Wedding Day Continued -- Chef Mickey's
Once DH, BIL and his nephew arrived back it was time to walk over to Chef Mickey's to check in for dinner. My parents weren't there yet, but we couldn't wait for them.
I walked up to the podium in all my bridal glory and the CM behind the desk did a double-take and says, "Let me guess, did you get married today?" ALL the cast members there said congratulations and they immediately pushed us into line to get a group picture while we waited for our table. The photographer was just blown away that she got to photograph a wedding party and she was having so much fun positioning everyone just so. I was sort of sad that my parents weren't there for the photo, but it was their own choice to be late so I couldn't worry about it too much.
After the group photo, the photographer insisted on just me and DH even though our pager had already gone off. She told us not to worry, it's not like they could not seat a bride and groom! So we had our picture taken and then rushed over to where everyone else was being seated.
Rather than give us a long table, they sat us against the "booth" area, so on one side of the tables is a booth-style seat and a regular chair on the other side. The tables were all separated, so we asked if we could put them together and they said it was no problem. We also got the "It's My Special Day" placemats from the server -- I was so excited!
Once seated, the server came over to take our drink orders and explain the buffet and characters to us. Now, FG's favorite character is Ariel, but she's also partial to Mickey Mouse, whom she affectionately refers to as "Kimmy Mouf" because she can't pronounce the letters properly
DH and I had gotten into a heated discussion with her prior to the trip trying to get her to say it correctly, but she would just get angry, cross her arms, and say, "Yes! KIMMY MOUF." as if WE were the dumb ones. haha
I was still kind of full from tea, but I wanted to try a bunch of stuff, so we all headed up the buffet, with instructions from MOH to take note of what they had and report back to her so she would know what to send us up for for her! She told us to get a variety of things so she could see them all and make an informed decision, lol.
I was impressed with this buffet and DH and I have since decided to go back for dinner on our next trip so that we can calmly (and with an appetite) try everything.
I started out with some salad, macaroni and cheese, and pizza. A lovely combination!
I didn't take pictures of anyone else's food, sorry!
The first character to come over was Pluto. Mostly everyone was still up at the buffet, but he spotted FG (who did genuinely seem interested) and went into full-on character mode and BOUNDED across the restuarant (like a dog) to see her. Well. This did not go over well and FG's eyes popped right out of her head as she started screaming and looking for somewhere to hide (behind FIL worked just fine for her). Poor Pluto felt horrible I think, so he came over to our end of the table and gave TONS of slobbery kisses to MOH instead.
My parents finally arrived and I explained to them how it worked and then they set off to find food.
Mickey was next to stop by and FG wasn't having any of that either.
Mickey saw me and did the "come here" motion with his finger so I climbed over my mom and walked around to take a picture with him.
Did I mention the top of my dress was realllly loose now? I was so paranoid it would fall down!
Then Mickey called DH over:
We couldn't figure out what he was trying to tell us:
So he finally just grabbed our hands and set it up for us, haha:
After Mickey was Donald, who proposed to me even though I had just gotten married:
I love this picture:
Poor unsuspecting MOHG (who is not a fan of the characters) thought we were taking a nice photo of him. You can see Donald creeping up behind him ready to grab him and you can see the look on MOH's face, knowing he is not going to appreciate the gesture. :unsure:
I really wanted to try the parmesan mashed potatoes since everyone raves about them, and the Mickey ravioli looked cute so I headed back to the buffet with my dad. I also tried some kind of potato bake thing, but I'm not sure what it was or what was in it.
The mashed potatoes were ok, but they tasted just like the ones I make at home, and the ravioli was ok but I was getting pretty full and couldn't finish it. The other potato thing was good, but I couldn't fit any more food inside.
Goofy came over to our table next:
SIL had no idea what was going on, lol
After Goofy left, our server stopped by to let us know that the next song they were playing (where you wave your napkins around) was to celebrate us. I about died because I had no idea what to expect.
The music started and our server brought us over pretty cupcakes!
All of the characters made another round, but we were exhausted so we pretty much just waved, lol.
It was only 6:30pm by this time and everyone was basically done eating. BIL had gone up to get a plate of desserts for whoever wanted them, but I was stuffed. It was disappointing because aside from the characters, one of the reasons I booked CM is because the desserts looked really good.
We had an hour to kill before the van came for MOH and MOHG, so I told my parents to leave and go back to their hotel so that DH and I could stop by later to pick up my dad's tux. They left, we paid the bill, and everyone started heading out. The four of us went downstairs to wait outside for the van, and DH's family took their time and eventually went their own way back to the car.
We just sat on the benches outside and talked about the day, and tons of people passed by and said congratulations. When we were still inside, on our way out, a woman stopped me to tell me that I looked "stunning" -- I almost cried. The compliments people were giving me were just way too much: stunning, beautiful, breathtaking. OMG. A lot of little girls would stop and stare and their parents would have to grab them to keep them moving, explaining that we just got married. It was sooo cute. And other people wonder why we all decided to get married at Disney?!
The van finally showed up, so we made sure MOH was ok and we told them we'd meet them back at the room to help with getting ready for bed stuff. There was an aide coming at 10pm to get her officially ready for bed, but I knew she wasn't going to want to be stuck in her chair until then.
DH and I made our way over to the parking lot and found our car after getting lots of whistles and yells from the people waiting for the bus
I piled myself into the backseat and DH drove to DTD to pick up my dad's tux. We passed a couple Disney buses on the way and whenever we were stopped next to one, everyone would point and smile at us.
We picked up the tux and our cake and then headed back to Pop. As soon as we got to the room, DH took his tux off and I started undoing my dress. I couldn't wait to get it off! I was surprised -- I really thought I'd be one of those brides that didn't want to take it off because you never get to wear it again, but it was so hot and heavy and all I wanted were my sweats!!
I left my dress in a pile on the floor while I put some sweatpants and a tank top on and peed without the assistance of another person. I ran next door and helped MOHG get MOH into bed, said goodnight to them, and went back to my room to take my hair out and take a shower. Once we were both clean, DH and I grabbed our mug, the tuxes, and started our journey of collecting the rest of the tuxes.
We went to DH's parents' room first. We drove over there, picked up the tux, got back to the car and realized that his dad forgot to give us his shoes. DH went all the way back to the the room, got the shoes, and came back. Then we parked in the check in parking lot, grabbed the tuxes and went inside to find out where we should leave them. The front desk CM directed us to luggage services, and we met a very non-Disney-like CM there who took the tuxes rather reluctantly. We told him we had some more that we had to go get and would be back in 10 minutes.
We walked to BIL's room and got his, other BIL's, and RB's. We brought those back to luggage services and then I went to the food court to get hot water, while DH drove back to our parking lot and went to the room.
I walked back to the room, mixed myself up some Theraflu (I was feeling horrible at this point -- I think it hit me all at once) and I was asleep before I could even finish it! What a romantic wedding night, right?!
Coming up: Our Disneymoon! 8 more days of fun and pixie dust!
