Back, Engaged, Cooled Down, Ready To Go Back Trip Report!

Well here it is. Its LONG so I added some pictures in case you guys don't like reading!


The Cast…
Myself (John) 30
Girlfriend (That will change) Colleen 26
Brother (Brian) 26
Brothers “GF” (Tanya) 24

9/23

We left our houses at about 2:00pm to catch a 7:00pm flight from Pittsburgh to Orlando on 9/23. Why did we leave so early? G20 summit. They were supposed to have the entrance to the airport shut down with police checking each car for boarding passes and photo ID’s. Well that didn’t happen. We were at the airport 4 hours before our flight, but better safe than sorry eh?

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Our flight was great. Unlike the one I am on right now as I type this up scared out of my mind from non-stop turbulence. The only thing was our one flight attendant was MAD weird. She would not put down the intercom CB and told corny jokes the WHOLE time. If that was not enough when we got to the gate she said “Ladies and Gentleman thanks for flying Southwest and thanks for making my first flight with Southwest a great one. The people she worked with that day probably all ran on got their schedules and PRAYED they don’t work with her anymore.

We land safe, sound, and smooth at MCO around 20 minutes early. We head straight for The Magical Express.

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We waited around 5 minutes and we were on the bus headed “home”. Online check in at Sports was fine. There was an issue with the people ahead of us though, and it was Disney’s screw up. I was listening, but not fully. We got a room in building 10 #242 and were about 6 rooms away from my brother’s room. We both got king size beds. Upon arrival Colleen was walking through the rooms and asked is this room made for little kids? I said that I doubt they would have a king bed for kids, and then I remembered most king rooms are handicapped rooms. I even said when we walked in that the bed was really low. I didn’t mind at all. I had my king bed so I was happy.

We left the resort to go to Downtown Disney to use our Planet Hollywood vouchers. Mainly so we can eat Crunch Chicken, but the $15 come in handy. I had TWO helpings of it.

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After that we just got on the bus, and went back to the resort to catch football and swim!
 

HopLow

Member
Congrats on your engagement! :sohappy: And that venue for your wedding looks amazing. How lucky are you that it's not only gorgeous, but also free!
 

tink68

Member
Great TR and pictures. Congrats on the engagement. I am glad it all worked out well for you two. You make a very cute couple. :wave:
 

corey154

Active Member
Congrats! i was at epcot on saturday and i was wondering if the other parks were crowded as well....i guess the days of being alone in the parks in october are over...lol!
 

sweetpee_1993

Well-Known Member
Oh wow! I was waiting for your TR as well. I'm so glad your proposal went off without a hitch. I had also wondered if you would do the proposal early in the trip. Good choice. Very cool. And you got Master Gracey's rose. That rocks. I totally love that she ran around the room "cheering for herself". I would, too! LOL!

Sorry to hear about the heat & crowds. Bummer. I've never been where you're from but I would guess y'all don't get that kind of heat too often there, huh? I've lived in the south my whole life but still could kick someone in the face when it's that friggin' hot. I can sympathize.

Gotta love the humor of those Southwest flight attendants although I've never had one attempt a comedy show the entire flight. Our favorite was the bouncy landing then the lady who piped up with "As soon as Captain Kangaroo hops us over to the gate...remain seated...blahblahblah..."

Anywhoo, glad you had a good time & a memorable engagement. Awesome report. Thanks for bringing us along for the adventure! :wave:
 

disneygirl1

Well-Known Member
Hey John!!! So wish we could have met up!!! Congrats again!!! Colleen's reaction when you proposed was priceless!!! She looked like she was on cloud nine for the rest of the trip!!!

Seriously though, I have to agree, the heat was absolutely crazy!!! That's may have been one of my hottest visits, and the crowds were ridiculous, especially that Saturday we were texting!!!

One last thing!!! I am so so glad that I am not only only one who thinking that there is an abuse of the EVC's!!! In all of the trips, I don't ever remember it being that bad!! There was quite a few times that words that should not be spoken when you are vacationing in Disney slipped out!!! :lol:
 

Jessie&Buzz

Active Member
Congrats John and Colleen!!! What an amazing TR. Thanks for sharing it and your pics. I think we might have had that same Southwest flight attendant in 2006. I remember her making a comment like that. It was rather annoying. I'm so happy to hear that you like the Grand Floridian Cafe. I was a little worried about going here but not now.
 

LarryStoken

New Member
9/24 Continued...The BIG MOMENT!!!


