Its Booked !!!!!!!!!!!

[candyman]

load upthe film please keith
go buy the hat White Queen +Paula

ITS BOOKED

Monday December 6th 10 am wedding pavillian

there is a remote chance that someone else may have booked the same date at the same time and the system will not tell till tomorrow if that happens it will be moved forward one day to tue 7th

got to go now to keep mandy happy i have been on the phone for about 2 hours sorting things out

will post more stuff tomorw but had to tell you all as soon as i could


hope to see some of you there

steve :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :) :) :) :)

[Johnie]

well shoot....I will just miss it.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! That is so exciting.

[AlecK]

Congratulations Steve, that's great news. :D

We will be around that day and would love to share this special day with you.


:tango: :Party: :dancin:

[PaulaK]

:woohoo: Soooooo excited for you Steve and Mandy!!! I am so jealous! :D Did you manage to sort a room or are you leaving that until it's definite?

[BigThunder]

:sun: :sun: :sun: :sun: :sun:
THis is fabulous for you! Wish I were going to be there as I would love to witness it.
Now you have me thinking.....Do they do vow renewals at WDW????? That would be something for me to think about......

[candyman]

i am so so happy it has always been a dream to get married in disney . we are getting married at the wedding pavilion --wouldnt be the same anywhere else
we are also having 2 nights in the grand floridean another dream of mine . i did want to stay in the main building but just could not afford that , i got quite a good deal for the hotel, i think ,at only $377 inc tax per night the main building they wanted $690 per night , but she did add that we may get a much cheaper rate if there are rooms availiable in the main building if we ask on check in.
we are also hoping to book mickey to be at the weding --what perfect wedding photos

i am just so excited i just cant even think of sleeping , but mandy gave up ages ago and went to bed --these youngsters cant keep up the pace .

not too sure what she meant but the co ordinator said we were only allowed 8 guests and that included our kids
not sure if that means in the wedding chappel or just at the cake reception
perhaps one of the others that have had a wedding there would know

everyone is welcome but i would hate for anyone to turn up and not be alowed in.
we are so excited about this and it would not have been posible with out all your help

we can never thank you all enough . to have some of you there with us would make it complete

thank you all so much

steve

[PaulaK]

Well as we'll be staying at either The Poly or The GF, we will just come and wish you luck if we can't all go in the chapel. :D

[Sungal]

Congratulations

:Party: My friend done exactly the same 4 years ago and now wants to book up for a vowel renewal at the very same place. It will be an absolutely beautiful day and I send you both lots of love and best wishes :Party:

[Babymischief]

WOW! Congratulations! That is sooooo fantastic, have a truly wonderful time. Huge huggers XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

[Whitequeen]

Yay!!!!!!

OK! What am I going to wear? Hhhhhhmmmmmm!!!

I can feel a shopping trip coming on. :D

What's Mickey wearing? More to the point, what's Mandy wearing?

[uscwest]

Congratulations candyman. We'll just miss it as we depart on the 5th.

[Redkop]

congrats steve, wq i think i need an on the spot call so i can do an on the spot report on the boards :D

[Isafari]

Congratulations to the two of you - WOW -your wedding day is definately going to be a fantastic day - hope you manage to book Mickey too :)

[Dawn]

If I can't be there then at least I can donate a smilie.

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/love/love60.gif

[Keith]

Wow Dawn cool smiley!

Congrats again Steve and Mandy! you're going to have such a wonderful time!!

[MystikPiglit]

Congratulations to you both, how wonderful.

I'm sure you'll have a fabulous day!



*D*

[candyman]

just go back from a great shopping trip
yep i am one of those strange creatures a man who likes shopping !
but we went out looking for a dress for mandy to get married in not knowing what she wanted
2nd shop we went it she found one she liked and it fitted great too
i have just asked for the correct description
now i would have said
its a fantastic red thing that stops just at the top of her boobs
but the real decription (by mandy) is
its deep red 2 piece floor length of the shoulder
so there you are

still looking for some shoes
we also got heather a pretty red dress
we are trying to decide what colour flowers to have now

can any one tell us what a "pound cake" is also what a "yellow cake" is
these are 2 of the options on the cake choice -- sorry WQ no fruit cake on the list

i am going to buy a suit when we get to florida --large clothes are so much cheaper there and we are not too sure where we can get a smart little suit for oli as he is growing so fast we may wait till we get there for his too so we may need tips on where to look for one there.


so thats the latest up date for you all
just one more thing i have had the confirmation of the date and time from disney so it really is fixed now --WOW

steve

[OKWTink]

:eek: :faint:

[Whitequeen]

That's what I like....fast mover's!!! :D

Oooooo, a Red Wedding Dress!!! I'd have loved a Red Wedding Dress! :wink:

[joanne]

I think a pound cake is just like plain sponge or madeira cake, not sure about yellow cake :shrug:

[candyman]

just got to ask them to play the lady in red now !!!
mmmm never heard that on a violin before lol

hey need some advise

we are booking mickey and one of the options is normal or formal attire
i am favouring formal as i have never seen mickey dress ed like that
but as i am only wearing a "normal " suit would it look silly

we are still thinking so any other thoughts on this would help


steve

[Keith]

I'd go for formal without a doubt! Think of the photos <G>

[Dawn]

Definitely need a formal Mickey. His normal red outfit would clash with your bride and that would be a MAJOR faux pas. :D

[Keith]

:lol:

[PaulaK]

WOW!! I have seen Mickey in his tux :faint: I have a photo of him in his white Tux on New Years Eve in DLP, but when I saw him at The Swan, he wore a black tux. I would choose formal :D

[candyman]

thanks guys
keith that was my thought too
dawn im a man i couldnt be expected to think of that !
paula i dont think we have a choice it only said normal or formal
that is anoth decision made so glad you all recomended what i really wanted

ok now for another question

flowers --there are lots of choices , btw keith she sent me lots of pictures of the choices of the flowers think i remember you saying you did not get that , but no picture of the cake options just a text decription.

flowers as you know mandy is wearing deep red while my dad was a florist and do not have his great knowledge of colour match

what colours would go nice my mum said just white but i remeber that just red and white together is suposed to be unlucky and i dont really fancy that
so any suggestions please

thanks
this is like having one giant panel of wedding co ordinators lol


steve

[joanne]

With red, I'd go for cream and a deep golden yellow colour :D

[Keith]

What are the colour options Steve? Cream and deep yellow sounds great.... I think we need to see the pictures <G>

[candyman]

What are the colour options Steve? Cream and deep yellow sounds great.... I think we need to see the pictures <G>


have sent you the disney photos to your e mail addy
i dont know how to get then on the boards perhap you could do it for me

here is the text that is in the disney wedding plan thing which makes me think we can have our own choice of colour in any of the styles

"4. The following pages have photos of the brides bouquet and grooms boutonniere for you to choose from for your wedding day. Please choose the bouquet style and the primary color scheme you would like to incorporate into your floral and include those choices on your Intimate Wedding Planning Guide Worksheet."






thanks
steve

[PaulaK]

You are right Steve. It's a very old superstition that a Bride should not carry red and white flowers, something about blood and bandages! :afraid: :lol: What colour is Heather wearing?

[Keith]

Got it Steve thanks! I'll see if I can extract the images out of the PDF and post them here....

[joanne]

Ooo yes, please post the photos! :clap: :bounce:

[Keith]

ok! there we go! hope that's ok... I did a screen shot

[joanne]

Cascade :clap:

or maybe hand-tied :unsure:

This is fun! :excited:

[lisaw]

Wow congratulations on the fast work candyman :D

You are going to have such an amazing time - and an on the spot account via text messages and the boards would be great :thumbs:

Bouquet wise I like the hand-tied look best and Jo's colour suggestions sound great :) When do we get to see cake pictures :wink:

[PaulaK]

Hand tied yellow and cream roses :D

[Keith]

Hand tied yellow and cream sounds EXCELLENT! That would make for nice photos ;-) and would show up well against the wedding outfit too!

