A Pirate and Princess Get Married...and Disneymoon! UPDATE 6/15 DAY 3 PART 2

[happybratpack]

Good luck with your interview!!

 

[KatGarcia]

Hey! I'm all caught up and giggling along with your TR! I HATE the long flight to get to Cali but the things we do for Disney!!! Good luck with the new job!

 

[Spartangirl]

Good luck on your interview! I'm looking forward to hearing about Day 1!

 

[Goofster57]

I have an interview on Monday morning in NYC that, if I was to get the job would practically double my salary.

Wow that sounds great, good luck on the interviews.

Just think WHEN you get it you can make more trips to Disney.

On a more somber note my brother had unexpected surgery today

Sorry to hear about your brother, hopefully he is on the mend, tell him to eat lots of Ice Cream…oh wait that’s for Tonsillitis


Looking forward to your whole trip report, but especially your time at Disneyland

 

[prncssmel]

Yes, I would definitely say it's payback to our own childhoods!

You are doing the right thing having the days to space it out, you'll be so much more relaxed!

Well, at least the beginning will be relaxing then; I am having a hard time making the rest of it relaxing!

Good luck on your interview! Double the salary . . . WOW! And I hope you brother continues to get well.

 

[jaycns]

GOOD LUCK ON YOUR INTERVIEW!!! I am sending pixie dust your way. Also, I am sending pixie dust your brother's way for a speedy recovery! Any surgery is no fun at all!

 

[katiemouse]

Twice your salary............you'll be back at Disney before you know it! Good luck interviewing.

Hope your brother is having a speedy recovery.

 

[blue_river]

Welcome back!!

Good luck on your interview (or was it this past Monday?)

I hope you're brother is on the mend

Really looking forward to hearing about your trip

 

[serendipity]

So where was I? Oh yes, the sleepless ride on our way to Disney.

Surprisingly, we eventually made it to LA WITHOUT murdering any teenagers.

We took the quick and free shuttle to Hertz rent a car and Jeremy dropped me and the suitcases off at the convenient seating area. He came back with a smile on his face. Apparently Hertz had asked him if he was out here for anything special and when he said our honeymoon they automatically upgraded our car for FREE! Score! No Ford Focus for us this trip . Mazda 6 WOO HOO!

We made our way over to the car, managed to fit all of our luggage between the back seats and trunk (how people with children do this still boggles my mind) and made our way to Disneyland!

But first we had to make a quick stop over to HoJo's to check in. I was crossing my fingers that the room would be ready so that I'd be able to freshen up. It's hard to go straight into action after just getting off a plane.

We checked in and all was well- the room was ready! Yahoo!

The next few minutes is a blur of bringing all the suitcases in, "PULL! PULL!" It was like Spartacus "ROW, ROW! ROW! Not fast enough, I'll kill you for bringing all of those shoes! ROW! ROW! ROW!"

Eventually head Roman and I had every piece in the room and collapsed on the bed. Tempted were we to fall back into lazy slumber, but I wasn't having it!

ME Jeremy get up :: pushing :: Get up Jeremy!! :: push push ::
JEREMY Five minutes, just five minutes ::rolling over pulling blanket over him
ME quietly and carefully walking over to sink where water and plastic cup are stored. We've played this game before. My opponent may catch on to my strategy.
JEREMY Kate. Don't you dare.
ME :: swiftly making progress to the bed, a daunting look in my eye
JEREMY ::just at the last second leaps out of the bed, a fiery look in his eye:: LET'S GO!

And so we were on our way.

The walk to Disneyland is very short. In NY terms it's about 2 avenues and 5 blocks. For the rest of the world about 10 minutes. On the way there. On the way back, half hour.

First order of business, The Mad Hatter. I was super psyched for our wedding ears, and of course my confidence just knowing we'd win a stay in Mickey's Penthouse while rocking these four leaf clovers.

The cast member was super nice and handed me the phone. Mickey and Minnie wanted to congratulate the new bride and groom. It was actually a pre-recorded session between the two of them which was really cute. Mickey kept making a bigger deal out of the wedding cake than the actual wedding making Minnie upset. Sounds familiar....

And folks this is what the beautiful couple looks like after not showering for 24 hours, being up for 48 hours straight (if you don't count the hour after the wedding) hungover, and being kept awake by teenagers.

And this was taken AFTER a nap later in the evening

You'll see a pattern with this look with the rest of the pictures from this day :

We decided to make our way over to California Adventure for need of a much needed drink. This is a tradition for us and a way to unwind after a long travel day. First order of business is always a margarita .

We made our way through the gates and under the bridge. The Food and Wine festival was going on. It's nothing like the Food and Wine festival from EPCOT though so don't get too excited. More like some restaurants with specialty menus and a few free and tiny testings.

