We ran over to my parents room to pick up Kris belongings since he ended up sleeping in their room the night before the wedding. Finally, we were packed up and headed off to the Grand Floridian. I was so excited to be staying there. It is a place that would normally be totally out of our price range, so having our free night there was a great treat. We had also added on a second night since we didnt want to be too far away for our Magic Kingdom shoot which was two days later on Wednesday.
We pulled up in the front of the hotel and the bellhop immediately came over to help us with everything. They took our name and then called the concierge who sent someone to meet us right away. The funny thing was at this point no one could spell Kris last name, so it became apparent right away that he would soon be called by my last name (which I had chosen to keep) more often than I would ever be called by his.
We had a bunch of odd things to carry including Tupperware containers full of slices of leftover cake and the bouquet of snapdragons from the reception. We had left some of the flowers including the piece from the sand ceremony in my parents room. We were escorted through the lobby directly over to the special elevators that take you to the concierge level. Our families are pretty traditional and most people dont live together or travel alone as a couple before getting married, so this would be our first time we had been staying anywhere on a trip completely by ourselves!
Thankfully we were in the main building which was so cool! The elevators are quite confusing if you have ever stayed in concierge level at the GF you definitely know what Im talking about. On several occasions over the next couple of days we ended up getting a little lost.
We were finally on our floor and guided down the hallway to our room. It was absolutely amazing. The view from our balcony looked directly across to the castle and overlooked the marina area.
I asked the concierge representative whether or not we would have to check in and out again for the next day or if we would be able to keep the same room. We had originally booked our second night through the wedding block and then through a serious of events ended up getting this second night given to us. Well, somehow we were still booked in a regular room for the second night, so she told me to contact my planner and then they would be able to get everything taken care of for us.
The concierge representative handed us over our keys (mine had Kris last name, so we had this corrected later) and said that she would keep us posted on the room situation. We had a special surprise in our room too.
After she headed out I called Marion on her cell and she said that she would handle everything. I thanked her again and then she went over a few more details for the dessert party and told me that if we needed anything else to let her know.
Finally, we were finally able to have a few minutes to sit down and catch our breath. It was around 5:00 p.m. and we had left POR that morning at 7 a.m. We had to leave around 6:30 to head to the dessert party too.
Shots from the room:
We also decided to open our cards and the one present that had been loaded with our stuff (we had a few that we in my parents room still):
We laid out of our cards on the table; my little cousin drew us the cutest picture to commemorate the day:
On a lighter note...the pics you took on your camera phone looked great! I'm so excited for you that you got a suprise present...I can't wait to see it!
I can't wait to find out what your surprise gift is!!
at least hubby had a good excuse too for being scarce 
I was surprised how good the camera phone shots came out. Stay tuned for the present; it will show up at the dessert party.
I am all teary seeing the card your cousin made for you. What a darling! 
Can't wait to hear more, and especially about Kris' gift to you. 
Disney ended up giving us the second night free so they kept us in the concierge level. 
Howard and I have always fantasized about staying at the Grand, and there we will be, just past our 24th wedding anniversary and finally having a "honeymoon", kind of another wish come true. I hope you and Kris dont' have to wait that long to stay there again! 
