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hey congrats...i realize im very behind when it comes to reading this but its a wonderful tr so far and i cant wait to hear more...hmmm im also curious if ill be haveing a certain question asked to myself on our upcomeing wdw trip in 2 weeks there was some mention from dbf how nice it was to know he had a 4000 credit line at kay jewlers hmmmmm very suspicious i would say .....nice to see other bostinians although im not one but my aunt is and some friends and another aunt soon will be mayb ill become one myself .... though i would have to leave my yankes stuff here well dbf would have to i dont rly care arent the sox better ne ways? ha what do i know keep the tr comeing !!
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I loved your TR so far and can't wait to read the rest. My fiance was going to propose to me in Disney but after hearing warnings from friends and family about what could happen (lose the ring, i find it since i pack, get detained at airport etc) he did it on the mountain we had our first date on
ANXIOUS FOR MORE!
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Karyn, what a thread, and how awesome of Craig to propose to you at WDW! Lucky you and Craig get to share your Wedding Month with DH and I (Our Wedding was June 1, 2007). Can't wait to read about the rest of your trip and hope the Wedding Planning isn't stressing you out too much. I'm actually a Wedding Planning Major and love it Congratulations to you and Craig on your Engagement and can't wait to hear how your Wedding Goes Best of luck to you both and your ring is gorgeous
Oh my goodness how time flies by! Thank you for all your comments and I apologize for not finishing earlier. After writing my last final paper EVER (other than the thesis that I NEED to get working on) I decided I would treat myself and reminisce about the last day and a half of our trip
Ok, so a few of you thought you might have guessed why we had such sad faces in our last picture. If you guessed because we were stuck on the monorail, you would be right! Haha, for a trip with so few mishaps there were certainly no complaints, but we were on the monorail for about an hour because the "car" (or whatever they call them) in front of us was stuck at the Polynesian. Although I was a bit sad that an hours worth of playing in the park was gone...it ended up being just fine because we had a great conversation with a lady and her granddaughter
We didn't have much time to spare at the MK because of the delay and also because we were going to the California Grill that evening and I really wanted to get all dolled up! It was our big dinner of the trip. I recently found out that Craig's original plan was to propose at the dinner during the fireworks, but apparently a comment I had made probably a month earlier changed that plan. We were watching an episode of Whose Wedding is it Anyway and the groom had proposed the last day of the trip - I guess I said "well that's silly, he should have proposed on the first day so they could have celebrated for the entire vacation." This is a testament to Craig being a great listener and a great man to watch such a girly show with me! Anyway, I'm glad everything worked out the way it did!
Craig took some amazing pictures at the MK. And of course we had a bit of fun playing dress up at POTC! We only did a few rides because of the time limitations. Philharmagic, Splash Mountain, Pirates, Haunted Mansion and the Railroad (in all the times I had gone to the MK I don't think I ever went on the Railroad! Crazy, I know but it was the last ride we went on because we rode it back to the entrance ). At this point we headed back to the room to get ready for the big dinner!
(We later found out that this was the day Michael Phelps was at the MK to celebrate his gold medals. Ok, I love Disney, but couldn't they have advertised a little! We had NO idea and we were infatuated with Michael Phelps. We were there 2 hours after he was and there was no sign of him or the parade, oh well!)
Craig's pictures:
When we were sitting in the room, I thought - you know we have plenty of time to go back to the MK so we can get some pictures of us with the castle all dressed up! It was a great idea, I'm so glad we took the time to get some professional pics. Before we left we took some pictures at POFQ
Pictures at POFQ:
Photopass Pics!
Waiting for the Monorail at the Polynesian
On the monorail and it was moving!!!
(I'll finish the update by tomorrow afternoon at the latest! I need to drop off that paper I was talking about earlier )
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Awww...Karyn, at least you have a FH who listened quite well when watching the girley bridal show with you (p.s. that's my guilty pleasure, some of those are an absolute riot-"Bridezillas!", but it has to do with my area of study). I'm so sorry to hear you got stuck on the Mnorail for an hour and missed Michael Phelps. That would have been awesome to see. My, my you and Craig look all snazzy all dressed up. I love your pictures. Good luck with your paper.
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Great update, Karyn! to hear you were stuck on the monorail and lost some park time. the photos of the two of you dressed up! That Dumbo photo is pretty incredible too. Looking forward to hearing more
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This is a testament to Craig being a great listener and a great man to watch such a girly show with me! Anyway, I'm glad everything worked out the way it did!
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to hear you were stuck on the monorail and lost some park time. 
the photos of the two of you dressed up! 
That Dumbo photo is pretty incredible too. Looking forward to hearing more
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