I uploaded our Sneak Peeks from Misty to photobucket!
Vendor Reviews:
All our Vendors were really fabulous! Im not going to grade them since they would all get an A+ so I will just tell you a little about them!
Disney Wedding Planner(s)- Maxine and Vita: Maxine was my planner from the start, she was awesome at answering my questions promptly and giving suggestions and was so sweet at the planning session! We felt really confident about her, so I was a little nervous when she told me she was moving to Hawaii to start up the new wedding division at Aulani a month before my wedding. I spoke with my new planner Vita on the phone, and met her at my rehearsal and she was absolutely wonderful! She executed everything perfectly on our wedding day, and was really sweet too! I loved her!
Grand Floridian- Cant say enough good things about the service we got here! When we checked in, we were told the club level room we had reserved was already occupied but would we mind staying in a standard room for one night and then be moved to a suite the rest of the time? Of course we wouldnt mind, we said! So for 5 of 6 nights we got to stay in the Waikea Suite, it was a 1 bedroom suite with a king bed, big separate living room with a full bar, 2 bathrooms, and 3 balconies! It was amazing! We got so lucky! We still got to have access to the concierge lounge the whole time too, which was awesome! We ate at Narcossees and Victoria and Alberts and I will report on those later, but the food everywhere including our reception was amazing! So excited we will get to come back and stay at the new DVC here someday too!
Florist- We had Elizabeth from Disney and she was great! All of our floral and décor turned out beautiful and I was so happy with my bouquet, and the look of the ceremony and reception!
Bakeries- I used Its Tasty Too to get a Grooms Cake for Chris at dinner a few days before the wedding. I will post photos, but it was a Bass Fish since he is an avid fisherman! It was beautiful and so tasty! It was chocolate with peanut butter cup filling, everyone loved it! For the wedding the Grand Floridian baked our amazing cake, it was 3 layers with 3 different flavors- red velvet with cream cheese, marble with Bavarian cream, and carrot cake with cream cheese filling. We got a slice of all 3 at our sweetheart table and it was the best cake I have ever eaten! And I am a cake fanatic!
Photographers- We used Misty Miotto Photography again for our wedding and she and Nelio were just incredible. She helped direct us all day long and kept us on schedule and the sneek previews we have seen so far are amazing! I am anxiously awaiting the rest! We love love love Misty and Nelio! We also used Disney photography for our Epcot Dessert Party the day before the wedding and had Regina and for MK & Epcot Park Portraits with Ty two days after the wedding. We havent seen any photos from Disney yet but we cant wait to see them!
Videography- We used A Moment to Remember for our video, and already got it back last week! It is awesome, I am so glad we got a video to be able to re-live the whole day. They did beautiful work and I hardly noticed them filming.
Hair and Make-Up- We use Beaute Speciale, and again loved them! We had two rooms of girls, one with all the bridesmaids, grandma, etc. and one with my mom, sister, and I so we had 5 artists total and they made everyone look gorgeous! Laine did my hair and make-up 3 times! I had a trial with her the day before the wedding, then the wedding day, then for the park portraits. She was very sweet too!
Officiant- We used Father Patrick Wenrick and he made our ceremony absolutely wonderful!
DJ- Jason Logan was our DJ for the reception, and he was awesome too! He was really funny, played great music, and got all our requests too. He made the reception flow seamlessly!
Chair Rentals- We rented our chiavari chairs through Bell Chair Rentals, but since we booked them they were bought out by Taylor Rentals. They were good to work with and kept our price as promised by the previous owners. I am not sure what their normal prices are though. Our chairs looked great!