[candyman]

i am so pleased i chose the same two as joanne
but in the end it is mandys choice on this one

cake photos sorry all i got was this text

3. Included in your Intimate Wedding package is a two-tier wedding cake, white buttercream icing, and a keepsake cake topper. You can select one of the following cake flavors: chocolate, marble, pound, or yellow cake. The filling choices available include: buttercream, chocolate mousse, white chocolate mousse, Bavarian cream, strawberry or raspberry mousse.

but here i sort of have a strong choice as i am very fussy on cake
the filling is almost certainly gonig to be buttercream as i dont like fruit flavours in cake and i am not too keen on chocolate, i did own a sweet shop for 25 years , the sort of cake well as i dont know what some of them are could end up as marble.

but feel free to help us out

but as you have been so successful in helping sofar here is a real problem for you

heather is wearing a red dress
we want her to feel a big part of it and would love her to have some flowers BUT there is no way she would hold anything , she would just either chew it or throw it
we are thinking of maybe some sort of wedding balloon tied to the handles of her wheel chair but that sounds a bit boring
while i was out today i bought some ribbon , 3 different types red , red with gold hearts and whit with red hearts i bought 2 meters of each thinking i could do something with it ---but i dont know what really
so any ideas we are happy to buy flowers if we can think of a way to use them or more ribbon or other bits if needed but heather is very animated and if they were within hands reach she would try to pull them off ,and she has long arms

notice i gave you the easy questions before this one


over to you

steve

[candyman]

lol forgot to say that if i had my choice of flowers it would be cascade but then i am just old fashioned
my choice of colour before i asked you was gold and yellow not too far from your suggestions .

also forgot to say thanks to keith for doing the photos on to the board for me

thanks again


steve


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[PaulaK]

How about a wrist corsage? Or a corsage pinned on her dress. I had some quite small ribbon pew ends made for my wedding. Something like that could be attached to her wheelchair quite easily. :shrug:

[lisaw]

Regarding the cake I personally would go for all of it :lol:

I think decorating Heather's wheelchair is a lovely idea - you could drape the back of it with tulle or organza with some flowers dotted about that match the bouquet if you can get hold of some :)

[Deb]

Oooooohhh, congratulations Steve!!!! :clap: :excited: Blimey, by the time I'd found this thread and read it through the whole things is booked, dress bought, and most other things sorted!!!! It's so exciting :tigbounce

I agree about decorating Heather's wheelchair, I think that would be lovely, and you could do it very imaginatively which would make it extra special for her.

[candyman]

How about a wrist corsage? Or a corsage pinned on her dress. I had some quite small ribbon pew ends made for my wedding. Something like that could be attached to her wheelchair quite easily. :shrug:


no , anything pinned on she would just pull off or chew

fixed to the wheelchair - where thats the question

steve

[candyman]

Regarding the cake I personally would go for all of it :lol:

I think decorating Heather's wheelchair is a lovely idea - you could drape the back of it with tulle or organza with some flowers dotted about that match the bouquet if you can get hold of some :)


ok here you can all have really good laugh at me

what is tulle and organza
i think its some sort of matterial ?
ok could not let you know how thick i was so i looked on google to see what it was
i feel quite thick now
but the idea of draping the back of the chair is good perhaps in a similar colour to the dress or would a contrast look better

and i would have thought we could buy some colour match flowers from publiks and thread them through the matterial so only the heads were showing and possibly also add other decorations . i know that Michaels on the wayto Beltz used to be good, a sort of american Hobby craft , i am sure i could find some nice stuff in there

see showing my femine side again here i love craft stuff , we spent loads in there , i used to do lots of shop window displays (won lots of national prizes) and found lots of good stuff there .


steve

[OKWTink]

You could also twine flowers in the spokes of the wheels of the chair? Michael's is a great place to go, for all sorts of craft supplies. You shouldn't have a bit of trouble finding things there.

[Keith]

but the idea of draping the back of the chair is good perhaps in a similar colour to the dress or would a contrast look better


From a photo point of view.... colours that contrast but work together are better than those that merge ;-) a red dress against a red chair background makes less powerful photos. Kinda like the folks who weargreen for wedding photos and then get photos taken with trees/grass as the background. Often ends up looking like a face magically suspended in a field <G>

[Whitequeen]

Just catching up! :rolleyes:

I like the Hand Tied in cream & yellow, although I personally only like 2 colours together! :wacko:
Joanne's right a Pound Cake is a Madiera type cake. Yellow Cake is also Sponge.

I'd put Cream Tulle or Organza on Heather's Wheelchair if she's wearing Red, for contrast.

Just my ramblings, steve! :lol:

[candyman]

following both tips would it look right if i did cream material to contrast mandys dress and then red flowers to also contrast mandys flowers

would posibly struggle with trimmings in a red colour but there is the ribbon
my mind is working now

steve

[lisaw]

IMHO I would definitely go for cream or white (depending on the colours you choose for the bouquet) as the main colour to decorate the wheelchair and then accent in in red to tie in both dresses :thumbs:

[joanne]

Tulle is a very fine net. Organza is a beautiful sheer (see-through) fabric. You can buy it in the most amazing two-tone colours. Do you have any Indian fabric shops nearby? They sell wonderful sheer fabrics, the sort used for saris.
Maybe Mandy could get a length of Organza (cream), maybe 1-2 metres, just put a small hem either end and use it as a wrap round her shoulders/arms. Heather could then have matching organza draped round the back of her chair.

I'd go for pound cake with the buttercream :)

[Lisa1976]

Hi Candyman

So glad to hear you have it book and am disappointed that we miss you by just a few days.

[tajainaz]

Steve, pound cake is a very rich, dense cake that usually tastes best with fruit toppings. Supposedly, the original cake was made with a pound each of eggs and butter, hence the name. Even allowing for contemporary tastes, it's still very rich and heavy by itself. IMHO, combining that with frosting is the equivalent of swallowing a lead ball! :)

I can't remember all of the options, but I'm with you on the buttercream between layers and as the frosting. I tend to like it best with a dark chocolate cake (don't think it was an option, and not practical for a wedding, in any case), but it should work with marble. I think the yellow cake might be a little too sweet with it (unless it's a lemon flavor, but yellow cake usually is just a basic cake, with the color coming from the egg yolks).

Can't remember the other options. :shrug:

Just remember it's the wedding of Mr. & Mrs. Candyman, so what you want prevails!


Taja :sun:

[PaulaK]

I wonder if it's like the cake we had at The Princess Tea party Jo? :unsure:

That had marble icing and was yellowy with buttercream from what I remember? :D

[PaulaK]

Having looked at the photos of the cake we had at the Grand Floridian PTP and the list they gave you Steve, i'm still none the wiser. :wacko: Maybe one of our US friends can identify the cake type we had from the photos. I remembered it was the strawberry mousse filling though not buttercream, but it tasted yum! :D

[candyman]

that pound cake sounds not my type at all
marble cake is sounding more like the choice all the time

slight up date
we have booked the officiant and booked a time to see the wedding co ordinator it is nice to be there a couple of weeks before the wedding so we can fit this in

steve

[tajainaz]

Okay, here's a simple pound cake recipe (actually, appears to be more of a 1/4 lb cake!) if anyone wants to analyze it. All measurements are U.S.

1 cup butter
1.25 cups sugar
4 eggs, separated
1 level teaspoon cream of tartar
.5 cups milk
2.5 cups pastry flower
.5 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla

Sift pastry flour combined with baking soda 3 times and set aside.
Cream butter & add sugar gradually, creaming mixture well.
Add egg yolks, then the white to which level teaspoon of cream of tartar has been added, then add milk, followed by flour/baking soda combination.
Bake in a slow oven about 1 hour.

Don't ask me what a slow oven is--the cookbook is from 1934. But it has some of the best basic recipes!

All typos are my own! :D


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[Keith]

Who did you book for your officiant Steve?

[tajainaz]

I'm guessing that your sponge cake is similar to our yellow cake.

Here are the ingredients from a recipe entitled a "sponge cake" in the same cookbook. I won't give you the instructions, just the ingredients for comparison.

4 eggs
1 cup sugar
1.5 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
.75 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla

Have fun with your decision! :)


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[tajainaz]

Having looked at the photos of the cake we had at the Grand Floridian PTP and the list they gave you Steve, i'm still none the wiser. :wacko: Maybe one of our US friends can identify the cake type we had from the photos. I remembered it was the strawberry mousse filling though not buttercream, but it tasted yum! :D


Can't say definitively, Paula, but the top photo has the appearance of pound cake. The color along the pan edge of the cake looks very much like pound cake. It's a very dense cake, and doesn't crumble as easily as regular cakes, if that helps! :hehe:


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[candyman]

Who did you book for your officiant Steve?

