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

coffeegirl9 · Post by **coffeegirl9** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 11:20 pm

Mansion-boi: That was the sweetest story I have ever read on this site.

GMC · Post by **GMC** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 7:38 pm

i would have cried for days if that had happened to me, i think tigger is my favorite pooh character for a new reason now... I've never stoped to think "what if this kid is spending his last weeks here?" What if that girl that i was talking to on the train, and wrote me a guest comliment neglected to tell me i'd never see her agian, it makes me think so what if the other guy with the same name as me got it on her record

Canoe30x · Post by **Canoe30x** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:08 pm

Ya, actually I knew one kid, about 5 years old, who had terminal cancer, and a couple months before he died, his Mom asked him what he wanted to do before he died, and he said two things, ride in an airplane and go to disneyland.

VoodooDawn52 · Post by **VoodooDawn52** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 3:18 pm

mansion_boi....I would like to thank you for sharing your story with us here. Most of the time we do forget what we all started working here for. It sometimes becomes oblivious to us what really is going on with some of the people we run into at the resort. I have had many great experiences with families at the park but none could ever come near to what you did for that little boy and his mom. I thank you for keeping what is left of the magic alive and giving it to the little kids that go there for that reason. Never again will I read a story like that though when I am at work, "Hello thank you for calling.....wahhhhhh.." Guest " Whats wrong?" as I sniffle in their ear........

Dack48 · Post by **Dack48** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 9:35 pm

Mansion_Boi wrote:I consider this to be the highest point in my Career here at Disneyland, and I know that it will never be topped, even though it had a sad ending I can't help but feel that I made his last few days a little happier

That was beautiful dude ... wow ... totally had tears in my eyes! This reminds us all why we are CM's, whether now or in the past. I am returning to WDW to work in 10 days, and I needed something like that to remind me what I am to be doing down there....

My story actually got me an Epcot Take 5 of the Week.... It was during my CP at Innoventions, and I was greeter at the Communications Dream Fourm. Up comes this little girl she asked me a few questions about Starnac (our AA) and I promptly answered them. She seemed like an interesting girl, so I started to talk to her ... turns out that her name was Tiffany, and she was from Long Island. Just about 4 or 6 years old, right in the PERFECT age range for magic! As I got talking to this girl, I knew that I couldn't let her go with just a 'get into the theatre' like my other guests, so I asked her if she could help me open up the doors to the Dream Fourm Theatre, since a show was about to start. She said yes.
It took about a minute to show her what to do, which was basicially first we were going to turn on the lights to the door, then open the door itself. As we 'rehearsed', her mom was snapping pictures like the paparazzi. After our rehearsal, I asked her why the lights didn't come on and the doors didnt open; she said that she didn't know; I told her its b/c we need to add pixie dust, invisible pixie dust (very finely grained mind you) so I gave her some and me some too and we threw it at the door! Then we tried it again and as if by magic (or really good timing :D ) the lights came on, followed by the doors opening!

I immediately looked over to her to see her reaction (this was the first time I tried this) and her eyes were HUGE! I have never seen anyone smile like this! In fact, I believe it was the first time I have ever seen pure joy in a childs face ... its priceless. As she skipped into the Dream Fourm Theatre along with mommy, I switched positions with the theatre exit position, and made her a magical moments certificate. As they came out of the theatre, little Tiffany saw me and ran right towards me to give me a HUGE hug! Insta-tears. I gave her the MM certificate, and she was on her way. (but not before another thank you from mom and another big hug from Tiffany!) I went on break right after this, and thank God because I was tearing up real bad, and had to tell EVERYONE I knew about this! It ended up winning one of the first Epcot Take 5's of the Week, and I ended up being the first CP to win the award. Quite humbling, really.

Mansion_Boi · Post by **Mansion_Boi** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 4:51 am

Wow, I didn't think my story would affect everyone the way it did. I am happy that I was able to share my story. It is what keeps me going when the guests are irritating me and I am at breaking point. Well I just wanted to say thank you for reading and for the comments.

