We went in 06 for our DD's 3rd Birthday and I tried and tried and tried to get reservations for lunch ANY of the 4 days we were there. I tried every day for a month and struck out, even the morning of.
When we arrived at the MK on our first day (after getting the birthday button,) I hurried up to the Castle to check on lunch cancellations. They said there were none so I was ready to give up. We had dinner reservations at Tony's for her official birthday dinner, but I really wanted to surprise her.
As a 'I'll try one more time,' I headed back over to the castle while the rest of the family was riding small world. The hostess was the same lady that was there at breakfast and she smiled when I came back up. I explained the story again and she said for me to hold on. She came back a couple of minutes later and told me that if I could get my party here in about 5 minutes, they could fit us in.
I was excited, RAN to small world just as my family was exiting. I grabbed them and told them I had a surprise, but we had to run. We ran (Meme couldn't really run, being old and all
) but we made it just in time to walk right in!
I nearly hugged the hostess and told her thank you about a million times as we waiting in line for the picture with Cinderella.
It was an amazing experience and it was because of a caring Cast Member.
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