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Proposing to my girlfriend.
Slysterin
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Whew! Exciting stuff.
I already have the ring, but how I do it is what I'm working on.
She loves:
+ Disneyland
+ Harry Potter
+ Sky lanterns
Any ideas utilizing any of those would be appreciated!
My plan right now? Propose at Disneyland and find some way to get a few sky lanterns in the sky. Ironically, I've never been to Disneyland, so I wouldn't know where to even do it in the park. So advice further elaborating my current plan would also be appreciated!
Thanks!
I already have the ring, but how I do it is what I'm working on.
She loves:
+ Disneyland
+ Harry Potter
+ Sky lanterns
Any ideas utilizing any of those would be appreciated!
My plan right now? Propose at Disneyland and find some way to get a few sky lanterns in the sky. Ironically, I've never been to Disneyland, so I wouldn't know where to even do it in the park. So advice further elaborating my current plan would also be appreciated!
Thanks!
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The Harry Potter theme park in Orlando.
Propose to her over a pint of butter beer.
You're welcome.
I've actually been there before; she hasn't.
The thing is, her love for Disneyland supersedes her (admittedly vast) love for Harry Potter.
If there's some way I can add Harry Potter into the proposal at Disneyland, that would be just PERFECT.
One romantic little thing I can imagine putting her through would be a silly little reenactment of the tasks from the end of the Sorcerer's Stone with all your friends (you'll want extra people there so she'll think it's a silly group activity rather than a setup). First, one of you will have to play rock band or something at a stuffed animal or a friend in a costume. Next, do something silly involving devils snare (twister? the freeze dance game? I have no idea). After that, everybody has to try to steal the key from the fastest friend while holding a broom between his/her legs. Fourth, everybody suits up for a giant game of chess (make sure the friend who leads the team opposite you and your GF knows to throw the game and avoid taking [eliminating] you or your GF if you go with an elimination variant of this idea), with cardboard cutouts filling out the the positions you don't have enough friends for. Fifth, do something about avoiding waking up the troll (Don't Wake Daddy?). For potions, mixed drinks! Lots of mixed drinks! With booze!
The last part is the proposal itself. Set up a room so that the mirror is at a right angle to or facing slightly away from the entrance to the room. When the whole group is moving into the room, keep her moving along while everyone else makes sure to move just slowly enough for the two of you to get in front of the mirror first. The mirror will have a big poster printout of the two of you photoshopped into a tux and wedding gown taped to the front. While she's processing what the mirror shows, get down on your knee and propose to her. She will probably go nuts, especially given the effects of the "potions task."
The only real flaws I can see are that it would be a bit tough getting a big group together and that asking her in front of all of your friends may put her under a lot of pressure if the two of you aren't so close that asking her is a formality at this point (although this whole thing shouldn't be that hard to modify for the two of you alone).
One last thing: KEEP HER THE HELL AWAY FROM THIS FORUM!!! If she goes on the forum, she will notice this thread.
If she is, thats cool and great, open up your imagination
but just make sure first
If you plan things out, she will have time to enjoy Disney for the first time, and then at the end you can turn a wonderful day into an unforgettable day.
1. Invites girlfriend to an expensive restaurant
2. Ask for a an expensive bottle of wine
3. Drink
4. Propose.
Piece of pie
This is so important to note. This is something that varies from person to person and before you plan anything big, honestly ask yourself if she would want that or if you just want to do something big. This is something incredibly personal and you may want to think about your plan beyond Disney Potter Fest 2011.
Things to ask yourself or look for with her:
- Does she have a favourite place or moment in the parks? Are the fireworks her thing or will she always love to ride the Pink Elephants even when she's old and gray?
- What's her favourite part of Potter lore?
- Why does she love sky lanterns? Is there a place or memory she associates with them?
Don't worry about trying to fit them all in. Pick something special and you won't need 50 flash mob members dancing dressed as wizards while hundreds of sky lanterns are released in Disney.
So I did the sappy romantic thing and did it at Cinderella castle just after the fireworks.
Now every time she see's the disney logo at the start of the film, She get's a little smile.
Keep it simple, and just choose a moment that will mean something to her, and if she is distracted it'll help.
Good luck mate, and congratulations.
Is her love for Disney or Disneyland specifically? Disney World is pretty amazing as well, and I remember seeing on the Disney World site that if you give them a week's notice you can set up a whole thing at dinner at Cinderella's Castle (protip: get reservations asap for there) that would have me crying with joy like a little girl. This also has the benefit of being close to Harry Potter World, which you could take her to either before or after if you make a trip of it.
If her love is for Disneyland specifically, I just went there in March and saw a lot of lovely, romantic spots. A coworker of mine proposed to his wife near Snow White's wishing well, which is a perfect little picture spot. If you can find a way to get into Club 33 (there's forums on it, and sometimes the people with memberships like to help out with this sort of thing) that could be a fun, over-the-top way to do it, but I hear it's expensive and I don't know if you wanted to just do it over dinner. The light shows - either the fireworks, World of Color (I highly recommend this show at California Adventure), or Fantasmic - are all wonderful, and if you can nab a good seat (I know you can reserve seats for Fantasmic at $60 a pop, may be worth it), during or after one of these might be a good time if you want an emotionally charged moment that may not be photo friendly.
