The Cast Member will always win

[hhsrat]

Do I get a Badge?

Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!!

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!!

That is one of the favorite quotes! They sell that at the training center on t-shirts!!

(also the movie is pretty good too!!)

[DisneyMom]

YEAH DW does have a good sense of humor!! (Okay I KNOW I just set myself up!!)

First real date was to a Disney movie! First real trip was to Disneyland, and later, Proposed at Disneyland, and got married at the Poly, on the point, in WDW (before they had the wedding pavillion stuff)
EEEwwwww mushy stuff!!

Awwwwwwwwww, So Sweet! :)

[CMGUY89]

Aw, y'all are so cute. I love embarrassing lovebirds. I had a couple come to Circle this summer with a bunch of the 50 years of magic pins on because it was their 50th anniversary. I made an announcement before the show started and got a round of applause from the entire audience. Sometimes you've got to make the magic for yourself!!!

[Randy B]

Aw, y'all are so cute. I love embarrassing lovebirds. I had a couple come to Circle this summer with a bunch of the 50 years of magic pins on because it was their 50th anniversary. I made an announcement before the show started and got a round of applause from the entire audience. Sometimes you've got to make the magic for yourself!!!

And by doing so, you made magic for the couple and the rest of the audience who, for that moment, shared in the couples magic moment.

As a guest I regularly "make a moment" for the couples walking through the parks wearing the Bride & Groom ears. As I walk by I just simply say Congratulations, and continue on. Sometimes I see a moment of shock that some stranger knew about their special event and other times the big smile (and an occasional quick smooch with each other).

One nice thing about pixie dust, just like smiles, the more of it spread around the more there is available to be spread.

Randy

[Princess Susi]

Aw, y'all are so cute. I love embarrassing lovebirds. I had a couple come to Circle this summer with a bunch of the 50 years of magic pins on because it was their 50th anniversary. I made an announcement before the show started and got a round of applause from the entire audience. Sometimes you've got to make the magic for yourself!!!

You definitely sound like a special CM! Do not let the beauracracy of the company destroy your love of working there. I hope we get a chance to meet you when we come in May. We had an awful experience on the Land attraction (I NEVER call any of the attractions at Disney *rides*. Walt called them attractions and that is what they always will be to me, a carnival has rides! Just a weird little pet peeve of mine, every time I hear someone referring to an attraction or adventure as a *ride* my skin gets creepy crawly and I get this itch in my fist that wants to punch the person! J/K, it just grates on me, they are NOT rides!!!!!!) I digress...

We had a loader at The Land put us into a seat on a boat and Ralphie and I are fairly big people. He is 6'1" and 225 and I am 6' and 215. That is pretty big together and we figured they would load a small person with us or no one at all. WRONG! The loader brings over a couple that scared the shit outa me. Each of them had to weigh at least 250 to 300 lb and they were short, 5'4" perhaps. THAT was the MOST uncomfortable position I have ever been put in at a Disney Park. I mean, the other couple could not have been very comfortable either! There was no room at all to move let alone breathe. After we disembarked, we went to Turtle Talk where we had another extremely scary incident. The CMs overloaded the theatre and you could NOT move in there. SRO and it was packed like sardines and we left. I hate to think what would have happened if a fire broke out We immediately went to Guest services and explained both incidents to a very nice GS man. He was very sympathetic. I KNOW they overlaoded the capacity on Turtle Talk, NO doubt in my mind. That was afire code violation and that is just not the Disney I am used to. The Land mishap was a misjudgement on the part of the CM loader and I understand mistakes, but that was just plain uncomfortable. This was back in May 2006. A while ago!

Anyway if you are still at The Land or Circle (which we love) we will come and say, hey, and give you a big hug! I like hugging people, it is such a nice way to say you ARE important! I know you would rather NOT be at The Land or Circle, but we will know where you are, if you keep us updated here and come see you!

My favorite attraction? Soarin....LOVE it!!!!!!!! we can do Soarin' over and over at both EPCOT and DCA. I could do Soarin' all day and be happy! It is so relaxing and cool inside and just fun! I want to try Kali River Rapids next trip. Missed them last trip. :( We do Grizzly River Run at DCA and I would think they are pretty similar. I watched a youtube ridethrough of Kali and it looks like you get a LOT wetter on that one than Grizzly, but then Florida IS a LOT hotter and more humid than SoCal. I am looking forward to a great Safari with our fearless Safari leader Big Wallaby! And of course. we will find Zazu for on of his *special* tours, I have heard so much about.

Ralphie took all my desires/preferences for our WDW trip in Spring to our Travel Agent and she is going to try to get our preferences. MK side, Contemporary Tower, 14th floor, and lake side view, Concierge level, Yacht Club, each for two weeks. We are also going to be doing side trips with our REALTOR!!! YAY!!!!! We are going to look at property and models around the WDW area, Reunion, Celebration, Windermere, since we want to build a new home to fit us. Who knows though, we may already be down there renting, if our plan gets set into motion! Cannot wait til Spring!!!!!! It will be along Winter, though hopefully not as much snow here as last year!!!!!!

I will take the *Snoape* at the The Magic Kingdom or DL anyday over the real shit you must shovel! We have some coming down RIGHT NOW here! And it supposed to snow off and on all weekend. Just a little, not a real blizzard. We got a quarter inch over night and that is nothing, but over the next 3 days we are supposed to get up to an inch every night and every day. Still not much, not enough to shovel this time. If Murphy's Law has it's way with me as usual, we will probably get a blizzard the day before we are supposed to fly out to Disneyland! It better NOT! We went through that crap last year! NOT this year, I will NOT allow it to ruin our trip!!!!!

susi*wants to move to Florida TODAY and be at WDW this afternoon*slicker

[Cranbiz]

So,

I'm guessing that you are not going to ride my bus? :( :mad:

[Princess Susi]

So,

I'm guessing that you are not going to ride my bus? :( :mad:

Oh Cran! I did not mean to leave you out. I am so sorry! We are going to ride your bus everywhere we can! We will even get on your bus just to ride with you if we are not going to where you are driving to!!! It will be fun! I love bus drivers who interact with the guests.

I remember a very nice bus driver from our 2006 trip whom I have not forgetten, just his name :( . He was a very large African American guy that should have been a linebacker or offensive guard for the NFL, he was that big and built. He was so cool and one of the nicest people I have ever met. He chatted with me for so long (put up with me! :p: ) about everything and he was so good with the guests and was a great driver. I don't know if he is still there, but he was great!
Oh Cranbiz, do not weep, you will probably see more of us than you WANT to! :twisted:
We will most certainly ride your bus!
And I hope that we could plan a meet for all of us while we are there. Dinner or lunch or whatever would work out for everyone's schedules! If not all can come to one, then we do another meet for those who can't make the other meet! :D: I want to meet EVERYONE who is a CM at WDW and comes to these boards! You know I loves me my CMs!!!!!!
sooze

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

We'll ride the bus, and the safari, and ... everything!!

[Big Wallaby]

We'll ride the bus, and the safari, and ... everything!!

Just don't ride with the guy on Safaris I rode with a week ago... to him, all the birds were pelicans, including the pink-backed pelicans, the greater pelicans, the marabou pelican and the saddle-billed pelican. We even saw some pelican eggs out on the savannah, which means the pelicans must be close!

Oh, and the Nile alligator, Thomson's gazelle which could leap the length of the bus and the other things I learned that weren't on any of the paperwork I've seen were all extremely interesting. Oh, how I wish I had had my recorder with me. I was a bit surprised the giraffes weren't the most ferocious animal on the Savannah.

Ride with me instead.