Stupid Guest Tricks

I know this should belong in the "Other theme parks" forum, but I think its relevant enough...

This happened to a friend of mine. We were both working Halloween Horror Nights at Islands of Adventure.

This little kid was going through the mirror maze in our house (DisOrientoriuM). The cast members in this section were dressed in freaky clown costumes Universal has dubbed "Treaks". Now these costumes are freaky looking, especially in a dark, strobe lit environment. I got to play one, and people get FREAKED out by it..anyway, this little kid came through, and was giving beads to the scare-actors that he had gotten from the parade! He even put it around one Treak's neck....When we were all told about this later, everyone was like "aaawwwww"...

Mansion_Boi wrote:Well this one time about two or three years ago I was sweeping over in New Orleans Critter Country, I was the lead that day and was having an awful day, the only thing good about that day is that I was able to retrieve a tigger plush keychain that I had found like a month before. Anyways, Halfway through my day I was sweeping around the Haunted Mansion and this cute little kid is talking to his mom and he was so scared to go on, so I gave him my newly acquired Tigger keychain and told him that it had magical powers and that it made people not afraid anymore, he took it but I gave him one condition, once he was not afraid anymore he had to go and give it to someone else it didn't have to be that day but eventually he had to pass it along and he had to include the same condition. About a year later I was out sweeping in New Orleans Critter Country again and I hear my name being called out, so I turn around and look and look and finally this kid comes running up to me and gives me the biggest hug and asked me if I remember him, he had no hair this time around it looked liked he had shaved his head, either way I did kinda remember him it was the same little kid I gave the tigger keychain to about a year ago. So he calls his mom over and she shows up and he returned the the Tigger Keychain and told me that if I could give it to another kid who needed to not be afraid anymore, I said sure, his mom then explained to me that he had leukemia and he had just a few weeks left to live and he had wanted to return to Disneyland to give the tigger back to the guy who gave him the courage to not be afraid anymore, needless to say I was just about in tears, so I went and got him a few free things including a cut in line for Splash and a free Picture. I talked to them for about and hour and a half and then they left. About two weeks after that his mom returned and found me in Critter Country over by the Critter gate, I smiled when I saw her and expected to see her son somewhere around her soon,she walked up and began to cry and explained to me that he had passed away the night before 2 days before his 10th birthday, and she just wanted to say thank you for making him feel so special that day two weeks previous, that all he talked about on the way home and for a few days after was me and how nice I was, I actually still had the tigger keychain in my pouch, so I took it out and returned it to her and told her that now she needs it, to not be afraid. So i made her cry even more and I was not holding up to good either, I asked her if possible to include the tigger in his coufin and she told me that she would do it. I have seen her twice after that and everytime I see her we spend time and talk about how everything is going even if just for a few minutes.
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

This is the best Disney story I've ever read. You'll be richer your whole life for what you did that one day for that one boy.

I was at second unload at Pooh (yes we were that busy) and this little girl tugged on my coat and said "We're going to be here tomorrow too!" She had this big grin. I smiled and told her to look for me at the Haunted Mansion.

Yes, I do have a story... I was working an outside Indy position, and a little girl, about 7 or 8, came up to me after riding. She asked me if we could get rid of the rolling ball at the end because she was worried that it would hurt her, as well as the Indy hanging from the ceiling. It was so cute! It made me realize that not everyone views that ball/room as a fake rolling ball with moving walls. Some people believe that it is real!

My story doesn't really deal with just kids, its actually an entire family.

I was on my way from dumbo heading backstage for a very needed break when I came across a large family that had all their heads stuck in the map of disneyland. I walked up behind them and asked if I could help them find something. The father had a heavy indian accent but I tried to help them as best I could. The man said he had 3 questions. First he asked where It's A Small World was...and I answered that, he then asked where the parade was going to be...I answered that too. Finally he asked about Fantasmic and I gave him my little review (cause I really love the show) and he thanked me many times. The family then asked to take their picture with me so they could remember how 'You helped us from getting lost in Disneyland'. Then as they left I wished them all a very magical holiday and even the little kids thanked me.

This single family made me remember why I enjoy working at Disneyland. :)

I was being "that mean man" the other day and standing behind one of my fellow conductors while she was asking them to stand in the back rows for PAC, (she and I were Rocking the walkway since we trained at jungle together, anywho) and this little girl has a glow necklace opened up at one of the joints, and i look down at her and ask "are you fishing?"

"yes"
(by this time i'm down at her level, and whole inc off the ground) "yeah? fishing huh?" (really tempted at this point to ask where the water was, but at the same time hoping she wouldn't realize that i was in fact IN the water, which i did not point out to her) "are you catching anything?"
"umm, yeees"
"Yeah what did you catch, a fish"
"yes"
"Did you eat it?" (what else do you do with a fish? crap i'm getting a balnk stare, oh no i scared her, recover!) "Or did you toss it back?"
"NO!"
"You ate it!?"
"YES!"
"was it yummy"
"uuuhh, yes."
"ok well good luck fishing, let me know if you catch any more! I'll be up and down the street."

SEE everyone I DO have a soul! Yay me. So yeah i never saw her agian i don't think, but if i do, i want to clone her and take the clone home with me and have it sit there and fish in my front lawn!

Ooh kay....

