2009​

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Vendor Reviews​

I am finally home from our honeymoon and ready to start my TR!

My laptop is not able to pick up on the internet right now so I am using my DH's laptop which has none of my pictures on it so until he gets my laptop working I will start off with the vendor review portion of my TR.

Thanks to the suggestions of you lovely ladies on the disboards, I found my vendors and I can't say I was unhappy with anyone. I will grade them from an A+ which will be the highest mark to an F. So here we go!


Bill Barchick, Wedding Consultant DFTW.....A+

I loved Bill. I thought he was a great guy and very friendly. I got responses from him asap by mail and by phone. He always had thorough responses for me as well. At my planning session Bill took me around to visit the sites I chose and he was so funny. My family and I that went to the planning session had such a great time. If you have Bill as your consultant you will love him!

Celeste DeCicco, Wedding Planner DFTW......A+

I absolutely adored Celeste! She was the best thing that happened to me for this wedding, well besides Bobby..lol. Celeste was very prompt with all of her emails and phone calls. She helped me out so much and changed around so many things when I asked her to never giving me any grief. She had wonderful suggestions and put my mind at ease. When we dropped off the wedding stuff two days before the wedding I was already voicing my anxiety about the rain and she assured me that everything would work out fine and I had nothing to worry about, she was totally right. Also, I never felt like anything I asked for wouldn't be done. I felt totally secure that Celeste had everything organized and under control for me. The last minute change to the Marvin Gardens Ballroom for the ceremony was wonderful and Celeste knew how nervous I was about it. Also, I pretty cool sidenote, when I went to my planning session, I asked to taste the creme brulee which is my favorite dessert. I wanted to add it to my dessert party but Bobby just couldn't justify the cost (men) so I wasn't able to have creme brulee at the dessert party. Well, when it came time for the dessert party one of the waiters came up to me and said I had a special surprise from Celeste. It was my own personal creme brulee because she knew I loved it and really wanted it! I was so excited and it made me happy to know she remembered something like that! Celeste was a dream come true.

Rose Dizon, Disney Floral.......A+

Rose was fantastic. At the planning session she knew exactly what I was looking for and we took off from there. She had her binder of ideas ready to go and she just threw out so many ideas that I loved. It was like she was reading my mind. She even joked with me at my color choices. I had different shades of pink and she said my wedding reminded her of Steel Magnolias with the blush and bashful colors Julia Roberts had for her wedding. My floral was amazing! I loved my bouquet, my MOH's bouquet was beautiful and all of the ceremony and reception floral and decor was exactly what I envisioned. I couldn't believe how beautiful they made that ballroom for my ceremony. It was so beautiful that I was actually glad my wedding wasn't at SBP...lol. Crazy I know but I think I liked the ballroom better. I found it amazing that they still took everything I wanted done at SBP and still did it in the ballroom.

Amy, photographer DFTW..............A+

Ok so I haven't seen the pictures yet, at least online but I did see some on the camera. YES! I was actually shown the pictures as we went along which is something that I have heard some brides didn't get to do. Amy was fabulous! She was so friendly, very funny and you could tell she loved what she did. She did take pride in her work. She seemed very interested in the pictures, the poses and everything. We started at 5am and didn't stop until 7:30 and that is ONLY because Bobby and I had to go back to the resort to get ready for a breakfast ADR...lol. Amy wanted to keep going. She did some experimental shots which I am excited to see. She did show us some of the shots she did and they looked beautiful on the camera! We really liked Amy and I will be sure to post a link to the pics once I recieve it. I know I won't be disappointed!

Misty Miotto and Nelio Miotto..........A+

Oh what can I say about Misty and Nelio! Bobby and I LOVED them. Her pictures were fantastic and that is just going off of what she showed us on her camera after she took a few shots. From the second she stepped into my room in the morning until the end of the night she took tons and tons of pictures and took the most creative shots. She was actually pretty shocked with me because the whole day I was like lets go outside I will stand in the rain I don't care...LOL. Even before the ceremony I was standing out in the rain posing for shots. My dress was soaked but luckily it dried quick...lol. What impressed me the most was that after our dessert party, we ran around Epcot getting some shots in the countries and Bobby asked if they could go back to our resort (Wilderness Lodge) to take some pics. They were really excited about it and had no problem. I think she stayed until 11 or 11:30 at night taking pics. Some of the best pics were taken at the Wilderness Lodge. I can't wait to see them all. She made my pictures beautiful even with the horrible weather! Nelio was so sweet and they were both hilarious. Bobby especially liked Nelio. They were having a great time joking around with each other. Misty also touched up my makeup for me before the dessert party and repaired my ripped bustle! She can do it all!!

