hope1826
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 6, 2007
Hi ALL!!!
Our wedding was at Sea Breeze Point/ The Attic/ Epcot Upper UK on Monday May 5th at 5PM. 38 guests.
I am officially still getting used to my new last name!!!
We don't have any professional pics yet, but I thought I would post two pics that my father's friend took while Misty was taking pics.
DH and I, with my family (mom and dad on my right, my two aunts, my grandmother and my brother aka groomsman)...
And the cake cutting...
Vendor Report Card (Because Caryn, Carrie and Cynthia ROCK
and this would have been beyond helpful if everyone regularly did this in their TR's.)
Welcome/Rehearsal Breakfast - Garden Grove Cafe at Swan Hotel... B+
We had a character breakfast with Pluto, Goofy, Chip and Dale. The good...All you can eat buffet, for less than $18 pp (even less for kids), everyone had a lot of fun, they were very accommodating and it was a beautiful space. The bad... Our guests had to pay $9 per car for parking, which I was not informed about even though I asked.
Mandara Spa ... A-
My super curly, thick, long hair was washed, deep conditioned, blown dry and flat ironed. Rosa did a phenomenal job. It was the best job anyone had ever done on my hair EVER!
The manicures for me, my 4 BM's and my mom were a little expensive ($40) but, the best any of us had ever had. The pedicures my two BM's and I got were very expensive ($70), but were also the best ever!
We got 20% off of everything by mentioning "Intercot.com". I don't know if they are still honoring that though.
Disney Wedding Team - Pam Pearce, Celeste DiCicco and Linda Rhodes... A+++
Perfect! We couldn't go down for a planning session, but everything they handled was beyond perfection and they all delivered much more than I expected. I dealt with Celeste the most and I was very impressed when I got there and saw how smoothly everything was going. I felt comfortable relaxing and letting her do her job.
Disney Floral - Rose Dizon... D-
I was very disappointed with most of the flowers. Chris' buttonhole was the biggest disappointment, followed by my bouquet, it's only saving grace was that the peonies smelled like heaven. The one thing they did well was the placement of rose petals on the tables at the dinner reception. I will go into further detail about this later, but basically most of what I requested from Disney Floral was well below my expectations. The ONLY reason I am not giving them an "F" is because it was all done via email and phone calls and I am sure that must be difficult for them. I will post comparison pictures showing what I requested versus what I actually got later.
Makeup - Patricia LeJeune ... A++++++++++
I LOVED her! She is so talented, flexible and sweet! More details later.
Photography - Misty Miotto and Nelio (her husband) ... A++++++++++
Everyone LOVED her and Nelio! My bridesmaids were coming out late from Patricia (because of their own perfectionism and some shoe issues) and my Dad was even missing in action for about half and hour and she handled it all beautifully. More later.
Disney Violinist ... C-
We were disappointed. Everyone could definitely hear the violinist, but it just wasn't good. The only reason I am not giving a lower grade is because it may have been due to the fact that I didn't pick the most popular wedding songs. Overall, we regret picking the violinist and wish we had just set up a cd player to play the songs we wanted. She did play all of the Disney songs very beautifully though.
Disney Catering - Food & Cake ...A-
"A" = the food & cake was delicious and everyone raved. "-" = the box for our anniversary layer was sooooooooooo big that the three layers had already slipped off and separated by the time we got to Epcot at 9:00 PM. Of course, we ate it over the next 3.5 days anyway! Seriously dirty cake porn later!
Animal Kingdom Lodge...A++++++++++
DH and I are both huge animal lovers, so needless to say, we were in absolute heaven. We were going to stay in a Savannah View Room for two nights and then a standard room for the last two nights. But at the last minute we decided to pay more to stay in a Savannah View Room anywhere. They tried for half an hour to find us something, but said they were packed. Eventually a manager came out and gave us a room with a view of the Sunset Savannah that ended up being nicer than the main Savannah view, for the price of the standard room. Needless to say, we were on cloud 9
Restaurant reviews to follow...
