Help Wanted for Proposal Idea.... Suggestions GREATLY Appreciated!

mmfried

So I would really like to propose to my girlfriend this upcomming December! She is the love of my life and I want to do everything that I can to give her a romantic surprise proposal. I have two ideas that I have in mind. I would like anyones impression or suggestions. They would be greatly appreciated! 
I have her mother in on it with me. My girlfriend love shows (plays and such). She especially loves the play Jersey Boys. I will have her mother ask her if she wants to go to the last day the play is playing in December for a mother daughter fun trip to New York. We live in Colorado and don't get out east much. After the show the night would continue!
Her mother would then suggest that she heard this place to go to then she will be taken to Central Park in the middle of winer with lights everywhere. I will be there early and be under some random tree or something. And her mom will tell her to go over and check that tree/something out and she will be there in a second (take a fake phone call,.... etc). I'll have a bunch of lights, battery operated around myself and the tree. (Christmas time) and plug them in as she is walking up with speakers and I will play her the Frankie Valli song "so good to be true"  from the Broadway show she just attended and get down on one knee in the snow under the Christmas lights. The elements that this posses that the other does not is that we will be able to immediately celebrate, we can go off to dinner and experience the park and the view of the city at night, while still being dressed up, have a surpirse factor, have some good family time with her favorite show, and still have the mom around to take a picture. 
Let me know what you all think you are the pros and I respect any information, questions, or concerns. I am also open to suggestion to make this better? Specific Location in CentralPark or anything really
Thanks so much!

AddieCake

You just asked this same question a few days ago. 

vanityink

If that's what you think your GF will like...

Personally I would much prefer the way my DH proposed to me than that (just the two of us, dinner and then proposing in a private place outside that night, just the two of us, just him asking) but that's me. If she's the type who likes a huge production even when it comes private moments, and it's not too overwhelming/a bother for you to be sitting outside in the cold if she and her mom run late, ok, go for it.

AnnieT1122

Honestly, I think that is a sweet idea. You're basically letting the whole world know how much you adore your GF..most guys are too bashful for a big production but I say go for it! So many times men take the quiet way out...simple, not much though involved ie: dinner then asking during dessert  (if you're a bride who likes that, no offense to you)...in my opinion, plan away and make it very memorable. Google some proposals for some ideas and even YouTube them...they have a ton of 'flash bomb' ones that are so cute....one word of advice, have it filmed (secretly) and show it at your wedding as a gift to her. Saw that online somewhere and it was adorable...and don't forget to get pix of the propsal. She will love having a picture of you on one knee.

kaos16

A few things about your plan concern me.
1. There is no guarantee that you will how snow in NYC to kneel in to propose to her

2.  If you do have snow, and it's a day or two old it will likely be nasty.

3. Evening broadway shows are at 8pm usually.  She will leave the theater at about 11:30 maybe, getting to Central Park by midnight.  I wouldn't feel safe just strolling throught the park then.  If you go for a matinee (which they don't have everyday) maybe you wouldn't have a safety issue, but would you have the effect with all your lights?

annmarie714

Private moments are best for private matters.  If you want to incorporate the show, try to contact them about proposing backstage before the show or letting you into the theatre early and proposing in the empty lobby.