Originally Posted By Disney and beyond I love to try and chit chat with othere guests, and I wonder if you have any cool stories and experiences with other guest. I just wanted to get this topic out there, I will post some of my great stories later.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt I always get stuck next to some nut that talk my ear off about some random topic that doesn't interest me!
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney I had so many on Tuesday, it helped make the day magical... Three times, out of the blue I had someone offer to take MY DD and I picture... Waiting for the Carousel, a man and his girlfriend were going to be the last on, but as they enter he spots my daughter and I behind him, and they offered to let my DD and I go ahead so we could get right on... The seven people throughout the day that let my DD go ahead of them when inline at the restrooms... When I was walking through adventureland and my daughter spilled her juice on herself and out of the blue a woman walking by with her stroller whips out a wad of napkins and hands them to me... I dropped my wallet and was walking on the overpass by POTC, when a gentleman named Brian caught up to me and gave it back (I didn't even know I had lost it!!) THANK YOU BRIAN~~~ There are more...and the CM stories just for that day...Incredible and all of them reaffirming the Magic for me and making the day great for my DD's first visit!
Originally Posted By LadyKluck One of the years we were there for the LP meet, my friend Casey and I were standing in line for GRR & struck up a conversation with the couple in front of us who were in DL for their honeymoon. They were a super cute couple and fun to talk to. When we got up to the front, we all ended up in the same raft too. After the ride was over we were all still really dry and really dissappointed in that fact! We rode again, 2 more times, as a party of 4, until we finally got satisfactorily drenched the 3rd time through. We parted ways after that but it was still so much fun to meet them and hang out for that short time.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove I'll have to agree with LadyKluck...GRR is my most favorite place to meet people and have the most incredible, choice encounters with them. Too many to tell...I'd bore you. But all stellar. There are so many purely good people still out there and they're not even on LP! Can you imagine?!?!? Also, along with Momluvs, I am constantly amazed at the folks that offer to take our picture. It's sooo very sweet and I thank them all from the bottom of my heart. Here's one challenge I wish I could solve, though: DH's camera takes utterly amazing zoom pictures, especially of total strangers' children interacting with the characters. We wish there were ways to post them for their parents to see. It seems kind of creepy if we'd walk up and say, hey, your child just happened to me in the picture with Goofy and.... *sigh* If only their parents knew. Some are good enough for Disney print campaigns, no doubt.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove LOL! Oh, the effects of meds. Not "happened to me". It's supposed to be "happened to be".
Originally Posted By DLTheo Oh, yes, I agree about the pictures. I wish there was a way. I am always snapping pictures, including of characters. People look at the pictures and say, "who's that with Snow White?" Beats me, but they sure are cute! We had an experience where an older couple gave us their two dream fastpasses they'd just won but couldn't use. The only problem was they didn't see our dd with us, so we had three people with only 2 passes. But they had just gotten them and told us where, so we ran over and got three more. Then we hunted around and found a couple celebrating their honeymoon (they had the top hat and wedding veil Mickey ears!) and gave them the two we didn't need. Then we kept bumping into them all the time the rest of the week. Another time we met this really nice family from England with two sweet kids. We were trading pins and they were asking directions of the same CMs, so they asked all about the pins. Next time we saw them, the next day, their kids had lanyards and were trading pins, too! So I gave them an extra of mine. Then, turns out they had gotten priority seating for Aladdin (which we had never seen), and they talked the CM into giving us seats, too! We enjoyed them so much and were sorry to have to say goodbye.
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne When I was there last July my camera gave up on me just as my Mum was taking a photo of Me and Minnie.. we took a quik shot from Mum's porer quality camera and then thinking we shouldnt hold the line up anymore we sadly moved to the side and tried to work my camera out..then a lady left came over to us both and (knowig abut more about the camera than me) explained what had happened then put us in front of her own kids that were int he photo line to take a photo of me and my MUm together.. taking two shots just to make sure we both ahd our eyes open/smiles etc. She was really helpful.. though we did laugh when she saw the Aussie flag on my backpack and said 'wow you're from New Zealand.. I thought England' either way lovely lady. Also in DCA in the line to TSMM we were standing behind two women, one with a teen daughter who just chatted to us the whole hour we were in line. They told us every attraction worth doing at CA (we would have missed turtle talk if not for them) and were jsut generally charming to talk to. Meeting other happy guests make the day much better
Originally Posted By crazycroc I never thought these letters to laughingplace.com forums were true until I met Enrique. I fancy myself a right, proper, gentlemen, not prone to school-girl crushes, but as I was climbing aboard the Mark Twain Riverboat our eyes met. My face flushed with shyness, as I was not used to attention from such an attractive male, and it felt as if the entire Rivers of America could see the blood rushing to my face and ears in such a rapid manner. Enrique continued staring at with me with a warm smile, the twinkle in his eyes penetrating the usual coldness between strangers, and melting my heart and weakening my knees with anticipation. I walked up to him. "My name is Crazycroc.", I blurted out, like a teenager fumbling for the right words. "Enrique"., said the Cubano stud muffin, with such a strong masculine presence that I was soon lost in the smell of his hairy back musk and latino machismo. We exchanged pleasantries about the weather, laughed like long-like lost friends, shared anecdotal stories about our collection of mummified woodland creatures set up recreate the Last Supper. Alas, too soon, the Twain returned to dock, although I wish it would have remained in motion forever. We said tearful goodbyes, promising to meet that evening for a Monte Crisco at the Blue Bayou, wanting to moisten our lips and quench our lust with the delicous Bayou grease. I arrived early, wearing my best rainbow suspenders, my Richard Simmon's shorts, and a tuxedo t-shirt. At our table was a card, explaining that Enrique was a brain surgeon, recalled to his country to perform an emergency brain transplant. I wept salty tears of sadness, but I will always feel grateful for the time I had, and the memory I was able to share with my "oso", and his strong magical hands. When I look into the sunrise, I can still see his smiling face, still bewitching, if only in my heart.
