Proposal Ideas...June

[bamaears]

So me and the g/f are heading to Disney in June. We both live in Alabama, and try to make it to Disney once a year. We've been dating a year in January, and I know she's the one. So I was thinking about proposing at Disney in June! We'll be staying from a Thursday-Tuesday morning.

We'll be going to all of the parks for one day each, and we'll be staying at Port Orleans French Quarter.

A little about her: She loves Disney, and grew up going to it. I started going as a teenager. We both love to travel together, and seeing the U.S. and the world and being together is a big part of our lives. She's traditional, but isn't afraid to throw down a good party.

Something in public is not us, so things I was thinking of:

• Carriage ride at POFW (but to be expected)

• On top of the contemporary during the fireworks (but ppl around)

• We'll be going to Epcot and we both like to travel, so I thought about having Disney leave clues at each place for us and then the last country proposing (might be complicated w/ Disney people).
• No cinderalla castle
• No POLY Beach
• Or maybe just taking a walk around one of the resort sites.

So as you can see, I've done my research on this, but wanted to reach out.
I've also thought about secretly booking dinner reservations for us, her parents, and my parents the night one of the nights we get engaged (if she accepts

 

[JuneB]

There are all sorts of secret hidden places around Disney. The garden walkways next to Cinderella's castle with the wishing well between the castle and the Rapunzel greeting spot come to mind as a great secret place to propose, especially when something like a parade or fireworks is going on.
You can give her a coin, tell her to close her eyes and make a wish, then drop to one knee when she does.

You may want a picture of this. So if you can enlist the help of a Disney photographer, he may be able to hide and snap a shot when you kneel.

 

[tric8783]

First, yay! So exciting and good luck!!

Since she has always gone to Disney a lot, she has probably played it out in her mind many times and thought of how it might happen. The carriage ride is gorgeous and likely very expected. Do you want her to sense it coming or being completely caught off guard? What if you do something active she wouldn't imagine would be a proposal, like schedule the segway tour in Epcot, then talk to your guide ahead of time. You ride around future world a bit, but then most of the time you go over into the countries so that you have it free to yourselves without having to dodge around people (since it doesnt open til 11 and the tour is in the morning). When we did it, there were maybe 10-15 people in our group, and we rode around and then we had "free time" in Italy to ride on our own (otherwise you follow in a line one after the other), we got off of them, took pictures etc, took a break for a few minutes. I bet if you talked to your guide ahead of time, you could plan to strategically stop where you want, propose how you want and the guide would help and take pictures. It would be semi private and I don't think most girls would expect you to propose while you're taking a segway tour. It would also be very unique to Disney!

I'll try to think of more!

 

[Boston Disney Bride]

First off, CONGRATS!! I would have loved to have been proposed to in Disney. So she's a lucky gal.

I was thinking Sea Breeze Point on the Boardwalk. Its usually pretty private unless there is a wedding taking place. Its really pretty early in the morning and during sun set.

On the night of our wedding we took a carriage ride at Port Orleans and it was so beautiful and peaceful...I think that is a great idea but do agree that it may be expected.

 

[bamaears]

Thanks, all!

Generally speaking, I want her to be completely surprised! I think she might prodding me more the closer to the trip we get, and I'm not very good at surprises. i actually thought about taking her through the normal "proposal places/events like the carriage ride, around the castle, ect... with no proposal.

I was going to try and see if somehow I could get "clues/hints" ahead of time to one of the countries in Epcot, and have her go through them all and then actually propose to her there, w/o many ppl around.

PS: I've gone through the Disney Engagement site, but cannot find a direct number to speak to someone about this. There are a lot of numbers, but they're all for specific events. Help?

PPS: Cheesy to have parents come to dinner the night of/after?

 

[JuneB]

You may have a difficult time getting a private spot in the countries.... That's the problem... The back of Morocco tends to be the quietest. There is the gondola area of Italy...; but people can see you from the walking path.

