Day Four
Today we woke up a little later and made a visit to Blizzard Beach. This was my first time visiting any of the Disney waterparks and, man, were we impressed! I knew that Disney was famous for detail, but this place absolutely floored me! (I mean I even heard Christmas music in the background!)
The first slide we went on was Slush Gusher. Let me tell ya, I didn't know what I was getting myself into! I had no idea that it was just a mini version of Summit Plummit and even though it scared the crap outta me and will probably never, ever do it again, I am glad that I have done it once.
We managed to ride every single atttraction there (well, I didn't ride Summit Plummet..I'm not crazy...but apparently my b/f is). I really liked the chair lift, although hate that it is the only easy way to get up that mountain! We also liked Runoff Rapids, however, MAN is that a CLIMB! I thought I was going to die!!! I also enjoyed the speed slides, even though I really suck at them. I could never get a good push off and I didn't once make it to the finish line.
After accomplishing all the slides, we decided to take a little rest at our beach chairs. I thought I knew everything about BB until I got there b/c I had absolutely no idea that they actually have sand! I was in heaven b/c I absolutely love being able to put my feet in the sand.
We left BB around 3:00 and decided to go back to the hotel to take a shower and change for that night. We originally planned to go to DTD that afternoon, but after we got back to the hotel, my b/f and I just crashed on the bed, so instead, we decided to take a little nap. So after getting some much needed rest, we headed to the Contemporary for our dinner at Chef Mickeys.
This was also my first time going to a character dinner. (sort of. There had been character dinners on the Disney cruise I took when I was a kid, but I hadn't actually gone to a "Character Dinner" before) I was SO excited about this b/c I had heard wonderful things about Chef Mickeys. (As recommended by the wonderful people here at WDWMagic.) We got there about 20 minutes early so I decided to look around the shops at the Contemporary and pretty much be in awe of the inside of the Contemporary. It is an absolutely beautiful hotel. (Although many of you already knew this.) After shopping, we went to go check in about 10 minutes early, however, we still ended up waiting about 20 minutes after our scheduled PS time just to get a table.
So finally, we got seated, and I loaded up on food. I liked pretty much everything except the green beans. Those just didn't have the right flavor to me. And OMG the mashed potatoes really are to die for! For desert I also ended up having some sort of chocolate mousse pie dealy do. I also got to meet Minnie and Goofy during the course of our meal.
Now, as we all know, Chef Mickey's is a place for children, so the staff does a lot of activities that involve not only children, but also the adults. So while I was eating my desert, one of the staff members came out and said, "Ok, now we're going to play a game. Everybody look under your chairs and see if there is anything underneath them." So everybody looked under their chair and when I looked under mine, there was a piece of paper stuck to the bottom of it. I opened the note and it said something about how I had to be blindfolded and was going to get a suprise. I thought..."Oh crap...what am I going to have to do now???" So I handed my boyfriend the camera and the staff member came over and blindfolded me. A few seconds later, the blindfold came off and Minnie was standing there. So I thought, "Oh, well I guess my prize is that all of the characters are going to come over, and I'm going to get my picture with them." Or something like that. But the lady saw that the blindfold came off, so she said, "Oops, not ready yet." So she then blindfolded me back up. After what felt like 30 seconds of being blindfolded they counted to 3 and then took the blindfold off me. When my vision reajusted...there was my b/f on one knee with a ring in his hand. I couldn't believe it! He was actually asking me to marry him (in a way that was pulled off so eloquently too!) I was in complete and utter shock...but of course I said yes.
I was also suprised that I had been hanging around these boards for this long and had not once heard about someone being proposed to that way...which because of that managed to make the whole event turn out well since I didn't suspect him to do it there at ALL! (I did kind of suspect a proposal that night, but ironically I forgot all about it during dinner! :lol: ) Then Mickey came over and Minnie asked where was her ring, so Mickey got down on one knee and then kissed the back of her hand, then he kissed the back of mine.
This picture is probably the only picture you'll ever see of me on WDWMagic, but I wanted all of you to just see how totally and utterly suprised I ended up being.
So I am now, officially, an engaged woman! (Although, unfortunately, the ring ended up being a tad too big, but I put that thing on anyways.) I could not be happier and neither could he.
But, back to the story...After all the hub-bub, Dale came over with a signed picture of all the characters from Chef Mickeys. Also our waitress brought over 2 glasses of champaign and a cupcake for us to share. (Which I was too excited to eat! That's a first b/c I've never turned down sweets!)
After dinner, me and my fiance (hee hee!) went back to the Magic Kingdom for EMHs. Ironically, I think it ended up being more crowded during EMHs at MK than it did during the actual afternoon! We did manage to hit 4 rides during the two hours we had. We rode Space Mtn., Winnie the Pooh, Haunted Mansion, and Splash Mountain. However, Splash ended up being a huge disappointment that night. When we started to travel through the actual story, I noticed that none of the anamatronics were working! I probably annoyed the crap outta the people who rode with us b/c I kept exclaiming..."What the hell? The ride's BROKEN!" Once we got off, I told the CM that the ride was broken, but he said they'd already just been told. He then asked me how much of the ride was down and I told him all of it. He then just said Grrreeeaaattt (Great for those of you who can't read sarcasm) and then we left the ride. Once we got off that, it was time to leave the parks. So, we decided to go back to our hotel.
Up next: Day Five
