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I proposed to my wife in May of 2012 at the Magic Kingdom. Neither one of us are the "romantic" type or big on public displays, so I was aiming to make it a surprise for her. I want to relate the whole story, because I really like it, so forgive me for going on.
My wife and I had been talking about marriage, but I was applying to grad school and said I wanted to wait to see how that panned out. I found out in Feb of 2012 that I got in, so I began planning. Of course, I told my wife that I wanted to wait to see how money worked out while in school, which is completely in character for me, so she bought it. We already had the trip planned because we were going to do the Expedition Everest run.
By the time we arrived, I knew I was going to do it in the Magic Kingdom, but still had no specific plan. On top of that, I was nervous because I had the ring shipped to the hotel (the sales lady told me when I bought the ring that I would not have to pay sales tax if it was shipped out of state) and I was worried the front desk would call the room to say there was a package, which would get my wife wondering. Luckily, my wife was there for a conference, so while she was away, I went to the front desk and told them I was expecting a package from work, but had promised my wife I wouldn't work on vacation and asked that they not call the room. Well, that didn't work, but luckily I was there to intercept the call. Once I had it, then I was sweating leaving it in the room while we were out, so I was burying it in my dirty laundry.
On our first day in the MK, I was scouting for locations as we walked through. While my wife went on Space Mountain (not my cup of tea), I went and scouted out the Rose Garden area. I thought the photo spot along the path from the hub to Tomorrowland would be good, but the crowds were too much for us. I was still at a bit of a loss by the time she got off, so I kept looking.
Fast forward to our next to last day and I had ideas, but still didn't know exactly where to do it. It would be our last day in the MK, so I knew I had to do it then. I took the ring with me, but was worried it would fall out of my pocket, so I tied it to the drawstring inside my shorts and walked around all day with it there. It was EMH, so we were there a little later and it was less crowded, so I thought this would be my best chance to do it at the photospot between the hub and TL.
I wanted to ride Splash Mountain one last time, but my wife was cold, so she told me to go myself...which worked out well. After getting off the ride, I stopped on the way out. I pulled the ring out of my shorts and tied it into my shoelaces. She said she was tired, but I said I wanted to take a walk over to TL just to see if there was anything else I wanted to do. She went along with it and we walked past the spot once so I could scout the crowds. It was empty enough, so as we continued, I paused for a minute, moved my foot around, and told her I had rock in my shoe. Once we got to TL, I said I guess there wasn't really anything to do. On the way back to the hub, I suggested we get our picture taken. When it was our turn, my wife walked up to the spot, took her jacket off, and placed it on the little chain there. While she was doing that, I pretended to be showing the photopass person how to operate my cell phone camera while I was telling her I was going to propose. She needed a minute to get her camera ready, so as I was walking over to my wife, I shifted my ankle again and said I needed to get the rock out my shoe. And that got me down on one knee. I got the ring off my shoe and pretended to be messing around with it until the photographer was ready. Once ready, I looked up at my wife, who was busy looking at the castle, and proposed. She was completely surprised and the photographer captured the exact moment it clicked with her what was happening. We got a photo of her sucking all the air out the park! Needless to say, she LOVED that proposal. We went back last year (Oct 2013) while she was 25 weeks pregnant with our twins and got a picture in the same spot. Our plan is to try to get pics there everytime we go back now.
My wife and I had been talking about marriage, but I was applying to grad school and said I wanted to wait to see how that panned out. I found out in Feb of 2012 that I got in, so I began planning. Of course, I told my wife that I wanted to wait to see how money worked out while in school, which is completely in character for me, so she bought it. We already had the trip planned because we were going to do the Expedition Everest run.
By the time we arrived, I knew I was going to do it in the Magic Kingdom, but still had no specific plan. On top of that, I was nervous because I had the ring shipped to the hotel (the sales lady told me when I bought the ring that I would not have to pay sales tax if it was shipped out of state) and I was worried the front desk would call the room to say there was a package, which would get my wife wondering. Luckily, my wife was there for a conference, so while she was away, I went to the front desk and told them I was expecting a package from work, but had promised my wife I wouldn't work on vacation and asked that they not call the room. Well, that didn't work, but luckily I was there to intercept the call. Once I had it, then I was sweating leaving it in the room while we were out, so I was burying it in my dirty laundry.
On our first day in the MK, I was scouting for locations as we walked through. While my wife went on Space Mountain (not my cup of tea), I went and scouted out the Rose Garden area. I thought the photo spot along the path from the hub to Tomorrowland would be good, but the crowds were too much for us. I was still at a bit of a loss by the time she got off, so I kept looking.
Fast forward to our next to last day and I had ideas, but still didn't know exactly where to do it. It would be our last day in the MK, so I knew I had to do it then. I took the ring with me, but was worried it would fall out of my pocket, so I tied it to the drawstring inside my shorts and walked around all day with it there. It was EMH, so we were there a little later and it was less crowded, so I thought this would be my best chance to do it at the photospot between the hub and TL.
I wanted to ride Splash Mountain one last time, but my wife was cold, so she told me to go myself...which worked out well. After getting off the ride, I stopped on the way out. I pulled the ring out of my shorts and tied it into my shoelaces. She said she was tired, but I said I wanted to take a walk over to TL just to see if there was anything else I wanted to do. She went along with it and we walked past the spot once so I could scout the crowds. It was empty enough, so as we continued, I paused for a minute, moved my foot around, and told her I had rock in my shoe. Once we got to TL, I said I guess there wasn't really anything to do. On the way back to the hub, I suggested we get our picture taken. When it was our turn, my wife walked up to the spot, took her jacket off, and placed it on the little chain there. While she was doing that, I pretended to be showing the photopass person how to operate my cell phone camera while I was telling her I was going to propose. She needed a minute to get her camera ready, so as I was walking over to my wife, I shifted my ankle again and said I needed to get the rock out my shoe. And that got me down on one knee. I got the ring off my shoe and pretended to be messing around with it until the photographer was ready. Once ready, I looked up at my wife, who was busy looking at the castle, and proposed. She was completely surprised and the photographer captured the exact moment it clicked with her what was happening. We got a photo of her sucking all the air out the park! Needless to say, she LOVED that proposal. We went back last year (Oct 2013) while she was 25 weeks pregnant with our twins and got a picture in the same spot. Our plan is to try to get pics there everytime we go back now.
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