Stupid Guest Tricks

pammymo wrote: Well her mother came to get her and she turned to me and said, "Good-bye Snow White...it was nice talking to you". She thought I was Snow White!! That explained all the questions...and totally made my day. That one moment...just reminded me that the magic of Disney is a two way thing. Not only do we give it..but receive it too!!

Don't you love that?? When I worked at Disneyland, I got kids all the time who thought I was Belle!! It totally made my day, but I also sometimes didn't have the heart to tell some of the kids I WASN'T Belle...like the little girl who ran up to me and had this look of wonderment on her face and then called over to her mom, "Look, it's BELLE!" and then she goes, "You're pretty!"....it makes my day. Most of the time I DID have to tell the kids I wasn't Belle because I felt guilty going along with it. But the kids would then ask if I was Belle's sister or cousin or whatever...pretty funny. And I got lots of adults asking if I usually play Belle because they swear they saw me playing Belle..

Anyway, of all the crap we always put up with at Disney--all the rude and horrible "guests" and crowded days and lame costumes, etc--The one thing that would ALWAYS make me know it was all worth it was when I saw the kids having fun. I adore kids and I think Disneyland is this place of DREAMS for them...I loved Disneyland as a child and I want every child to feel the way I did when I was there.
Now that I'm not working there anymore, I miss it SO MUCH just for that reason--the kids and fun.

I have so many stories about cute little children but two really stick out in my mind. (sorry it's long)

Way back in December I was working at Casey Jr and I started talking to this little girl about random things while waiting for the train to return. All of a sudden she decideds to play a game. She tells me there was a spider on my shirt. (not being afraid of spiders I decided to play along and freak out) so then she tells me there's a snake on my shoe ... a spider in my hair ... pants ... shoulder. this continued on for a couple of minutes (her little brother joined in) then she said there was a spider somewhere and I couldn't understand her. I looked to her parents with a dazed look on my face. They tell me that this is her first time to Disneyland and in fact has only been in the country for a few days. She was telling me that I had a spider on my glasses only she didn't know the english word for glasses. I thought she was soo cute. And then I saw her the next day at Dumbo only she was sooooooo sad cause I wasn't wearing my glasses (I had my contacts in) when I let her through the gate she told me I was pretty with and with no glasses it was soooooooo sweet I almost cried. Then as they left her mother came up to me thanked me for helping her with her english. I almost died I never thought that, that little game would have actually helped some one.

My other story is my favorite....

A little girl got out of the mine cart at Snow White and runs up to me an wraps her arms around my legs and says, "I missed you sooooooo much" I just stood there looking at her grandpa thinking who is this child and why did she miss me, I've never seen her before. Well I saw her later at Pinocchio and had a whole catch up convo (how old are you now, are you having fun in 1st grade....) It was adorable and her grandpa gave me a guest compliment for playing along. To this day I keep seeing her and everytime she still missed me so much.

I had the cutest little girl today at Alice. We were 101 for technical problems and this little girl wanted to ride so her mom asked if they could just wait there I told her sure but it would be 10-15 mins. So while I'm waiting for my unload castmember to evac the ride and maintenence to show up I start talking to the girl. All of a sudden she had to go to the bathroom so her mother rushed her away to the prince and princess b-rooms before I can tell her to just come back to the exit because at this time a line has already started to form well anyways. After I get the people down from the vine cause we can't evac them from there, the rotation comes through. I'm standing at unload now and behinde me I hear a tiny voice. It's the little girl I was sooo happy she recognized me and we continued talking about what color caterpilar she was going to get. If she wasn't past our first chicken gate I would have gotten her on the ride so fast but no I couldn't make them go back. So she gets around the corner by the turn stile and says I want a pink one. She got up to the front but sadly she got a yellow and orange one. Anyways when she comes out of the unbirthday scene her whole family is clapping. I sad, "Yeah you made it" she ran up to me and gave my legs a hug. she loved the ride and was so happy even though she really wanted a pink caterpilar. :D I wanted to take her home and keep her.

people think i'm indiana jones, does that count...? and i felt really bad one time, this little girl (who had to be wearing a b-day sticker) is walking up to indy with family, and she's way to short, but i called her over to the stick anyway to pull a "oh no, just a little to short eat lots of veggies, and come see me agian next year, and maybe tehn you'll make it. Instead she tried to give me a hug, and i kinda freaked because i know that parents can turn nasty and pull the whole, he touched my little girl, and the whole too short thing, didn't wanna give her a hug and say, oh sorry, you can't go on even though you hugged me. at least she was at that age where they don't really seem to know what's going on, so she didn't start kicking and screaming, so i gave them a switch pass and went on my way.

Little kids ask me all the time if I'm a ghost at mansion. I decline and tell them no I just clean the house cause I'm a maid. Other kids ask me if the ghost are going to get them. I always tell them no, they are going to dance and sing for you. Most kids usually smile and go inside.

At pooh I always ask the kids to say hi to Pooh or Tigger for me. Kids love it. During Fantasmic! or Parade (pre-show of course) I try to strike up conversations with kids about who they saw, what did they ride. 9 times out of ten they yap your ear off. It always makes my day.

i prefer to talke to the older kids and the adults, i used to teach a kindergarten bible study, and was an assistant for the morning kindergarten teachers, so i'm all little kidded out.

I prefer convos with little kids because you can talk about the most random topics and you know they don't think your crazy.

Stduck wrote:I try to strike up conversations with kids about who they saw, what did they ride. 9 times out of ten they yap your ear off. It always makes my day.

Would much prefer the yapping of an inquisitive & fun child than the constant complaining of an adult who won't listen. :twisted: Most kids are way cool!

Main Streeter wrote:

Stduck wrote:I try to strike up conversations with kids about who they saw, what did they ride. 9 times out of ten they yap your ear off. It always makes my day.

Would much prefer the yapping of an inquisitive & fun child than the constant complaining of an adult who won't listen. :twisted: Most kids are way cool!

Oh yeah I always talk to the Kids at pooh. They usually like to show me their toys or what not they bought. Kid's like it when your name matches theirs too