Two Castles and a Polynesian Dream (A Wedding & a Disneymoon) Update*Mr & Mrs*

Hey Guys :wave2:

So so so sorry that I have been neglecting you and this PTR. Things have been pretty busy busy at work and have been doing lots of wedding stuffs too (man I feel like a broken record saying that :laughing: ). But I said to myself, Stefy come on get your butt in gear and get on with this PTR before you loose all your readers.

Well where to start. I guess I'll get the wedding stuffs done and then on to the rest of our Honeymoon.

We were supposed to pick up Dave's band Saturday just gone, but he tried it on again and it was a little too loose for his liking. So we have sent it back, hopefully I'll get a call before the weeks end saying its in store for pickup.

My band is coming tomorrow and I am very excited. Will post pics when I get a chance.

I have been ordering up a storm online these past few weeks, getting last minutes bits and pieces for the wedding. We finally got our seating plan down and its looking great, only problem now is the original centrepieces we had decided to go for...

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...have now been scrapped. As the original layout was supposed to be one looooooong table so we could have a line of those in the middle going the whole length.

So with that plan kaboshed I started Googling ideas and came across these...

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Upside down wine glass centrepieces. Now they are going to look exactly like that, have adapted to suit our colours, likes etc

We are going to have three glasses per centrepiece per table set out in a triquetra shape and put these on top of the glass...

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The orange one will go in the middle/top and the rest to the sides. I also need to order some clear glass tea light holders so as not to weaken the glass stems too much.

Inside the actual glass/bowl we will have one these...

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...a single orange rose head and then scattered around the table we will have these little beauties :)

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Clear table crystals. We are going to do a dummy run with them as we feel that we might have to add an extra something to it, maybe glitter on the petals or something. Will see how it goes.

So those are the centrepieces. Very excited about them. What do you guys think?

Other bits I have ordered are these little cuties...

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Butterfly place cards. Cute aren't they :cutie:

The personalised ribbon also came to go with our favours and I am quite pleased with them...

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Not the greatest pic I know, but you get the idea. We will also have plain orange ribbons on the favours as well to give it some colour. Should look pretty cute :)

That's about it for my online purchases. Made some more holiday clothing ones, will post those at the weekend. We have some more ordering to do for the other wedding bits, but need to get those at a later date.

We have found a suit for Dave for the restaurants on the cruise and for general "have a suit in the wardrobe" use. Found it the other day and I must say I can't wait for him to try it on as I do like a good slim fit suit :teeth: Can't get a picture of it off the website, but once he gets it will get him to model it for you guys :teeth:

Planning wise for Disney, I booked us a chauffeur to take us to the airport on departure day. It is a bit extravagant, but I wanted to start our Honeymoon off in style, something special to remember. The guy I spoke to was very nice, we got chatting and I mentioned in passing that we were going on honeymoon (as he was saying he does the airport the way we do it...car and lounge) hence why we wanted to get a private transfer as well as chill in the lounge. He was so sweet he gave us a discount on the car. Our first little bit of pixiedust:

I am in the process of booking our transfer from POFQ to PC, just waiting to hear back from them with the final price. Also still need to book POFQ, but that can wait a little while longer.

Think that's pretty much it for now. Stay tuned for more Day by Day :)
 
Looking forward to seeing pics of the bands.

I think the new upside down centrepieces look great and love the little candles that are going to be placed on top of them :thumbsup2

The butterfly place cards look soo cute. Good luck with the dummy run of the clear crystals.

Love the way the personalised ribbon has turned out.

Yay on finding Dave's suit and what a way to start your trip to Disney! Booking a chauffeur car is a great idea and woohoo on getting your first bit of pixiedust:
 
Looking forward to seeing pics of the bands.

I think the new upside down centrepieces look great and love the little candles that are going to be placed on top of them :thumbsup2

The butterfly place cards look soo cute. Good luck with the dummy run of the clear crystals.

Love the way the personalised ribbon has turned out.

