Wedding and Magical Express

[PrincessK]

I think I know the answer to this but wanted to check with the experts.

I'm getting married in WDW in August and my maid of honor is the last guest to arrive at 3pm on the day of the rehearsal dinner. I have suggested to her that by using Disney's Magical Express to Pop Century, there's no possible way that she'll then make it over to the Polynesian by 5pm. Am I right?

If that's the case, how can I tackfully suggest that if she's worried about cost of transportation I'll pay for it? Then again, I could be wrong and she may make it.

Any suggestions?

Kristin

 

[Kingdom Konsultant]

You could tell her that you have set up a towncar servie to take her to the hotel to check in so that she will not feel rushed when she gets off the plane. She will not have to worry about the time it will take for her to get to the hotel and then over to the Poly.

Just make sure that she grabs her own bags at the airport. It will take about 30 mins to get to the hotel and it will be another 30 to get checked in. Some towncar services will offer a grocery stop, perhaps you can talk to them and ask them if they can wait for her to check in and then take her over to the hotel since there isn't a bus that will take her directly there from her hotel.

I think that this is the best way to get her there on time. If you make it sound like you are doing this to help her so that she is feeling more relaxed, it will be a good thing and I am sure she will understand.

Goos Luck with everything!

Pam

 

[gary_flower]

Im getting married at WDW in december. (CANT WAIT)
anyways im having the same sort of problem with my father and best man gettting to the suit fitting on time. i cant rearange it as there is no other days left. there driving from tampa where they are spending the first part of there holiday and ive been worried they wont make it.
But remember its your day and they should be doing as much as possible to make it easier for you and get thing just right for the day.
Kingdom is right, get a town car to pick her up then there is no danger of the bus being late and one to take her to the rehersal. it would be worth the money.
like kingdon said, make it seam like your doing it for her. not to rush her and give her peace of mind. Anyways, it will be her that looks silly if she turns up later or misses it so she is the one that should be realizing she needs to sort something out.

 

[wannabeBelle]

I think I know the answer to this but wanted to check with the experts.

I'm getting married in WDW in August and my maid of honor is the last guest to arrive at 3pm on the day of the rehearsal dinner. I have suggested to her that by using Disney's Magical Express to Pop Century, there's no possible way that she'll then make it over to the Polynesian by 5pm. Am I right?

If that's the case, how can I tackfully suggest that if she's worried about cost of transportation I'll pay for it? Then again, I could be wrong and she may make it.

Any suggestions?

Kristin

I Am a big fan of Magical Express and for most times I think it is just great. This is not one of those times!! Whenever we are looking at a time constraint like this I will ALWAYS advise a towncar!! They will help your M.O.H. with her bags and get her over to Pop really quickly! And as Pam said perhaps you can talk to the company and in lieu of a 1/2 hour grocery stop, just have her drop off her bags at Pop and go directly to the Poly. I know Pam and I have used Quicksilver Towncars and they were wonderful. The phone number is 1888-468-6939. Good luck with everything! Belle

 

[cmatt]

me and mrs cmatt where thinking about this but only taking two extra people (as i dont particularly like big weddings - i believe its more a spiritual thing....) anyway we want to do something *different* so what is the pricing like?

 

[PrincessK]

Including the Intimate Wedding, plus a week at the Poly, I think the grand total is about $5000.

We're doing an Intimate at Sunset Pointe with 14 guests...immediate family only. It's been such a breeze to plan, all of our guests are so excited for a vacation, and I haven't been stressed (with the exception of the transportation issue) once!

Feel free to PM me if you want to talk!

And thanks everyone for the advice!

Kristin

 

[ErickainPA]

I like ME as well, when we were there in December we took it to Pop, from the time we got the luggage to hitting the road, was about 20 mins, we arrived quickly, but it still takes time. Your MOH will probably not make the 5 pm rehearsal on time, close but things do happen, like traffic and other delays. It takes a while to get from the airport to the resorts, even if renting a car.


