Proposal ideas including child.

[PN4]

Hi All,

First apologies because I'm sure this same question is somewhere in this forum - I've only read about 20 pages so far, many more to go!

We (Girlfriend and four year old daughter) are going to WDW in May from May 9-11. This is a short trip with only one day in the park (Magic Kingdom). Plans so far:
Day 1: Arrive May 9, check into resort (AOA) go to the hotel pool, then downtown disney to walk around or another 'free' area, find a restaurant.
Day 2: Spend entire day at Magic Kingdom, already have fast pass set up for things for our four year old (princess meet and greets). Looking for character dining or something for lunch. Then.. ??? I know we want to watch the parade, not sure what time that is.
Day 3: Sleep in till checkout time, grab lunch, and leave.

The question: How/Where to propose with a four year old in tow, and any cool ideas? I'm overwhelmed with the information. I've thought about getting childcare (in room or dropping her off at an activity place) and going to a nice restaurant. But it would also be nice to involve the little one.

Thanks in advance, we are looking forward to our first trip and surprising our daughter, and I'm looking forward to surprising mama even more.

 

[DisneyPrincess5]

Congratulations on your very soon to be engagement!
I'm not sure what kind of kid your daughter is, but maybe you can kind of have her help by letting her in on a script? How fun would it be to be sitting down eating and have her ask you when you and mommy will live happily ever after, like the princesses she loves and then that's your cue!! Or maybe when you're meeting the princesses so you get some pictures of the moment.

Whatever you chose, have a great time and again congrats.

 

[PN4]

Congratulations on your very soon to be engagement!
I'm not sure what kind of kid your daughter is, but maybe you can kind of have her help by letting her in on a script? How fun would it be to be sitting down eating and have her ask you when you and mommy will live happily ever after, like the princesses she loves and then that's your cue!! Or maybe when you're meeting the princesses so you get some pictures of the moment.

Whatever you chose, have a great time and again congrats.

Thanks for the congrats I don't think she would do well with a script on cue BUT with the help of a character who could ask her those questions I think she would be fine.

We are doing the following for sure:

Enchanted Tales with Belle - This is a large event and will probably not work for the proposal.
Meet Ariel at Her Grotto - I've heard this is personal and may work if Ariel wants to play along.
Meet Cinderella and Rapunzel at Princess Fairytale Hall - I don't know anything about this one.

Also, I saw a great proposal involving Push the Talking Trash Can on youtube, but I've read that Push is gone.

 

[Weather_Lady]

In my opinion, there's no "wrong way" to propose at the most magical place on Earth. A character location is a fine idea (if your girlfriend likes characters), and the topic would be easy to broach in the context of conversations about handsome princes finding the woman they love, and dreams coming true.

If your girlfriend's daughter is there, I would suggest that after you propose to her Mom, you "propose" to her as well, and ask her if she would consent to be your stepdaughter. (My stepfather did this with my sister and me after he became engaged to my mother. We were 3 and 5 at the time and it was a very special memory for us, and made us feel like we were active participants in the decision to become a family.)

Oh, and I do hope you'll come back after the proposal and share the story with us. We love happy endings!

 

[sring]

If you're getting memory maker, clue in a PhotoPass photographer and propose during a family photo shoot, then you'll have someone to capture the memory and the castle or other landmark in the background.

I agree with @Weather_Lady and "propose" to your future step-daughter as well, I think that's an excellent idea.

I would also make the proposal earlier in the day so your daughter isn't too tired after running through the park all day. One other suggestion...you may be able to do this with guest services at your hotel the day before, if not try to get away for a few minutes and stop into city hall on Main Street and get a celebration pin for each of the three of you, present them to your GF and daughter as part of the proposal. You'll get some recognition during the day and feel that much more special.

 

[slappy magoo]

I joked about proposing like this (minus a kid in tow as we had none at the time), but feel free to give it a shot. Will cost some $$$ though.

Make reservations at a restaurant where characters usually are not found. Arrange to have Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible just happen to "show up." Give your four year old a cue ahead of time to give Bob Parr a "lump of coal" and whisper in his ear. Bob Parr gives her the ol' thumbs up and starts squeezing the coal, only to then give your daughter the ring, to give to you, to give to your GF.

Another idea - go to a restaurant where they can arrange a cheese plate. Before it comes to your table, make a casual comment about how you sometimes thought about doing a Disney proposal but you were afraid it was too cheesy. Then the cheese plate arrives with the ring on it and you say "but then I decided, who cares if it's cheesy?"

See what I did there?

I know. Subtle.

 

[steamboatjosh]

With a kid is a tough one. Maybe buy a special gift for her mom, tie the ring to it or attach it to the gift somehow, and then have her daughter hand it to her during Wishes?

 

[Pearl Andrew]

With a child its been very difficult to propose her. What you can do is, indulge child in some work and do propose her while that period. This will work, while child be playing, on that time you can easily propose her.