Name something you lost or Something Stolen at Disney????

[honeymo78]

This is more of a forgot story than a lost story but it does have a happy ending. When I went with my family in 1995 I took along a stuffed bear to sleep with (yes I was 17) and I left him in the FW cabin when we checked out. I was hysterical (ok maybe not that bad) when we got home. My mom called and told them her daughter had left her bear in the cabin and hopefully mousekeeping had found it. They did find it and sent it home to me about a week later. My mom said they probably thought it was some little girl's bear not 17yr old (maybe they wouldn't have been so diligent if they didn't think it was for a little kid). Oh well, I was glad Mr. Bear made it back. And he has successfully survived two other WDW trips (he didn't come on my Senior trip) and he'll be there again in Aug.


Another lost - sort of story from when my brother was little. We went when he was about two (probably in 1985) and he had a pacifier that he was supposed to give up before the trip and leave it for Mickey. That didn't happen so he still had it on the trip but got really mad and threw it in the water at the FW dock. My mom was so happy and she told him that it was now belonged to Mickey and he would have to be a big boy and live without it. Well a "nice" castmember overheard my brother crying about losing his pacifer in the water and she got in one of the water mice and rescued it for him. That was one item my mom had wished it stayed lost.

 

[mickeyminnie]

my then 18 month old son lost his hat at dinoland dig site, it was being stored when we went back for it.

same son lost a new toy that we had just bought for him, we tried lost and found a couple times and finally went back to the cart to get him a replacement, the CM gave it to us for free when she heard our story, it was really nice of her.

Then we locked our camcorder in a locker on Main Street and went about our day. When we returned in the evening to retrieve the camcorder we found the locker unlocked and slightly ajar. Everything was still there, absolutely everything.

I think that while in any crowd there are always petty theives, I think there tends to be less of them at Disney. I also think there are occasional inadvertant pick-ups, that don't get noticed or turned in because of embarassment

 

[Brodiecat]

I bought all the kids travel pillows and bought Disney material and make pillow cases for our trip. The kids love them and they are quite comfy for the drive.

Obviously, once we were in Disney they didn't leave the room and one of our friends' pillows came up missing out of the hotel room. It was a princess design. We think housekeeping stole it. Who else, out of the room???????

 

[Grumpy'sMom]

Does losing a child count???

I lost my 8 year old nephew at Typhoon Lagoon for about 30 minutes. I lost him in the lazy river - we were seperated. It was a little scary except that he is an excellent swimmer. I was trying to figure out how to tell my sister I lost her only child in Disneyworld - and then I found him with a cast member. The funny part was after I thanked the cast member and we were walking away my nephew said I should have waited 5 more minutes to find him because he was just about to get a free ice cream! I took him and bought him an ice cream and didn't mention the incident to my sister.

 

[JoNo]

One time while staying at one of the all-stars I left for a park... came back about 7 hours later after the cleaning people went through and lost 2 pair of Dr. Martin boots... each pair cost me $150-200....

 

[coby421]

About 6 years ago now, on our first trip to disney i lost my bag. We were in MK, i had set it down on a bench beside me and forgot about it and went on our way to the tiki room. We were waiting in line when i realized it was gone, it had my money in it (still quite a bit as it was our first day there) sunglasses, a few souvenirs, ect. So we went back to find it, it wasnt there. We went to the lost and found and they had it!! Someone had turned it in and rather quicklly. The thing i found funny was that all the money was still there and everything else except my poncho. The cheapest thing they could have taken and it wasnt even special just a clear plastic poncho. I was just thrilled to get my bag back, and luckily it didnt rain hard enough to need a poncho while we were there. Yay for mostly honest disney goers!

 

[campingcorgi]

I left my Solumbra hat on Splash Mountain during a pouring rain. As soon as I saw the photo I realized I didn't have it and asked the CM at the photo shop how to get it. She told me to go to the front of the ride and ask there. They had me go back to the ride (in the STILL pouring rain!). The ride had been cleared due to the lightning and the cast members tied a towel on a car and started checking them. It was found in the next to the last car!! Dirty and wet (well, the hat and us!) but okay. Washed it in the motorhome and it was dry and ready by morning!!

Found a camera bag by the phones in Epcot once years ago. Turned it in to the nearest CM. Found another camera bag on a bench at MK last year--security checked it within moments. It was empty and he said he'd leave it there a while longer. The family came back to claim it a couple of minutes later.

 

[A Mickeyfan]

One time, about 4 or 5 years ago my son lost his Holloween Mask at PO...(when it was just PO not PO-FQ), while riding a surrey bike. By the time he noticed it wasn't in the front basket, I went to lost and found & it was already there! Just this past June, my daugher lost her lanyard with 10 pins on it... not sure where she left it!! We called the MK where the central lost & found is, they didn't have it, took our name & address etc....but it never did show up ....we are home one month today......I doubt that we are getting it back...my daughter cried for the rest of the day!!! While we were at a Park the next day, my husband went out & bought her a few pins to surprise her & she still made it to the Kids pin trading at the Contemporary

 

[K9pal]

While walking through all the stores on Main Street in MK several years ago, I lost a lens from my prescription sunglasses which were on a cord around my neck. I was pretty upset, since it was day 1 of our trip. We looked all through the stores, didn't find it. We stopped at the Lost and Found anyway, and there it was! Not only that, but the nice CM called a maintenance person who came out and fixed my glasses with a new screw!

