Hursts Go To Disney: Engagements!

Disney Day 4: July 11, 2013

Today was literally the best day of my life. I absolutely can not believe it's happened.

Today Ean proposed to me. (I'm still in utter shock as I write this 3 months later and ironically 365 days until we get married!)

We'll get to all that excitement very soon!

The day started out in Magic Kingdom- a magical park for a magical day! We rode the monorail over because we had to park at the transportation center which is a great distance away. We could have walked there, but that would have taken forever, ridden in the boats, which also took forever, or taken the monorail. In the monorail, we had a cart to ourselves so we sand obnoxiously loud. Everybody was especially chipper this morning, except for Lacie. We got to the park bright and early for the extra magic hours. We got to see the park opening ceremony, which we've never gotten to see before. They choose a family to 'open the park' with all the characters. It's really cute and probably super fun for the family chosen!

Lacie and Daddy went back to the hotel because Lacie's stomach was hurting, go figure. What else is new! It has been this whole trip. She's pretty sure it's cause of her new birth control. What a bummer for her.

Me, Ean, Allie, Mommy, and Eric immediately went to Space Mountain. That didn't take us long to get through. We went over to the New Fantasyland in the hopes of doing the new Little Mermaid ride. However, it was having technical difficulties when we got there. So we went over and did Enchanted Tales with Belle. That was SO cute and fun. It took awhile for us to get in but it was so worth it. Ean and Eric got to be part of the story. It was awesome. They were the soldiers. Gosh it was so cute!

Eric and Ean on Space Mountain

Photo: Mommy's Instagram @iluveeyore

Ean and I in the New Fantasyland by Belle's castle

Ean and Eric as soldiers

Ean and Eric with Belle

After we did that, we went to do the Mad Tea Party teacups. Me and Mommy had one to ourselves, and the other three rode together. They were going SO fast. It was so funny. Mommy and I didn't spin ours at all. I hate spinning in them and so does she! We also got to get on Peter Pan's flight (with the fastpasses we got before doing the Enchanted Tales). That's my favorite ride, mainly because Peter Pan is my favorite! Before we left for breakfast, we rode Winnie the Pooh.

Me and Mommy on the teacups

Allie, Eric, and Ean on the teacups

Photo from Allie's Faebook

We had breakfast reservations at Chef Mickey's at 11, so we headed over there at about 10:45. This is when things started getting crazy!

We met back up with Daddy and Lacie at the Contemporary Hotel (where the restaurant is located). Everyone was seriously so, I don't know how to describe it; I guess kinda tense and anxious. Half the group looked like they were going to throw up! Everyone said it was cause they were so hungry and the teacup ride killed them, or that's its been a long morning with not enough coffee, or that their stupid birth control was being weird (ha, Lacie!). I was like okayyyy...

When our table was ready, all of a sudden Ean made a mad dash the opposite direction. I was like ... wait, what! Eric was all "Don't worry about it, he told me he was going to the bathroom." Allie was all "You don't need to follow, let's just go sit down." Daddy was all "Just calm down, I'll go check on him." Mommy was all "Don't be so mean to Ean!!" And I'm just like .... what is happening here, Ean and Daddy are going to miss all the characters! We won't have it on video! This is all Ean's been looking forward to this whole trip!

LITTLE DID I KNOW.

They came back and a few characters pass by. They're literally all in our section at the same time, so we don't go get food yet. When Minnie came by, that's when it got weird. Ean stands up and instructs Allie to get the video camera (she didn't; she started freaking out. Daddy got the camera, which, you know, he has had the whole time. I thought it was weird Ean was telling Allie to grab it...). Everyone stands up and is looking at me. Ean is fumbling around his pockets. They all have their cameras on me, and I'm just standing there giving Minnie a hug.

When I look around I got this look of complete and utter confusion on my face, and then I had an idea of what was happening, and I would have passed out had I not been holding on to Minnie.

Ean looks over at me and drops to one knee; simple, beautiful, and old-fashioned, just how it should be. He looks at me and says "In the place where dreams come true, will you make my dreams come true? Will you marry me?"

I literally could not speak. I lost all ability to breath, think, and function. He pulled out the absolute most gorgeous ring in the world. I started crying. All I could do was nod my head yes because OF COURSE I WANT TO MARRY YOU!!!!!

Everyone in the restaurant started cheering. It was so magical (seriously though, it was.) Everybody was SO nice. All the workers came up and congratulated us. It was so great.

I later found out that Ean and Daddy were off talking to the managers of the restaurant and people in charge of the characters to see if there was any way the characters could be part of the proposal. The guy said that they've had incidents in the past where the characters have run off with the ring so they can't really do anything but happen to be in the right place at the right time.

I thought it was just absolutely perfect.

Our celebration cupcake. They had a little celebration in the whole restaurant for us!!

My absolutely amazing and perfect ring

The big moment!!

Allie's photo

Love!!

Allie's photo

Needless to say, we didn't eat much after that. Way too much excitement. We were calling family and posting things on social media. It was just... such a wonderful moment; so incredible.

The rest of the day is quite literally almost a blur to me. I was just so happy and ecstatic the whole day, I didn't care what I was doing!

We went back to Magic Kingdom after we had breakfast. Ean and I got "Just Engaged" buttons, which made us quite popular the rest of the time. People left and right were congratulating us. We got some great PhotoPass photos.

My button

Ean's button

From Mommy's Instagram @iluveeyore

During the day we rode Carousel of Progress (we sang "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" all day... that's what we sang on the monorail this morning, haha), Pirates of the Caribbean again, and Haunted Mansion. Everyone was drained from the sun and excitement after that, so we went back to the villa for a rest.

While there Ean and I made more phone calls. There's just so many people to tell!

We took the boats to Downtown Disney after our afternoon rest so we could catch a bus to the Magic Kingdom. Lacie wasn't feeling well again, so she and Eric went back to the room.

Back at the park, Mommy, Daddy, Allie, Ean and I ate dinner at Pinocchio Village Haus, where our nice cashier got Ean and I a free dessert. We did Mickey's Philharmagic, looked around some shops, and had a LeFou's Brew at Gaston's Tavern. We decided against staying longer because we wanted to get plenty of rest before our last day at the parks. We also wanted to beat the firework crowds and get back to our car (which we left at the transportation center all day).