Popping the question at the parks pros and cons

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Doctor Cash

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Has anyone on this forum ever asked someone to marry them at the parks? I recently purchased the ring and since my girlfriend is a huge Disney and Potter fan, I'm deciding if I should pop the question while on vacation, and if anyone has experience doing this any tips they can offer.

Unfirtunately after buying the ring its either Disney World or Universal, I cannot afford both so does anyone have insight which destination is easier to work with. I don't care which one personally as I grew up in Orlando and grew out of both parks, this is for my girlfriend.

I'll respond as I can, thanks for reading.
 
pixiesteno

pixiesteno

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Congratulations a head of time. There is a whole forum section on weddings & proposals here. Many, many, many couples are engaged at WDW. I would put my vote in for WDW as there are so very many romantic places and ways to pop the question there. Many visitors have enlisted the assistance of CM in the process. Take the time to explore the wedding & proposal forum - lots of ideas.
 
Britt

Britt

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First, make sure to consider your girlfriends personality type....I am one who hates being put on the spot and especially in a crowded place/situation. So a public proposal would be one of the last things I'd want. Make sure your girlfriend is not like that and doesn't mind being the center of attention!

Consider location in the parks as well. If I was to be proposed to in a theme park, WDW would be my choice over WWOHP (as much as I LOVE HP!), there isn't really any kind of side/out of the way places at WWOHP! You're pretty much in full view of everyone, all the time! I love the idea of a more secluded section at WDW where you can kind of slip out of full view! (maybe that nook where the Photopass person is off to the side where the Mickey and Minnie bushes are?) You might get a chance to get your pic taken without a million people behind you).

GOOD LUCK TO YOU!! <3 Love the thought being put into this!
 
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Doctor Cash

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Thank you for the replies so far. I have contacted Disney and the person I talked to ecstatic about this and helping me out. In fact they were more excited than me. I haven't called Universal yet but I'll report what they say in a few.
 
GoochDSA

GoochDSA

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Britt said:
First, make sure to consider your girlfriends personality type....I am one who hates being put on the spot and especially in a crowded place/situation. So a public proposal would be one of the last things I'd want. Make sure your girlfriend is not like that and doesn't mind being the center of attention!
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I mean no disrespect to anyone who got engaged while at WDW (I'm guilty of it myself, having proposed to my wife while at WDW) but another thing to think about is your girlfriend the type that would expect some originality out of you or is a cliché proposal in front of Cinderella's castle or the rose garden or on the Poly beach enough? Is she the type who might get put off by seeing more than one proposal, done the same or similar way as you? I don't think there has been a trip where I haven't personally seen more than one person propose to another in front of the castle, on MSUSA or any of the other popular areas around the parks. The last time we went to CRT, we saw 2 proposals 10 minutes apart from each other (while the first girl proposed to was very happy and tearful, the second girl that was proposed to, while she said "yes" did not look all that thrilled at how it was done and the groom to be looked awfully embarrassed) and yes, the second couple was there to see the first proposal. Proposing anywhere in WDW is cliché as it is but finding a non-cliché way to do it is the hard part. Unless, of course, your girlfriend isn't the type to care so much.

My other bit of advise is to do it early in your trip. I mean like the day you arrive. You don't want to spend half the trip stressing if she is going to find the ring before you do it? is she going to say yes? is it going to work the way you figure it will in your head? Whatever you plan, do it early so you can spend the rest of the trip celebrating.
 
PigletIsMyCat

PigletIsMyCat

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i planned my brother's proposal to his fiancee at the mk two years ago (they've had a long engagement and are getting married this october - i may also be planning a disney honeymoon for them!). my brother wanted to do it at disney but didn't know what to do. his fiancee does not love being the center of attention. he wanted something really simple. i snagged a very early ADR at crystal palace the morning of (it was the 3rd day of our vacation, our second day at mk). when we got to main street, it was basically empty. i'm a huge fan of disney and crystal palace is my fave restaurant for breakfast, and she knew that from other trips together - wasn't suspicious at all by this time in the trip. also, re: finding the ring, we had separate rooms and kept it in our safe until the morning of. i then passed it to my brother when we were walking to the car.

of course there was a photo pass guy by the hub. we had a couple of pictures taken together, the four of us, then dh and i had a few pictures taken. when we swapped, i stood next to the photo pass cm 'to take pictures' and whispered to him 'engagement'. he caught right on and posed them once, then started continuously snapping. we ended up with about 50 photos of the two of them, but he caught so many awesome, un-posed shots dead center with the castle in the background. she was surprised because she expected it the first day. when we got to crystal palace, the table was decorated with a couple of balloons and confetti - i had noted it on the reservation.

funny side story, the night before we were at 1900 park faire for a character dinner. the stepsisters thought we were all pirates because we are all tattooed. when they discovered dh and i were married, they started messing with my brother and his fiancee about when they were getting married and if the stepsisters would be invited to their 'pirate wedding'. anastasia kept coming back to see if he'd asked her yet and then dragged the prince and lady tremaine over to tell them about it. if my brother was going to propose that night, it couldn't have been planned better lol. as it was, since he didn't propose, it threw my future-sis-in-law off.
 

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