Why did you choose Disney?

[Desnik]

we chose disney for our VR because our first trip was on our HM and we have had many wonderful trips with family since. It is pretty much our vacation spot. It was an easy choice. It is Us!

This is just like us too! We honeymooned in WDW. Have been back every year since. We are DVC members and it really is our 2nd home.

 

[nless_dream]

I always thought it would be really cool to get married at Disney. Me and my gf are disney fanatics so getting married in Disney would be perfect but the problem is, most of our family is in VA and upstate NY. Whats the norm on guest going to disney. I'm not paying for the wedding but her parents said they are. Her mom doesn't want us to get married at Disney because of all the cost of getting guest there and paying for their rooms and such. any suggestions? Was thinking of hiring a charter bus??

 

[irisbud]

Why Disney? Why not

Disney is my happy place, and DF loves it as well, though maybe not obsessivly as so many of us here do.

I am OCD, perfectionistic, etc., and the thought of having an at home wedding was terrifying to me. Neither DF nor I are religious, so finding a venue for the ceremony was going to be difficult. I didn't want to get married in one of the dull little churches around us, and the fancy historic churches were either very expensive or wanted you to joing their congregation. Some of the other locations I looked at were just . All along, I wanted WDW but I had to look to make my case.

Anyway, I really NEED a small wedding to keep from going bridezilla on everyone. WDW allows for that, with a planner and everything we need. The planner alone up here would be big bucks. For everything I want, we are looking at about $7K (ceremony, charchters, extra flowers, DP). Up here, we would have to do a huge wedding (no excuse not to invite aquaintances as well as friends) which would cost us quite a bit more than that. And the pressure is off of me, allowing me to relax.

Here, we can't really afford what I want so I would never be happy with what we had, KWIM? At Disney, I can have a wedding I love

 

[goodmorningirl]

Well we are a few years away but I have always dreamed of a Disney Wedding since I was a little girl. When my boyfriend and I started talking marriage I told him of my dream. At first we were just going to elope and do an Escape and have it be like our little secret and then have a big wedding in NJ. But after looking at NJ prices and such for the size wedding it would be, Disney is the same, if not less, than a NJ wedding. We also love Disney, him not as much as me, but we decided that our wedding should be about us, and Disney is us.

 

[irisbud]

I always thought it would be really cool to get married at Disney. Me and my gf are disney fanatics so getting married in Disney would be perfect but the problem is, most of our family is in VA and upstate NY. Whats the norm on guest going to disney. I'm not paying for the wedding but her parents said they are. Her mom doesn't want us to get married at Disney because of all the cost of getting guest there and paying for their rooms and such. any suggestions? Was thinking of hiring a charter bus??

nless_dream, we made it very clear that it was up to our guests to get themselves to Orlando and back, and not our responsibility. If they had to travel from out of town to see us married at home, we would not have paid for that either. DF and I went a couple of rounds over this regarding one person. Since that person was very important to DF and truly could not afford the cost of attending, I said that we would pay for their airfare and lodging, but not a vacation (ie come Wed leave Thursday or Friday for our Thursday wedding). No tickets, etc. This person will now not be coming due to other circumstances, but they are the ONLY guest we were going to foot anything for and only due to extrodinary circumstances. We can't afford for everyone to travel on our dime, and no one has made a single comment that we should do so. It may sound a little harsh, but I felt that since we can't pay for everybody, we won't pay for anybody (minus the above mentioned exception) or it would be unfair, especially with the intimate wedding where we are VERY close to ALL of our guests.

Good luck!

 

[wdwtheplacetobe]

Disney brought us together!

We met on the DisBoards, met in person in front of Magical Express at MCO,
dated at Disney---(he was in Illinois and I was in Texas), got engaged at AK near the Discovery river, and so, got married in the Wedding Pavilion on 10/10/2007. We are older (40's), so we had a small wedding (18 guests) and Disney did a beautiful job.

They did EVERYTHING except find dresses. With moving, selling and buying houses, getting a license in a new state (Pharmacy), I already had my hands quite full.

It was wonderful to have Disney "do" the Wedding. My Mom was skeptical that they would "do things right", and even she was pleased!

I do NOT regret one minute that we had a Disney wedding.

So have ya'll's Magical Wedding....don't let anyone else tell you how to do it!

 

[nless_dream]

nless_dream, we made it very clear that it was up to our guests to get themselves to Orlando and back, and not our responsibility. If they had to travel from out of town to see us married at home, we would not have paid for that either. DF and I went a couple of rounds over this regarding one person. Since that person was very important to DF and truly could not afford the cost of attending, I said that we would pay for their airfare and lodging, but not a vacation (ie come Wed leave Thursday or Friday for our Thursday wedding). No tickets, etc. This person will now not be coming due to other circumstances, but they are the ONLY guest we were going to foot anything for and only due to extrodinary circumstances. We can't afford for everyone to travel on our dime, and no one has made a single comment that we should do so. It may sound a little harsh, but I felt that since we can't pay for everybody, we won't pay for anybody (minus the above mentioned exception) or it would be unfair, especially with the intimate wedding where we are VERY close to ALL of our guests.

Good luck!

yes, even tho we would like everyone to attend but I wish i had more say in it but i'm not paying for it. I don't have much family here, maybe couple but the female side has a lot. we were thinking of having the wedding at home and have another one for the immediate family at disney. I still need to read more on this forum as i'm new to this wedding thing.

 

[PrincessShea]

her parents said they are. Her mom doesn't want us to get married at Disney because of all the cost of getting guest there and paying for their rooms and such. any suggestions?

