Our Life Is A Honeymoon
What if you could intentionally create the romantic relationship of your dreams? Great news- you can. On Our Life Is a Honeymoon with Tim Obert and Amy Considine, this fun and loving couple shares the real-life practices that keep their connection not just alive, but thriving. They give their love a 10/10 and want the same for you. Whether you’re calling in your dream partner or deepening an existing relationship, this podcast offers conscious, practical ways to nurture love and watch it grow stronger every day.
Our Life Is A Honeymoon
Planning Our Disney Wedding… It’s Harder Than We Thought
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How did planning a dream Disney wedding turn into a real-life lesson in communication, expectations, and staying grounded… when stress, decisions, and emotions started stacking up?
In Episode 15, Tim & Amy share where they are in their wedding planning journey—and what it’s actually been like behind the scenes. From excitement to overwhelm, this process has challenged them in ways they didn’t expect… but also brought them closer together.
You’ll hear:
✨ Why choosing a Disney wedding felt like the only option (and what made it finally click)
✨ The moment excitement turned into overwhelm—and how they worked through it
✨ How “wedding meetings” became a game changer for staying connected
✨ The guest list reality that brought unexpected emotions
✨ The date decision process (Valentine’s Day vs 2/18—and letting go of control)
✨ The shift from assumptions to true partnership in decision-making
✨ Why they’re moving to 2 episodes per month—and choosing their relationship first
They also share what this season is teaching them about intentionality—how to slow down, communicate clearly, and protect what matters most while navigating a big life event together.
📚 Disney Wedding Resource We Mentioned - A huge part of our wedding planning journey has been learning from Carrie Hayward. She’s been an incredible resource for Disney weddings:
🎙️ Podcast: Disney Wedding Podcast by Carrie Hayward
📖 Book: Fairy Tale Weddings Guide (unofficial Disney wedding planning guide)
If you’ve ever planned something meaningful with someone you love… and felt the pressure that comes with it- this one’s for you.
Has a big life moment ever tested your relationship in unexpected ways?
Tell us in the comments 💛
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Hey everybody, welcome back. We are at episode number 15, and this episode is all about our wedding and the planning of it and the reason we are going down to two episodes a month. And so, yeah, let's get into it.
SPEAKER_00The universe brought us together.
SPEAKER_01That we know.
SPEAKER_00And together, we want to share that story with you.
SPEAKER_01As well as all of the practices we do to keep our relationship thriving.
SPEAKER_00Because to us, it feels like our life is a honeymoon.
SPEAKER_01We want that same joy for all of you. I'm Tim.
SPEAKER_00I'm Amy, and this is our podcast. This podcast is brought to you in part by Considine Homes, proudly serving your real estate needs in South Florida with honesty and integrity and offering trusted referral partnerships in all 50 states and beyond. Hey everybody, welcome back. So, yeah, to catch anybody up who hasn't listened previously to our podcast, Tim and I are getting married. Um, we are getting married in February of 2027, and Tim surprised the heck out of me by proposing in January of 2025. Um that whole story is on another podcast. So you can go back in our library if you want to listen to our proposal story in more detail. But regardless, um we're super excited to get married, very excited when Tim proposed. I was extremely excited. And then we got home and I was so stressed out at the thought of having to plan a wedding and all the details that go into it. And it just felt, it just felt suffocating and overwhelming. So um we came up with the idea of having our wedding at Disney, and to me, um, that's the only way it's gonna work for me. Anyone that has listened to our podcast knows we are obsessed with Disney. And to me, I guess the stress would be balanced by the endorphins of thinking about planning everything at Disney. So we have um gone ahead and and jumped forward and and that's the direction that we're going in.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah. The uh just to kind of comment on the Disney part, just the complications of a wedding outside of Disney, just for us, I feel like feel not worth it. And just the idea that there's a possibility that an official Mickey could be at our wedding.
SPEAKER_00That like top secret, Kim.
SPEAKER_01Could be. I'm just saying that's an option.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, there's lots of options. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_01So as the you know, the kind of the adrenaline kind of started calming down after the initial maybe month of of being engaged, we knew we had to get down to business because it was a big undertaking with planning a Disney wedding. And so we knew we had to be intentional to stay on track with this whole, I don't want to call it a project, but it kind of is a big project.
