We do it most of all for them...

[CelebrationNM]

Not to get all touchy on the SGT site, but I found this in an old issue of the Main Street Diary. Maybe you have your own "We do it most of all for them" to add as well...
Nick


Why we do what we do:

• We do it for the children of all ages from around the world.

• We do it because we believe in family, fantasy, and magic; and we love to make people happy.

• We do it because Disney is the only place in the world where people can come together to have fun without worrying about the real world.

We do it most of all for them...

• For the young brother and sister so excited they can't sleep the night before going to Disney.

• For the family who just adopted two children and the first place they took them to celebrate is Disney.

• For the single Mom from up north who is working two jobs so she can take her children to the Walt Disney World Resort.

• For the young family who is selected to be the Grand Marshals in the 3 o'clock parade.

• For the CEO of a famous American company that slips out of his own meeting to go ride Buzz Lightyear with his grandson.

• For the Mom and Dad who show their children where they first saw Mickey Mouse when they were little.

• For our good friend Henry that taught us a few things because of a broken monorail train.

• For the 85-year-old woman whose dream was to go to Africa on Safari and then to Asia to see tigers.

• For the young boy whose dream was to play on the same field as the Atlanta Braves.

• For the young girl who can't stop laughing because a giant dog sneezed a "real sneeze" all over her glasses; and the next day, bugs were after her in the The Tree of Life.

• For the teenagers who are having the time of their lives riding our coaster through the freeways of Los Angeles over and over and over after just falling 13 stories in an elevator at a nearby hotel.

• For the war veteran who takes off his hat and puts his hand over his heart and cries at the flag raising ceremony in the Magic Kingdom Park which was in his honor and arranged by his daughter as a surprise.

• For the grandparents who show their grandchildren the bench they sat on while their grandchildren's parents rode Space Mountain 25 years ago.

• For the children whose last wish is to go to Walt Disney World Resort and to meet Mickey Mouse.

• For our Guests from the United Kingdom who are burned to a crisp from the sun and still in the pool on a 40-degree day, and they are happy.

• For our Guests who are in AWE of their themed resort and the wonderful Cast that welcomes them home.

• For the family who just visited the Pooh store and World of Disney at Downtown Disney and finished the day with the magic of Cirque du Soleil and can't wait to go back and see it all again.

• For the Japanese couple who met at Tokyo Disneyland and got married at the Walt Disney World Wedding Pavilion and rode in Cinderella's coach to Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa.

• For the young boy who went to Disneyland in 1955 and could not wait to grow up so he could work for Disney.

• For the family of four generations who take their first cruise on the Disney Magic and their second one on the Disney Wonder to celebrate a 50th wedding anniversary.

• For the couple who took their children to the Spaceship Earth icon to show them where Mom and Dad met while waiting in line 12 years ago.

• For the man who met his best friend from grade school at The Tree of Life.

• For the young boy who will one day meet his mate for life under the Sorcerer's Hat icon by chance.

• For the mother who cries the first time she shows her 4-year-old daughter Cinderella Castle and then cries again when they meet Cinderella.

• And for the lifelong memories we create for our welcomed Guests and cherished friends from all around the world...that is WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.

And now, on with the show...

[Whazzup]

Oh man, you made my eyes leak!

[glendalais]

I agree, that just tugs at ones heartstrings . I'm going to print that out and post it at work.

Though, I must ask, what in the heck is the Main Street Diary? I'm assuming it's MKs version of the Disneyland Line (i.e. the CMs bi-weekly newsletter).

[Morning]

Thank you all, Cast Members.

'Cause... well... you do it for me.

I mean, I'm nothing special, just a mid 40's woman who loves the magic, but a Br'er Fox made me smile when my legs hurt so bad I couldn't move. Tigger hugged me, even though I wasn't a kid in line and didn't have a kid with me. Eeyore, Donald, and even a walking tree vine took the time to make a middle aged limping woman smile.

The cast member who was emptying the trash bin near the area I was sitting who asked me if I was ok - did it for me. The nice young lady at the American pavillion who found out an answer for me and came to find me even after I'd left the area, well, she did it for me, too.

So...

Thanks :)

Morning
the OP made me cry a bit...

[CelebrationNM]

Though, I must ask, what in the heck is the Main Street Diary? I'm assuming it's MKs version of the Disneyland Line (i.e. the CMs bi-weekly newsletter).