There is the gardens France where Sleeping Beauty tends to pop up back there near Guerlain. As long as there are no characters greeting there, it's fairly quiet.

Canada tends to be quiet. The gardens there are beautiful; and it's at the end of the route if you start in Mexico. I guess back near O' Canada is very quiet and very very private. And the waterfall is beautiful next to the castle-like restaurant.

As for clues, I'm not sure what to tell you. I thought you were wanting to surprise her, not make her start suspecting....

As for numbers..., there seems to be one that I got from here: disneyweddings.disney.go.com/engagements/walt-disney-world/detail

407.WDW.GIFT

However, maybe you can wait until you get to WDW and do what this guy did: Talk to the guest relation people in Epcot.

themeparkinsider.com/news/response.cfm?ID=1278

From Kevin Davis
Posted August 30, 2006 at 2:45 PM
Well good for you! As a matter of fact I just pop the question to my girlfriend of four years at Disneyland on the day you posted this!
If you go to City Hall ( guest relations) and talk to a Cast Member you will be surprise how much they will work with you at no cost to yourself. To get an idea I will relate my story to everyone here.

I was finally able to get my girlfriend to go look around on her own and rushed off to City Hall. I talked to a Cast Member there ( his name was Kevin) and remove the ring box from my pocket. He was so excited and asked me what I wanted to do. " Do you want to do it where everyone can see you or would you like something more private?" I of course asked how much, " Nothing, it's your moment! We make dreams come true" I of course got to thinking I needed something big and Samantha and me love pirates, and of course POTC and the good Captian! He got on the phone and talked to the Character Director ( his name was Ron) and asked what could we do. Passing the phone to me I talked to Ron, who was excited to hear what I wanted to do and asked me if I wanted to do something with Captian Jack! I of course said I would love to and I would like it kinda of public but no to much. So he came over to City Hall and took the ring from me ( Looking back on it, most would not trust someone they never met with a very expensive ring, but he was great) and we came up with a story to tell Samantha. The Story goes that I lost my wallet on Splash Mountian and I asked Disney Security to locate it for me, and I said I would spare no expense that they needed to get the best person to find it.

We agreed on the place, we decided on the Stairwell next to Club 33 ( just past it, next to the art stations, behind the two shops) where I would lead Samantha under the assumtion that I was meeting with Disney Security in thier office!

I led her there and turned her back to the stair well. There where about 8 people standing around looking at stuff in the shops and a couple sitting on the bench. I told her that I had lost my wallet and they just called me to meet them there with thier person who had tracked it down.

As she looked at me wreid, Captian Jack decended the stairs and called my name, I turned Samantha as he came down and she FREAKED! gitty with the moment she was shocked and I shook the Captians hand and he asked me for payment. I agreed to supply him with a new boat....ship... in exchanged for my lost item.

He handed my the box and I pop the question ( she said yes folks) and we exchange more words. They took pictures for us and I thanked the good Captian and of course Ron who was there. The people around us were in shock and thankfully the staff made sure that they could look but not interfer. It was a great moment which I will not every forget.

In my thanks I offered money, they didn't want it and I asked what I could do, he mention the Guest Apprication Form would be great and I made sure to make out one for everyone I talked to.

Disney did this at no expense to me and the actor took his time to do it. This is something that I find really amazing and will forever brag about. I had talked to another person in City Hall about it later and they said that many people do it without them but they will attempt to do as much as they can with Characters and Locations if you ask and give them some time.

So, there you have it. Think of something youself or talk to them, they will make you dream come true.

Or maybe do what the originator of the thread did, which is call the Disney Wedding Division:

From Dan Borgstrom
Posted June 3, 2007 at 3:07 AM
Hello Everyone, I just happend to check this site after all these years and saw all the posts regarding if and how I ever decided to propose to my girlfriend (now wife). Well I sure did and all went really well.
When I finally created an idea in my mind as to how I wanted to propose, I contacted disneys fairy tale wedding division and became good friends with one of the coolest guys ever, named Chuck Rodriguez. I proposed the idea to him and initially got laughed at. However I insisted that he present the idea to the powers that be. After several weeks of begging and pleading, I got the call I had been waiting for "it's approved"...I then worked tons of hours of overtime and even got a second part time job. After writing a pretty hefty check, the fun began. Over the course of the next few months, my girlfriend and I "struck up" a friendship with Chuck, after we "happned" to stroll in to the fairy tale wedding office.

