LindsayHD
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Hi There!!!
We have finally decided and we are OFFICIALLY having a Disney World Wedding. But let's start at the beginning, not the happily every after.
My name is Lindsay. I am 27 years old and have been engaged to my fiance Larry for almost two and a half years!!! Holy Moly! It's Time... We are ready to start planning our wedding.
I didn't go to Disney World until I was 14 years old. But when we went, I was hooked. And so were my parents. The next year they bought into DVC and we have gone almost every year since. My mom is a real estate agent, and when I was about 16 years old, I was at one of her client's houses and they had a picture of them getting married in front of Cinderella's Castle. After that day, I knew I wanted to get married in Disney. I have always been a pretty big tom-boy into sports and whatnot. I never really thought about my wedding until I met Larry, Disney was always just sort of in the back of my mind.
My fiance's name is Larry. He is originally from New Mexico and is a chef. He is always cooking spicy foods and gourmet dinners. Larry is very into sports and is a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan, which I hate. But I love him, and his cooking so I keep him around. He has only been to Disney once, but once was enough and he has been pushing for a Disney Wedding since the day after we got engaged. He has high standards and he believes only Disney will be able to meet his expectations.
We met in school. We met at a Culinary/Hospitality Management School in Pennsylvania and after the second week of school, we were inseparable. We both went on to become Valedictorians of our respected classes and both secured great jobs; however, these jobs were 250 miles apart from each other. We did the long distance thing for a while, which like everyone says-sucks. Eventually we couldn't stand it anymore and he moved to me.
Our Engagement Trip. Larry had never been on a vacation in his entire life, so I decided to plan us a trip to Disney World for January 2011. It was a 9 day trip staying at the Boardwalk. He wanted to make the trip into as many new things for me as possible and I had never stayed at Boardwalk before. We fell in love with it. What's not to love. The location, the atmosphere, the restaurants-I can't imagine staying at another resort now. It's perfect. Larry's a chef, so we did this trip right: Deluxe Dining Plan, Chef's Table at Victoria & Albert's, & Pool View. We had to make our first vacation together perfect.
The second day we were there, we went to Hollywood Studios. I don't think I have ever seen a single parade in Disney besides night parades, which made Larry want to see the parade even more. Plus it was the opening week of the Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun Parade. The parade didn't start for about 20 minutes so we sat down on the stoop on the corner in front of the reader boards. There was a show going on before the parade with some of the old hollywood actors and actresses. One of the actresses came up and started talking to us. Larry was wearing a first time visitor pin and she started asking him why he hadn't come to visit ever. She then asked us how long we had been dating. Larry responded by saying 2 years. She grabbed my hand, pointed it at Larry and asked if we had been together for 2 years, why he hadn't given me a ring. She then grabbed my hand and started pulling me up with her, saying "Well if he won't get you a ring, we will find someone better and richer who will." Larry then grabbed my hand out of her hand and got down on one knee, told me how much he loved me and how he wanted to be with me and proposed!! :fireworks:
I started crying and the actress started freaking out. She grabbed us both and pulled us to the middle of the street and put us on this red carpet. One of the old hollywood actors then had us re enact the entire thing in front of about 800 people right before the parade. I couldn't stop crying. The actress brought us back to "our spot" and sat us down. She then brought me a box of tissues and said it was our engagement present.
The Red Carpet:
Announcing what Happened:
The Proposal:
Engaged!!!
I was so excited I couldn't stop looking at the ring. I don't even remember the parade. I was just sitting there crying, staring at my ring. Looking back, I wish I could have thanked the actress, heck even got her name.
We went and took some photo pass pictures. We told the guy we had just gotten engaged and he did some cool pictures with us.
We then went to the Great Movie Ride, which is one of my favorites, but I was so excited I couldn't even focus. We were in the front row and it was so weird because this girl I graduated high school with who I hadn't seen in about 6 years was the actress who performed the ride. She was so excited to see me, but I didn't even realize because I was so out of it. I just blurted out that we had just gotten engaged. It was so random. Kinda funny because she ended up being the first person we told.
I then was so overwhelmed I had to process everything. I wanted to go back to the hotel and have a glass of champagne to celebrate. My high school friend told us to go to guest relations and get Just Engaged pins and we took this pic while waiting for the boat back to the boardwalk.
We got some Fairy Tale Champagne, drank on our poolside balcony and called our friends and family. Perfection.
