When you hear of a couple having a pirate- and mermaid-themed wedding, something just tells you they’re destined for a happy future—even if they’re married on Friday the 13th.
“Yes, we specifically chose a Friday the 13th,” Lyndsay Moony says about her wedding date with wife Aly. “That day has always been lucky for us.”
As far as the mermaid and pirate theme, both seem enmeshed in their work. Aly works as a costuming hostess at Walt Disney World Resort and Lyndsay as a character performer at Legoland Florida Resort. They now live together in their Winter Haven home.
They have excellent reason to celebrate their love of Disney, as it brought them together and continued to play a role in their shared history. “We technically met online first, looking for roommates for the Disney College Program (DCP),” Aly says. “We met in person the day we moved into our apartment.”
The DCP is a U.S. national internship program operated by The Walt Disney Company, located at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando and the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif.
“I stumbled across Aly’s profile on Facebook and thought, ‘She seems cool. I bet we could be friends,’” Lyndsay says. “We started talking online and decided we’d like to try to room together. DCP approved, so we met on the first day of the program. Although I actually met Aly’s parents and brother before I met her. They came over to help get her unpacked while she was at her first orientation.”
It wasn’t long before things turned serious.
“We hadn’t been dating very long. We lived together for four months while in DCP then I went back to Colorado,” Lyndsay shares. “I realized I had left my heart in Orlando and came running back. We started dating on Friday, February 13, 2015, and I proposed on October 7th, 2015, just eight months after we started dating. We had only known each other for just over a year, but I knew she was the one.”
“Lyndsay proposed to me at Epcot while we were on a staycation with friends,” Aly continues. “I was totally not expecting it. It was just after the fireworks in front of the Fountain of Nations with Spaceship Earth illuminated behind us. We were taking pictures with our friends.We did a regular photo, then a crazy one. Lyndsay was kneeling with their niece and nephew, then they turned to me and held out the ring and asked me to marry them.”
Of course, she said yes! On the wedding day the brides walked down the aisle to “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole.
“Our 13-year-old Norwegian Elkhound, Midnite, walked us down the aisle and he was very dapper in his pirate shirt,” Aly says. “The whole day was very casual, fun and full of family and friends.”
The two seem like a match made in heaven.
“We just clicked. We are yin and yang, and together we make a whole,” Lyndsay says. “She completes me, and I complete her.”
Engagement date: Oct. 7, 2015
Wedding date: Friday, Oct. 13, 2017
Venue: Paradise Cove Orlando
Colors: Blue and purple
Wedding Song/Artist: “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran
DJ Service: DJ Ben Jammin
Caterer: Creations Catering
Officiant: Rev. Arlene Ponack with Always and Forever Florida Weddings
Cake/Cupcake Flavors: Funfetti cupcakes decorated with rainbow chip frosting
Theme: Pirate and mermaid, laid-back, beach barbecue
Photographer: Jason and Johanna Lewis
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