 

[Danemom]

When my DD was five, she left her fanny pack at the food court in Dixie Landings (will always be DL to us!).

We checked at lost and found and they didn't find it but they did "find" one of those American Express White Glove Treatment fanny packs for her! Hers was a quarter from a yard sale and had nothing in it so she was thrilled to have a Mickey version!

 

[nataliesdaddy]

I find the stories - most of them... pretty heartwarming... the thought of getting your camcorder back !!! wow...as to getting stuff ripped off in the room? well... 1) we use the room safe for cash and the like and 2) my daughter and I are utter and complete pigs !!!! if anyone could find anything of value in our room underneath the piles of crapolla we leave piled up I would be astounded.

sorry to hear about the "maid service" experience though ... that sucks

 

[LadyAurora]

1. Last trip with DSs we had one DS carry the bag holding their wet raincoats and our Disney ponchos. Those raincoats were so cute! Buzz Lighyear on one and Tigger on the other. He put down the bag somewhere and left it. Replaced with four Disney ponchos the next day, same DS carrying the bag (mistake?!) left it somewhere. Luckily it didn't rain any more that trip. DH was mad, but no big loss.
2. Same trip, same DS lost his new Goofy baseball cap. Replaced it with a new hat to keep his little blond head from frying. DH was mad, slightly bigger deal.
3. Not exactly a lost item, I don't think...when DH and I were on our honeymoon trip, 1997, we had a cast member take pictures of us together. More than once. When we had all the film developed, there were no pictures of us together. What is up with that? We couldn't figure out if we were missing a roll, but it didn't seem like it (we take a LOT of pictures on vacations). We couldn't remember any other pictures that might be missing. That still bothers me to this day, as I am always taking the pictures, and we have few together.

 

[CBRSimba]

While in EPCOT during Thanksgiving '99, we parked a rented wheelchair (my son has mild cerebral palsy) outside the World of Energy. When we returned, it was GONE!!! How awful is that??

My daughter left her autograph book on a bench at Magic Kingdom during our most recent trip in May of this year. We never realized it was missing until a package arrived at our home a few days after our return..it was the autograph book!! Good thing she printed her name and address in the book (and she's only 8 years old!)

 

[Unofficial627]

On my last trip down to WDW, I left my hat on RnR. I realized that it was gone when I was a Sounds Dangerous. So I had to walk allllll the way back... oh well, a little extra walking can't hurt, right? By the way, they did have my hat and were very friendly about it.

 

[mrsmom]

While we we there last June my dd 8 was in the restroom at Mama rosa at MGM and sat down her sunglasses to wash her hands and someone took them, she was heart broken and didn't want another pair because she thought someone would take those too.
My 4 year old left his curious george at POR in the bed where he slept but we called and they never found it.
Kim

 

[WebTink]

We just stayed in a local resort for the 4th of July holiday and I noticed something that really disturbed me about the housekeepers. While they were working the floor (several teams up and down the hall), they left the room doors propped open a little ways on the rooms yet to be cleaned. Maybe these were check-outs, but since we were in our room all day, zipping back and forth to the vending machine is all, I was thinking how easy it would be for someone (a guest, not staff) to quickly enter a room and take whatever they wanted from a room that had not been vacated. The housekeepers really don't know who is in each room, so how easy would it be, if confronted, for a thief to say they were just coming back to get something, blah, blah, blah? I don't know how they do the rooms at Disney resorts, but if it's similar it might not be staff doing the stealing. Just a thought. Not that there aren't unscrupulous housekeepers, it's just not necessarily correct to assume it's the staff.

When I worked as a housekeeper for a national park lodge, we didn't leave doors open unless we were in the room. And it never once occurred to me to even look through a guest's stuff. I must have been raised right. : D

 

[slmjam]

We've lost a couple things. On our daughter's first trip, she was 9 at the time, she forgot her Game Boy and about 5-6 games in our room at the WL when we checked out of the hotel. We realized it later that afternoon and called the hotel; they checked lost and found for the next few days, but it was never turned in.

On the flip side, I forgot my camera at Chef Mickey's. Realized it a couple hours later, my husband went back to the restaurant, and much to my relief, they already had it waiting for him at the check in podium.

 

[vhoffman]

Several prople have had prescription drugs stolen from their rooms. I always keep meds in the in'room safe. For this reason, I won't stay in a room without an in-room safe. All hotels have safe deposit boxes, but they are inconvenient to use and I feel that it can mark you as a person having something valuable. You have to retrieve your items sometime. Just be aware many prescriptions have a street value. For the poster who felt management could care less about their loss, well, probably there were in on it!

For me, the in-room safe becomes my pillbox. You certainly can't carry every last pill with you everywhere you go. But do be aware that prescriptions are targets for thieves. Also, always split up prescriptions among two or more bottles, that way you stand less of a chance of losing everything. Ask your pharmacy for duplicate labeled bottles.

 

[Rebecca12345]

this one will crack you ladies up. Several mom friends & I went to DL with our kids ( or was it vice a versa??) anyway, my friend had a surprise monthly visitor ... I gave her a plastic holder thingy (that sometimes comes inside tampax boxes) with some supplies, as she was 'unprepared' One morning we are all at a character breakfast, & a CM is walking through the restaurant asking everyone quite loudly if anyone had lost this?? I look up & she is holding the plastic container - ha ha neither of us claimed it....

 

[lynniepooh]

I left my camera on Buzz Lightyear early in the day and didn't realize it until I was leaving at Midnight. I went to lost and found and it was there!