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Congratulations on your engagement. You are a beautiful couple and I can't imagine a more romantic way to propose than standing in the Magic Kingdom watching Wishes.
I'm glad I finally get to read the story of your trip and engagement! And I have to add that I HIGHLY recommend a WDW honeymoon, with a dinner at Victoria & Albert's. DH had told me that the only way he'd agree to go to such a high-end place for dinner was if I did a money dance at the wedding. I was originally opposed to a money dance (which, I understand, is much more of a tradition back east or with Italian families - into which I was marrying), but I so wanted to try V&A's that I said yes. We ended up both dancing, after explaining to everyone why we were, and I actually enjoyed it. And, we ended up being able to pay for the dinner with that money (thanks to new FIL who gave me $50 ). My fave picture of our honeymoon is from there (shoot, I've told this story before on PP, I just can't remember where - so apologies if you've heard it before).
I'm glad I finally get to read the story of your trip and engagement! And I have to add that I HIGHLY recommend a WDW honeymoon, with a dinner at Victoria & Albert's. DH had told me that the only way he'd agree to go to such a high-end place for dinner was if I did a money dance at the wedding. I was originally opposed to a money dance (which, I understand, is much more of a tradition back east or with Italian families - into which I was marrying), but I so wanted to try V&A's that I said yes. We ended up both dancing, after explaining to everyone why we were, and I actually enjoyed it. And, we ended up being able to pay for the dinner with that money (thanks to new FIL who gave me $50 ). My fave picture of our honeymoon is from there (shoot, I've told this story before on PP, I just can't remember where - so apologies if you've heard it before).
No worries! I must have missed the post since I haven't read your before! What a great idea and a fun story! My parents went to V&A's when I was a younger and STILL remember how wonderful the experience was, I would certainly make it a must stop the next time we are in the area. DFia and I have been trying to figure out where we are going to go on our honeymoon. For a couple years now we were planning on Hawai'i, but now we both have Disney on the brain and since that is the place he proposed and it holds such special memories, we might be changing our minds. Plus we now know how much fun we can have as adults in Disney - and both of us want to return before we have kids. Another thought is doing a few days in Disney and then catching a cruise around the caribbean. We have awhile to plan (our wedding is going to be in June 2010) I'm sure we'll have all the kinks worked out by then!
Congratulations Karyn. That is so beautiful you brought tears to my eyes. You guys make a beautiful couple. Now when you have children and take them to WDW n the future, your DH can tell them the story about how he proposed to there. (my DH never lets them forget it. ) I can't wait to hear about your first day at Epcot. Love the ring also.
Hey it worked!!!!! Sorry about my excitement, but I just figured out how to get my photopass pics up and running! Anyway this is a shot from the proposal night just before we headed home....we had a few photopass pictures taken that night but unfortunately they were all out of focus. I'm going by the motto something is better than nothing!
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sniff . . . sniff What a magical proposal! Congratulations to you both!!
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Just catching up!! Amazing update!! Congratulations on the proposal!! Your ring is beautiful!!
What operating system are you using? XP or Vista?
Looking forward to more
Thanks Dyan! I'm using XP but I couldn't downsize the pictures enough (I usually use photoshop and downgrade the quality so they are a small enough file to fit) but I used Craig's photobucket account and that made the pictures small enough - see he's coming in handy already!
Before I start with my Epcot story, I have to change my cast of characters!
Me: Karyn - grad school student who needed to get away from any sort of school activity.
DFia: Craig - also a grad school student who also needed to get away from any sort of school activity.
Yay!
Ok....So back to day 2!
I was certain we were going to sleep in after the long night, but at 7:30 am we're up and ready to go! We caught the bus and were ready for an awesome day! Our first stop was Soarin'. After reading so many wonderful comments about this ride, I had to see for myself what all the talk was about. Honestly, I didn't think it would be that great, you know big screen movie theater, a few scents, dangling feet....eh I didn't really get it. But then we got on....WOW! Unbelievable....no it was not a thrill ride, but it is now far and away my favorite Disney ride. As soon as we exited we got fast passes for later, I couldn't wait to ride again! Next we headed to Spaceship Earth, my (prior to Soarin') favorite Epcot ride. Love love LOVED the changes. I thought it was great that they kept a lot of the integrity of the ride, while moderizing it. The end of the ride was so appropriate!
