Our Magical Honeymoon.

We stayed up packing until 2 AM, and Carolyn's parents were here to pick us up at 5 AM and drive us to the airport. We arrived and checked in at the gate for our 10:30 AM flight to Orlando on Westjet Flight #926. The flight went great, except for some turbulence, not Carolyn's favorite! At the end of the flight the flight attendants got on the microphone and congratulated the newleywed couple in row 9 - that was us!! They gave us a care package assembled from everything they had at their disposal on the plane, some cookies, pretzels, bandaids, latex gloves, and my personal favorite, the airsickness bag.

the Westjet 'care package'

We landed safely in Orlando and headed to the Disney Magical Express Bus for our drive to the resort. We arrived at Disney's Animal Kingdom lodge and checked in to our Honeymoon Room, room #3023.

Disney's Magical Express

Our first afternoon at Disney, we spent wandering around the hotel, and checking out the views of the animals on the savannah from the different lookouts. Then we spent the next hour taking a much needed nap. When we woke up, we headed to our dinner reservation at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, at Citricos, one of the restaurants on site.

We travelled by Disney Bus to the Magic Kingdom, where Johnnie got his first glimpse of Cinderella's castle, and then transferred to the Monorail to head to the Grand Floridian. Once we arrived at the resort, we spent some time browsing in the gift shops, we ended up buying 'Bride and Groom' Mickey and Minnie ears. Then, we headed upstairs to Citiricos for our dinner. To our surprise, when we arrived upstairs, Citricos was CLOSED!!! At first, we were shocked, didn't know what to do, but we headed down to the concierge desk of the hotel, and they took great care of us. They ended up getting us in to another restaurant on the resort grounds, called Narcoosee's. Narcoosee's ended up surpassing all of out dining expectations. It was built in a giant gazebo, out onto the water of the Seven Seas Lagoon, all lit up in the dark. It had a magnificent view of Cinderella's castle from the wrap around porch, where we watched a fabulous fireworks display, called, "Wishes", in honor of Disney's 50th anniversary party.

For dinner that first night, John started with crabcakes, and Carolyn started with the Lamb Lollipops in a vanilla sauce. For his entree, John enjoyed a Surf n' Turf dinner, of two lobster tails, and two fillets, along with a cheese potatoe. Carolyn had the Fillet Mignon, also served with the cheese potatoes and asparagus. For dessert, John had seasonal fruit sorbet and Carolyn tried the Chocolate ganache with wafers and raspberry coulis.

After dinner we headed back to our lodge, to get a good night's rest for our big day at Magic Kingdom!