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A Marriage Proposal, a Little Gustav and a Whole Lot of Magic! TR
I can't believe we have been home for 9 days already! How I wish we could go back and do the whole vacation all over again.....but this is my solution, to write a Trip Report and relive all the wonderful, and some not so amazing, memories!
Who's involved:
Me: Karyn - grad school student who needed to get away from any sort of school activity.
DBF: Craig - also a grad school student who also needed to get away from any sort of school activity.
We thought - where is the best place to go and get away from it all? Disney of course! Both Craig and I are avid Disney fans and once we decided on the destination, we couldn't wait to get down there!
The dates: August 24th through August 30th
The place: Port Orleans French Quarter
I'll get to the proposal soon, but not quite yet!
Sunday, August 24th
Day One, Part One:
Craig and I wake up at 4:45 am and grabbed all our luggage to put in the car. My amazing parents drive us to Logan airport in Boston for our 8:30 am flight on Jet Blue (parents who wake up that early on a Sunday really deserve a prize!). In the airport we sit next to a quite family (mother, father, DS around 22 and DS around 17) who also arrived ridiculously early, so we figured they must be Disney fanatics as well! As the minutes tick by I'm growing more and more anxious about our trip...the family next to us probably thought this was my first time (little did they know that it was my 5th or so trip!). Craig just laughed at me because I was so ridiculously giddy. As we board the plane the family we had been sitting next to were still right behind us and ended up sitting next to us for the whole trip. The mom (I never got her name!) was awesome. We talked and joked the whole way down and it made the trip much more enjoyable. The plane took off on time and landed a few minutes early! That certainly never happened to me before!
All my fears about DME were soon extinguished. Although the line was EXTREMELY long, it went very quickly. To my surprise everyone had all their documents out and were prepared when they stepped up to the CM. Once we were checked in and found the red carpet (kinda silly we had to actually ask directions to the carpet....), we were in one of the shortest lines to the resort. I figured we just missed our bus and would have to wait there for awhile....so I took a picture - our first in Orlando!
To my shock - we were on the next bus out of the airport! I thought for sure we would be sitting there for awhile....what a great surprise! We got to POFQ around 12:00, we were checked in by 12:15 and were on a bus to HS by 12:30 - I never thought we would be out of there so quickly! Our room wasn't ready yet, and we didn't get the building that we requested, but at this point I didn't care, I just wanted to get to the park and keep the giddyness going!
I was never a fan of HS, but I think that's because of the sequence I would see the parks. Going to HS first was a smart move. For the first time I actually had a great time there. After lunch, our first stop was the backlot tour. We were actually chosen to be the actors in the show ! I was the captain of the ship and Craig had to be the goofy guy falling around on the deck. Unfortunately, neither one of us could hear our cues ....so I don't think we did that great, but we'll never know because we didn't see the end video (I think they should have some way for the actors to see what we looked like!). On the way to Rockin' Roller Coaster a guy approached me....I was a little taken aback since he was very tall (I'm 5'10 so I'm talking 6'7 tall!) but he gave us his fastpasses! What a nice man Just kept the great day going. I had never ridden RR, WOW did it take my breath away! My face was sheer terror in the picture they took....I never have issues with roller coasters or anything, but the take off was pretty intense (I loved it in later rides though ). Next up was ToT. We met a man from Shanghai who was at Disney alone and had a great conversation with him while waiting. ToT definitley changed since the last time I rode - that new random computer chip they had made it so much more fun! We thought the ride was over....but were shot right back up for a couple more dips....so much fun! Then we stood in line for Toy Story Mania - it was an hour wait, and honestly I thought, why bother?! I wasn't thinking it would be that great, neither did Craig. We almost skipped it but we hung in there. Such a fun ride! Another shocker! I'm usually not a fan of these types of rides, but it was spectacular!
Around this time we decided to head over and get a great seat for Fantasmic! It was already packed, which shocked me, but we still found excellent seats. Craig called the number we received during check in to find out what room we would be staying at. When he called, the woman he spoke with said she didn't see our reservation . He repeated our information numerous times and she kept saying there was nothing in the system . Finally after the 5th or so time he spelt our names she found it - PHEW! Minor heartattack moment, although we had our park tickets so they obviously had all our info, but we were too tired to think clearly.
