Fast Facts: Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings and Honeymoons
- Traditionally recognized as a top-ranked wedding and honeymoon destination, Walt Disney World Resort currently hosts more than 1,200 couples tying the knot each year. Beyond Disney’s Wedding Pavilion, nuptials at Walt Disney World Resort also take place in outdoor garden settings, gazebos and courtyards, theme parks, as well as indoor resort locations.
- Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2016. All told, more than 50,000 couples have married at Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland, Aulani and aboard Disney Cruise Line since Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings began in 1991.
- Couples have traveled from every state in the United States and from international locations such as Japan, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands to get married at Walt Disney World Resort.
- Some couples choose non-traditional methods of transportation to arrive to the ceremony — such as Cinderella’s Coach, a horse-drawn carriage or vintage automobile.
- According to wedding industry experts, Walt Disney World Resort continues to be recognized as the top-ranked venue for honeymoons and destination weddings, and a growing engagement destination.
- The sky is the limit for themed weddings — from an enchanting Cinderella-like wedding in Magic Kingdom or a Hollywood extravaganza in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, to international-themed nuptials at Epcot or a safari-themed reception at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
- Wedding prices begin at $5,000 for an Escape Wedding Collection gathering for up to 18 guests. Wishes Wedding Collection ceremonies start at $12,000.
- The first wedding at Disney’s Wedding Pavilion was televised live June 18, 1995, on Lifetime Television as part of its “Weddings of a Lifetime” series.
- The Knot.com recently named Walt Disney World Resort the number one domestic honeymoon destination.
- Disney’s Fairytale Weddings & Honeymoons has been featured on “ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” Travel Channel, WE TV, Food Network, Cake Boss, The View, and Live! with Regis and Kelly.
- At least twice throughout the history of the Walt Disney World Marathon, couples have stopped mid-race to get married in front of Cinderella Castle in Magic Kingdom.
- Disney’s Honeymoon Registry (DisneysHoneymoonRegistry.com) is a complimentary online service that allows couples to create a gift registry for components of an all-inclusive honeymoon to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, aboard a Disney Cruise Line ship, at Aulani – A Disney Resort & Spa, or at select Disney Vacation Club Resorts.
- In December 2010, Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons launched Ever After Blog (DisneyWeddingsBlog.com), the first Disney blog outside of the Disney Parks Blog.
