Hi knot-ties! So this is my first posting on here. I'm a forum/board amateur lol.
I just got engaged this past July.
My fiance and I have been together for four years. On our 4th anniversary, he proposed on the balcony of our room at the Grand Floridan Hotel with the view of the beautiful lake and Cinderella's castle. I dreamed that one day he would propose to me in front of Cinderella's castle, I never told him that, and it was so amazing that it happened.
He proposed with his grandfather's diamond ring, which we then used the vintage, rose cut/old miner diamond for a custom designed ring. It's so beautiful and I love the story we can pass on to our future children.
So it's September and we just started our search on venues. We went to Disney last week, I've been gravitating towards the "Disney Fairy Tale Wedding." It seems fitting to me since we were engaged here. But I'm also open to other venues, I just wanted to us to check out Disney first. Well, needless to say my inner child and myself fell in love with the idea of a wedding at Disney World. So much so, that I during lunch after the consult I started crying realizing that I loved the vision I saw and how emotionally attached I was to Disney World. My favorite bonding moments with my family were at Disney World.
Well, the date that we want is 11-11-11 (The reason for the 11-11-11 date is because I always remind my fiance at 11:11 on the clock we gotta make wishes and for us to have and 11-11 date seems like both our wishes came true..) and it seems like the ceremony location and reception location we really want is not available on that day. We would have to settle for another location on the disney property (not that we didn't love the other location we set up, it just wasn't our top choice). On the other hand, in order to have the dream wedding setup we could plan on a different date.
So basically, We would have to give up our dream wedding locations to have our dream date(11-11-11) or get our ideal wedding locations and give up the 11-11-11 date.
Now, we our still open to checking out other venues, but I feel like after our visit there I had that "bride gut feeling" that says: "this is it, this is the place, I don't want to look anywhere else." But I guess I do want to keep an open mind, so I haven't put my foot down just yet..
I don't know what to do. :'(
I feel like If I'm willing to give up the date for the ideal spot at Disney, I might be afraid I'll regret not keeping the 11-11-11 date
or if I keep the 11-11-11 date, but settle on the 2nd best Disney location, then I might regret I that I didn't pick the location over the date
Then, there's the idea of the just keeping the 11-11-11 date and find a venue outside of Disney...
LOL sorry for my ramble! What are your thoughts?
I think I'm putting waaaaaay too much thought in to a date and venue! Help!