GMC · Post by **GMC** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:30 am

if i had read this story earlier, i would have tracked you down and nominated you for a spirit award, it's things like you're story that we should all be thinking about when we work, i'm not saying let people go agianst the traffic at a split and get trampled, but maybe be nicer when you have to direct them the other way... i'm feeling kinda guilty because i wasn't the nicest cast member ever at treehouse spilt tonight, but then agian, if you see people comming at you, and people in yelow, with yellow cone lights, telling you to go another way, where everyone is going with you, then maybe take a hint... there I go talking agian...

RiaLucia · Post by **RiaLucia** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:52 am

Mansion_boi, that story is the kind I read far too rarely, which is not to say I'd like to see more terminally ill children around, but that I'd like to see more of us being able to touch their lives. That was truly beautiful and I commend you.

It's the kids who definitely give you the sweetest reminders of why you put on that costume and came to work. Back on my CP one night, I was in my last hour of work. I was assigned to just go out into my area and give it a once-over (custodial hostess, btw), and I came upon one of my fellow CMs closing up the Kodak camera shop next to the HISTA exit. When I walked up she happened to be play-fighting with the glowing collapsible swords with two young boys around 7 and 9, so I grabbed one out of the store too and joined her. Well, eventually she had to go back inside and finish closing up, so I took on both the boys by myself. They were so polite about it too, not hitting too hard or damaging the swords--maybe because they were British? lol-- and their parents were grinning from ear to ear with the father getting the whole thing on video tape from the sidelines.

Of course, they triumphantly slayed me, and as I lay dying on the ground, I managed to choke out that winners get stickers, so I pulled out some Mickey stickers that my trainer had given me and gave them each a couple. They insisted that I put some on for myself too, so I stuck one on my hand. Then their father called them back because it was pretty late by that time and the park was about to close, so they put the swords back and as they left they called out "Thank you!" I just stood there, beaming, because it was my first time really getting to have fun with the kids one on one (or rather, two on one) and I called "Thank YOU!" back. It had been a long, bleary day, and they were the ones who deserved my gratitude because those 15 minutes turned it completely around.

It was a joy to write that one down in our Take 5 log, though I ended up being recognized for Epcot's Take 5 of the Week for something else completely. (One pregnant woman, two double strollers, four small children...just helped them to where she was meeting her husband. Anyone else woulda done it, right?) lol. Oh well! Gotta love those kids when they aren't protein spilling in your attraction!

SRT_GB · Post by **SRT_GB** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:26 am

A couple days ago I had this funny little kid at Strollers. His mom was returning his stroller, he had already hopped out and mom was still unloading stuff when he put his face in the seat of the stroller.

Me: "eww, you just put your face where your butt was"
Mom, to kid: "Hey, don't do that, you don't know how many leaky diapers have been there."
Kid then stands on the footrest of one of the strollers in the pit.
Me: "Don't stand on that, if that stroller falls over you'll hit your head on the ground and you'll spend the rest of the day at the hospital and not at Disneyland."
Mom: "Yeah, and then they'll shave your head."
Me: "No, they'll give you a mohawk and color it green."
Kid: "I want an orange one!"

I know it's nothing compared to some of the stories that have already been posted, but it made me smile near the end of a really shitty day.

Wizard69 · Post by **Wizard69** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 2:02 am

I was working Pooh Corner Tuesday and a 2 year old girl walked in with her parents and picked up one of the new glow balls. So I picked one up and asked her if she wanted to see something neat. I banged the glow ball on to the other glow balls and made a bunch of them in the container glow. She watched them glow and smiled and once they went out, she picked one up and handed it to me. So I banged it on the floor and lit it up and handed it to her. She puts it in the container and picks up another one and hands it to me. I light that one and she does it again. This goes on for over 5 minutes until her parents (watching and laughing at her cuteness) tell her that they should go. But she kept on doing it. Finally they got her to stop. :( I was having fun cuz she was soooooo cute.