SPEAKER_00It's a monstrous project.
SPEAKER_01So, like everything else in our relationship, being intentional, we kind of found a way to slot in uh in our calendar check. Like, when are we gonna talk about the wedding? Uh you know, it just became part of our life. And so we Amy would always uh we'll get I'll get into it and get a little ahead of myself, but so they allow one year out. So we're February 2025 and we're engaged. January. Oh yeah, January, and then February 2027, we decided early on that was going to be our engaged or uh wedding day.
SPEAKER_00Wedding month, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_01And so the soonest we could actually start talking to Disney is one year out, and so that gave us a full year to work independently to start researching and learning because we realized there's a lot to a lot to it. It's like Disney, like there's just so many different worlds within Disney World, yeah. And we were both kind of just up until that point, it was just kind of like Disney Cruises or Dis like Disney Vacation Club. Until you get into it, it's just like a it's just over there, you don't really think about it.
SPEAKER_00And so it's a it's a monstrous mystery.
SPEAKER_01Amy Amy came across this podcast. Um, I think it's just the Disney Wedding Podcast or Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00I think so.
SPEAKER_01Carrie Hayward is this woman that runs it. She's amazing.
SPEAKER_00Amazing.
SPEAKER_01And so she has a book that Amy found and we ended up purchasing. It's been like it's like the Disney Wedding Bible.
SPEAKER_00Oh my gosh, it's unbelievable. Any Disney bride out there or want to be Disney Bride, you have to buy this book.
SPEAKER_01Yes. And so, yeah, we started reading that weekly and just making progress there. And then as we traveled to Disney throughout the months of that first year, uh Amy, it was a lot of Amy's spearheading, like, hey, like let's check out this venue, let's check out this. And a lot of times we couldn't even get in because you had to like set up a meeting, but we still kind of did some rogue.
SPEAKER_00We got in to a lot of places that maybe we weren't allowed to be in, but um, I'm crafty.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah. And we'll um I'll make sure to put in the show notes about Carrie's book and her Yeah, the podcast.
SPEAKER_00The podcast.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And so after doing a little bit of research, we we kind of became overwhelmed with all the different options and like this one worked, but it didn't work. Like she might have liked it, but I didn't like it, or maybe the we realized the cost didn't make sense in the vibe. And so we ended up um calling Carrie Hayward. She has a uh you can consult with her. Yeah, consult. And it's very affordable. I think it was like 30 bucks for half an hour.
SPEAKER_00Yeah.
SPEAKER_01And we Carrie, raise your prices, and we we just were blown away with what she had to offer within that 30-minute call. And so she directed us towards a venue for our reception after telling her where we wanted to be um uh have the wedding. And so she was like, How about you try this? And so we did it, and it was just it just things started falling into place. And then so after that, we realized it's all right, we have to come up with a guest list, and that was challenging because of the size of the venue. And it's just but we just stayed on track and you know, we worked together as a team. It wasn't not one decision has been made um without consulting with the other now partners.
SPEAKER_00So I guess that leads. Yeah, so early on in the wedding process, I guess um, even though I find myself to be a modern gal, um sometimes I realize I'm still holding on to antiquated belief systems. So when Tim and I started to read um the wedding book from Carrie, and there was um like a chapter on floral, I was like, we don't need flowers, like we don't even need to read this, like I don't care about floral. And so Tim was like, Oh, how do you know I don't care about floral? And I don't even think that it was that he necessarily cared about floral, or maybe I don't know, maybe, but it was the fact that um it didn't even dawn on me that he wanted to really be an equal contributor to the decisions. Like, I mean, I guess I just don't I don't have a lot of friends getting married, and um I feel like back in the day, and sometimes still like it's the bride that makes a lot of decision, and the guy just shows up, but that is not how Tim is, and I am grateful. Um, it does feel good because I know all the decisions don't lie on my shoulders, so that part feels good.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, she called me Groomzilla.
