DisneyDiva84
Fantasy is real and reality is fantastic!
- Joined
- Jan 18, 2010
Hello everyone! I am so excited to finally be posting on these boards, (I've only been reading them like crazy for months!) I can finally say we are ENGAGED and are the begining stages of planning our very own Disney Wedding!
A little about us....
Alex and I both met in 2005 on our College Programs at Disney World. Ironically, our roomates were best friends and had both begged us to go to Pleasure Island with them which both of us didn't want to do that night. When I walked into the boys Vista Way apartment and met Alex for the first (technically second but more on that later) I really felt a connection. Yes, its cheesy I know but I've never felt so comfortable with someone. Our conversation was easy and we ended up having a blast.
That night, he asked me out and we had our first kiss in the rain...yeah I was hooked
So we spent every day of the next 8 months at each other's sides. I was working in Merchandise at Tower of Terror/Rockin Rollercoaster/Fantasmic and he was a Bellhop at the Tower so it actually ended up being pretty easy to hang out together. We are at the bottom left, I'm the only one not dressed as a bellhop Alex is sitting next to me
Then we had to part ways. We went back to our seperate colleges, with me in Tampa and Alex in Georgia. This began what I like to call the long years as it wasn't until four years later that we actually were able to live together again! Yes, you got it, FOUR years of LONG DISTANCE (please don't ask how we did it, I have no clue to this day)
So fast forward past a shaky year, Alex moved in with me in Chicago, he is from Atlanta and I am from St Louis so we figured this was a good halfway point though truth be told we are both still hoping for a move to Orlando
PROPOSAL
Alex had been in Chicago for about 6 months and I knew it was getting close. We weren't shy about chatting up the idea of a Disney Wedding so I knew he was going to hop aboard the marriage train at some point. We had planned a trip around the Disney Half Marathon as we were both running it and I had my fingers crossed. Turns out he totally managed to sweep me off my little feet.
If any of you were in Orlando on Marathon Weekend than you know I felt right at home since it was 29 degrees at the Start of the Race YIKES, I had thought that Alex may propose to me at the finish line however when i saw he was wearing shorts i thought no way, where would he put the ring?
As we were hanging out around the DJ Booth trying our best to keep warm, a Disney Cast Member came up to us and asked are you a couple? We are doing Couples Disney Trivia at the start of the race and we have a nice warm van that can take you there....I was like hmmm Disney Trivia and warmth....DONE DEAL
So here I am thinking that we are going to totally put other couples to shame with our insane wealth of Disney knowladge when all along that was not the plan at all
We got out at the start line and took our places infront of the camera I still had no idea at this point....
Then the camera came to us, and the entertainment cast member said that they were turning things over to Alex instead of doing trivia....
This is when i figured it out....and began to have a major freak out session
I can't remember what he said to the crowd or how he proposed but i do remember saying yes!
I was so excited the run went by really fast but we did finish Not only did our friend manage to take some amazing photos but Disney also sent us a DVD! So we have our moment forever, I truly could not be happier
Here's us thanking the people who made it happen at Disney
SO NOW
Disney Wedding here we come! We are hoping for either October 2010 or February 2011 and fingers are crossed for Italy
I can't wait to get started...does anyone know how long it took for the Coordinator to get in touch? I'm so excited that even minutes are dragging
YAY
A little about us....
Alex and I both met in 2005 on our College Programs at Disney World. Ironically, our roomates were best friends and had both begged us to go to Pleasure Island with them which both of us didn't want to do that night. When I walked into the boys Vista Way apartment and met Alex for the first (technically second but more on that later) I really felt a connection. Yes, its cheesy I know but I've never felt so comfortable with someone. Our conversation was easy and we ended up having a blast.
That night, he asked me out and we had our first kiss in the rain...yeah I was hooked
So we spent every day of the next 8 months at each other's sides. I was working in Merchandise at Tower of Terror/Rockin Rollercoaster/Fantasmic and he was a Bellhop at the Tower so it actually ended up being pretty easy to hang out together. We are at the bottom left, I'm the only one not dressed as a bellhop Alex is sitting next to me
Then we had to part ways. We went back to our seperate colleges, with me in Tampa and Alex in Georgia. This began what I like to call the long years as it wasn't until four years later that we actually were able to live together again! Yes, you got it, FOUR years of LONG DISTANCE (please don't ask how we did it, I have no clue to this day)
So fast forward past a shaky year, Alex moved in with me in Chicago, he is from Atlanta and I am from St Louis so we figured this was a good halfway point though truth be told we are both still hoping for a move to Orlando
PROPOSAL
Alex had been in Chicago for about 6 months and I knew it was getting close. We weren't shy about chatting up the idea of a Disney Wedding so I knew he was going to hop aboard the marriage train at some point. We had planned a trip around the Disney Half Marathon as we were both running it and I had my fingers crossed. Turns out he totally managed to sweep me off my little feet.
If any of you were in Orlando on Marathon Weekend than you know I felt right at home since it was 29 degrees at the Start of the Race YIKES, I had thought that Alex may propose to me at the finish line however when i saw he was wearing shorts i thought no way, where would he put the ring?
As we were hanging out around the DJ Booth trying our best to keep warm, a Disney Cast Member came up to us and asked are you a couple? We are doing Couples Disney Trivia at the start of the race and we have a nice warm van that can take you there....I was like hmmm Disney Trivia and warmth....DONE DEAL
So here I am thinking that we are going to totally put other couples to shame with our insane wealth of Disney knowladge when all along that was not the plan at all
We got out at the start line and took our places infront of the camera I still had no idea at this point....
Then the camera came to us, and the entertainment cast member said that they were turning things over to Alex instead of doing trivia....
This is when i figured it out....and began to have a major freak out session
I can't remember what he said to the crowd or how he proposed but i do remember saying yes!
I was so excited the run went by really fast but we did finish Not only did our friend manage to take some amazing photos but Disney also sent us a DVD! So we have our moment forever, I truly could not be happier
Here's us thanking the people who made it happen at Disney
SO NOW
Disney Wedding here we come! We are hoping for either October 2010 or February 2011 and fingers are crossed for Italy
I can't wait to get started...does anyone know how long it took for the Coordinator to get in touch? I'm so excited that even minutes are dragging
YAY