Dusted at Disney (Pixie, that is!)

[MinnieGirl33]

plutofreak, sounds like they assigned Mickey to bodyguard you so your parents wouldn't murder you in the middle of MK! LOL.

You are too funny!

 

[Talking Hands]

Boy, I enjoyed all the pixie dust stories. I am sitting here waiting to find out when we leave. We were halfway to Orlando and the car broke down Had to have it towed back to Miami and it is now being fixed I hope. I need some pixie dust right now. THis is my birthday weekend and I am sitting in Miami when I should already be in Orlando and at EPCOT and going to PI tonight. I had to cancel that.
Have had many PD experiences. One I remember is before MVMCP the first year we went. We went to Liberty Tree Inn for dinner and it was just my husband and I. It was very loud so I was using sign language as well as voice since I am hard of hearing. Mickey walks up and starts signing to me. WOW! I was shocked.

 

[dolphinrescuegirl]

bumping

 

[MomofCKJ]

I just sat and read this entire thread! I love it, these are absolutely wonderful stories! I hope there are more added!

Allyson

 

[Lady SnowElla]

My DDs & I have been dusted several times during the years when we have visited WDW. My DDs were born in China.
My oldest DD14 was 3 on her first visit to WDW. She loved Snow White & still does actually. She learned to speak English listening to the Snow White sing a long tape. Her main goal on this trip was to meet Snow. We stood in the Princess line at Toon Town. We were almost to the front of the line when a CM comes out & she asks him if Snow is there. She of course is wearing her Snow Whte costume. The CM sadly replies that Snow isn't there & tears well up. He tells us not to leave as we could without these people behind us. He comes back & gives me an ok sign. We enter the Princess room & Snow is there waiting for DD. We ended up having a private audience with Snow & the other Princesses also. We have a picture of Snow holding the little Snow wth Belle & Cinderella watching.
On the first visit of youngest DD to WDW the girls had collected a number of autographs in their books but lost the books on the boat to FW. We searched everywhere & called transportation to check on the boats. The next day when we arrived back in our room there was a note that they couldn't find the books but the characters wanted to make the girls feel better. There was a new book for each completely filled with all the characters & a balloon bouquet.

 

[Costumesaremylife]

I love Disney for the Pixie Dust that follows my Dad around. It's so wonderful to be in Disney with him, because he becomes happier than he ever is at home. He gets on his scooter and tootles all around. Sometimes he goes off and when we meet up again he'll tell me how went on Dinosaur or the Jungle Cruise. This means that at least two people had to help him onto and off of the ride. More likely five people helped him in, off and around. I am so greatful for all these cast members and other guests. e who are keeping an eye out for my Dad when he's not with me. (Hopefully they aren't thinking, why is this man all by himself?) He is always getting those Certificates for Magical Moments. One he got from a Security Guard at AsMo or Pop (can't remember) for having the first cup of coffee of the day. The truth was he went to the foodcourt at five am and the security guard shared his coffee with my dad.

I got a card from the Great Movie ride people on my birthday, a pin from the guest relations man at epcot, goofy's birthday call, and stitch made a whole group of people sing to me. When an alien who doesn't speak can make a whole group of people sing, that's pretty magical.

 

[kristenrice]

My DH and I had the most wonderful honeymoon at the WL. Some of the "dustings" we got were incredible....
We went to lunch at the Liberty Tree Tavern and we were "announced" as being newlyweds. We sat at our table which had been decorated with streamers and confetti. About halfway through dinner, I gasped when I realized a subtle detail that was SO amazing. The streamers were maize and blue! I know that the CM's could figure out we were from Michigan from our ressies, but I am a proud UofM alum! My husband thinks it was just coincidence, but I think it was Disney magic
The next morning, we went golfing and returned to the WL to make PS at Artist Point for that evening. They said that it was wide open so we wouldn't need them. We returned just before 10pm for dinner and found the restaurant closed! It seemed that they had no PS's for dinner that late so they closed early! We went to the GS desk and she promptly called over to the Concourse Steakhouse and told them to hold a table. We RACED to the boat dock (we had no car) and caught the LAST boat. We arrived at the restaurant about 5 minutes after it officially closed. They were waiting for us, seated us and served us like it was the middle of the day! When we finished, it was after 11...no monorail to TTC! Being completely dependant on the DTS, we weren't sure what to do to get back to the WL. The CM at the GS desk at the CR called someone and had them "bring the van around front." She then proceeded to drive us to the front door of the WL! We had anticipated a 45 minute commute! It was another great example of how Disney will go out of their way to make your vacations great!!!

 

[mmausse]

time to bump again - keep adding!

 

[Piglets Mommy]

Bumping! Anyone else have any great Pixie Dust stories to share?

