Making Her Wishes Come True: Surprise Proposal Trip!

[indimom]

I'm really resisting the change from BOG to CG. I don't know why but I've been at peace with the fact that I couldn't get CG for such a long time that I'm almost having Stockholm Syndrome with my BOG reservation. I'm very adverse to any change so even thought I've always really wanted CG I can't make up my mind on whether I want to go through with it or not.

All throughout our relationship I've done such a horrible job at keeping secrets that when I've been able to hold onto this one for so long she's starting to get antsy. She knows it's coming and has known for probably a few months that it's only a matter of time, so she's been trying to get it out of me for almost as long. I think she can sense that it's getting close. The problem with making her handbook "disappear" is that it's online in pdf format, so I can't really do that.

Oops, can you tell I'm 40? I still forget that you can find anything on the internet. lol.

So.... I just dodged a MAJOR bullet... I think. I just had a very frightening text conversation with Hannah that went like this:

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Hannah: You know what I just thought of muahahahahahaha!!!

Hannah: You're taking me out of school aren't you....thats what you had to send the papers for......

At this point I was like "What do I say? What do I say? What do I say?"

Hannah: I'm taking your silence as yes....

"Crap I've got to say something!"

Ryan: I was on the phone >_>

I'm on the phone a lot for work so this was a good excuse as any.

Hannah: Sorry

Ryan: For what? You haven't found out anything ...

Hannah: Oh. Well then I quit. That's the only plausible explanation as to why I would need to send them (school) papers!!! ***.

"DID I REALLY JUST DODGE THAT!?"

Ryan: You do know I have a huge web of information out there that we have discussed right? Some of that web is lies or half truths, the other parts are real. You'll never know if I really sent that form or what it was for until later.

Hannah: Fine. Meanie!

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Needles to say I about had a heart attack. I mean she will for sure in about 14 days that I am indeed taking her out of school for a trip. But I didn't want her to think she had figured it out on her own.

Close One!

I do think you've got the right idea about revealing a little early. She still won't know where or any of the other details! Can't wait to hear more about your plans when we get back. See you soon!!!

 

[SuperNEMOfan]

Oops, can you tell I'm 40? I still forget that you can find anything on the internet. lol.

Close One!

I do think you've got the right idea about revealing a little early. She still won't know where or any of the other details! Can't wait to hear more about your plans when we get back. See you soon!!!

Have fun on your trip!!! I had been lurking on your ptr but always forgot to comment

 

[littlelovebug]

Wow! I didn't realize I was so far behind! I just got all caught up. This is so unbelievably exciting. I agree with the others though...you better keep it coming in the future! Lol!

I have to jump back a few pages and say definitely make an effort to see FOTLK. This is probably my favorite stage show in all of DW. It's kind of like a cirque show without the weird clowns. It was closed for refurbishment when we went on our honeymoon in 2003 and I was sooo disappointed! My husband finally got to see it when we went with our daughter in 2010.

I have to say, you have so much to be excited about, and not so much to be nervous about. I think it's safe to say she is going to say, "Yes!!!!" and that it's going to be so perfect. Even if she's not completely surprised, she will surely be talking about this moment for the rest of your lives (and making every girl she knows completely jealous...)!!!

 

[golf4miami]

That's a cute way to reveal the trip!

Looking forward to hearing about the false clues!

I'm going to give her one clue every Friday leading up until the weekend that we leave. They are going to be pretty vague and some will be false, some will be true, some will be half-truths. Right now I'm thinking something along the lines of these:

1. HOT
2. Beaches
3. Mountains
4. Water
5. Animals
6. Sunshine

I think that's an awesome and cute idea! This way she knows she's going on a trip but doesn't know where or any of the important details! Once the fake clues start coming make sure you keep the story straight! Last time I tried to surprise my boyfriend I got the lie and the truth mixed up and ruined it. Ooops.

Well I dropped the bomb today. I put our stuffed animal 'son' out in the hallway with a 'note' to his teacher about the dates. Still waiting to hear a response from Hannah about it which is making me really anxious! I'm halfway hoping that she thinks I may be just messing with her and half way hope that she knows that it's real.

Wow! I didn't realize I was so far behind! I just got all caught up. This is so unbelievably exciting. I agree with the others though...you better keep it coming in the future! Lol!