Ronald Rosenzweig

we looked at all the web sites of the officiants disney offered us --, cant really imagine the local vicar in the uk having a web site with their profile and details of their wedding services can you ---, sorted a couple we liked the look of , as we are not regular church goers we did not want an overly religious or stuffy service , we sent e mails to a couple containing details of our family ,especially explaining that the service could well be interupted a few times if heather is in a very shouty mood and asked if they could cope with that , and we got only one reply from this guy .he said it was no worries about heather joining in and even sent us a complete text of the service with a few extra bits we could put in or take out .
we thought it was a great way to do things we went through it and wanted a few changess wrote back and he ok'd all our changes
pretty good service i think .

steve

[candyman]

thanks taja i am so tempted to try to make one this weekend just to see what it comes out like , trouble is i am trying so hard to loose a bit of weight, in all honesty that should say a lot of weight, before i go and I'm sure this cake does not have that wonderful Disney guarantee that we were given when we went on the backstage magic tour .
we ate in mama melroses and they bought us all a really fantastic assortment of cakes for dessert , some of the ladies mentioned the diet word and the host of the tour gave us all the Disney guarantee--all cakes served anywhere in WDW have the magic ingredient that makes sure they are completely calorie free !!. trouble is no matter how hard we looked we could not find anywhere to buy this special ingredient.

[joanne]

Oooo Paula, that cake was heavenly! All I remember is the strawberry filling, yum :D

[PaulaK]

I know! If that was pound cake, give me calories any day! :lol:

[tajainaz]

thanks taja i am so tempted to try to make one this weekend just to see what it comes out like , trouble is i am trying so hard to loose a bit of weight, in all honesty that should say a lot of weight, before i go and I'm sure this cake does not have that wonderful Disney guarantee that we were given when we went on the backstage magic tour .
we ate in mama melroses and they bought us all a really fantastic assortment of cakes for dessert , some of the ladies mentioned the diet word and the host of the tour gave us all the Disney guarantee--all cakes served anywhere in WDW have the magic ingredient that makes sure they are completely calorie free !!. trouble is no matter how hard we looked we could not find anywhere to buy this special ingredient.


I didn't really expect anyone to make it, Steve! :hehe: I just wanted the ingredients in context with the preparation so you or someone else could compare it to recipes for the cakes you are familiar with to help you make a decision for your wedding!

Pound cake really is delicious with fresh berries. Much to rich to combine with frosting, although I have been known to drizzle a bit of dark chocolate glaze on it at times! :whistle:


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[candyman]

ok another update

i went to one of the markets i used to work on
when someone mentioned an indian safi show i rembered that there was a man who sold material there and it was alwaos full of indian ladies buying stuff
so i went today and got this realy nice stuff sort of shinnny a creammy pearl colour hope it will look ok
but if it is not right then we have not lost an arm and a leg , i used to be quite friendly with the seller , so it cost me the grand total of 2 cups of tea from the tea bar !!!!

when i got home i tried it on the wheel chair and found not only does it drape down the back but we can also drap it on the seat so it forms a background behind heather -i think it would look nice like that on the photos
if im wrong we can always tuck it in the back
ill be looking for guidance on the day from keith with this there is nothing like a photographers eye.

steve

[Keith]

Steve that sounds brill!!! will work well like you say as a background!

I think it's absolutely fantastic how much thought you're putting into all the detail like the wheelchair.

[candyman]

thanks keith
it is important to me that heather is as big a part in the wedding as oliver is and he is getting dressed up so she must too .

also it is my sort of thing.
the best part of owning my shop was doing all the window displays and i used to spend ages on little details in those so i am juast rying to think of everything to make the wedding go smooth and hopefully get some great pictures to show everyone at home .
that is also going to be one big problem getting pictures with heather looking in the right direction , as i said she is one independant little lady .
steve

[Keith]

well I'm guessing you have Disney photographic as part of the package? they'll try and do their best to pose everyone. My style is photojournalism so hopefully I'll get some natural ones from another direction. Hopefully then you'll have a nice mix.

[lisaw]

It sounds lovely Steve :thumbs:

I wouldn't worry too much about the photos- Quite often the natural shots end up looking better than the posed ones :)

You sound like you are having a ball with the organising - good for you :D

[candyman]

keith
yes we are having them as part of the package
we have found through lots of practice its the "stolen"shots that are best with heather if you try to get her to look she just will not do it

lisa
yes i am having a great time organising the hoiday was great , thanks to the help from here and also the virgin boards , but organising the wedding has been like a dream come true. it was mainly because it was mandys idea , and when you all meet her you will see she is very shy and loves to just go along with everyone elses ideas , so just that bit made it very special to me and also it had to be done so quickly , i have had over a year to sort the holiday , but the wedding has been done , with lots of help from our freinds here , in just a week.

i cant tell you just how excited i am with it all , i wake up at 3 am and just lie there for hours going over all the plans in my head , it is sooooo good .

just like the advert for DLP on the tv when the mum says to the dad "are you asleep yet " and he replys" i cant sleep im so excited "
i just know our night at the gatwick hilton will be great for everyone else but i dont expect too much sleep that night

ok ok yep i am the biggest kid in our family ;)
steve

[tajainaz]

It's terrific that you're so involved in the wedding preparations, Steve! Of course, that's my opinion! Mandy may be giving you those "What will he think of next" looks from time to time! :hehe:

Your family is going to have a terrific time at WDW and a wonderful wedding to remember! :)


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[candyman]

[QUOTE=tajainaz]It's terrific that you're so involved in the wedding preparations, Steve! Of course, that's my opinion! Mandy may be giving you those "What will he think of next" looks from time to time! :hehe:

i think after 2 years together she hasgiven up on those looks now
and just takes things as they come
we are a good match cause i love planning and mandy thinks if you ignore it something will happen in the end
so she is right because iplan things they do
the hardest bit is trying to get mandy to give opinions ,her favourite reply is "whatever i dont mind ".

steve

[raven]

Awww, congrats!!!

Just a thought - with the material you are draping over the wheelchair, have you though about maybe sewing on rose buds (dried) or petals to the hem on the bottom? That way Heather can have flowers, but she won't grab at them or try to eat them. I've seen it done before and the effect is beautiful.

[candyman]

thanks raven
we like the idea of this one
the rose petals dried ones ? if so where would we buy these i have never seen them
also the rose buds is even better but once more i have not seen them would some where like hobby craft sell this sort of thing ?

steve

[wdwgrandma]

I would think you could pick them up at someplace like Michael's Crafts. Silk petals or rose buds, either one.

[joanne]

Yes, Hobbycraft would sell them. You'd also find them on a haberdashery stall at a market.

Just found dried roses for you -
http://www.confetti.co.uk/shopping/shop_search_v2/default.asp?recordsetPosition=20&ShowImages=&strSearch=rose

[candyman]

thanks i feel that would be a great thing to put on it
and we could sew silk petals along the bottom before we go which would save time while we are on holiday

steve

[PaulaK]

I stitched some little ribbon roses on to my bridesmaids cream ballet pumps to tie them into my wedding bouquet and it worked well. This is the type I used:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=57207&item=8119554735&rd=1

[candyman]

great idea thanks
mandy thought it was good too so we have just ordered them
this is really coming together great now thanks everyone
steve

[candyman]

update

thanks paula the roses arrived yesterday

my siste visited us today , she lives in the lake district, and has taken the matterial with her , she says it is ivory colour, and is hemming it and sewing the roses all around the sides and bottom
she is very much into craft stuff and acctually teaches card making , so has lots of goodies in he kit so who knows what it will have on it when i comes back

mandy and i are so thankfull to everyone who has helped us with all the preparations for the wedding

steve

[PaulaK]

You're welcome Steve, we want everything to be perfect for you. I think it's great you're so enthusiastic, Alec simply 'turned up' at our wedding :rolleyes: He thought the pixies organised everything :Pixiedust: :D

[candyman]

i am like that with the kids too
could never stand to be a dad that did not do things with them

having said that i have had time to practice the wedding lark it is my 3rd time
but i did not do very much of the work for the other 2 but hey they were not worth it like mandy is !!!!
she is such a nice person she deserves the best and that is what i am tryingto sortout for her

one little thing for you to think about here

just imagine you have never flown before , you have never been to america before , you have never been to disney before -- can you imagine how you would feel and then just add on top of all those things that when you do them all for the first time you get a disney wedding thrown in too including mickey !!!

well thats what mandy is getting in november !!! wow

steve

[PaulaK]

having said that i have had time to practice the wedding lark it is my 3rd time
but i did not do very much of the work for the other 2 but hey they were not worth it like mandy is !!!!
she is such a nice person she deserves the best and that is what i am tryingto sortout for her

Good answer Steve! :lol:

I can't even begin to imagine how fantastic all those things would be on my first trip! I stayed offsite for 3 weeks my first trip and was in total awe for the whole time!

Of course you do realise once Mandy is hooked on the world, you'll have to go all the time don't you? :lol:

[candyman]

i hope so !!

steve

[Jockey]

Hey Candyman

congratulations, I am soooo excited for you!! We got married at the wedding pavillion on 6th December 2000!!

About the flowers, I got a few pics from magazines and sent them to the the disney florist, they copied the pics and the flowers looked wonderful!! I have lots of pics of the cake too!! If you need anymore info please ask!!!

