cheerbearsmiles
Disney Princess of Pennsylvania!
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- Jul 25, 2005
No, those were from a friend of ours. We paid for his and his wife's airfare from Wisconsin (his wife is the one in the green flowered dress) in exchange for taking pictures in Epcot the night before the wedding (our "engagement" session) and during the wedding. The Disney photography pics weren't nearly as nice, and I don't recall them taking pics during the ceremony. We were so glad we had a friend come to take pics, but because I told DFTW that he was a guest taking pictures, we didn't have to forfeit our Disney photography. I liked the Disney pics, but I would've been just as happy without them, I think.
My dress was allowed in the parks because it wasn't obvious that it's my wedding dress--it could be seen as a nice sundress or something. No one stopped and asked me about it, but then again, I was only in MK for an hour or so. We went in, got the pics in front of the castle, and were on our way (on the train) to Dumbo for some cute pics when I decided I was too tired and cared more about getting a nap in before our big group dinner than getting pics on a ride we'd never been on together
You have to be aware that with a Memories wedding, you can only have 6 guests max. We had the max, and then our wedding planner let some friends stand 20 feet away and watch, but I've heard of other planners not allowing that. We chose the Memories wedding because we decided to elope with no family there--if we wanted to have all the important family members there (parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and cousins), we would've had to go with a Wishes wedding, and we couldn't afford that.
EDIT: Ignore that last paragraph--I misunderstood what you were saying With your budget (depending on where you live for airfare), $8k should be enough for a Memories wedding and a shot honeymoon (ours was 4 days). Just bear in mind that the price has gone up since we did it, I believe it's $2500 now.
My dress was allowed in the parks because it wasn't obvious that it's my wedding dress--it could be seen as a nice sundress or something. No one stopped and asked me about it, but then again, I was only in MK for an hour or so. We went in, got the pics in front of the castle, and were on our way (on the train) to Dumbo for some cute pics when I decided I was too tired and cared more about getting a nap in before our big group dinner than getting pics on a ride we'd never been on together
You have to be aware that with a Memories wedding, you can only have 6 guests max. We had the max, and then our wedding planner let some friends stand 20 feet away and watch, but I've heard of other planners not allowing that. We chose the Memories wedding because we decided to elope with no family there--if we wanted to have all the important family members there (parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and cousins), we would've had to go with a Wishes wedding, and we couldn't afford that.
EDIT: Ignore that last paragraph--I misunderstood what you were saying With your budget (depending on where you live for airfare), $8k should be enough for a Memories wedding and a shot honeymoon (ours was 4 days). Just bear in mind that the price has gone up since we did it, I believe it's $2500 now.