Laura & Gary Wedding Trip Report - FINISHED!!

[wils]

Thank you so much Glad you had such a magical day and thank you for sharing it in such detail.

Best wishes to you both

 

[Laurafoster]

Ok finally i have the link to some of my wedding pictures -

http://www.photoreflect.com/scripts/prsm.dll?eventthumbs?event=0CQ7007F

Hopefully that should take you to the main page! They dont appear to be in any particular order LOL! He has only put some of them on there at the moment! I actually have around 1800!!!!

I might aswell post the link to my other pictures aswell - http://www.collages.net/disneyweddings/

User Name - Foster / Flower BP
Password - 1971

 

[jns]

Thank you for sharing your photos with us
Woo they are beautifull

which ones are you going to pick out of that lot for you album

really loved your cake

Oh I wish I could get married again and I would code your wedding
everything looks wonderful

when did you do the photos at the castle
we need more of this report

 

[lorapinky]

Yours pics are lovely, you must be so happy

Thank you for sharing

 

[Laurafoster]

Thank you for sharing your photos with us
Woo they are beautifull

which ones are you going to pick out of that lot for you album

really loved your cake

Oh I wish I could get married again and I would code your wedding
everything looks wonderful

when did you do the photos at the castle
we need more of this report

Thank you - i really LOVED my cake! It was sooo delicious too! I did the photos at the castle a few days after the wedding - i will get around to that part of my trip shortly i promise

 

[Laurafoster]

Wednesday 6th December, 2006;

Day after the wedding, We had planned to head over to Seaworld today around midday to meet the rest of the Foster Family clan! So we got up and had a leisurely breakfast over at the Boardwalk bakery! Today was another gorgeous day with the sun shining.


We jumped into a taxi and headed off to Seaworld. We got there a little early so we had a wander through the gift shop….Oh ok then we headed to the Budweiser hospitality tent!

So we sat out in the sunshine having a nice cold drink it was almost time to meet the rest of the family. We had arranged to meet by the dolphin pool, now when we got over there I didn’t realise that unless you pay extra money now days you don’t get that close to the dolphins, you have to stand done one end of the pool whilst the people with food stand at the other end – the dolphins aren’t stupid – there like my family if theres food on offer – that’s where they go!! I was disappointed in this thought its another typical way to get more money out of yo but never mind. We spotted my family taking some photos at the other end of the Dolphin pool so we headed over. There was one set of my grandparents (My mums parents) and My Uncle(mums brother) and my aunt and the 2 kids, Andrew 9 and Robbie 3. As soon as we met up with them we headed straight over to do Kraken – now Andrew was actually tall enough to go on this and looked like he really wanted to but his mum is a little over protective and didn’t want him to go on. After some good old uncomfortable temper tantrums from Andrew he got his way and we started to walk through the queue. When the wait time said 10 minutes – they quite clearly meant the 10 minute walk to get to the queue! We got straight on the next coaster! I was fully expecting Andrew to hate this ride, and to be scared the whole way round – what I wasn’t expecting is my uncle – the 42 year old self confessed “tough londener” to be so green when he got off it that he could pass for Shrek! (He has funny ears!!) Andrew loved the ride!

We got off and headed straight for Journey to Atlantis – My 74 year old Grandad LOVES this ride! I find it quite amusing that he keeps trying to talk my Nan into going on it and she keeps saying “act your age Alec”


When we were queueing up I managed to get a seat in the middle of the boat – My Uncle and Andrew volunteered to sit up front as they didn’t believe you would get wet….and it would have been rude of me to correct them.

After the big drop they turned round and said see we didn’t get wet…I just laughed and said its not over yet! For those of you that have been on it you’ll know it’s the little drop that getd you soaked…and they did get soaked – another boat came down the big drop and they got all the splash from that too!!

We looked at the time and noticed the Shamu show was on in 30 mins so we wandered over to the stadium and got pretty good seats. Everyone really loved the show… well those who hadn’t been before the rest of us were a little disappointed, we thought the previous one was better. As my Dad said “not enough Whale!”. I thought it was too much about the trainers etc.

