amandaisy
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- May 27, 2009
Hello everyone! I'm Amanda and Im a procrastinator! My wedding is in approximately 4 months and boy do I have plenty to do! I've been reading this board for a while now and seeing everyones PJ's and TR's has been so helpful!
Anyways about us, were both Florida residents, Ive lived in Orlando my whole life and even worked at Disney for a couple years a while back. I'm an RN at nearby hospital and DF is a network specialist at a local high school. We met online and clicked instantly! (Haha)
Anyways, we are super excited to be doing a Wishes wedding and the months seem to be flying by!
Heres what we have planned so far .
Wedding Details
Ceremony: Seabreeze Point @ 2:30pm
Date: October 7th, 2009
Cocktail Hour/Reception: Whitehall Room & Patio
Dessert Party: Italy West at EPCOT
Resort for us: Beach Club
Resort for our guests: Caribbean Beach
Guest Count: 38, including us
Honeymoon: Spending a few days at the Beach Club and going to the parks, then going back to work for a week, then going on a 7 day Eastern Carribean (Royal Carribean) cruise!
-No Rehearsal Dinner, or Welcome Brunch, or anything like that ~ But we still wanted to do something the night before our wedding so were going to attend MNSSHP (Im gonna find a casual white dress and get DF one of those t-shirts that looks like a tux and wear our bride/groom Mickey ears). We invited everyone to come on the invites and gave info about it on our website but its totally optional even if its just DF and I, Im sure well have a blast
Wedding Planner: Ken Weaver
Floral: Rose Dizon
Officiant: Rev. Jack Day
Photographer: Misty Miotto
Colors: Black, Ivory, Dark Red and Silver (for any accents)
Theme: A combo of romance and Italian.
Music: Were having one violinist to play the ceremony and pre-reception hour.
-Prelude: Romanza, Adagio
-Mothers Entrance: The Rose
-Groom, Best Man, Groomsman, and Rev. Day Entrance: Grooms Choir
-MOH and Bridesmaid Entrance: Canon in D
-Bride Entrance: Traditional Bridal Chorus Processional
-Sand Ceremony: Candle on the Water
-Recessional: Traditional Wedding Recessional March, Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Were doing a staged exit with rose petals not decided on the whole transportation thing yet, we have Cinderellas carriage booked but most likely will be switching to the Rolls Royce since we will be able to use it before the ceremony and it can take us to the reception location.
The Menu
We did our taste tasting last week and the food was so amazing. We decided to do a custom menu (we went with an Italian theme, both of our favorites!) since we are both picky so here is what were having (and some pics from the session, sorry some of them are missing some pieces of food, I forgot to take the photo before I ate it, lol!)
Here's a photo of a Mickey and Minnie they had on the table when we got there!
Pre-Reception: ~ $9.50/pp each
Chicken Bruschetta (the best thing Ive ever tasted in my whole life, seriously ) and Margherita Pizza.
Anyways about us, were both Florida residents, Ive lived in Orlando my whole life and even worked at Disney for a couple years a while back. I'm an RN at nearby hospital and DF is a network specialist at a local high school. We met online and clicked instantly! (Haha)
Anyways, we are super excited to be doing a Wishes wedding and the months seem to be flying by!Heres what we have planned so far .
Wedding Details
Ceremony: Seabreeze Point @ 2:30pm
Date: October 7th, 2009
Cocktail Hour/Reception: Whitehall Room & Patio
Dessert Party: Italy West at EPCOT
Resort for us: Beach Club
Resort for our guests: Caribbean Beach
Guest Count: 38, including us
Honeymoon: Spending a few days at the Beach Club and going to the parks, then going back to work for a week, then going on a 7 day Eastern Carribean (Royal Carribean) cruise!
-No Rehearsal Dinner, or Welcome Brunch, or anything like that ~ But we still wanted to do something the night before our wedding so were going to attend MNSSHP (Im gonna find a casual white dress and get DF one of those t-shirts that looks like a tux and wear our bride/groom Mickey ears). We invited everyone to come on the invites and gave info about it on our website but its totally optional even if its just DF and I, Im sure well have a blast
Wedding Planner: Ken Weaver
Floral: Rose Dizon
Officiant: Rev. Jack Day
Photographer: Misty Miotto
Colors: Black, Ivory, Dark Red and Silver (for any accents)
Theme: A combo of romance and Italian.
Music: Were having one violinist to play the ceremony and pre-reception hour.
-Prelude: Romanza, Adagio
-Mothers Entrance: The Rose
-Groom, Best Man, Groomsman, and Rev. Day Entrance: Grooms Choir
-MOH and Bridesmaid Entrance: Canon in D
-Bride Entrance: Traditional Bridal Chorus Processional
-Sand Ceremony: Candle on the Water
-Recessional: Traditional Wedding Recessional March, Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Were doing a staged exit with rose petals not decided on the whole transportation thing yet, we have Cinderellas carriage booked but most likely will be switching to the Rolls Royce since we will be able to use it before the ceremony and it can take us to the reception location.
The Menu
We did our taste tasting last week and the food was so amazing. We decided to do a custom menu (we went with an Italian theme, both of our favorites!) since we are both picky so here is what were having (and some pics from the session, sorry some of them are missing some pieces of food, I forgot to take the photo before I ate it, lol!)
Here's a photo of a Mickey and Minnie they had on the table when we got there!
Pre-Reception: ~ $9.50/pp each
Chicken Bruschetta (the best thing Ive ever tasted in my whole life, seriously ) and Margherita Pizza.
