MelodyTime
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2000
I have a feeling this may get a bit long so I will try to break it down into parts so I won't bore everyone all at once!
Background: Our Story begins back on February 7, 1987 when DH and I were legally married. Our wedding was "nice" but pretty low budget. We had the reception in the church hall following the ceremony...crammed over 300 people into a space that really only held 150. No DJ, no dancing, no limo...but we were two recent college graduates who just wanted to get married and it was what our parents could afford so we went with it. A few mishaps during the ceremony....our maid of honor lost the ring.....had to use my father's ring for the ceremony. (we did find the real ring before we left the church!). The weather was beautiful on the day of our ceremony, but being Northeast Ohio it changed in a hurry and we had a snowstorm (really who in their right mind gets married in Ohio in February?) and we were involved in a traffic accident that ended up totally our vehicle! We always say that our marriage started off with a bang! We got a ride to the airport. Flew Florida Express to Orlando. Stayed in a budget hotel in Kissimmee and went to Disney World for a couple of days! Of course at that time there was only the Magic Kingdom and Epcot so a couple of days in February was enough to see it all! And so began our love affair with Disney! It became our favorite vacation spot over the years. We started going as often as we could once our son turned 3 and haven't stopped yet. We are firm believers in the fact that you are never to old for the magic!!!
Fast Forward 25 Years: When our 25th Anniversary was approaching we knew we wanted to do something special....we just weren't sure exactly what that was. We tossed around going to some places (like Maui) just the two of us and maybe doing a vow renewal on the beach there. Then we decided that we were so very blessed to have all of our parents still living that we wanted our something special to include them. In the last couple of years my dad has had to have double (below the knee) amputations. My mom has been very faithful in caring for him and she really needed a break. My in laws also have some health issues. I was riding the monorail in March 2011 with a coworker that was there with me for a conference and of course the monorail went past the Grand Floridian and the Wedding Pavilion and I turned to her and made the comment that I always wanted to have a Disney Wedding (of course they didn't have Disney Weddings 25 years ago!).....and it was at that moment I knew exactly what our "something special" needed to be! There was nothing more perfect than a Disney Vow Renewal to capture who we are as a couple and family. A two hour plane ride was doable for all the parents....yep Disney Vow Renewal it was. I got home from the conference and sprung the idea on my DH who absolutely loved it! We started making phone calls and checking these boards and it all magically came together!
Background: Our Story begins back on February 7, 1987 when DH and I were legally married. Our wedding was "nice" but pretty low budget. We had the reception in the church hall following the ceremony...crammed over 300 people into a space that really only held 150. No DJ, no dancing, no limo...but we were two recent college graduates who just wanted to get married and it was what our parents could afford so we went with it. A few mishaps during the ceremony....our maid of honor lost the ring.....had to use my father's ring for the ceremony. (we did find the real ring before we left the church!). The weather was beautiful on the day of our ceremony, but being Northeast Ohio it changed in a hurry and we had a snowstorm (really who in their right mind gets married in Ohio in February?) and we were involved in a traffic accident that ended up totally our vehicle! We always say that our marriage started off with a bang! We got a ride to the airport. Flew Florida Express to Orlando. Stayed in a budget hotel in Kissimmee and went to Disney World for a couple of days! Of course at that time there was only the Magic Kingdom and Epcot so a couple of days in February was enough to see it all! And so began our love affair with Disney! It became our favorite vacation spot over the years. We started going as often as we could once our son turned 3 and haven't stopped yet. We are firm believers in the fact that you are never to old for the magic!!!
Fast Forward 25 Years: When our 25th Anniversary was approaching we knew we wanted to do something special....we just weren't sure exactly what that was. We tossed around going to some places (like Maui) just the two of us and maybe doing a vow renewal on the beach there. Then we decided that we were so very blessed to have all of our parents still living that we wanted our something special to include them. In the last couple of years my dad has had to have double (below the knee) amputations. My mom has been very faithful in caring for him and she really needed a break. My in laws also have some health issues. I was riding the monorail in March 2011 with a coworker that was there with me for a conference and of course the monorail went past the Grand Floridian and the Wedding Pavilion and I turned to her and made the comment that I always wanted to have a Disney Wedding (of course they didn't have Disney Weddings 25 years ago!).....and it was at that moment I knew exactly what our "something special" needed to be! There was nothing more perfect than a Disney Vow Renewal to capture who we are as a couple and family. A two hour plane ride was doable for all the parents....yep Disney Vow Renewal it was. I got home from the conference and sprung the idea on my DH who absolutely loved it! We started making phone calls and checking these boards and it all magically came together!