Hi Val - I saw you on the GCH question and replied to you there and then decided to read your PS! You've come a long way in the planning!
I live in Burbank - the other side of Los Angeles from DL - and got married at the GCH on 12/23/2001 - one of the first year's group of brides to be married in the GCH wedding courtyard. If it's the same woman, Cynthia actually manned my wedding on the day of! Everyone was so wonderful during the process, especially considering what happened at the last minute - my husband's mother died the day before the wedding (she was living out of state and terminally ill, so it was expected)!
We had a noon wedding with reception after and ended up with 85 guests in the Trillium room. (At Christmas, we couldn't do an evening reception with all of the corporate parties reserving the rooms). Disney did our flowers, string trio, DJ, food, and cake (with groom's cake, too). We chose to have a dinner meal instead of lunch and brought in our own wines for dinner. I had the same initial shock about the room size - they seem so small when they are empty, but you would be surprised at what they look like filled. Simply beautiful! We went with the standard hotel place setting (with the green and gold brocade) to save money and it was extremely elegant. The DL DJ was pretty much the cost of local DJs and he did exactly what we needed and wanted him to do. We also provided a small stack of our own music, too. The string trio was perfect. The cake was extremely tasty and the top layer held up VERY well for our first anniversary! We had chocolate and gran marnier cream, I think. I would have to look!
I saw you had some indecision on the officiant for the ceremony. If I can share, I went off the recommended vendor list, and chose Reverend Sara for our officiant. She is a reformed Catholic priest, a grandmother to a ton of kids, and was just the warmest and most wonderful person for the job! I couldn't have asked for anyone better. I still have her email with my wedding ceremony. When we informed her of my MIL dying, she was the ultimate in compassionate and worked it into the ceremony at our request. She even said a few words to honor our deceased fathers and stepfather. (My mom did actually get to attend...) I don't know if she still is out there, but I have her email.
We also had the best photographer - Bob Ortiz
www.bobortiz.com
I need to scan them in, but we had the most amazing album. (We weren't digital back then!) He was so professional and he work was just incredible. I really have never looked better in my life! If you aren't locked in to your choice, look him up. You have plenty of time! I know you're going to be down here in another week or two, but if you would like to see it, we seem to be at the park a lot lately!
Bob had a video team in his office, too, as well as a hair and make-up team. I think it might have been one of the two that you had mentioned. Bob costs a bit more, but we have never regretted it.
As far as dinner goes, we can't say enough about the food - bur we never got to have a tasting session! Lucky you! I'm assuming you are going with the "Be Our Guest" bread and butter entry with the servers - do they still offer that? It's very fun and was the talk of our relatives!
Well, I guess I overshared enough about what we did, but I saw that you wanted to hear about the experiences of other DL brides, so I thought I would post. I am still happy about the experience they provided us and still recommend them.
Best wishes on your upcoming experiences - the time will definitely go fast!!!
Nancy
She is named after Indiana Jones the Ride at Disneyland. I know it's weird but that my favorite ride. Her full name is Indiana but I'm a big nickname user. In fact- I hardly call her Indy anymore. I've been calling her Pish lately. It's a long story and I could go on for days about my sweet little pup! And- I always wonder about UserNames if they aren't self explanatory! 
You will have to let us know how that goes
What a dear your Mom is to have done all that work for all of you. 
Can't wait to see pix of you all wearing them!
