Disney Bride - Sea Breeze Point Vacation Planning Tips & Tricks Discuss Disney Bride - Sea Breeze Point in the Vacation Planning forums; Originally Posted by flutter me too ....did you recognize me too Amanda or just my ring LOL I saw the photo and said "I KNOW THAT RING!!!!!" And then, I ...

[MandaBella]

Originally Posted by flutter

me too ....did you recognize me too Amanda or just my ring LOL

I saw the photo and said "I KNOW THAT RING!!!!!" And then, I just assumed it was your hand.

[fungus_01]

I'll have more TR for ya soon, but for now, how about a life update?

DH and I have settled into married life quite well. He started his 2nd semester of grad school and I sent in my application so if I get accepted I'll start grad school in the fall. Other than that, we've both been working like crazy, saving money for our upcoming Disney trips and a down payment for a new car for DH.

Our at-home reception is coming together as well. We have a DJ and photographer booked and DH's mom and dad have graciously offered to pay for the catering! We found a great catering company who can do the menu I wanted (fried chicken!) at a great price including linens. We still have to find a cake too (hopefully replicating our wedding cake flavor with one of the layers) but we still have some time. Now it's just a matter of figuring out how we're going to decorate the place and other fine details.

Speaking of upcoming Disney trips, we've had a change in plans for June. We're now going to WDW instead of DL, taking advantage of the great deals (25% of value rooms, Pop Century here we come!) and our APs. Plus flights are much cheaper so in all we'll be saving almost $1000! That and we'll hopefully be able to catch the Electrical Parade during its run. We'll make it out to DL soon but for now we'll save our pennies.

That's it for now. I'll have more TR soon!

[fungus_01]

December 9th: Day 5 Part 1

So after an amazing time the day before, DH and I woke up fairly early to our first full day as husband and wife. We got dressed as we were having breakfast at the Crystal Palace (a tradition I started 3 years ago) with Terry, Taylor and Tweeter. Unfortunately we were a bit delayed in leaving as DH couldn't find his wallet. After tearing the room apart we finally located it and caught the bus to the MK. Turns out, as late as we were, DH's family was running even further behind. Luckily they were still able to get us in after a minimal wait after checking in.





This was DH's family's first character meal and they really enjoyed it. I'm not sure what they enjoyed more, the characters or the food but we all stuffed ourselves silly. They even brought us a cupcake to celebrate our wedding and a card signed by all the characters!





















After paying the bill we met up with Aunt Sue in Tomorrowland. Terry was going to do one of the Richard Petty driving experiences at the Speedway that same day so we stayed in the MK.

[fungus_01]

December 9th: Day 5 Part 2

Terry's RPDE was at 12:30 but he had to be there early to check in, so he and Tweeter left us to take the shuttle to the track and we stayed in the park for a little while longer. It was quite easy to get there, the shuttle sits right by the kennel at the TTC. There wasn't anyone but us going so we got the van all to ourselves and the guy driving was nice to talk to. We arrived at the track and found Tweeter along with Jenni and Matt sitting in the stands while Terry was still in his training class.











We settled in the the stands while we waited for the drivers to come out. With the Richard Petty Experiences they offer the opportunity to drive a real NASCAR style stock car or you can ride-along with a professional doing the driving. Terry was doing the driving experience, and while we were there Matt surprised Jenni with a ride-along experience and then Sue decided to do a ride-along too!

The driving group went first and Terry was one of the first to go!









There he goes!







I think the look on his face when he pulled back into the pit lane said it all, it was money very well spent!







Then Jenni got to do her ride-along!









Then Sue did her ride-along (she thought it wasn't fast enough :rotfl: )

[DisneyDreamer13]

What a great start to married life for you two. Chris will be drooling when i show him the RPDE photos.
I love the shot of you two with Piglet, so cute!!

[fungus_01]

Sorry I've been MIA, life has been to crazy busy! I got my official acceptance to graduate school including an offer of almost $3000 in financial aid and stipends! We've also been working on the reception, including several DIY projects and sending out our Save-The-Dates. It's really coming together and I think everyone is going to have a good time.

And now back to the TR!

December 9th: Day 5 Part 3

So after everyone was done at the speedway, Jenni and Matt went back to the condo while the rest of us decided to go to the Studios. So we take the shuttle back to the TTC and walk to the buses. We get on the bus and while we're waiting to depart DH realized that his phone (brand new Motorola Droid) was missing! He and Terry decide to go back to the speedway while the rest of us go ahead to the Studios.

So Tweeter, Sue, Taylor and I reach DHS and some of the Streetmosphere characters are out including Taylor's new girlfriend:







She had been talking to some people on the street while Tweeter took pictures and she heard Tweeter's camera go off. She exclaimed that it couldn't have been a good picture as she was in the sun and that Tweeter should try again. Then she spotted Taylor and starting flirting with him, luckily Taylor was nice enough to play along.