I have to jump back a few pages and say definitely make an effort to see FOTLK. This is probably my favorite stage show in all of DW. It's kind of like a cirque show without the weird clowns. It was closed for refurbishment when we went on our honeymoon in 2003 and I was sooo disappointed! My husband finally got to see it when we went with our daughter in 2010.

I have to say, you have so much to be excited about, and not so much to be nervous about. I think it's safe to say she is going to say, "Yes!!!!" and that it's going to be so perfect. Even if she's not completely surprised, she will surely be talking about this moment for the rest of your lives (and making every girl she knows completely jealous...)!!!

FOTLK is the only show I think we will pay attention to the show times when we are in Animal Kingdom for day 1. It will all depend on how busy the park is and how much we are able to get done as we have basically all day to do the rest of the park after the Africa Trek so if we have time for it I wouldn't be against trying to fit it in.

I wouldn't be putting in this much effort if I wasn't sure she was going to say yes. I'm just be nervous about blowing the surprise and things not going according to plan.

 

[happybelle]

I love the romanticism of what you are doing, but that form would have thrown me (love your clues idea). ...I really don't think she will figure out what you are doing.

 

[SuperNEMOfan]

I'm going to give her one clue every Friday leading up until the weekend that we leave. They are going to be pretty vague and some will be false, some will be true, some will be half-truths. Right now I'm thinking something along the lines of these:

1. HOT
2. Beaches
3. Mountains
4. Water
5. Animals
6. Sunshine

Well I dropped the bomb today. I put our stuffed animal 'son' out in the hallway with a 'note' to his teacher about the dates. Still waiting to hear a response from Hannah about it which is making me really anxious! I'm halfway hoping that she thinks I may be just messing with her and half way hope that she knows that it's real.

Aww!! I hope she knows that it's real as well that way she get excited too. Hopefully you'll get the reaction you want from her

 

[golf4miami]

Aww!! I hope she knows that it's real as well that way she get excited too. Hopefully you'll get the reaction you want from her

It worked and she's excited!!!

I was worried she would be worried about school, but since I told her this early it's going to give her time to prepare to miss school. She's going to get ahead now so that when she gets back she will be right on track. Everything is now in place!

 

[Gracefulskinny]

good to hear!!!

As for the clues.. I can't decide if I can tell where you are going once all the clues are there because I already know or if it will be obvious to her.

The two the jump out at me that might give it away (especially once you hit Florida) are mountains and animals. But again it could just be because I already know which mountains and animals you are referring too.

I also might save the Beach clue for one of your last ones. Because if it was me I would know that a clue that practically gives away where we are going wouldn't be one of the first clues. If its one of the later clues it would feel more like you are trying save the most obvious clues for last. Also as one of the last clues it would be fresh in her mind when she figures out your in Florida.

 

[golf4miami]

good to hear!!!

As for the clues.. I can't decide if I can tell where you are going once all the clues are there because I already know or if it will be obvious to her.

The two the jump out at me that might give it away (especially once you hit Florida) are mountains and animals. But again it could just be because I already know which mountains and animals you are referring too.

I also might save the Beach clue for one of your last ones. Because if it was me I would know that a clue that practically gives away where we are going wouldn't be one of the first clues. If its one of the later clues it would feel more like you are trying save the most obvious clues for last. Also as one of the last clues it would be fresh in her mind when she figures out your in Florida.

This is a great point! You've already been very helpful and now you're being even more so.

I think I'll save the beaches till last and move the rest up one. The thing is that she's only been to Disney once, so when she hears 'mountains' she's going to think camping and a trip to some place like Asheville, NC or something like that. Her first thought will definitely not be Splash, Thunder, and Space. Also, on the Animals clue the first thought she is going to have is "zoo" because we've talked about going on a zoo's trip before.

 

[SuperNEMOfan]

This is a great point! You've already been very helpful and now you're being even more so.

I think I'll save the beaches till last and move the rest up one. The thing is that she's only been to Disney once, so when she hears 'mountains' she's going to think camping and a trip to some place like Asheville, NC or something like that. Her first thought will definitely not be Splash, Thunder, and Space. Also, on the Animals clue the first thought she is going to have is "zoo" because we've talked about going on a zoo's trip before.

