Congratulations!!!
On our honeymoon, we stayed at AKL for 4 nights, and did the three day cruise on the Wonder. It was amazing!
First of all, definitely wear the bride and groom ears. It's soooo worth it! Tell anyone who will listen that you are on your honeymoon. Magic moments will pop up all over the place.
Have you been to Disney before? If you have, I would talk with your FW and find out what things you definitely do not want to miss, and plan around that. That's what we did. We were very familiar with WDW, so we took our time, planned our days around restaurants we wanted to eat at, and had a casual time.
If you haven't been there before, try not to push yourself too much. After the stress and excitement of wedding planning, you don't want to make your honeymoon seem like a chore. The Magic Kingdom is wonderful for Disney Magic, and Epcot can be extremely romantic. If there is an ERide night during your stay, take advantage of that and take the daytime to see the smaller attractions and take your time to see the little things. Check out the boards for restaurant and theme park ideas. We got the "Unoffical Guide to WDW" and that helped a lot, espcially for the stuff I didn't know about, like smaller attractions, shows and restaurants.
This is what we did. We arrived Sunday night and had dinner at Boma. We spent our first day at Epcot, and had dinner at Rose & Crown. (We had lunch at San Angel). We were lucky enough to get a terrace seat so we could watch Illuminations. Tuesday was our MK day, since it was an ERide night. We did the small attractions that I had never done before, had dinner at 'Ohana, and went back to the MK. On Wednesday, we did MGM. Lunch at Prime Time and dinner at the Brown Derby.
Every day, we actually skipped the parades, and went back to relax at the resort. We experienced the resort and the pool and the CMs there. That helped a lot.
On the cruise, we were able to do wonderful excursions. We did the dolphin encounter at Nassau, and a couples cabana massage and snorkling at Castaway Cay. Just amazing. I do wish that we would have taken more time to experience the ship, but I don't regret anything.
You can find magical, fairy tale moments anywhere. You can make them yourself. Take lots and lots of pictures. Maybe buy your wife a journal so she can write everything down so she can remember your fabulous honeymoon (I did this, and I love it. I read it all the time.
) Finding and interacting with characters is always magical, even as adults! Don't put too much emphasis on *having* to do things, and just enjoy your first days being married in the most Magical Place on Earth!!!
What to pack? Comfy shoes and lots of sunscreen! DH and I got sunburned, bad, at Nassau. That sucked.
Have a wonderful, magical honeymoon. It will be totally worth it. Congratulations on your upcoming wedding!!! (and I'm totally jealous...I have always wanted to stay at the Poly!!!)
(If you want, you can PM me if you have any questions about stuff you are thinking about!
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