I have a sad and happy tale too.
We were in the Biergarten, and when we got up to go to the Buffet, I thought about leaving my purse, but then I thought, am I crazy? But then my dd put our bag, which had 2 t-shirts and batteries, under her chair and pushed her chair in.
When we got back to the table our bag was gone.
We asked to speak to the manager, but the waitress and manager both said, there was nothing they could do.
It really wrecked the whole mode of the meal, we couldn't even enjoy ourselves anymore.
The next day, I was cancelling an ADR at conciere at the BC and I asked if I could have an hour pass to run into Epcot to go get something. I already replaced the ESPN shirt, since the store was outside of Epcot. But I couldn't find the grey t-shirt for my dd that had the sea-gulls on it, that said, "Mine, Mine, Mine".
The conciere asked me why I just wanted an hour pass and I told her. I wasn't at all looking for compensation. I just read on the DIS that you could get an hour pass to use to do something in Epcot and you had to do it under an hour to get your money back.
The conciere handed me $50. I knew the 2 t shirts costs more plus the batteries, but I thought it was fair. She also gave me a card to use, to just order the t-shirt.
If anyone wants the e-mail, it is
wdw.mail.order@disneyworld.com.
Phone # 407-363-6200.
We were shocked too that someone took our bag that fast. We were probably gone 5 minutes.