Fantasmic wasn't around the last time I visited and I was so excited for it. However, in the distance, lightning and thunder were rolling! I was afraid they were going to stop the show. Then it started to rain a bit. Now I was really worried. It was the ONLY day in our trip we could have seen the show because our ADR's would have interfered on all the other days. But no worries! Right around show time, the sky cleared and the show started as scheduled . What a great show! I'm so happy I saw it
By this point I'm exhausted! After being up at 4:45, I thought lets just head back to our room, get settled and pass out! We had been planning on going to the MK because of EMH, but I was beat. Craig said, lets head over there and see if we can watch the fireworks, you never know if we won't be able to see them later because of rain etc. Because we were religiously watching the NHC I knew he was right, there was a ton of storm activity around and so over to the MK we went.
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Great start. Glad you got to see Fantasmic. Isn't it wonderful? I can't wait to hear about the proposal as my DH proposed to me at MK in 1997. I can't take the suspense? Come back soon.
DBF and I were in that show last time too. I was the captain, he was in the little boat. I was kind of bummed he volunteered us since I was in this show the only time I'd been at DHS before - I was the captain then too, my now ex was in the same little boat DBF was in. I was so nervous doing this, I'm sure you can understand. They give so many directions - pick up the phone at this point, steer your wheel when this happens, scan the sky with your fake binoculars at some other sign. The whole walk up to the boat I was repeating my instructions to myself so I wouldn't forget a step. I agree, I wish you could see your tape somehow. Just once I'd like to actually see what it looks like from the seats. Sounds like you guys are off to a great start!
What a great start...what a busy day you had, glad you got to enjoy DHS and see Fantasmic. Glad you decided to go enjoy the fireworks...this way in case the weather did play havoc you would still get to have a night to enjoy them...
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I was so nervous doing this, I'm sure you can understand. They give so many directions - pick up the phone at this point, steer your wheel when this happens, scan the sky with your fake binoculars at some other sign. The whole walk up to the boat I was repeating my instructions to myself so I wouldn't forget a step. I agree, I wish you could see your tape somehow. Just once I'd like to actually see what it looks like from the seats.
I'm glad you agree! I was repeating all the instructions too....but the CM said, you'll hear us don't worry....uh huh, suuure! Haha, maybe we should just get our hearing checked ....either way I managed to drop every single prop! I'm a klutz what can I say
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What a great start...what a busy day you had, glad you got to enjoy DHS and see Fantasmic. Glad you decided to go enjoy the fireworks...this way in case the weather did play havoc you would still get to have a night to enjoy them...
It certainly was a busy day! I thought we were a bit crazy to be honest, but in the end it was a great decision.
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I can't wait to hear more! A Disney proposal....how incredibly romantic!
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Originally Posted by lissybri
I can't wait to hear about the proposal as my DH proposed to me at MK in 1997. I can't take the suspense? Come back soon.
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Originally Posted by bfth
Oh, you can't stop there....more!!! More! More!!!
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Originally Posted by disneydani
That is just way too much of a teaser, Karyn!
It wasn't even my plan to create the suspense! I have to wait until my photopass cd arrives. It was supposed to arrive today, but TS Hanna got in the way, hopefully it will be safe and sound in my hands tomorrow ...
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), we were in one of the shortest lines to the resort. I figured we just missed our bus and would have to wait there for awhile....so I took a picture - our first in Orlando! 
! I was the captain of the ship and Craig had to be the goofy guy falling around on the deck. Unfortunately, neither one of us could hear our cues 
....so I don't think we did that great, but we'll never know because we didn't see the end video (I think they should have some way for the actors to see what we looked like!). On the way to Rockin' Roller Coaster a guy approached me....I was a little taken aback since he was very tall (I'm 5'10 so I'm talking 6'7 tall!) but he gave us his fastpasses! What a nice man 
Just kept the great day going. I had never ridden RR, WOW did it take my breath away! My face was sheer terror in the picture they took....I never have issues with roller coasters or anything, but the take off was pretty intense (I loved it in later rides though 
. He repeated our information numerous times and she kept saying there was nothing in the system 
. Finally after the 5th or so time he spelt our names she found it - PHEW! Minor heartattack moment, although we had our park tickets so they obviously had all our info, but we were too tired to think clearly. 
. What a great show! I'm so happy I saw it 
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....either way I managed to drop every single prop! I'm a klutz what can I say 
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