This weekend was all about celebrating the beautiful bride-to-be!
I left for Orlando immediately after my new-hire orientation on Friday and arrived at Laurel’s apartment just before dinner. We planned a low-key night in on Friday so we could all catch up, talk wedding talk and have fun together eating pizza in our pajamas. We planned to watch two of Laurel’s favorite wedding-themed movies, but ended up chatting away until after 1 a.m. instead. It was fabulous to have some much-needed girl time!
On Saturday, we spent the day hanging out at Laurel’s apartment before heading to a hotel on International Drive to get ready and decorate for the evening festivities.
Everyone arrived around 6 p.m. and we kicked off the night with a lingerie shower!
We had Laurel open each gift and guess who each piece of lingerie was from and it was fun to hear her reasoning.
While Laurel opened gifts, everyone sipped sangria and nibbled on snacks.
Our second game of the evening was the Question Book Game which was a blast! I emailed Laurel’s fiancé ahead of time and asked him a series of questions which Laurel then had to guess the answers to last night. She did really well!
After about an hour an a half at the hotel, we hopped on a party bus to Rocco’s Tacos for dinner and margaritas.
(Yes, we planned for everyone to wear black and for Laurel to wear a fun dress to stand out as the bachelorette!)
If you live in Orlando and are in the market for an inexpensive, no-frills, laidback party bus, I highly recommend Steve’s party bus. He doesn’t have a website, but you can email him at stevie1r@yahoo.com. He’s awesome!
Right after we were seated and ordered our drinks, my friend Leah and I shared guacamole and chips before it was time to order dinner. For my entree, I opted for the mushroom tacos and thought they were delicious!
After dinner, we hopped back on the party bus and headed to City Walk, a hotspot right outside of Universal Studios featuring a ton of different bars, clubs and restaurants. Right after we arrived, we made a beeline for Fat Tuesday’s daiquiri bar!
So good! And if you’re wondering what the paper rings around Laurel’s neck are all about, they were part of another fun game. Everyone wrote a different dare for Laurel to complete throughout the evening onto a paper ring that she could then tear off the necklace once she completed it. Lots of fun!
With our drinks in hand, we walked to Red Coconut, a club with live music, and danced the night away!
And got a lil’ tipsy.
Clearly.
We spent several hours at Red Coconut singing, drinking and dancing before heading to Pat O’Briens, a piano bar that features awesome music. They played lots of classic rock and older hits that I couldn’t help but sing along to while Laurel entertained us with some stellar interpretive dance moves. It was a blast!
Eventually it was time to call it a night and we walked back out to our party bus and headed back to the hotel where we dove into the chips, dip, cupcakes and popcorn that were waiting for us in the room.
It was such a fun night with a fabulous bride-to-be. Now we’re all counting down the days until she says “I do” next month!
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Sounds like a great time! Bachelorette parties are the best 🙂
Looks like you guys had so much fun!!
Aww looks like you ladies showed her a great evening! 🙂
Looks like such a fun evening. I don’t even know if I’ll be having a bachelorette party, but this looks like it was crazy, crazy fun!!
Be well Julie!
Kat
Sounds like the perfect girls weekend! I can’t wait til my friends start getting married..especially my best friend because then I get to be maid of honor!
You’re so beautiful, Julie! Looks like a blast.
Looks like so much fun! We did the same thing last month for a friend and went to Jellyrolls, the piano bar at Disney’s Boardwalk. I’m secretly jotting down all the ideas for my friend’s bachelorette party coming up!
How fun! This looks like such a blast 🙂
The game …. Guess whose lingerie it belonged to? Or who it was from?
who it was from 🙂
Sounds like a fun weekend!!! 🙂
Aw looks so fun! LOVE your top!
Looks like a great bachelorette party. I love those question games. It’s so interesting to see what their fiancee says compared to their answers.
Looks fun! Did the bride to be get to remove all her paper rings?
Yep! She did most of the dares, but I think a few fell off in the middle of dancing madness. She wasn’t shy about the dares though, which was a lot of fun!
That sounds like a blast! Bachelorette parties are always a ton of fun 🙂
What a fun weekend! We did a piano/karaoke bar for my bff’s bachelorette and had a blast! We were summoned on stage to do an interpretive song/dance (which I’m pretty sure we rocked since we had plenty of liquid courage!) and loved every second!
sounds like the perfect bachelorette party! such cute pics 😀 glad the bride-to-be had fun!
