Whats the NICEST thing that has happened to you at WDW???

[Jjacqjob]

JeanGenie,

There is no feel good story that is too small because it has significance to the people who remember it. With life the way it is today, small moments certainly count for alot.


Jacquie

 

[DVCajun]

I agree! Keep telling those stories!

 

[DISPOP]

We have had numerous magical touches. Here are a couple of more memorable ones:
1. DW, DD and DS were already seated near the front for the Pocahontas show. I bought two soft serve ice creams for the kids before joining them. The CM at the entry informed me that I could not take them in due to the use of live animals in the show....makes sense so I threw them away. When we exited the show, anither CM asked "Are you the ice cream man?" and gave us free coupons to replace the discarded ice creams.
2. Minnie and friends paid very special attention to DS sleeping in a stroller during lunch at Hollywood and Vine (much to the delight of DD). They pushed him in the stroller and mimicked his sleeping for DD. This went on for well over 5 minutes.

The CM's have a very special knack of giving these extra touches without being asked! Its what keeps us coming back.

 

[montessori]

Ok, here's my story...

It was Christmas week, 2001. We were staying at the Boardwalk. We had seasonal annual passes so we could not enter any of the parks.
We figured we would find plenty of other things to do. After all, it was Christmas, we were at The Boardwalk, we were happy!

Although I must admit that it is a little difficult being so close to Epcot, our favorite park, and not going inside.
Our 2nd morning there, we were having breakfast at Spoodles. We had requested our favorite waiter and we were enjoying the delicious coffee and breakfast platter.

Our waiter asked what our plans were for the day and we explained our situation a little and told him we were heading up to Winter Park for the day. (Winter Park is a beautiful city and shopping area...worth an afternoon if you have the time).
We were in for quite a surprise when our bill arrived! The waiter had given us two CM park passes, these are one day PARK HOPPER passes. We were awe struck and very grateful, of course!
We enjoyed a full day at the parks, saw the Candlelight Procession with Gary Sinese narrating, and the Osbourne lights at MGM.
We would have a had a fun time no matter what we did but this unexpected gift made our holiday extra special!

Staying at the Boardwalk is our new Christmas tradition and we have premium annual passes now, no more blackout dates for us!

 

[Pigsty333]

Something similar like that happened to us. Normally the beast, because of his big hands, does not sign. My kids were a little disappointed but one of the CMs told us to hang around until they went back and everyone was gone.

A short while later they took their autograph books and had it signed. I guess Beast must have taken his furry paws off and then they were asked to come back with them and they had individual pics taken.

I have never had any really bad experiences with Disney except for our stay at All Star Sport during xmas 2000-2001.

 

[lisajl]

These are all wonderful stories.

The two times we have been there we ran into wonderful people also.

When my daughter was two my inlaws insist that we go to WDW.
It was my first time.

We did everything my inlaws wanted to do. We were at a show, when my m-i-l said the parade was starting.
We got out of the show so late there was no place left in front to watch the parade. A nice older gentleman said, "Here bring her up here." My daughter and I got to see the parade from the street. When she saw Mickey coming down the route, she was so excited! She said, "It's Mickey'!
Guess what? Yep...Mom started crying! I thanked that gentleman several times.

We went again when she was four and again...late for the parade...do you see a pattern?
We walked up to an area that was "being saved" for family.
I started talking to the woman saving the spot and she worked at WDW. Her friend said there was no room for us there and to keep looking. The other woman said, " yes there is". We started talking about where we were from and she had been in my hometown several times. We even talked about the speed trap!~

Nice woman....nice people.....nice place!
Lisajl

 

[Gabrielle]

My husband, kids and I were rushing to get on Splash Mountain.

I stopped briefly to ask a CM how long we would wait. She pulled us aside, asked us where we were from and then took us through the back way, to the head of the line.

What a nice person!!

 

[PrincessAli]

Just wanted to try this again--I know LOTS of nice things have happend to NICE people!

 

[mark & sandra]

May 30th, 1986- While vacationing with my girlfriend in WDW, and riding the speedway, we met a couple of cute guys. Turned out he lived near me and we started dating. We're now married with 2 great kids and visit WDW at least twice a year. Sometimes really nice things happen at WDW.
ps- my DH refers to our visits as returning to the scene of the crime.

 

[raelee]

Our second trip to WDW- 1st day at the parks- my DS and I were playing in the Boneyard. He pulled one way and I pulled another and I fell backwards him on top of me and hit my head on a rock.

Didn't realize I was really hurt until a lady looked at me kind of horrified and asked if I needed help- that's when I noticed the blood. CM's were called and they were so nice- had an ambulance and paramedics there really quickly, gave my husband and myself new t-shirts (mine was ruined and he had whipped his off to stem the bleeding- what a guy!).