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney crazycroc-You slay me.... <~~Whiping laughter tears from my eyes..
Originally Posted By Kathi K We went with my best friend on her birthday last month. About 10pm we were getting off the train at Toontown and a bunch of kids were telling her happy birthday. As we walked down the ramp they were singing to her! So cool!
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter When my son was five, he was selected to pull the sword out of the stone. It was a Very Big Moment for him, and he was thrilled with the medal Merlin gave him afterward. Much later in the day, we were in line for Peter Pan. A big, burly guy in line near us noticed my son's medal hanging around his neck and began talking to him in very reverential tones. "Wow! You pulled the sword out of the stone? You must be reeeeeeeeeeeeally strong! Merlin chose me to try earlier today, and I couldn't even move it an inch. Way to go, buddy!" My little guy was so proud of himself he was just glowing. What an awesome thing for that man to do--he made an already fantastic experience just that much better.
Originally Posted By mouseymom A couple of years ago we were headed back to our hotel on ART. It was full and I was 7 mo. pregnant and had a 3 cranky 3 year old. Two teenage boys jumped up and offered us thier seats, then entertained my DD all the way to the hotel. They had her laughing with silly antics and stories. Was so nice to see teens with such fun attitudes and good manners. We have also just had a lot of fun visiting with people while in line.
Originally Posted By Socrates Does Tokyo count? When I was at TDL last year, I was waiting for the daytime parade in a rainstorm. I was standing under an overhang and happened to strike up a conversation with a woman and her daughter who were from Australia. As it turned out, they were there to watch their daughter/sister in the parade; she was the Blue Fairy! Socrates "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Originally Posted By iamsally I have too many to go on about in one post. The best of course was meeting our clones; AKA Shiva and Tinkeroon. On our first meeting we had made reservations to have breakfast together the next morning. The rest is LP legend. This past trip we met a family from Australia while in line for TSMM. They ended up in the car behind us and I spent most of the ride taking shots of them. (Got a really poor score.) >>>We wish there were ways to post them for their parents to see<<< I told them I got some great shots of them on the ride and the dad put my email into his phone and said he would mail me so I could send them to him. Such fun memories.
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney I have to share this~ Yesterday while my DD and I were waiting to get on IASW, the ride was letting a woman in a wheelchair off the ride. This elderly woman had a huge grin on her face and was clutching a Mylar balloon that said "Happy Birthday" and had '103' in numbers on it. She was being accompanied by a younger man and woman, and a Disney Host. As she is wheeled by me I wished her happy birthday, and she points to my daughter and says "How lucky she is that she can come here so young. I have been coming here since the year the park opened, and I cannot get enough." I asked her what was the best thing about the park for her and she said "I love watching the children as they ride the rides, it reminds me to be young too!" She was wheeled away, and I had tears in my eyes at having been able to experience a person like her. What makes the park magical can certainly differ from one person to another. But it was magical for me to see how much the park touches someone who has seen so much in their life.
Originally Posted By ni_teach I always talk to strangers at the park. It's fun to meet new people. I often see people looking at their map and ask them if they need help finding a ride or attraction.
Originally Posted By iamsally ^^That brings up another story for me. We were in line for DCA and saw a family struggling over what to do. We started talking and they actually asked us to be their guides. We went straight to Soarin' and asked for B2 as it was their first time. After that we showed them how to get FP's for Grrrr. Then we all rode Screamin' together. Their daughter rode with me and told me I was her new best friend. She was really upset when we told them we had to leave. It was our last day and we had to hit the road home.
