Wedding Day Part 9: Off to the poly!
We finally got our bag from Lindsay (and our cake too!) and headed off to the Poly. Bless Mark for checking us in that morning. All we had to do was go to our room!
We got in the room and I immediately noticed that there were 2 queen beds and I had specifically requested a king. I called the front desk and they told me that there were no rooms in the entire resort with king beds. Ergh. Oh well. I then got out of the dress while Mark called bell services to have them bring up the luggage. I had huge black and blue indentations on my ribcage and I was red on my whole back and abdomen. My hip bones still hurt 4 days later. Breathing became easier, but I dont think my lungs were quite used to it, how did those girls do it in the old days? All I could think of was Scarlett OHara and her 23 inch waist.
While the bellman was in our room, I hid in the bathroom since I was naked
when I got out of the bathroom I finally got a chance to calm down and look around and I noticed a bottle of champagne and 2 flutes with a happy honeymoon letter from Mickey and Minnie from some VERY special friends!
You ladies know who you are and I cant tell you how touched Mark and I were! It was the sweetest gesture, it really was! I actually cried. That champagne made me so happy every time I looked at it.
I was restless, but decided to try to take a nap. At this point it was like 3:35. I slept until 4:36 exactly. I was still in my awkward mood. I called my dad to see where he was. All of our stuff got jumbled and mixed up and we needed to exchange some things. Mark got annoyed that I was awake already and I told him to just sleep, I would go to the ASM and see my dad. Mark didnt like that idea. He wanted to go in the hot tub (since our room was a standard room, it had a standard tub). Bingo. I love hot tubs. Unfortunately, the Poly doesnt have one. We had our swim-suits on and everything and were walking all around the hotel looking for one. Oh well, its probably better that there wasnt one, it was VERY cold at that point, we would have gotten sick.
We went to see the menu at Kona Café and then went back to the room. I was toying with the idea of ordering room service until Mark pointed out that the menus for room service were the same as Kona Café. We decided to go to dinner then go get Megan and Lindsay at POFQ and go meet the rest of the family at ASM. I have to tell you, for most of the trip, while they were there, I LOVED LOVED LOVED having all of our loved ones at Disney with us. We feel so at home there, it was great!
So we put on clothes and headed to the Great Ceremonial House. The Poly is SOOOOOO beautiful! We booked it because it was where Mark used to stay with his parents as a kid and we wanted it to be special. That resort is just heavenly, Id never stayed in a monorail resort before and it was so cool to be able to see MK from the paths! Anyway, we made our way to Kona Café, there was no wait, which was fabulous. I had forgotten my bride ears, but had my pink clutch with my bride pin on it, our server noticed it and congratulated us! I was still in no eating mode, but I tried REALLY hard to eat the yummy coconut chicken dish that I ordered. The meal originally came with strawberries, but I am REALLY allergic to them, so I told the server and the chef actually came out, told me how he was going to prepare the meal etc. Gotta love Disney. I often have to sub things on a menu because of that allergy and I have never met a chef nor been treated like that. It made me feel a lot better, breaking out in hives would not have been fun at all. Anyway, Mark had the tuna and we thought the food was fantastic! Thats another thing about the Poly, the restaurants are amazing, they truly are.
Heres my food
and Marks (I got really into the food porn during the 2nd half of our trip
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Dinner took a little while, so by the time we left, my parents were already on their way to get my sisters at POFQ so we headed to the All Star. We met someone in the food court, not sure who it was
then we headed off to my parents room to exchange stuff. It was 9:45 and we were going to meet everyone at PI at 10
it was time to go! I told my dad that we would try to meet them for breakfast at the ASM food court the next morning.
Part 10: The 21 hour day continues at PI!
We were exhausted and didnt really feel like going out, but we did anyway, I was in Nikes, which is unprecedented for Clubby Caryn. My best friend Courtney called, we made plans to go to MGM the next morning, they had never been to Disney before and were super excited! I love going on the RRC with newbies so I was excited too! They decided not to come out that night so they could conserve their energy and maximize their fun potential for the next day. I totally understood, we all needed sleep at that point.
