Wow, we have had so many pixie dust moments at
Disneyland in the past 10 years that I can't think of where to start. One that comes to mind was a few years back when my ds was wanting to ride Casey Junior but it was down. Since they didnt' know when the ride would be back up, my DH waited with DS at the gate. The CM started chatting with my DS and he showed her how he could sing the entire Casey Junior song (I used to sing it to him at bedtime). She was so impressed and since the ride still wasn't up, she got another CM to stand by the gate and she personally walked DS to any ride that he wanted to go on without having to wait (he picked Dumbo). When my DH and DS got off of Dumbo, she was waiting right there to take him on something else. By that time, me and my DD had returned so my DS just thanked the CM (with a big hug) and we left Fantasyland. But it was such an awesome, and unexpected treat for him.
Another time my DD was going to the wishing well to make a birthday wish before we left for the night. Unfortunately, it was too close to fireworks time and they had already closed off the path. There was a CM working there and heard us telling DD that we couldn't go back there. The CM asked if she could help and we just explained that DD was going to make a birthday wish but we understood that it was closed off now. The CM said she couldn't let us back there but did not want DD to be disappointed so she pulled two trading pins out of her pocket and gave one to DD and one to DS. It was such a nice thing to do.
I could probably go on and on with moments like this. It is one of the things we love so much about Disney (those wonderful, unexpected moments). And they are defnitely alive and well at Disneyland.
I think one of our biggest was last year at the Halloween Party. Me, DH and DD were dressed as road crew workers (with Mickey Ears on our hats) and my DS was dressed as a traffic cone. He almost didnt' wear it because we were worried it would be too cumbersome. But he told us before we left that he wanted to wear it because his Dad and I put so much work into making it for him.
What we didn't expect was the attention that costume would get from the CMs. On our way in, one of the security guards saw us coming through the bag check and came and took him by the hand to escort him to the front gate (and give him security badge stickers). Then on main street, one of the firemen saw him and came over to talk to him and also gave him a fire badge sticker. Then the CMs in the hat store came out to see his costume because someone inside the store had commented on it. So many people (guests and CMs alike) took the time to comment on his costume.
But best of all was were we walking down Main street, a group of CMs in the middle of the street stopped us and talked to us for a bit. They were fussing over his costume and then asked him if he would like to be in the parade. His answer was "are you serious???" LOL. Since it was the first year the party was held in Disneyland, we had no idea how the parade would be handled. We figured it would be a lot of people selected to walk along the parade route. To our surprise, we were 4 of the 10 people selected to ride in the "Honorary Guests" car. In addition to that, all the characters came over to see DS in his costume before the parade began. While we were riding in the parade, DS was doing his wave (as instructed) and just beaming from ear to ear. It was an incredible pixie dust moment
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It made me feel great knowing she got to get a special balloon and it made her smile. It always feels good to do something good for someone else.