Now its time to head over to HM for the big moment! The CM approaches us and does his spiel about the 1st visit we all gladly agree to the special tour. We head in through the side entrance and are led into the second portrait chamber. The lights go out, I get on my knee. The lights come on and she is staring at the ceiling still, and remains staring at it for a good 10 seconds. Finally she looks forward and doesn’t see me so she looks down and immediately starts leaping around and yelling YES! YES! She is not answering me, she is cheering on herself. Finally I kinda tug her arm and she looks back down and I say “So are you gonna marry me”? She was laughing and said yes. My brother and Tanya are snapping pics, and getting video, Colleen is running around the room high fiving the CM’s and yelling, “I’m engaged”!

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The CM who worked with me outside gave a rose that they place on Master Gracey’s tombstone
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and we were off to board the ride. After the ride was done 2 supervisors greeted us and asked if we were going to see Wishes now. I say yes, and the one said would you like a preferred viewing area then? I said oh hell yeah! So we headed out and it was the area with the small landing between The Terrace Noodle Station, and the Pavillion Area surrounded by the water. Honestly this was a horrible area to watch Wishes. Trees were everywhere and it was hard to see. We didn’t really care about Wishes though, we were just happy to be engaged.

After Wishes the park was closed. We hung out at the Castle and took pictures for a while. PICTURES After the pics we headed to the buses to go back to All Star Sports to catch football and swim again!
Nice of the CMs to hook you up
 

DisneyGigi

Well-Known Member
Congrats!!:sohappy: Been waiting for the trip report, glad everything we went well (besides the crowds) The pics are great.
 

ajl5102

New Member
psu

hey, been on the boards for a while but never seem to post. I noticed your fiancee was wearing a psu sweatshirt, are u guys alumni? i'm writing this from happy valley in between classes currently. you can notice my username is just my psu email... not too creative lol. great trip report!
 

Tiggerish

Resident Redhead
Premium Member
That was a great trip report!!

I am reading it at work, and nearly busted out laughing several times, mostly when the heat made you want to damage things and people--too funny!! I am sure that from now on the phrase "it was so hot I wanted to punch someone" will pop into my head at random moments and make me laugh out loud and look like a crazy person. :ROFLOL:

Loved the pictures, too. You got some great scenery shots, but my particular favorite is the one at the end of the trip where you and Colleen are trying to look sad that it's over--but you look nauseous, and she looks angry (like she wants to punch someone!) :lol:

I was having a crappy day at work, but this just cheered me right up. :D
 

popsicletrees

Well-Known Member
I loved reading your TR! The pics of Colleen from your proposal are great! She had a totally different reaction than I did when I got engaged (except the whole flaunting the ring off). I'm glad the family on the Jungle Cruise stopped with the comments, per your countdown thread I would have hated for you to have to go off and hit him. :lookaroun :lol: Seriously though, things like that are annoying.

I agree about the Tonga Toast, but I find it too sweet and rich for breakfast more than anything.

My fiance and I are eating at the Coral Reef for the first time in January. Your pictures made me really excited. We are going there the night of our first day in the park (his first day in the parks ever!). He loves sea turtles, so I know that telling him that you can see sea turtles from the table will make him so happy.

Now comes the fun part of it all, the wedding planning. Actually, I've really enjoyed it. The most stressful so far was locking down venue sites, and well, you have that covered. Nice place, by the way.

Again, loved reading about your trip. You two make a great couple and many happy wishes for the future!
 

Murph5472

Member
Congrats John and Colleen!

Great stuff man!!! Well done!!!! Awesome pics!

Now I need to go get something to eat. I'm suddenly hungry for some reason..... :)
 

DisneyDreamer08

Well-Known Member
I completely feel your pain when it comes to the heat and crowds!! We were there from 9/25-10/4. We have never been in Sept and we purposely picked it for the low crowds... boy were we wrong!!

I also agree about the motorized scooters. We are at the bus stop one day and a woman was having trouble backing her scooter up on the bus. So she got off laughing, walked over to where her family was, continued to laugh, and then walked up the stairs with no problem! At least limp or something! My husband joked that if anyone in a motorized scooter went up to a stand to buy something fried they should be refused and offered fruit instead... :lookaroun

Also, we were at the Halloween party on the 1st too! We couldn't believe how packed it was! You mentioned no one was on main st. during Hallowishes... I think they were all in line with us for Snow White and the 7 dwarfs! Thats where we were :) I think we wasted an hour in that line... oh, we also were at the HM at closing that night!
 

mcstensrud

Well-Known Member
Great Trip Report and Congrats on the Proposal being pulled of so well at the HM.

I hear ya with the heat,we were there at Aklv from 09-20 to 09-28 and then headed to Vero Beach from 09-28 thru 10-02.Love The Beach!

Again Congrats :sohappy:
 

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