~*Amy and Shawn’s PJ*~June 6th, 2011 - Our Hawaiian Honeymoon!

[MainStMandy]

We aren't shutteling our guests until 6...but we are also planning on taking group pics and of course a staged exit. I think you might be cutting just a little close.

 

[*Pixiedust1438*]

Ok, so here is what I am thinking now. Sorry so long.... I am a little OCD when it comes to planning.

Wedding Timeline:

Wake up around 9:30. DF will get ready and go to golf.

10:30 tee time. Meet all guys there (groomsmen, father of the bride, and father of the groom.)

DF and guys will golf from 10:30-1:30, then get lunch 1:30-2:30, then go back to hotel and get ready 2:30-4:15. Get picked up by limo at 4:15 and dropped off at WP.

Me, get breakfast with mom and sister (made of honor) at Grand Floridian Cafe (11:00-12:00)

After breakfast go to spa and get mani's/pedi's. (12:30-1:30)

1:30 go back to room, and begin getting ready. Have BM's and MIL come. 2:00-4:00.

Have room service deliver lunch around 3:00. 3:00 photography begins.

4:15 go down to lobby and have photos taken with BM's around resort.

Around 4:45 get picked up by limo and go to WP.

Ceremony 5:00-5:20.

Staged exit, then pictures with family. 5:20-5:35

5:45 cocktail hour begins. 5:35-5:50 pictures with bridal party.

5:50 bridal party to cocktail hour, pictures just me and DF.

6:15 we got to cocktail hour.

6:45 cocktail hour ends, guests are transported to ADH. Bridal Party limo to ADH.

7:15-7:30 guests arrive, find their seats, get drinks. Bridal Party arrive at ADH, take a few pictures on the boardwalk.

7:30 reception begins, introductions, speeches. 7:45-9:00 dinner.

9:00 Watch Illuminations fireworks from balcony.

9:20 first dance, Mickey and Minnie come (9:30) Cake cutting.

10:00 Mickey and Minnie leave, dancing.

10:50 last dance, confetti.

11:00 reception ends, me and DF take private car back to GF.

Do you think the timing is ok for everything? I pushed back the cocktail hour by 15 minutes to make sure guests have enough time to take pictures and then take motorcoach or walk to GF marina, and I pushed the reception back 1/2 hour.

 

[Chilly]

Ok, so here is what I am thinking now. Sorry so long.... I am a little OCD when it comes to planning.

Wedding Timeline:

Wake up around 9:30. DF will get ready and go to golf.

10:30 tee time. Meet all guys there (groomsmen, father of the bride, and father of the groom.)

DF and guys will golf from 10:30-1:30, then get lunch 1:30-2:30, then go back to hotel and get ready 2:30-4:15. Get picked up by limo at 4:15 and dropped off at WP.

Me, get breakfast with mom and sister (made of honor) at Grand Floridian Cafe (11:00-12:00)

After breakfast go to spa and get mani's/pedi's. (12:30-1:30)

1:30 go back to room, and begin getting ready. Have BM's and MIL come. 2:00-4:00.

Have room service deliver lunch around 3:00. 3:00 photography begins.

4:15 go down to lobby and have photos taken with BM's around resort.

Around 4:45 get picked up by limo and go to WP.

Ceremony 5:00-5:20.

Staged exit, then pictures with family. 5:20-5:35

5:45 cocktail hour begins. 5:35-5:50 pictures with bridal party.

5:50 bridal party to cocktail hour, pictures just me and DF.

6:15 we got to cocktail hour.

6:45 cocktail hour ends, guests are transported to ADH. Bridal Party limo to ADH.

7:15-7:30 guests arrive, find their seats, get drinks. Bridal Party arrive at ADH, take a few pictures on the boardwalk.

7:30 reception begins, introductions, speeches. 7:45-9:00 dinner.

9:00 Watch Illuminations fireworks from balcony.

9:20 first dance, Mickey and Minnie come (9:30) Cake cutting.

10:00 Mickey and Minnie leave, dancing.

10:50 last dance, confetti.

11:00 reception ends, me and DF take private car back to GF.

Do you think the timing is ok for everything? I pushed back the cocktail hour by 15 minutes to make sure guests have enough time to take pictures and then take motorcoach or walk to GF marina, and I pushed the reception back 1/2 hour.

You will need to leave about 4.30pm to get to the WP.

15 minutes is not long enough to do the staged exit and photos. Half an hour i'd say.

How are your guests getting to the Marina? Either way 10 minutes is not enough time.

Everything takes longer than you think.

 

[*Pixiedust1438*]

You will need to leave about 4.30pm to get to the WP.

15 minutes is not long enough to do the staged exit and photos. Half an hour i'd say.