Looks like such a fun time! I think one of the healthiest (and most fun!) things to do, is hang out with good friends, forget worries, and laugh all night. Seems like you guys managed that! 🙂
Such a small world – I went to high school with Brooke and Meredith and I saw on Facebook they were out for Laurel’s Bachelorette party and it looked like so much fun! 🙂 It looks like you guys had the best time! I’m so jealous of your outfits, I’ve been dying to whip out my dresses but it’s still 50 degrees up here in Boston!!
really!? how cool!
Sounds like an awesome time!
Julie, I love the “agenda” you made up for the weekend in the first photo!! So cute and creative!
Love CityWalk! I’ve never gone out there though – looks like so much fun! Glad you all had a great time!!
FAT TUESDAY’S IS MY FAVORITE AND I DIDN’T KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE SO CLOSE TO ME! Sorry, I got REALLY excited because when I was of age in Myrtle Beach (where I went to college) we ALWAYS started off at Fat’s with a 190 Octane 😉 I’m going to be spending time in Miami this weekend and am hoping to find one there, but I remember how excited I was when I found one in Key West! That picture of you and the bride-to-be at the end of the night is TOO cute! Those are always my favorite pictures 😀
ha!!! hope you have fun in miami!
That Mexican good looked amazing!
Looks like you guys had an amazing time 🙂
Oh gosh, I just love bachelorette parties!! Sooo much fun!
I totally spy Sweet! Cupcakes….I think? They are the best in Orlando!
yes!!! so delicious.
Everything about this just makes me smile. I love how the pictures go from orderly to just peace signs and wide open mouths hahaha! This made my night! I’m glad you had a great time catching up with everyone!
Looks like fun! These will be moments that all of you girls will remember forever! 🙂
so fun so fun so fun so fun ahhhhhhhhhhhhh I’m freakin out right now because I think that Laurel is your sorority sister and if so you and her remind me of myself and my Big Shelbi….I hope we are still this close when our bachelorette party hits! It looks like you guys had a blast; so glad you got some girl time!
Looks like a blast!!! Nothing better than a good ol’ fashioned girls’ weekend! Question: if your necklace from Lia Sophia? If so, I have the same one and love it! Great pop of color for spring/summer. 🙂 Looks great with your top!
i’m not sure! my sister gave it to me for christmas. i love it though!
I’ve been to city walk a few times! looks like a great place for a Bach party <:) next month we're having our friends Bach party here in Philly and doing something similar! dancing.. piano bar.. music..!! can't beat it! glad you had a great time 🙂
Looks like a really fun night!! Such cute ideas, and I love the dare game!
You girls look awesome! I am throwing a bachelorette party for my best friend on June first and you got inspired with this post
Looks like a great night! Love the shades!
This looked like you had so much! I have a ton of new Ideas now for my bachelorette parties coming up!
And the food sounded amazing! Even right now at 5:30am I almost got up and made a Chip-and-Dip breakfast! its my favorite thing to eat in the world!!
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Love your tight knit group of friends and all they do for each other! You guys are fantastic, and really know how to paint the town (and describe it for us). We’re all living vicariously – thanks for sharing!!
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Looks like you all had an awesome time! What a fun bachelorette party. I want Fat Tuesday’s daiquiri bar, it looks awesome!
How fun! You guys go all out for your parties :)!
How fun! I like that the bride-to-be got to “stand out” with her different dress. Cute idea.
Sounds like a great time! It’s always fun to get together with the girls!
looks like so much fun! I have a bachelorette party to plan for june so I’m gonna be using some of this for inspiration 😉
ahhh that looks SO fun!! in a few weeks, i’m heading to nashville for my best friend’s bachelorette party – hopefully it will turn out as well as laurel’s! 🙂 🙂
That looks like a blast! Y’all are so lucky to have such close friends, added bonus that you all happen to be gorgeous! Glad it was fun. 🙂
Looks like such a great girls weekend! Glad you and the bride to be had such a blast!!
That looks super fun! Love the color of your nail polish too!
ps. Pat O’Brian’s makes me think of this bar in NOLA. 🙂
Sounds like a great weekend! Hope you’ve recoverd!
hehe looks like great fun and so much more civilized than the bachelorette parties I see out and about in the UK 🙂
Awww that looks like such a fun weeken with your friends! I’m glad you had a great time! We did a trolley for my sister in law’s bachelorette an it was so convenient!
What an awesome bachelorette party! This makes me so excited for my own next month in DC!
What a great group of girl friends! I love the plan to wear black so the bride-to-be stands out 😉 How sweet!
So much fun! I love City Walk. Its a great place to do lots of bar hopping easily. Hope your first day is going great today!