aww, ever had a kid create the magic for YOU?

[Big Wallaby]

The other night (not the Pirate and Princess Party), I had this little girl who was dressed as Belle, and she was incredibly cute. Maybe five years old... Got on with her family at MK, all bright smiles... by the time we were at YC, she was dead to the world. I was going to give her a sticker, but I had to give it to her parents to give her later.

Then, Tuesday night, as I was walking into Crystal Palace with KidAtHeart, Zazu all else, we were walking to our table, when a little Cinderella walked by and called out to me, "Hi, bus driver!" So cool to have a little kid who's been on information overload from their trip to Disney World remember you the next day when you're not even in costume or anything remotely resembling your costume.

Yeah, the young princesses make a lot of magic for me. Turn me into a big ol' softy. The young pirates do to, but in a much different way.

Great, I just felt really old for a second. It passed.

[the wicked queen]

I remember this one shift very vividly...i was working at napa one night and there is a table next to my station...very rarely to ppl get sat but this one family for some odd reason requested to sit there...it was 2 adults and 3 small kids all under the age of 7. the kids were all wide eyed watching and asking a million questions but for their desserts i let them pick the color fish they wanted and umbrellas and the whole deal. well on thier way out they each had me sign a menu for them..i was so honored to do thet but what almost made me cry was when each lil kid came over and hugged me and handed me a small piece of paper with small drawings expressing how much they liked the dessert i made them one of them even wrote " it was exlint"
I will never forget that day...

[Big Wallaby]

Well, today was an interesting day. While it wasn't a magical moment, it just about ran me off the road in shock and surprise. I had a twelve-year-old kid on the bus who was talking about his band, when he properly used an adverb, like the word "correctly", in a sentence where most would have said "correct". Please note, I don't remember the word he used, but I didn't hear the next stuff he said. I commented on that and apologized that I was not listening as I was marveling at his grasp of the English language, to which his mom replied, "You should have seen my face the day I brought him home from preschool at three years old and the teacher told me he had used the word "vanquished" properly.

[February]

Well, today was an interesting day. While it wasn't a magical moment, it just about ran me off the road in shock and surprise. I had a twelve-year-old kid on the bus who was talking about his band, when he properly used an adverb, like the word "correctly", in a sentence where most would have said "correct". Please note, I don't remember the word he used, but I didn't hear the next stuff he said. I commented on that and apologized that I was not listening as I was marveling at his grasp of the English language, to which his mom replied, "You should have seen my face the day I brought him home from preschool at three years old and the teacher told me he had used the word "vanquished" properly.

I love this thread! Now I can brag a little :) LOL

Firstly, you should have seen the look on my daughter's dad's face when she properly used the word 'ludicrous" at the age of 3. He told her it was a bad word and never to use it again LOL. He was so freaked out that she had used it properly!

We've had so many cast members make magic for my daughter in the past when she was all dressed up in costume- I remember especially three years ago we had hopped from Epcot princess breakfast to the MK and she was dressed up as Jasmine and two girls in the college program came running up to her in Fantasyland and asked for her autograph. She was so stunned that she signed her own name and then said to me later "Do you think they were disappointed that I didn't sign Jasmine?"

This trip it was so fun to watch her as a pre-teen making a fuss over the younger princesses. Every single one she saw she would greet them by their proper 'princess' name and then ask where their coach/sebastian/prince was LOL whatever applied. The look that was most priceless was on the faces of the other parents, seeing one child create magic for another.

She also kept stickers that CM's had given her on previous trips- I didn't know this until we were in the MK- and she packed them in her waist-pack and if she saw a child crying or upset she would ask their mom if they could have a sticker. Brought tears to my eyes.

She got the attention back in spades too because she was dressed up as Hannah Montana one night for a big dinner out at Cali Grill and someone who was a guest in one of the CR gift shops began calling "Miss Montana! Miss Montana! I have your biggest fan right here!" this guy had a female friend in a wheelchair he was pushing, and the young woman admitted that she did in fact watch Hannah all the time. They asked my daughter, wig and all LOL to pose for pictures. It was a highlight of our trip.

I love it when guests make magic for other guests. We try to do it every trip, and we always remember the smiles. It's so much fun.

I got to give a tinkerbell dreams pin to a CM on this past trip- will tell the story if anyone's interested :) It was so much fun.

MCP

[Kwahati]

I got to give a tinkerbell dreams pin to a CM on this past trip- will tell the story if anyone's interested :) It was so much fun.

