Help!!!!!

[cball086]

Me and my GF have been together for 2 years now. I think its time to ask her to marry me. She wants something different so doing it during wishes is out. She wants Pictures too. I need some help and one have ideas. She loves the princess, and the pirates ride.

Looking for some different ideas then at wishes.

 

[GoochDSA]

If she wants pictures it's going to be hard to get something "different". And by different, I mean no different than durring Wishes or in front of the castle or at CRT. I proposed this past October at Disney (did not do any of the cliche things most offen suggested). My fiancee wore the "Just Engaged" button the whole trip and many times while taking PhotoPass pictures, the photographer would mention that they had someone propose while with them that day. It's pretty common.

What kind of budget are you looking to work with? Does it have to be in a park? Do princesses or pirates have to be involved? If you give a little more information I am sure you'll get more helpful suggestions.

 

[cball086]

Doesn't have to include the princesses or pirates. No real budget i want to make this special and have been saving for a while

If she wants pictures it's going to be hard to get something "different". And by different, I mean no different than durring Wishes or in front of the castle or at CRT. I proposed this past October at Disney (did not do any of the cliche things most offen suggested). My fiancee wore the "Just Engaged" button the whole trip and many times while taking PhotoPass pictures, the photographer would mention that they had someone propose while with them that day. It's pretty common.

What kind of budget are you looking to work with? Does it have to be in a park? Do princesses or pirates have to be involved? If you give a little more information I am sure you'll get more helpful suggestions.

 

[GoochDSA]

Don't worry about it being special. You're proposing. It will be special enough. It happens pretty quick and she won't even realize what is going on.

I noticed you posted on some other engagement/proposal type threads. Those are a good place to get some ideas.

Disney Event Photography is not an inexpensive service. I looked into them for my proposal after I found out that PhotoPass no longer sets up sessions (the people at Photopass told me to go to Disney Event Photo). DEP is an actual portrait type of service. I think the locations are basically at the Deluxe resorts. I personally didn't like what they were saying or how they were saying it, so I moved on from them pretty quick. I was also looking to catch her completely by surprise and I just didn't see that happening with them. As for locations of Photopass photogs... they are EVERYWHERE. You could always just carry the ring with you and whenever you feel the moment is right, find the closest photog and go for it. You could always just ask a random stranger to take pictures with your camera, and when you give them your camera just tell them to keep taking pictures. If you need to have pictures taken, those are basically your only options.

If you decide that you don't need pictures taken, that will open up a whole different set of options for you. But you need to decide (or get her to choose without giving everything away) what is more important, to have pictures taken while it happens or for it to be more unique. Is she the type that loves to be the center of attention or is she more the private type?

 

[cball086]

It definitely needs to be more unique then anything. One thing i came up with. in france they have a sketch artist and do something with him sketching us and draw will you marry me. I think it is different and she wouldn't know. pictures will be nice but can always been done later. She just doesn't want in done during wishes in MK.

Don't worry about it being special. You're proposing. It will be special enough. It happens pretty quick and she won't even realize what is going on.

I noticed you posted on some other engagement/proposal type threads. Those are a good place to get some ideas.

Disney Event Photography is not an inexpensive service. I looked into them for my proposal after I found out that PhotoPass no longer sets up sessions (the people at Photopass told me to go to Disney Event Photo). DEP is an actual portrait type of service. I think the locations are basically at the Deluxe resorts. I personally didn't like what they were saying or how they were saying it, so I moved on from them pretty quick. I was also looking to catch her completely by surprise and I just didn't see that happening with them. As for locations of Photopass photogs... they are EVERYWHERE. You could always just carry the ring with you and whenever you feel the moment is right, find the closest photog and go for it. You could always just ask a random stranger to take pictures with your camera, and when you give them your camera just tell them to keep taking pictures. If you need to have pictures taken, those are basically your only options.

If you decide that you don't need pictures taken, that will open up a whole different set of options for you. But you need to decide (or get her to choose without giving everything away) what is more important, to have pictures taken while it happens or for it to be more unique. Is she the type that loves to be the center of attention or is she more the private type?

 

[GoochDSA]

It definitely needs to be more unique then anything. One thing i came up with. in france they have a sketch artist and do something with him sketching us and draw will you marry me. I think it is different and she wouldn't know. pictures will be nice but can always been done later. She just doesn't want in done during wishes in MK.

That seems like a pretty good and different idea. It also shouldn't hurt the wallet much.

I was thinking, I did at one point contact Gifts of a Lifetime. What there service is is that you answer a bunch of questions about your hopefully soon to be fiancee and they come up with a couple of different "Events" for her to do either in the parks or at a resort. You can then work with them on tweeking the event (they told me they can arrange a Photopass photographer to be there at the end of her Event when the proposal happens). The events sounded interesting and fun (they do cost a couple hundred bucks) but it would deffinately be more on the unique side. You don't have to commit to anything, so I would look into it and at least get a few of their ideas and prices. You have the time and it doesn't cost anything, so why not, right? I just decided not to go with them because I decided I wanted to do something a little more private since my fiancee is not the "center of attention type". Just keep in mind that they have no affiliation with Disney. The site is: http://www.giftsofalifetime.com/

Also, if you are looking to do something more private in your room (which is what I ended up doing), Betsy from Memories By Betsy did a great basket and bouquet of flowers for me. Amongst other things, the final part of the basket was a 5" glass slipper that said "Let's Life Happily Ever After" on it. It was really nice and my fiancee wants to engrave the wedding date on it after we get married. She was really easy to work with, unlike Disney Florist who was tough to hear back from and who could not really personalize any of their packages. Betsy's site is: http://www.memoriesbybetsy.com .

