MainStMandy
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Vendor Reviews
DFTW (A)- Our planner was Karen Heyn and she was great! The weather did NOT cooperate with us and we were given the choice of moving our DP inside, which we opted not to. Karen was great with helping us out and being very accommodating. My mom spent a few hours on the phone with Karen the day of the wedding to come up with a solution for our reception. I did NOT want to move it inside but after our guests froze at the DP I felt I had no choice. Our original backup was the Dino Lounge and I didnt feel that was an adequate solution. After many phone calls back and forth we were given the choice of Living Seas or Conservation Station.
Eric and I ultimately decided that keeping with the AK Theme was most important and we went to Conservation Station. It was a wonderful alternative (although I still was in love with Tamu Tamu). We were also given the choice of heaters at Tamu Tamu (for $250 each) but I really wanted our guests to be comfortable. Conservation Station ended up entertaining the kids for HOURS and our guests loved it!! Disney said they have done many events at Conservation Station but never a wedding.
Beaute Speciale (A)- We had requested Ana and I never was notified that she wasnt coming. I was very surprised when two girls showed up. They did an amazing job though! Our makeup stayed put all day and Laurens hair was AMAZING. I would highly recommend them!!
Apex Media (A+)- George was AMAZING!! I havent received a video yet so I guess I cant fully rate him, but everything was just great. He did a good job at not being seen. I dont remember seeing him too much. The price was great and we got just what we needed (2 hours). He ended up shooting all of the wedding and even following us for pictures afterwards!
Roots (A++++) OMG I cant say enough about Roots. We first met up with them on the Monday before the wedding for a mini-shoot. This was amazing. It was great to meet with them and learn how they operate before the wedding. It totally put us at ease. The wedding day was nothing less than stellar. They were unbelievable. And just like George, stayed very inconspicuous. I dont remember seeing them at ALL during the ceremony lol. And they got us a few teasers just the next day!!! AWESOME!!!
Transportation (B)- The motor coach that we used going from the ceremony to the reception was GREAT. The driver was wonderful and very friendly. However, the Limo driver was not so great. He didnt seem very friendly and he actually got lost brining us to the reception. We mentioned it to our WP who is going to look into it. At one point I almost knocked on the window to tell him how to get backstage at AK luckily he figured it out!!!
Food (A+++)- We were really please with the food. The anti pasto display during cocktail hour was delicious and the dinner buffet was amazing. Everyone came up to us to tell us how pleased they were with the food. The bartender was AMAZING and very friendly. He continued to bring me drinks throughout the night the kids thought the Mickey Mouse cocktails were pretty cool too!!
Cake (A+++) We ended up going back to our original dream cake after being a bit short for our F&B minimums. I dont know how worth it, it was (we normally wouldnt have spent that much on a cake) But everyone loved it. It tasted as fantastic as I remember and we ate if for a few days afterwards. My parents surprised me by brining the topper home (Made of fondant and chocolate) apparently they had quite a bit of trouble with airport security who insisted on checking it out (a Mickey shaped bomb perhaps?). They ended up breaking it We took a few pics with it before throwing it out.
What was totally worth it:
The dessert party
The food!!!
My bouquet
Hiring outside photographers
First Look (Eric wasnt sure about this but ended up loving it!)
Beaute Speciale
Mickey and Minnie they totally WOWED us. Way better than we ever expected and our guests just LOVED them.
What we could have skipped:
Im not sure there was anything about the day that we didnt find worth it. The cake might be one. If we had more guests we would have been fine and gone with a simpler cake. But it was amazing and I love the pictures!!
Here are a few pictures from the day:
Non-professional Pics:
DFTW (A)- Our planner was Karen Heyn and she was great! The weather did NOT cooperate with us and we were given the choice of moving our DP inside, which we opted not to. Karen was great with helping us out and being very accommodating. My mom spent a few hours on the phone with Karen the day of the wedding to come up with a solution for our reception. I did NOT want to move it inside but after our guests froze at the DP I felt I had no choice. Our original backup was the Dino Lounge and I didnt feel that was an adequate solution. After many phone calls back and forth we were given the choice of Living Seas or Conservation Station.
Eric and I ultimately decided that keeping with the AK Theme was most important and we went to Conservation Station. It was a wonderful alternative (although I still was in love with Tamu Tamu). We were also given the choice of heaters at Tamu Tamu (for $250 each) but I really wanted our guests to be comfortable. Conservation Station ended up entertaining the kids for HOURS and our guests loved it!! Disney said they have done many events at Conservation Station but never a wedding.
Beaute Speciale (A)- We had requested Ana and I never was notified that she wasnt coming. I was very surprised when two girls showed up. They did an amazing job though! Our makeup stayed put all day and Laurens hair was AMAZING. I would highly recommend them!!
Apex Media (A+)- George was AMAZING!! I havent received a video yet so I guess I cant fully rate him, but everything was just great. He did a good job at not being seen. I dont remember seeing him too much. The price was great and we got just what we needed (2 hours). He ended up shooting all of the wedding and even following us for pictures afterwards!
Roots (A++++) OMG I cant say enough about Roots. We first met up with them on the Monday before the wedding for a mini-shoot. This was amazing. It was great to meet with them and learn how they operate before the wedding. It totally put us at ease. The wedding day was nothing less than stellar. They were unbelievable. And just like George, stayed very inconspicuous. I dont remember seeing them at ALL during the ceremony lol. And they got us a few teasers just the next day!!! AWESOME!!!
Transportation (B)- The motor coach that we used going from the ceremony to the reception was GREAT. The driver was wonderful and very friendly. However, the Limo driver was not so great. He didnt seem very friendly and he actually got lost brining us to the reception. We mentioned it to our WP who is going to look into it. At one point I almost knocked on the window to tell him how to get backstage at AK luckily he figured it out!!!
Food (A+++)- We were really please with the food. The anti pasto display during cocktail hour was delicious and the dinner buffet was amazing. Everyone came up to us to tell us how pleased they were with the food. The bartender was AMAZING and very friendly. He continued to bring me drinks throughout the night the kids thought the Mickey Mouse cocktails were pretty cool too!!
Cake (A+++) We ended up going back to our original dream cake after being a bit short for our F&B minimums. I dont know how worth it, it was (we normally wouldnt have spent that much on a cake) But everyone loved it. It tasted as fantastic as I remember and we ate if for a few days afterwards. My parents surprised me by brining the topper home (Made of fondant and chocolate) apparently they had quite a bit of trouble with airport security who insisted on checking it out (a Mickey shaped bomb perhaps?). They ended up breaking it We took a few pics with it before throwing it out.
What was totally worth it:
The dessert party
The food!!!
My bouquet
Hiring outside photographers
First Look (Eric wasnt sure about this but ended up loving it!)
Beaute Speciale
Mickey and Minnie they totally WOWED us. Way better than we ever expected and our guests just LOVED them.
What we could have skipped:
Im not sure there was anything about the day that we didnt find worth it. The cake might be one. If we had more guests we would have been fine and gone with a simpler cake. But it was amazing and I love the pictures!!
Here are a few pictures from the day:
Non-professional Pics:
I hope you post more pics!!! I really am curious to see what you
Love all the photos though!
