Bethy Lou
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My DF and I have not posted our engagement trip report yet, so I decided to post that along with our prewedding trip report from last weekend.
We live only six hours from Orlando, and both of us love WDW so when DB suggested the two of us go down for a long weekend I was incredibly excited. Right before we planned to leave, DB's mom asked us to give something to his brother at school; he lives two hours away in Athens, Georgia. I was agitated at first that we were to go out of our way, but his mom is incredibly sweet so I did not mind doing her a favor. When we got on the University of Georgia's campus to meet DB's brother, we walked through North Campus which is the oldest part of the school. Since we both graduated from the University of Georgia, and it was really special to us we had at one point talked about getting married there. Even though we were not engaged at the time I had looked into the logistics of doing it there and it would never have worked for us. When we walked in front of the chapel on campus, DB asked me to walk up with him to see if the door was unlocked. I told him it would not be and refused to walk up there. He finally got me up there after a lot of begging. I went up to the door, tried to open it and then started to walk away because it was locked. At that point DB grabbed my arm and pulled me back to him. Then he dropped to his knees and told me how everything in his life was better now that I was in it. He was incredibly sweet and I was so in shock that he was proposing to me. I said yes and gave him the biggest hug. There was no plan to meet his brother, he just wanted to bring me to Athens and propose in a place important to both of us. I was on cloud nine when we drove down to Orlando.
When we first got there we went to Epcot and ate at the San Angel Inn. The food there is fantastic and the atmosphere is incredible! While we were there we went drinking around the world and ended up taking some pretty goofy pictures! Here are some of them; we kind of liked the hats!
Sir Ron as a pirate
Sir Ron as a hot German man
Eeeee-eeeew that smell!
Me in a Pan hat
Me with an African Drum
We stayed that night to watch Illuminations, which was not around when I was there last. I absolutely loved the music and really had a great time snugging with my DF under the fireworks.
The next day we went to the Magic Kingdom, but we forgot the camera bag! We took some photos on PhotoPass but I do not have any of them to share. It was really awesome to be back at the Magic Kingdom with my DF because he is a huge fan of Disney history and it was really awesome to experience it with a lot of the background knowledge. I even read the latest Disney biography before we went to catch up on some history. Since it was going to be a late day for us, I decided to surprise my DF with a morning Keys to the Kingdom tour. He had always wanted to go on one, but had never been able to. He was so excited that I surprised him and we both had a really great time. It was awesome being able to go behind the scenes and see everything from a different perspective. We also were able to ride the Jungle Cruise and the Haunted Mansion with our special tour guide giving us background information to the rides. That night we also stayed for Wishes, which was pretty interesting after learning that quite a lot of Tinkerbells have actually been TinkerBILLS!
The next day we went to MGM. We went to the Sci-Fi Diner for lunch and the Fifties Cafe for dinner. I loved the Rockin Rollercoaster which had not been there before when I went. We loved the Tower of Terror and the Great Movie Ride, and it was fun to watch the Beauty and the Beast show. I think the coolest part of the park was where you could learn to draw the Disney cartoons. We left the park early to go to downtown Disney and goof around in the shops before we headed over to Pleasure Island
Sir Ron and I with crazy hats
We had a GREAT time at Downtown Disney. We started in the Adventurers Club and really enjoyed the shows in there as well as the signature drink; Kungaloosh! After spending a good bit of time there we decided to walk over to 8 Tracks. That night it was 80s music night and we totally got our groove on on the dance floor. After drinking draft beer and dancing to Culture Club we decided to head over Mannequins. It was incredible in there with the spinning dance floor and the techno music. We actually enjoyed dancing in there, but eventually the heat and spinning forced us to head back outside. By this time it was incredibly late, so we decided to call it a night and take the boat back to our room at Port Orleans Riverside.
The next morning we went to Animal Kingdom, but did not stay too long. It was pretty hot and besides the roller coaster we were ok with leaving earlier than the other parks.
After our engagement trip to WDW we absolutely loved the idea of getting married there too. We have been making plans for our Disney wedding from another state, but we finally were able to make a site visit to arrange the layout of the ceremony, taste-test the food, and do a trial run of hair and make-up.
The view of the gazebo we are getting married at from the main building
The gazebo
Inside of the gazebo where we will be saying our vows
The path the wedding party will take to walk to the gazebo
The building we will be staying in
The Mickey statue in the lobby
The beach at the Polynesian where DF and I will take pictures
Cinderella castle from Sunset Point at the Polynesian
So now we have some of the minor details to iron out before our Disney wedding and familymoon next month! We are incredibly excited about the trip and starting our life together.