About 3 weeks before the big night, Chuck called my cell phone and left a staged message, stating that he was doing a wedding in the park and asked if we wanted to come "see it". Of course we said yes. On the night of the event, a friend of ours who is a member of Club 33, made us a reservation for dinner. Well since neither one of us had ever been there or dreamed of going there, that itself was quite exciting.

So on the big night, we got all dressed up and went into the park, for our 8pm reservation. We had a wonderful dinner (especially since all the staff was informed of the big plans) and couldnt wait to see the "wedding" in the park later. At 10pm the park closed and Chuck came and got us, to escort us to the "wedding". As we strolled through the nearly empty disneyland, we talked about when I was going to have enough guts to one day propose to my girlfriend (little did she know it was only a matter of minutes). As we passed the shooting gallery, Chuck got an "urgent call" regarding the "wedding". He told us to proceed onto main street and through the castle, were the "wedding reception" was being held in fantasyland. As we turned onto main street, they had the castle lit with all of her favorite colors, purples, pinks, etc (much more than usual). As we approached the castle, it was roped off at the curbline. We spoke with the security officer and told him we were sent by chuck, for the "wedding"...However as we began walking up towards the castle, there was a 4 foot wide path of rose petals leading to the bridge. As we got to the bridge, there was a round table with beautiful linens, 3 dozen roses, candles and two chairs. At this point, she still didnt get it. She thought it was all part of the "wedding"...That ws until we got closer, and there was an 8x10 framed photo of her and I on the table. Right then a violenest came out and began playing "a dream is a wish your heart makes." I sat her down, and got on one knee. Then in the middle of the table, was a purple pillow, which had cinderellas glass slipper on it. Inside the slipper, was her ring. I took the ring, told her how much I loved her and before I could even say "will you...."she yelled YES!!! The small crowd which had gathered, inculding our hidden friends began clapping and cheering, as we kissed and hugged.

Since the park was closed, Disney had a photographer walk us around and take amazing pics at differnt locations around the park. We then returned back to our table for 2 and sat for around 35 minutes. It was absolutely amazing to look down main street and not see one person. At least for one hour, Disneyland was really "our land"...They say 'It's not how many breaths you take, but how many moments take your breath away"...Well thanks to the magic of the wonderful people at disneyland and my now wonderful wife..this was definately one of those moments.

We ended up getting married at disneyland a year later and that was magical as well... A friend of ours made a little web-site which contains pics from our wedding and a short video of the engagement. If you would like to see it, send me an email at REMOVED CAUSE I CAN'T POST EMAILS and i'll send ya the link...Thanks to everyone who gave me such great ideas...Taks care, Sincerely Dan

As for whether or not to invite both of your parents to the dinner celebration, that depends on her and how she would feel about it. We went out to dinner the night after that (because the night he proposed was Valentines; and we didn't want to get stuck waiting for a table) with his parents; and I loved it. I get along with his parents. So that was fine and not at all cheesy.

 

[mskayjay]

I don't know if this is your idea of a great way to propose or not, but I personally think the ladies at the Japan pavillion who do the pick a pearl are just adorable. How about setting up with them to have her ring with them, let her pick her oyster, and have them "find" her engagement ring in the oyster? That would definitely not be expected and while there would be people there it could be very special. Just a thought! Congratulations on finding your special someone and I wish you a wonderful life full of love and pixie dust!!!!

 

[Evi]

I love epcot and illuminations. Why not pick up some champagne and then walk towards uk watch and propose right before fireworks start. I"m sure you could arrange a private setting to view illuminations and propose contact disney and see what they offer.