 

[rwrocksme]

Ok, here's my pixie dust moment, bear with me, it might be long:

3 years ago I took a LOOOONG be-all, get-all trip, alone to WDW - I had a CL suite, Platinum/Grand Plan for 30 days. That was a BIG mistake on my part - I refer to that trip as eating my way thru Disney. Anyhow, it was very freaky weather for 2 days - it was 80, then it was 40, then it rained, then it got hot. When it rained it would be warm then chill down. Anyhow I got sick - bronchitis, sore throat, etc. Holed up in my suite for 4 days, not eating, just sleeping. I was so sick of being sick I asked the front desk to find me a pink grapefruit and the hottest horseradish around (homeopathic guaranteed remedy). They sent someone to Outback for horseradish and brought to my room, a bushel of Indian River grapefruit, no charge. I smeared the horseradish on the grapefruit, ate it, and the next day was fine and dandy. Unfortunately with something like 20 extra meals to use. SO I decided to spread the Disney pixie dust around and extend the kindness that Disney gave me to others - I picked up total strangers dinner and lunch tabs, anonymously.

Now you might believe the following is just a coincidence, and you may be right, BUT I believe everything happens for a reason and there are NO coincidences:

The last night I'm at the park and I still have 6 meals to use. I ate at Crystal Palace (it was the last seating for dinner) and they were booked solid, nobody else could get in. I see a young woman with a small boy about 3 outside looking in. She comes in and says she was meeting a friend. She sees me, eating alone, and says the smae thing that she's meeting friends but her son was tired so would I mind if they sat with me. Of course not I say and why didn't she and her son join me for dinner as my guests, that way when her friends arrive, they can enjoy the park together. She thanks me and they go up to the buffet. The plates they filled looked as though they hadn't eaten in days.

Meanwhile a man and woman and a young boy sit next to me at another table. Without meaning to, I overhear that they did not have enough money to pay for the dinner as the prices went up on Jan 2. I tell them I couldn't help but overhear and say they would be doing me a service if they allowed me to add their meals to my plan, which I'd already paid for and would lose otherwise. They tell me their son was in Make A Wish and their church raised the money to send them to Disney.

The young woman and her son come back to my table and I will say that the CM looked like he wanted to kill me when he saw me add all these meals to my card. I tippped him way beyond the standard 15%. The young woman asked what I did and I told her I was a fraud investigator. Let me just say that her face paled beyond that of the 999 ghosts at Haunted Mansion. I wondered, to myself, how she could afford the admission tickets to WDW. Then I saw the tickets were paper. I believe she fished them out of the trash can outside of the park, but I said nothing to her. I took a picture of her and her son with Pooh and with Piglet. I gave both parties my business card which had my email address on it. I never expected to hear from anyone.

I got an email last week from the young woman. She explained she had been running away from her abusive husband in Arizona who had threatened to kill her and her son. SO she drove to the Happiest Place on Earth - WDW. She said she had picked up one day tickets outside of the park that had been tossed. She was planning on conning her way for a meal for her son - they hadn't eaten in days. She now believes in magic and pixie dust and random acts of kindness and being honest and asking for and accepting help. She said if I hadn't been there and talked with her, she was sure she would have been arrested or that her husband would find them and she'd be dead. She went from WDW to a woman's shelter and hired a lawyer. SHe has sole custody of her son. SHe has a job and an apartment and she does random acts of pixie dust whenever she can. She said she is amzed at how a simple thing like buying a meal for someone can truly change their life.

As for the other family. They write me every Christmas - their son's cancer is in remission and they are quite happy.

So am I.

oh my god. that is incredable...you are incredable!

 

[mariamard1]

Ok, how about Disney dust on the Disney Magic??? On our first Disney cruise a couple years ago on the magic, my DD(then 4) could NOT sleep waiting to "go the the Mickey boat to see Mickey n Minnie". Anyway, the night before we sail, Ciara drew a beautiful picture of herself w/ mickey on a boat. She slept with it, flew a thousand miles with it, carried it for HOURS until we boarded. As we entered the ship, the cm announced our names as the other cms applauded and greeted us. Micky was being led away by cm after posing for pics and autographs with the earlier guests.I thought Ciara was going to stop breathing...... I asked the the cm if Mickey can come back to take this picture that she drew and carried with her from Chicago.the cm called on her radio and next thing I know, a cm comes and takes my dd's hand and takes her up the stairs by mickey. He hugs her, sits down on the steps with Ciara and listens for 5 minutes as she babbles on about the snow(in Chicago) and how big the ship is . He opens the envelope and hugs her and just HELD her as she squeezed his guts out. Other parents with thier kids were getting upset that she was allowed in that roped off area, and the cms handled it!! I felt like we were vip's and Mickey and the cms were there just for us. To this day, whenever we even MENTION Disney Cruise, the first thing Ciara says is "Remember when Mickey....."