A WDW Wedding

Recently someone asked me about writing an article on getting married at WDW.  I thought about it, so why not.  As you may know my husband and I were married at WDW's Wedding Pavilion on August 15, 2007.  I had always dreamed of a Disney wedding ever since I was a child.  I remember rideing the monorail past the WP (Wedding Pavilion) and seeing other weddings taking place.  On December 23, 2006 my then fiance asked me to marry him.  At first I never thought of a WDW wedding.  I always thought it would be too expensive.  When my parents mentioned WDW I started looking into it and asked my fiance about it.  I wasn't sure if he would even agree since he had never been to WDW and it would cost our families some money to go from NC to FL.  I started researching online and showed him and to my happy surprise he said ok.  I knew I couldn't afford the big grand wedding but instead we did the small wedding which is if you have 10 people or less, and that includes the bride and groom(We had a total of 10 family members including ourselves).  The cost was about $4000.  And it was so worth it.  We also stayed at WDW for a week and the whole price ended up being arount $7000, which included our stay at POFQ for me, my husband and my 7 yo son. 
     The whole process of booking the wedding was so easy.  I made a phone call in January 2007 to Disney's wedding department.  They sent me lots of info.  The first thing was to decide when and where we would have our wedding.  We originally wanted to get married at SunSet Point at the Poly  outside on the sand but in August, the temps are just too high to be all dressed up in a dress and tux so we decided on the WP.  Even though the WP cost $1000 more it was well worth it.  We set the time for 10am. that way we would have all day to enjoy the resort, park or what ever we wanted to do.  

   Here is a list of all things included in our wedding package:
1-Wedding Pavilion location
2-A total of 4 hour limo service for transportation to and from the WP
3-Music for the wedding ceremony and small reception
4-Bouquet and boutineer
5-Cake with Mickey and Minnie topper
6-Bottle of Champaign
7-Photography for the ceremony and reception
8-Cake and Champaign reception at the Grand Floridian balcony
9-A surprise gift, his and hers matching Mickey watches in a storybook box and the time was set and  stopped on the minute we were officially married.

     The minister is not included but they do have a list of ministers who they recommend.  We had Rev. Jack Day.  He was such a nice man.  We got to basically write our own vows.  He had several vows for examples and we chose different lines from several of them to make our own.  They also had a list of people to do hair and make-up.  The woman I choose was great.  She came to my resort room and done my hair and make-up.  Both the minister and hair dresser cost extra.  I paid them seperately. 
     You can also have so much more to your wedding and reception.  We just did the basic package because we were on a budget.  You can have characters, Cinderella's coach pulled by horses, a horse drawn buggy, a classic car, fireworks, a personalized wedding cake, decoration added to the wedding(I made my own unity candle) and many many more.  You can basically do what ever you want with what your budget is. 
     Our wedding at WDW is an experience of a lifetime.  Everyone who I meet are just amazed that our wedding was at WDW and believe we paid a fortune for it but we didn't.  If you are a huge Disney fan and are planning a wedding, I highly suggest at wedding at WDW. 
                 www.disneyweddings.com        or call        321-939-4610