This completely set the tone for the kind of day I was about to have. After entering, the first thing you see is this rather impressive cake table flanked by gorgeous Alfred Angelo dresses.
After oogling at the amazingly detailed dresses and cupcakes I headed for the vendors that were lined up around the perimeter of the room. First stop, cake designers! There were 3 different cast members working at that station. The first was creating chocolate roses by rolling out small ovals of colored chocolate and layering them. The second was airbrushing sugar flowers with basic food coloring. And the third was painting white chocolate figurines with melted colored chocolate.
Then... the best part.... Cake Samples! They had 5 different types. Yellow Cake with Strawberry Mousse, Yellow Cake with Watermelon Mousse, Yellow Cake with White Chocolate Orange Mousse with Diced Candied Orange Peel, Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Hazelnut Crunch Mousse, and last but not least Chocolate Cake with White Chocolate Mint Mousse with Dark Chocolate Shavings.
All of them looked tasty but I went for the chocolate mint. It was delicious!
Now, of course, there is more to dessert than just cake. They also had offerings of chocolate and strawberries, Chocolate and mint layered dessert shots with an Oreo, White chocolate and Dark chocolate push up pops layered with raspberry filling, and chocolate rounds with fillings of banana, coconut, and hazelnut.
Am I making you hungry yet??
Now, in-between each station there were some really creative cakes. Here are a few of my favorites:
At the end of this row of vendors they also had a booth for Alfred Angelo and an area for consultations from the Disney Fairytale Wedding's team. But at the very end they had this....
Cinderella's Royal Carriage...Love it!
They also had some lovely tablescapes:
Along the back wall they had the Sephora team hard at work doing make-up and nails while promoting their new "Jasmine Collection."
Then.....wait for it......more food!!! This time from some of Disney Catering Company's culinary artists. The options included: Pork chops served with Gratin, Shrimp appetizer, Char grilled sea scallops, and Poached pear and smoked Gouda salad. And to drink they had 2 signature drinks: "Something Blue" (with coconut rum) and "Something Almost Blue" (coconut drink non-alcoholic)
Believe it or not the booths continued down the row with representatives from Disney's Vero Beach and Hilton Head Resorts, Disney Golf vacations, The Disney Photography Studio, and Disney Fairytale Honeymoon's. The room was PACKED! But the best part had yet to come. At 1:00pm David Tutara was set to be the guest speaker! We made sure to claim our seats early on and it was a good thing too because by 12:00pm just about every seat in the place had been saved by a convention bag, purse, or jacket.
David spoke and answered questions for about an hour. He was fantastic! He only spoke a short time about himself and his background and really focused on interacting with the people who had come to see him. He listened to all the women (and the one guy) who asked him questions or who were having problems and answered them honestly and really tried to help. Even though I don't currently have event planning challenges to speak of, I really enjoyed listening to his advice and insights. And some of his candid responses were very entertaining. I was a bit disappointed when he didn't stick around to sign autographs or take pictures but he is a very busy man so I understand.
Overall, it was an amazing experience and would absolutely recommend going to anyone who is even considering a Disney wedding. I would also recommend going to any wedding planner so they can become familiar with the Disney product. I am definitely going to try to go again next year!
For the full album of all the pictures I took at the Bridal Showcase please visit my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/somethingbluesignatureevents
And the FOOD!! It was so good! I was very surprised how inexpensive the wedding were...considering where they are and how expensive any Wedding is today. Not cheap, but so easy with a good planner or 2. Great show!
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