The day I finally become a Wood!- 30th May 2013
 

Hi everyone, I think the time has come when I need to start a planning thread. I'm not the most organised of people and I'm starting to lose track, so think this will help me out a lot! and I'm hoping all of you lovely DIBB brides can remind me of all of the vital things I'm sure I'll forget.

So, I'll introduce my lot.

I'm Emma, 25 from a little village called Mossley in Greater Manchester. I'm a mental health nurse and lifelong Disney fanatic.

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My hubby to be is called Sebastian, 34 and a balloon artist extraordinaire! ha ha (we have a balloon decor business - Ballooniversal) and he is a not so big Disney fan, but loves the parks, sunshine and most of all golf!

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We have been together 9 years and did things in reverse! We have 3 beautiful children...

Bethany aged 7 (almost 8),

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Georgia Ella aged 4,

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& Haribo (Harrison) aged 1,

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We got engaged Christmas day 2009, and 3 years later, ta da...

We are getting married on 30th May 2013 at 11am at Cypress Grove:beer2:

We plan on going down to the Boardwalk following this then heading to Citricos for our meal and finishing off with a wishes cruise.

I don't want to bombard you all with info, so I'll keep it at that for now. Thanks for taking the time to read and would love if you could comment about my wedding plans, good or bad, don't hold back. x

Aww your children are so cute. Can't wait to read more about your plans :) how many of you are going?

Sounds fab but want to know more! How long you going for, where are you staying etc etc.

Oh goodness will have to have a think! Sorry I'l have to write it out in full or I'll miss someone, here is the guestlist:

1-5: my lot
6. My Mum Trish
7. My sister Katie
8. My brother Anthony
9. Seb's Mum Trisha
10. Seb's step dad Kevin
11. Seb's brother Richard
12. his better half Cath
13. Maid of honour Jasmine
14. her kids Romey
15. and Jake
16. Best man Craig
17. His GF Lesley
18. Her daughter Emily
19. Cath's daughter Becky
20. Becky's boyfriend
21. Becky's daughter Francesca
22. Amy Richard's daughter

last three are a bit random as I don't really know them but they were coming to Florida with Jas so I said they could come along.

23. Jas' brother
24. his GF
25. Jas' family friend Gladys.

I'm having 3 younger bridesmaids my 2 girls and Romey and 2 Older ones, Jas and Katie. I'm also having Harry and Jake as page boys.

We are going for 3 weeks, staying at a villa, but at Animal Kingdom Lodge the night before (me and the bridesmaids) and night of the wedding. We have also rented DVC points and got rooms at AKL for the mums and maid of honour's and best man's families for the night of the wedding.

Am looking forward to reading your plans. We also get married next year and like you have been together a long time and done everything in reverse :blush::d:

Very cute family photos!

Everything sounds great so far.

Yay great start Emma

You need to bombard us, you know we want to hear it all! xxx

Thanks everyone, here to bombard you some more!

A few months ago I was worrying about flight prices and after booking the wedding had horrible visions that they were going to go way out of our price range. So, when I saw the BA/Iberia code share flights I took the plunge and booked them for us 5 and my mum. Yes it means we will have to travel down to Gatwick but I was saving at least £500 and avoided all that worrying waiting for some affordable flights to come along. We are going over half term so I knew those prices would take some beating. Some other advantages with BA were that because we are flying with an infant the whole party got to book their seats free of charge (Bulkhead seats front row and the row behind, one of which doesn't have a seat in front), Harry gets full luggage allowance and the higher hand luggage weight allowance. We fly on the 22nd of May :spin:

My Mum has booked us all a Days Inn hotel for the night before free with her black card points. I really don't mean to sound ungreatful and it was a really nice thing to do but as it's a special trip I would have preffered to splash out on the Hilton or similar, but hey ho it's only one night.

I get free lounge access through Airport Angel with my Barclays account but you can't book in advance and I am worried it may be full on the day. I really fancy the idea of the No.1 lounge, so may end up paying for it, but I'll see how my finances are looking nearer the time! x

Beautiful babies! As you know I'm just down the road and I also work in mental health! Some strange coincidences here lol. Looking forward to reading along x

Aw thanks Liz, ha ha no way that you also work in mental health! Think we need the magic to keep us sane! x