Vow Renewal on the Double Dipping Western Magic 11/14 - TR (Updated 3/14)

[mommyarewegoingback]

All of you have inspired me to give back and write a Trip Report. Your TR's have helped me dream, plan and pass the time while I wait for our 1st ever Cruise.

Background:
My DH and I are avid Disney folks. I dreamed of a DFTW when we first got married in 1999, but I wanted a traditional Chinese wedding, so we opted for just a WDW Honeymoon. We wanted to sail on DCL then but there were only 3 / 4 day cruises. We really didn't want to do a split vacation with only 3 / 4 days at sea, so we said we'd do it in the future when the 7 day was available. We stayed at the Beach Club and it was absolutely on of the best resorts. But alas, post wedding stress leads to being sick on my honeymoon (3 days in bed, facing the beautiful lagoon) So I owe'd my DH a second honeymoon. And as life goes we have two beautiful children, visit WDW several times a year, but DCL was always on the back of our minds, but I really wanted to kids to be potty trained and willing to say bye bye before we did DCL, because I wanted a second honeymoon Well, our 10 year anniversary was coming up, our DS would be 8 and DD would be 5. It's perfect. Let's do it. We planned in 4/08 to do this double dip, because although this was a cruise, we wanted to do cruise disney style, with a double stop at CC. We have watched the DCL special on Travel Channel and lurked on the boards long enough to know that we'd have to do it twice! So we found ourselves a TA through the Disboards and booked our 11/14/09 Double Dip at CC Western Carribbean cruise! Contacted DFTW and booked a Vow Renewal, scheduled to be at "secret deck" 7 on thursday night! We are on our way! Yeah!

Cast:
DH - Andy (42) is an avid disney fan also, but he visits the "other" board, wdwmagic, but is excited to meet disboard members at our dis meet onboard
me - Virginia (38) also avid disney fan, first trip to WDW in 1971, long time disboard DCL board lurker
DS - Dakota (8) has been to WDW around 15 times
DD - Madison (5) the princess I dreamed of having before I even got married

I hope I haven't bored too much folks out there. I'll add some pictures in future posts. Thanks for reading!

PreTrip Vow Renewal Information
11/13 - What we have to go to school? Then we're going????
11/14 - When are we leaving the Radisson and getting to the Terminal??
11/14 - There's the boat! What do you mean we have to wait?
11/14 - Yikes! Boarding, Parrot Cay, DisMeet, Muster Drill! When is the Party?
11/14 - Sailaway!
11/15 - First Stop Castaway Cay
11/15 - CC dissappointment & Meeting Wedding Coordinator

 

[smye1stdisneycruise]

Hey Virginia I'll see you there! This will be our 2nd Disney Cruise and we too are so excited about the double dip portion! I look forward to reading more of your trip report!

Marnie

 

[29apr00]

Hi Virginia!

We are doing our VR on the 3nt 12/10!! I'm so excited to see your TR! Hurry back and post lots of pictures as we leave about 2 weeks after you get back!

 

[wcw57]

Looking forward to reading more about the Magic...we're booking her for 2011 (yeah..a looooong time from now!) subscribing

 

[taraandmike]

Virginia, had to subscribe since We will be on board with you! You are going to have a fabulous time.

 

[Silly Little Pixie]

How exciting! I'll be on the 11/7 Magic, doing a Castaway Cay vow renewal.

I can't wait to read more!

 

[mommyarewegoingback]

Thanks for following. I can't wait to meet y'all on the same cruise. And I can't wait to hear about everyone's Vow Renewal. We were trying to do the VR on the second stop at CC, since the first was taken, but decided against it when we weren't sure where the location would be because of the construction at CC.