Jill

[Meezers]

Just made my way through this thread and it sounds like everything is all in place. The fabric and ribbon roses on the wheelchair sound like a great idea. Mandy is going to need a ribbon to hold her to the ground....she will be floating!

Did you ever figure out your cake? I wouldn't be much help here because anything with chocolate and chocolate would be what I would choose!

[candyman]

still not decided but am getting a little help on this one at the moment


also i did not realise you could chose different musicians
jill had a flautist that sounds quite nice

steve

[candyman]

ok we are getting on a little bit again after a chat with the co ordinator yesterday

unfortunatly the musician now is only a violinist they dont do the flautist now - :(
we have decided that we are gong to have the limo in the evening
so we will now arrive at the wedding chapple in our hire car --well it is more of a mpv i think you call them something different in the states but it is something like a plymouth voyager not quite so good for the photos but i think it will make a nice treat for the evening
also as we are not using the limo for the service we can park the hire car in the "lube"-is this the entrance bit to the chappel didnt like to ask in case i looked stupid.
the flowers are gonig to be a cascade bouquet with cream and deep yellow flowers
the service in the wedding chappel
i did not realise that when you booked a character for the wedding they did not apear at the wedding but at the cake reception afterwords, and only then after the toast has been cleared away as they cannot apear anywhere where there is booze.
so mickey will be at the cake cutting reception in his formal attire
i did ask if a few of you are kind enough to turn up would we be allowed to bring you all to the cake reception with us and she was adamant that we are only allowed 8 guests
mandy and i would love you to be there so perhaps we should sneak you guys in through the back door --i mean there is no way just 10 of us can eat all that cake !!!!!
i am thinking that we will possibly have yellow cake with buttercream filling now.
after the cake stuff i think it would be nice to just laze around the MK for a few hours . as it is my favourite of all parks .mainly because it is just such a happy place .
we will hopfully get some nice photos here as well
and then on to
our wedding night meal in the romantic surroundings :lol: of chef mickeys, i would have prefered victoria and alberts but hey the kids dont want to miss out do they .
after the meal we are being picked up by the limo at 6.30 and are going to celebration to check out the snow on market street , and then on to a tour of WDW basically where the limo driver fancies taking us for a nice evening tour .
well that is the idea , pinched from some ideas keith gave us --thanks keith--
we think we will get great value from the limo hire that way

now another bit where i ask you for some help

as well as celebration any suggestions for locations we could visit on our limo tour --just sight seeing or for a short stroll
i am not too well up on the whole area -i have been down I drive but not many other places .


steve
:group: :group: :love: :love: :marry: :love: :love: :group: :group:

[joanne]

Wow, it's really coming together now :clap:
I'm sure the people in charge on the day won't make folks stand outside who are there to cheer you on.
Sounds like you're going to have a perfect day! :marry:

So, Mickey can't be trusted round alcohol eh? :falloff: :lol:

[Whitequeen]

Sounds like a Tower Ted problem to me!! :rolleyes:

Childrens Characters and booze! Hhhmmmm! :unsure:

[candyman]

who is tower ted please

steve

[Redkop]

Tower Ted lives in Blackpool Tower and was supposed to meet us in Blackpool, but he never turned up :( , Dawn has a Tower Ted bear though :D

[candyman]

ok thanks
steve

[joanne]

Just wondering who is planning to definitely go to Candyman's wedding?

[PaulaK]

Even if we can't get into the reception, we will be stood at the door of the chapel to wish them well :D

[Keith]

We'll be there! (I'll be hiding behind some cameras but I'll be there)

[candyman]

ill be there !!!!!

[Keith]

:lol: you better be ;-)

[candyman]

sorry about that couldnt resist it
hope one or two more can come we are allowed 8 into the reception so with heather (oli is only 1 he cant count can he), keith and helen , paula , lesley did say she was coming ages ago ,will you still be there joanne,there is room for 3 more inside all opening hte windows to let more sneak in !!!!

i dont know how strict the WDW staff are has anyone any experience ?
steve

tiny update

we have just been away to bristol for the weekend and i an sick of shoe shops !!!!
we decided to go to clarks village they have 1000's of shoes but mandy still did not find any suitable for the wedding --she said that no one will notice her white trainers under her long dress !

[candyman]

:lol: you better be ;-)



im not the one to worry about turning up

by then mandy will have had 3 weeks of the candymans disney mania

she might decide that she cant take any more !!!!


steve

[Keith]

im not the one to worry about turning up

by then mandy will have had 3 weeks of the candymans disney mania

she might decide that she cant take any more !!!!


steve

ok I'm sorry, but Mandy HAS to turn up.

I have a whole forum of professional wedding photographers who knows I'm getting shots of not just a destination wedding at Disney, but ALSO a wedding with Mickey in formal *AND* the bride in a non white/cream dress. So Mandy HAS to turn up <G>

[joanne]

sorry about that couldnt resist it
hope one or two more can come we are allowed 8 into the reception so with heather (oli is only 1 he cant count can he), keith and helen , paula , lesley did say she was coming ages ago ,will you still be there joanne,there is room for 3 more inside all opening hte windows to let more sneak in !!!!


Kiltie will be with me :)

I count that as 8 - Heather, Keith, Helen, Paula, Alec, Lesley, me, Jonathan.

We will be allowed in the chapel to watch?

[joanne]

This is soooo exciting :excited: I've always wanted to go to a Disney wedding, thank you so much for giving us the opportunity :hug:

[Keith]

mandy still did not find any suitable for the wedding --she said that no one will notice her white trainers under her long dress !

*HMMMMMMMM*

Will someone PLEASE think of the photography :) the shoes are like a MAJOR thing to get :)

[PaulaK]

My mum will take the kids BTW, so just me and Al if that's okay? :unsure:

As for shoes, they're my speciality! When I was hunting for wedding shoes, I couldn't find any anywhere that were comfy. I was mega-excited when I saw they did white silk Doc Martens! :lol: They all talked me out of it though and I had sore feet all night :ohdear: :D

[candyman]

ok I'm sorry, but Mandy HAS to turn up.

I have a whole forum of professional wedding photographers who knows I'm getting shots of not just a destination wedding at Disney, but ALSO a wedding with Mickey in formal *AND* the bride in a non white/cream dress. So Mandy HAS to turn up <G>


i feel good now
i mean even if she doesnt want to turn up for me she will now HAVE to turn up for you keith

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
steve

[candyman]

Kiltie will be with me :)

I count that as 8 - Heather, Keith, Helen, Paula, Alec, Lesley, me, Jonathan.

We will be allowed in the chapel to watch?

same as the cake reception
they say maximum of 8 in the chaple

but i thought it was really big so with 8 it will look empty still

steve

[candyman]

This is soooo exciting :excited: I've always wanted to go to a Disney wedding, thank you so much for giving us the opportunity :hug:

we think it is the other way round --thank you folks
with out all your help this would possibly never have got off the ground


keith said
*HMMMMMMMM*

Will someone PLEASE think of the photography the shoes are like a MAJOR thing to get
August 24th, 2004 20:11

perhaps if she cant find any we could always paint her feet just for you keith !!!!

dont worry too much keith we are off on another weekend away this weekend

bracknell near reading this time so perhaps we will find something there

paula said
My mum will take the kids BTW, so just me and Al if that's okay?

As for shoes, they're my speciality! When I was hunting for wedding shoes, I couldn't find any anywhere that were comfy. I was mega-excited when I saw they did white silk Doc Martens! They all talked me out of it though and I had sore feet all night
August 24th, 2004 20:16

of course it is ok
mandy is looking for something she can keep on for a fair while without being too uncomfy
she found so that looked right but they were just too high

steve

[Keith]

perhaps if she cant find any we could always paint her feet just for you keith !!!!

dont worry too much keith we are off on another weekend away this weekend

bracknell near reading this time so perhaps we will find something there


Paint could work! That'd be original <G>

[candyman]

or swimming flippers (painted cream ofcourse ) lol now that would be different

steve

[Goofy Girl]

:tigbounce :micbounce Congratulations!!!!!!!!!! How exciting. I'm looking forward to seeing the pics of the wedding already!:micbounce:tigbounce

[Meezers]

How about bare foot with a real nice pedicure and nail polish to match the dress....now that is my idea of footwear!

