A Perfect Proposal: Friday

The Wishes fireworks view from our table. It was so magical!

We met the Princess herself! She wished us a very happy ever after.

Our Philharmagic picture. It's tradition-except it looks a little different with a ring this time!

Our first picture in front of the castle to start the night. You can tell we have experienced a lot of emotions during the day!

After the wonderful and very surprising proposal, Joe informed me of all the things he had planned for the rest of the weekend. He went to great lengths to make this the most special weekend we have ever had. I felt so special the entire time. He had made arrangements for us have dinner at Cinderella's Castle on Friday night. We both decided it would be best to change into more comfortable clothes before beginning the rest of the activities for then night. After making a few stops at my apartment and at his hotel room, we were on our way to the Magic Kingdom. My parents decided to spend the night at EPCOT and Downtown Disney so that Joe and I could spend the rest of the evening together celebrating. We arrived at Magic Kingdom around 6:30 or 7pm and were already devising a plan for the rest of the evening. We decided to do some shopping first to pick out a figurine or collectible to remember the weekend. Ever since Joe came down in February, we have been looking for a Gallery of Light collectible shadow box of Lady and the Tramp. We found one in a store on Main Street USA and decided to get it with some engagement money we were given by the Hurst Family. We have started collecting them and really love the way they are designed (they are little scenes of Disney movies within a shadow box that light up when you press a button). After that, we were on our way to get fastpasses for the rest of the evening.

Just about every ride we went on, cast members gave us a fastpass or allowed us to ride again all weekend. They recognized our "Just Engaged!" buttons we were wearing and treated us to getting us to the front of the line. When we rode Thunder Mountain Railroad, we were even given ultimate fastpasses, which are fastpasses in which we can choose where and when to use them. Since Space Mountain was closing for the rest of the year on Saturday (the next day), we decided it would be wise to use them on that ride. We ended up using the ultimate fastpasses multiple times, as cast members were very generous and wanted us to have a magical weekend.

Joe had arranged very covetted arrangements for dinner at Cinderella's Royal Table around 9:20pm. We were able to get pictures with the princess herself before entering into the dining area. She was so excited that I too found my Prince Charming. :) We were seated in the absolute best table in the room. The waiter sat us at a table for two in the back of the room, against a window, right in the middle. It was the perfect spot to watch the Wishes fireworks. We had an amazing view, and it was so neat to hear and see the fireworks from inside the castle. The Fairy Godmother even came out later through our dinner and informed the other guests at the Royal Table that they were all invited to the Royal Wedding! We chuckled. Everyone was very quick to wish us a Happily Ever After. Complete strangers went out of their way to congratulate us on this special occasion. To say the least, Joe and I had an amazing day and were given the best treatment by everyone we came into contact with.