How are your guests getting to the Marina? Either way 10 minutes is not enough time.

Everything takes longer than you think.

I keep trying to push things back but don't want to go too far because I don't want the reception to go really late since we are doing MK photo shoot the next morning and there will be kids at the reception. Leaving for the WP at 4:30 will not be a problem, will just have DF picked up at 4 instead. I guess I will push the cocktail hour back to 6, and that will give us a little extra time for the staged exit and for guests to get to the marina. The guests will take the motor coach to the marina so I would think that wouldn't take very long... me and DF walked it once and it only took around 10 minutes, but with pushing the cocktail hour back this will give them a little extra time.

Spring semester started today It's going to be along semester and a lot of work! I hope I still have time to do some wedding planning!

 

[MsEsty]

Love the plans so far!

 

[princesswendy720]

I'm not a planning expert by an means, but have you considered having the cocktail hour at the ADH and doing all the pictures at the GF before the ceremony? If your ceremony ends around 5:30...I would say start the cocktail hour around 6:15-6:30 at ADH. For the first 30 minutes or so you and your Df could take pictures around the Boardwalk and then rejoin for the last 30 minutes. That would make your reception 7:30 to 11:30.

I think it would also be easier on your guests to only have them switch locations once. Good luck with the planning!

 

[*Pixiedust1438*]

Love the plans so far!

Thanks Kerry!

I'm not a planning expert by an means, but have you considered having the cocktail hour at the ADH and doing all the pictures at the GF before the ceremony? If your ceremony ends around 5:30...I would say start the cocktail hour around 6:15-6:30 at ADH. For the first 30 minutes or so you and your Df could take pictures around the Boardwalk and then rejoin for the last 30 minutes. That would make your reception 7:30 to 11:30.

I think it would also be easier on your guests to only have them switch locations once. Good luck with the planning!

Yea I have considered this, and might end up doing that. It would be easier, but I really love the GF marina, me and DF ate lunch there and then walked over to the WP on our first trip together so it's kind of a special place I would like to include, and I love the fact that guests will have a view of the castle. I'm still trying to play around with the time line. Thank you for the suggestion!

I'm going to start a new thread with this same question, but thought I would ask it on here as well. Is it possible to have the ceremony at the WP at a time other than 2:30, 5:00, or 7:00? Everything would work out so much better if I could do the ceremony around 4:00, or even 4:30. 2:30 is just too early, and with 5:00 we will be squished for time.

I'm going to my first bridal expo tomorrow!!! I'm really excited. I'm going with my mom and sister. It is at a casino in Niagara Falls, and they are giving out tons of free prizes, hopefully I can win something!

 

[*Pixiedust1438*]

So I have decided to give up on the time line for now. I am going to wait until I get the date confirmed and see if I can do a 4:00 or 4:30 ceremony before I figure it all out.

We have officially decided on the exact date we want. **Updated: Penciled in for a Monday in June. Had to push it back two weeks for financial reasons.**We were going to do a Monday wedding, but DF JUST reminded me that it’s his dad's birthday, so we are now going to have it "hopefully" the day before on a Sunday in May. Don't want to say the exact date yet.... fingers crossed! Plus this means one extra day in Disney since we will now fly down on Friday instead of Saturday! We will do one more night at the WL.

I have decided to do almost all my own decorations, or buy them online and bring them down (I hope this is not a problem). Most of DF's family is driving, so they could bring the stuff down for us. Here is what I have so far, let me know what you think....

Favors:

I love these!

Centerpieces:

They are by Martha Stewart. I want to make my own that are similar but use fake flowers, in the color of my bridesmaid dresses. I also saw in a magazine a cute way to dress up the candles, you put some silver twine around them so I think I will do that also.

Favors for all the little girls:

Both in blue.

Favors for the little boys:
I want to do pirate something for the boys, or maybe something else fun, but I haven't found much yet. Let me know if you have any ideas.

Bouquets:
For myself I think I want to do a multicolored bouquet with pastels (blue, yellow, pink) Disney used to have a picture on their DFTW website, but I can't find it anymore. It was beautiful.

For the bridesmaids:

Something similar to this. With some hidden Mickey's if I can pull that off!
I like these too:

Décor is one area we are cutting costs and not spending a lot. In addition to the above things I am also hoping to have:
Ceremony: candle lighting (or possibly sand?), altar centerpiece(s), aisle runner, rose petals (not real, too expensive), and possibly some pew bows or other decorations.
Cocktail hour: A few cheap centerpieces for tables.
Reception: Place card holders, decorations for cake table, guest book, champagne flutes, chair covers or at least bows.
I am also going to make a Mickey Pillow for the ring bearer, and will need to get a basket and rose petals for the flower girl.
If anyone has any suggestions for cheap ideas for these items, please let me know. Also, I am not sure at all about how much chair covers and/or bows cost, does anyone have any information on this? I am assuming this is one thing we must go through Disney for.