We have finally decided and we are OFFICIALLY having a Disney World Wedding. But let's start at the beginning, not the happily every after.
My name is Lindsay. I am 27 years old and have been engaged to my fiance Larry for almost two and a half years!!! Holy Moly! It's Time... We are ready to start planning our wedding.
I didn't go to Disney World until I was 14 years old. But when we went, I was hooked. And so were my parents. The next year they bought into DVC and we have gone almost every year since. My mom is a real estate agent, and when I was about 16 years old, I was at one of her client's houses and they had a picture of them getting married in front of Cinderella's Castle. After that day, I knew I wanted to get married in Disney. I have always been a pretty big tom-boy into sports and whatnot. I never really thought about my wedding until I met Larry, Disney was always just sort of in the back of my mind.
My fiance's name is Larry. He is originally from New Mexico and is a chef. He is always cooking spicy foods and gourmet dinners. Larry is very into sports and is a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan, which I hate. But I love him, and his cooking so I keep him around. He has only been to Disney once, but once was enough and he has been pushing for a Disney Wedding since the day after we got engaged. He has high standards and he believes only Disney will be able to meet his expectations.
We met in school. We met at a Culinary/Hospitality Management School in Pennsylvania and after the second week of school, we were inseparable. We both went on to become Valedictorians of our respected classes and both secured great jobs; however, these jobs were 250 miles apart from each other. We did the long distance thing for a while, which like everyone says-sucks. Eventually we couldn't stand it anymore and he moved to me.
Our Engagement Trip. Larry had never been on a vacation in his entire life, so I decided to plan us a trip to Disney World for January 2011. It was a 9 day trip staying at the Boardwalk. He wanted to make the trip into as many new things for me as possible and I had never stayed at Boardwalk before. We fell in love with it. What's not to love. The location, the atmosphere, the restaurants-I can't imagine staying at another resort now. It's perfect. Larry's a chef, so we did this trip right: Deluxe Dining Plan, Chef's Table at Victoria & Albert's, & Pool View. We had to make our first vacation together perfect.
The second day we were there, we went to Hollywood Studios. I don't think I have ever seen a single parade in Disney besides night parades, which made Larry want to see the parade even more. Plus it was the opening week of the Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun Parade. The parade didn't start for about 20 minutes so we sat down on the stoop on the corner in front of the reader boards. There was a show going on before the parade with some of the old hollywood actors and actresses. One of the actresses came up and started talking to us. Larry was wearing a first time visitor pin and she started asking him why he hadn't come to visit ever. She then asked us how long we had been dating. Larry responded by saying 2 years. She grabbed my hand, pointed it at Larry and asked if we had been together for 2 years, why he hadn't given me a ring. She then grabbed my hand and started pulling me up with her, saying "Well if he won't get you a ring, we will find someone better and richer who will." Larry then grabbed my hand out of her hand and got down on one knee, told me how much he loved me and how he wanted to be with me and proposed!! :fireworks:
I started crying and the actress started freaking out. She grabbed us both and pulled us to the middle of the street and put us on this red carpet. One of the old hollywood actors then had us re enact the entire thing in front of about 800 people right before the parade. I couldn't stop crying. The actress brought us back to "our spot" and sat us down. She then brought me a box of tissues and said it was our engagement present.
The Red Carpet:
Announcing what Happened:
The Proposal:
Engaged!!!
I was so excited I couldn't stop looking at the ring. I don't even remember the parade. I was just sitting there crying, staring at my ring. Looking back, I wish I could have thanked the actress, heck even got her name.
We went and took some photo pass pictures. We told the guy we had just gotten engaged and he did some cool pictures with us.
We then went to the Great Movie Ride, which is one of my favorites, but I was so excited I couldn't even focus. We were in the front row and it was so weird because this girl I graduated high school with who I hadn't seen in about 6 years was the actress who performed the ride. She was so excited to see me, but I didn't even realize because I was so out of it. I just blurted out that we had just gotten engaged. It was so random. Kinda funny because she ended up being the first person we told.
I then was so overwhelmed I had to process everything. I wanted to go back to the hotel and have a glass of champagne to celebrate. My high school friend told us to go to guest relations and get Just Engaged pins and we took this pic while waiting for the boat back to the boardwalk.
We got some Fairy Tale Champagne, drank on our poolside balcony and called our friends and family. Perfection.