You're such a doll Not really famous but I'm trying. There is a Disney commercial that I was in - that will bring me lots of fame on this board, wouldn't it? But the thing is, if you blink, I'm gone. Here's a link to my website - check out the video.
http://tracywiu.com/flash/disneyCommercial.html
But seriously, don't blink! I'm in the 2nd "scene", sitting on a bench at MK, then transformed into the Crystal Palace. Don't BLINK!!!
And, thank you for the compliments on the centerpieces. They're not really centerpieces, but they're place card holder type things. But good enough. Flowers will be with that too.. in square vases - all roses
Hey, hijack away!!! Well, as for the magic... you do and you don't. Obviously I didn't since I'm getting married there! But, you do lose a bit of it. It depends on how much you work there. Honestly, for me, when I first started working there, I would spend every waking moment at the parks when I had time off. Nowadays (7 years later) I don't. You forget sometimes how amazing it is because you have access to go there all the time - but then there are moments, like last weekend, when DF and I realized we didn't have a lot of money to spend to go out, but we wanted to have a "date night". So we went to Epcot, had a couple drinks, sat on a park bench and watched Illuminations. That, my friend, is cheap date night. Imagine that? Pretty cool, huh?
So, to answer your question. You don't lose the magic! At least I haven't. I know that for DF and I, and probably most of our friends - you start working for the mouse because you love the mouse and you stay working at the mouse because you still love the mouse. I left the mouse 2 years ago (to get a "real job") but I still work there weekends. I don't do it for the money (although it helps!), I do it because it's fun and I get to be a part of something amazing. Wow, I sound like a cheezy commercial!
Conclusion? COME TO DISNEY! You wont regret it. Promise.
Ok I'm gonna hijack a little too and answer this. I also work for Disney. I worried about this same exact thing before I decided to take a job with Disney. Most of my days are spent in a big office building not in the parks so I have that going for me. It's like being at Disney but not really being there. However, I will say that I have lost some of the specialness that I used to feel at Disney. Some of the magic is gone for me b/c now when I'm in the parks, I'm doing work! Like Tracy though, I obviously still love Disney b/c I'm choosing to get married there. And I definitely agree with her that it's so awesome to be able to go to Disney whenever. We love date nights at Epcot! Anyways I dont regret working for Disney but I do know that I dont want to stay here when I have kids simply b/c I want it to be special for them like it was for me when we went on our family trips. Does that make sense?