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Hello all,
First time posting here as I found a related thread while googling about our problem. We had a great 3 day trip to Disneyland and California Adventure celebrating my soon to be 4 year olds birthday. We were able to get most of the rides in we wanted, got lots of great family photos, and met over 20 characters to get autographs(could have been more but we just couldnt bring ourselves to wait over an hour at Royal Hall). It was an amazing experience to watch my little one light up when she spotted one and her excitement build through the line. Now comes the part where Dad(aka me) screwed up and screwed up big. We had rented a stroller for her and I was storing the autograph book in the top slot where the name tag is kept. Worked out great until the very end when exhaustion was overwhelming and feet were throbbing. My wife was tending to our 1yr old and I was tending to our soon to be 4yr old who had finally fallen asleep and hard. In all of that I left our stroller at the stroller parking area just before exiting back to the tram. I realized that I had forgotten it mid tram ride and the operators(cast members) were great and let me ride that same tram back so I didnt have to wait in the line for a return trip. In that 20 mins the strollers were still there, but I couldnt find ours and the cast member picking them up said that was his first pickup in the last 30 mins and he hadnt come across it. I rushed to lost and found and filled out the report, then over to stroller rental, all said they hadnt come across it. Ive been calling Lost and Found for past couple days and still to no avail. I cant begin to describe how guilty Im feeling right now as she had lots of personalized autographs for her birthday. We try to refocus her on all the positive stuff we did and that works for awhile, but it always wraps back to being "so sad we cant find my autographs." Oy, theres nothing like a child to make a guy feel like a schmuck. Please, if anyone knows of any solutions or suggestions Im open to trying anything at this point. Does Disney do an autograph by mail program? Just keep calling L&F? I know Im grabbing at straws here, but Im one desperate dad right now. Thanks to all.
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I am so sorry that happened! I know all too well how hard it is to not get a little scatterbrained when dealing with 2 kids, especially when you're exhausted!
Disney is pretty good about getting stuff back to you should you leave it/lose it somewhere and file a lost item report. I would keep calling Lost & Found to kind of keep it fresh in their minds but also try giving Disney Guest Services a call ( (714) 781-7290 ) and explain the situation. They may not be able to make the original autograph book reappear but they may be able to make some other Magic happen!
So sorry that happened. If the book doesn't turn up in Lost & Found and Guest Services isn't able to help out you may want to make a Fairy Godmailer request. People here who have a trip coming up may volunteer to get a postcard autographed and then mail it to your daughter. I know it won't replace the book but it could be fun for your daughter to get the postcards and may lessen the sadness about losing the book. Good luck!
I'm going in July and I'd be happy to get a book and have the autographs done to fill it. (Sadly we probably won't do princesses either). Just let me know.
Good luck in getting your original one back safe and sound!
Thats very nice of ya'll. I really appreciate your kindness. Ill keep trying L&F for awhile before I ask for that kind of help. I wouldnt want to be a burden on any one elses vacation. If I dont have any luck through official routes Ill definitely be asking for help. Thanks so much again for all the kindness.
We're going in June, and I would also be willing to try to re-create your daughter's book. It might not be exact, and Disney Guest Services would probably do a much better job than I could. Just let me know if you really need me to try for you. We will be traveling a long way and plan to see characters whenever possible, so we could just do two books!
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I know all too well how hard it is to not get a little scatterbrained when dealing with 2 kids, especially when you're exhausted!
but also try giving Disney Guest Services a call ( (714) 781-7290 ) and explain the situation. They may not be able to make the original autograph book reappear but they may be able to make some other Magic happen!
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