{"id":132,"date":"2009-04-13T00:05:39","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T00:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.test\/2009\/04\/13\/june-2000-engagement-trip\/"},"modified":"2019-10-13T18:52:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T18:52:43","slug":"june-2000-engagement-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/papersuasion.com\/tiki\/june-2000-engagement-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"2000 June – Engagement trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"scan0001\"<\/a>The year is 2000 and I am bringing my then girlfriend to Disney World for the first time. I had been visiting since 1983 but she had only been to Disneyland. The Polynesian Resort had always been a favorite of mine because of my interest in Hawaii so I decided it would be the perfect place for this special story to happen.<\/span>    <\/p>\n

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\"rec01\"<\/a><\/span>This story starts in 1999. I had a receipt from a purchase I made when visiting the World in 1998 and on the back was information about purchasing a brick around the world. These are the bricks that surround the Seven Seas Lagoon that you can have personalized. They were fun for the guests and a great way for Disney to get \"scan0002\"<\/a>you to pay for their paths. I decided months ahead of time to purchase one and have it say \u201cTara will you marry me? Steve\u201d <\/span>I knew this visit would be special and life changing but never guessed it would turn into what it did.
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I had everything planned out 9 months before. I ordered the brick and I found a ring that I really liked. The funny part was we were walking in the mall and Tara walked over to the window and said she liked the same exact ring. We had been looking at rings and talking about marriage but I was keeping it cool because I wanted to use the trip to do the proposing. I had to live through her birthday, Christmas, New Years and other special occasions with out talking about when we might get engaged. She was getting to the point where she thought I would not ask and little did she know I had the brick and the ring. We just needed to plan the trip and when her brother was getting married in Michigan we figured we would go out there and then down to Disney World. I did not even tell her family since I did not want someone to slip but I did fill her Dad in since I felt I needed to at least ask him if it was ok.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We went on the trip and I stuck the ring in a pair of socks in my bag because I did not want to have it on me going through the airport but I was a little nervous not having the ring on me. The night before we left Tara was looking for something in my bag and had the socks in hand. I figured she found it but then she threw the socks down and continued looking for what ever it was. I don\u2019t remember because I was too busy having a heart attack.<\/p>\n

We got to Michigan and all I could think was I wanted to get to Disney World. It was not a fun week when you just want to get to the vacation and to top it off I had to go through all the wedding stuff which just made Tara even more upset that I had not asked. Tara also got so sick with a sinus infection that we had to go to the hospital to get something for it. She even mentioned maybe having to skip the trip and go home. Yeah it was a fun week!! Well she started to feel a little better and we were off to Florida.<\/p>\n

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\"scan00012a\"<\/a>Tara had no idea that Disney World was this big and as we drove in I don\u2019t think she could take it all in. We were checking into the Polynesian and we happened to be going during my birthday. Also some of my family knew about the engagement. At check in we were told the room was not ready yet but we were upgraded to Lagoon View Concierge. I was thinking a family member called and told them about the engagement and Tara was thinking it had to do with my birthday. We later found out that we were both wrong because no one at the resort knew about either thing. It ended up being that lagoon view rooms were overbooked through some online travel (like Expedia or similar) so the people that paid the full rate were upgraded to the next available lagoon view rooms that happened to be in the concierge building. Someone at Disney decided to do something special by bumping us up. By the way they removed the higher rate for the upgrade from standard Lagoon view to Lagoon view Concierge and the difference was $595.<\/p>\n

\"scan00012\"<\/a>Being in the concierge building allowed more one on one interaction with the Cast Members. We even got to sit and talk about the engagement and they shared in our excitement. Right off the bat they felt like friends and family. From this trip and the Cast Members that went way above and beyond with making our visit special I went home and expanded my one page Polynesian photo web page with the story of our trip. That web page turned into people asking about the resort that was so magical to us. There were so many questions about details that I got to the point where I could not write fast enough.<\/p>\n

\"1505view\"<\/a>We checked in and we had a ground floor room with a perfect view of the castle. For Tara it was already a trip of a lifetime. We really liked having the ground floor to walk out to the beach. I think Tara was surprised to be able to see the castle from the bed \"scan0002a\"<\/a>and we were very close to the lounge and concierge desk. We decided to go check out the lounge and when we returned we were surprised with a cake and balloons in the room for my birthday even though it was a week from that day. We hit up the parks and then headed to Kona Cafe grabbed something to eat.<\/p>\n

At Kona Cafe we ordered:<\/p>\n