We met my girlfriend Kari and her boyfriend in the Comedy Club, I was text messaging Kristen and my friend Vinnie, they werent able to get in since the show had just started. The Comedy Club was actually pretty good, we had a nice time there! After the show was over, we headed out to the streets and Kristen called me, she was actually standing right behind me! We actually met! Yaaaay!
She is the sweetest girl and her now husband Rob is soooo nice! We all headed out to 8-Tracks and ordered drinks! Kristen and Rob were in pre-wedding stressed out mode and had to leave but it was so nice of them to come meet us! I felt so bad for her at that moment, having just gone through it myself, I was happy their wedding day was soon approaching! I cannot say how much I just really loved meeting them! They are fabulous!
We hung out in 8-Tracks for a bit, then headed over to Mannequins. For some reason, we didnt go to The Beach Club and now Im upset over that since its closing and my chance is gone! I wasnt trying to get drunk that night, so I wasnt going to get a bucket and I think there was a line or something. Anyway, Mannequins is the most fantastic club on the planet! We danced and danced and danced!
Self pic of us at Mannequins!
Mark knew the DJ from his time at PI and I commented that he wasnt as good as Mark is, Disney really limits their talent at PI and Mark thinks thats why Dave was a bit off. We had such a good time there! Vinnie and I club together all the time at home, it was so nice to be in a different place! I was a sweaty mess when Marks business partners arrived. I dont think their jaws came off the floor, Mannequins is THAT fabulous. Mark instantly went into work mode with the two of them, talking about lighting, fog machines, some blasting thing etc. I just stood there with the Barbie twins and tried to make small talk. They had sushi at the Swan & Dolphin that night and I think they went to MGM. One of them had never been to Disney and they made the comment that Disney was so luxurious. I think they had a good time, they went to ADH the night before the wedding and liked it. We left soon after, around 12:30.
By the time we got back to the Poly, we had been up for 21 hours straight, more for me since I didnt sleep the night before, we went to bed between 1 and 1:30. Our day was over and I needed SLEEP! I didnt even take my hair out, I just took off my make-up (which stayed remarkably fresh all day long-thanks Ana!) and fell into bed! The 21 hour day was over!!!
Day 5- Friday January 25, 2008-MGM with the newbies, EPCOT that night and a mini-celebration at where else? The ASM food court that night!
I slept for a fit 7 hours straight, something I hadnt done for more than a month. It was GREAT! I woke up starving and called my dad to see where everyone was. Marks parents were leaving that day, and I wanted to see them before they headed off to the airport. They were already at the ASM food court, so I quickly took my hair out, showered, re did the hair/make up, threw on the bride ears and we left to go eat. Our entire family was in the food court when we arrived and they all cheered when we came in! We greeted everyone and went to get our food. I think we both had Mickey waffles and bacon (loooooove bacon). I ate every single morsel off my plate without breathing. I think I even stole some of Marks bacon. I told him that we needed to go to the front desk and ask for Just Married pins! He said, oh, I have them in my tux jacket, they gave them to me when I checked into the Poly! the jacket was still in the ghetto-van, so we put them on immediately!
The rest of the family was going to EPCOT that day and we were meeting Courtney, Laura, Megan, Lindsay and My Ray-Bar at MGM. I told the fam that we were going to meet up there that night to eat the rest of the wedding cake (I wasnt going to drag that on a plane with me) and drink champagne!
We went to MGM and I was so excited! Everyone else was already there and I walked in and immediately saw Courtney who proceeded to crack up at my bride ears, which are obviously not things I wear at home
We took some pics and headed off to the RRC/ToT area
Self pic of Court, Laura and I
There was a 30 minute wait at ToT and a 50 minute wait at RRC. Since the line moves really fast at ToT, we decided to hit RRC first. We met up with both of my sisters and my ray bar and went to sit in line.