SPEAKER_00I think you called yourself. No, no, no, no, no. You made up that title. I did not call you Groomzilla, you made it out. No, well, anyway, regardless, he's our little Groomzilla.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, so so things are happening though now. So we finally hit um February 2026. We had been waiting and waiting. I guess to rewind, 16 months out, you're allowed to contact Disney, but like they really, you know, they kind of get some brief, uh brief overview of what you're interested in, but you can't put it in for your date, like your ceremonial reception date, until one year out. So um we at this point, we've talked to like a head of the wedding planning division, but we still don't have our specific planner. When you do a wedding with Disney, though, you are assigned a planner, which is also fantastic because again, if we were planning it like to have a wedding in Miami, uh, we're in South Florida for anybody that um you know hasn't watched the show before. I just can't imagine having to like be in charge of all of that. So we're very grateful that Disney provides a planner. So we've met with the planner and then we've met with a room block specialist, which is kind of crazy because before you even start inviting people, they want to know how many rooms you want to set aside. So um, but it's been exciting. Whittle down our guest list has been very, very challenging because our space that we've decided on is small. Um, it made a lot of sense. We want to get married in the wedding pavilion at the Grand Floridian, which is absolutely stunning. And that was part of our conversation with Carrie. Tim's dad, um, me maybe a little, we just don't want him to have to go too far. And my mom sometimes has walking difficulties. So um our White Hall is where our reception will be held, and that's all on the grounds of the Grand Floridian. So in order to keep it um comfortable for certain members that were important to us, now we have a venue that um only fits you know about 50 people.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it all worked out with Carrie's help. We didn't even really tell her that part, I don't think. She kind of just it just it all just fell into place.
SPEAKER_00Like I bet we we may have mentioned that. So she said to keep everything all on one property.
SPEAKER_01And to save money too, because you can there's like a transportation specialist.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. If you if you want your reception at a different area, you have to pay for buses and then you talk with the transportation. And it's not like a cheat, it's like I think twelve hundred dollars for a bus, you know. It's silly to add that when there was if there was a venue, a reception venue that we were blown away and we were like, this is the most magical place ever, then it could be worth it. But just out of all those options, nothing really stood out. So we're really happy with what we have now.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so the closer we, you know, we're getting to this one year out, the date, having to decide on the date became uh, you know, it's like we originally had one date, and then it then it's like, oh well, this date actually makes more sense. Like, how about this? We kind of just were flipping back and forth and not really sure what to do. And then we put uh with Disney, you have to put in three options when you are you when you are at that point where you're allowed to like officially book, and so you're in a lottery system where with other people that if they want that same date. And we uh had Valentine's Day and then also 218. And so you know, we we actually put Valentine's Day as our number one pick at a certain time, and then was it 218 was pick number two, or do we have two? I think we actually had two.
SPEAKER_00One was early, earlier, which I actually really didn't want. But to kind of go back, like we were having a hard time agreeing on a date. Um we originally had some different dates that we had talked about, and they started to not resonate with me. And so then since I was a child, the number 218 has it's like it plays in my head, and it's just I always felt that 218 is gonna be a really important number for me one day. And um, so I got kind of stuck on it, and then it in numerology, the um the day, the month, and the year equal 1111. So I felt like that was really a beautiful date. But Tim was open to it, but was interested in having I think the Valentine's Day date above 218. And I and I suddenly I I shifted too because I know it's not all about me. So I actually really did want that afternoon on Valentine's Day.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah. And the the whole process, it was I think it was more challenging than I was expecting, is kind of what I it's like each phase of this whole operation, it's like we come up to like a bump, and then it's like, all right, figure it out. Like we kind of make some choices, what's gonna work, what's not gonna work, and then it's like all right, on to the next thing and on to the next thing.
