Vow Renewal Help Please

[Cruzan_rum_drink]

Hello fellow WDW Fans.

If I may a little background. My DW and I are AP holders. This Sep will be our 10th Anniv. We did our honeymoon @ WDW 1995. I have booked in a total surprise a VR Ceremony @ WDW, Beach Club Pavilion, since we both love tropical / beachy theme. I mean a TOTAL SURPRISE. I have changed a credit card address, created new user id's, make calls from work, have contact by e-mail only with WDW, and have my mother paying bills that arriver at her house, ect. I have her parents, and my parents flying in staying at OKW the morning before we arrive, she has no clue about any of this. We are at WL Woods view. Anyone ever stay there?

First off the wedding staff is more than great. Maxine you are a wonderful person, I can never repay you enough. Here are a few problems that I need a womans prosepctive on:

1. Since a total surprise, we will be causal dress. How do I pack for her?
I invision coming home (very) early from work on the day we fly and telling her lets go, I have made plans. I can get me packed but how do I pack her? When do I pack her? Flights should not be a problem, by that time she will know we are going to MCO, but no idea about VR

2. Clothing to wear the following 4 days at WDW not the problem. I have taken notes from our last 2 trips of what shirt goes with what shorts if I pack her. What do I pack or find to wear at the ceremony? Can I buy a nice tropical dress / blouse at like Poly before? Have it delivered to room? Matching dress and shirt? Anyone ever seen anything like that?

3. How do I convince DW that at 8 am we need to be dressed. There is a limo outside waiting for us? Maxine and I talked she will meet us at BC as a Photographer taking our "Official" Picture for our ann. Then she escorts us outside I drop to one knee and hope she says YES. How do I get her in the limo without her knowing her parents, my parents are waiting at BC for a VR ceremony without blowing the surprise?

4. I am not a tight person about money with this. I did it as an Add-on, however we both love a certain "friend". Is it worth the extra $750.00 to have our friend at the VR Ceremony?

5. I am nervous as all get out. Any ideas to make this ever more magical will help.

I guess biggest thing is how to pack her and what to wear??? She is on teh boards all the time I hope like all heck she does not read this section lol. In advance Thank you.

 

[lovetheparks]

Wow! What a lucky gal your wife is The fact that you've paid attention is huge! Have some suggestions but I'll pm in case she's reading

 

[ead79]

I don’t have many surprise-keeping suggestions, but I just wanted to say how sweet of you it is to do this! I know my husband (wonderful as he is) would not pay attention to what shirts match what shorts, LOL! She is going to be so surprised and love it!

 

[melmel]

For the wedding outfit you could tell your wife your taking her to a nice resturant for your anniversary and she should have something new for that, then go shopping with her to help steer her into the right direction.

We stayed at WL with woods view in November and LOVED it, we even got to see some random fireworks during Wishes. I loved it so much I'm going back for part of our weddingmoon.

Are you getting her disney cosmo to do her hair and make up. I think this could be a nice extra touch and if you have her believing that there is a special photo being taken at 8am then you could easily suprise her with this and that would get her moving, at 5am probably but still moving, and she would proabably appreciate looking her absoulte best for her big day. Just make sure you wake her up with a nice delivered breakfast or something to take away part of the sting of that hour.

Also you may wanna do a search of old threads there was another guy posting a while back doing a suprise vr for his wife, you may get some ideas.

Melissa

 

[CinderellaIam]

My brother in law is doing the same thing for my sister on our family trip in August and I am doing the planning for him. We have Maxine as our EM too, what a coincidence, and yes she is great!

Their vow renewal is at the Poly Sunset Pointe, so the easiest thing to do was a tropical theme,but I think that works at the Beach Club too. Just to give you an idea, my Sis and BIL will be wearing matching tropical print sundress and shirt. This works becuase the type of dress I purchased does not need to be form fitting. Makes it easier if it's a little too big (this is the one thing that made me sweat during all the planning!)

I would go along with the "official Anniversary Portrait" plan, it sounds great.

If you really think having your friend there will make the day more special for your wife, go for it! But I'm sure she will be thrilled when she sees all the parents there so I don't think it will be necessary.

Good Luck!