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what a great start
glad you enjoyed your trip to the studios- it is one of our faves - glad you enjoyed fantasmic - we love it to
hurry back with more please
Craig and I caught the second bus to the TTC and luckily there was a monorail sitting there waiting for us! Well, not really, but it was sitting there waiting and the timing was perfect. On the way by a TTC CM, Craig asked if we would make it to the fireworks....he said yes - Yay! Off we went. The ride was awesome! I absolutely love monorails, they should be everywhere across the US . Anyway, we get to the MK and get my bag checked - the line for wrist bands was ridiculously long so we skip it. We got in and were somewhat frantic to find a good viewing spot, but have no fear we found an EXCELLENT spot (right around the Main Street bakery) with only a few seconds before show time (literally once we spotted an open area the lights dimmed and the music started).
I loved the show - the singing actually brought me to tears. Tink flew! The only day she flew that we saw during our vacation (we saw the show three time...). Around the midway point, I put my hand on Craig's hand that was in his pocket....hint hint hold my hand! But he didn't which was somewhat weird...but I figured he was being a silly boy and was too tired to pick up on well developed cues I've been implimenting for three years . After the Blue Fairy came out and saved the day, Craig put his arms around my upper shoulders and now I'm seriously crying (I couldn't believe how lucky I was to be there, on top of extreme exhaustion and the inablity to control my emotions...). THEN....Craig asked me to marry him !!! He opened the box in front of me, but it was too close to my body to see what was really going on....I was confused. Now before I say my response, you have to understand we have been talking about getting married for over a year, but we also knew we couldn't afford a ring (the whole poor college kid thing...) and I figured he must have told my family about this grandious plan, and my family is notorious for not keeping secrets. So my response.......
"Are you serious?" Yeah, not the most romantic statement in the world , but it was genuine and he knows why I reacted that way (I hope anyway!). Of course split second later I said yes! What's interesting is, he was so calm the whole day. I've seen/helped other individuals propose and they were shaking in their boots...even with my off-the-wall response he was calm...he knew I would say yes. He truly is wonderful and somehow managed to create my fairytale proposal!
So now, we're in the middle of the Magic Kingdom with thousands of people surrounding us....and I feel like he and I are the only two in the park. I had no memory of the finaly, I don't think I saw one firework . No one around us really knew what was going on (except one lady on our left who was smiling from ear to ear and not paying any attention to the show) - but it really was the coolest feeling to feel like he and I were the only two in the park at that time.
After a bit of time, while the crowd was filing out, we found some of our bearings and we got wrist bands....honestly I don't remember much of the rest of the evening. I spent it crying, staring at my hand and kissing Craig. I do know that our first engaged ride was the Haunted Mansion (my favorite when I was a kid). The changes were AWESOME! Although on the ride both Craig and I were thinking....what will others think about our ride choice? Eh, who cares right?! Then we headed to POTC which was not working - so I thought lets go to Peter Pan! My other favorite ride, well this was somewhat of a mistake....who thought Peter Pan should have a fastpass? It was ridiculous....we waited for 50 minutes on a ride that used to just continue at a constant on/off rate. But again I didn't care! I'm still staring at my hand, however I was pretty sure the gentleman in front of me was going to murder the sweet CM in charge of the line. After Peter Pan we took pictures to remember the day....
And we found a really nice lady to take this picture
A few days later we took a picture of the ring!
(I have some photopass pictures as well, but for some reason I can't get them to upload (I can't get Craig's pictures small enough either), but once I figure out how to downsize them correctly, I'll post some of those pictures!)
Anyway after these pictures we took off and headed back to POFQ. Craig actually fell asleep standing up on the bus on the way back! What a long day, I think we got into our rooms after 1:00 am, but it was one of the most wonderful days of my life, so no complaints from this one !
Up next: First day at Epcot
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Just started reading you TR and I'm sitting here at work crying like a baby. How absolutly romantic. I could just feel your happiness pop out of the screen. Congratulations and I can't wait to hear more.
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Oh my gosh! What a wonderfully romantic guy you have there!
Getting engaged on Main Street USA - during the fireworks!!!!!!!! I am crying right now! How sweet!
What a great start to your married life!!!!!!
I can't wait for more!
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. Anyway, we get to the MK and get my bag checked - the line for wrist bands was ridiculously long so we skip it. We got in and were somewhat frantic to find a good viewing spot, but have no fear we found an EXCELLENT spot (right around the Main Street bakery) with only a few seconds before show time 
(literally once we spotted an open area the lights dimmed and the music started). 
. After the Blue Fairy came out and saved the day, Craig put his arms around my upper shoulders and now I'm seriously crying (I couldn't believe how lucky I was to be there, on top of extreme exhaustion and the inablity to control my emotions...). THEN....Craig asked me to marry him 
!!! He opened the box in front of me, but it was too close to my body to see what was really going on....I was confused. Now before I say my response, you have to understand we have been talking about getting married for over a year, but we also knew we couldn't afford a ring (the whole poor college kid thing...) and I figured he must have told my family about this grandious plan, and my family is notorious for not keeping secrets. So my response.......
, but it was genuine and he knows why I reacted that way (I hope anyway!). Of course split second later I said yes! What's interesting is, he was so calm the whole day. I've seen/helped other individuals propose and they were shaking in their boots...even with my off-the-wall response he was calm...he knew I would say yes. He truly is wonderful and somehow managed to create my fairytale proposal!
. No one around us really knew what was going on (except one lady on our left who was smiling from ear to ear and not paying any attention to the show) - but it really was the coolest feeling to feel like he and I were the only two in the park at that time. 
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