If you want something unique, you could take her on Space Mountain/California Screamin'/Tower of Terror and whip the ring out when they're taking the picture - make sure it's anchored into the box really well - and hold it out when she may not notice, then after the ride make a big production of looking to see the photo after, and she'll be all surprised and you can whip it out again there. Not the most romantic, but cute
This website might have some useful information as well.
I might think about these things entirely too much
Even better.
If Disneyland supercedes Harry Potter then take her to Disneyland and be near the Sleeping Beauty Castle when they start shooting off fireworks (I assume they do this, I've only been to Disneyworld) and propose with that castle and fireworks in the background.
If it's too crowded or you can't find a good spot or she gets tired, take her back to the hotel and watch her favorite Harry Potter movie, then pop the question when the moment feels right.
Then suggest that all the house elves should be evacuated for their own safety.
My wife loves Disneyworld, Harry Potter, floating lanterns etc.
But she would have hated a public proposal.
You can go all out and have fun with it -- it should be something you think she'd like that, ultimately, is something that shows how much you love her and that you're one for big, showy, fun things. But if she refuses to marry you because you simply ask her after getting her favorite takeout?
I'm in the same situation myself at the moment, and my GF has told me she'd really love something big and romantic and not boring, even though she'll of course say yes no matter what.
Disneyland is really, really great about helping people out for these kinds of things. I got a number from a friend (I wish I still had it to give you, but it was a few years ago), and the number was for a lady who worked for Disneyland and set up special events such as proposals. We talked over why I wanted to propose there, thoughts on how I wanted to propose, what I thought my wife would like, etc.
The helpful employee had many ideas, but the one I ended up with was as follows. We showed up to the park, and I made some lame excuse that I wanted to check out a store right near the entrance. I quickly left the store after my then gf and I split up to shop quick, and ran over the City Hall (a customer service building near the entrance) where I proceeded to tell them my name and what I was there for. They had everything ready for me, and gave me a special note, and a bunch of head of the line passes usable on any ride in the park.
I went back and grabbed my gf, and we walked around the park. I was told to be at the Storybook Land ride at 9:15, so we headed that way. We arrived, I gave the note I was given to one of the employees at the exit of the ride.
Just for a little backround on the ride, its a boat that they load 10-12 ppl in with a guide, and you through a river with scale replicas of lots of Disney movie locations, including a large replica of Cinderella's castle. Because the fireworks show is literally right above the ride, it is closed during the fireworks, which happen at around 9:30.
Well, the ride was just closing when we got there. Once I have the note, they grabbed us, and put us on the boat, just ourselves and the guide. We guide did the ride normally, just for us, until we got to Cinderella's castle replica. The guide then gave me a little intro, I popped the question, and then the fireworks started above us, and we had a private little fireworks show.
When coming back to the dock and the line for the ride, we were given some free stuff (a replica glass slipper made out of plastic, a mickey ears top hat, and minnie ears veil to wear, etc), and the guide rang a bell and announced the long line of people that we just got engaged, and so we got a big cheer from them for that as well.
The rest of night we used the head of the line passes to jump on all the rides we wanted quickly. Overall, it was a great experience, and it was all free and set up by the Disney employees for us.
I should also note re: privacy. My wife is also big on the private proposal, and so what we did was perfect. It was just us on a boat under fireworks (although there was the one employee, but one person wasn't a big deal to her).
Keep it simple and personal, and you can't go wrong.
Roneth's story involved the help of a few in-the-know cast members, but by in large it was still a very private affair. If the OP is planning on proposing at Disney (or some other awesomely-themed theme park) I'm sure he realizes that there's going to be some people around, and if he feels comfortable enough to even entertain the idea, then odds are his girlfriend wouldn't be completely turned off by the idea of romantic happenings in public.
OP, it really depends on what you imagine happening. If you set up the scene right, either with the surroundings or with what you say, it won't matter how many people are around and potentially watching, she'll only have eyes for you.
protip: Don't drop the ring!
...I know way too much about Disney rides
I'm responding from my phone so I can't write much, but I really appreciate all the help and suggestions thus far.
Just a quick note: I don't intend this to be very big and public. Just somewhere (relatively) private in Disneyland, with maybe a dozen or so sky lanterns being released with some way of working a reference to Harry Potter in there.
I'll type more later! Thanks again, please keep it coming!
Technically, I did. My ideas tend to get away from me. In this case, it turned into a group affair when I was trying to figure out how to do full-size chess.
Anyway, one way to get floating lanterns and a HP ref would be to pass wired through bottom-heavy candles and stringing them up so that it looks like the dining hall from Chamber of Secrets.