We made our way straight over to the Grotto and plopped ourselves down excitedly reading the drink menu. 25 minutes later and still no service we had not only read the entire menu, we had remembered all of the recipes! FINALLY we were served and began to relax. We talked about our wedding the night before and how we were so excited to begin our honeymoon adventure as husband and wife .

We finished our drinks and decided to make our way over to Corn Dog Castle to split a dog. The dog was great- but I'm a biased corn dog fan.

After our snack we made our way to the Monster's Inc ride when the lethargy spread over us like the plague. I'm honestly surprised we didn't fall asleep on the ride. It was really hard to appreciate it because we were just done. You all know the feeling I'm talking about. DELIRIUM. That being said, the ride was cute we just both knew our limits.

The walk back to HOJO's was a mirage. I honestly don't remember walking back to the hotel, or getting in the bed. It was as if I was black out drunk. Scary. We decided to nap until it was time for the fireworks, which would end our night.

We made it up just in time and raced over to Disneyland. Tired as I was I was NOT going to miss these! They were fabulous. Very different from Magic Kingdom. They start off the same with the little girl singing, "star light, star bright " (okay I'm seriously a sap because writing that just made me sentimental) but then they go on to various theming throughout the park. There's different segments such as Haunted Mansion (similar to what I've watched on YouTube for the Hallowishes), Star Wars, Splash Mountain, etc. My favorite part was with Captain Hook trying to bombard the castle and there were special effects with fire and special laser lighting effects. Tinkerbell is also much more involved and flies over the castle periodically throughout the show. We fell in love with these fireworks and I've watched them many a time on You Tube since.

Knowing our limits we knew it was time to leave the park and get back to the room so that we could enjoy the park the next day. Sadly we departed stopping on the way at McDonalds for dinner and then crashed like two stuffed piggies.

 

[serendipity]

Sorry to hear about your brother and good luck with the interviews!

Thank you so much for your encouragement!

 

[serendipity]

Good luck on your interview Monday . Hope your brother's recovery is quick. I'll check back to see how your interview went in a few days.

Thank you so much. The interview went really well and I'll describe everything later in the day!

 

[serendipity]

Good luck with your interview!!! Also hoping for a speedy recovery for your brother! I will be looking forward to Tues for your Day 1.

Thanks Fig! Sorry for the delay in posting. My one interview turned into 6 interviews so it's been a pretty crazy week. Thankfully it's unwinding now so I have lots of time to Dis

 

[serendipity]

Good luck with your interview!!

Thanks so much!

 

[serendipity]

Hey! I'm all caught up and giggling along with your TR! I HATE the long flight to get to Cali but the things we do for Disney!!! Good luck with the new job!

I hate that flight too! So long. It's all in the name of the mouse though

 

[serendipity]

Good luck on your interview! I'm looking forward to hearing about Day 1!

Thanks so much for the luck! Happy to get day 1 out to you!

 

[serendipity]

Wow that sounds great, good luck on the interviews.

Just think WHEN you get it you can make more trips to Disney.



Sorry to hear about your brother, hopefully he is on the mend, tell him to eat lots of Ice Cream…oh wait that’s for Tonsillitis


Looking forward to your whole trip report, but especially your time at Disneyland

I want to live at Disney. It's official. I tried to tell DH but he wants to wait another five years. It actually might eventually happen though because there's a decent financial area in Orlando. Crossing my fingers in the mean time!

 

[serendipity]

Well, at least the beginning will be relaxing then; I am having a hard time making the rest of it relaxing!

Good luck on your interview! Double the salary . . . WOW! And I hope you brother continues to get well.

Thanks so much for all the encouragement! Just try to relax and enjoy the rest of the time being engaged before your wedding!

 

[serendipity]

GOOD LUCK ON YOUR INTERVIEW!!! I am sending pixie dust your way. Also, I am sending pixie dust your brother's way for a speedy recovery! Any surgery is no fun at all!

Thanks Jaycns- I need all the encouragement I can get! I HATE surgery- although I don't really think there's anyone who looks forward to it

 

[serendipity]

Twice your salary............you'll be back at Disney before you know it! Good luck interviewing.

Hope your brother is having a speedy recovery.

I try so hard to keep that out of my mind. I want to go back to the World so badly that it's really an incentive with work!

Thanks for the encouragement!

 

[serendipity]

Welcome back!!

Good luck on your interview (or was it this past Monday?)

I hope you're brother is on the mend

Really looking forward to hearing about your trip

Thanks so much. My brother is doing much better although still sore (poor guy). He'll be back to torturing his sister in no time.