We continued towards Adventureland to get the hat, and after trying it on, Milo decided against it again. We were getting hungry, so we decided to buy a snack. We went into Tortuga Tavern, and since I had told Milo about the smoked turkey leg (remember? anything smoked), we got one to share.
Such attractive pictures... Milo was loving the turkey leg... and then I told him how awesome it was that the whole thing is so tasty when turkey meat us usually pretty tasteless, but it´s because the inject salty water in it... well, I ruined the whole thing for him... I told you he´s a picky eater, and he said after that, it just tasted like salty water. I think it´s dumb, and he ate the rest of it, but he really didn´t enjoy it. I´m sorry Milo, but after I like something, there´s nothing that can ruin it for me, and salty water isn´t so bad...
We had a FP for BTMR at 5:55, and it was now time for it, so we went there and we both enjoyed our ride. Milo pointed out that MK really needs to work on their rollercoaster game, and I did mention the drop in Splash Mountain, but there was no way to show him there is actually an exciting ride at MK, that is actually beautifull on top of it. Next time I guess...
We still hadn´t been to tomorrowland, and we were exhausted and the temperature wasn´t dropping. We were walking and had to stop at Cosmic Rays because our feet were so sore and we needed to sit down for a bit and drink something. We got a soda and sat down for about 10 minutes, and continued our journey. I saw people were leaving COP and very few people were waiting to get in, so we hurried that way and I explained Milo what it was about and that it was kinda long and we could get some rest just sitting there and enjoying the show. Well, Milo fell asleep 5 minutes into it. I love COP so I did watch the whole thing and let Milo take a nap. It was a good choice, cause he woke up and felt a bit more rested.
We then proceeded to the Peoplemover, which would be some extra well deserved rest for our sore feet. There was actually a line for it! I had never seen this happen, so I guess the park really was crowded for low season. The lights were on in Space Mountain, which was pretty dissapointing. I don´t like Space Mountain anymore. Last time I rode I came out with a hurt neck and a migraine that lasted for hours after that. I loved it when I was a kid and I guess they tried to make it more exciting (?) by jerking you around like there´s no tomorrow. I was willing to go through it to show Milo the other rollercoaster in MK, but when we came out of the TTA, we found it was down and there was no word on when or if it would be fixed that day. Astro orbiter had a very long line and Buzz Spaceranger Spin had an insane 120 minute line, so we opted out, and there was basically nothing else for us to do there, so we decided it was time to go find a spot near the castle for the fireworks, and to sit down and rest. It was still very hot and we were miserable and just didn´t feel like doing anything else or walking anymore.
We did stop for a pic coming out of tomorrowland.
We got to the castle and there was a photpass girl right there, so why not? we got some more castle pictures
There wasn´t a bunch of people on that spot, so we thought it would be a good spot to watch the fireworks. I´m short, so behind the partners statue works perfectly, cause I don´t have anyone tall in front of me covering my view
. We just camped there. It was now 7:15, and the fireworks were at 9, so we had a lot of time of seating there, but we didn´t feel like walking anymore. We stood there peoplewatching for a while, and all of a sudden, across from the statue, I saw a guy in a goofy hat drop on one knee
it was so cute and romantic, and the girl cried and said yes so everyone could hear. And then the argentinian guy behind Milo and I yells "good boy goofy!!" and everyone around laughed out loud
. It was strange, cause the guy said it in spanish, so we understood, but then why did everyone else laugh too? did everyone around us speak spanish or something? I thought it was weird and a bit rude when it was such an important moment for this couple.
We sat down on the floor and waited, and waited, and then I rested my head on Milo´s legs and fell asleep, and woke up, and ten we waited some more. It was now dark and we were in the most photogenic place, so I decided to try a pic
It´s out of focus, but I am the worst photographer you will find, and I liked it anyway cause the place is just beautiful and the lighting is perfect. If anyone has an actual good picture taken from hereand doesn´t mind sharing it, I would love to have it as my desktop image.
It was now time for Once Upon a Time, so everyone stood up and so did we. As I thought, the spot we picked was really good. I could see the whole thing without anyone blocking me. Milo stood behind me hugging me and we both enjoyed the projections. Milo was very quiet, but I was mesmerized by this majestic show so I thought he was just as into it as I was.
When the Frozen projections started, Milo hugged me hard. Frozen was the latest Disney movie we had watched together, maybe a couple of weeks ago, so he got excited seeing it there. Well, no... He started talking to my ear, quietly, just for the both of us, very serious, he said "I want to thank you for such a great trip, for bringing me to this magical place that you love so much, and now I see why it means so much to you. It´s a place where we´re all better people, happy people, just like I am since we´ve been together. You make me a better man, you make me happy and for that I am eternally grateful" I figured out this was not about the show, and my knees started shaking. He continued " I have something for you. I´m gonna put it in your hand, please take it" and he put a velvety little box in my hand. I WENT INTO SHOCK as I opened the box to find the smallest, most perfect little ring ever. He said a few more words, but to be honest, it´s all blurry from there onwards. I remember little bits, like I was drunk. The only words I could manage to say were "ARE YOU SERIOUS??" and then I started crying, ok, not crying, I started SOBING! he took the box from my hands and I just covered my face and sobbed like I had just gotten really bad news. I don´t know why I did that, I was happy beyond belief!, but I just couldn´t stop. He turned me around, I didn´t see his face but I know (he told me later) he was absolutely dumbfounded by my reaction. He said in a kind of discouraged and very scared voice "Will you marry me?" and I said (while still crying my eyes off and with my hands on my face) "OFF COURSE I WILL!!!" so he told me "will you please lend me your hand so I can put this ring on your finger?" and he took my hand and he was now on his knees. I hugged him so hard, I think all of the fear he felt just seconds ago vanished, and we stayed there, hugging for a few minutes. I couldn´t believe this had just happened, and it was perfect. I still couldn´t stop crying, and that made me laugh a little, and we both laughed about it, and decided we needed to see what was left of the show.