Next up our Itinerary:

Fri 11/13 Drive to Port Canaveral and stay at the Radisson
Sat 11/14 Board the Magic (can you believe all the early shuttles are booked already, so we'll probably cab it to port)
Sun 11/15 First stop at Castaway Cay - Father/Son Parasailing, looking to enjoy the Konk Cooler that I've heard so much about, explore!
Mon 11/16 At Sea - 10:30 Palo Brunch with Dis Friends, 3:30 Exotic Rasul
Tues 11/17 Grand Cayman - nothing booked, maybe do Boatswain on our own
Wed 11/18 Cozumel - nothing booked, planning on Chankannab on our own
Thur 11/19 At Sea - Vow Renewal Day!
Fri 11/20 2nd stop at Castaway Cay - Stingray, Snorkling and maybe Serenity Bay if we can persuade the kids to go to kids area
Sat 11/21 Debark and go to POFQ
11/21 - 11/28 Stay at POFQ, we have booked, Crystal Palace, Coral Reef, Akerhaus, Le Cellier, Kouzzina, Boma and Chef Mickey for Thanksgiving. I want to do the Horse Carriage Ride, Fishing and also do the Pedal Boat thing while at POFQ, but haven't determined if I've planned enough to know when I should make the reservations for.

For fellow first timers I thought I'd note the things we are doing that is only because of Disboard and our disboard friends / group:
1- Fish extender exchange
2- Group Palo Brunch
3- Group Lumiere Brunch
4- Dis Meet
5- Secret Mickey
6- Group Lanyard / ID
7- Some folks are doing excursions together (dolphin or rum point/stingray)
8- Some folks may be linking dining assignments together
9- I think there may be a adult and kid book exchange
10- Group cruise Logo

Other favorite Disney traditions that we are doing:
1- make shirts for several days
2- make magnets for cruise doors and window clings for POFQ
3- make autograph books / maybe photo mat
4- make tip/mousekeeping envelopes

Phew that does seem like a lot. I think it's these extras (mostly the disney friends) that will help make a Disney cruise... a "disney" cruise and magical.
-Virginia

 

[LindaBabe]

Lovely start - can't wait to meet you!

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

Another DCL bride!! How exciting!

 

[mousemom11]

Hi Virginia. I can't wait to meet you and your family on board! A vow renewal on the secret deck - how cool is that? We'll have to raise our glasses in a toast to you and DH at the Palo Brunch.

 

[pinkcow]

Checking in too! We're getting married on CC 12/8. Can't wait to hear all about it!

 

[mommyarewegoingback]

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days. I've been getting ready for the cruise! Magnets and shirts. Here are some pictures:

our Dis Meet logo shirt (Embark day):

our Pirate Day shirt (still have costumes for the evening):

and 2 other shirts:

I also made hoodies for the cold (front & back):

And the magnets for our door so far:

Phew...
I finished the FE's but I'm not going to post since there are some of you on my cruise too. Now I'm working on an autograph book/album.

Then I think we'll be close enough to the trip that I can start packing!!!

-Virginia

 

[Bamfield]

All your hard work looks great! I really like your pirate shirts.

It is really nice to learn more about your family and can't wait to meet you at the DIS meet.

And by the way congratulations on your vow renewal and second honeymoon!

 

[glindamood]

All of you have inspired me to give back and write a Trip Report. Your TR's have helped me dream, plan and pass the time while I wait for our 1st ever Cruise.

Background:
My DH and I are avid Disney folks. I dreamed of a DFTW when we first got married in 1999, but I wanted a traditional Chinese wedding, so we opted for just a WDW Honeymoon. We wanted to sail on DCL then but there were only 3 / 4 day cruises. We really didn't want to do a split vacation with only 3 / 4 days at sea, so we said we'd do it in the future when the 7 day was available. We stayed at the Beach Club and it was absolutely on of the best resorts. But alas, post wedding stress leads to being sick on my honeymoon (3 days in bed, facing the beautiful lagoon) So I owe'd my DH a second honeymoon. And as life goes we have two beautiful children, visit WDW several times a year, but DCL was always on the back of our minds, but I really wanted to kids to be potty trained and willing to say bye bye before we did DCL, because I wanted a second honeymoon Well, our 10 year anniversary was coming up, our DS would be 8 and DD would be 5. It's perfect. Let's do it. We planned in 4/08 to do this double dip, because although this was a cruise, we wanted to do cruise disney style, with a double stop at CC. We have watched the DCL special on Travel Channel and lurked on the boards long enough to know that we'd have to do it twice! So we found ourselves a TA through the Disboards and booked our 11/14/09 Double Dip at CC Western Carribbean cruise! Contacted DFTW and booked a Vow Renewal, scheduled to be at "secret deck" 7 on thursday night! We are on our way! Yeah!

