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[DisneyPrince1982]

One time I was waiting in line for Soarin and a young man (about 16) came up behind me and he was frantically looking for his mom. He thought she was way ahead in line and he was going to go look for her. Instead, I told him hang tight and asked his mom's name. I then yelled out for her and informed her that her son was at the back of the line if she wished to join him there. I love reuniting loved ones.

 

[LisaCM614]

We bring a bag of jewels into Mickey's Philharmagic. My kids who are tweens hand them to the littles around us after the show. My kids tell them "I caught some jewels would you like some?" It is awesome to spread the magic!

 

[abovelevel]

We were a little ways back in line for Soarin' when a CM walked up to us and said "just two? come on up!" - I guess they needed to fill up the end of a row. Well, we had noticed a cute little girl and her mom in line behind us. The girl had been getting really antsy (it was a long line!!), so we asked them if they wanted to go instead of us. She was so excited!

 

[BuckeyeBama]

We were a little ways back in line for Soarin' when a CM walked up to us and said "just two? come on up!" - I guess they needed to fill up the end of a row. Well, we had noticed a cute little girl and her mom in line behind us. The girl had been getting really antsy (it was a long line!!), so we asked them if they wanted to go instead of us. She was so excited!

And a veteran Soarin' rider knows that the two last minute additions got the worst seats in Soarin' - far end of the worst row.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

I work in healthcare and I know what it feels like to be yelled at for things I have no control over. So I make it a point to be extra friendly, always say please and thank you, give people the benefit of the doubt and just think what it must be like to be in their position at the moment.

It really bothers me when I see a guest yelling at the server at a restaurant because the wait is 30 minutes. Do you think SHE wants the wait to be 30 minutes? Do you think she enjoys having to tell everyone the wait is 30 minutes and everyone getting pissy with her? NO. She wishes she could seat you right away and everyone is happy.

I've given Fastpasses away before. I've given out the light up necklaces we've bought at the dollar store.

But for me being a GOOD guest is about being courteous and having manners.

 

[Jess_S]

I work in healthcare and I know what it feels like to be yelled at for things I have no control over. So I make it a point to be extra friendly, always say please and thank you, give people the benefit of the doubt and just think what it must be like to be in their position at the moment.

It really bothers me when I see a guest yelling at the server at a restaurant because the wait is 30 minutes. Do you think SHE wants the wait to be 30 minutes? Do you think she enjoys having to tell everyone the wait is 30 minutes and everyone getting pissy with her? NO. She wishes she could seat you right away and everyone is happy.

I've given Fastpasses away before. I've given out the light up necklaces we've bought at the dollar store.

But for me being a GOOD guest is about being courteous and having manners.

This reminds me of a story from when I worked the register at Pizza Planet. A guest told me that I should be ashamed of myself because the prices were outrageous. I'm not sure why anyone would think that the cashier sets the prices throughout WDW. It was probably not the correct Disney response, but I told her that I understood how she felt seeing as I made minimum wage. After that, she was totally pleasant to me.

I can think of lots of fun things we did for guests when I was a CP -- like randomly handing out free drinks or free cookies when the park was slower. But the only good guest stories I can think of involve giving people directions.

 

[ccudmore]

I regularly let people's children in front of mine during parades (as long as they're little and don't obstruct our view) with no questions asked. Makes no difference to me and it makes a huge difference to them.

If I have left-over meal credits on the meal plan on the last day, I use them to pay for meals as whoever is at the table next to us (or in line behind us at a counter service restaurant).

Many old fast-passes given away.

 

[kj2mom]

I am really big about making sure we don't have any effect on anyone else's vacation (seriously, my children think I am crazy how much attention I pay to little details) but something that came to mind on our trip earlier this month was it was hot, very hot. A lady in the front of the Tiki Room line went down. I had a Frosty towel we hadn't used (still sealed in the package) so I asked others waiting to pass it up the line to the lady. Her family was soo thankful (they looked for me in line and tried to offer me money, I did not accept just glad to hopefully help). By the time we entered the show it looked like she was doing a bit better (she was off the ground and sitting/talking in a wheelchair). Hopefully she is okay!

 

[boomgoesthemickey]

This past feb me and my gf went to the world of disney in dd, there was a greeter there who was in a wheelchair and had lost both of his legs he was greeting everyone without any sort of acknowledgment back. Now i never found out what happened to him but I have a friend who lost his legs in iraq so seeing everyone ignore him really got to me. I bought one of the pins that has two mickey hands around a heart and asked another cast member to give it to him just as a sign that someone noticed and appreciated the job he was doing.

