Ashley and Dave's PJ! 1/20/09 SBP/St.James/Morroco-The Flower Girl Dress!! Pics!

[snow_white725]

YEAH!!! I have my first phone meeting with Rosie on Tuesday at 4:00. Does anyone have any advise or questions that you think I should ask? anything that you wish you had known but didn't ask about! Also, I'm under 7 months!! Time to kick-up the diet!!

I e-mailed Rosie some pictures before our meeting so she could look at them while we were on the phone. It was really helpful! (Oh - and she is super sweet!!)

 

[PhilHarMaestro]

Thanks girls! I'm definately going to ask about flowers in season and I'm going to e-mail her some pics too! Okay, so on with the questions...

I'm using Rev. Knox. Did anyone else use him lately? Because I could have sworn he told me to send a $50 deposit and then the remaining $150 would be due the day of the wedding. But...then he sent me confirmation that he recieved the retainer, and said that the remaining $175 is due on the wedding day! I know it's only $25, but that's 25 I could spend else where! Maybe, I just heard him wrong. How much did he charge anyone else? I'm a little frusterated by this!

 

[irisbud]

Thanks girls! I'm definately going to ask about flowers in season and I'm going to e-mail her some pics too! Okay, so on with the questions...

I'm using Rev. Knox. Did anyone else use him lately? Because I could have sworn he told me to send a $50 deposit and then the remaining $150 would be due the day of the wedding. But...then he sent me confirmation that he recieved the retainer, and said that the remaining $175 is due on the wedding day! I know it's only $25, but that's 25 I could spend else where! Maybe, I just heard him wrong. How much did he charge anyone else? I'm a little frusterated by this!

did you happen to have a contract that you sent in when you sent in the deposit. If you do, it should have the balance due described within.

 

[PhilHarMaestro]

The good: I finally had my meeting with rosie she was great and answered all of questions, even the stupid ones!!

The bad: My sister is definately not going to be at my wedding!! She ships off for the army in September!! I'm trying to remember that it's a really noble thing to join the army at 23, and not focus on how sad I am that my sister and best and only friend will not be at my wedding!! On the plus side my aunt will be my matron of honor now, which is super cool, but it kind of rules out the satin and lace strappy number I was planning on have my bridesmaid wear! She would not appriciate this dress!!

The expensive: I've decide to post all the prices I went over with rosie and a copy of my budget so far! This is something that always helped me to see from other brides. It won't be a BEO, it's just my personal spread sheet that I've been using to keep track of how much I'm signing up for!! Hope it helps. It will be up later tonight or tomorrow morning!

Also anyother advice/reviews/prices about Rev. Knox would be awsome.

 

[PhilHarMaestro]

Wedding Budget-$10,000 (We're hoping to come in under this...hmm.
Colors: French Vanilla &Heather

Deposit for Escape:-$750-paid
S B P/Ceremony Remainder-$3,750
Dessert Party Deposit-$250-paid
Dessert Party Remainder-$1150
Dress Steaming (dress, “long veil,” long cape)-$150-must be pre-paid on line via CC
Officiant/Rev. Kevin Knox Deposit -$50-paid
Officiant/Rev. Kevin Knox Remainder-$175-due day of wedding
Dinner approx $66.66 per person includes alcohol-$1,200
License-$95
Hair & Make-Up + $20 tip-$160-cash only day of
Bridal Bouquet-Add ons- $100
Bridesmaid Bouquet-7 roses $50+ plus $25 add ons-$75
Boutniers-4 @ $16.50-$66
Corsage (pin and wrist) 2 @ $26-$52
Petal Toss @ $3.50 for 16 guests-$56
Aisle Petals-$65
Chair Covers for Ceremony 14 @ $8.50 each-$114
Extra Hour for photo 1/2 B4 1/2after-$175
DP Photo Package-$350
Glow Cylinders-????

Total: $8783

Questions:
Is this the going rate for officiants?
What you think about dinner? Is $66 a person doable? Or did I quote to low? (I know my fam. will want alcohol) Do you think this price is about right or not? We haven't decided where yet.
Hair and Make-Up, what do you think of the $20 tip…more/less?
Who else should I tip and how much? WC? Photographer? Limodriver?

So…what do you think? Have I gone over the deep end? Please know that I chose the escape wedding because I wanted it to simple and easy!! HA! I’ve decided to forgo the video. I’m just going to have a family member video it and we’ll probably never watch it anyway. But, maybe it will appease my grandmothers!! Now, all I have to do is figure out where to eat and hope that my brother and his family can be at my wedding! I really hope so!! Coming soon details from meeting with Rosie!
BTW: Many pics coming soon!! I promise, I know my PJ has been lacking, pictorally speaking!

 

[meryll83]

Thanks for posting this, it's very very useful!!

Which dessert party menu are you going for, it seems quite expensive?

Also what are the chair covers like that you are using for the ceremony? I have only seen the white plastic chairs used at SBP before and I've been wondering about the possibility of chair covers - I was beginning to think that perhaps these chairs were the wrong shape or something coz I'd not seen chair covers on them before

I think your dinner price of approx $66pp will be ok if you just buy so many bottles of wine or something for the table, then that way people shouldn't be inclined to order cocktails or more expensive drinks.
If you look at the restaurant menus at wdwinfo.com this will give you all the pricing, so you could have a look at a couple of restaurants and gauge the cost that way.

