April 9, 2009
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A Disney Wedding
On March 28, two of my friends, CG and DA, got married. It was pretty clear early on that this would happen eventually–they’ve been together as long as I’ve known them. Anyway, they had the wedding in Orlando, at Disneyworld. So six of us went down there for the weekend for the wedding, and took a much-needed vacation on the side.
We stayed at the Port Orleans French Quarter resort:
It’s a really nice resort, by the way. As the name implies, it has a New Orleans theme, so while it’s themed it still has some class about it (a few of the other themed resorts are kind of… kitschy by comparison–the Polynesian is really nice, though). Plus, it’s just a short boat ride up-artificial-stream from Downtown Disney:
We were only there Friday to Sunday, so we passed on the theme parks since there wouldn’t be much time to really enjoy them. We did take the chance to go to Downtown Disney (plus DisneyQuest of course), eat out quite a bit, and generally relax for the weekend. Saturday afternoon was the wedding, so we went down to the pavilion near the Floridian:
The wedding was nice and small (about 60-70 people total, I think). So it felt very comfortable being there. We sat on the groom’s side for the ceremony itself. It was very sweet (and I managed to avoid tearing up). After that, they left the wedding chapel…
…and entered a white pumpkin-shaped coach drawn by six ponies and three people in powdered wigs:
Lastly, the reception was held at the Boardwalk. It was fun, and all of us, including CG and DA (or DG now?) had a chance to catch up. There were more very cute moments:
That’s it. The next day we went out for a bit before heading back home in the afternoon. I also took Monday and Tuesday off (where I pretty much stayed up and played video games all day), so this turned into a five-day weekend with a wedding right in the middle. All in all, a great time, I’d say. Here’s wishing all the best to CG and DA on their life together. KF
