Helping a Angel.

As many of you know I am very proud to work at Toy Story Midway Mania.  Love everything about it, most of all I love the faces of the guests as they come in and I see how much they enjoyed the ride.

We have a special loading area for our guests that have disabilities.  It is called our WAV area, Wheelchair Access Vehicle.  This is one of my favorite places to be because often I am given a bit more time to visit with our guests.  And it is usually here my heart is touched by the families and the challenges they face.

Today there was a family that came to my area,  here was a mom, a dad, and two little girls.   But one of the little girls was in a chair that was more like a hospital bed.  This precious child hooked up to tubes, and machines.  But I could see in her eyes that she was very aware of where she was, even though she could not communicate it or move.

Since this was the first time that I had ever had this kind of chair/bed, I had to tell the family that we may not be able to load her on the vehicle.  But we would do our very best.  But before we would load the little girl, I wanted one of the parents to ride the ride in a wheelchair to experience it to let me know that it really was ok for her daughter.

When she came back she said lets get her on the ride.  This vehicle and this special area I am so very proud of.  We were able to take the time, and other guests were so very patient with us.  And we were able to put this fragile little girl on the ride.

I was fortunate to be there when they were done, and I said did she like it?  And the mom said she is mad because she could not stay on.  And I looked at the little girl and there were tears in her eyes.  She never got to play the game, she really never got to do anything but lay there, and listen, and watch as her mom held her in her arms.  With all of that, she still loved the ride.

What more can I say? I am blessed to work somewhere that can make that kind of magic.