 

[pink_tink8i8]

was this the bouquet?

 

[*Pixiedust1438*]

was this the bouquet?

Yes, that is it!!! Thank you so much for finding it for me! I think it is so pretty.

 

[pink_tink8i8]

you're most welcome

 

[Kimmers127]

As a fellow May 2011 bride I thought I'd stop by and say hello! I love your plans so far. That bouquet is very pretty, I can see why you like it!

The timeline of the day is confusing to me as well... for now I am just putting it on the backburner and like you, I will figure it out after we get our date. I would like a Monday sometime in May but we'll see!

 

[Chilly]

Chair covers with bows will prob set you back about $10 each by 2011. They were $8 in 2009.

 

[slamber3]

Just a quick FYI, I just got back from my wedding planning session and my flower consultant told me that I couldnt decorate the ADH for the reception. She said it was not allowed. You might take that into consideration and see if it is possible to bring your own decor!

 

[Pirate's Princess]

The bouquet from the DFTW website is sooo lovely! And I really like the second blue bouquet.

 

[DisneyDiva84]

Your planning sounds great so far! It's so exciting isn't it?

And i'm starting to become quite addicted to the DIS boards and i thought I was bad before lol

Can't wait to hear more! Keep me posted!

 

[*Pixiedust1438*]

As a fellow May 2011 bride I thought I'd stop by and say hello! I love your plans so far. That bouquet is very pretty, I can see why you like it!

The timeline of the day is confusing to me as well... for now I am just putting it on the backburner and like you, I will figure it out after we get our date. I would like a Monday sometime in May but we'll see!

Hi Kim! Thanks for stopping by! It's nice to see another May 2011 bride.

Chair covers with bows will prob set you back about $10 each by 2011. They were $8 in 2009.

Hmmm... that's pretty expensive, although I'm not sure how many guests we will have so I will have to wait and see.

Just a quick FYI, I just got back from my wedding planning session and my flower consultant told me that I couldnt decorate the ADH for the reception. She said it was not allowed. You might take that into consideration and see if it is possible to bring your own decor!

Thanks. I have heard soooo many different things about this. I have heard you can't decorate it at all, you can use some stuff, etc. etc. All I want to bring myself is the favors and centerpieces, and maybe some rose petals or something to sprinkle on the cake table. I hope this is possible because I really don't want to have to go through Disney for centerpieces, but if I have to I have to.

The bouquet from the DFTW website is sooo lovely! And I really like the second blue bouquet.

Thanks!

Your planning sounds great so far! It's so exciting isn't it?

And i'm starting to become quite addicted to the DIS boards and i thought I was bad before lol

Can't wait to hear more! Keep me posted!

Yes, it is very exciting. I can't wait until May until I can get my date confirmed and be able to really get into planning mode! And start looking for a dress!

 

[*Pixiedust1438*]

So I figured I would come on and post since I haven't in a while. I started designing a wedding website the other day. I know it's a long time away, but I think the website is going to take a while to get perfect. I put a survey on there for guests to vote which hotel they would like to stay in, so I am going to try and wait to pick the hotels until I get some results.

I am also trying to look online for a dress for the rehearsal. I want to wait to look for my actual dress until May (when I have hopefully lost a few pounds). I want a little white dress for the rehearsal, DF and I are going to wear the Mickey and Minnie wedding ears to the rehearsal, so I want a white dress to match. Does anyone know a good website to find a little white dress?

I also started a second job last week, so I have been really busy with that. Me and DF are trying to get a house soon, and plus save for the wedding of course! I am now a waitress for the first time ever! It has been ok so far, but I have been working Saturday and Sunday morning, so I basically have no day off now.

 

[*Pixiedust1438*]

I finally just got all caught up on all the PJ's I have been reading and finally have a chance to update my own! Not too much going on... still patiently waiting for the one year mark. I have been trying to decide on a cake and a groom's cake. Here are what I like so far, all the wedding cakes are from the DIS cakes thread on here:

Grooms cake ideas:

Buffalo Bills though...

I originally was set on having a cake with the castle topper and didn't like the mad hatter... but now I think I really like the mad hatter cakes. Since our reception is at ADH I feel like a mad hatter cake would go well there. I just can't believe I have it narrowed down to four choices... there were sooo many beautiful cakes on the thread.

I want to have the groom's cake be a surprise so I won't be having DF's input on this and am having a hard time deciding.

Please let me know what you think.

 

[Chilly]

The castle topper is beautiful, I wanted it but mean DH wouldn't let me.