Anyway, they arranged a free ambulance ride for me, a pvt. shuttle back to the hotel for Dad and two boys, and then after I was done (6 stitches-OUCH), they arranged for a car to come get me and take me back to FW.

Everything was handled so professionally and everyone was really, really nice. If you have to get hurt on a vacation, I would recommend WDW-LOL.

PS- looked the last time we were there at the Boneyard and they have repositioned "the rock" so that an adult falling off the ledge wouldn't be able to fall onto it.

Steph

 

[roque]

PRINCESS ALI, great job starting this thread again, it is one of my favorites and i was wondering if i would see it again.

other favorite moment. we were there august 2001 (yeah, i know the heat) and went to see BLAST with PS (dinner combo thing) got my tickets and noticed the CM helping me was from my home town. El PASO, TEXAS asked him if he was really from there and yes he was we talked for about 20 minutes and realized we knew some of the same people. kept running into him that day and we just said "HI el paso" nothing major but i thought it was really nice

 

[Eljay]

I took my 13 yr. old neice to WDW for her first visit this summer. While getting Pooh's autograph at the British Pavillion in Epcot, the Beatle look-alike band British Invasion started to play. Pooh grabbed my neices hand & they had a dance in front of the crowd. Just one of those sweet magical moments. Yes, we have pictures!

 

[MinnieGi]

What a sweet thread!

Just wanted to add a few memorable cm moments from our last trip:

DD (14 months at trip time) and I were greeting and talking to Pooh, Eeyore, and Tigger in Toontown. Our friends who were next in line took our picture and then they went up to greet the characters and I was going to take their picture when DD runs back to Pooh with her arms outstretched and a huge smile on her face. Pooh saw her and bent down to receive her hug and gave her a great big kiss. Then Pooh, Tigger, and Eeyore played with DD and our friends DS (2yo at time). It was so cute to see how gentle the characters were holding their hands and letting the children pat them and explore their fur. Of course I and my friend took a bunch of pictures, only wished we had the camcorder with us.

Last day of trip DH, DD, our friends and their little boy and I were eating at the Ohana character breakfast and had some awesome character interaction again. All four characters Mickey, Goofy, Chip and Dale came by to interact with us at least three or four times each. But what was really memorable was Dale feeding DD her bottle!!! So cute!

Hopefully we'll have some more memorable cm moments coming up real soon!!
Gi

 

[AngieBelle]

I've got a few.

I was not feeling well for most of my WDW trip this past May. I spent about 2 hours lying in MK first aid with 2 of my friends who were with me. The CMs were super nice, but the best part was getting a visit from Mickey. Also, two different times I sat on the floor of a shop and a CM offered to get me a drink of water when we mentioned I wasn't feeling well.

One of my fav stories is the time I was in the Exposition Hall in MK singing to myself as I often do. I was singing "Some day My Prince will Come." Dopey overheard and wanted me to sing the whole thing. Next thing I know, I have about 3 or 4 dwarves listening to me as if I were Snow White in the film! Dopey even sat down and swayed. Then he took my hand and pulled me over to Snow White and the prince and had me sing it again for them! Even the guests applauded and the character greeter cm asked if I was a professional singer!

Here's a twist- guests can create magic for CMs too! I was on the college program in 2001 and often it was the guests who made my day.

One day, I had been giving out mickey stickers to kids. We were just about to close and I was sitting on the floor straightening jewelery when one little girl I had given a sticker to earlier came over to me, said bye, and gave me a hug!

Once I was working the Buzz Lightyear cart during e-ride night and it was sooo slow. Then these 2 girls, about 10 and 4, and their mother were looking at stuff on the cart and started chatting with me. The girls were sooo funny! The older one took one of the woody dolls, put him on her shoulder, and started singing "Mr. Woody on my shoulder!" The little one performed some cute songs for me that she'd learned at school. As they left, the mother thanked me for putting up with them, but I told her I had really enjoyed their company.

I loved chatting with guests who were waiting for people on Space Mountain or Alien Encounter. Once I had a lady tell me she could talk to me all day. Another time, I cheered up a little boy who was upset that he was too short to ride Space Mt. Soon he was happily chatting about everything he had done that day. The mother even took a picture of me with him. hehehe.

 

[nkjzmom]

Okay, here goes. Three things, same trip....

*First night...PS at Chef Mickey's. We had bought 6 Magical Moments pins ($100 total) and DS set them on a table to get Goofy's autograph and forgot them. We called the front desk and within 15 minutes they were back in our room.