Our wedding was at Sea Breeze Point/ The Attic/ Epcot Upper UK on Monday May 5th at 5PM. 38 guests.
I am officially still getting used to my new last name!!!
We don't have any professional pics yet, but I thought I would post two pics that my father's friend took while Misty was taking pics.
DH and I, with my family (mom and dad on my right, my two aunts, my grandmother and my brother aka groomsman)...
And the cake cutting...
Vendor Report Card (Because Caryn, Carrie and Cynthia ROCK
and this would have been beyond helpful if everyone regularly did this in their TR's.)Welcome/Rehearsal Breakfast - Garden Grove Cafe at Swan Hotel... B+
We had a character breakfast with Pluto, Goofy, Chip and Dale. The good...All you can eat buffet, for less than $18 pp (even less for kids), everyone had a lot of fun, they were very accommodating and it was a beautiful space. The bad... Our guests had to pay $9 per car for parking, which I was not informed about even though I asked.
Mandara Spa ... A-
My super curly, thick, long hair was washed, deep conditioned, blown dry and flat ironed. Rosa did a phenomenal job. It was the best job anyone had ever done on my hair EVER!
The manicures for me, my 4 BM's and my mom were a little expensive ($40) but, the best any of us had ever had. The pedicures my two BM's and I got were very expensive ($70), but were also the best ever!
We got 20% off of everything by mentioning "Intercot.com". I don't know if they are still honoring that though.
Disney Wedding Team - Pam Pearce, Celeste DiCicco and Linda Rhodes... A+++
Perfect! We couldn't go down for a planning session, but everything they handled was beyond perfection and they all delivered much more than I expected. I dealt with Celeste the most and I was very impressed when I got there and saw how smoothly everything was going. I felt comfortable relaxing and letting her do her job.
Disney Floral - Rose Dizon... D-
I was very disappointed with most of the flowers. Chris' buttonhole was the biggest disappointment, followed by my bouquet, it's only saving grace was that the peonies smelled like heaven. The one thing they did well was the placement of rose petals on the tables at the dinner reception. I will go into further detail about this later, but basically most of what I requested from Disney Floral was well below my expectations. The ONLY reason I am not giving them an "F" is because it was all done via email and phone calls and I am sure that must be difficult for them. I will post comparison pictures showing what I requested versus what I actually got later.
Makeup - Patricia LeJeune ... A++++++++++
I LOVED her! She is so talented, flexible and sweet! More details later.
Photography - Misty Miotto and Nelio (her husband) ... A++++++++++
Everyone LOVED her and Nelio! My bridesmaids were coming out late from Patricia (because of their own perfectionism and some shoe issues) and my Dad was even missing in action for about half and hour and she handled it all beautifully. More later.
Disney Violinist ... C-
We were disappointed. Everyone could definitely hear the violinist, but it just wasn't good. The only reason I am not giving a lower grade is because it may have been due to the fact that I didn't pick the most popular wedding songs. Overall, we regret picking the violinist and wish we had just set up a cd player to play the songs we wanted. She did play all of the Disney songs very beautifully though.
Disney Catering - Food & Cake ...A-
"A" = the food & cake was delicious and everyone raved. "-" = the box for our anniversary layer was sooooooooooo big that the three layers had already slipped off and separated by the time we got to Epcot at 9:00 PM. Of course, we ate it over the next 3.5 days anyway! Seriously dirty cake porn later!
Animal Kingdom Lodge...A++++++++++
DH and I are both huge animal lovers, so needless to say, we were in absolute heaven. We were going to stay in a Savannah View Room for two nights and then a standard room for the last two nights. But at the last minute we decided to pay more to stay in a Savannah View Room anywhere. They tried for half an hour to find us something, but said they were packed. Eventually a manager came out and gave us a room with a view of the Sunset Savannah that ended up being nicer than the main Savannah view, for the price of the standard room. Needless to say, we were on cloud 9
Restaurant reviews to follow...
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