The only other thing I would suggest is to propose early in the trip. You don't want your mind to be elsewhere the whole trip. It also gives you a chance to use more of the trip as a celebration. The "Just Engaged" pins are a lot of fun to wear. The characters really get into it when they see them and any CM you pass is very quick with a "Congratulations". However, don't note the engagement on any reservations until after the deed is done. I have heard stories about resorts ruining the surprise for some, which would be a bad thing.

 

[cball086]

WOW this was very helpful

That seems like a pretty good and different idea. It also shouldn't hurt the wallet much.

I was thinking, I did at one point contact Gifts of a Lifetime. What there service is is that you answer a bunch of questions about your hopefully soon to be fiancee and they come up with a couple of different "Events" for her to do either in the parks or at a resort. You can then work with them on tweeking the event (they told me they can arrange a Photopass photographer to be there at the end of her Event when the proposal happens). The events sounded interesting and fun (they do cost a couple hundred bucks) but it would deffinately be more on the unique side. You don't have to commit to anything, so I would look into it and at least get a few of their ideas and prices. You have the time and it doesn't cost anything, so why not, right? I just decided not to go with them because I decided I wanted to do something a little more private since my fiancee is not the "center of attention type". Just keep in mind that they have no affiliation with Disney. The site is: http://www.giftsofalifetime.com/

Also, if you are looking to do something more private in your room (which is what I ended up doing), Betsy from Memories By Betsy did a great basket and bouquet of flowers for me. Amongst other things, the final part of the basket was a 5" glass slipper that said "Let's Life Happily Ever After" on it. It was really nice and my fiancee wants to engrave the wedding date on it after we get married. She was really easy to work with, unlike Disney Florist who was tough to hear back from and who could not really personalize any of their packages. Betsy's site is: http://www.memoriesbybetsy.com .

The only other thing I would suggest is to propose early in the trip. You don't want your mind to be elsewhere the whole trip. It also gives you a chance to use more of the trip as a celebration. The "Just Engaged" pins are a lot of fun to wear. The characters really get into it when they see them and any CM you pass is very quick with a "Congratulations". However, don't note the engagement on any reservations until after the deed is done. I have heard stories about resorts ruining the surprise for some, which would be a bad thing.

 

[slappy magoo]

The only other thing I would suggest is to propose early in the trip. You don't want your mind to be elsewhere the whole trip. It also gives you a chance to use more of the trip as a celebration.

Unless of course there's a chance she'll say "no," in which case...AWK-ward!

My suggestion, pick a romantic restaurant you're sure she'll like. Near dessert, ask your server if he/she wouldn't mind taking a pic of the two of you together. As he/she is readying the shot, have the ring handy so before he/she takes the pic, you can get it in the shot. If you're subtle enough, your intended won't even know you did it, until she sees the picture (and of course, if you're still using a camera that takes film that needs to be developed, forget it ). And, if you can arrange this with your server ahead of time, and if you have a camera that can take multiple pictures just by leaving your finger on the button, he/she can just keep taking pictures while your GF sees the ring, you slip it on her finger and she says Yes. Then you can take all of those pictures and make some sort of "evolution of the moment" montage.

 

[cball086]

has anyone used http://www.giftsofalifetime.com/

 

[GoochDSA]

has anyone used http://www.giftsofalifetime.com/

I have read on some boards of people who have used them with nothing but positive things to say. They are also mentioned at allears.net and there is a blurb about them in the Pass Porter's WDW books (those are 2 decent sources in my book). I liked what they had to say and the events they came up with for us were pretty interesting sounding, but I decided to do something a little more private. If you haven't already, just fill out the form that has a good amount of questions, a lot of which will focus on her, her kind of personality and her Disney favorites (characters, park, ride, etc.). It could take a few days to hear back from them, but stay on top just incase. I don't remember all the events they came back to me with, but one of them was that they would approach my fiancee and I when we entered MK, telling us how they were trying out a new "Princess for a Day" program, that included her completing a few tasks around MK, that ended over by the Wishing Well. For being a princess they would have her close her eyes and make a wish and when she opened them I would be on my knee with the ring. I was pretty dang close to going with this one. One of the other options was that we would happen to stumble accross a treasure map on either the Poly beach or BC beach that would have sparked the event and the other was that Donald found out about our relationship and was jealous and wanted my fiancee for himself unless we could prove our love for eachother (I don't remember the details as well about those last 2). Like I have said, if you want to know more about them, fill out the questions and see what they come up with (along with prices). The quote is free, so it couldn't hurt to get some ideas.