A Change In Plans

Due to some unfortunate circumstances, we were forced to switch the Rehearsal Dinner at 'Ohana to Saturday night and the Firework Dessert Party to Sunday night.  We truly apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you and your family.

If you need to change your RSVP status, please email me here.

Speaking of RSVPs, June 1st is coming this week, and there are quite a few people we haven't heard from yet.  If you would like to save yourself a trip to the post office, you are more than welcome to send your response through the email address provided above.

Times for the Rehearsal Dinner and Dessert Party won't be made available for a few months.  We will send out a newsletter to everyone when we have more details.

Question on Tickets...

Some of our guests are having trouble navigating to our discount ticket link, so here is a step-by-step guide on how to get there.

1⃣     First look at the navigation bar at the top of the blog, located above our Snow White date counter.  The far left tab is titled "Tickets".  Please click it.

2⃣     On the Tickets page you will see a paragraph detailing on how to go about ordering tickets with our wedding discount.  You can either call the phone number that is listed and tell them that you're a guest at the Nestor/Klein Wedding, or follow the link at the bottom of the paragraph that reads "Buy Tickets Now"

3⃣     If you choose to click on the link, it will bring you to the site that is shown below.  Fill in the dates of your stay and check the box accepting their disclaimer.  It will then bring you to the page where you actually order the tickets.  Please note that the prices you will see include tax, where if you went to Disney's main site to order normal tickets they do not.  That can be confusing because it will appear that you're paying more with the discount, but I assure you, you're not.

4⃣     That's it!  Easy-peezy.  So how much are you saving with our wedding discount?  It's about $20 a ticket.  There are other discounts available through being members of AAA and some businesses, like Enterprise, give a discount to their employees.  If you can get a better deal, then by all means, go for it!  This is just a good option for those of us who don't have access to other discounts.  Anything is better than paying full price!  (^_^)

Page Update

I updated the Room Guide. It has the discount info and info about renting DVC villas. Keep a look out on the top bar. I'll be adding tabs on discounted tickets, menus, events, and other Disney related stuff.

Happy planning!

Adventures in Alternative Floral

One of the biggest tips I've gotten from other Disney brides on staying on budget, is pick the three most important things to you about your wedding and and focus less on the things that don't make the list. For me, my Top Three List is: 1) Entertainment 2)Food 3) Videography.

I've been lurking the DisBoards wedding budget forum trying to get an estimate on what various things "might" cost me. What floored me was the cost for personal floral. It looked like my bridesmaids bouquets could cost me somewhere around $125 a piece... times four is $500! Knowing that flowers were not on my top three list, I decided to find something more budget friendly... but what?

I looked to my reception for ideas. I wanted to have something to tie together the two venues. I really don't have a lot to choose from. The TTC is so beautiful, it really doesn't require much decoration. My center pieces are various Moroccan lamps and I thought to myself, with having so much candle light at the ceremony... wouldn't it be pretty if my girls carried lanterns instead. Since I still wanted a pop of orange, I'd look for Moroccan lamps with orange glass. My girls would be able to keep them and as an added bonus we can use them to decorate either the cake table... One less thing to pay for!

After much searching, I found a lot of four lanterns for only $25. (O_o) I just saved $475! I can apply that to my entertainment budget!!!

Did I stop here? No way! I then started looking at Unity candles online and I thought the prices for those were way too much! So to continue with the lantern theme, I decided to get blue lanterns for our mothers and a tall silver one for the main unity candle. They're so beautiful!!! I like them so much more and they were a fraction of the cost.

Then... I looked at my own bouquet. If I were to have flowers, I'd want exactly what I'd picked out all ready. Again, the average bridal bouquet is around $300. Then I realized that our bridal portrait session was two days after the wedding. I would need to pay Disney for a floral refresh, which is about $100. Sadly, I looked at my top three list and decided to find another solution.

I don't really like the look of silk, unless they're "real-touch", but that can get expensive. And I wasn't feeling the lantern-thing for myself. I want some that is both alternative and traditional. Then I found brooch bouquets. They are sparkly and amazingly gorgeous. I am in love! The problem? Ones of a decent size are $300. The same price as my original bouquet... except I wouldn't have to refresh. But that's not good enough, I want to save more. So I doing the only thing I can think of. I'm making one myself.

My mom and grandma have lots of vintage jewelry and I also have some I've collected for costumes for theatre. My mom was gracious enough to buy me the supplies (floral tape, flowers for a base, ribbon... etc). And after telling my plans to Donna, she let me have my pick of some vintage pieces from Michael's family... which means the world to me. This bouquet is going to have so much meaning... way more than any old flowers would be. And thanks to my mom, my bouquet has cost me zero!

I started working on a few nights ago. It's not finished, but I'm just too excited, I want to show you what it looks like so far.

I've learned that cutting corners doesn't mean you're settling for less. By thinking outside the box and a little research, not only can you save some money, but you can make your wedding more personal and meaningful.

Pretty hair...

I saw this photo on Pinterest tonight. I think it looks beautiful and may be a contender for my big day. I know that the hair is curled and the braid is a low waterfall braid... what I can't quite figure out is how the front should look. I need to practice my braiding a little more before deciding on this style.

We signed the contract!

The contract and the deposit will be in the mail tomorrow! This is it. Now it's official. We are having a Disney wedding!!!!

It's confirmed!

It was meant to be.

We got the last time slot the Wedding Pavilion had that day... 7:30pm - the one I wanted! We wanted to reserve Tamu Tamu Courtyard, but it is only available 2 hours after the Animal Kingdom closes, which happens to be 8:30pm. It's perfect! Michael and I are so excited!!! We'll turn in our room-block info tonight and as soon as it's approved, we will get our contract and everything will be finalized. I feel like the angels are singing.

The Wedding Pavilion

Tamu Tamu Courtyard

Now Michael and I are working on our invitations. There's a lot of information that our guests need to know, it's going to be a bit of a challenge delivering it in your average invite. We've been throwing around some ideas, which I'm pretty excited about. I mean we're both graphic designers, we should be able to figure this out! The Save the Dates are ready to be sent to the printers. They're so pretty!!! I can't wait to send them.