So I'm taking my gf to disneyworld over spring break this year and we're gonna stay two nights and three days. I'm a college kid so that's about all I could afford. She's always loved disney and we watch disney movies all the time on date nights but she's never been to disneyworld itself, so I figured disney would be the perfect place. My dilemma is that we've been together almost 5 years and she's expecting the proposal constantly so I'm worried when I tell her we're going to disney, she's gonna know instantly I'm proposing there. I have to tell her to get her parents permission to take her and marry her, they are very conservative and I want their grace, but I want it to be a surprise somehow. Does anyone have any ideas on how to surprise a girl who's expecting the proposal?
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Weather_Lady
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I've been that girl, and I can tell you that even if she's expecting it, it's going to be a surprise and a thrill when it happens!
The best tip I can give you if you are determined that it be a surprise is a bit of "misdirection." Set up a conspicuously great dinner reservation for the last night of your trip (e.g., "Sweetie, we're going to 'Ohana for dinner and then catching the fireworks at Magic Kingdom from the Polynesian beach -- won't that be romantic!??!"). Let her conclude that THAT is when you are going to propose. Then, propose to her at some romantic spot on the night you arrive instead -- or even the night before you leave for WDW, with family members and friends quietly standing by at a home or restaurant so you can both go bask in their congratulations afterwards and leave for the trip knowing that the blessings of your loved ones go with you. (The reason I say this is that many women enjoy the "announcing to everybody that we're engaged" part as much as the proposal itself. I wouldn't have preferred to get engaged on a vacation if it meant that I couldn't go hug my parents and other loved ones and tell them about it almost immediately. Getting engaged just before I left, telling the family and then getting whisked away by my beloved, however, would have been awesome... YMMV.)
It sounds like you're approaching this with a great deal of thoughtfulness toward everyone involved, so I don't think you can go wrong however you decide to do it.
The best tip I can give you if you are determined that it be a surprise is a bit of "misdirection." Set up a conspicuously great dinner reservation for the last night of your trip (e.g., "Sweetie, we're going to 'Ohana for dinner and then catching the fireworks at Magic Kingdom from the Polynesian beach -- won't that be romantic!??!"). Let her conclude that THAT is when you are going to propose. Then, propose to her at some romantic spot on the night you arrive instead -- or even the night before you leave for WDW, with family members and friends quietly standing by at a home or restaurant so you can both go bask in their congratulations afterwards and leave for the trip knowing that the blessings of your loved ones go with you. (The reason I say this is that many women enjoy the "announcing to everybody that we're engaged" part as much as the proposal itself. I wouldn't have preferred to get engaged on a vacation if it meant that I couldn't go hug my parents and other loved ones and tell them about it almost immediately. Getting engaged just before I left, telling the family and then getting whisked away by my beloved, however, would have been awesome... YMMV.)
It sounds like you're approaching this with a great deal of thoughtfulness toward everyone involved, so I don't think you can go wrong however you decide to do it.
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