Dinner:
~ $113/pp
-Plated Tomato and Mozzarella Salad with Balsamic Emulsion & Basil & Light Olive Oil
-Served Cinderellas Ice Slipper with Raspberry Champagne Sorbet (with red light)
-Plated Tomato and Mozzarella Salad with Balsamic Emulsion & Basil & Light Olive Oil
-Served Cinderellas Ice Slipper with Raspberry Champagne Sorbet (with red light)
Then the rest is buffet style
.
Stations:
-Traditional Chicken Parmesan
-Traditional Eggplant Parmesan
-Parmesan Cheese Risotto
-Sautéed Zucchini, Bell Peppers, Squash, and Onions in Olive Oil & Garlic
-Penne alla Vodka with Tomato Basil Cream and Romano and Pecorino Cheese
-Butternut Squash Ravioli with White Cream Sauce (we originally asked for Pumpkin ravioli since our wedding is on October and we wanted a fall type dish but Disney couldnt get the pumpkin so they substituted this and I thought it sounded disgusting but it was seriously SO good I cant wait to have more at the wedding!)
-Baguettes, Foccacia, and Garlic Bread
-Pressed Panini Station
-Garlic Encrusted Sicilian style flank steak (carved to order)
Stations:
-Traditional Chicken Parmesan
-Traditional Eggplant Parmesan
-Parmesan Cheese Risotto
-Sautéed Zucchini, Bell Peppers, Squash, and Onions in Olive Oil & Garlic
-Penne alla Vodka with Tomato Basil Cream and Romano and Pecorino Cheese
-Butternut Squash Ravioli with White Cream Sauce (we originally asked for Pumpkin ravioli since our wedding is on October and we wanted a fall type dish but Disney couldnt get the pumpkin so they substituted this and I thought it sounded disgusting but it was seriously SO good I cant wait to have more at the wedding!)
-Baguettes, Foccacia, and Garlic Bread
-Pressed Panini Station
-Garlic Encrusted Sicilian style flank steak (carved to order)
Custom Specialty Drink:
~ $10/pp
We arent having a bar so we decided to serve each person one specialty drink (name TBD!) its red to match our colors and has Vodka, Peach Schnapps, and Cranberry Juice. The picture shows the three that we sampled (Pomegranate Cosmo, Ultimate Lemon Drop, and Dream Martini) and then the other photo is the one we chose that we havent named yet.
We arent having a bar so we decided to serve each person one specialty drink (name TBD!) its red to match our colors and has Vodka, Peach Schnapps, and Cranberry Juice. The picture shows the three that we sampled (Pomegranate Cosmo, Ultimate Lemon Drop, and Dream Martini) and then the other photo is the one we chose that we havent named yet.
Cake:
~ $14/pp min 65 people (with tax and handling fees) = $1,172
Small Bridge to Happiness
-Anniversary Layer ~ Yellow cake with Raspberry Mousse filling
-Top Layer ~ Yellow Cake with White Chocolate Mousse
-Bottom Layer ~ Marble Cake with Milk Chocolate Mousse
Originally we were going to do the white chocolate castle topper but I cant bear to spend $128 dollars on it so Ill probably find my own somewhere .The anniversary part over the side will have the Cinderella & Prince Charming topper from Disney ($20).
Dessert Party @ Grand Floridian Marina: ~ Right now its $38/pp that will change
This is tentative dependent on the MK fireworks schedule. I have a feeling there wont be any because its not a night that theyre doing MNSSHP. Im keeping my fingers crossed, though!
Chocolate Shooter Station:
-White chocolate shooter with Baileys
-Milk chocolate shooter with Frangelica
-Dark chocolate shooter with Chambord liquor
-Coffees with Whipped Cream, Shaved Chocolate, Orange Peel, Cinnamon Sticks, and Flavored Coffee Syrups, and Hot Teas
Mini Dessert Station:
-Mini Tiramisu Martinis
-Mini Cannolis
-Mini Hazelnut Chocolate Cheesecakes (Im cutting this so hopefully that will bring the price down a bit, this was the only thing at the menu tasting I didnt like)
Small Bridge to Happiness
-Anniversary Layer ~ Yellow cake with Raspberry Mousse filling
-Top Layer ~ Yellow Cake with White Chocolate Mousse
-Bottom Layer ~ Marble Cake with Milk Chocolate Mousse
Originally we were going to do the white chocolate castle topper but I cant bear to spend $128 dollars on it so Ill probably find my own somewhere .The anniversary part over the side will have the Cinderella & Prince Charming topper from Disney ($20).
Dessert Party @ Grand Floridian Marina: ~ Right now its $38/pp that will change
This is tentative dependent on the MK fireworks schedule. I have a feeling there wont be any because its not a night that theyre doing MNSSHP. Im keeping my fingers crossed, though!
Chocolate Shooter Station:
-White chocolate shooter with Baileys
-Milk chocolate shooter with Frangelica
-Dark chocolate shooter with Chambord liquor
-Coffees with Whipped Cream, Shaved Chocolate, Orange Peel, Cinnamon Sticks, and Flavored Coffee Syrups, and Hot Teas
Mini Dessert Station:
-Mini Tiramisu Martinis
-Mini Cannolis
-Mini Hazelnut Chocolate Cheesecakes (Im cutting this so hopefully that will bring the price down a bit, this was the only thing at the menu tasting I didnt like)
Edit: Right before we left, they gave us these little gifts, Grand Floridian's own salt! It came with a little jar with the salt crystals and then behind the paper it's a solid salt block. Haven't used it yet but can't yet to try it!
Whew thats all for now! Will post more later this week...
I love all your pictures, though! October is such a great month...it just start to "feel" different around that time for me! Maybe it's all the Halloween decorations that makes it feel like fall! We did our planning session at the end of April and then the menu tasting last Friday. Our planner is going to be out of town most of June so I wanted to get all the big stuff done early!