I think I speak for everyone here when I say "nope! Not interested in the slightest! Magic pisses me off!" ;)

Of course you should tell the story! C'mon everybody! Story Time! Story Time! :p:

[February]

Since you insist :D

Okay, so when we checked in at the Poly, me all resplendant in my "BE UGLY" Ugly Betty T-shirt which I love and will wear until it falls off of my body and turns into a pile of dust (it gets laundered between wearings, no worries :D) a wonderful CM behind the front desk was watching as we got checked in, and I was so excited to be there and just yammering on about our dream was to go to WDW this year so our 'year of a million dreams' was already complete because we were there. Well after we finish checking in, the CM (who was not the one checking us in) says to me that he thought I had the real Disney spirit (awww) and he gave me a set of the Tink dreams pins- I almost cried I was so excited. I planned to wait a long time to give the 'one to give' one away, but it was only hours later on our first day that I ended up giving the pin away.

I had decided this would be the 'ice cream' tour of WDW this year and so my husband drives my wheelchair into the main street ice cream parlor.

We order, and there's a child standing behind us waiting with her mother, waiting for her dad to get back from the counter with her ice cream.

She was autistic and as soon as we finished ordering (and teasing back and forth with the CM at the register about her accent because she was from MA, where my husband grew up). While we're waiting for our ice cream, the father of the special needs child comes up to her from the counter with hers and she immediately went into full meltdown.

She was screaming, and her mother was trying to restrain her (she was about ten, not a small child) and even though the CM now had a line behind us, she said, 'wait, what's the matter?' the mother spoke very little english but it turned out that the child had wanted sprinkles on her ice cream- and even though they had them elsewhere in the MK, they didn't have them at the mainstreet parlor.

Well, the CM stopped her line and said "I'm sorry, I need to do something," and she called for the manager. When the manager came, she told her the problem and asked if someone could please go down to the candy shop and get some sprinkles.

The manager immediately went to get them while the CM at the register tried to communicate to the parents that they should hold on- and they told the child to wait, that they would get her sprinkles.

Well, we were just about to leave with our ice cream but I said to my husband, one minute, take me back to the CM's register a second.

I waited until she had finished helping the next guest and then I tugged on her sleeve. She turned around and looked at me and I was already holding the pin up. Before I even said a word, her eyes filled with tears, instantly.

I smiled at her and said "Because of the sprinkles." She was so emotional she just kind of held the pin to her heart and didn't say anything, just the tears in her eyes and she nodded. I said to my husband "Let's go!" and we hurried off into the afternoon sun (sunset would've been better, but it was still daylight LOL)

I won't ever forget her kindness and care for that one upset child even though she had a line- and I won't forget the look on her face when I gave her the pin. Was one of the highlights of my trip and I only wished I'd had a dozen more because there were so many wonderful CM's on our last trip I could've have easily given them all away.

I hope it was a magical moment for that special CM- one that she will remember for awhile or if somebody is mean to her. We appreciated her very much

:)

MCP

[DisneyMom]

We order, and there's a child standing behind us waiting with her mother, waiting for her dad to get back from the counter with her ice cream.
She was autistic and as soon as we finished ordering (and teasing back and forth with the CM at the register about her accent because she was from MA, where my husband grew up). While we're waiting for our ice cream, the father of the special needs child comes up to her from the counter with hers and she immediately went into full meltdown.
Well, the CM stopped her line and said "I'm sorry, I need to do something," and she called for the manager. When the manager came, she told her the problem and asked if someone could please go down to the candy shop and get some sprinkles.
The manager immediately went to get them while the CM at the register tried to communicate to the parents that they should hold on- and they told the child to wait, that they would get her sprinkles.
Well, we were just about to leave with our ice cream but I said to my husband, one minute, take me back to the CM's register a second.
I waited until she had finished helping the next guest and then I tugged on her sleeve. She turned around and looked at me and I was already holding the pin up. Before I even said a word, her eyes filled with tears, instantly.
I smiled at her and said "Because of the sprinkles."
I won't ever forget her kindness and care for that one upset child even though she had a line- and I won't forget the look on her face when I gave her the pin. Was one of the highlights of my trip and I only wished I'd had a dozen more because there were so many wonderful CM's on our last trip I could've have easily given them all away.
MCP

That is the kind of spirit that makes Disney great! You were very nice to show the CM that she was APPRECIATED, and what a GREAT CM to just accept that the child with autism needed something, and she went to provide it- sounds like she had a lot of insight and compassion. :) You Too. :)

[mechurchlady]

Please post that at Disboards on the disABILITIES section as we who are disabled need to hear that Disney really does care. What a great memory and thanks for sharing it.

[Princess Susi]

What a beautiful thing to do! That IS magic! And what Disney is all about! You are a magical person! :D:

[BRWombat]

...I hope it was a magical moment for that special CM- one that she will remember for awhile or if somebody is mean to her. We appreciated her very much....

I'm sure it was, MCP! What you did is soooo wonderful!! Thanks for sharing the story!! :)