Stan and Bonnie, STVS Video.............A+

Bobby and I also loved Stan and Bonnie! Stan from the beginning was so great to talk to. I think our initial phone call lasted 1 hour just trying to figure out what I wanted and the different things he could do for me which I thought was great that he took that time to help me out. We opted for a pretty extensive package involving a courtship story, the webcasting and a full days shoot. The courtship story was actually taped on a seperate day after the wedding at the Poly and Magic Kingdom. Bonnie was so sweet and so helpful when I had questions through email and by phone and Stan is a true professional and knew exactly what to do and when to do it. I actually didn't even know he was at the wedding since he was not intrusive at all. We were able to watch our sneak peek at the reception which was so beautiful it made me cry..lol. Stan and Bonnie were super friendly and so much fun to be around. I highly recommend the webcasting. Apparently we broke a record by having 78 computers tuned into our wedding which we later found out at about 15 people around each computer so we had well over 100 people watching. If you can't have your family come down to the wedding, webcast it! It is well worth the money!!!

Ana and Lilly, Beaute Speciale............A+

Ana and Lilly were hilarious and the sweetest. I was so nervous before the wedding and that morning they put me at ease. We had so much fun talking about the news and what was on tv which happened to be Family Feud..LOL. They did such a great job on my hair and makeup as well as my MOH's hair and makeup and my mom's makeup. My hair and makeup held up in the pouring rain taking pictures for about 2 hours before the wedding never budging or smearing. They did my hair exactly how I wanted it and the makeup came out beautiful. My hair and makeup even lasted overnight and looked exactly the same the next day for my Magic Kingdom Photos. They gave me touch ups of the foundation, blush and lipstick also and sealed the makeup with a spray so it wasn't going anywhere. I had false lashes as well and they lasted until the next day as well. I am so glad we had them both and I would use them again for any special event.

Men's Warehouse Tuxes...............A+

Using Men's Warehouse in Winter Garden was so easy. I must have recieved 7 phone calls in the 2 months leading up to the wedding giving me updates as to who was fitted, who paid, etc. Then the week before the wedding they called me to confirm everything the men were wearing and their sizes. Men's Warehouse gives you the option of either them delivering the tuxes or you can go to the store to try them on. Bobby and the guys opted to just go there but my dad couldn't go so Bobby had to pick up his tux. Well the guys apparently gained weight since there fitting and needed new sizes in their vests and pants which were easily changed my MW. My dad, who couldn't go obviously couldn't try on his vests and all so they sent extra pieces for my dad in different sizes just in case what he ordered didn't fit him anymore. Well everything fit perfectly and they picked up the tuxes at the Wilderness Lodge the next day. Communication was excellent with MW and they are experienced with Disney weddings so I highly recommend them.

Rev. Jack Day........................A

He is simply adorable. There was only one small reason I didn't give him a plus sign and it was probably more me than him but the whole communication issue in the beginning kind of freaked me out since I did not hear much from him and when I did they were sort of generic kind of automatic responses but boy let me tell you when it was coming up closer to the wedding I heard from him loud and clear! I think the day before I left for Disney I talked to him 5 times just clearing up everything for the wedding and going over what I wanted. He was so funny at the rehearsal and everyone loved him. He directed us very well and we knew exactly what we were doing that day although he was there to steer us in the right direction then as well. It was a beautiful ceremony, he added a little humor to it which was great for easing nerves and the guests all loved him. If you are afraid of what you hear about communication with him, don't fret like I did because he is on top of his game.

Carolyn Allens..............................A

I can't really give them a plus because I didn't end up using them. I had scheduled them to steam my dress, my mom's dress and my MOH's gown but when we got to Florida our dresses didn't need it so I canceled them the day before the wedding..lol. BUT when I did speak with them they were very helpful, I had great communication and I am sure they would have done a wonderful job!

 

[tlhbdm]

Welcome back! I can't wait for your TR!