*I don't know if this happens all the time but to my 3year old it was the HIGHLIGHT of her trip. We had just walked back into MK after a rest at the resort and grabbed a place for the parade right below the train station. During each section they have CMs on bikes "illustrating" scenes/characters. Well, the first one that came by pulled his bike over to her and pulled off the page on his drawing board and handed it to her and talked to her for just a quick minute. She was floored!!! She would have jumped on that bike and never looked back had he asked her!

*This one is the highlight for ME!! We reserved a garden wing room at the CR. We pulled in to check in, my husband goes in, I wait in the van with kids. After a long while he comes back out and says he has good news and bad news. Bad news is our room won't be ready for a few hours........"YIKES" I'm thinking.....Good news is because it's a TOWER ROOM WITH A VIEW OF MK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He had gone in...and after much research we knew to ask if it was possible to get a room upgrade, so he did. They gave him a tower room on the opposite side. He asked about a MK view and the CM checked and asked if we'd be willing to wait......who in their right mind would say no?!?! BTW, same charge as garden room..... So the CMs unload our bags, we park, jump in THE FRONT of the monorail, enjoy the ride all the way around, come back to find that our room is ready!!

It's just always been a dream of mine to stay there, much less sleep with the castle outside of my window! I grew up in FL and my grandma would take us there in the middle of the day for naps on those big round benches back in the day.....I thought only rich and famous people stayed there.

I never closed the curtains the whole trip. I just couldn't believe that I could see that castle....it just brings tears to my eyes thinking of it. I'm sure my kids think I'm crazy.

 

[woody2]

I love Disney, it is a Magical Place.

My DS lost his pin lanyard in Epcot end of our first week. It only had 5 pinns on it as he had only just bought it. We said "Oh well never mind" and that was that. When we when back to Epcot 3 day later we went in to Guest Relations and was told if it was found it would now be at the lost and found at the TTC.

So on our last day we poped in to lost and found and they had it but the CM said to my DS "you haven't got many pins" (Disney Magic Moment number 1) and gave him a large handfull of pins to put on his lanyard. We were speachless, my DW quick as a flash said she had been looking for a Simba pin at all the Pin Carts but noboby had one. (Disney Magic Moment number 2) Jeff goes out the back and comes back with no less than 4 different Simba pins and gives them all to her !!!!!!!!!

Did we leave the world happy.... I would say.

After reading this tread I am so looking forward to the next lot of magic and magical people we well meet in 8 days


Paul & Rene

 

[Scotfan]

My DS (7) was in AK on our last day before moving to the Gulf coast last Feb, he realised he had left his new Pooh beanie, dressed as a leopard, and his favourite teddy on the Dumbo type ride.
We went straight back and got the beanie but not the teddy ( it was only 3" high), he was distraught.
3 days later we phoned and it had been handed in so on our way back to Orlando Airport we took a detour to lost property and there it was.
The beauty of it was we hadnt told DS as we didnt want him to be upset if it wasnt the right bear, he didnt ask once why we were going to MK entrance.
A CM had even replaced the red ribbon round teddys neck!
One happy boy on our 9 hour flight home to Scotland.

 

[Neish]

This thread is a great.
On our first family trip, while eating at Breakfastasaurus in AK, our waiter performed magic tricks for my brother and 4yo DS. Then he whispered to us and said he would tell the characters that it was my DS birthday (this was in Nov., his b-day is March). He went in the back and came back with a birthday card with all of the characters' signatures. DS was very happy. This could be a normal thing, but it was new to us.

Another cool moment was near the end of an E-night in MK and Chip and Dale were jammin', banging a beat on a trash can as if it was a drum. That was hilarious!

One more- Another trip when my SIL came with us. While eating lunch in Crystal Palace, our waiter really interacted with us. At one point he came back to our table and knelt down and started singing "Earth Angel" to me. I can't remember what caused him to break out in song, but it was soo sweet. Very memorable...My husband was a good sport too. Just part of the magic that CMs help give.

Neish

 

[montessori]

A lovely Alice in Wonderland knelt down beside my daughter so they could have their picture taken together.
Alice whispered in her ear, "You look just like me!".
I thought that was very sweet and my daughter was thrilled, of course.

 

[goofyernmost]

A few years ago I owned a Residential Care Home that looked after physically and mentally challenged individuals. During that time I had the privilage of bringing an older gentleman that had Cerebral Palsy. He had difficulty speaking and could only walk with great effort. He hadn't had the opportunity to travel much and the look on his face while visiting WDW was incredible. He has since passed away but I managed to bring him to "the World" three times. Nothing in his life compared to the experience and he had commited to memory each date of our visits, the things he saw and had his bed literally covered with Mickey Mouse plush dolls.