Can't really help too much on this one because I cannot even imagine anyone in my family suggesting that I pay their way. If the wedding were in your hometown, would you pay for everyone's gas to get there? They are getting a meal and good time out of it on the day of, and that's all I'm paying for. Now granted I am just having an escape wedding with immediate family...but if I had to imagine what I would do if my parents said they couldn't pay to go...?

I don't know. That's a toughy. In all honesty, I probably wouldn't have it in Disney then. If you are talking extended family and like your second cousin twice removed...then oh well, they won't be there.

 

[Petals & Pixie Dust]

A lot go brides have said some great things...all of which DF and I have thought about. I think it is a riot when he says that "we're gonna have such a cool wedding!" and that is from the guy that did not want to go to WDW the first time we went!
On top of what everyone else has said, we wanted to keep the celebration to include immediate family only. My dad's family is a bit wacky SO-other than my mom-everyone thinks that the largest guest list for an Escape is 10 people....immediate family only.
But we are also getting a great wedding at what we can afford and it will be memorable...

 

[dakcp2001]

I want to get married at Disney because it has really been "magical" for us. Our first trip together was to Disney and watching illuminations, so romantic.........I knew we'd be together forever. Im such a sap.

But that was a wonderful trip filled with wonderful memories, and we have been back since, and it never lets us down!

We are definately gettingfamily pushback, but we have realized that people will complain no matter where we have it or what we do(or so it seems), and its our day, and about the marriage, not about pleasing everyone else.

 

[JenandJosh2009]

We are definately gettingfamily pushback, but we have realized that people will complain no matter where we have it or what we do(or so it seems), and its our day, and about the marriage, not about pleasing everyone else.

This is so true. I got rude looks and some mean comments about the fact that we're having it at Disney. I even have an aunt that refuses to come! I was upset at first but then I realized that it's our day, not everyone else's and if they don't like it, they can deal with it!

 

[nless_dream]

Can't really help too much on this one because I cannot even imagine anyone in my family suggesting that I pay their way. If the wedding were in your hometown, would you pay for everyone's gas to get there? They are getting a meal and good time out of it on the day of, and that's all I'm paying for. Now granted I am just having an escape wedding with immediate family...but if I had to imagine what I would do if my parents said they couldn't pay to go...?

I don't know. That's a toughy. In all honesty, I probably wouldn't have it in Disney then. If you are talking extended family and like your second cousin twice removed...then oh well, they won't be there.

thanks for your input on this. if i were to get everyone to go to the disney wedding then i guess it'll be a really small one because most of them i know will not pay haha. what can I say. I have not looked into prices yet but this is something I would want to do. Is it me or am i the only guy on here talking about planning a wedding :rofl:

 

[nless_dream]

This is so true. I got rude looks and some mean comments about the fact that we're having it at Disney. I even have an aunt that refuses to come! I was upset at first but then I realized that it's our day, not everyone else's and if they don't like it, they can deal with it!

very true, i'm a to the point guy so if i have something to say, i'll say it no matter who you are. just wished i don't do it too much at work. lol
if people complain, don't attend the wedding. when they see they are not in the pictures, i guess they'll complain that they weren't in it. either way, they will always complain.

 

[dakcp2001]

very true, i'm a to the point guy so if i have something to say, i'll say it no matter who you are. just wished i don't do it too much at work. lol
if people complain, don't attend the wedding. when they see they are not in the pictures, i guess they'll complain that they weren't in it. either way, they will always complain.

That is so accurate, we were feeling bullied by all the people complaining about having to fly to FL and started to look around here for a place, then all teh same people started complaining about which church they dont like and which hall they think is tacky blah blah. They will complain no matter what, so do what makes you happy!

In my family, we call that when the hens get clucking....and they always do!

 

[DisneyLover1234]

After going to school for hotel management, I have worked many wedding and have seen some very unprofessional things happen at 5 star resorts. I wanted the best hospitality in the world, which is Disney. I know that things will go wrong, but we had the best chance of the least things going wrong with Disney than many other resorts.

Also if I were to have it in my hometown I would of had to invite 3 times as many people as I would to disney(we are inviting 300 to disney) and I didn't want to deal with all of those people.

DF and I also both live in FL and couldn't imagine planning a non-disney wedding 2000 miles away. We also lived in Orlando for a summer and had some very special memories that we just us with no history of other people like we both have in our hometowns.

 

[nless_dream]

After going to school for hotel management, I have worked many wedding and have seen some very unprofessional things happen at 5 star resorts. I wanted the best hospitality in the world, which is Disney. I know that things will go wrong, but we had the best chance of the least things going wrong with Disney than many other resorts.

Also if I were to have it in my hometown I would of had to invite 3 times as many people as I would to disney(we are inviting 300 to disney) and I didn't want to deal with all of those people.

DF and I also both live in FL and couldn't imagine planning a non-disney wedding 2000 miles away. We also lived in Orlando for a summer and had some very special memories that we just us with no history of other people like we both have in our hometowns.

wow, 300 is a big crowd. i would love to live in orlando but not many gov't agency there.

 

[Sleeping_Beauty81]

We chose to do a DCL wedding simply because we were already going on the April 26-30/09 cruise so we just added the wedding package for an additional $2000 or so, and for the same price as an elopement package in Banff, AB (which was my first choice and obviously closer) I could get a nice trip to a warmer destination and a once in a lifetime opportunity. Besides think of all the bragging rights to say "I got married at Disney!" People at work are already kinda jealous.
I also thought the planning process was so much easier than trying to set up some big event here. The Event Planner was really helpful in IMHO.