[joanne]

same as the cake reception
they say maximum of 8 in the chaple

but i thought it was really big so with 8 it will look empty still

steve
We'll spread out and make it look full :hehe:

Just bought some confetti this morning :clap: :bounce:
(note to self: don't forget to take it with you)

[candyman]

just hope it doesnt break open in your suit case !!!!


steve

[joanne]

:lol: hadn't thought of that. Will make sure it's well wrapped :)

[candyman]

any one know if there are any AP rates out for the GF in december yet

if we can get a discount i want to try to upgrade our booking to the main building

steve

[Keith]

the discounts were out yesterday including gf.... call the disney reservation line which is 001 407 560 7277 and quote code EWP (or just ask for AP discount). If you use a cheapy uk dialup service you dial the uk number first, like 0870 794 2701, then type the US number and you'll just pay a national rate call.

well worth trying

[joanne]

AP rates came out yesterday. You need to call NOW, availability is very limited :luck:
http://www.wdisneyw.co.uk/resdisc.html

[candyman]

if they ask for my AP number what do i say as i do not have the pass till i arrive in WDW someone said i need my pass number to get the discount
steve

[OKWTink]

No, you just need the code. You don't have to show the AP until you check in.

[PaulaK]

No you don't. You may be asked to show it at check-in though :)

[PaulaK]

OOps! Sorry Tink :D

[PaulaK]

Just for info. We ordered our AP's less than a week ago and they came yesterday. Nice bright can't possibly lose them illuminous green plastic. Shame we have to swap them for the actual AP, a piece of flimsy cardboard :rolleyes:

[candyman]

ok so i got through

25 minutes on the call thanks for the cheap number keith
would have cost a fortune without that

the story goes still no AP rates for that date ibn the main building
but for only $21 a night more than we were orig quoted we can get upgraded to consierge in sugar loaf key
that sounded a good deal to me
but they cannot amend my booking
i have to book it on the phone and to try to get my wedding co ordinator to cancel the orig booking
but if for any reason she will not or cannot i can cancel the new booking right up till dec 1 at no charge

does that all sound ok to you lot or have i been mislead in some way

funny thing is i have always had a dream of staying in one of the turret rooms in the GF and i found recently they are all honeymoon rooms and they have one free for our dates
BUT they can only fit in one crib and we need 2 --anyone want to borrow 2 kids for 2 nights lol
no not really as much as i have always wanted to stay in those rooms my kids come first i tried to twist their arms but they quoted fire regulations at me and i knew i was on a looser there .

so wish me luck withthe wedding co ordinator in my heart i just know she will not let me change it but at least i have tried

steve

[PaulaK]

Jo struggled to find us AP rates in any rooms at the GF. We were going to swap, but we could only get a lagoon view for $345 on an AP rate and that was only for a few nights, so we're staying put at the Poly. There's nothing to stop you booking the AP rate and cancelling your original booking if that's what you want, I don't see how your WC could stop you cancelling. :shrug:

[candyman]

i thought that as part of the package we had to book a stay in WDW and if we cancel the co ordinators booking that would make it dificult

i am cooking tea right now so will e mail her after that --lol in other words im putting it off for a bit lol

steve

[PaulaK]

In theory, you will have booked a stay at WDW, it will just have a different ressie number. Good luck in your quest Candywarrior! :sword: :D

[joanne]

Even if you cancel the co-ordinators booking, you'll still be booking your own stay at a WDW Resort, so I expect it would still be ok.

[candyman]

ok ladies thanks just finished tea so i am going to send the e mail now

steve

[candyman]

done fingers crossed now

steve

[Keith]

The policy is.... you CAN have your own booking and have the cost of the one the co-ordinator makes knocked off the wedding cost as long as you book a stay of 4 nights or more yourself.

fingers crossed it'll be ok for you!

[candyman]

wow ive done it

the co ordinator just e mailed me back , good service i think , and said there is no problem and she even appologised that she could not book such a good rate for me

i feel even more excited now it all sounds so good
so excited in fact that i rang back and booked an extra night so we are now having 3 nights in the GF

following keiths comment that you have to have 4 nights in our case they took the 4 nights from the week we are spending in the CBR at the start of our stay

steve

[joanne]

Yay that's great news! :clap:

[miraclemoments]

Woohoo!!! Great news candyman...things are working out SO well...Kudos to you on all your hard work and good planning...it's going to be an event to remember!

[candyman]

i was not sure about trying for the discounted upgrade but i think that at the price we would have been silly not to take it

i worked it out thst the extra day there is only about the same cost as a night away here and was too good to miss

after all i always think that mandy works so hard she deserves the best
what acctually made me book the extra night was when i explained what consierge means -- as its not a term we use here -- she seemed really excited about it and when you meet her you will realise she just takes most things as they come
so this meant she realy was pleased with it
steve

[Whitequeen]

Things are coming together nicely, Steve. :thumbs:

Yep! I'll be there to cheer you on. :D

[candyman]

thanks WQ

nice to hear from you again it seems ages


steve

[candyman]

ok small update

thanks to who ever posted the link to the sale print your own t shirts

mine arrived a few weeks ago but mandys has arrived today

should look good with them on in the parks and the ears

is any one is interested disney store are now doing free shipping not too sure if that is for international orders too but the shipping was dearer than the t shirts

if anyone is getting married in WDW i can really recomend them they are mickey groom and minnie bride look real cute

here is the link

http://disney.store.go.com/DSSectionPage.process?Merchant_Id=2&Section_Id=13841&Product_Id=146145


steve

[PaulaK]

When I open the window (where it says see samples of art) to view the designs, I can't enlarge it and the Birthday Princess one I want to see is at the bottom out of view. Can anyone else see it and describe it to me pls?!?

[miraclemoments]

Does this help Paula?

[PaulaK]

Oooooh! Thanks Miracle! :D

[miraclemoments]

:wink: no problem hon, let me know if you want to see any others!

BTW, candyman, the bride and groom one is ADORABLE!!!! I love it!

[candyman]

i agree MM even mandy was impressed she was showering and i threw the parcel up to her
i have never seen her rush through it to try it on
and she looks real good in it


steve

[PaulaK]

Will we get to see these t-shirts Steve? When are you wearing them? :D

[Whitequeen]

...and what time have I got to be at the Wedding Chapel on the Big Day?

I'm Itinerary tweaking!! :D

[joanne]

We need to know that too :D

What you wearing Lesley? (for the wedding, not now :hehe: )

[Whitequeen]

We need to know that too :D

What you wearing Lesley? (for the wedding, not now :hehe: )

:rotfl:
It's usually phone stalkers that ask me that!!

I've bought something!!! Woohoo!! No expense spared for candyman. Cream Georgette top and Black skirt with cream squirly pattern on it.

[joanne]

It's usually phone stalkers that ask me that!!
:lol:


I've bought something!!! Woohoo!! No expense spared for candyman. Cream Georgette top and Black skirt with cream squirly pattern on it.

Woooooo! :girl:

Eh Paula, get her, all posh :wink:

[PaulaK]

wooooooooh!!! We are posh aren't we? :cheers:

Did one purchase a hat Lady Lesley?

[Whitequeen]

I could change my mind by Dec......or my weight.....or my hair style.....or......or!! :rolleyes: I will definately make the effort and wear a dress or skirt because I very rarely do at home. :blush:

[candyman]

its getting a bit technical with all these descriptions of clothes

as the wedding starts at 10 am we were told to be there by 9.15 that sounds a bit early to me we had expected 9.30 but as usual i will follow orders

as for the t shirts that too will depend on when the boss decides it is right lol
what about for the fantasmic night ?
steve

[PaulaK]

Yeah! The Fantasmic night would be good :D

[candyman]

GOT THE SHOES !!!!

thats it for mandy now all her wedding stuff ready
just me and oli now
i am waiting till we get there cause its cheaper
we are undecided about oli
we may buy him a suit just before we go or wait and hope we can find somewhere near WDW that sell smart kids clothes
we dont want to buy it too soon as he is growing so fast
steve

[Details]

Can someone please post a pic of the bride and groom t shirt....the link doesn't want to work for me and it sounds so very cool. :unsure:

[candyman]

try this link details


http://disney.store.go.com/DSSectionPage.process?Merchant_Id=2&Section_Id=11875&Product_Id=146145

then 015 from the set art

steve

[Details]

The link works but I can't figure out how to see the t-shirt with the bride and groom. I'm so very computer illiterate (sp?). Thanks for the effort
:confused:

[PaulaK]

This one?

[miraclemoments]

GOT THE SHOES !!!!

thats it for mandy now all her wedding stuff ready
just me and oli now
i am waiting till we get there cause its cheaper
we are undecided about oli
we may buy him a suit just before we go or wait and hope we can find somewhere near WDW that sell smart kids clothes
we dont want to buy it too soon as he is growing so fast
steve

Thats it!??? You're not going to tell us about them!?! What a shoe tease!!!!

I think you should definitely be able to find Master Oli something smart to wear once you arrive...

