In August of 2006 my cousin proposed to his now wife during the fireworks at the Magic Kingdom. I have posted this story before but it is always fun to tell it again.
Paul and Bre had been dating a couple years. Paul had done the College Program and wanted to share his love of Disney with Bre. They had joked that they would not get engaged unless it was at Disney. We (a group of 10 of us) had planning on staying at the Contemporary Resort. We had our reservations and everything was planned. Three weeks before we were to leave Paul called my brother and said that he was planning on proposing and would it be possible to change our ressie to the Poly, our fav resort. My bro called me and asked me to have the ressie changed but didn't say why, I called Pam and Kingdom Konsultants and she changed our ressie.
About the 3rd day of our trip, we had a dinner scheduled at the castle. We went to the MK as planned and started our day. I left the group and went into the Crystal shop and had champagne flutes etched with their names on it. We went back to the hotel for an afternoon swim and to shower before dinner. I picked up a bottle of champagne and left it in our fridge to chill.
While at dinner, some other guy proposed which just made Paul all the more nervous. After dinner was over we headed to Frontierland to wait for the parade, all the while Paul is pacing. We watched the parade and then went to the Plaza Rose Garden to wait for the fireworks. My brother had his video camera ready and our friend (a professional photographer) had her still camera ready. During Wishes Julie Andrews speaks a couple times. When she began her second voice over she says something like "remember Wishes do come true." It was then that Paul leaned over to Bre and whispered in her ear. "do you know what my wish is? My wish is for you to be my wife." Then he dropped to one knee. She turned to look at him and said, "is this a joke?" then she saw the ring, my brother with the camera and Laura with hers. She collapsed into his arms crying. All the people around us cheered. Later that night when we returned to the hotel, I presented them with the glasses and champagne, we all toasted and they went off to the Poly beach.
The next morning Laura and I woke early and headed to the MK to get the pics developed so that they could show their parents when they returned home. They've been back 3 times to WDW and each time they visit the Rose Garden.