We are also hoping for SBP and Morocco as locations, so this has been super useful I'd be interested to hear how much the glow cylinders are for the dessert party too, I'm sure someone was kind enough to tell me the pricing before, but I didn't note it down

 

[snow_white725]

Where are you guys going for dinner? Are you having a set menu or just letting everyone order what they want?

 

[figmentfan814]

Wedding Budget-$10,000 (We're hoping to come in under this...hmm.
Colors: French Vanilla &Heather
Chair Covers for Ceremony 14 @ $8.50 each-$114

Hair and Make-Up, what do you think of the $20 tip…more/less?
Who else should I tip and how much? WC? Photographer? Limodriver?

Glad to see you decided to go with the chair covers; they are definitely worth the money!

Who are you using for hair and makeup? If the person owns their own business you don't have to tip them; same theory applies to photographer. For our wedding coordinator and assistant, we bought them gift cards.

As a side note, there are a lot of affordable options for video. After receiving ours a few weeks ago I'm so glad that we didn't cut it. Especially getting married out of state, we have had so many people that want to watch it with us (even after we played it at our at-home reception). If you're open to it at all, I highly suggest making the investment. Just a little food for thought

 

[PhilHarMaestro]

Meryll- We did add on for our dessert party, ours costs $27 person, instead of $22. And we're hoping to add alcohol (so I rounded up!) For the Chair covers they bring in chairs from the hotel and cover those. There is no cost for them to bring the hotel chairs, only the $8.50 per chair cover. If you choose to rent another kind of chair there is a $190 fee. I'll be sure to post the cylander prices, I'm waiting for an e-mail from rosie with this!!
Snowhite-we haven't decided yet , we're trying to finalize our guest list first. Any recomendations would be great! We want to stay pretty close to the Boardwalk and Epcot.
Figment-Thanks for the tip about the tips! We're still thinking about the video. My mom is also getting us CC (I can't write it out because it's a surprise, and my fam reads this!) So we have to consider that too with our pricing!

 

[PhilHarMaestro]

Just real quick update... I just found out yesterday that my brother, his fiance, and maybe even his daughter (so cute and well behaved) will be coming to my wedding!! I'm so excited!!!
Now to figure out how to steal my sissy from the army. JK no felonies before the wedding!!!

 

[padisneyfour]

Just real quick update... I just found out yesterday that my brother, his fiance, and maybe even his daughter (so cute and well behaved) will be coming to my wedding!! I'm so excited!!!
Now to figure out how to steal my sissy from the army. JK no felonies before the wedding!!!

Congrats! That is EXCITING news!

 

[Donald'sGirl]

Just real quick update... I just found out yesterday that my brother, his fiance, and maybe even his daughter (so cute and well behaved) will be coming to my wedding!! I'm so excited!!!
Now to figure out how to steal my sissy from the army. JK no felonies before the wedding!!!

Oh that's awesome news! Yeah!!! I am sorry to hear your sister won't be able to be there for your wedding. Hopefully she will come home early or something and she will be able to go?? I will keep my fingers crossed!

 

[PhilHarMaestro]

Ok, I know I promised pics from floral...they're coming tomorrow, I promise! But, in the mean time I have another question...

Have any other escape brides booked the convention center for thier meal? It's got a food and beverage min. of $900, which we will definately meet. What do you all think?? I can't decide what to do?

It would be half of the St. James room at the boardwalk? That's the room posted above, so it would be half of that????

Hmm..

 

[irisbud]

I don't have any experience with this, but maybe rent out a private room at one of the restaraunts instead? It might be a better atmosphere and better food? Just a thought...

 

[PhilHarMaestro]

Thanks Irisbud, do you know of any resturants on the boardwalk or in the swan and dolphin with a private room (other than shulas)??

 

[irisbud]

I don't know of any offhand. I know that some of the other areas have them for sure. Three that I can think of off the top of my head are California Grill at the Contemporary, Jiko at Animal Kingdom Lodge, and Citricos at the Grand Flordian. I'm sure some of the other ladies will have a lot more information for you!

 

[PhilHarMaestro]

Ok, the St. James room it is. After much MUCH MUCH drama! It's going to be over $100 dollars a person , once all the fees and alcohol is added on. Too much for what was supposed to be a "small hassle free wedding." It was "small and hassle free" until I found this board...I blame you all for my wedding craziness!! But, Dave's mom is going to pay half. Which is really kind of her and solves the future problem on my mom asking my dad (they're divorced) to fork over money for his meal at my wedding. (Needless to say they're not close still). It's going to make our day so easy. My family is...well complicated so the easier the day the less likely a brawl is to break out! Our second choice was Jiko's but they could not seat us together and the private room was even more expensive than the St. James room. Now,I've really got to figure out center pieces. I would love to see pics and prices for the glow cylinders, because I'm apparently not expressing well what I want to Rosie. Don't get me wrong, she's great, I can't put together coherent sentences...in case you haven't noticed. LOL

Moral of the story plz post your dessert party decor pics!!!
Thanks

 

[PhilHarMaestro]

bump

 

[figmentfan814]

Okay, I think you were wanting some of our DP decorations, so her you go

All we had for our DP were the glow centerpieces plus the colored napkins underneath and then this big Figment with the food.

 

[PhilHarMaestro]

Vanessa, thank you so much that was exactly what I was looking for!! Do you know what the charge was for those?