Still making magic.

 The years of a Million Dreams are now past, and now we are into the “What will you Celebrate?” campaign.  I miss seeing the Dream Squad out in the parks.  It seems to be like a bit of the magic is gone for sure.  There was something about knowing there were cast members out there that would randomly encounter guests and make amazing dreams come true.  Now that it is gone, it really is missed.

  The few hundred of us have now all returned back to our former roles or some have gone on to Guest Relations or any number of roles in the parks.  One dreamer went on to be the Disney Embassador for the Walt Disney Resorts.  I am not surprised at all. 

  As many of you know I love my job at Toy Story Midway Mania.  As tired as I get I never tire of the gift it is to all of our guests.  I never get tired of seeing the smiles, or hearing the excited conversations as the guests leave the vehicles.  How could I ever get tired of hearing “This ride is Awesome!!!”  ?

  Today was a particularly wonderful day.  I was in the role of grouper, the one that asks how many in your party and then sends the guests to the rows to be loaded into the vehicle.  There was a delay in sending the cars out and I had a few extra minutes to spend with a little girl.  Who was telling me how old she was.  We had a wonderful conversation, and then she went on her way to have fun out on the Midway.  I was rotated to another position, unload assist.  And who should come walking up to me but the little girl.  Her arms open wide.  She wanted to give me a hug.  My day was made right then.  And to top it off she came back later and wanted yet another hug!  LOL, this time I asked mom if I could pick her up and then gave her yet another huge hug.  What a special thing for me, as those hugs are why I love my job.

 Later on in the evening I was at our merge point. Where the Standby and fastpass finally come together.  There was a family of 7 with a young girl about 7 yrs old or so.  And she was being very helpful making sure all her family had their fastpasses.  Her mom said that she would make a good cast member.  LOL, well that statement was all it took to get my “magic gears” rolling.  I asked the family if they were in a big hurry to move to the ride they said no, I then told my standby line I would be right back with a special “cast member” to assist them.  I asked the little girl to come to me and I took off my Toy Story jacket and put it on her.  I announced to everyone we had a new cast member here.  And the family was snapping pictures of their little girl who was grinning ear to ear in my oversized jacket.  She had a name badge with her name already so was easy to replace my name off my jacket.  I then had her let in the next few groups and they all were so wonderful to this little girl.  And it was a magical moment that I hope will stay with her forever. Because I know it will always stay with me!