Have you ever heard of Pixie Dust calls?

bavaria

<font color=deeppink>Makes the best of both worlds
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Several years ago, I noticed that some of the payphones at DL would make a 'sproing' noise as I walked by. Once I was using the bank machine at the little hut inside Frontierland, and the payphone made that noise.

I picked it up, and someone said 'hello!'. Of course, I said 'hello' back, laughing that someone had 'misdialled' and reached a payphone at DL. The caller asked how I was, and I laughed, and said fine, but he'd misdialled and reached a stranger at DL.

He assured me that he had not misdialled, but was a DL CM, calling to see how I was enjoying my morning. He asked for my name, what rides I had been on, and encouraged me to go on a few more.

Of course I paid attention to the payphones on future visits, and occaissionally heard the noise but never answered another one.

Now, I never heard that at WDW. But in December 2004 I was on a payphone in the lobby of CR next to the washrooms, trying to make changes to my resort reservation. I was getting over pneumonia, and kept coughing and coughing, and wiping down the phone with anti bacterial gel and kleenex. When I got off the phone, the payphone next to it started to 'sproing', but I was coughing so much that I didn't answer it.

Was it a pixie dust call? Don't know....

Has anyone ever experienced this at DL or WDW??? Or was I just really lucky???
 
Ah, it was great - I am just remembering some things I parked in the back of my mind from my 100+ DL visits in the mid-90's.

I posted somewhere else about the time I heard Mickey speak when Pluto stole a man's shoe and wouldn't give it back. I had a private showing of something very unusual!

I suppose that WDW has replaced or never used the calls since they have the surveyors onsite, but what a great way to WOW someone at minimal cost!
 
It will be interesting to see if anyone else has expierenced this!! Thank you for sharing!!
 

anyone? I love this story - I can't be the only one who got such a call! Somebody else out there must answer ringing payphones!

I know that I am a thread killer, but geesh! :guilty:
 
Now I'm going to be making my daughter follow me around to all the payphones!!! HA HA..... that sounds absolutely brilliant, I hope I hear that sound!!!!!
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