Hope youre Happy you made a 44 year old man cry today!!! I was honestly touched by your Trip report and found myself in tears reading about the wonderful gesture your mom made in honor of your sister...God bless you all and best wishes for an amazing life together!!
Oh, no! That was never my intention. :lookaroun Just so you know, it really does mean a lot to me that you were touched by what my mom did. It was amazing and really made me feel like my sister was there with me throughout the entire day. Thank you for the well wishes!
Hooray! Glad you're back!
And I'm certainly *not* waiting on pins and needles for more wedding goodness
I'm back! I'm back! There's only a little bit of wedding goodness left to report on at this point. One last set of posts.
Oh my! Your pictures are toooootally killing me!!! So gorgeous! So sweet! Love love love it all! Oh please don't stop...mooooooore.............
Thanks, Kelly! I'm glad you enjoyed the "photo shoot!"
why will they not let you go into the parks in wedding attire? I totally have a picture of people in wedding garb getting their pictures taken at Epcot. That's a dumb rule. What if that is your normal everyday attire?
I think a lot of things factor into the equation. What Kelly mentioned definitely plays a part. I also think it has a lot to do with exclusivity. If you want wedding pictures in front of Cinderella Castle, you're going to have to pay dearly for them and you only even get the option if you're a Disney bride. It's another way for DFTW to get brides to book a Disney wedding. They've also got a rule that you have to use DFTW photographers for ANY in park events. Again, that speaks to the bottom line. So, I think even though there are a lot of "reasons" for it, what it mainly boils down to is money. If *anyone* can go in the parks and take wedding pictures than why should people pay for the super exclusive wedding photoshoots that DFTW offers to their brides? It would nullify them.
Oh my God Holly! you had me bawling once again at your report.... The story of walking by the pool area really got me!!! The pictures are amazing and I can not wait to read the rest of your report!
That was one of my absolute favorite moments of the entire day! It gives me cold chills just thinking about how kind all those people were. Thank you for all your kind words!
OMG! You know I thought ok this couldn't get any better. The pictures couldn't get any better and you couldn't get any more gorgeous.
And guess what??
I was so wrong, it does, they were. And you did!
The photos are breathtaking. How cool is the shots at MK. I had no idea you couldn't wear wedding attire. Fascinating. It makes sense. I just never really thought about it really.
I am trying to find one favorite and I can't just pick one. They are just amazing. All of them. How does one choose??
Aww, Aleisha, you're going to make me blush... and cry!
I was on pins and needles waiting to see those MK shots. I wasn't up on the ledge long, but while I was there I was thinking "this isn't really happening, is it?! Am I really taking wedding pictures in front of the train station?! No way." I tried really hard not to think about the fact that people were standing around looking at us.
I have a couple of favorites, but all for different reasons. Mostly, the ones I love are the ones that make me feel the moment. Obviously, that makes sense. :lol:
Wow! I agree! Your pictures are just breathtaking! I love the monorail shots and I'm so glad you waited for one to go by, because the one of you guys kissing with the monorail whizzing by may be my favorite picture ever!
Thanks, Tammy. We took a couple similar shots of us at the Polynesian monorail station and there's one that I like more of us, but the monorail doesn't quite have enough motion blur... and it's the zoooooooooooom that's so cool.
There are gorgeous.. gotta say that those black and whites are STUNNING (love black and white for some reason?) but "Brett's fav" at the Grand Floridian is my favourite. You're a beaut, guuuurl, whut up?
I've got all these chills, silly silly. Me and my wedding fever..
PS: Erica (re: Vorld and Vonder trip) tweeted me last week and I copy:
You're famous, even in the Cape!
I'm being twittered! Life is complete.
That's also my mom's favorite, too. I'm really glad we stopped at GF for those shots. I give all the credit in the world to my dress... she really came through for me. :sohappy: And, of course, Laine. We can't forget my Fairy Godmother!
Yaaaaaayyyy!!!! Killer shots! Y'all looked like you were having soooo much fun! That's my favorite part. What can be more awesome than Disney memories??? Thanks for posting all those! You could've posted twice as many and I don't think it would've been enough. All us girls are totally soakin' this up...every little drop!
Oh yeah... we were having a blast. Even Brett talks about how much fun it was to run around taking pictures. Definitely a favorite part of the day.
Oh Holly...that has to be the most entertaining photo session I have ever seen! The pics of you two in the arcade? Adorable and took me completely by surprise. And the splendiferous shots at the Grand? Just luscious.
