Posted this elsewhere, but had to add these here!
Here are my favourite Disney stories - they really did happen to me, and I have not heard of anyone else having these experiences:
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.
I had a very odd experience once at DL and got to hear Mickey talk!
It was park closing on a very quiet night, and I was wandering down Main Street, one of the last to leave. Suddenly Pluto rushed by me, with a man chasing him. Of course I had to see what was going on!
Pluto had the man's shoe, which he had apparently taken off to remove a stone or something. The man asked for it back, and Pluto darted into the exit area of Great Moments with Mr Lincoln. He started to pretend to bury the shoe in a planter.
Now the man was begging for his shoe back, as his friends were waiting for him in the parking lot. Mickey was dashing around Pluto, and their handler was nowhere to be seen. Man keeps begging. Finally Mickey goes into the hat shop and offers the man a hat instead. Man gets a little ticked off.
Mickey finally bursts out in his high little voice 'Pluto! Pluto! give the man his shoe back!'
I think that Pluto was as surprised as I was to hear Mickey talk, because the man got his shoe back very quickly. Pluto gave a bad dog look, Mickey shook his finger at him, the man stalked off, and I continued to stare.
Had my own little private show of something very unusual at
Disneyland!!!