Disney “I Do”

Central Florida Lifestyle Publications

Two Disney actors of Dr. Phillips are beginning a new chapter in their happily-ever-after story.

By Nikki Stephens

David Kelley and Krista Dimogluo’s real-life romance is something out of a storybook, even if they don’t play lovers in Hoop Dee Doo Revue at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Lodge.

The two met in 2008 when she moved to Orlando from Hawaii to pursue her acting career. She says Kelley picked her up on his motorcycle for their first date: a coffee and movie at the Enzian Theater. “I knew I was in love from the moment he kissed me,” Dimogluo says. Kelley moved in with her and her daughter Angeline a week later and the three have been inseparable ever since. Dimogluo says the way Kelley takes care of the __-year-old plays a big role in their overall connection. “That’s her daddy,” she says. “The way he takes care of her is so special.” Kelley says his relationship with Krista wouldn’t feel right if Angeline hadn’t taken him in as her dad.

Dimogluo credits their love for each other to the advice of an audience member at Hoop Dee Doo. Cast members walk around the dining area and interact with the crowd as part of the show. Dimogluo says she asked an old man how long he had been married to his wife and he said 70 years. She had to know his secret. “This adorable old man told me the secret to his 70-year marriage is keeping it sexy,” she says. “So that’s what we’re going to do; keep it sexy and have fun.” She says she has never had someone be so purely in love with her like Kelley is and she really does feel like a princess. Kelley says every element seems to be in place, nothing is missing and they trust one another completely.

It also doesn’t hurt that they get to perform in the same Disney show, he says. “There are hundreds of Disney performances and the fact that we get to work in the same one is amazing for us as a couple.” Hoop Dee Doo Revue is not the first performance they have worked together on either. They were in a Carnival Cruise commercial as husband and wife and they played lovers, Lendall and Gayle, in Almost Maine.

Kelley proposed to Dimogluo on Jan. 23 at a surprise party he threw for her. He made her believe they were going to a casting call for Disney’s Tower of Terror. They dressed in 1940’s glamour and arrived at a house, where she thought she was going to be auditioning. As they sat in the waiting area, 30 of their closest friends and family filled the room. “I knew as soon as I saw my daughter that this wasn’t an audition,” Dimogluo says. “I instantly burst into tears.” Angeline says she was so excited that he finally asked her mom to marry him.