SPEAKER_00And it's like running a business. Yeah, it it is, but um so I don't want to cut you off, but I just want to make sure we know. So we I think we kind of just let it go to the universe, and we said, okay, if it's meant to be on Valentine's Day, we're gonna get Valentine's Day, and if it's meant to be on 218, and then we did not win that afternoon wedding spot on Valentine's Day, but we did get the 218, and and uh I I think that we both are just at peace with it.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it's a Thursday, correct?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, it's a Thursday, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_01And so yeah, it's just all worked out, and uh so this whole process has been emotionally challenging. I feel like I was way more stressed out than I was expecting to be just in general. Like I, you know, I've never just it's a new, it's a new journey. And one of the main parts of the early processing is is inviting people or just reaching out to people for us, since it's a destination wedding for a lot of people that reaching out to friends and family across the country. And we are having it at an adult-only wedding because uh to keep the list smaller because of the venue and all that, and just that's not going to work for some people that have children, that it's just not going to work. And so I just wasn't expecting that. Like I just didn't really think that through when inviting people that just certain people I thought would come aren't able to come, and maybe people that I thought wouldn't want to come are able to come, and so it's just a lot of like emotional, oh, oh, whoa, you can't come, oh you can, oh, oh. And uh, and so I just kind of got caught up in all that and had to kind of work through these feelings of of just expectations I might have had. And just you know, it's a lot of processing feelings and uh yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00Not taking it personally if somebody can't attend.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, and so Amy was there, you know, as my partner, and she was really able to just be there for me as you know, along this whole process. It it's it's a really I mean it makes sense um to do like to do this wedding thing. I mean, you really have to be in a like a strong because it's just like it's not for the weak.
SPEAKER_00If you have a so-so relationship, don't don't travel this path.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, and so um, so moving forward, we we're signing uh the I wouldn't say the law of attraction because it's the LOA, the law of agreement.
SPEAKER_00I like that one too. I'll sign that one too.
SPEAKER_01The letter of agreement, yeah. Um but I I do think it's interesting that it's the LOA, you know, law of attraction. That's been a thing of our relationship. Yeah, for sure. So things are moving, it's like we're things are just rocking and rolling, we're moving forward.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, yeah. We've signed on the dotted line. It's really happening.
SPEAKER_01You both happening. They're starting to take our money.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, that's the next step. Yeah, this weekend I I have to give our first deposit. Yeah, take my money, Disney.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, we're happy. We're happy to give it to them.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_01If we have to give it to somebody.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, we give it to them anyway, and no regrets on that. So yeah, yeah, awesome.
SPEAKER_01It kind of brings us to today.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, it sure does. So, so why did we choose to talk about this for our podcast today? Well, whether you're planning a wedding or any sort of large project or event that you're planning with somebody, we realize that it really helps to go at it with intentionality. Like Tim mentioned, like we set up literal wedding meetings. And maybe that doesn't sound so romantic, but we put it in our planner. And um, I think that that's why and how we've been able to get as far along as we are. Um, like when we read the book, um, that wedding book from Carrie Hayward again, it's fantastic. We would literally have meetings scheduled where we would sit down and read page, I'd take a page, he would take a page, and we had to make sure that we made time for it. Or, you know, uh the thing I don't want us to feel behind in this process in any way. I mean, you have, we now are like 11 months out, which sounds like a lot of time, but it's gonna go quickly and there's a lot of decisions to be made. So we kind of chunked it down and we're taking it um piece by piece. And I have learned to not make assumptions. And I think, you know, Tim too, like any any new idea, whenever we get an email from Disney, we wait and we read it together, unless it's like an answer to a main email that we've already opened together previously. And um, yeah, just no assumptions and anything is on the table. We get to talk it out and and come to mutual agreement on things. Or if we don't seem to agree right away, we each talk about how we feel about it, and we're we're a pretty amicable couple, and uh, we can usually see each other's point of view, so keeps it really healthy. And um, you know, at the end of the day, we're choosing to do it this way to protect our relationship. So, like we mentioned in the beginning of the podcast, we are only putting out our podcast now twice a month. Um, our podcast is great and it's a lot of fun, but a lot more work than we expected. And um, you know, our love and our wedding has to come first. So that is uh what we're doing.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, we uh originally started this podcast for uh four episodes a month, and that actually felt like a lot, but it was still doable.
SPEAKER_00But as the podcast or the wedding started to pick up steam, it it just it's not worth burning out and and not being the best versions of ourselves for each other at such a special time or any time.
SPEAKER_01And another point to make, like was zooming out, is is to like like we're getting married, like remembering this whole like signing these letters and and picking room blocks and all these different things, and to just like whether it's a wedding or a business or like anything, like a maybe a band, like why did you start this project because like we love each other and we we you know we expect this you know this big day to be important to us, and we sure do. And uh and so yeah, that's it's easy to get lost in the details, is kind of what I'm saying. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Um so yeah. The next thing I'd like to uh talk about here is our listener invite, which we do uh every episode. And so how have you handled working with someone you love on a big project? Um I mean, for us, we've I think the podcast and the wedding kind of started happening at the same time.
