Val & Dan's PJ- Wedding Canceled

[cryssi]

Thanks for all your advice. I have a feeling the confetti won't be an option. Especially if I have to be on my hands and knees picking up tiny pieces of confetti. I also saw a disney bride with an aisle runner saying happily ever after and that sounds nice too.

mine?

 

[IndyBride]

mine?

Yes it is yours!! Where did you get yours from and how long was it? I saw some on david's bridal website and it could only be monogrammed.

Thanks for any help you can give me!!

 

[Mama of Indybride]

I live in good ol' Mesa, haha!

I hope the site visit goes well! I can't wait to hear what you guys find out!

We live in Mesa too!! My Indy Bride lives just a mile away, we are around Power and Brown. Maybe a meeting sometime! What fun!

We are dragging ourselves home from our site visit now. My sweet princess is a little sad with the lack of available reception locations for the "small" size of our group (Disney Planning Coordinator doesn't often do such "small" weddings".

We got some great ideas for decor, but am wondering if anybody has seen a formal plush Mickey? We didn't see one in the park...

 

[cryssi]

Hmm, we ordered it through FTW. I mean, they ordered it for us and just tacked it on our bill. It is hand painted and was somewhere around $550 but mind you, this was 3 years ago... DH really wanted it, so we got it!

 

[Mama of Indybride]

Hmm, we ordered it through FTW. I mean, they ordered it for us and just tacked it on our bill. It is hand painted and was somewhere around $550 but mind you, this was 3 years ago... DH really wanted it, so we got it!

Thanks Cryssi! We love it, and were very excited when we saw it on your site.

It looks like you got married at the RCG, where did you have your reception?

 

[IndyBride]

Well, I am sitting in the lobby at the Grand Californian and very sad to leave. I met with the coordinator, Cynthia, on Wednesday and she made it pretty clear that they are not used to working with such a small party. Well, 56 people is not a small group in my opinion! So the options she showed me for a reception at the Grand Californian Hotel were basically kleenex boxes with a table in it.

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So, after talking to her for awhile my mom and I walked away and I was rather disappointed. We had a horrible experience getting to California (missed our flight & almost died in the shuttle getting to the hotel) so we decided to stay another day. On our way to our new room we passed an outside terrace that I thought was perfect!!! So we ran to our room and I go on the phone with Dan to discuss an outside reception because we hadn't really discussed it. He said that if I liked it he was fine with it. My mother at the same time was on the phone with the hotel asking about group parties in that location.

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Well, she was sent to group sales and as soon as the word wedding was uttered they said she had to speak to the Fairytale weddings. So, she left a message with Cynthia who called me back and instantly said no. I asked why and she said it was too far from the kitchen the manager of that area said no more weddings. We quickly learned that was her favorite word. Or at least that's how it felt.
Later that night I e-mailed her and begged her to tell me of ANY other reception locations that she could think of. Obviously she showed me the sites she thought I would like and I liked none. I'm still waiting to hear back.
Anyhow, I did decide that this would be a GREAT time of year to get married. The rides were all practically walk on. The weather was amazing as well. Wish me luck to convince my love to change it. He does not care for change.
However, if I did change the date the roses at the rose court garden would not be in bloom. What to do, what to do.

 

[cryssi]

Thanks! Our reception was in the sun plaza at DCA...

However, we had about 120 guests...

 

[cryssi]

Val, did she show you the Pavilion Room? Animation room at DCA? Those rooms have an 80 guest max, I think...

 

[dare_bear]

We live in Mesa too!! My Indy Bride lives just a mile away, we are around Power and Brown. Maybe a meeting sometime! What fun!

We are dragging ourselves home from our site visit now. My sweet princess is a little sad with the lack of available reception locations for the "small" size of our group (Disney Planning Coordinator doesn't often do such "small" weddings".

We got some great ideas for decor, but am wondering if anybody has seen a formal plush Mickey? We didn't see one in the park...

Wow, it really is a small world! I live around Lindsay and McKellips. I'm sorry to hear that your site visit wasn't as fabulous as you guys had hoped. The one place I was always looking at for the reception was the Pavillion Room. It's smaller but still seems pretty nice. But I can't wait to see what else you guys have planned!

 

[IndyBride]

Val, did she show you the Pavilion Room? Animation room at DCA? Those rooms have an 80 guest max, I think...

I just read her response to my questions and she replied all areas that could host my event were shown to me. I guess there are occupancy requirements to get certain rooms. Since my guest list is so miniscule I have so few options. I need to stop being so negative though, I am getting married at Disneyland and that is a wonderful thing regardless of what room. That's what I have to keep telling myself anyway!

 

[BelleBride2011]

do you know by ne chance what the minimum guest requirement is for the Animation building?

I'm sure you'll find a beautiful place for your reception... sending ur way!

 

[Aunt Nikki]

I just read her response to my questions and she replied all areas that could host my event were shown to me. I guess there are occupancy requirements to get certain rooms. Since my guest list is so miniscule I have so few options. I need to stop being so negative though, I am getting married at Disneyland and that is a wonderful thing regardless of what room. That's what I have to keep telling myself anyway!

Everything will work out...you'll see! Maybe between now and then something will change...we'll keep our fingers crossed!!

 

[Lynn5700]

I hope you can find something you love,sorry you were dissapointed,that stinks

Cryssi the runner is gorgeous!!! Did you ever post a TR on here??

 

[Mama of Indybride]

do you know by ne chance what the minimum guest requirement is for the Animation building?

I'm sure you'll find a beautiful place for your reception... sending ur way!

The Pavilion had a minimum of 80, I believe the Animation Academy was either 80 or 150. There is also a rooftop venue at Paradise Pier but it is 150 person minimum.

It seemed like it was all either 80, 150, or puny. Like us.



But thank you all for your good thoughts and wishes. It will still be wonderful and we are so thankful to have you all to share it with!

 

[BelleBride2011]

oh bummer... i love the animation building so much... its such a unique place for a reception.... but we're keeping the guest list to 40-50... sigh.. hopefully DL will change some things in the next couple of years!

 

[IndyBride]

oh bummer... i love the animation building so much... its such a unique place for a reception.... but we're keeping the guest list to 40-50... sigh.. hopefully DL will change some things in the next couple of years!

For your sake I hope they do. I think if they start doing more weddings they would have more options. But I guess they do less than 200 a year where WDW does over 3000 a year.

 

[BelleBride2011]

3000?!?!?!?!

That is a lot of weddings... no wonder DL is so far behind with its weddings... well they have about 2 yrs to get it together for me! although im sure everything will b wonderful no matter what

it is disney after all

 

[RangerPooh]

Val,
We used the Trillium Room. Our group size was around 60 and we were able o use all 3 of the rooms. There is a nice window in the middle of the room and a back patio. It's also right across the hallway from the Brisa Courtyard which is the usual cocktail reception site. Here's a pic. I will see if I ahve anymore and post them in the main DLR Weddings sticky thread.

 

[tigger813]

Not a big crier??? You have cried thinking about the song Storybook love from Princess Bride since the day I got engaged! (I bet you are crying right now!!!)

The couple who introduced DH and me had that as their first dance in 1996. We love that movie.

Enjoy the planning!

 

[cryssi]

Will they let you have it anywhere you want if you meet the minimums? Like the food minimum is what, $150/pp for 100 people, right? So if your food is $15K, shouldn't they let you have it wherever you want? I always thought that you just had to meet the minimum price...although not having a large enough party was not our problem...lol!