Wishes Weddings...

[sungela]

And you can actually bring your own champagne--you just have to pay a $22 corking fee, and tax/tip for what Disney would charge for the bottle.

 

[lurkyloo]

LOL we have been posting almost at the same time for the past couple of days now!

You know what they say about great minds...

 

[DISNEY*lover]

Ditto what everyone said about the flowers. They will not let you bring them into park site locations.

Just to make this clear... so can I make my own flowers if I decide to have my ceremony at the Disney's Yacht and Beach Club and have my Reception at the Contemporary Resort? I'm just pushing my own flowers cause I have horrible allergies. I don't want big puffy red eyes on my wedding day.

All these hidden fees are driving me crazy! They should just make a list of them and have them listed on the website.

 

[Swmhc]

Yes, for those locations, you can make your own floral. If allergies are the only reason and you don't want to mess with it yourself, Disney can do silks. I had mine all in silks. While I love the smell of fresh flowers, I wanted to enjoy my bouquet forever. So we just did them all in silk. They use very high quality silk and they look very real ! No one could believe mine weren't. Obviously, you can make them much cheaper, but if you don't want to hassel with making them, getting them there, set up etc....it was worth it to me to let Disney just do it. Mind you I didn't have a lot of floral, so we weren't talking a huge cost either. Just wanted to give you your options !

 

[DISNEY*lover]

I had mine all in silks. While I love the smell of fresh flowers, I wanted to enjoy my bouquet forever. So we just did them all in silk. They use very high quality silk and they look very real ! No one could believe mine weren't. Obviously, you can make them much cheaper, but if you don't want to hassel with making them, getting them there, set up etc....it was worth it to me to let Disney just do it. Mind you I didn't have a lot of floral, so we weren't talking a huge cost either. Just wanted to give you your options !

If you don't mind me asking, what exactly did you get for flowers? How much was it?

I plan on getting:
1 bride bouqet
1 bridesmaid bouquet
1 maid of honor bouquet
7 boutonnieres
3 coursages
2 flower arrangements for aisle or ceremony

 

[Swmhc]

Well, I was an "Escape" bride, so technically, my bouquet and DH's boutineer were included, but I paid an up charge to have silks. His was $2.50 more. Mine was $75.00 more, but I also had a much larger bouquet than the standard one. It depends SO much on what you have in mind. Disney floral can be expensive if you just let loose with a budget, but if you have an idea of what you want, and a price range, they are great about trying to make it all fit into your price range and be what you want. Have you been assigned a wedding coordinator yet ? Or a floral designer ? Until you reach that point it is really hard to do much budgeting.

My bridesmaids carried the rose wands. I wasn't sure if they would look to child-like, but they worked really well ! I liked that it was something different than you see at standard weddings. They were $35 each. The boutineers in silk were only $12.20. We didn't have any corsages, but I would guess them around $25 or $30.

I think the "standard price" for the bridesmaids bouquet through Disney is $125, but I know people have modified that and gotten them for a LOT less. I know one bride is using the bridesmaids bouquet size for her to save a couple hundred $$. This will be your most expensive item. I have no idea about aisle arrangements since we got married at the YC Gazebo and it is surrounded by a flower bed, I didn't think it needed anything else.

I am sure you could make them for less, but for me it was worth the extra not to hassel with it. Plus a benefit of the silk bouquet was I just put it in a Mickey shopping bag and used it as my carry on item and stored it in an overhead bin (after everyone was done throwing stuff in there) and didn't have to worry about it. It also made it easier with the MK shoot, didn't have to worry about wilting, etc.... Oh, and with silk you don't have to worry about "what's in season", you can can whatever flower you want in almost any color !

 

[DISNEY*lover]

I know it's alittle late but thanks for all your responses... stupid subscription didn't email me back.

I really should start a PJ, eh?