We had an intimate wedding at Sunrise Terrace at the Wilderness Lodge. It was about $5000. We only had my parents and my Aunt and Uncle attend. My parents drove from NY State and stayed with my Aunt and Uncle from Deltona, FL (1 hour away)

For our package not sure how much has changed (it was almost 5 yrs ago now): we got a wedding coordinator, choice of flutist or violinist (we went with flutist) choice of 2 tier wedding cake (we had buttercream with marble cake), champagne and/or sparkling cider toast, officiaint (we had Reverend Jack Day: www.revjackday.com), dinner at Artist Pointe (our choice), flowers (bout and bouquet) from a selection they offered and 1 week stay, upon check in they put us on conceirge level with a view of the castle, plus park tickets. We also had limo service for 4 hours. We used it the morning of the wedding to take us to the courthouse to get our license, they picked us up at 8 and we were back to the hotel in time to get my dress set up to press real quick and sneak a peek at a friend's wedding which was at 11, than back to my dress.

We didn't have a photographer because we had just gotten a new camera and just had my dad take shots for us, we have a wedding video that we just set the camera up and let it go. Our ceremony was to start at 3, but since we were all ready to go, Rev Day started early 2:50 and we were done by 3. Perfect Day

 

[CleveRocks]

If time is your only concern, then you will most likely NOT save time taking a towncar from the airport (after waiting for her checked luggage!) to her resort and then having her get to the other resort where the dinner is.

I don't know where everyone gets the idea that DME is slower than a towncar. In most cases it's not. The reported average time from landing to DME drop off is 70 minutes. And I did it in 53 minutes. A towncar won't beat that, or won't usually beat that by more than 5 minutes, due mainly to the wait for luggage at baggage claim. It's about 30 minutes on the road to just about any resort. So in my case, that would leave 23 minutes in play. In that 23 minutes, I waited in the DME Welcome Center line, waited in the bus queue, and waited on my bus before it left. Do you think that if you took a towncar, it will take you substantially LESS THAN 23 MINUTES to wait at baggage claim, have the driver go to the garage to get the car, bring the car to you, load your stuff into the car, dispense with paperwork, etc.? Let's see, 10 minutes waiting at baggage claim, 5 minutes waiting for the driver to get the car and get back to you, 5 minutes to load the car and dispense with paperwork, that's 20 minutes right there, and we all have known times when we waited at baggage claim longer than 10 minutes until we actually had our bags in hand, so ....

Here's what I suggest in your case. You MOH lands, she claims her luggage at baggage claim, and then she gets a towncar/taxi DIRECTLY TO THE SITE OF THE REHEARSAL DINNER. This will save the time of going from resort to resort. That will be the absolute quickest way. She'll still have to wait at baggage claim because DME won't deliver your luggage to your resort unless you ride the DME bus to your resort.

 

[ErickainPA]

I agree, most likely she will not get a chance to check-in her own hotel and still make it on time. Takes time to get to the resorts from the airport, plus if there is traffic or something else causing a delay. She just needs to have all she needs for th rehearsal with her on the plane, if she wants to touch up makeup and such, she can go and do that on the plane before landing. Depending on when her luggage gets put on the plane, that can eat quite a bit of time up, unless she only has a carry on size bag that she brings on the plane with her.

Much luck in this situation. Don't let it ruin your day though, have a good time.

 

[sring]

I agree, most likely she will not get a chance to check-in her own hotel and still make it on time. Takes time to get to the resorts from the airport, plus if there is traffic or something else causing a delay. She just needs to have all she needs for th rehearsal with her on the plane, if she wants to touch up makeup and such, she can go and do that on the plane before landing. Depending on when her luggage gets put on the plane, that can eat quite a bit of time up, unless she only has a carry on size bag that she brings on the plane with her.

Much luck in this situation. Don't let it ruin your day though\, have a good time.

I have to agree here. I had a fairly long wait in baggage claim back in April (it was over 45 minutes and pushing 11 pm). If there's a flight delay, it could be very tight indeed.

Tell your MOH to pack only the essentials in a carry-on and avoid checking luggage if at all possible, express mail the remainder to hereself at the POP Century, then take a towncar or cab.

Congrats on your pending nuptuals!

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"I swear this fully assembled riding mower fit in the overhead compartment on the flight down."

 

[GrowingUpDisney]

I know that the resorts will move your luggage from one to the other if you are changing hotels. Maybe you can arrange with Poly so that she can come straigh there (in a towncar - luggage and all) from the airport and while your are having your rehersal dinner her luggage can be transferred (by Disney) to POP. Then she can just check in after the dinner and her luggage is already there.

Just an idea