We then wanted to get some lunch but as always no one could decide where we should eat so we went our separate ways and arranged to meet back at the Clyde and Seamore show. We went over to the Budweiser hospitality area (years of not being able to drink legally in Florida I was making up for lost time!) I had a sandwich which was huge but lovely! We went through and saw the Clydesdales before heading back to Clyde and Seamore. Now id seen this show before and knew there would be a mime in there taking the mick out of poor unsuspecting tourists…..so I did not want to be late getting in there. Id rather laugh at other people than have them laugh at me!!! But noooo people had to go find some restrooms yadda yadda yadda and so we were late! It was pretty full when we got there and I could see my family right at the other side at the top so I knew I would have to walk past the mime guy! Thankfully I managed to run past and get up to my seat whilst he was pre occupied with someone else! Phew!

We watched the show which was pretty good – I find this kind of like the Jungle Cruise at MK if you get someone who’s good and got a good sense of humour its great! Otherwise its just average! Luckily we had really good people this time. After that we had a walk around, check out the stingrays, and the penguins. The rest of the family were fascinated to see the manatees as they had never seen them before. After this we headed off back to the hotel.

We had a reservation at Le Cellier tonight and i was really looking forward to eating here as id heard so many fab reviews! We all had the Cheddar Soup and i had the mushroom filet - it was yummy!! We were too full for dessert so we said no to that, 10 mins later our waitress came out with a chocolate dessert with congratulations written over the plate in chocolate and a "magical moments" card signed by the staff. It was yummy but very rich! We watched Illuminations - not quite as good a view as we had at the wedding lol but it will always have those great memories. After that we headed back to the hotel - we were exhausted!

 

[KayleeUK]

Gorgeous photos Laura loving your report!

 

[SusanEllen]

Dear Laura and Gary,
Thank you for being so generous in sharing your special times. I started reading your reports yesterday during my lunch and today got through your beautifully written description of the wedding. I should have stopped there but was so drawn in that I ran back into my office between a storytime and a class scheduled in the library (in an elementary school) and started reading about your reception. A mistake in timing! Watching the sneak peek of the wedding ceremony brought tears to my eyes, but I'd managed to take control. No such luck when I read about how lovingly placed on your sweetheart table was the photo of your precious sister dressed as an angel. I'm quite sure there is a class of ten year old children in this school right now who are wondering what in the world happened to make me look so stricken when they came to the library this afternoon.
So glad that things went smoothly and happily for the two of you and for your good parents on your most special day. Congratulations. Blessings. Many happy returns of those feelings from that fabulous day.

 

[DisneyJo]

what I wasn’t expecting is my uncle – the 42 year old self confessed “tough londener” to be so green when he got off it that he could pass for Shrek! (He has funny ears!!)

Clyde and Seamore. Now I'd seen this show before and knew there would be a mime in there taking the mick out of poor unsuspecting tourists…..so I did not want to be late getting in there. Id rather laugh at other people than have them laugh at me!!! But noooo people had to go find some restrooms yadda yadda yadda and so we were late! It was pretty full when we got there and I could see my family right at the other side at the top so I knew I would have to walk past the mime guy! Thankfully I managed to run past and get up to my seat whilst he was pre occupied with someone else! Phew!

I just love the mime, I can even remember him from trips as a kid. But like you I'd rather laugh with him than be laughed at.
Good running girl.

 

[Chilly]

Your report nearly made me cry at work! It sounds like the perfect magical wedding day. Many many congratulations on becoming a MRS.

I want a disney wedding now!

 

[Ware Bears]

Just catching up with this Laura, what a perfect day you had.

 

[natalielongstaff]

brilliant pics laura

 

[lorapinky]

Thanks for more great pics!!!

 

[Lizzy Lemon]

Thankyou for such a wonderful report and photos. They are just wonderful. I would have loved a wedding like that, wonder if I could persuade DH to have a party for our Silver Wedding there (he's already having a fit on what our holiday is costing us)

 

[wils]

WOW - those photos - how on earth are you going to narrow them done an album or so

DD has now, after seeing your MK photos, decided that she wants to get married at Disney. She asked me if she could but I suggested that she needed to discuss that with her husband-to-be. She is going to ask Jacob ("as I think I might marry him") so I'll let you know what he says. They are both 4 I better start saving!

