Cool things that happened to me at WDW last week.
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hmears · 01-22-2005, 10:27 PM

I was at WDW last week. My husband and I were in Orlando for a Builder's Show and stayed at POR. Had a great time.

Anyway, we went down without purchasing our park tickets in advance like we usually do. After checking in, my hubby decided to take a nap, I couldn't sit still and decided to go to the Magic Kingdom solo. He said, "Go ahead- maybe I'll meet you there later." So I go down to the guest services window to buy my park ticket. I decided on a 2 day, 1 park ticket and charged it to my room (about $126.) They said I could use my room card as my ticket so off I go to MK.

When I slid my card in the reader, the turnstile didn't turn.

I was directed to the guest services outside the park entrance. I showed the cast member there my receipt and explained what happened. She called the resort and tried to figure out the problem. Apparently, the resort cast member should have printed out a new card for me, but did not. So the cast member at MK said she'd take care of the problem for now, when I returned to the hotel I could work it out with them. She gave me a complimentary ticket to the park and a bunch of priority passes to go to the front of the line on any attraction- for my time and being inconvenienced. The whole transaction took less than 5 minutes and I was not upset or mad so I'm not sure why they went to such lengths to keep me happy. Other than that is typical Disney service.

They were so helpful and nice about the mix-up. It turns out that we were able to get "after 2:00" tickets through the convention we were attending so I asked to have the $126 refunded and then bought the cheaper tickets for the rest of our trip (since we were at the Builder Show in the morning, then the parks after 2:00.)

So here I am by myself at MK for the first time ever with no kids to slow me down and no husband to keep me out of the gift shops.

Plus I had those cool priority passes so I didn't have to wait in any lines. The sun was shining and life was good. I think that was the best 3 hours I've ever experienced. Hubby called me when he woke up and could tell by the sound of my voice he was missing out on a good time, so he met me in time for a hot dog at Casey's and Wishes over the castle. Then I found out that the MK is the park with extra magic hours that evening so we stayed late and played like children. What a wonderful day.

Another note- I was kind of bummed that I didn't have my lanyard of Disney pins to wear and trade. I didn't plan to buy more while I was there. I usually buy inexpensive ones on eBay, then trade them with Cast Members. (I know that sounds cheap, but I just like trading the same 5-6 pins over and over- I don't usually add to my collection.) Well, my pins are in storage while we prepare to move so I didn't have any to trade. While at the Builder's Show, I visited the Disney booth and talked to a cast member there. He gave me 5 different pins (old ones that I didn't particularly want but could trade) plus he took a handful of small character toys out of his pocket and said to pick out some to take home to my kids. WDW is my favorite place in the world. Everything about it is just magical and so cool.

And thanks to a tip on this board I saw the message that's spelled out in the bottom of the information board at Tower of Terror. Way cool.

Oh yeah, something really fun happened at the Builder's Show, but since it's not WDW related, I'll post it on another board.

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Lisa

DISNEYGOOF · 01-22-2005, 11:26 PM

Lisa, how great that you got a solo 3 hours, sounds like you put it to good use.

**rescuesk** · 01-22-2005, 11:43 PM

Your trip keeps sounding better and better!!!

OffKilter_Lynn · 01-23-2005, 09:58 AM

It's stories like this that make me love Disney so much! I just love happy endings!

Glad you had a great day!

BabieeMelly · 01-23-2005, 11:09 AM

I'm so glad you had so many great experiences!

loobyoxlip · 01-23-2005, 06:07 PM

Lisa, that is SO cool.

I can't imagine going to MK childless (although I will know this May

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lindawdw · 01-23-2005, 08:21 PM

Lisa - sounds like you really enjoyed those 3 hours of alone time! That was great that you got those additional priority passes too. Great Disney service - we love to hear those stories.