[tajainaz]

I would think you'll be able to find big and tall men's shops to accommodate you, Steve.

The only one I can remember the name of is The Men's Wherehouse (or something like that). It's a national chain, so it's likely there will be one in the Orlando area.

Be sure to find your "outfit" at the beginning of your trip, in case alterations are required. Oli can get away with pants that are too short or long, but you might look a bit odd in the photos! :)

[Details]

Awwwwww........that is sooo cute!!

Thanks for posting that for me!

[candyman]

I would think you'll be able to find big and tall men's shops to accommodate you, Steve.

The only one I can remember the name of is The Men's Wherehouse (or something like that). It's a national chain, so it's likely there will be one in the Orlando area.

Be sure to find your "outfit" at the beginning of your trip, in case alterations are required. Oli can get away with pants that are too short or long, but you might look a bit odd in the photos! :)

hey taj you must have seen my photos !!!
lol

there ias a store on I drive on the way to belz called big and tall (well there was last time) and we have always got real good stuff there and quite good service too

does anyone know of any stores near WDW that sell good kids stuff where we can buy a suit for oli ?

thanks

steve

[candyman]

This one?


wish i knew how to post photos like that

steve

[candyman]

Thats it!??? You're not going to tell us about them!?! What a shoe tease!!!!

I think you should definitely be able to find Master Oli something smart to wear once you arrive...

sort of white wit ha couple of inch high heels

hey what do you want im a man
mandy went into the shop while i stayed in the car cause oli had fallen asleep
she rushed out with one shoe said will this do

---now before you ask i think she bought 2 but as it is her thats wearing them i didnt ask lol


steve

[tajainaz]

Love the shoe description and story, Steve! Life at your home must be interesting! :)

You described your size in several of your posts. I have a cousin who is 6'6" and several in the 6'4" range--none of them thin--and all have fitting issues with anything other than sweats and very casual clothing from regular stores. I've had lots of practice over the years having them properly fitted for suits at reasonable prices (not cheap--just reasonable!). :lol: Be sure to use your own judgment in style, color and fabric, as well as fit. I see a lot of men (and some women) in styles and fabrics that really aren't the best for them, and I sometimes think they select what the person at the store recommends and suspend their own judgment! Of course, I don't know trendy from anything, so who am I to talk? :oops:

Since Oli is growing so fast, you probably won't want to invest a fortune in a suit for him. On your first Sunday in Orlando, buy a local Sunday newspaper for the ads (don't worry about reading the paper unless you want to!). Most of the major department stores (Sears, J.C. Penney, Dillards (not sure if they're in Florida), Macy's or Bloomingdales (not sure which chain is in Florida--both are owned by the same company), Nordstrom), as well as the major discount stores (Target, WalMart, K-Mart, etc.) and off price stores such as T.J. Maxx, Ross, Marshall's. That's in addition to locally owned stores and the outlets.

You have to look harder at the off price stores (similar to the outlet stores) to find what you want--and sometimes they don't have it--but if you find it, you can save quite a bit of money! Leu swears by Marshall's. I don't like to shop and haven't bought children's clothing in a very long time, so no first hand experience!

[candyman]

thanks taja

at the age of 51 i would not have a clue what is trendy either
it will be a boring dark suit for me (but a disney tie of course)
i never take advise from the sales staff in clothes shops thats why i take mandy!!!
having spent the majority of my life working in shops , or owning them , i am all too famililar with the maxium "always give the customer what they want --but dont for get to tell them they want the one that you want to sell them "
do wal mart sell suits for 2 year olds ?
they do a range of clothing in the UK but i have not seen any small suits
if i remeber there is a J C Penny in the florida mall so we could go there --i have never been in as i do not usually shop in big department stores but its great to know they sell stuff that we need

thanks for the advise it is great to have help like this because it is hard to know where to look for cloths in a different country
and dont forgetlast timei went the only kid i had was 14 !!
also following your comment yes life is always interesting in our house , fun , silly chaotic but absolutly great too!!

on closer inspection the shoes --yep there are 2 of them --- have a sort of messy panel on the sides they are really nice
great debate in our housenow , advice needed please , (hey this is mandys request not mine )
tights or no tights and if tights what colour
think red dress white shoes , yellow and cream flowers

steve

[PaulaK]

Mandy's wearing a 2 piece isn't she? Is it long?
For me it would be no tights, especially if the skirt is long. If it's short, maybe she could treat herself (or you could treat her :wink: ) to a St. Tropez spray on tan before you go?!

[candyman]

hi paula no mandy isnt long she is 5 foot 2 lol :rotfl:

yep i know you meant the dress :hehe:

yes it is a a2 piece and it is long ,floor length :marry:

omg i have just re read the bit about the shoes :oops:
it should have said
they have a meshy panel oh dear i am in trouble now :hide:

just got a thump because i said in sead of the fake tan i could put her in the oven on a low light for a couple of hours !!!! :sinking:

i think i had beeter stop now before it gets to the bit where there is no wedding :whistle:

steve

[tajainaz]

Translation: if tights = pantyhose (sheer as opposed to opaque), then I would go with sheer skintone tights, as the shoes are likely to uncomfortable without them.

Of course, you could always surprise her with a garter belt (I'm thinking you refer to them as suspenders?) and two pairs of silk stockings (just in case one runs!). Realistically, the tights are much more comfortable!

Oh, and add Mervyn's to Oli's list of places to shop. It's about the same price range as Sears & J.C. Penney. Although they are actually in some malls, they typically tend to be on a perimeter road surrounding the mall in a free-standing building or as part of an open air perimeter strip mall.

I really don't know what you'll find for Oli or where, Steve. Most of what I see in ads for that age seem to be things that look like suits, but are more of a one-piece with a jacket. :unsure: I know they do make actual suits, but I have a feeling the prices are rather absurd since he probably will wear it only once! Still, you may be lucky and find a really good value!

I haven't shopped for children's clothing in years. Leu's grandchildren have so many clothes that at least half of them are given away without being worn! :eek: Great for the recipients, but have no clue what the parents are thinking!

[candyman]

ok another update


good old disney store
we ordered 2 personalised t shirts
mine arrived within a few days
mandys arrive several weeks later
then guess what another one mandys size arrives a few days after that
we wrote to disney store and told them and asked them to send us the postage and we would send it back --thinknig that the postage cost more than the shirts
they replaied thanking me but saying we could keep the extra shirt with thheir compliments
nice

steve

[Meezers]

I am in the no-tights categorie for Mindy. Nice pedicure that way when those shoes start killing her feet she can just take them off and be barefoot. Plus...don't know if anyone has noticed in photos lately....none of the Hollywood types are wearing hose or tights...bare legs are "in".

Wonder how long we can make this thread before we all make it to WDW for our meeting and Steve and Mandy's wedding?

[candyman]

i think that you have really pleased mandy as she was favouring no tights but was worried about if it looked wrong (but who is going to notice?)
sorry if the thread is going on too long i just add bits on when they happen

i was going to do a trip report but with a trip
of 30 days including to and from florida do you think it will go on to long to be of interest to anyone ?
i would really hate to post too much and bore people

on a different topic is it me or do the boares seem a bit quiet over the last few days ?

steve

[Meezers]

It does seem that the boards have been quiet that last few days. Maybe everyone has the back to school blues. Atlanta is starting to get ready for Ivan. It will only be a tropical depression but expecting high winds and much rain. Power will probably be off because of trees down.

As for the trip report....I read each and every installment of the 66 part Jedi Trip report by Dawn. And loved each one. I think you should write it...people don't have to read it if they don't want to...but since part of it will be during my trip....if you write one then maybe I won't have to!

And I check this thread every day to see if I have missed any wedding details!

Do you realize we have like only 2 months till the trip! Getting more excited every day!

If I am not here for a few....we have lost power and my notebook battery died!

[Bec]

You don't bore us at all Stevie baby. Haven't heard much of you in a while. Yeah, the boards are quiet, not many juicy threads on the old wedding planning. Come on everyone, there must be some questions!!!!

PLEASE post trip report and make as long as it takes.

[Meezers]

Had to check back here. Waiting for more info from Steve. Getting ready for Ivan. Laundry and dishes done. Water bottled. If it gets bad I will have to be at work (police dispatcher) but hey...there is a generator there!

Already waiting for trip report :)

[candyman]

thanlks bec and brenda
hope everything is ok with ivan brenda we are so lucky in the uk no such problems but even some parts scotland and cornwall mainly have had a rough time this year


nothing much happening here right now 60 days wow not only excited but now the worry starts have i remebered everything the next thing on my countdown calendar is to order heathers milk to be delivered direct to CBR and hope that it gets there ok

asked about paying for the wedding yesterday and the co ordinator said it would be ok to pay when we meet mid novemnber

sent payment for the fantasmic dessert party today so things are getting on now

steve

[Meezers]

I have paid for the dessert party as well and am really looking forward to it. Trying to decide what type of jacket to bring with me. Don't know if I will need one.

