Skip3key
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The wedding after party!
So we had a welcome party in Italy, a ceremony in Germany..... where shall we go after the reception? Well there are extra magic hours at EPCOT tonight, so back to EPCOT it is!
We were a little ambitious thinking that we would make fast pass + reservations starting at 330, so I did have to get on the app and start doing some juggling as we didn't make it to the park until about 445... Abut my first stop had to be France... no visit is complete without a Gray Goose Slushie and a crepe... its my favorite! And I was feeling great back in shorts and a t-shirt!
We wandered around the showcase and future world for a while (I think we rode Nemo and Spaceship earth) and then made our way to the Biergarten Restaurant for dinner with Evas family who are authentic born and bred Germans... I know.. it was a risk, but we had a theme going! I was sad as our 830 reservations meant we caught about 1 minute of the band, and then they were done for the night!
The meal is a buffet and I just didn't get any pictures of the food! I think it was good... but everyone was so engrossed in talking about the days events, I don't know if any one cared about the food! We had great aspirations to stay in the park as late as possible... but having little sleep the night before, all the excitement of the day, and knowing tomorrow would be early.. we sadly had to let the night end by like 10pm! I wanted to party like a Rock Star and hit JellyRolls....but there was no way....
Last park day - Day 6- My family is all leaving this day, Evas family is leaving tomorrow (but they didn't arrive until like 20 minutes before the Welcome Party). We hadnt yet taken my family to Hollywood studios- I knew my sister would love it, but Eva's 70 year old mom who
definitely doesn't understand our Disney fascination would not- so less then 24 hours into our marriage - we split, and she took her mom to Animal Kingdom while I went with my peeps to DHS...
More funny are the pictures on the bus going back to the AKL...
Once the family was back on the Magical Express around 5 (their place was at 730)... we got ready for our reservations at Jiko with Evas family and some friends. I guess after taking almost 1000 professional pictures, I was pictured out... because I have ZERO pictures of Jiko! But I can tell you, it was exceptional... everything we ate was great... we had terrific African wine, and they brought us out a special dessert... Eva, her mom and Uncle had an especially good time... and had to be taken back to their rooms after dinner by me and Evas 20 something nephew Justin. But even with the family passed out, and even though we had to be out of the resort by 7 am for our 9 am flight- Justin and I couldn't pass up EMH at the Magic Kingdom until 3am! These are my last pictures- Justin and I at about 2 am... we had hopes to ride the 7 dwarves mine train, but at 1:45 am the line was still almost an hour.... will have to wait for next trip! We did ride at least 7-8 other rides (I was absolutely amazed how many young kids were either fully awake or still being pushed around the MK in strollers completely passed out after 1am!)
And thats the trip! I hope it was informative, and please don't hesitate if any questions! Happy to help! Thanks so much for reading!
So we had a welcome party in Italy, a ceremony in Germany..... where shall we go after the reception? Well there are extra magic hours at EPCOT tonight, so back to EPCOT it is!
We were a little ambitious thinking that we would make fast pass + reservations starting at 330, so I did have to get on the app and start doing some juggling as we didn't make it to the park until about 445... Abut my first stop had to be France... no visit is complete without a Gray Goose Slushie and a crepe... its my favorite! And I was feeling great back in shorts and a t-shirt!
We wandered around the showcase and future world for a while (I think we rode Nemo and Spaceship earth) and then made our way to the Biergarten Restaurant for dinner with Evas family who are authentic born and bred Germans... I know.. it was a risk, but we had a theme going! I was sad as our 830 reservations meant we caught about 1 minute of the band, and then they were done for the night!
The meal is a buffet and I just didn't get any pictures of the food! I think it was good... but everyone was so engrossed in talking about the days events, I don't know if any one cared about the food! We had great aspirations to stay in the park as late as possible... but having little sleep the night before, all the excitement of the day, and knowing tomorrow would be early.. we sadly had to let the night end by like 10pm! I wanted to party like a Rock Star and hit JellyRolls....but there was no way....
Last park day - Day 6- My family is all leaving this day, Evas family is leaving tomorrow (but they didn't arrive until like 20 minutes before the Welcome Party). We hadnt yet taken my family to Hollywood studios- I knew my sister would love it, but Eva's 70 year old mom who
definitely doesn't understand our Disney fascination would not- so less then 24 hours into our marriage - we split, and she took her mom to Animal Kingdom while I went with my peeps to DHS...
More funny are the pictures on the bus going back to the AKL...
Once the family was back on the Magical Express around 5 (their place was at 730)... we got ready for our reservations at Jiko with Evas family and some friends. I guess after taking almost 1000 professional pictures, I was pictured out... because I have ZERO pictures of Jiko! But I can tell you, it was exceptional... everything we ate was great... we had terrific African wine, and they brought us out a special dessert... Eva, her mom and Uncle had an especially good time... and had to be taken back to their rooms after dinner by me and Evas 20 something nephew Justin. But even with the family passed out, and even though we had to be out of the resort by 7 am for our 9 am flight- Justin and I couldn't pass up EMH at the Magic Kingdom until 3am! These are my last pictures- Justin and I at about 2 am... we had hopes to ride the 7 dwarves mine train, but at 1:45 am the line was still almost an hour.... will have to wait for next trip! We did ride at least 7-8 other rides (I was absolutely amazed how many young kids were either fully awake or still being pushed around the MK in strollers completely passed out after 1am!)
And thats the trip! I hope it was informative, and please don't hesitate if any questions! Happy to help! Thanks so much for reading!