purplegirl247
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- Jun 14, 2006
Yay, Ive finally gotten all my pictures back and can begin my trip report! 
And let me tell you, there was a LOT of pictures! We have pictures from:
1. My dad, from the wedding ceremony
2. Randy, from the wedding ceremony and formal pictures afterward
3. What we personally took with our digital camera on our Disneymoon
4. What was on our PhotoPass CD on our Disneymoon
5. the Magic Kingdom photo shoot
6. the honeymoon photo shoot from Epcot
The sheer volume is insane! Unfortunately, I wont be able to share them all with you, but Ill put up some of my favorites. All the pictures turned out really great.
Warning: I tend to be sort of lengthy, so if I start detailing too much or go off on any tangents, I apologize in advance. Im just so excited to be writing my very own trip report, I may let it all go to my head!
Warning #2: Please dont judge me if I mention the negatives along with the positives. Im not a chronic complainer, I swear; I just want to share my experiences with other brides and hopefully help them in the long run.
OK, not that Im done with the disclaimers, lets get this party started!
Where do I start? How about the beginning? Steve (DH) and I met at SAK Comedy Club, an improv club here in Orlando almost five years ago (our dating anniversary is July 23). We clicked immediately and have been pretty inseparable ever since. We both LOVE Disney so it was only a question of can we afford a wedding there? and with a little thing called intimate weddings, turns out we could! Heres Steve at the idea of getting married.
OK, not really. Thats us at Universe of Energy at Epcot in January, right after the ride shut down and we had visions of dinosaurs running amok.
Anyway ! We got engaged in November and began planning a wedding for April 23. [sidenote: those of you who have been keeping up with our story know this is a bald-faced lie.
I always knew wed get married on April 23, my grandparents anniversary, so I had begun planning the wedding several months before he actually popped the question. I dont think youre actually supposed to do that, but it worked for us, so oh, well!] The planning went fairly smoothly except for a small bump in the road regarding what to wear under my dress (see my planning journal)
Time passed very quickly and finally the weekend before the wedding was here! His family lives locally and my family lives in Florida, so no one had to fly in, but I planned to have an out-of-towners dinner the night before the wedding just for my family. I was sort of a wreck the day of the dinner because I wanted to check into the Disney hotel as early as possible after dinner but my family was running late (as usual) driving up from South Florida.
Lesson learned: dont plan things too close together; youll just freak yourself out. (I saw someone else do this on her trippie lately--it was aprincess72, by the way-- which I thought was hilarious because I had already planned to give out similar tidbits of wisdom, now that Im an old married lady.
)
Heres us at Buca di Beppo (a delicious family-style Italian chain restaurant, by the way).
Starting on the left and moving around the table, that's my mom's sister, my brothers, my grandmother (mom's side), my grandmother (dad's side), Steve, me, and my dad. I'm in purple, surprise, surprise!
And let me tell you, there was a LOT of pictures! We have pictures from:1. My dad, from the wedding ceremony
2. Randy, from the wedding ceremony and formal pictures afterward
3. What we personally took with our digital camera on our Disneymoon
4. What was on our PhotoPass CD on our Disneymoon
5. the Magic Kingdom photo shoot
6. the honeymoon photo shoot from Epcot
The sheer volume is insane! Unfortunately, I wont be able to share them all with you, but Ill put up some of my favorites. All the pictures turned out really great.
Warning: I tend to be sort of lengthy, so if I start detailing too much or go off on any tangents, I apologize in advance. Im just so excited to be writing my very own trip report, I may let it all go to my head!
Warning #2: Please dont judge me if I mention the negatives along with the positives. Im not a chronic complainer, I swear; I just want to share my experiences with other brides and hopefully help them in the long run.
OK, not that Im done with the disclaimers, lets get this party started!
Where do I start? How about the beginning? Steve (DH) and I met at SAK Comedy Club, an improv club here in Orlando almost five years ago (our dating anniversary is July 23). We clicked immediately and have been pretty inseparable ever since. We both LOVE Disney so it was only a question of can we afford a wedding there? and with a little thing called intimate weddings, turns out we could! Heres Steve at the idea of getting married.
OK, not really. Thats us at Universe of Energy at Epcot in January, right after the ride shut down and we had visions of dinosaurs running amok. Anyway ! We got engaged in November and began planning a wedding for April 23. [sidenote: those of you who have been keeping up with our story know this is a bald-faced lie.
I always knew wed get married on April 23, my grandparents anniversary, so I had begun planning the wedding several months before he actually popped the question. I dont think youre actually supposed to do that, but it worked for us, so oh, well!] The planning went fairly smoothly except for a small bump in the road regarding what to wear under my dress (see my planning journal)Time passed very quickly and finally the weekend before the wedding was here! His family lives locally and my family lives in Florida, so no one had to fly in, but I planned to have an out-of-towners dinner the night before the wedding just for my family. I was sort of a wreck the day of the dinner because I wanted to check into the Disney hotel as early as possible after dinner but my family was running late (as usual) driving up from South Florida.
Lesson learned: dont plan things too close together; youll just freak yourself out. (I saw someone else do this on her trippie lately--it was aprincess72, by the way-- which I thought was hilarious because I had already planned to give out similar tidbits of wisdom, now that Im an old married lady.
)Heres us at Buca di Beppo (a delicious family-style Italian chain restaurant, by the way).
Starting on the left and moving around the table, that's my mom's sister, my brothers, my grandmother (mom's side), my grandmother (dad's side), Steve, me, and my dad. I'm in purple, surprise, surprise!
I kept checking Randy's site but was only looking at the front page and didn't bother to check the others! I'll post a formal link shortly (as soon as I figure out how). Oh, and also, when I'm not at work. Tee hee. 
The main Yacht Club pool closed at 8 and there wasnt much to do at night (in stark comparison to Riverside, which Ill get to eventually). On our second night, I thought to ask if they rented DVDs to go with the DVD players in the room, which they did, but never told us about.