Steve, you are going to be there about 14 days ahead of us or I would say mail the milk to Mom's address and we would bring it down. If you want to do that with an emergency supply let me know and I will PM Mom's address. We will be driving as it is only about 8 hours.

Will be getting Heather's package in the mail on my next days off!

If you are really worried about the milk. You could mail it to us...I could PM you when we get it....then FedEx to WDW right after you get there...that could be costly though...depending on weight.

Keeping the thread going :)

[candyman]

thanks brenda
we are taking about a weeks suppy and hope that will give us enough time to organise in case of any mess ups so will think it will be ok but it was a very kind thought thanks
our ocupational therapist,OT, has another "client" that did it last year and it worked for them
one if the big problems with carrying it is the size and weight--she has 10 cartons a day and they are the size of a smalll carton of orange juice we worked it out that as there are 27 in a case we would neeed to take about 10 cases of drinks and that is very heavy but then our OT suggested doing it this way .
we think it is a real good service and as she is issued this food on prescription we do not have to pay for the food and even the service to supply in the states is paid for by the national health service which we filnd realy fantastic .
and taking the one weeks supply on the plane we were worried that we may not be able to take much normal baggage but when we spoke to virgin they said it was counted as medical supplies and we could take as much as we needed and it would not count to our bagge allowance , and as we have to take with us about 200 of her special nappies, diapers, and we think they allone will fill one suitacse and then her feeding tubes so anyone in gatwick oe orland airports will know its us because we will be the ones with 2 baggage trollies pilled high a wheel chair and a baby buggie !!!!!
you can see why we will not bring too many clothes but will buy a new wardrobe when we get there !!!!!


steve

[Meezers]

Wow that is alot of luggage. I guess the "formula" is not dehydrated. That would be okay but then there would be the Florida water problem. Better this way. So is this stuff something we use in America so you will be able to get it here if you need to?

I finally found a countdown timer for my desktop. I now know every time I boot up how many days left!

Just now raining here....but the news has the Florida panhandle and Alabama...they are getting slammed!

[tajainaz]

You might want to bring a back-up prescription for Heather's feeding formula, Steve. You probably won't need it, but better safe...!

It's probably very similar to what is available here, but you're better off using what you know works, and since your insurance covers her supplies and transport of the formula, that's the most economical way to go.

Wow! Two months and you'll be in the magic! :)

[candyman]

lol it is getting scarey as well as exciting

we are bringing copies of all our prescriptions just to be sure it is a long time to go without any of them
steve

[candyman]

Wow that is alot of luggage. I guess the "formula" is not dehydrated. That would be okay but then there would be the Florida water problem. Better this way. So is this stuff something we use in America so you will be able to get it here if you need to?

I finally found a countdown timer for my desktop. I now know every time I boot up how many days left!

Just now raining here....but the news has the Florida panhandle and Alabama...they are getting slammed!


sorry brenda missed this mail

the milk is not dehydrated just ready to use
i think as it has so many added ingrediants in and is classed a medical supplies they have to be very carefull how it is mixed
the company that produce it in the uk are an american owned company
and when we spoke to the local suppliers they did not think it would be a problem to get it supplied there , but now i have submitted the request we have to wait for a couple of weeks to get their reply to let us know if there is a problem

steve

[Meezers]

I don't even get to stay for the wedding and I am still getting so excited about this whole thing!

Can Oli have a baby blue satin tuxedo...just kidding!

[candyman]

aww brenda we thought you would be with us
so sorry that you cant be ,are you sure you cant stretch the vacation a bit ?
steve

[Meezers]

Would love too....but don't think the credit card or the Chief of Police would take it. May try tho!

[ukwdwnut]

read this thread right thru last night candyman, i must say sounds like your going to have one heck of a wedding, i hope everything goes like clockwork for you. and to top it off your going to have MICKEY there in person in his wedding tux, and also some UOG'ers to cheers you on :D

congratulations and have a fantastic day, to you, mandy, heather and oli

[Meezers]

I just re-read this entire thread. If I read this right Steve...then you and Mandy don't have any "alone" time. If I can get the department (and my mom) to agree to a couple more days would you leave your children with me for a couple hours on the evening of your wedding? Don't know how long Heather can be left but I do have medical background and even if you could just walk hand in hand around the GF would be nice don't you think?

[ukwdwnut]

I just re-read this entire thread. If I read this right Steve...then you and Mandy don't have any "alone" time. If I can get the department (and my mom) to agree to a couple more days would you leave your children with me for a couple hours on the evening of your wedding? Don't know how long Heather can be left but I do have medical background and even if you could just walk hand in hand around the GF would be nice don't you think?


what a great thought brenda :wink: :D

[candyman]

that is really a super thought

will talk to mandy later
thanks

steve

[candyman]

have just read the other thread about how the people enter the wedding pavillion.
now i am looking for some more advise please


as there are only the 4 of us in the wedding party how should we enter the pavillion

we have no best mans or brides maids
but we do have oliver and heather
i think oli would be ok walking with me but if he was on an uncoperative day he may have to be in his baby buggy
heather will be in her wheel chair
normally i push oli and mandy pushes heather
but i dont think it would be right to expect mandy to push heather

over to you
you have been so good and helpfull with everything else


thanks
steve

[joanne]

:overhere: I'm more than willing to push Heather or push/carry Oli :D

[PaulaK]

and i'll help! :overhere: We could have the kids already in the chapel and you and Mandy could walk in together.

[candyman]

lol i think the prolonged hospital visits have addled my brain :confused:

i never thought of either of these options

thank you both
i think now there are some options on the cards it would be better to talk to you when we get there in person rather than on the boards

i knew you would think of a way round our problem

:thanks: :thanks: :thanks: :thanks: :thanks: :thanks:

steve

[candyman]

oh my

i have just noticed its only

48 days !!!!

it is going so fast now

steve

[Breeze]

oh my

i have just noticed its only

48 days !!!!

it is going so fast now

steve


Pretty soon you'll all be seeing mickey :D

[candyman]

hey can you advise on the tipping bit

i understand that we do not tip anyone at the wedding but

we are staying at the CBR for a week
and at the GF for 3 nights

who do we tip and how much
do the staff at the posher hotels expect bigger tips
+ we arestaying consierge at the GF do we have to tip anyone extra there?

finally we are staying in an off site villa for 3 weeks there is no maid are we expected to leave anything when we leave the villa for the cleaning staff .

thanks

steve

[Whitequeen]

You don't have to tip Concierge, in fact they aren't supposed to accept tips.
Just tip the guy who helps with luggage, a dollar a bag?
Don't leave anything, in the Villa. They're cleaning it for someone else.
What you tip people is up to you, it doesn't make any difference where you are staying, Steve. :thumbs:

[candyman]

flipping heck only 25 days !!!!!!
and not a case packed yet !

but we are getting a bit further we did sort out the older 3 boys christmas presents , and my son ben is 18 on christmas day so we have to sort that out too

steve

[Cindernaenae]

Good Grief. I know I was busy the last few months I was working, but how on earth did I miss this thread.

Just read the whole thing. Sounds like you and Mandy are going to have a FABULOUS wedding with some of the best guests I could imagine.

I love the attention you've put into every detail. I hope the day is magical!!

[candyman]

Good Grief. I know I was busy the last few months I was working, but how on earth did I miss this thread.

Just read the whole thing. Sounds like you and Mandy are going to have a FABULOUS wedding with some of the best guests I could imagine.

I love the attention you've put into every detail. I hope the day is magical!!


thank you
you must have great patience to read the whole thread

it has been such a pleasure to organise it all ,i like that sort of thing , but it made it so much better to have everyones help and advise and support , becuause i just could not have done it without you all
i was only thinking last night with so many people having their lap tops with them at WDW there is a good chance that you may see some photos of the wedding before i do !!!

steve

[joanne]

Steve, this lot will have photos up on here before you can say "I do" :lol:
As I learnt from last year :hehe:

[tajainaz]

Not to mention text bulletins from our official UOG reporter, Redkop! :)

I'm going to be at a significant disadvantage without a laptop! :eek:

[candyman]

ill almost miss being at home to read it all :lol:

steve

[candyman]

well a further update

i have been in touch with the GF today
i got a nice letter from their concierge a couple of weeks ago with their e mail addy on and i wanted to arrange to have some flowers in the room for Mandy when we arrived,
within an hour they had replied and it was all ordered and paid for .

for no reason at all they asked me the names and favourite characters of the children .
after i had replied they sent me a lovely e mail saying that the 2 characters we had chosen were so excited that they were their most favourite and that they plan to leave a little something in the room for them :Pixiedust :Pixiedust wow
i guess that is what concierge is all about --it sure impressed me :micbounce :micbounce :micbounce :micbounce

Steve

[joanne]

Wow, that's great! :clap: Top service :thumbs:

Who are their favourite characters?

