Cameron991! HI!
It is hard to find another DCL bride. That is one of the reasons I started this PJ!
I was told you could not book your date until 12 months out. I didn't like that answer so I called back a few times. I ended up booking at 13 months out with no problem (I also booked my Magic Kingdom Photo Shoot at 13 months out).
Here is a Direct Quote from my planning paperwork on the number of guests you can have:
Additional Guest Fees:
11 20 guests: $100.00 31 40guests: $300.00
21 30 guests: $200.00 41 50 guests: $400.00
The additional Guest fee will be charged to your reservation prior to your voyage. This additional fee will be used to cover additional champagne and cake for your Guests.
For groups of 50 or more Guests, a Custom Weddings Service fee will be charged to your reservation prior to your voyage. Please contact Disney Fairy Tale Weddings for details.
So basically you can have as many as you wish to have. I am lucky because I moonlight as a
Travel Agent and I am in charge of all of my guest reservations! It has been a big stress reliever! We are having about 40 guests! So I am not sure of the cost if you go over 50.
We are planning on having all of our dinner meals together. But nothing else really. We want everyone to have agood time and not feel structured. We are having Door Magnets and Beach Towels (as favors) made that look like this:
If you contact a Travel Agent and get them to set you up a Group Travel trip you get some benefits. You get to have welcome gift basket or bottle of wine in each room, you get to make sure your party will all be together for your main meal, you get $50 off of each room as a group booking discount and if you book 8 rooms you get an additional $400 on board credit added to your room.
It is no trouble at all. I am more then happy to share the information! I had a hard time finding someone to help me!