Today was a very BUSY day! We got up and took the monorail over to the Poly for breakfast at Kona! This is my favorite spot for breakfast but I was a little disappointed that Raphael didn't enjoy it as much! We had the Kona coffee pressed pot, I ordered 2 mimosas with Likoi Juice, which I ended up drinking them both
Raphael got the Big Kahuna breakfast and I had to go with the Tonga Toast and we ended up splitting each of them.
After breakfast we hoped on the monorail to the MK!
Like the big crane by the castle! I was starting to freak out as we had our MK and Epcot shoot the next week. I had read that the crane was going to be up for months due to the construction and to take down the christmas lights. So I sent an email to Karen, that I had been working with at Disney Fine Art Photography, asked about the crane and if this was going to affect our photo shoot. She assured me that it was going to as planned. She did end up calling us that day to explain about the crane but assured that it would be photoshopped out. I told her that was fine. I just wanted to make sure that for the money that we were spending that you won't be able to see that in the pictures and we will still be able to do the moat shot! She said to just relax and enjoy the session and don't worry about the crane! Which surprisingly I did
So at the MK we got to check out the new Fastpass+ on the my Disney Experience. I really liked it. In between our fast passes we were able to go on a few other rides and even got to meet a few characters. Later in our trip I did realize that the Fastpass+ was not very fitting if you are going to park hop as you were only allowed to choose 3 passes for the day and if you wanted to change it to a different park you couldn't. I think now they are changing it but I'm not sure. Otherwise I really liked it, if you were able to walk right onto a ride then you could switch your fast pass to a different attraction which we did, several times.
Ok so after spending a few hours in MK, we went back to our room. I met up with Jillian to get the soaps that I purchased from her Etsy shop for our welcome bags. She was so nice, brought them right to our room! Thanks again Jillian they were wonderful! We had dinner reservations for us, my mom and two aunts and our two friends at the Grand Floridian Cafe. As it turned out one of my aunts was running late and wasn't able to make it till the following night. I brought them their welcome bags, I figured it was better to do it that way PLUS I had made shirts for each of them that I wanted them to wear the next night at dinner. So we met up at the Mizner's Lounge in the Grand Floridian and had a drink before dinner.
Here we are at the GFC. I really enjoyed this restaurant and I would definitely go back. The food was very good!
So after dinner we all took the monorail back to the Contemporary! When we got to BLT, we said good night to Raphael, cuz the girls were taking me out for a Bachelorette party!! We were going to do the monorail crawl, so we counted the Grand Floridian as the first stop then we went up to the Top of The World Lounge! I really liked this place A LOT! Mike was the bar tender again and took great care of us! My friends had this all planned out! They had a list of games, gave me a "special water bottle" and made a veil with condoms attached to it, however they kept falling off
One of the things I had to do was go around the lounge and get marriage advice from strangers! This was pretty amusing as one older gentleman said "DON'T" right in front of his wife, after they just went to Victoria and Albert's for an anniversary dinner!
Then I had to sing my favorite Disney song in the lounge plus a few other things.
Here is my mom and I outside the TOTW
So after MANY drinks and shots at TOTW Lounge, it was off to the Poly to my other favorite bar, the Tambu Lounge, to get some Lapu Lapu's
So this is were my friends really out did themselves! You see they had planned to end up here, which I didn't know. So before dinner they stopped by and spoke with a manger and had a very "SPECIAL" cake waiting for our arrival that evening! I wish I could post a picture but I'm sure you ladies can catch my hidden meaning! It was very tasty, strawberry margarita cake or strawberry daquiri cake. One of my mom's friends help my friend make this cake! Those tricky girls! So after more drinks and shots at the Poly they then tried to make a wedding dress for me using only toliet paper! This is how it turned out
So we ended up staying until closing! By now the monorail stopped, so we walked from the Poly to the GF and then they drove me back to BLT! Up next the last day at WDW before our cruise!
I did have a couple of questions who did you use for your wedding photography and how much did they charge I am currently looking and trying to price it out and also how much was the mk photo shoot of you don't mind can't wait to read more of your tr!