Yay on finding Dave's suit and what a way to start your trip to Disney! Booking a chauffeur car is a great idea and woohoo on getting your first bit of pixiedust:

Thanks :) The band arrived today and I love it, was so sparkly in the back of my office (we have spotlights). Although it made my engagement ring look a little dull with its newness so I must get it polished before we go to Italy.

Can't wait to test out the centrepieces, just waiting for the bits to arrive :)

V excited about the ride to the airport, is a v cool car we'll be riding in, v plush :)
 
Stefy, I love the new centerpieces (I think I like them more than the old ones). And the butterfly cards are adorable.

Can't wait to see pics of the bands.
 

Stefy, I love the new centerpieces (I think I like them more than the old ones). And the butterfly cards are adorable.

Can't wait to see pics of the bands.

Thank you, I quite like them more too :)

Just uploading pics from the camera, stay tuned :)
 
Here it is :teeth: The box it came in is so cute as well, little heart shaped thing :cutie:

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There is a slight curve to it to accommodate and make a perfect fit for my engagement ring and they look perfect. A slight gap, but then I don't mind that as you don't want it to look too like its one ring :)
 
Hey guys

How are we all doing tonight/today?

So we are up to...

Day 6 - Tuesday September 20th
Today was originally supposed to be an

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Epcot day AM EMH, but for some reason Disney decided to change the park hours for summer and we are now going to...

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Animal Kingdom. Sorry for the people shot, but its the only one we have that has AK logo in it :teeth:

It's AM EMH so we will be making it for rope drop, looking forward to seeing the opening as I only vaguely remember it from 2007. We head with the masses over to...

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...KS and grab a FP and then this time we will take a morning ride. Have never done the morning rides and are hoping that the animals might be more active than when we have normally rode KS.

Once we seen all the animals we'll head on over to...

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...EE, can't wait to ride this puppy, one of my fav AK rides. We catch a ride or two and hopefully, once we've had our EE fill, we'll be able to grab a FP for later on.

After that I'm not quite sure what we'll do. Maybe do...

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We defo have to catch this...

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...this year. Then maybe we'll head over to...

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...KRR, if we're not too soaked we grab a FP and then head for some lunch at...

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...FTBBQ. We skipped out on lunch here last year for Kona, but not this year. I want me my pulled pork sandwich baby :teeth:

After lunch I want to try and find the trail for the ToL and try and get some shots of the animals and more up close look at the tree. Hopefully we'll be able to find it, ITTBAB will be down (yay) so at least we don't have to ride that to get to it.

I don't know if we will be heading back to the resort for a rest or not, but if we don't we'll more than likely use our FP's, will try and convince Dave to ride Dinosaur again and also do...

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Hopefully by then it will almost be time for...

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Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade, which just have to see. Am thinking we might stake out a spot at the Dawa Bar and grab a drink, or pitstop there and find the spot where you can watch it twice, going forwards and then backwards :teeth:

The park closes at 5pm, so once we have had our fill of AK we head back to the resort for a rest up and quick change of clothes to head to dinner at...

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But not before stopping off at the Boardwalk Bakery. Need to pick me up some of those famous cupcakes to take back to the room for later on snackage :teeth: Oh whilst at AK I have to find the Kusafire Coffee shop to also get some cupcakes, but this will be done before we leave.

That's it for Day 6, luckily the changes weren't too bad in the hours and we weren't really affected that much.

Stay tuned for Day 7 :)
 
I love that centerpiece idea!!! Your tables are going to look fabulous.

Your band is lovely, I can see why you'd be distracted by all that shiny stuff on your hand. :rotfl:
 
Your wedding ring is beautiful! :goodvibes

Your AK day looks great! I'm so annoyed that they changed the Epcot EMH days, ughhh!! :scared1:

I definitely want to check out the Boardwalk Bakery too! I have to try a cupcake!
 
I love that centerpiece idea!!! Your tables are going to look fabulous.

