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Our Honeymoon Part 2:
So we got to Florida. I had always heard people say never, ever go to Orlando for your honeymoon. Why is it that unmarried people do not listen to married people’s advice? I thought that since it was the second part of our honeymoon we wouldn’t have all those problems we were warned about. Bring on the differences!
My idea of enjoying these parks and his ideas could not have been more different, although we didn’t realize this until we were in the midst of doing the parks and both significantly frustrated. I imagined us strolling through the dreamlike surroundings, hand in hand, laughing, looking into each other’s eyes, eating, riding, and just enjoying being together. You know what’s coming don’t you?
We had things planned pretty economically which is why we were able to do so much. We stayed at a hotel with shuttles so that we didn’t have to rent a car or pay for parking. Jason had it all figured out. We were to get up super early and eat as much as we possibly could at the hotel’s free breakfast, then catch the very first shuttle to the park in order to get there before it opened. We had to get our money’s worth. That sounded like a good plan to me.
Our first park was Universal Studios. I had been to the Universal Studios in California when I was in high school, so I thought I knew what to expect. In California you wait in a very long line to get in and get a spot on the tram, but once you’re on, the tram takes you through the whole park so there is hardly any walking. Not so in Orlando. I made a huge mistake in wearing my cute little flimsy sandals.
Well, we got there when the gates opened. My new husband (Remember my own expectations of what the day would be like?) ran, grabbed a map and started mapping out his course. Then we took off RUNNING to make it to the first ride and beat the line. And we RAN from ride to ride the entire day, with him yanking on me to hurry me–in my cute little flimsy sandals! By the end of the day, my feet hurt so badly that I could hardly walk. I was starving because all we had had to eat the whole day was one slice of pizza. We stayed as long as we could, just making sure to get the very last shuttle back to the hotel. It was about 10:30 in the evening when we got back. Then we WALKED about a mile down the road to a cheap fast food restaurant for supper. We finally got back to our room around midnight. I’ll just say here that the events of the day and the extent of my exhaustion weren’t exactly conducive to romance. Thus the whole reason for advising people against this for a honeymoon option began to dawn on me.
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Your poor feet! We went to New Orleans for our 5 year anniversary and that’s a lot of walking too – my feet got tore up the first day. Cute sandals just don’t mix with tourism 😉
So I’m the first to read this morning. I’m glad it all turned out okay in the end – saying this how many years later? Twelve?
lol. We decided to cash in on all the best room rates on our honeymoon! We stayed at 4 different places over the course of 6 days! We too ate as much as we could in the morning and all the tension during the day DEFINITELY wasn’t conducive to my romantic ideas either! I’m surprised we have made it 13 years after that week!
I’m lucky in that my husband does not do amusement parks or standing in line, for anything.
Sorry about the 2nd leg of your honeymoon. Sounds like a nightmare to this country girl.
I think it’s amazing how people can be so close when it comes to values and priorities and yet so different in their outlooks on how to handle each day. Clash of expectations says it well! Obviously you and your hubby learned how to accommodate each other and build a happy family. Congrats on that!
I think our husbands might be mysteriously related 🙂 love reading your story!
Wait, or maybe you and I are 🙂
Oh, I bet your feet hurt so badly! Isn’t it interesting to see how we have to figure each other out in the beginning. I remember my hubby and I have very different expectations as to how we were going to enjoy our honeymoon. He wanted to relax and I was wanted to see everything. Your poor feet! My feet hurt for you! I can’t wait to read the rest of your story!
OH my. I understand. We went to Universal Studios and Disney this summer so I completely know how bad your feet hurt. And we had 3 kids with us, so not sure which would be worse…lol! Just kidding. We had a blast but it is a LOT of walking. Can’t wait to read more of your story! It’s my first visit here, so nice to “meet” you! 🙂
Haha…you’re honeymoon was the exact opposite of mine. We too, decided to go economical. But we rented a cottage in the middle of nowhere (because we were sure we could keep each other “entertained”)and were bored. to. death! We ended up driving 1/2 an hr. to a Wal-Mart…just for something to do! He bought a model car to put together and I ended up getting craft stuff to make Christmas ornaments..in August!
Sounds like trip we took to New York, I kept telling my ex that me feet hurt and he kept pulling me around the city. When we got back to the hotel that night I took off my shoes and showed him the blisters and he felt so bad. It was ugly.
Awww! Your poor feet! 🙁 I think that you learn so much about people from a)living with people and b) traveling with people – which brand new married couples always do…eeek! LOL! I’m so glad that I know that this story has a happy end once all is said and done and you managed to survive it and are sitll togther..haha! 🙂
we only had one day at Disney on our honeymoom (after our cruise) and it was crazy. JEremy did the same thing to me only is was raining! they want to see and do everything lol thanks for linking your story up!
Our honeymoon was really short. We went to an all-inclusive resort in Jamaica due to a nice gift from my in-laws. However, after a day of fun in the sun, and as my husband was getting dressed for dinner our 1st night there, we discovered we had left ALL of his clean underwear at his mom’s house! 🙂 🙂 🙂 (we would be moving to another state as soon as we were done honeymooning and we had methodically separated his clothes for the honeymoon. Well, apparently not so methodically!). I spent the next few days washing out the same pair of underwear for him night after night! Talk about love! 😉 🙂 It was pretty funny! The gift shop had NOTHING underwear-like so what can you do?
We went to Disney World for our honeymoon, too. Disney World is definitely not relaxing. (Hence the advice.)
The expectations of a romantic honeymoon is not idea unless.your going somewhere tropical we are going to universal for our honey in Nov but we’re not going everyday were also relaxing and doing a spa and maybe even a show.
I absolutely love Universal. We just went again in November and had a blast with the family. This many years later we better understand each other and know what to expect…usually! Ha. Have a wonderful time and planning time to relax as well sounds like a great plan. Enjoy your honeymoon!