Well, after 10-days of wearing them in the parks and such, it wasn't that big a deal. I was hesitant to wear them on the way down. I felt a bit self-conscience, since people wouldn't know what the heck they were. Even when we were actually in the parks, some people still didn't get it.
We did mention at checkin, on the outbound, that we were off to WDW to get married but no upgrade.
On the way back, we had the ears on and our clerk remarked on them, but again no upgrade. Dunno if the planes were full or what, but I guess it just wasn't in the cards. No matter!
Getting on/off the plane in the ears can be a bit difficult if you are tallish- you'll likely bump them on the overhead bins. If you have a courrier bag or camera bag that goes over the neck and shoulder, you'll find yourself whacking the ears at first. Get used to removing/replaing the hat with one hand. For the gals, bring lots of bobby-pins as they'll disappear regularly. Posing for pics, you and your SO will need to become adept at jockeying the ears. Be prepared to be called "Minnie" or "Mickey" by very small children. Some will want to touch your 'ears'. The CMs get pretty excited if you are on your honeymoon and doubly excited if you've actually been married. Many of them that we spoke to had seen plenty of ears, but few on people who'd actually just gotten married. Some said they'd never found a couple who'd had their ceremony on grounds. Got a lot of skeptical "are you really newlyweds?"
The stares you kinda get used to pretty quickly, but I really enjoyed watching other couples walk by and pointing with big grins. You get lots of "congratulations!" and "did those come with the package?" The best was when I'd see a young couple where the woman would just kinda 'swoon, saying "awwwww". Her man would have a most pained expression, knowing that he'd have to now consider the whole Dsney marriage thing just because his gal saw us. Heh heh...poor sucker.
-Andrew