Yeah, sort of. Lee Cockerell "invented" MSD when he was the Ops VP... it had positive letters Guests had sent about their WDW experience and then Lee gave some commentary and leadership lessons along with it.

[CelebrationNM]

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[February]

For the mother who cries the first time she shows her 4-year-old daughter Cinderella Castle and then cries again when they meet Cinderella.

That could be speaking about me.

I have a few to add- it's things that CM's or, in some cases, just being in WDW itself have done for me.

You did it for me when you piloted the monorail- without even realizing it. I'm the disabled Mom who gets to feel more like a regular healthy mom in WDW, when moments happen when I and my daughter can go have alone time, taking the monorail to go shopping at the hotels just the two of us, because I don't have to worry at all about the fact that I can't drive when I'm in WDW.

You did it for me when I married the man of my dreams- who saved me from a very dark path, you took the time to make up special menues for our wedding luncheon at the Grand Cafe even though we only had seventeen guests and booked thru Group Dining.

You did it when you commented on how pretty my wedding dress looked even though we had just taken a cab from the chapel where we got married off property instead of the pavilion because that was all we could afford.

And when we took my 3 year old daughter with us to the Magic Kingdom later that same wedding day and I told Fairy Godmother that I had just gotten married- after she caught me trying to save some bits of 'pixie dust' from the floor of the castle for my scrapbook- she told me to close my eyes and open my hands.

She emptied her pockets of mickey shaped sparkles into my hands, and told me that if either husband or I ever started to turn into a frog on each other we were to apply the sprinkles liberally and all would be as it was on our wedding day.

I hugged her and hurried out of the castle gleeful as a five year old- and asked if anyone in our wedding party had a zip loc bag in their purse.

The sparkles are still in my 'special things' case, and I have never needed to use them on my husband, nor he on me.

You did it for me, every CM who made me feel I'd come home on the trip where we had to go through it just 10 days after I lost my beloved grandmother because we had already rescheduled due to hurricanes- and we were traveling with relatives who couldn't reschedule again.

When I went down to the water at DTD for a moment alone in the "shopping village" that was my grandmother's favorite spot in WDW and the sun set, and suddenly instead of the pop music that had been playing on the speakers, Circle of Life began to play, I cried, and knew in that moment she was watching the sunset with me, and holding my hand.

You have done it for me for every precious memory, too many to tell, that I can never thank you enough for or repay you for.

You are, quite simply, what makes the magic, magical, and I love ya'll and thank you from the bottom of my little fairy heart.

Kleenex please!!!!

Bru

[Whazzup]

Dang it, Bru - now you've got me sniffling again.
Those were beautiful thoughts to share with us.

[Shorty82]

This thread shows exactly why I can't wait to start working at WDW. To be able to create magic for people for a living would be great. Just being involved with a company that understands the importance of this is good.

[February]

Dang it, Bru - now you've got me sniffling again.
Those were beautiful thoughts to share with us.

Sorry, Whazz. . .I just love CM's so much I can't help it! I've met so many extraordinary ones. . .thinking of them always brings me to tears of joy and gratitude.

Oh, here's another story I just remembered!

A CM called Jeff 'did it for our family'- when he was working at the front desk at CR the week of Christmas 1999, and my daughter was turning four that week.

We were checking in for our Garden wing room- and she kept begging to see what was going on- I picked her up and hoisted her onto my hip and she grinned at Jeff and said "Hello!" and he laughed, and said "Hello!" She pointed to his Playhouse Disney button (it was a brand new attraction) and said to me "Mumma, take you there? See Bearinnabigbluehouse? (all one word) Please, take you there?" and I said, yes we will go see Bear tomorrow.

Jeff asked how old she was, and she said "I gonna be four in free days!" and he asked me, "really?" and I said, "Yes" and told him her birthdate.

He smiled at me, hit a few keys on the computer and exclaimed, "Well look at that! I don't know how that happened. Your garden wing room just turned into a 9th floor tower room. Have a magical birthday, princess!"

He neglected to mention it was an MK view, tower room. Christmas week. The upgrade was ENORMOUS.

And then. . .as if it wasn't enough- on her actual birthday, he showed up at our door with a balloon bouquet and stuffed Mickey and autograph book for her. We got him a little medal of honor with his name on it from the Studios before we came home.

Wherever you are now, Jeff, thank you. Her birthday was magical, and we still talk about it. We won't ever forget you, or your kindness.

It was magic.