Cast:
DH - Andy (42) is an avid disney fan also, but he visits the "other" board, wdwmagic, but is excited to meet disboard members at our dis meet onboard
me - Virginia (38) also avid disney fan, first trip to WDW in 1971, long time disboard DCL board lurker
DS - Dakota (8) has been to WDW around 15 times
DD - Madison (5) the princess I dreamed of having before I even got married

I hope I haven't bored too much folks out there. I'll add some pictures in future posts. Thanks for reading!

How exciting! I'll be on the 11/7 Magic, doing a Castaway Cay vow renewal.

I can't wait to read more!

In my 9 DCL cruises, I can not remember anyone getting married or having a vow renewal and now, on this b2b there will be one each week. Blessings to both of you.

 

[mommyarewegoingback]

Lovely start - can't wait to meet you!

Hi Virginia. I can't wait to meet you and your family on board! A vow renewal on the secret deck - how cool is that? We'll have to raise our glasses in a toast to you and DH at the Palo Brunch.

All your hard work looks great! I really like your pirate shirts.

It is really nice to learn more about your family and can't wait to meet you at the DIS meet.

And by the way congratulations on your vow renewal and second honeymoon!

In my 9 DCL cruises, I can not remember anyone getting married or having a vow renewal and now, on this b2b there will be one each week. Blessings to both of you.

I can't wait to meet all of you too! It is such fun to meet you before I meet you! Does that make sense? It's 45 days from today!!! Yeah!

Another DCL bride!! How exciting!

It was your thread, TR and Cheryl's TR that got me inspired to do this!

Hi Virginia!

We are doing our VR on the 3nt 12/10!! I'm so excited to see your TR! Hurry back and post lots of pictures as we leave about 2 weeks after you get back!

Checking in too! We're getting married on CC 12/8. Can't wait to hear all about it!

How exciting! I'll be on the 11/7 Magic, doing a Castaway Cay vow renewal.

I can't wait to read more!

It's awesome to see all of your here! Many happy thoughts to you all! It's fun to see all the brides on the cruises before and after me!

 

[mommyarewegoingback]

Vow Renewal Information

Since this TR is suppose to be about our VR too, here's some info about that...

We couldn't reserve/book the VR until we had made reservations for the cruise with a deposit and 1 year out. And we had a couple of choices for location. You could have it at Castaway Cay Beach, Castaway Cay Head's Up Pier, Deck 7 or Cadillac/Sessions. I originally wanted CC, but apparently someone had beat me to it, even though I was reserving at exactly 1 year out, but we had 2 stops at CC, so first Cathy then Brianna were in communications with the captain about doing it at the 2nd stop. Finally they said yes, but then I learned about the construction (we really wanted the beach and Brianna couldn't tell me which "beach" they would be using) and well the economy started tanking. So we pulled back and decided the location to be Deck 7.

Some other decisions that had to be made:
Flowers, Cake, Music, Photography (also champagne, palo reservation, hair appts & spa services)

Flowers - We chose the tropical bouquet. because I loved the "fun"ness of this bouquet. Also added Flower Girl Basket and additional Boutonniere. My DD doesn't remember when she was a flower girl and really wanted to be one. She's been practicing alot!

Cake - We chose the traditional round cake with buttercream icing. Loved Cheryl's Square cake and the new one, but it had fondant on it and two kids just love eating buttercream icing (more than the cake and filling). Hopefully I can get 2 different things for the top and bottom, top with white cake and mango mousse and on the bottom with chocolate and chocolate mousse.

Music- This took the longest to figure out but here's what we choose:
Prelude/Seating (which my DH and I estimate to be 1 minute or 2 ) - A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes.
Processional: Once upon a dream from Sleeping Beauty
Recessional: Theme from Winnie the Pooh (bouncy part like from the ride)
First Dance: And I Love Her from Beatles
Then we wanted a Dance with our Kids: You've Got a Friend In Me from Toy Story
We didn't really choose anything for Cake Cutting...