After riding Soarin' again, we headed to Mission Space, but the line was too long, so we grabbed a fast pass and rode Test Track. Test Track was much better than I remembered - I actually liked it this time around! We still had some time to kill, but it was around lunch time so we headed to grab a bite to eat. I was originally thinking we were going to eat at Morocco, but I didn't want to walk halfway around the showcase to get there, so we stopped at Krigla in Norway. What a great decision! We both had the best lunch of the vacation here! I had the chicken salad sandwich with the fruit tart and Craig had the roastbeef sandwich with the school bread - WOW (all of my days are filled withWOWS! Sorry if it gets annoying )! Seriously, if you haven't eaten here, give it a shot it was wonderful, so much to choose from for the deserts and everything is so fresh and wonderful.
So off my food rant, we rode the ride in Norway, which was cute. Then headed back to Mission Space. This was interesting......I have never ridden this ride before. Craig suggested we ride the green side first and build up to the orange, but me being me, I thought naa...lets do it! He's ridden before and loved it, I'm more of a thrill rider myself so I thought no problem! So orange side we went! Big mistake - so after stuffing myself with "Norwegian" food, I'm getting on the ride that spins you like crazy and is stocked with "sick-bags". Yeah.....as we're waiting to get on the ride, the guys partnered with us start talking about the people who rode with them before and got sick.....so now my stomach is churning. Craig kept saying we can just leave, but I was too stubborn. On we went.....I got through the ride, but not very well. When we got outside, I was shaking I thought I was going to be sick.....I was fine about a half hour later, but we never went back to this ride - which is really too bad since I'm sure had the circumstances been different I would have loved it.
To get myself back to normal, we headed to the showcase. I finally called my mom to let her know about the night before - she was so excited! She didn't know when he was planning on proposing, so it was a bit of a surprise for her as well. We ran into the best photopass photographer and he took a ton of pictures! Including this one:
After we had our picture session, we headed over to France and got the Grand Marnier - which was AWESOME! As soon as we got it, it started pouring out, but it was still sunny, Florida is so strange So we had to take a toasting picture...
After we finished walking, we rode Soarin' for the third time! I couldn't believe the waits were so short (around 20 minutes for the standby line)! At 6:00 we had a reservation at San Angel but it was 5:00 and we were starving so we went over and asked if we could have a river seat, which we got! I ordered a glass of wine, but our server told me that for a quarter more I could get a half-caraf, so I did.....hahaha way too much for me! But it was money well spent! I ordered the Mole Poblano - it was very good, pretty hot actually, but not hot enough where I couldn't enjoy it. Craig got the Plato Mexicano, which was ok, but I was surprised that there wasn't more food .
When we left San Angel, Epcot had completely cleared out. There were hardly any people anywhere! The roads were soaked, and although it was drizzling, it wasn't raining much at all. Apparently it was pouring when we were eating...great timing! I wanted to ride Spaceship Earth again, but when we got there a CM told us that it was shut down because of lightning strikes....he also said Test Track and most other rides were closed....hmmm......well, we headed back to Soarin' and it was up and running! After we got out, it was right around 8:30, we had Test Track fast passes that were good between 8-9, so we went over and it was also working. We got out with two minutes to spare for Illuminations. Because so many people left during the storm, we had a front row view, with zero wait time. Although the globe wasn't working, it was still so magical! We caught the first bus back to POFQ! And we were wicked excited about our next day at the MK!
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)! Seriously, if you haven't eaten here, give it a shot it was wonderful, so much to choose from for the deserts and everything is so fresh and wonderful. 
- which is really too bad since I'm sure had the circumstances been different I would have loved it.
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