aristocatz
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Just wondering if anyone on here has a wedding that is going to be potponed due to WDW closing & coronavirus? I wondered how DFTW is handling this.
Has Disney reached out either way about it?Son‘s wedding set for 4/24 so not cancelled but concerned it may be.
Our wedding is May 9 and we have not rescheduled.
So far, everything with DFTW seems like it's business as usual, although everyone is working from home. Our final payment is still due on April 9. We spoke with our photographer yesterday (not an outside vendor - he's from DFTW) and he says they are anticipating April 19 as the day they go back into the office. Obviously, we know this can change, but we won't reschedule unless we absolutely have to.
We'll have about 75 guests so we won't make a last minute decision. If we reschedule, we'll just "pick up" the whole day and all our plans and choose another day, likely in June if WDW is open by then. We're doing our best not to be too stressed about it - just hoping for the best but being prepared for the worst. We know DFTW will make everything perfect!
Thank you! I hope you stay safe as well.Good luck. Hope and wish for the best and a good outcome. Would love to know how it's all handled as things move along one way or another.
Stay safe!!!
Update on this, my sister ended up getting married in Indiana, in front of a minister just the two of them. This was not her first marriage, to postpone everything just didn't work into their planning. The wedding chapel in Gatlinburg refunded everything but 1600.00 , I still think that was so wrong but I am glad she is now happily marry. Now I have a ton of wedding wands to figure out what to do with them haha. So happy Anne W. was able to postpone her wedding and feel good about it. I think November at Disney is truly magical and I can only imagine how beautiful the pictures will be, God speed to all you that have an upcoming wedding, God speed.My sister was scheduled to get married March 28th 2020 in Gatlinburg TN at one of their chapels there. The wedding party had to cancel due to various travel restrictions in the US, and of course no one wanted to travel and gather and possibly be exposed . Not to mention all the eating places were closed and they changed her wedding reception to a hotel , the whole venue was changed and not for the better, no one was going to show so she was forced to cancel, they refused to give her a full refund and kept 3000.00 of her money, I feel so sorry for her this has been a huge nightmare and never again will I want anything to do with Chapel at the Park in Gatlinburg, I think this was very unfair of them to keep over half her money she had invested in this especially with all the closing there in TN as well. She lives in Indiana and this has been very stressful to say the least.
Son‘s wedding set for 4/24 so not cancelled but concerned it may be.
Well, sooner than we thought, I have an update about our May 9 wedding date!
We spoke with our coordinator this morning and while DFTW is allowing couples in May and beyond to decide what they want to do about their weddings, April couples are being told to postpone or cancel (without penalty and with a full refund). We decided that we would go ahead and postpone until the second weekend of November 2020, so likely either the 13th, 14th, or 15th. We just need the go-ahead from Epcot that our reception location is available to make our final decision.
Rather than being really upset about the postponement, we are actually relieved. We love Food & Wine in the fall and the weather in November is usually ideal, so there are some benefits to the adjustment. We're having a theme park portrait session, too, so we'll have all the Christmas decor in our pictures! There were so many unknowns for May, so this just allows us to take a breath and know that everyone will be safe at home.
Stay healthy, everyone!
November is a great time to get married at Disney. I got married there on 11/11 and had perfect weather and some Christmas decorations in my Epcot park shoot. I hope you have a fantastic wedding! I’m sorry you had to reschedule from your original date, but your wedding will still be wonderfulWell, sooner than we thought, I have an update about our May 9 wedding date!
We spoke with our coordinator this morning and while DFTW is allowing couples in May and beyond to decide what they want to do about their weddings, April couples are being told to postpone or cancel (without penalty and with a full refund). We decided that we would go ahead and postpone until the second weekend of November 2020, so likely either the 13th, 14th, or 15th. We just need the go-ahead from Epcot that our reception location is available to make our final decision.
Rather than being really upset about the postponement, we are actually relieved. We love Food & Wine in the fall and the weather in November is usually ideal, so there are some benefits to the adjustment. We're having a theme park portrait session, too, so we'll have all the Christmas decor in our pictures! There were so many unknowns for May, so this just allows us to take a breath and know that everyone will be safe at home.
Stay healthy, everyone!
We're May to November as well and feel the exact same way. Stressing about whether WDW would even be open - not to mention standard wedding stress - was driving us nuts! We want to relax and be able to enjoy the process, especially since our experience with DFTW has been amazing every step of the way.We have moved our 19th May wedding to 18th November. Happy we postponed when we did, now we can stop stressing and looking forward to our wedding again.
And yes, very excited for the castle to be lit up for our early morning portrait session!