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I got to give aways 4 golden FPs once... They looked at me like I had three eyeballs. We were given once by a CM but we had small children and were not at the age to ride any rides and were leaving AK.
 
DD and I invited a couple to join us when the torrential rains forced everyone into Caseys. They had gotten their trays and came into the seating area to find that there was no place to go. Tables were full and people were standing around covering every inch of space. We got one extra chair from another group and had lunch with them. It was fun.
 
We are constantly moving out of the way of large groups who occupy the entire walkway since they are in "the zone" of Disney. We do make sure kids can see Illuminations (we don't do parades) and have enjoyable experiences with their delight of the show. However, we won't let a small kid in front of us if their parents have just arrived and are insistent with shoving their kid in front of us a minute before the show starts. The "good" part is that we just ignore the parents' behavior and don't say anything to them. I did have one mom who really wanted her kid in that spot which was right in front of me and she continued talking while the music started which is my favorite part. I finally turned to her and asked her what was so special about that specific spot. She got a very nasty tone in her voice and said, "because I want MY child to see!" I said that I had been there first and it was a good spot but she should have realized it was already occupied and found another one considering she arrived just five minutes before the show started and there were other places she could have gotten earlier. She snapped that she never waited for anything in her life and she wasn't going to start now. I replied that the show had started so I wasn't going to wait to enjoy it myself.
 
We had fast passes for Soarin' but decided not to go because we were hungry so we gave it away to a disappointed couple whom were disappointed because there were no fast passes left.

We've given up our seats for the elderly and pregnant women (sometimes we couldn't tell if they were or not!) on the buses. We don't usually give seats up for kids...why? Because we've seen it happen a lot where the child's feet cannot touch the floor of the bus so if the bus makes a sudden stop, the child slides off the seat this making it more unsafe.
 
I got to give aways 4 golden FPs once... They looked at me like I had three eyeballs. We were given once by a CM but we had small children and were not at the age to ride any rides and were leaving AK.

We sometimes left a park when we still had some unused regular FPs. We would look for a group coming into the park that had the same number in their party and hand the FPs to them. I always enjoyed the reactions we got. Too bad we can't do that anymore.

Aside from that, I always do what I can to make sure I'm not blocking someone else's view. I'm 6'4", so this generally involves standing at or near the back, or if the kids are with me and we're near the front, crouching down to their height.

One more -- not something we did but something another family did for us -- On our first visit with our kids we were on the MKRR and talked with another couple on the train. Before we got off the train their little boy handed my son a small stuffed Pooh bear to keep. He was just over a year old, and he lit up when he saw Pooh. He's 7 now and still has that Pooh bear, and we have a great memory. If someone from that family is on this board, know that this is one of out all-time favorite moments at WDW.

I hope those who tend to put their own family first, even if it means inconveniencing someone else, read this thread and are reminded of how good it feels to do something nice for others.
 
We decided to leave Epcot early one night ( had been out late day before) and remembered we had fast passes for Test Track (paper passes, remember those) we saw a young couple coming towards us and asked if they'd like them . The guy asks "what's the catch" and we just said we were leaving and thought we'd spread a little pixie dust. There were no fast passes left. They laughed ,said thanks , and skipped off hand in hand and turned around just as we were going out of sight and yelled "Have a magical night " It's fun being nice to other people !!!! pixiedust:
 
At quick service restaurants, where only one line is in use because the patrons do not understand that they are supposed to line up on both sides of the register - we tell those ahead of us how the lines work instead of taking advantage of their ignorance and line jumping.

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I try and be helpful and accommodating whenever I can. During our last trip, while I was getting ready to change my son's diaper, I overheard a couple talking while searching through their bags. Apparently they had forgotten to pack diapers that morning and were talking about leaving the park to go get them. I know what a hassle that can be, so I offered them a couple of the diapers I had, I always pack way more than I need. They may have been a size too big, but at least they'd give them more time in the park without having to go back to their room.
 
When DD was younger, she carried small Disney stickers in her bag. She handed them out to other kids throughout the day. She also had little mints wrapped in a custom cases that had Disney phrases on them. She gave those to CMs. She tried to keep her eyes out for the ones doing the less glamorous jobs, like cleaning bathrooms, sweeping, and directing people to parade locations. In the evenings she would hand out glow bracelets and necklaces to kids seated around us. It really helped her learn to pay attention to others.

Now that she's a teen she doesn't hand things out, but she's still good about paying attention to others. For example, when we got to the Star Tours store last time, there was a mother pushing her son's wheelchair. The mom realized she had passed the bucket to return the 3D glasses (there is a bucket at the bottom of the ramp, but none of us realized it), so DD turned around and offered to return the glasses.
 
my sons' (13 and 9) had been pin trading for our entire 10 day vacation and still had a few traders left in their bag. After we finished our O'hana breakfast, my boys took their extra pins to another family, asked if they were just starting their vacation (or ending it), explained pin trading and then gave the kids their extras.
 
Also, we held on to our stroller just for our vacation (we have a 4 yr. old and thought the days could get a little long for her keeping up with everyone) at the end of our trip, we gave our stroller to a family in need rather than bring it home to MN with us.
 
I have been nice a couple times. The first time happened on the monorail leaving EPCOT. The mother sitting next to my wife was holding a towel in front of her child's mouth because they were sick. I handed her a "barf bag" that I had in my back pack since my youngest had been sick at the beginning of our trip. Since I had plenty of these bags I thought she could use one.

Then on our last trip this past June I gave the guy behind my waiting for the boat at POR, a band aide out of my back pack for his daughters foot. Then on our last day we were waiting for the opening at MK. This older woman starts to fall into my youngest. I catch her and ask if she is alright. She says yes and her husband comes over and starts to talk with her. As they are talking she starts to go down again. I catch her again and her husband helps her up. Then I push my way through the crowd and get a CM's attendtion and tell him that there is a woman that need medical attendtion. I go back to the woman and help both her and her husband through the crowd so she can sit down. The CM takes them away leaving me behind but I gave the CM an unopened bottle of water that I had just gotten at the Poly and told him to give that to her. He then told me to go back across the rope and am not sure what happened after that. I guess I should have said that I was a firefighter/EMT.
 
When we walk , we are always careful not to split up familys, especially whilelining up. It is an awful feeling when you are seperated from your kids....
 

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