Honeymoon, Day 1
Brandon and I spent the first morning of our honeymoon getting some much needed sleep. It was wonderful. After all the early schedules of our previous week, I loved waking up naturally and just lounging on the plush bed.
We ventured out to the club level lounge for breakfast. The Grand Floridian club level was amazing. I wish we could afford to stay club level every time, it was just phenomenal. The cast members were so incredibly friendly and helpful. The club level lounge had different food and drinks available, based on the time of day. We had to walk through the lounge to get from the elevator to our room; it was so nice to be able to grab a snack and a soda on our way. We usually picked up a drink on our way to the parks as well.
Breakfast was usually an assortment of breads and pastries (with spreads), cut fruit, cereals, teas and coffees. Were not usually big breakfast eaters, so it was plenty for us.
After breakfast, I started to worry about what to do with my dress. We were leaving for our
Disney cruise in 4 days; I certainly didnt want to take it with us, but I wasnt comfortable with leaving it in the car, either. As I tend to do when Im stumped, I called my mom. Our initial rule was absolutely no contact with family and friends during the honeymoon. However, I knew my mom was driving home soon, and giving the dress to her seemed like a good solution.
I took the dress (in its garment bag), and we met my mom out by the valet stand. It was kind of nice, actually, because we chatted for a minute, and mom shared some post-wedding stories with us. It really seemed like all of our guests had a fantastic time at the wedding. Brandon and I were so happy to hear it.
The weather that day was gray and rainy, so we decided to stay in the hotel. We originally had reservations for pool cabanas, but lounging poolside in the rain didnt sound so romantic. The concierge helped us cancel the reservation. (It was kind of funny. The concierge called the recreation desk, and the CM on the phone said we would have to speak to the manager to avoid a penalty fee. The concierge politely but flatly said, Why dont I speak with the manager now? It was cancelled with no fee within two minutes. Our concierge was awesome!)
We walked around the lobby shops for a while. The Grand Floridian was pretty crowded; I think lots of people were hotel-hopping because of the rain.
We were getting hungry again, so we strolled down to the Grand Floridian Café. They were absolutely swarmed! They were not accepting any parties without a reservation. This might be a little snooty of me, but I thought that since we were club level and on our honeymoon, they should have seated us anyway. I didnt say anything though. Instead, we went back to our room and ordered some room service.
We kept an eye on the weather, and eventually noticed that it was starting to clear up a little.
So we decided to make a dash for Magic Kingdom before the rain came back!
I was pretty happy-- I was a married lady! Also notice my Diet Coke from the lounge.