If I didn't know you guys were going. It would sound like a camping trip somewhere by mountains because even being an avid Disney freak I don't put mountains and Disney together. I think it's a good idea to put beaches last. I'm pretty sure she will be confused and mind going a mile a minute anyways lol

 

[lvcourtneyy]

I missed a bunch but now I'm caught up again!

It's clever the way you're giving her just enough information to try to put the surprise together but not enough to figure it out! I would totally react the same way she is and be trying to put everything together so this way she has enough information to work with that she hopefully won't go trying to figure out anything else!

 

[golf4miami]

OUR LAST DAY/CHEFS DE FRANCE

I didn’t really know what to use as the opening picture for this day, so I just picked one of the cooler shots that I could find on Google. It’s pretty don’t you think?
What is your plan for the last day golf4miami? Good question! I’m glad you asked that question, but I don’t have an answer for you though. What we do on this day totally depends on what we will be able to get done on the other days. The fact that this day even exists is what makes me so excited about this trip compared to our last one. Our last trip we only had 4 days and we park-hopped and basically hit everything important but left some of the smaller less-important stuff on the table. Now that we have a 5th day we may have time to hit all of that stuff and more! If there is a big ride that we haven’t gotten to, or want to do again, then we can head straight there and do it! We want to spend a little time in all 4 parks? SURE! The only requirement is that we have a planned lunch and that we must hit any nighttime shows that we have missed but I have a feeling that we will have all of those out of the way by now. I can tell you with certainty that Animal Kingdom as EMH in the morning this day so there is a small chance that we may end up back there at least for EMH to hit Everest and Kilamanjaro Safari’s again.

Lunch will be at 12:30p at Chefs de France. I just realized as I was typing this that this may be a long way to go for lunch if we’re not already going to be in Epcot this day. I would hate to have to park at the Epcot parking lot and then walk all the way back to Chefs de France and then back to the front of the park again. So, this may be changed depending on how we’re feeling and what we’re going to want to eat. I didn’t plan a dinner for this day because like I said, I have no idea where we will be and when we will be there so I didn’t want to tie us down too much. I do have a feeling that we will end up back at Magic Kingdom again for a little bit though before we say goodbye to the parks.

 

[Gracefulskinny]

DH are planning on doing much the same for our 5th park day. We're just going to wing it. Glad to see we aren't the only ones with this idea!

 

[golf4miami]

I missed a bunch but now I'm caught up again!

It's clever the way you're giving her just enough information to try to put the surprise together but not enough to figure it out! I would totally react the same way she is and be trying to put everything together so this way she has enough information to work with that she hopefully won't go trying to figure out anything else!

I'm glad you're caught up! We took a trip to Kings Island here in Ohio this past weekend as a birthday trip for both of us (We're both July birthdays) and it was funny how we were comparing everything around us to Disney. I'm pretty sure I have her convinced that it's not going to be Disney though. I basically told her it wasn't Disney, straight up and when I asked her to list her 5 places she hopes the trip is to it went something like this: "Well Disney would be #1, but you told me that isn't an option."

She already can't wait till Friday too, so she can get her first clue!

DH are planning on doing much the same for our 5th park day. We're just going to wing it. Glad to see we aren't the only ones with this idea!

Yea, I almost didn't even make an ADR for our last day so we could really wing it. There is always a possibility that we cancel it too. I just don't see the reason in planning everything out on our last day when we should have pretty much everything on the 'must-do' list done. Plus, I have no idea what rides or parks we will be in the mood for that day.

 

[SuperNEMOfan]

OUR LAST DAY/CHEFS DE FRANCE

I didn’t really know what to use as the opening picture for this day, so I just picked one of the cooler shots that I could find on Google. It’s pretty don’t you think?
What is your plan for the last day golf4miami? Good question! I’m glad you asked that question, but I don’t have an answer for you though. What we do on this day totally depends on what we will be able to get done on the other days. The fact that this day even exists is what makes me so excited about this trip compared to our last one. Our last trip we only had 4 days and we park-hopped and basically hit everything important but left some of the smaller less-important stuff on the table. Now that we have a 5th day we may have time to hit all of that stuff and more! If there is a big ride that we haven’t gotten to, or want to do again, then we can head straight there and do it! We want to spend a little time in all 4 parks? SURE! The only requirement is that we have a planned lunch and that we must hit any nighttime shows that we have missed but I have a feeling that we will have all of those out of the way by now. I can tell you with certainty that Animal Kingdom as EMH in the morning this day so there is a small chance that we may end up back there at least for EMH to hit Everest and Kilamanjaro Safari’s again.