SPEAKER_00Hindsight is always 2020.
SPEAKER_01And so we are spending like we always spend a lot of time together, but this is like a new way of spending time together.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_01And and so our I feel like the foundations of our relationship have been really strong. Yeah, and so it's able to build on that. But I I mean maybe in other people's relationships, that's why I'm interested to hear uh you know, starting a big project with a uh close friend, member. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like a different type of uh relationship that can, you know, make it stronger and also could make it break it apart if it's yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00And I think you have to keep in mind, I mean, one thing I'm noticing, like it takes both of these things, the podcast and the wedding, they do take a lot of time, which takes away some of our maybe more casual hanging out time or like relaxing and watching a movie on the couch, kind of like I mean, there's only so many hours that you have in a week. So, you know, you just gotta go into these big things knowing that.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, things things shift, and uh it's it's important. You know, probably all I mean, just you get a pet, you get kids, you get kids.
SPEAKER_00Some people get kids. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_01So yeah, and then if there's anything we missed, maybe talking about this whole thing, just let us know. We're always uh happy to hear from you guys.
SPEAKER_00Oh, we're so happy. We we'd love to hear from you more. Please, everybody, we want to hear from you. Um, so I think we're at the time of our show where we do our happily ever after, which is usually some kind of little fun game, so you guys can get to know Tim and I better. And um, I brought this up in a recent episode. Um, it's a little card game called Our Moments Couples Edition. They have a family edition as well, and they're just you know, you pick a card and it's got a topic and you answer the question and you you get to know each other a little bit better. So, dear lord, let this be an easy one. We don't know what we're gonna be answering.
SPEAKER_01So about to read this one to you.
SPEAKER_00Oh, geez, Louise. Here we go.
SPEAKER_01What's the best compliment you've ever received?
SPEAKER_00Oh, geez, I'm supposed to think of that on the side. I mean, I I I've got it. Um I get it a lot, and I'm very honored um when people tell me I'm a really good mom. That is something that I've been intentional since before the kids were ever in my belly. Um and I've always wanted my kids to feel it, and my kids tell me I'm a really good mom. So that's that's huge. Okay, how about you, Tim?
SPEAKER_01So I am thinking, and just because of nerves, it's hard for me to think of things. But the first thing that came to my mind was maybe it was like 10, 12 years ago, a boss that I had, I think he was drunk. We were like hanging out, so you're hanging out, maybe like at a concert. Yeah, it was a friend. A band, you know, a band, one of the coworkers, and he was like, Tim, he's like, You are the nicest person I've ever met in my entire life. And um and it was like just a like random, a random day, uh random, and you know, it just you know, he he was drunk, but it was still like you know that's when the truth comes out. And so I just I like that.
SPEAKER_00I'll reiterate, you are the kindest person I've ever met. That's very, very true, 100%. Okay. Well, we thank you guys so much for um spending your time with us today, and we hope that you enjoyed hearing about where we are so far in our wedding process. And um, as things start heating up, I think we'll we'll make some more podcasts because I mean maybe not everybody, but I would like to hear the inside scoop on what happens in a Disney wedding and the choices that you have to make. So we'll we'll we'll put some more of this content out.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, very, very good. So um just want to say thank you guys for listening, spending another 20-something minutes with us. We um always enjoy, always enjoy sharing our content and coming up with these topics with you guys. So you can listen to continue to listen to us anywhere you get your podcasts, YouTube, uh, Spotify, Apple, and I think uh iHeartRadio. We're all over the place.
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SPEAKER_01Yeah, different countries.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, a lot of different countries, actually.
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SPEAKER_00So yeah, we uh we appreciate anything you can do to help us grow. And these are our easy ways that um would really mean a lot to us. So we thank you guys so much for being here and we'll see you in two weeks. Yeah, yeah, good one. Okay, great. So maybe that was a delivery. I know I'm like, oh my god, that's dark.