 

[arieljasmine]

DD has now, after seeing your MK photos, decided that she wants to get married at Disney. She asked me if she could but I suggested that she needed to discuss that with her husband-to-be. She is going to ask Jacob ("as I think I might marry him") so I'll let you know what he says. They are both 4 I better start saving!

That is too funny, Jo!!

Loved your pics, Laura, thanks for sharing. Sounds like a lovely day at Seaworld. What a shame that you can't get to the dolphins anymore.

ArielJasmine

 

[Laurafoster]

Thursday 8th December,2006:

We headed over to Animal Kingdom this morning, we got to the park just before 9am – today it was just me, DH and my parents. We headed straight over to do Expedition Everest – there was quite a big queue so me, DH and my dad decided to go on the single rider line whilst my mum waited outside. When we approached the queue the man saw our just married pins and gave us 3 free fast passes. Who Hoo so we went straight on!

We then headed over to the Kilmanjaro Safaris but there was quite a queue so we got some fast passes and went to have a look in the shops. After spending some money we went on the safari – there were loads more animals than I remember seeing last time, I think its because it’s so much cooler. After we did that we decided to head over and do the Kali River rapids – when we were walking along we bumped into Gary’s parents walking around (this is the family who did not want to visit Disney LOL) . Unfortunately we didn’t manage to talk the outlaws into going on a water ride so just the four of us went on – went we got off soaking wet they had disappeared!! We headed back to the tree of life to watch its tough to be a bug and then headed off to get something to eat at the flame tree barbeque. After we had eaten we went off to do Expedition Everest one more time, we headed over to Dino land and ended up going in to see that nemo show – it was pretty clever but I thought it was a bit too long. Didn’t help that it broke down half way through for 20 mins!! We went on dinosaur and then decided to head back to the hotel to chill out around the pool.

We spent a few hours chilling around the pool before getting changed and heading over to the Magic Kingdom for MVMCP! We headed over at around 4pm as we wanted to stop by Francks – which is next to the wedding pavilion to drop off a card and gift for our wedding planner. We had reservations at the crystal palace at 5:45 with Garys parents, grandparents and uncle – I had been determined to get them to a character meal!! We met them outside and went to check in for our meal, we managed to see some of wishes before they called us in. The meal was lovely – as always the food was fabulous and Gary’s family really enjoyed it – including the characters!!

After the meal we headed over to Caseys corner where we were meeting the rest of the gang! Once all 27 of us were there we headed off through adventureland, the first ride we went on was Pirates of the Caribbean – we got to the front of the queue and they asked how many in your group – poor man looked shocked when I said 27 LOL!
After pirates of the Caribbean we went over to big thunder mountain which was great fun – they saw our just married pins and ears and gave our family the whole train which was great! After that we went to get a drink and get a spot for the first parade. We went into Pecos Bill as a few people were hungry! So we they got some burgers, me and Gary just went up to get a drink and were given 2 free desserts - another perk from the just married pin!!

The Very Merry Xmas parade was really good this year! The kids really loved it too, although I had to keep hold of Robbie as he kept wanting to go and hug the charaters! After the parade we went off to do Buzz light year - I won!! Lol. We then did space mountain and headed back to the castle to watch the Xmas Fireworks! The fireworks were great – I love watching them over the castle!

After the fireworks we split up into smaller groups and some of us went over to do Splash Mountain. After that me and Gary had a wander through the shops before heading back to the YC. We had to be up at 4am the next morning for a photo shoot in the Magic Kingdom at 6am!! Whilst we were excited about the photo shoot, we were NOT looking forward to getting up at 4am!!!


I do have some pictures from MVMCP so i'll post them later!

 

[arieljasmine]

Another lovely day, Laura, and some great perks! How cool having the BTMR train to yourselves. Looking forward to hearing about how you got on with getting up the next day!

ArielJasmine

 

[Chilly]

Another great day. Can't wait to see the photos.

 

[SusanEllen]

Enjoyed your new installment, Laura. Those Just Married buttons certainly worked some magic. Disney memories are usually special, but you have some unusually special ones!

Question about Wishes--Did I read that right? You saw part of Wishes while waiting for a 5:45 ADR? That seems awfully early in the evening, but I've never been to MVMCP, so am thinking that perhaps they stage an early fireworks for guests w/o party tickets who must leave the park early. Is that it?