Holstar
Have faith in your dreams <3
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2010
Heya guys!
My SO and I have been loosely planning our DFTW wedding for a while now. We're still a long way away from even being able to talk to Disney (we're looking at March '18), but we've just set up our wedding savings account and what with needing to fly 18-30 people from England, we're wanting a rough idea of what we're looking at price wise so we can give them around 2 years to save. Which... brings me onto the packages and my complete and utter confusion!
Okay. So... the dilemma.
Our ideal guest list is 25. That's 25 people we know would be able to afford to come and would very very likely accept if we were to invite them, which puts us in Wishes territory. However, our MUST have guest list is 20 (including us).
I guess my question is... which would be better? We can afford a Wishes wedding, but I know that it can be considerably more expensive, for what is essentially six extra people. We wouldn't be totally unhappy with 18 guests, all the people we love dearly would be included in that, which would make Escape a possibility. At the same time, I'm not sure if the level of customisation I'd likely want, will be possible with Escape.
Things we know we want...
* The wedding would be mid week
* Ceremony location: Sea Breeze point
* Reception: Either The Attic or Whitehall Room at the GF. I would like a plated sit down meal, rather than just champagne and cake - but I'm not 100% sure if this can be added on to an Escape package?
* Fireworks desert Sago Cay Pointe/Marina Patio (can't remember which had the smaller guest minimums!), or Epcot, likely UK. Or, if by some weird chance we end up way under the 20 guest count, the Grand I yacht.
* Lots of flowers. I really really like flowers, so I'd like the ability to be able to add enhancements.
* No DJ - most likely a the Classical String Trio though.
* Lots of yummy cake. Can you make special requests? I saw Carrie's amaaaazing cake, and I have an idea of what I would like, but I'm unsure of the level of personalisation you get withe Escape as compared to Wishes.
Oh my gosh this is an essay. I'm so sorry and thank you if you got this far!
I'll just mention - I've been trying to order Carrie's book all weekend! It crashes, regardless of whether I try and pay via PayPal or by card. So, I've emailed passporter requesting a PayPal invoice. I know it'll be amazing when I can finally download it and it'll answer all three million of my questions
But in the mean time, you ladies are pretty amazing and pretty much the only reason I'm even considering this as an option!
What would you do?
Hollie xx
My SO and I have been loosely planning our DFTW wedding for a while now. We're still a long way away from even being able to talk to Disney (we're looking at March '18), but we've just set up our wedding savings account and what with needing to fly 18-30 people from England, we're wanting a rough idea of what we're looking at price wise so we can give them around 2 years to save. Which... brings me onto the packages and my complete and utter confusion!
Okay. So... the dilemma.
Our ideal guest list is 25. That's 25 people we know would be able to afford to come and would very very likely accept if we were to invite them, which puts us in Wishes territory. However, our MUST have guest list is 20 (including us).
I guess my question is... which would be better? We can afford a Wishes wedding, but I know that it can be considerably more expensive, for what is essentially six extra people. We wouldn't be totally unhappy with 18 guests, all the people we love dearly would be included in that, which would make Escape a possibility. At the same time, I'm not sure if the level of customisation I'd likely want, will be possible with Escape.
Things we know we want...
* The wedding would be mid week
* Ceremony location: Sea Breeze point
* Reception: Either The Attic or Whitehall Room at the GF. I would like a plated sit down meal, rather than just champagne and cake - but I'm not 100% sure if this can be added on to an Escape package?
* Fireworks desert Sago Cay Pointe/Marina Patio (can't remember which had the smaller guest minimums!), or Epcot, likely UK. Or, if by some weird chance we end up way under the 20 guest count, the Grand I yacht.
* Lots of flowers. I really really like flowers, so I'd like the ability to be able to add enhancements.
* No DJ - most likely a the Classical String Trio though.
* Lots of yummy cake. Can you make special requests? I saw Carrie's amaaaazing cake, and I have an idea of what I would like, but I'm unsure of the level of personalisation you get withe Escape as compared to Wishes.
Oh my gosh this is an essay. I'm so sorry and thank you if you got this far!
I'll just mention - I've been trying to order Carrie's book all weekend! It crashes, regardless of whether I try and pay via PayPal or by card. So, I've emailed passporter requesting a PayPal invoice. I know it'll be amazing when I can finally download it and it'll answer all three million of my questions
But in the mean time, you ladies are pretty amazing and pretty much the only reason I'm even considering this as an option!
What would you do?
Hollie xx