Photography- We choose the Vow Renewal Package which is the least with 20 5x7s, 5 8x10s, 1 8x10 folio, & 1 hr photography. We want some professional pictures. I'm still trying to figure out how we can get some not professional pictures or video. Tripod? or maybe Wedding Coordinator will help? Still working out that one.

Here's my inspiration board:

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

Hey! That deck shot looks very familiar!

 

[29apr00]

We had originally booked CC also, but like you, with the economy tanking, we switched to Deck 7. now with the news of the construction, i'm glad we did!

I asked for 2 different flavors for my cake and so far have not been told no. I hope it is granted! I was soooo close to ordering the tropical one, but with the colors i wanted, it ended up being WAY too similiar to my original wedding bouquet. so i went with the rose bouquet with pink and ivory roses! Now you're getting me all excited again!!

is that your dress in the inspiration board? It's beautiful! My dd has a flowergirl basket too! She's also getting a rose wand. She keeps telling me she needs time to practice holding the basket and wand in 1 hand and tossing petals with the other one. she's too smart for a 6 yr old!

Re: video....i ended up asking a DIS'er from our cruise meet thread to video tape it. She'll be around and said she would be glad to. it's not professional, but DCL doesn't offer video services so atleast i'll have a copy to watch.

 

[PJB71]

Hi

Hope you don't mind me posting and asking this question.

We are DCLing on 13th Dec 4night wonder as a celebration for my DP 40th (Ruby wedding anniversary) There are 11 of us in total.

My brother and I have wanted to do something special for them and this could be it!!!

As were from the UK it's a bit difficult to ring Disney direct (plus dear parents live with me and my family!!) which makes it even trickier!! and I cannot find a suitable e-mail address

Would anybody be able to give me a rough cost as to how much the cost is for the deck 7 vow renewal service.

Hope you all have a fantastic time on your forthcoming special renewal day.xxx

 

[mommyarewegoingback]

We had originally booked CC also, but like you, with the economy tanking, we switched to Deck 7. now with the news of the construction, i'm glad we did!

I asked for 2 different flavors for my cake and so far have not been told no. I hope it is granted! I was soooo close to ordering the tropical one, but with the colors i wanted, it ended up being WAY too similiar to my original wedding bouquet. so i went with the rose bouquet with pink and ivory roses! Now you're getting me all excited again!!

is that your dress in the inspiration board? It's beautiful! My dd has a flowergirl basket too! She's also getting a rose wand. She keeps telling me she needs time to practice holding the basket and wand in 1 hand and tossing petals with the other one. she's too smart for a 6 yr old!

Re: video....i ended up asking a DIS'er from our cruise meet thread to video tape it. She'll be around and said she would be glad to. it's not professional, but DCL doesn't offer video services so atleast i'll have a copy to watch.

Great idea! Maybe a Dis'er reading this on the 11/14 cruise is available on the thurs at either 4:30 or 5:30 for about 45 mins? I'll provide camera or video camera and cake, champagne, something else? Any takers? Please???

Hi

Hope you don't mind me posting and asking this question.

We are DCLing on 13th Dec 4night wonder as a celebration for my DP 40th (Ruby wedding anniversary) There are 11 of us in total.

My brother and I have wanted to do something special for them and this could be it!!!

As were from the UK it's a bit difficult to ring Disney direct (plus dear parents live with me and my family!!) which makes it even trickier!! and I cannot find a suitable e-mail address

Would anybody be able to give me a rough cost as to how much the cost is for the deck 7 vow renewal service.

Hope you all have a fantastic time on your forthcoming special renewal day.xxx

The cost for 2009 is $1500 for onboard and $2500 for Castaway Cay. They have a max of 3 ceremonies per cruise. So your best bet is definitely to call Disney Fairytale Weddings and see if there is availability. Otherwise maybe, email Brianna. I will send you a PM with her email info. Good luck!