Honorary Caretaker

[jameswb94]

Hello! New disboards member here going to WDW in August and had a couple small questions...

As an avid Haunted Mansion fan I've seen that you can get souvenir Honorary Caretaker cards? Can you really just ask a CM and they'll give you one?

On a related note, I've also always wanted to see the 'key room' hall/area and saw here on the boards you can also really just ask to see it? That seems so crazy to me. In our past trips I've always just thought it was a chance thing.

And to expand it beyond the Haunted Mansion...if these are true...are there other interesting things like this that you can only do if you know about it and ask?? If there's a good thread about this could anyone point it out? Thanks!

 

[AliceNDinah]

Hi!
I'm not sure about the answers to your questions, but I just want to welcome you and say that we will be there in August too, the tail end. Welcome to the Disboards!

 

[hiroMYhero]

Hello! New disboards member here going to WDW in August and had a couple small questions...

As an avid Haunted Mansion fan I've seen that you can get souvenir Honorary Caretaker cards? Can you really just ask a CM and they'll give you one?

On a related note, I've also always wanted to see the 'key room' hall/area and saw here on the boards you can also really just ask to see it? That seems so crazy to me. In our past trips I've always just thought it was a chance thing.

And to expand it beyond the Haunted Mansion...if these are true...are there other interesting things like this that you can only do if you know about it and ask?? If there's a good thread about this could anyone point it out? Thanks!

, @jameswb94 to DISboards!

I don't have HM tips but there are a lot of tips on the Disney World Tips Board and here's a thread from there that may be of interest to you:
https://www.disboards.com/threads/things-disney-offers-but-doesnt-advertise-new.3579677/

 

[jameswb94]

Hi!
I'm not sure about the answers to your questions, but I just want to welcome you and say that we will be there in August too, the tail end. Welcome to the Disboards!

Ah thank you so much! I'm going early August, less than two weeks! Can't wait.

 

[Kirk]

Ok, I found this posted from what looks to be 2008 so YMMV. Looks like they give them to kids that they choose at random. What the CM is talking about "handing them" is a printed Death Certificate. It's from a thread on The DoomBuggies.com so it sounds like your kind of place. I'll leave the link at the end. May try this when I'm there in a few weeks


Mr Macabre 235 wrote:
"An honorary caretaker card is pretty sweet. OK, I am going to give this a try in September and bring the print out with my name on it and see what happens. Now, which CM should I give it to I wonder? Maybe those in the loading room? Out front? HMMMM."
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Give it to one of the greeters. Usually you will find us out front near the carriage house. Other positions don't really allow us to interact with you the same way we can at greeter. Also, the Honorary Caretaker cards are generally given out to children. Once each afternoon, we will find a child to be an Junior Butler or Maid. The selected child will assist us in welcoming guests into the Mansion wearing a child-size Mansion costume, they will receive an Honorary Caretaker card, and a "ghost dog," which they will take for a walk out front wearing their costume. If you really want a card, though, you can ask a maid or butler and we will be happy to get one for you.

Last Edited By: TheVelvetRope Jun 19 08 9:01 PM. Edited 1 times.

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Death Certificate

 

[jameswb94]

Ok, I found this posted from what looks to be 2008 so YMMV. Looks like they give them to kids that they choose at random. What the CM is talking about "handing them" is a printed Death Certificate. It's from a thread on The DoomBuggies.com so it sounds like your kind of place. I'll leave the link at the end. May try this when I'm there in a few weeks


Mr Macabre 235 wrote:
"An honorary caretaker card is pretty sweet. OK, I am going to give this a try in September and bring the print out with my name on it and see what happens. Now, which CM should I give it to I wonder? Maybe those in the loading room? Out front? HMMMM."
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Give it to one of the greeters. Usually you will find us out front near the carriage house. Other positions don't really allow us to interact with you the same way we can at greeter. Also, the Honorary Caretaker cards are generally given out to children. Once each afternoon, we will find a child to be an Junior Butler or Maid. The selected child will assist us in welcoming guests into the Mansion wearing a child-size Mansion costume, they will receive an Honorary Caretaker card, and a "ghost dog," which they will take for a walk out front wearing their costume. If you really want a card, though, you can ask a maid or butler and we will be happy to get one for you.

Last Edited By: TheVelvetRope Jun 19 08 9:01 PM. Edited 1 times.

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Death Certificate

Thank you so much for this! I guess I'll just take a chance and ask...won't know unless I do. Seemed like a cool unique souvenir to get. I'd almost forgotten about Doombuggies...I was all over it when I was in middle school...printed out the little ghost origin stories and taped them all in a marble notebook, lol. So excited to go to Memento Mori too...I haven't been WDW since it opened.

 

[seb65]

My child was very much frightened in the room. A CM took us aside and quietly whispered to her that it was safe and handed her an honorary caretaker card. It calmed her immensely and is now a must see each trip.

 

[AliceNDinah]

Ok, I found this posted from what looks to be 2008 so YMMV. Looks like they give them to kids that they choose at random. What the CM is talking about "handing them" is a printed Death Certificate. It's from a thread on The DoomBuggies.com so it sounds like your kind of place. I'll leave the link at the end. May try this when I'm there in a few weeks


Mr Macabre 235 wrote:
"An honorary caretaker card is pretty sweet. OK, I am going to give this a try in September and bring the print out with my name on it and see what happens. Now, which CM should I give it to I wonder? Maybe those in the loading room? Out front? HMMMM."
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Give it to one of the greeters. Usually you will find us out front near the carriage house. Other positions don't really allow us to interact with you the same way we can at greeter. Also, the Honorary Caretaker cards are generally given out to children. Once each afternoon, we will find a child to be an Junior Butler or Maid. The selected child will assist us in welcoming guests into the Mansion wearing a child-size Mansion costume, they will receive an Honorary Caretaker card, and a "ghost dog," which they will take for a walk out front wearing their costume. If you really want a card, though, you can ask a maid or butler and we will be happy to get one for you.

Last Edited By: TheVelvetRope Jun 19 08 9:01 PM. Edited 1 times.

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Death Certificate

That is SO cool! I wish that could happen to my little boy when we go. Very awesome, didn't know about this.

 

[Daisybell911]

I was given an Honorary Caretaker card on the 28th. I didn’t even know it was a thing and was BEYOND excited to get it!