After the show was over our guests started to trickle out. A lot of them were leaving early the next morning and it had been a long day for everyone. I had asked about adding on time to the DP, but honestly with a morning ceremony we didn’t need it all. So many of our guests just wanted to go to bed at that point, we didn’t really need it. Around this time people started talking about the post-wedding brunch that we had scheduled for the next morning at 1900 Park Fare. We had scheduled it for 11 am since we knew everyone would be tired from the day before. It turned out that out of the 20 people that were originally going to be attending, 12 had to catch the Magical Express so early they wouldn’t be able to make it. We talked to my parents and decided to just cancel it and to meet at the Magic Kingdom instead. (Later we discovered that we forgot to tell my MOH and her parents about the cancellation; this will come up later in my report.)
Kris’ mom came over and took me aside and told me that it had been a beautiful wedding and it had all been very elegant. She told me that I had done a good job planning everything. Since she had not been a fan of a Disney wedding I knew this was a big step for her to admit too. She told Kris and I that she was going to try to get an earlier flight out the next day though because she was ready to go home. (Kris had booked her a night flight, so she could spend the day in Orlando, but she decided against this and ended up going home on standby.)
We took a few last shots with members of our bridal party and then Stan and Randy headed out. We thanked them profusely for their amazing work and for being a part of such an important day in our lives. We asked Stan about Club 33 since we want to make it out there some time in the next couple of years and he said just to let us know when we want to make it there. He is a member there and will make a reservation for any of his clients. Club 33 is a private club at
Disneyland. Randy told us that our shots would be up in a couple of weeks online. I said that I had heard he was running a little behind and he admitted that it would be a little longer than the normal 3 week window, I assured him that would be fine. Stan also told us that the sneak peek would be online the next day and then they headed off
We stuck around talking to our Epcot guide and filling up our goodie bags. It turned out our guide’s daughter had gotten married at Disney 8 years earlier (prior to his retirement to Orlando and before his Disney employment) and her DP was in the same location, so it brought back a lot of great memories for him. I wish we would have gotten our picture with him, he was such a sweet man. After seeing all of Lynn’s shots with cast members, it made me regret not getting one.
We had bought some baggies to bag up any leftover treats. All future brides make sure to bring these because any leftover food will be thrown away otherwise. Although, we didn’t end up with much food left, I think we probably filled 5 or 6 quart size bags. There weren’t any brownies or lemon bars left if I remember correctly. That’s okay because we still had plenty of cake from the reception.
The funny thing was that the one Epcot staff person who was replenishing the food said that he had never seen a group eat so much of the sweets! I guess there is usually a lot leftover. They even brought over some things from a DP that was taking place at the United Kingdom. I’m not sure what goodies these were though because they were gone by the time we were done with our fireworks shots.
I had asked Laura about keeping the centerpieces and she said we owned everything in them except the vases that were rented. She said that we could take what we wanted and then she would retroactively charge us $5 each for the cylinders. After looking at the centerpieces we decided the only thing that we would really want to keep from them was the Figments and some of the glow ice cubes, so my mom and her best friend decided to disassemble a few for us. It was funny to see them digging through the gooey gel
I should’ve had them pull out all the Figments, but I didn’t think of it at the time
I still ended up with 3 of the figurines to keep, but since we technically had bought them all I really should have gotten all 10! We divided up the ice cubes among her best friend’s kids and us and then we decided to make the walk to the front of the park.
Around this time I decided I should take some pictures with my cape on that my matron of honor’s aunt had so graciously made for me 2 weeks before the wedding. I was worried about it being cold outside, but we had perfect weather. I wasn’t cold at all, but I wanted to show appreciation for all her work because she did a truly amazing job. I had bought the material and had arranged to pay her to make it up. When my MOH picked it up for me her aunt said that there was no charge and that it was a gift. I thought that was so touching.
As we headed out we stopped to take some more pictures around the World Showcase and the fountain near Spaceship Earth. We probably spent 30 minutes leisurely walking to the front gate. The park was nearly deserted and it was funny walking around in my wedding gown.
Attempting a shot in the UK:
Canada:
I wanted to get some shots by the Year of a Million Dreams sign since our dreams had truly came true that day!
As we were walking out we realized that we had forgotten to get the marriage license signed by the best man and matron of honor. They had early morning flights, so that meant we still had to pick it up from my parent’s room then head over to their hotel on Hotel Plaza Blvd. near Downtown Disney!
Up next… we are officially married; at least our license is finally signed!
Btw- my one bridesmaid had her baby last night. It's so strange to think how much everyone's lives have changed this year already. My matron of honor is due with her second set of twins in November
I'm glad you're enjoying the report so far 
What a novel idea to grab the Photopass person along the way
Tell your honey his Disfriend says congrats too!
I love these shots! Randy asked us to turn around because he was going to photograph the names on the back. My one bridesmaid said that might be a problem, mine says John (my dads name.) It was true; we had gathered matching ears from my family members, so most of them werent correct 
I told him that it was fine to bring it out now, so Kris and I headed in his direction. The look on his face was priceless. He had already told everyone that the party that night was for him and we didnt tell him otherwise. My cousin has some special needs and it was so sweet to see the excitement on his face! 
