What is your favorite magical Disney memory?
Some things are often brought up about the rude guests or bad experiences that we may forget just how magical Disney really is. In fact, part of the training that castmembers get is on how to "seek out opportunities to interact with guests", spreading a little of that pixie dust around and making magical memories.
I guess that's why we keep going back! :mickey:
So, what are some of your most magical Disney memories? They can be interactions with castmembers, interactions with other guests, something you observed, or anything special to you about Disney parks. Here are a couple of mine:
On a trip in the summer of 2005, I saw a Disney bus driver who, in the middle of the Florida heat, did a fantastic job of distracting guests from the hot bus ride by leading sing alongs, telling interactive jokes, and getting riders to introduce themselves. He also got off the bus and "bowed" to little girls in princess dresses as they left, and wished us a magical day. The neat thing is that he remembered our names from when we introduced ourselves, and he called each one of us by name.
One thing my wife and I love to do is find a great and fun place to eat, and the 50s Prime Time Diner at the Disney (MGM) Studios is one of our favorites. The food is great, and, if you can save room for dessert, the s'mores or the malts are fantastic! One of the things that makes the 50s Prime Time Diner such a fun place to go is the atmosphere. Even if you were born twenty years after the 50s like I was, you can sense the nostalgia just by being amid all those 50s era surroundings. BUT, even the great setting is not what makes the 50s Prime Time Diner so fun - it's the castmembers! Anyone who has been here knows about the wait staff who magically become "cousins", "aunts", and "uncles", and the cooks who magically become "mom". And you also may know of the antics that those "cousins" do, involving many families in the fun.
One particularly funny episode was on a recent trip when one man, the dad of the family, wasn't going to eat his green beans. After being told to stand in the corner and have a green bean fed to him "choo-choo" style, he still wasn't going to eat all his beans. Trying to be sneaky, he folded up the remainder of his green beans in a napkin, and put the napkin in his wife's purse. But he wasn't sneaky enough to fool the "cousin" in our room! As soon as she came back to the table, our "cousin" the waitress spotted the hidden green beans, and called it to everyone's attention. Then, she said she had a special dessert for our misbehaving dad. She brought out a bowl of ice cream, with green beans lining the bowl and stuck in the ice cream!