TheLastPrincess
It's OK. I'm obsessed too.
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- Feb 28, 2007
I just thought I'd share this story and I invite others to share their Disney proposal stories!!!
Last September I was visting WDW with my parents. We went to the Fantasmic show and started talking about how many people the theater could hold. I decided to ask a CM, who told me he "couldn't tell me" and didn't give me a reason why. Confused, I related this to my parents, and someone sitting behind us interrupted and said, "Excuse me, I work for Disney, and I can tell you this theater holds such-and-such amount of people." From then on we started talking to this gentleman and he told us some fantastic "Disney Magic" stories, one of which was about him being personally involved in granting a terminally ill child's wish of seeing Cinderella...not only that but watching Wishes with Cinderella! He brought us all to tears, he was just a fantastic guy...what all Disney CMs should aspire to be.
Well, unbenkownst to me, my mom slipped him a note during Fantasmic, telling him that my boyfriend was flying down to Disney that weekend to surprise me and propose, and asked if he could help. In the dark, they were passing notes and exchanging phone numbers, TOTALLY BEHIND MY BACK!!! I did not even know this was going on until they told me later.
The next day, my mom said she "ran into" this guy at the Magic Kingdom (where he was working that day) and that he had something for us, and that he would "come and find us later" while we were waiting for the SpectroMagic parade. He found us, and asked ME if I wanted to be The Grand Marshal in the Dreams Come True Parade that Saturday. I nearly died of disbelief. After SpectroMagic and Wishes, he came and found us again and bought us ice cream!
Saturday rolled around and I could barely contain my excitement (I've been going to Disney since I was 5 years old and this is the sort of thing you DREAM about, but never think it could actually happen!). My parents and I were the Grand Marshals along with a couple on their honeymoon. After they paraded us around the Magic Kingdom before the actual parade began, the cars of course dropped us off next to the barbershop, and there was the Barbershop Quartet waiting. They said they had a "special song to sing for me" since I was a true "Disney Princess"!!!!!!!
Again, more disbelief...I couldn't believe this was happening...not only that, but in front of hundreds of people who were lined up for the parade. They sang "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" and brought me to tears. Then the Quartet said, talking amongst themselves but loud enough so everyone could hear, "She's a wonderful Disney Princess...but all she needs now is a prince! Is there a prince around here?"
I heard a familiar voice shout, "She HAS a prince!" The quartet shouted, "Where?!" And I turned around to see my boyfriend, wearing the Mickey Ears black groom hat, who said: "He's RIGHT HERE!" Then he said to me, "I heard Disney was making you your perfect day, and I was hoping you'd make mine." He got down on one knee and produced the ring from his pocket and asked me to marry him!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I barely choked out "YES" and the Barbershop Quartet sang "Bella Notte" as we danced there on Main Street, in front of all those people who clapped and cheered!
But it wasn't over just yet. The parade began, so they led us to the special VIP viewing area right beside the barbershop. To my disbelief and amazement, on top of a parade float, Mickey himself pointed at us, then his RING FINGER, and blew us a kiss!! Many more similar things happened with other Disney parade characters!! Jafar even pointed at us and, in true Disney villian fashion, shook his head and buried it in his hands!
Afterward, a bunch of Disney CMs came up to us and congratulated us. They even gave me white bridal Minnie Ears and as it turned out, a bunch of Disney CMs were involved in pulling this off. But it all started with the Disney CM at Fantasmic, who called me minutes later and admitted he was behind the whole thing!! Sadly, he couldn't see the fruits of his labor, because he had to leave that Saturday, but arranged everything from the ground up!! He and another CM even got my boyfriend in FOR FREE to the Magic Kingdom and took him out to lunch, saying it was "on Mickey"!!!!!!!!
We wound up getting our picture and story in the Disney newsletter for the CMs a couple months later, and they mailed copies to us, of course.
Needless to say, we are returning there for our honeymoon in September, when this special Disney CM will also be there, so he can meet my fiance. We are good friends now and keep in touch quite regularly. Just goes to show you that ANYTHING is possible at Disney, and those CMs really do make dreams come true.