Lunch will be at 12:30p at Chefs de France. I just realized as I was typing this that this may be a long way to go for lunch if we’re not already going to be in Epcot this day. I would hate to have to park at the Epcot parking lot and then walk all the way back to Chefs de France and then back to the front of the park again. So, this may be changed depending on how we’re feeling and what we’re going to want to eat. I didn’t plan a dinner for this day because like I said, I have no idea where we will be and when we will be there so I didn’t want to tie us down too much. I do have a feeling that we will end up back at Magic Kingdom again for a little bit though before we say goodbye to the parks.

We are also winging it our last day. We have nothing planned whatsoever. We might see each other at AK if you guys decide to go for EMH. That's our schedules day for AK.

I bet Hannah is wishing away the weeks now just to get to Friday!

 

[golf4miami]

We are also winging it our last day. We have nothing planned whatsoever. We might see each other at AK if you guys decide to go for EMH. That's our schedules day for AK.

I bet Hannah is wishing away the weeks now just to get to Friday!

Yea Animal Kingdom is one of Hannah's favorites so I wouldn't be surprised if we don't wind up there just to ride Everest again and ride the Safari to get a look a the Boma where we got engaged before moving on somewhere else.

She is definitely wishing away the days now just like I have been for months. She would be happy if every day was Friday so she could get a clue and be a week closer.

 

[SuperNEMOfan]

Yea Animal Kingdom is one of Hannah's favorites so I wouldn't be surprised if we don't wind up there just to ride Everest again and ride the Safari to get a look a the Boma where we got engaged before moving on somewhere else.

She is definitely wishing away the days now just like I have been for months. She would be happy if every day was Friday so she could get a clue and be a week closer.

I enjoy Animal Kingdom as well, my boyfriend has never been so im excited to show him around. I didnt want to tell him about Everest going backwards but he read it somewhere!

We are wishing the days away as well. Every Thursday we've been watching a disney movie, so it helps the time go by faster. I just wish i wasnt wishing the summer away!

 

[golf4miami]

I enjoy Animal Kingdom as well, my boyfriend has never been so im excited to show him around. I didnt want to tell him about Everest going backwards but he read it somewhere!

We are wishing the days away as well. Every Thursday we've been watching a disney movie, so it helps the time go by faster. I just wish i wasnt wishing the summer away!

Somehow I was able to keep that whole going backwards thing a secret from Hannah, I don't know how I did to be honest with you.

You should put in some more time and post up some more plans on your PTR! that has definitely helped me pass the time and maybe that could help you too. I know what you're saying about wishing away the summer, it's my favorite season. However, it's been either rainy or scorching hot here not I haven't been able to take advantage of it much.

 

[SuperNEMOfan]

I was able to get us a ressie for Ohana!! So excited. I've been keeping up with my ptr but I'm pretty much talking to myself haha.

My boyfriend and I had a talk about engagement rings and weddings last night. He asked me what I wanted and such. Now my brain is going crazy im trying to remain calm but knowing Disney isn't that far away anymore and that it's practically my dream to get engaged/married in Disney doesn't help!!!!

 

[golf4miami]

I was able to get us a ressie for Ohana!! So excited. I've been keeping up with my ptr but I'm pretty much talking to myself haha.

My boyfriend and I had a talk about engagement rings and weddings last night. He asked me what I wanted and such. Now my brain is going crazy im trying to remain calm but knowing Disney isn't that far away anymore and that it's practically my dream to get engaged/married in Disney doesn't help!!!!

That's awesome!! Everything I've read/heard/seen about 'Ohana really makes me excited to eat there for our trip. Especially since it will be our first night with Wishes right after. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

That's definitely an interesting talk to have right before you leave for Disney. Has he given you any other reason to believe it might happen on your trip?