Your band is lovely, I can see why you'd be distracted by all that shiny stuff on your hand. :rotfl:

Thanks :) Can't wait to do the dummy run :)

Your wedding ring is beautiful! :goodvibes

Your AK day looks great! I'm so annoyed that they changed the Epcot EMH days, ughhh!! :scared1:

I definitely want to check out the Boardwalk Bakery too! I have to try a cupcake!

Thanks :) Yes it was slightly annoying, but am glad it didn't affect us too much. How about you?
 
Wow Stefy that ring is gorgeous! :lovestruc

Great AK plans - can't wait to try the cupcakes from Kusafiri and Boardwalk Bakery :teeth: Btw was lurking on your cupcake thread and see you mentioned the burger cupcake - will you be trying one?
 
Wow Stefy that ring is gorgeous! :lovestruc

Great AK plans - can't wait to try the cupcakes from Kusafiri and Boardwalk Bakery :teeth: Btw was lurking on your cupcake thread and see you mentioned the burger cupcake - will you be trying one?

Thanks :)

Not sure if I will try the burger one, but will look out for it. How about you?
 
Just catching up again.

What a stunning ring, Stefy! You really have good taste, when it comes to jewellery!

I love your AK day! Disney loves to throw us a curveball when it comes to park hours and EMH, don't they? Happens to me every year! But you managed to plan the perfect AK day there!

It's getting closer isn't it? When are you leaving for Italy?
 
Great update Stefy! Your colors are gorgeous and I love the centerpiece idea! I might have to borrow those place cards! They are too cute! Your ring is gorgeous also! I love the little dip in the ring :) AK plans sound great! I am SO ready to go back!
 
Stefy, plans look great. I'm really upset that we are going to miss Flame Tree again. I'm seriously thinking about canceling Yak & Yeti because Flame Tree was closed when we were there last year and I loved that pulled barbecue pork sandwich. :confused3
 
Just catching up again.

What a stunning ring, Stefy! You really have good taste, when it comes to jewellery!

I love your AK day! Disney loves to throw us a curveball when it comes to park hours and EMH, don't they? Happens to me every year! But you managed to plan the perfect AK day there!

It's getting closer isn't it? When are you leaving for Italy?

Hi Karin, glad you're all caught up :teeth:

Thanks, can't wait for Dave to put that on my finger and make an honest woman out of me :love:

Yeah, the changes weren't that bad (thankfully).

We leave for Italy September 5th which is about 10 weeks (yikes! :scared1: )

Great update Stefy! Your colors are gorgeous and I love the centerpiece idea! I might have to borrow those place cards! They are too cute! Your ring is gorgeous also! I love the little dip in the ring :) AK plans sound great! I am SO ready to go back!

Thanks :) Its all coming together nicely, can't wait to see the dummy run for the centrepieces :)

Not sure either. Doesn't look like something I would particularly enjoy.

Same here, looks like the icing will most prob be marzipa-y or something.

Stefy, plans look great. I'm really upset that we are going to miss Flame Tree again. I'm seriously thinking about canceling Yak & Yeti because Flame Tree was closed when we were there last year and I loved that pulled barbecue pork sandwich. :confused3

Thanks Kathy :) You haven't been to Yak & Yeti before have you? I would try it at least once, but then whatever takes your fancy. An alternative could be to do Y&Y CS, least that way if you change your mind you don't have to cancel any ADR's :)
 
Hey Guys :wave:

How are we all doing? Good weekends?

We have had glorious weather here in London, the hottest day of the year. Temperatures hit 86F (36C). So we just had to have a bbq :teeth:

Weather reading this morning
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The Chef!
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The hungry diners
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We had a lovely day and evening, just a shame that its a Sunday rather than a Saturday night.

I was going to do an update this weekend, but I bought myself an early birthday present in the form of a Macbook Air and am getting used to being a Mac Convert, having only used Windows all my life. So right now I'm transferring files etc to an external harddrive and wiping my old machine and its all very time consuming. So hopefully I will be up and running properly by Tuesday (tomorrow is True Blood Monday and have to watch the premier of Season 4 - sorry). So stay tuned :)

 














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