 

[wicked.witch.of.wdw]

I was on the ferry to MK once, and me and another family were talking to one of the boat greeters. Their little girl (6/7-ish) started crying because he had a pin thing on his hip with a very, very pretty Belle pin, but she didn't have anything to trade. So I took one of my traders out of my bag and got the Belle, then handed it to the little girl. The mom was beaming when she put the pin on the girl's shirt

 

[jo-jo]

Although I've done things like giving the paper FP or giving up seats on the bus, my biggest nice person act was, I helped a father carry some drinks. DH and I were waiting for the night time parade, sitting by city hall . I was walking up to Tomorrow land Terrace to get egg rolls, (this was many yrs). At Casey's I saw a 30 ish age man trying to carry a cardboard tray of drinks and a tray of food and not doing too well. I asked if he needed help. I took one tray and followed him back to his family of a wife and several young children......all the way down main street, almost to where DH was sitting. They thanked me and offed to buy me some popcorn, but I declined.

 

[Magpie]

Fun thread!

My husband and I did a backstage tour in Epcot and at the end they gave us a fast pass to Soarin good for five guests. There's only two of us, so that afternoon we went and lurked by the entrance of the ride looking for someone to share them with. We overheard a mum tell her daughter that the wait was too long, and they'd have to skip this one. So we approached them and asked if they wanted to come with us. Turns out dad was in the bathroom, so the numbers added up perfectly - five of us in total.

And in the fast pass queue, we discovered they had come all the way from Isreal, celebrating their daughter's bat mitzvah. They hadn't had a chance to ride Soarin yet, and this was the last day of their trip!

We loved meeting them, and getting to share a bit of the magic.

Edit: Darn Tab changed Epcot to Epson and I didn't notice!

 

[Magpie]

By the way, did anyone ever have difficulty giving fast passes away in the old days? I once had a couple Toy Story Manias I wanted to give away, and people kept acting like I was doing something suspicious or trying to scam them somehow. Mind you, the young couple who finally accepted them were completely delightful. But all the effort involved, and the frowns I got, did make me rather less inclined to try the whole, "giving away fastpasses" thing again.

 

[Boopuff]

I'm that mom who will make my kids give up a seat to an older person on the bus. In fact my kids (ages 21+) find it hilarious to try to lap sit!

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

We once were late to get a good spot to watch the Spectro Magic Parade and my almost grown kids and wife were standing back toward the store front. A MOM, with 2 little girls, were standing in the middle of the crowd, so my son nudged me and when I saw them, I asked the Mom is it was ok. She smiled and we each took one girl on our shoulders to watch the parade. The girls were thrilled and the Mom was thanking us over and over after the parade and on the walk to the bus.

It was one of times my wife and I were really proud of our Son!


AKK

 

[skier_pete]

I am a strong believer in this. Call it karma, or "you get what you give" or as the Beatles once famously posited "The love you take is equal to the love you make."

Some things we typically do:

1) If a guest looks lost and their are no CMs present I will offer to help them out. (happens frequently)
2) If I see a family taking a picture of their group and the one person is taking the picture, I will offer to take it for them.
3) I used to give away unused fastpasses (which is harder than you'd think) but with the new system there is no real way to do this.
4) I am friendly to other guests in line. (Though there is a limit to how much 'cutting in line to catch up with my family' I will tolerate.)
5) Most important - and something that no one mentions in this thread so far - I treat the CMs with respect and also politely do what they ask of me. They are just doing their jobs, and they have to deal with enough problem guests without me piling on, so even if I have an issue I am always polite and patient. Usually that returns as excellent service.

 

[Jadyreen1282]

We always "donate" our leftover beer and snacks to the guest neighbors at POR. Very popular.

 

[disneygolfer1985]

Here are some of the things I can think of off the top of my head.

1. Back in the old FP days, I remember giving out unused FPs to the mountain rides if we had any extras. I have had this done to me, so I know how much a family will enjoy it.

2. If I'm sitting on transportation and see and older couple or mother, I will always get up and give them my seat if the bus is crowded.

3. I will usually give up my spot for a parade to little children as long as they don't try to crush me to get up front.

I try to be my everyday caring self at the world as long as I'm shown some respect. I hate the people who just cut in front of you and then look at you like it is your fault. That irritates me.

 

[disneygolfer1985]

I will also add that I try to be very polite to the CM as stated above. I have found it you are nice to them, then you get great service back. I really enjoy talking to the CM around the World Showcase to learn about their country and customs. You would be amazed at how interested they are when you actually try to talk to them and learn things. I know this because I have been complimented many times for actually talking with them.

 

[gzmtlock]

When my kids were younger, we were all avid pin traders. College-aged now, they don't get into it as much. But we have at least 10 lanyards full of pins. So a couple years ago, each of us selected one lanyard full of our favorite pins to keep, and we are now in the multi-trip process of giving the rest away. We'll head into a park with one or two lanyards full of pins we no longer want. Look for opportunities to give individual pins away to young kids (always being aware of doing this without any perception of "creepiness"). And when the lanyard is down to just one or two pins, we'll look for a parent who is looking at starter lanyards/pin sets and ask if they want our almost-empty one. This has become one of the highlights of our trips!