Early mornings, awesome military discounts, warm weather, surprise upgrades, beautiful fireworks, absolutely delicious dinners, and a crazy cat lady.......yep, we had a great honeymoon at Disneyworld in Florida.
We arrived at our hotel midmorning on Tuesday (after a very early morning at the airport). Rather than walking into the hotel and progressing through the typical registration process, we were personally greeted almost as soon as we stepped off the Magical Express bus. Not only did the staff member know our names but they knew we were on our honeymoon. We were escorted to a private backroom where we were informed that we were being upgraded to a club level room with access to the club lounge that they were in the process of finishing that day. Access to this lounge included a delicious continental breakfast every day (can we say delicious fresh fruit and berries?) as well as snacks throughout the day.
Once we had recovered a bit from our shock, we made our way to Shades of Green where we got our park tickets at military discount. Animal Kingdom was our first stop. I admit, I did laugh a bit at the "rough roads" on the safari trip....."rough" definitely gets redefined when you go overseas. Hippos, monkeys, a Yeti and plants that made me think of home - it was a perfect relaxing afternoon.
That evening we decided to go see the fireworks at Magic Kingdom. I never imagined we would find a place so close to the castle. Wil had been able to travel to Disney earlier this summer with his dad on a business trip. He had told me that the fireworks show was the one part of the trip he most wanted to share with me. To be able to finally share that experience together as husband as wife was truly special.
One of the other highlights of our trip was dinner at Narcoosee's at the Grand Floridian hotel. During our trip we were on the Disney dining plan. We chose to use two table service meals each to go to Narcoosee's - Disney's signature restaurant that is directly across the water from the castle at Magic Kingdom. We had just been seated and served hot fresh bread when the fireworks show at the castle started. All the lights were turned low and the music from the show was played. We had the ability to choose anything we wished for dinner so we went with the filet mignon and lobster tail. Needless to say, it was one of the most delicious dinners we have ever had.
It such a wonderful, relaxing trip. From Tuesday through Friday we were just able to enjoy everything at our own pace. While we didn't get to see all the minor details of each park we definitely saw all the highlights. This included indulging my growing love of rollercoasters. :)
The best part of the honeymoon was just spending time together. I loved laughing and exploring with my best friend. This laughter extended to laughing at a crazy cat lady on our last flight. She had brought a very large, hard animal carrier on board assuming that all planes with this particular airlines could accomodate the carrier......this plane couldn't. She was NOT pleased to know that her precious cat would have to be moved to a soft carrier and that this soft carrier would cost her $50. Before we were even off the ground that cat carrier was open and she was crooning her sympathies to her darling cat. Needless to say Wil found our seats in the very back of the plane as the perfect opportunity to provide commentary on the situation. While I was concerned she was going to hear him, his commentary was quite funny.
I loved our honeymoon. Just like our wedding, it was better than I ever imagined it would be. But even better than all the cool details of my trip was simply beginning a new life with my husband.