[Meezers]

Oh Steve...I am so excited for you! You will have to let me know what was done and by what characters. You and Mandy and the children deserve all the magic you get. I bet you have been making magic for others for years! Okay....must go have a good cry for you now! I am just so happy for you!

[candyman]

Wow, that's great! :clap: Top service :thumbs:

Who are their favourite characters?

oli has a mickey that he has to have in his bed every night even when we go away on holiday mickey has to go , and although he has recently taken to sulley he still gets excited whenever he sees mickey so we went for that one
and heather has lots of winnie in her bedroom so we chose that for her.
it was difficult to chose as neither of them can tell us
mine and mandys are easy eeyore for me and tigger for mandy .

steve

[candyman]

Oh Steve...I am so excited for you! You will have to let me know what was done and by what characters. You and Mandy and the children deserve all the magic you get. I bet you have been making magic for others for years! Okay....must go have a good cry for you now! I am just so happy for you!


thanks brenda must admit that i had tears in my eyes when i read the e mail from the GF


steve

[Cindernaenae]

Sounds like everything's fallen into place!!

[candyman]

Sounds like everything's fallen into place!!


yes thank goodness it is
all that hard work is finally coming good
steve

[candyman]

ok just sitting here watching some old re runs of airline on the tv.
it raised a question

afterthe wedding we want to bring the wedding bouquet home

basically to show our relatives , does anyone know if we will be alowe to do that?

thanks steve

[PaulaK]

I love getting pressies in the room, concierge sounds brilliant :micbounce

I don't see why you can't bring the bouquet home :shrug:

[Meezers]

I love checking new posts and seeing somthing under "It's Booked!". Wish I could answer about the bouquet. Since it will be live plant material I would try and check with customs.

PS...I was thinking Heather would try and eat the hat so she could ingest some Pixie Dust that way while she was in hospital :)

[joanne]

Just looked at HM customs site and found this-

Restricted goods (goods which you cannot import without authority such as a licence):

- certain plants and their produce, including trees, shrubs, potatoes, certain fruit, bulbs and seeds. For advice call DEFRA Plant Health, 08459 335577; and

Doesn't say anything about flowers, but you should maybe give that number a call just to make sure :)

[candyman]

new question

i know you hadsorted out who was coming to our wedding but i cant find the list

any one remember off hand please

steve

[Whitequeen]

Me!!!!!!!! :D

[joanne]

Me & Kiltie
Paula & Alec
Keith and Helen
Whitequeen

[Goofy Girl]

Not me. :( But we'll have a cyber-wedding reception here on the day, I'm sure! :marry: :champagne :Pour: :falloff:

[candyman]

thanks jo
also thanks GG
just wish i could send you some cake
to eat at your cyber party

i am just so so excited


steve

[Goofy Girl]

just wish i could send you some cake
to eat at your cyber party
Don't worry Steve - I'll bake one. :chef: I make gorgeous cyber-cakes.:D

[candyman]

thanks gg saved me worrying about how to feed some of my wedding cake into a pc at a local cyber cafe

steve

[candyman]

IVE GOT MY TICKETS !!!!!!!!!!


they all arrived this morning it makes it seem even nearer!!!!!

steve

[PaulaK]

:woohoo: :wiggle: Almost time! :D

[candyman]

got our first wedding present today
my sister is really into the craft stuff and has got us a heart shaped plaque with a picture of mickey and Minnie in the middle and our names on one side the wedding date on the other and WDW at the bottom
it is really great

i rang to thank her it was a really big choice wether to tell her or not
i did not want to upset her but in the end i decided it was the best thing to do and
be honest with her but then how to do it

OK so it went like this
hi Lisa got the present today its really really great
but I'm real sorry but no matter how much i love you i don't think i am able at this stage to change the date of the wedding ........

yes your right she had put the wrong date on the plaque

she had put 4th DEC not he real date 6th
she was upset but we felt she would have been even more so if she found out later and we had not told her

did i do the right thing ?

Steve

[tajainaz]

Depends on your relationship! :)

If it's as warm as your immediate family, she'll be fine. I'd prefer knowing if it were me making the mistake!

It does depend on one's personality, though. An uncle by marriage was determined that my parents were married on one date--it actually was two weeks later! :) He also was the sort who could not stand to be wrong: :lol:

[candyman]

i could not avoid telling her , iwould have wanted to know if it was me .
she was upset , but to make it worse our mum who is now 80 and getting very confused had told lisa she was wrong but lisa knowing mum is always getting mixed up told her she was wrong and they had a big argument about it . she now has to go back and say sorry , not something lisa likes doing a lot .i'm just keeping my head down and avoiding mentioning the whole thing .
mum willl not lisa forget for a long time that she was right and lisa was wrong . i just sit back , watch them and smile -thats the joy of being older, and more laid back !!!
:lol:

steve

[candyman]

my son ben (17) today brought me a cd of special tunes that i wanted for the wedding . when i asked the wedding coordinator if the violinist could play "pop" tunes she suggested i bring a cd incase he couldnt .
i am really touched that he spent such a long time finding the tunes and getting them on to the cd for me
when i was making sure it played ok i must admit to having a tear in my eye.
i want whole new world as the resesional and that was the one that got to me .
we still have not decided on the procesional any tips?
steve

[OJC77]

Candyman,

Not long till you all jet off now! I have just read all 23 Pages of the thread! You are an amazing man - planning every little thing to the finest detail. Well done you!

I hope you and your wife to be, and the two children have the most magical time in Orlando, and everything goes to plan.

Me and the wife will be at Disney the 19th - 25th November, staying at ASM - we may bump into you at one of the parks! Hopefully the weather will be ok, still at Disney it doesn't matter what the weatherslike does it?!

Take Care all of you!

[candyman]

Candyman,

Not long till you all jet off now! I have just read all 23 Pages of the thread! You are an amazing man - planning every little thing to the finest detail. Well done you!

I hope you and your wife to be, and the two children have the most magical time in Orlando, and everything goes to plan.

Me and the wife will be at Disney the 19th - 25th November, staying at ASM - we may bump into you at one of the parks! Hopefully the weather will be ok, still at Disney it doesn't matter what the weatherslike does it?!

Take Care all of you!

thanks for taking the trouble to read the whole thread -must have taken ages
hope we do bump into you -if you do see us please come over and introduce your self it would be nice to meet you .
its funny have no matter how hard you try to plan things little things you have forgotten crop up.
this morning mandy realised that we had forgotten to pack a change of clothes for our over night in london before the flight.!
still at least she ralised before we got there !
steve

[Whitequeen]

Steve, I haven't forgotten the Scooter instructions. :thumbs:
I'll PM them tonight or tomorrow a.m. :)

[candyman]

Steve, I haven't forgotten the Scooter instructions. :thumbs:
I'll PM them tonight or tomorrow a.m. :)


funny you should say that
i was just driving back from tesco and i thought about that !
thanks still plenty of time :eek: well 4 days anyway


steve

[PaulaK]

want whole new world as the resesional and that was the one that got to me .
we still have not decided on the procesional any tips?
steve

a whole new world is my favourite Disney Song, best bring the tissues for us all :blush:

did you decide on the processional music yet?

These are some of my favourite soppy Disney songs :D :
So this is Love (Cinderella)
Part of Your World (Little Mermaid)
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella)

[Whitequeen]

Yes!! A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes!

That's a good one.

[joanne]

Once Upon a Dream?

[PaulaK]

That always makes me want to waltz....even though I can't remember how to properly :lol:

[candyman]

i like the idea of part of your world

i knew i liked it but i could not think what it sounded like
i tried to find it on the internet but no luck
then suddenly when i started typing this i remembered it !!!

yep that is definatley a possiblity

i am still confused

i just cant remember any of the music from cinderella so cant comment on those

steve

[joanne]

We've got some of the tunes you can listen to here http://www.wdisneyw.co.uk/sounds.html :D

[candyman]

i have just tthought of

can you feel the love tonight from the lion king

must admit im not too good on this sort of thing
and it is harder because i do not know any of the cinderella songs

steve

[candyman]

thanks for that site jo and also to paula for another site addy

we are now down to a choice of

can you feel the love tonight

part of your world

or
youll be in my heart

wha