We were getting hungry so we stopped for some pizza near the ToT and RnR. Not long after we sat down DH called to let us know he had his phone! Apparently it had fallen out of his pocket in the grass while waiting for the shuttle, and someone at the track found it and had it waiting for him when they got there. So he and Terry were on their way to DHS.

Once they got there we did RnR which everyone loved.







Then we did the Great Movie Ride.









By then it was dark and the Osbourne Lights were in full swing, which was one of the reasons we did the Studios.

[fungus_01]

Hi everyone! Sorry for the lack of updates. Unfortunately even with all the great things going on, getting into grad school, planning the reception, life has decided to throw us a major curve ball. I don't want to get into any real details right now, but I'll just say that I have a close family member who is suffering from some serious health issues and is needing some support. I promise I will get back to my TR and will finish it before our 1st anniversary

[lilo88]

totally understand Rach, hope your family member gets well soon and prayers and pixie dust are on its way~

[fungus_01]

Thanks everyone for all the prayers and well wishes. Things are still up in the air as said family member is waiting for test results and it'll be a couple of weeks. However I am going to try and finish this TR before DH and I's home reception and our next trip to WDW, which is less than a month away! So without further ado here's more TR!

December 10: Day 6 Part 1

After our first full day as a newlywed couple, DH and I awoke and gathered our stuff as we were changing resorts to Port Orleans Riverside! While we had enjoyed our time at Pop we were ready for some new digs. Unfortunately we woke up to cold and pouring rain :scared1: We checked out of Pop and left our luggage with the desk outside for them to transfer to POR. We then braved the rain to catch a bus to DTD and then catch another bus to POR. By the time we got checked in a found our room the rain had let up which was nice as we were going to MVMCP that evening. Meanwhile Tweets, Terry, Taylor and Sue were at AK which they enjoyed despite the weather.

Some of Tweets pics from AK:

[fungus_01]

December 10th: Day 6 Part 2

When the gang at AK got done they went back to their condo to rest for a while before we all met at the MK for the Christmas party. DH and I got lunch/dinner at the Riverside Mill food court. DH had the muffaletta and I had the chicken nuggets (DH is a bit more of an brave eater than I). Tweeter called as we were finishing to let us know they were on their way to the MK so we hopped on the bus.

When we got to the MK we had still beat everyone else and I was dying to meet Mickey so we caught the train to Toontown. I had been wanting to wait and see Mickey till after we were married as we had such a fun time meeting him and Minnie after we got engaged on our last trip. So we jumped in line at the Judge's Tent and we got to see not only Mickey but Minnie too!



Mickey's exasperated cause of how Minnie got all excited over us being married...I think she's jealous (and Mickey's in trouble)!


After our pictures we met up with everyone as they were eating dinner at Cosmic Rays. Other than the wedding this was our biggest gathering of the entire trip. In all we had Terry, Tweeter, Taylor, Sue, Bob, Noreen, Jenni, Matt, DH and I....10 people!

We had some time before Holiday Wishes so we hit up Pirates, Splash and BTM. One of my favorite memories of the night is all 10 of us on BTM. We managed to get all of us on one train and many of us were taking pictures while the rest of were screaming....it was a BLAST!







We then did the HM and then made our way back to Tomorrowland where we did Space Mountain and Buzz.

In line for SM:






We then caught Wishes but unfortunately I was video taping and Tweets was taking pictures but she accidentally dropped her camera right before they started She was upset but there wasn't much we could do that night so after Wishes we did the Laugh Floor and the TTA. We then wandered out to the hub for the parade.

The newlyweds


Time for the parade!

[Chrissy&Tayen]

totally awesome! i love it

[fungus_01]

Okay DH and I have our at-home reception coming up next month and I have it in my head that while I love my dress and I am planning on wearing it, I wanna change into something for festive and fun once the dancing part of our reception really gets going. I don't really want to buy something that I might not wear again so I'm considering some choices from Renttherunway.com but I'm having trouble deciding. Here some of my top choices:













Thank you for your help!

[Chrissy&Tayen]

i like the pants thing.. i dont know why.. but i just do.. 2nd is the turq dress

[StarsNStripes]

Turq dress Rach...reminds me of your wedding colors/peacock motif

[fungus_01]

December 11th: Day 7 Part 1

Friday turned out to be another drizzly and slightly chilly day but we (well I) bundled up and started our day at EPCOT. DH wanted to try the Kim Possible interactive game so we by-passed Future World and headed to WS. We signed up but had some time before we could start so we wandered around the UK pavilion.







We then stopped and watched the French Santa.



We lucked out that as soon as he was done, Aurora showed up so we were 2nd in line.



Then we spotted Remy through the window:





Then we hit Morocco