We live only six hours from Orlando, and both of us love WDW so when DB suggested the two of us go down for a long weekend I was incredibly excited. Right before we planned to leave, DB's mom asked us to give something to his brother at school; he lives two hours away in Athens, Georgia. I was agitated at first that we were to go out of our way, but his mom is incredibly sweet so I did not mind doing her a favor. When we got on the University of Georgia's campus to meet DB's brother, we walked through North Campus which is the oldest part of the school. Since we both graduated from the University of Georgia, and it was really special to us we had at one point talked about getting married there. Even though we were not engaged at the time I had looked into the logistics of doing it there and it would never have worked for us. When we walked in front of the chapel on campus, DB asked me to walk up with him to see if the door was unlocked. I told him it would not be and refused to walk up there. He finally got me up there after a lot of begging. I went up to the door, tried to open it and then started to walk away because it was locked. At that point DB grabbed my arm and pulled me back to him. Then he dropped to his knees and told me how everything in his life was better now that I was in it. He was incredibly sweet and I was so in shock that he was proposing to me. I said yes and gave him the biggest hug. There was no plan to meet his brother, he just wanted to bring me to Athens and propose in a place important to both of us. I was on cloud nine when we drove down to Orlando.
When we first got there we went to Epcot and ate at the San Angel Inn. The food there is fantastic and the atmosphere is incredible! While we were there we went drinking around the world and ended up taking some pretty goofy pictures! Here are some of them; we kind of liked the hats!
Sir Ron as a pirate
Sir Ron as a hot German man
Eeeee-eeeew that smell!
Me in a Pan hat
Me with an African Drum
We stayed that night to watch Illuminations, which was not around when I was there last. I absolutely loved the music and really had a great time snugging with my DF under the fireworks.
The next day we went to the Magic Kingdom, but we forgot the camera bag! We took some photos on PhotoPass but I do not have any of them to share. It was really awesome to be back at the Magic Kingdom with my DF because he is a huge fan of Disney history and it was really awesome to experience it with a lot of the background knowledge. I even read the latest Disney biography before we went to catch up on some history. Since it was going to be a late day for us, I decided to surprise my DF with a morning Keys to the Kingdom tour. He had always wanted to go on one, but had never been able to. He was so excited that I surprised him and we both had a really great time. It was awesome being able to go behind the scenes and see everything from a different perspective. We also were able to ride the Jungle Cruise and the Haunted Mansion with our special tour guide giving us background information to the rides. That night we also stayed for Wishes, which was pretty interesting after learning that quite a lot of Tinkerbells have actually been TinkerBILLS!
The next day we went to MGM. We went to the Sci-Fi Diner for lunch and the Fifties Cafe for dinner. I loved the Rockin Rollercoaster which had not been there before when I went. We loved the Tower of Terror and the Great Movie Ride, and it was fun to watch the Beauty and the Beast show. I think the coolest part of the park was where you could learn to draw the Disney cartoons. We left the park early to go to downtown Disney and goof around in the shops before we headed over to Pleasure Island
Sir Ron and I with crazy hats
We had a GREAT time at Downtown Disney. We started in the Adventurers Club and really enjoyed the shows in there as well as the signature drink; Kungaloosh! After spending a good bit of time there we decided to walk over to 8 Tracks. That night it was 80s music night and we totally got our groove on on the dance floor. After drinking draft beer and dancing to Culture Club we decided to head over Mannequins. It was incredible in there with the spinning dance floor and the techno music. We actually enjoyed dancing in there, but eventually the heat and spinning forced us to head back outside. By this time it was incredibly late, so we decided to call it a night and take the boat back to our room at Port Orleans Riverside.
The next morning we went to Animal Kingdom, but did not stay too long. It was pretty hot and besides the roller coaster we were ok with leaving earlier than the other parks.
After our engagement trip to WDW we absolutely loved the idea of getting married there too. We have been making plans for our Disney wedding from another state, but we finally were able to make a site visit to arrange the layout of the ceremony, taste-test the food, and do a trial run of hair and make-up.
The view of the gazebo we are getting married at from the main building
The gazebo
Inside of the gazebo where we will be saying our vows
The path the wedding party will take to walk to the gazebo
The building we will be staying in
The Mickey statue in the lobby
The beach at the Polynesian where DF and I will take pictures
Cinderella castle from Sunset Point at the Polynesian
So now we have some of the minor details to iron out before our Disney wedding and familymoon next month! We are incredibly excited about the trip and starting our life together.
