December 22, 2004

Magic!

I never told you about the Magic that is D'sney. When we left for Orlando a couple of weeks ago, we didn't expect to visit D'sneyWorld. We were going to be in town for only about 60 hours. And Sam's brother stopped working for the Empire earlier this year, so we figured comp tickets were not to be had. We were wrong. The last batch of comp tickets was given to the segment of the family with children. They headed to the M'gicKingdom. We hooked up with a friend who still works for the Empire, at Epc't, with plans to meet the rest of the family at the M'gicKingdom.

So, when we entered Epc't, we were given multi-park tickets and the inside of our wrists were stamped. We spent a couple of hours there and then headed for the monorail. Just as we were about to go through the exit, I checked my pocket for my ticket. Gone!
I was shocked.
Devastated.
I'd ruined our plans to spend the rest of the day with family. And I'd screwed up - losing something very expensive. I like to think of myself as above losing things.
Ego check in process.

We went to customer service, but because it was a comp ticket, there was nothing they could do. I cried. And pouted. Tried to convince Sam to meet up with the family and connect with me later. After I beat myself up, we headed to an exhibit in Epc't. But then I started wondering how much a ticket to the M'gicKingdom cost. Maybe it was worth it? We headed toward the gate again, to ask an employee. But this wasn't just any employee. His name was Walt. Just like the founder.

We asked Walt the cost of a ticket to the M'gicKingdom. We weren't trying to finagle anything, but in asking him, we revealed the situation of my lost ticket. Walt walked over to an entry gate, picked up a multi-park ticket and handed it to me, wishing us a happy holiday.

Magic! Just thinking about his kindness brings a knot to my throat.

This was me after talking to customer service:
My one person pity party

This was me after seeing the above picture of myself:
Amused by the pity party
I also probably looked like this after meeting Walt.

Posted by Shokufeh at December 22, 2004 12:52 AM
Comments

what's with the replacement of select vowels with apostrophes?

It's the paranoid in me. While I appreciate what the magician did, the Empire may not be so pleased. So I just wanted to make it harder to find.

Posted by: meisa at December 22, 2004 09:18 AM

that's great :)

Posted by: Linda at December 22, 2004 06:26 PM