Mark and Megan acting like fools in line for the RRC
It took 20 minutes and we were there. Since it was their first time, we let Courtney and Laura sit in the first row! The picture at the end was so funny of the four of us that I bought it, which I never do. We got two and gave one to them! We hit ToT next which is my all time favorite Disney ride. ToT has the best pre-show of any attraction at WDW, I just LOVE that ride!!!
We had an ADR at the Hollywood Brown Derby, so we headed there next! I hadnt ever eaten there, its super nice! Our server saw my ears and our pins and gave us a free champagne toast! It was so nice!
Pics of the free champagne!
I got the bbq chicken and it was really good.
I got bored and took a TON of food porn pics during lunch. Really, I think I just wanted to annoy everyone and not let them eat until I was done photographing their meal
dont ask me what any of these dishes are, I forgot already!!!
We started to get tired during lunch, the day before was a bit draining. We were stuffed and decided to hit the Great Movie Ride (a GREAT digestion ride) after we ate. It was on this ride that Laura started saying that she wanted to stay
we decided that Courtney could get out of work for the weekend and that they should stay. We went back to RRC and Court was calling Southwest airlines to see if they could change their tickets. It was so funny, we were in the pre-show area and all we could hear over the hey hey hey! was, $140 to change our flights? $140 EACH? Ok, thanks. So they couldnt stay. DRAT! Theyre coming back with us for a few days soon though! They LOVED it! Im so happy to have some new Disney freak friends at home! Everyone else thinks were crazy, but we just LOVE the world! We rode ToT again, hit some shops and it was time for Courtney and Laura to head to MCO for their trip home.
We bid them farewell and went to meet everyone else at EPCOT. We were a bit hungry and went to the new and improved Sunshine Seasons Food Court. I am so impressed with Disney. That new set up is great! So healthy, we were really impressed! Of course, I decided to have Mac and Cheese, but oh well, Mark ate healthy! The cms saw our pins and gave us free cookies! Thumbs up for free stuff! Everyone was waning, it was dark and getting slightly chilly so we decided to leave. Mark and I took my mom to the Poly with us to get the cake to take to the ASM food court for our party! Mom commented on the size of our room, which was a standard room. It really was big! We grabbed the cake and associated items that needed to go home with the fam the next day and headed back to the ASM.
Everyone was waiting in the food court and I had my grandma cut the cake.
It was SOOOOOO GOOOOD. It tasted like a funny bone with the milk chocolate and peanut butter cup filling. It was amazing.
I kept some of the scrolly metal things that were on top of the cake for my scrapbook.
After we were done, we said good bye to everyone, this is the last time that we would see them as they were all going their separate ways the next morning. We went to my parents room to drop off the stuff for them and gather the rest of our belongings. It looked like a tornado had gone through there. They had one of the Mickey Mouse Hat chocolate favors that I had for the kids. I was so mad when I saw it. it was HOLLOW. They were $5/apiece. OUTRAGEOUS.
The Favor
The Hollowness
Anyway, The one thing my father said he would have changed was that he and my mom would have stayed in a suite instead of at the All Star. I tried to tell him that months ago
We said our good byes and headed back to the Poly. We made plans with Lindsay and my ray bar to have breakfast at OHana at 10 the next morning and we were going to go to MK to ride the teacups!
Hopefully the joyous moments far outweighed the stress you felt!
and he's managed to get to the ripe old age of 37 (38 in a couple of weeks) without ever being married, or ever feeling the need to get married, and I really really hope that he has the same feeling once he's 'signed his life away' Muhahahaha!
guest(s?) and the wonderful CM experiences.... it seems very up and down. I'm so sorry you were in such physical discomfort!!! And I'm sooooooo sorry that it upsets you to write about it!! I know you're not saying it was all bad... I just want to get to the happy parts!!! Or at least where you're more happy than sad, ya know?? 
What a beautiful story. 