Anyone else have a Disney proposal they want to share??????????
Last September I was visting WDW with my parents. We went to the Fantasmic show and started talking about how many people the theater could hold. I decided to ask a CM, who told me he "couldn't tell me" and didn't give me a reason why. Confused, I related this to my parents, and someone sitting behind us interrupted and said, "Excuse me, I work for Disney, and I can tell you this theater holds such-and-such amount of people." From then on we started talking to this gentleman and he told us some fantastic "Disney Magic" stories, one of which was about him being personally involved in granting a terminally ill child's wish of seeing Cinderella...not only that but watching Wishes with Cinderella! He brought us all to tears, he was just a fantastic guy...what all Disney CMs should aspire to be.
Well, unbenkownst to me, my mom slipped him a note during Fantasmic, telling him that my boyfriend was flying down to Disney that weekend to surprise me and propose, and asked if he could help. In the dark, they were passing notes and exchanging phone numbers, TOTALLY BEHIND MY BACK!!! I did not even know this was going on until they told me later.
The next day, my mom said she "ran into" this guy at the Magic Kingdom (where he was working that day) and that he had something for us, and that he would "come and find us later" while we were waiting for the SpectroMagic parade. He found us, and asked ME if I wanted to be The Grand Marshal in the Dreams Come True Parade that Saturday. I nearly died of disbelief. After SpectroMagic and Wishes, he came and found us again and bought us ice cream!
Saturday rolled around and I could barely contain my excitement (I've been going to Disney since I was 5 years old and this is the sort of thing you DREAM about, but never think it could actually happen!). My parents and I were the Grand Marshals along with a couple on their honeymoon. After they paraded us around the Magic Kingdom before the actual parade began, the cars of course dropped us off next to the barbershop, and there was the Barbershop Quartet waiting. They said they had a "special song to sing for me" since I was a true "Disney Princess"!!!!!!!
Again, more disbelief...I couldn't believe this was happening...not only that, but in front of hundreds of people who were lined up for the parade. They sang "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" and brought me to tears. Then the Quartet said, talking amongst themselves but loud enough so everyone could hear, "She's a wonderful Disney Princess...but all she needs now is a prince! Is there a prince around here?"
I heard a familiar voice shout, "She HAS a prince!" The quartet shouted, "Where?!" And I turned around to see my boyfriend, wearing the Mickey Ears black groom hat, who said: "He's RIGHT HERE!" Then he said to me, "I heard Disney was making you your perfect day, and I was hoping you'd make mine." He got down on one knee and produced the ring from his pocket and asked me to marry him!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I barely choked out "YES" and the Barbershop Quartet sang "Bella Notte" as we danced there on Main Street, in front of all those people who clapped and cheered!
But it wasn't over just yet. The parade began, so they led us to the special VIP viewing area right beside the barbershop. To my disbelief and amazement, on top of a parade float, Mickey himself pointed at us, then his RING FINGER, and blew us a kiss!! Many more similar things happened with other Disney parade characters!! Jafar even pointed at us and, in true Disney villian fashion, shook his head and buried it in his hands!
Afterward, a bunch of Disney CMs came up to us and congratulated us. They even gave me white bridal Minnie Ears and as it turned out, a bunch of Disney CMs were involved in pulling this off. But it all started with the Disney CM at Fantasmic, who called me minutes later and admitted he was behind the whole thing!! Sadly, he couldn't see the fruits of his labor, because he had to leave that Saturday, but arranged everything from the ground up!! He and another CM even got my boyfriend in FOR FREE to the Magic Kingdom and took him out to lunch, saying it was "on Mickey"!!!!!!!!
We wound up getting our picture and story in the Disney newsletter for the CMs a couple months later, and they mailed copies to us, of course.
Needless to say, we are returning there for our honeymoon in September, when this special Disney CM will also be there, so he can meet my fiance. We are good friends now and keep in touch quite regularly. Just goes to show you that ANYTHING is possible at Disney, and those CMs really do make dreams come true.
Anyone else have a Disney proposal they want to share??????????
What Disney magic 
Now you must be having a Disney wedding right?