But on the same note. I was doing GC for Fantasmic! opening night and I was in the C walkway giving the pre show warnings about sitting on the wall. This one family said they waiting till they could sit in perfered seating (its common) and I got to talking with the kids. This one kid asked me wear the red ship ever moved. I asked him "The ship that was right there?" -pointing Fowler's-
"Yes!"
"Well Captain Hook hijacked the Columbia and its going to be up to Peter Pan to get it back"
"Really?"
"Yes you're going to see Peter Pan fight Captain Hooks with swords and pirates during Fatasmic!"
"The same Peter Pan that I played with earlier?"
"Yes the very same Peter Pan"

Mom and Dad were smiling the whole time.

The other day at Book, I had a kid who took his job as my co-captain seriously. As we approached Monstro he said something like 'there's a big whale in front of us' when he could see Agrabah (or however you spell it) he said 'there's Aladdin's island' and made other various comments thoughout the ride. I should just let him have the mic, it was really cute. :)

Well this one time about two or three years ago I was sweeping over in New Orleans Critter Country, I was the lead that day and was having an awful day, the only thing good about that day is that I was able to retrieve a tigger plush keychain that I had found like a month before. Anyways, Halfway through my day I was sweeping around the Haunted Mansion and this cute little kid is talking to his mom and he was so scared to go on, so I gave him my newly acquired Tigger keychain and told him that it had magical powers and that it made people not afraid anymore, he took it but I gave him one condition, once he was not afraid anymore he had to go and give it to someone else it didn't have to be that day but eventually he had to pass it along and he had to include the same condition. About a year later I was out sweeping in New Orleans Critter Country again and I hear my name being called out, so I turn around and look and look and finally this kid comes running up to me and gives me the biggest hug and asked me if I remember him, he had no hair this time around it looked liked he had shaved his head, either way I did kinda remember him it was the same little kid I gave the tigger keychain to about a year ago. So he calls his mom over and she shows up and he returned the the Tigger Keychain and told me that if I could give it to another kid who needed to not be afraid anymore, I said sure, his mom then explained to me that he had leukemia and he had just a few weeks left to live and he had wanted to return to Disneyland to give the tigger back to the guy who gave him the courage to not be afraid anymore, needless to say I was just about in tears, so I went and got him a few free things including a cut in line for Splash and a free Picture. I talked to them for about and hour and a half and then they left. About two weeks after that his mom returned and found me in Critter Country over by the Critter gate, I smiled when I saw her and expected to see her son somewhere around her soon,she walked up and began to cry and explained to me that he had passed away the night before 2 days before his 10th birthday, and she just wanted to say thank you for making him feel so special that day two weeks previous, that all he talked about on the way home and for a few days after was me and how nice I was, I actually still had the tigger keychain in my pouch, so I took it out and returned it to her and told her that now she needs it, to not be afraid. So i made her cry even more and I was not holding up to good either, I asked her if possible to include the tigger in his coufin and she told me that she would do it. I have seen her twice after that and everytime I see her we spend time and talk about how everything is going even if just for a few minutes.

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 is the most heart warming thing I ever read! Amazing that you have that experience at work.

My younger sister Billie, who's 5 years old, just recently went to Disneyland for I think her fourth time. She was so excited to go there since she's a huge fan (she constantly watches her Disneyland Fun video), but I wasn't going with her (just my dad, stepmom, and her, and they were staying at a friend of their's).

They decided to visit the park on the 23rd of Dec., and the morning they were about to leave, Billie was all excited and was anxious to get to the park. Despite of what I advised my dad to do (go early, leave, and come back late, considering the crowds at this time of year), they finally got to the park around 11:30 in the morning. Billie was all, "Okay, daddy, now we have to go on Splash Mountain because that's what Kimmie and Steffie said to do first!" Unfortunately, the line at this time was already about an hour long, and my dad didn't quite understand the whole Fastpass system, so they went on Big Thunder. (Mind you, she's never been on any "big kids" rides before but she's seen them on her video so she was happy to be able to recognize this ride.)

She got to sit right up front of the train and before they started off and "practiced" putting her hands up like the kids on the video had done. Of course once the ride started she had to hold on a couple times, but even when they were slowing down, she was beaming and her hands were way up in the air.

After that, I think they saw Snow White and she's a HUGE Princess fan (Ask her what she wants to be when she grows up, she'll say "Ariel") so this was one of her favorite things. Later, they went to watch the parade and there were some crowds, so she sat on Dad's shoulders. She was so excited and waved throughout the whole parade. When Mrs. Claus came by, she looked at Billie and said, "My, don't you look tall, up there!" and Billie was just ASTOUNDED. Even though I wasn't there, I can totally imagine the look on her face and she must have been SO shocked, yet proud. Then the princesses came by and Sleeping Beauty blew her a kiss. Again, the open-mouthed, wide-eyed look on her face. THEN, Jasmine and Aladdin drove by and the same thing happened. She called out, "JASMINE! I WAS YOU FOR HALLOWEEN!"

So that was her favorite part of the day, no question. Afterwards they went on the Matterhorn, which she loved, and before they got on she was singing "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" the way it's sung on the Disneyland Fun video. Fortunately the lines were shorter straight after the parade. Finally, she went to Splash Mountain and the wait was nearly 2 hours long. She waited in line with my dad without complaining at all, and when she was finally done, she LOVED IT so much. After the 2 hour wait once they got off the ride, she tugged on Dad's shirt and said, "We have to go on again!"

They left at about 9:00 at night because my DAD was the tired one. Billie, on the other hand, was hyper as ever. On Christmas morning she called me and told me how she had gone on all the "big kid" rides and wouldn't even go on a little kids one, and how she was "SO brave." She also told Frankie (the woman they were staying with, my stepmom's friend) that it was the "best Christmas ever." Then Frankie said, "Why didn't I have a girl?"

I only wish I was there with her, she had such a magical trip!