I'm so glad Jason suggested the arcade. Brett even said that it really loosened him up and made him realize we could be our silly selves. I didn't think I would like having random people in our shots, but I love the few that have people in the background... it kinda grounds the pictures and reminds me that it was just another day.
But the icing on the proverbial wedding cake has got to be the shots in front of the MK. You look so "Yeah, I'm standing in front of the Magic Kingdom in my wedding dress...jealous?" :animwink:
Ahhh the MK shots... they were kinda my "holy grail" shots, because I never dreamed that Karen would say yes! I think it went a little more like this, "OMG, am I really standing in front of the MK in my wedding dress? OMG! OMG! OMG!" Not nearly as calm and collected as I'd like to think! :lol:
I´m sooo glad you´re back! I´ve been biting my nails for the past few days, shame on you Holly for having me bite my nails! but I´m glad to hear you had a good time back in WDW, and I forgive you if you promise to have a TR on that also... As long as you finish this one first
BTW I looove your pics. They don´t look like the usual wedding pics where everyone tries to look perfect. You look like your natural-fun-selves.
Nail-biting = not good! There will definitely be a trip report on Pixar Weekend... the question is, when?! I have all intentions of getting it done though, even if it takes me all summer!
I'm so glad you can see the natural-fun us in the shots. That's definitely important to me.
hollybelle the pictures are beautiful. you were a beautiful bride. had me in tears up to the ceremony.
congrats to you and brett! and may you both live happily ever after!
Aww, thank you, Louella! We had the most amazing day. I think this was the perfect way to start our happily ever after!
Oh, Holly! Thank you sooooo much for sharing all of these pictures! They really are such a treasure. It is so much fun to see them all - thanks for letting us in on your special day!
Absolutely, I'm more than happy to share the pictures. I'm just excited that people want to hear about our day!
Holly: The photos are simply stunning!! You and Brett look like professional models!! I love the ones at the Grand Floridian! The MK shots are beautiful as well! You guys make a great looking couple!! Your photographer was fabulous, but he had gorgeous people to work with too!
Pam
Too kind, Pam! It was funny because when we were sitting on the bench at the end of the boat dock, Brett was like "are you smiling for ALL of these?" Ummm... I don't think so. We were having trouble figuring out what to do with our faces. I felt like every picture was going to look the same. So we started mixing it up with the no-teeth smiles. :lol:
LOVE this one..... and thank -you for taking the time to do this report in such amazing detail. It makes me want to find a man that loves Disney and have such an amazing fairytale wedding.... Hmmm where to find that man??? I wonder if there are any Disney matchmaking sites? OOOPs....... sorry..... back to your report !
Thanks, Rose! I think Jason caught that picture of us while he was "testing" his settings. I think that's how he caught some of the more authentic moments. There should TOTALLY be a Disney match-making site. Or, like, a Disney singles weekend. But don't worry, if you find someone who isn't a Disney aficionado, all hope is not lost. Brett had to convert me, and look how that turned out!
I am seriously impressed you could get all that in with just 2 hours! It took us 2 hours to do ours, and we never even left the church!
I'm thinking that not having a wedding party helped out A LOT. After we took the family shots, there was just Brett and I to photograph.
Beautiful pictures! Jason did such a nice job
I can't pick a favorite!
Thanks, Jess! Jason deserves all the credit in the world... especially seeing as how he had to deal with that harsh midday sunlight.
Amazing photos! You guys look fabulous. I feel like I'm looking at a DFTW brochure. I love the pictures of you looking over the balconies (at the GF and the Poly)...oh, and the hammock ones, the one of your feet in the sand, all of the ones in front of the MK...ahh, so many great pictures!!
Ever since you posted your printed materials in your pre-trip report I have been curious for the "surprise event"...can't wait to see what that is. I have my guess...hope it's right!
Thanks, Shannon. I love those hammock shots. The fisheye lens was a perfect choice for those.
You're probably on the right track with our "secret event." I'll be posting about it later today!!!!
Wow! Great pics. What a wonderful wedding trip report. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Chris. I'm having so much fun writing it!
I love the photoshoot pictures! I can't believe how much you got done in 2 hours (and the monorail comment is hysterical!).
Aww, I love those songs! Once Upon a Dream and A Whole New World are 2 of my favorites (and the Pirates theme is pretty awesome too). And I agree...it is very fitting that the place we would meet would be a character line!
We initially had plans to stop at the Contemporary, too, but I gave those up when I got an affirmative on the Magic Kingdom. A small sacrifice to make, I think. The teens on the monorail were AWESOME! They had Jason, Brett, and I all in stitches.
