Jennifer & Bill - November 5, 2007 - Our Disney Fairytale Wedding! - Page 19 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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This has truly been such a treat to hear all about your fairytale wedding! And the pictures - wow. They are gorgeous!! You are such a lucky girl to have had such an amazing experience. Thank you for sharing with us!!!!!!
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I just spent the better part of 2 hours laughing, crying and spending your wedding day with you.
You are a beautiful bride who wore a beautiful gown.
Dancing with your Pappy made me cry so hard that I could not see the monitor. Even typing this I had to take a break to get another kleenex. Thank you so much. By reading and seeing your wedding you reminded me of so many memories from mine over ten years ago.
Maybe someday we will renew our vows in Disney.
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Thanks so much Gina and Lauren. I had the time of my life. I had some great friends I met along the way- while planning on other message boards, that I've become closer to than friends I've known my whole life. So the magic of Disney, def. shown through before we even got married there!
I knew from the very begginning of reading your story that you would have a fairy tale wedding. You see the day you were having your first date with your now husband my husband Dave and I were getting married at the Wedding Pavilion.
Let's see now were do I start. I loved your report it was so well done. The pictures were just breath taking. You made a beautiful bride and it looks like everyone had the time of their lives. I am sorry to hear you had a few glitches, but I am glad you wrote in about them. Hopefully it will make a difference for future brides.
Jennifer and Bill! What a fantastic wedding! I sat here and bawled! It was the most beautiful wedding I have ever almost witnessed--I feel like I was there!!
You can't tell by the pictures that you were so very sick!! I wish you many, many years of happiness!
Wow...what a beautiful wedding....and such a romantic story of how you and your husband met! Very, very sweet! I'm going on 8 years of marriage this year and I was telling my husband all about your story and wedding and such and I told him that I soooooooo want to renew our vows at Disney...maybe at 10 or 15 years! He's all for it...yipeeeeee!!! And now we have a super sweet little boy who can stand with us during the ceremony!
I wish for you and Bill a very long...happy...magical...healthy life together! Take good care of each other!
Jennifer
All I can say is "BEAUTIFUL"!!!! Everything was so wonderful! Thank you for sharing your wedding. Best wishes to you and Bill.
I see you will be going back to your Happy Place soon. Have a magical trip!
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Jennifer,
I thoroughly enjoyed reading about and viewing the wonderful photos and videos of your fairytale wedding! Thank you for sharing.
We will be celebrating our 30 years of marriage at WDW this December and I wish you and Bill the same long and happy marriage that we have been blessed with and in thirty years I want to read all about your romantic anniversary trip to WDW, just the two of you!
What a beautiful wedding! You looked gorgeous and so did everyone in your party. What a sweet and special memory! I hope these first few months of marriage have been just as magical for you. Thanks for sharing with us!
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