I honestly don´t remember the rest of the show. I didn´t care, I had just gotten proposed at Magic Kingdom, in front of the castle! If someone had told me Milo thought that was a good idea, I would´ve laughed. I didn´t know he had figured out how important this could be for me, and for that I love him more. Happily Ever After would start soon, but we didn´t want to wait. The few people around us who wittnessed our quiet affair congratulated us when the show ended, and we started our walk towards the entrance. Milo asked for something to drink, poor thing was still terrified, so we went into confectionary and got him some coke, and then we had to take a picture of the ring to send to our loved ones.
Now I needed to get us buttons, so we walked into Emporium and I approached the nice man at the cashier and politely asked him if I could have a couple of Happily Ever After buttons. This man looked like Santa Claus without the beard. He looked at me and asked with a very serious face "Why?" and the rest of or conversation went like this:
"We just got engaged"
"Where?"
"In front of the castle, just how it should be"
"you´re right. Do you have any pictures of it?"
"No sir, it was very quiet and during the show"
"Did he get on one knee?"
"Yes sir, he did"
"I´m sorry, I don´t believe you, I need to see it with my own eyes"
Milo had that dumbfounded look on his face again. He looked at me, then he looked at Mr. beardless Santa, and he didn´t know what to do, so I told him "I think you need to get down on your knee". He looked very confused, but he started kneeling down, and Mr. Santa said
"Wait! give me the camera" and he took the camera that was hanging from Milo´s neck, and said "Now you can ask"
He took the pic and said, now get up and let me congratulate you both. He now had the biggest smile on his face, and he hugged us both and yelled "May I have everyone´s attention please!! this young couple just got engaged in front of the castle, like it should be
D), so I need everyone to congratulate them with a big round of applause!"
Off course everyone applauded and a lot of people approached us and congratulated us. It was such a magical moment and so funny. Mr. Santa proceeded to give us our buttons, and the girl who was on the next cashier told us to wait, took an extra pair of buttons and a sharpie, and wrote Just Engaged on them, along with the date, and put adhesive tape all over the button and gave it to us and said "so it doesn´t get erased". I wanted to jump across the cashier and hug this girl. So thoughtful and sweet!
We left Emporium and Happily Ever After was starting. Milo asked if I wanted to stay and see it, but we had owr own Happily Ever After going on. I didn´t need to stay cause I had all I needed right in front of me.
Another pic for our families, and out of the park we walked. One last pic in front of the Railroad Station with a tiny bit of fireworks in the back to remember this important day
And up to the monorail station so we could start our drive home. He told me the whole story behind the proposal, and we laughed like kids cause it was all so eventful!
He had it planned since July, and on July 15, the day we went to a friend´s wedding and I caugt the bouquet he had just told my best friend he was planning to propose. He had told my family and his on his graduation day, the day before our trip, and that day he had to go get the ring cause the jeweler had taken longer than expected to make it (He had it custom made for me, with the little diamond cause my hand is so small, and it doesn´t stick out cause I´m a makeup artist and I don´t want to scratch anyone´s face with the diamond, he thought about everything, and I wanted to stop the car in the middle of I4 and hug him again while he told me all this).
He told me how he told my dad when he drove us to the airport cause he didn´t have time to go to his house the day before, he had put the ring in his checked bag, and when I asked him about his camera and said he should put it in his carry on so he could keep it supervised he realized putting the ring there was stupid, but he had to keep me distracted so he could take it out, so he started a stupid fight with me, cause he knows when he fights me I just look the other way and ignore him, and then he got stopped by the immigration officer in Fort Lauderdale cause he had made strange movements with his luggage at our local airport and the airline reported it, so even the immigration officer knew I was gonna get engaged before I did!
And then the story about the extra clothes in case we got wet (I did find that very odd), and our AK day when I didn´t know if I had locked the car, so there was a diamond engagement ring in the trunk of our maybe unlocked car, and I didn´t wanna go back to check so he had to suffer through the whole day thinking about the ring, and the fact that I actually found the ring the day we arrived, when I was taking out his stuff from his carry on while he went to te restroom, cause we had to give the bag to my mom, and my mom took the little bag from my hands (very rudely I must add) and told me it was a present she had brought for someone... It really was a very eventful proposal that almost went wrong too many times, but it ended up being just perfect.
Thank you all for reading, I hope you enjoy this day as much as I enjoyed writting about it (I cried a bit too), and we still have more days to come!
