Day 3- Wednesday January 23, 2008-Rehearsal Day
Rehearsal morning. I woke up early to put my hair in rollers and get ready for the day. I was stressed when I woke up, according to our original reservations, we were supposed to switch rooms that day, but since we were upgraded that wasnt necessary. They just gave us new keys and we didnt even have to go check in and out again, that was great. We ended up going to the concierge lounge for breakfast and then I met my sisters to take their dresses to the GS to be steamed later on that afternoon. Mark went to get his parents and the rabbi and wife at the ASM for the rehearsal that started at 10. I met my parents in the lobby. I had 2 welcome bags to be delivered there, Marks business partners were staying in a suite there and were arriving that afternoon. When the last 2 bags were finally gone, we headed outside. I was in a super snappy mood and my father attempted to let me know that and I just got even snappier. Bridezilla was a real thing at this point.
We all met on the BW outside the bakery and made our way to the rehearsal.
Heres Mark and I posing with our sign
Originally Marion told me that I didnt have to do a rehearsal, but I really wanted to and Im so glad that I did. We all had our bridal party wear on, it was so cool! The rehearsal went well, Marion said I was very organized and complimented me on my numerous craft projects, which was sweet of her. The rehearsal took no longer than 15 minutes. That surprised me. I thought it would take longer. I guess I was SLIGHTLY bossy, but I was stressed and people werent focusing and that was making Bridezilla mad.
Rehearsal Pics
Lindsay on her practice walk
Megan on her practice walk
Mark and his parents practicing
(everyone got to practice except me)
discussing something very important (not that I remember what it was
)
a super fun family shot of us in our rehearsal wear!
We had an ADR at the Garden Grill for 12:20 and had a ton of time to waste
I decided to call Periwigs to get a nail appointment, I wanted to keep my afternoon free because we were SUPPOSED to go to property control that day, but that never happened. In retrospect, it would have been better for me to go to one of the spas for a massage but that didnt happen
So we were all in the GS, Rabbi signed and had witnesses sign the marriage license. I remark that were technically married now, we could just perform a mini ceremony in the GS and be done with it!
I get a nail appt for 11am and it was already 10:30 so Mom and I headed over to Y+B and the rest of them went to EPCOT. If I had it to do again, I never would have went to Periwigs, my manicure is completely gone now, not a trace of it and it hasnt even been a week. It was the weirdest thing, it just peeled off in whole pieces! Ive never had that happen before. I felt bad for the girl working there, she was obviously terrified of her bosses (there were like 5 Disney managers in there when I was there) and was a bit shaky. We got done at around 12:10 and I was worried that we would miss our food. Well, we are racing through World Showcase and Mark called and said that Lindsay had the time wrong and the ADR was for 12:40 and to take our time.
Lunch was amazing. Probably one of the best meals Ive had a Disney.
The only thing that wasnt perfect was the turning mechanism on the restaurant was broken, so it wasnt moving. Oh well. The food was really good (sorry, I forgot the porn, oh wait, I have one
)
Desert
and they even gave us a congratulations cake!
In the middle of the lunch, my mother got a phone call and started saying very loudly, ohhhh noooooo she was talking to her mother. It was supposed to snow a lot over those two days in NJ and my grandparents and 3 sets of aunts and uncles were coming in that day. When she started her dramatic conversation I thought they werent coming. Turns out that they were already in Orlando, they just had a nice 4 hour wait at Newark airport. At least they were there! We loved the characters. Mark remarked that this was the first time hed actually seen Mickey since his first cp in the early 90s. He took this as a good omen.
After lunch we went on The Land. I just love that ride, its one of my all time faves.
My ray-bar and I on The Land
I REALLY wanted to go on the Behind The Seeds tour, but grumpy Marky wouldnt let me.
We left EPCOT with my mom and headed back to the GS to meet Carolyn Allens. Sue came and steamed our dresses.
When she first started steaming
with my sisters dresses hanging up
It took her literally 2 hours to do mine since it had never been steamed. I was amazed at how much poofier it was after she was done with it. Mark kept trying to come into the room as she was doing my dress, but I wouldnt let him, I sent him to the Inn Pools spa, right across from our room. While Sue was steaming, I re-arranged the hoops in my hoop skirt and put it together with my crinnie.
on the morning of the wedding, right before I was about to leave, I had my mother crawl under my dress and cut out all that extra white stuff, I was tripping over it
After Sue was done, I stashed my dress in the ½ bath, allowed Mark access to the GS again and we went to Celebration for dinner. On the way out of the lobby, I noticed that our names were flashing on the Events Sign! I was so excited!!
We were SUPER nervous. Like, it was really bad. We couldnt find anything to talk about, we made boring small talk
we were a mess. We actually used to live in Celebration, that was when it was Disney owned, which is no more. Our dinner was ok, we ate at some italian place outside, Café DAntonios maybe? It wasnt that late when we finished up and we needed to get tired in order to sleep that night so we decided to go walk around DTD. We started on the West Side and walked all the way through PI and then onto The Marketplace. Marks family was having their dinner at Portobello Yacht Club and we stopped by for a drink. Originally, we had planned on just being by ourselves that night (my family was at Cape May Café) but since we were there, I thought it would be a good idea to meet his side instead of trying to meet 20 people at my reception. This actually worked out really well for us. I had a lemon drop martini and Mark had a beer. We were there for an hour or so and the martini really calmed my nerves. Truth be told, I could have gone for another, but I didnt want to get loaded in front of my new fam. Oh the scandal that would have been
We lazily walked through The Marketplace, I was pretty upset that they dont carry the Disney Christmas Spode china anymore but oh well. We got bored and cold and decided to head back. I took a pic of our ears on the bed while the tub was filling up
Heres Mark, posing through the window
We went to bed at around 11:30-12ish