Park Buddies First, Then Something More
We met here looking for ride partners. Nothing more complicated than that. I needed someone willing to run for the best seats, and he needed someone who wouldn't bail at rope drop.
We spent a whole day together: coffee, then seven rides, then a parade we had no plans to watch. We talked for eleven hours straight and never ran out of things to say.
It took us both a while to notice it had stopped feeling like a friendship. He asked me out in the middle of a crowded walkway just as the lights came on, which is exactly the kind of moment you can't reschedule.
Two years later we still go back to that spot every trip. Same walkway, same lights, and one new photo added to the album every year.
The Group Chat That Stayed Together
Three people, three home cities, and one overlapping park weekend.
We found each other in a meetup post and agreed to spend one evening together, mostly because none of us wanted to watch the fireworks alone. We claimed a spot by the water an hour early and spent it trading stories from past trips.
When the first shell went up, nobody talked. When it ended, someone said, "Same time next year?" and we all laughed like it was a joke.
It wasn't. That was four years ago. We've been back every year since, added a dozen people to the group chat, and learned exactly which bench gives the best view.
What started as one evening with strangers became the week we plan everything else around.
Two Solo Trips, One Best Friend
Both of us had booked the same week solo, and neither of us wanted to admit how nervous we were about going alone.
We matched here about a month before the trip. Our first messages were practical: which park on which day, where to eat, how early to rope drop. By the time we landed we had a shared spreadsheet and a running list of snacks to try.
That first morning we stood in line together for two hours and talked the entire time. By afternoon we had a tradition: one photo in front of the castle, every visit, no matter how crowded.
Three trips later, we've stopped calling them solo trips at all. This year we're bringing our families, and the kids already argue over who gets to sit next to whom on the rides.
❤️ How We Found Our Happily Ever After
If you had told me a few years ago that I would meet the love of my life on a dating app, fall in love with someone living thousands of miles away, and eventually move to Costa Rica to build a life together, I probably wouldn't have believed you.
I was in Canada, and my partner was in Costa Rica. We met online, and one of the first things we discovered we had in common was our love for Disney. What started as conversations about Disney parks, favorite movies, and our dream trips quickly turned into hours of talking about everything and nothing.
There was just something about our connection. Even with an entire border and thousands of miles between us, being together felt easy.
Eventually, we decided to take a chance and meet in person—and what better place to start our adventure than Disneyland Paris? We planned the trip together, counting down the days until we could finally experience the magic side by side.
That trip changed everything.
Somewhere between the castle, the rides, the laughter, and all those little moments that don't show up in photographs, we realized that what we had found was much more than a shared love of Disney. We had found each other.
Our love crossed borders, countries, and distance. And eventually, I made the move to Costa Rica so we could stop counting the miles between us and start building our life together.
Now we're living together in Costa Rica, creating new memories, planning our future, and—yes—planning our wedding! 💍❤️
Looking back, it's amazing to think that one little dating-app connection led us here.
Disney brought us together, but love is what brought us home.
And now we're writing our own happily ever after. ✨🏰❤️
