I proposed to my girlfriend!
Posted: Jan Fri 09, 2009 3:04 pm
My girlfriend and I had originally planned a 3day 2 night cruise out of Ft Lauderdale for Oct 15th-17th, but the cruise was canceled due to the recent hurricane in Texas. The ship was asked to relocate to Galveston for use as temporary housing. We were disappointed but were given a full refund. So My girlfriend( who likes Disney but hasn't been a million times like I have)knowing that I was a huge Disney fan suggested a trip to Walt Disney World instead !!! I had planned to propose to her on the cruise but now I would do it in WDW!! What could be better? So I started planning and scheming, Disney has so many possibilities! After much research for some ideas, I decided on proposing on the beach at the Polynesian Resort with a great view of the "Wishes" fireworks show in the Magic Kingdom.
We only planned one day in a park and that would be Epcot on our second day. So on our arrival day I surprised her with staying at the "POP Century" resort instead of offsite as she had thought was the plan. Then I told her that I wanted to take her to dinner at "Boma" but was unable to secure an Advance Dining Reservation (which was the truth) so if we wanted to eat there I thought the best thing was to be there at 4:30PM when they opened and hope for the best. Well that plan worked and we were seated in less than 10 minutes! When we left the place was packed with a herd of people at the host stand waiting to get in. Now... what to do between 5:30 and 9 when Wishes starts? Well I took her on a whirlwind tour of "The World" we rode buses, boats, and monorails went to all 4 parks without entering them and a few resort hotels all the while telling her we had to be somewhere by 9 PM for a surprise. Well we made it to the beach, found a front porch style swing set up in the sand (thanks Disney), and I told her we were just here to watch the fireworks (she bought it) so we snuggled and just a while before the fireworks started I hear an amplified "ALOOOOOOO-HA" I didn't know about the dinner show being so close to the beach spot ... but I was determined so we stayed, listened to the corny show and watched the fireworks. When the fireworks were over she thanked and kissed me and got up to go, I told her to sit down for just another minute, then (GULP!!) I explained that the fireworks show was called "Wishes" and I did make a wish on those shooting stars and she could make my wish come true, I got down on one knee there in the sand and proposed and all she could say was "oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh" then a "YES!!!!" then some more "Oh my gosh's"
So even with not going with our original cruise plan, not being able to get an ADR for Boma, and having an annoying dinner show accompany our romantic time on the beach, I created our own "Magic Moment" and now have a wonderful beautiful fiancé.
We only planned one day in a park and that would be Epcot on our second day. So on our arrival day I surprised her with staying at the "POP Century" resort instead of offsite as she had thought was the plan. Then I told her that I wanted to take her to dinner at "Boma" but was unable to secure an Advance Dining Reservation (which was the truth) so if we wanted to eat there I thought the best thing was to be there at 4:30PM when they opened and hope for the best. Well that plan worked and we were seated in less than 10 minutes! When we left the place was packed with a herd of people at the host stand waiting to get in. Now... what to do between 5:30 and 9 when Wishes starts? Well I took her on a whirlwind tour of "The World" we rode buses, boats, and monorails went to all 4 parks without entering them and a few resort hotels all the while telling her we had to be somewhere by 9 PM for a surprise. Well we made it to the beach, found a front porch style swing set up in the sand (thanks Disney), and I told her we were just here to watch the fireworks (she bought it) so we snuggled and just a while before the fireworks started I hear an amplified "ALOOOOOOO-HA" I didn't know about the dinner show being so close to the beach spot ... but I was determined so we stayed, listened to the corny show and watched the fireworks. When the fireworks were over she thanked and kissed me and got up to go, I told her to sit down for just another minute, then (GULP!!) I explained that the fireworks show was called "Wishes" and I did make a wish on those shooting stars and she could make my wish come true, I got down on one knee there in the sand and proposed and all she could say was "oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh" then a "YES!!!!" then some more "Oh my gosh's"
So even with not going with our original cruise plan, not being able to get an ADR for Boma, and having an annoying dinner show accompany our romantic time on the beach, I created our own "Magic Moment" and now have a wonderful beautiful fiancé.
