Disney guest relations has always had a pretty good reputation, this we know. Up until this past weekend I had never actually confirmed this, as I have never had reason to visit them.
The backstory is that we visited Magic Kingdom on Saturday, and planned to visit the Studios on Sunday. Once we got to the park on Sunday we were pretty bummed that Rockin Roller Coaster, Indiana Jones and the Backlot Tour were all closed. We wanted to stay for Fantasmic, but it was gonna be a long 8 hours until then. The park was super crowded due to some kind of cheerleading event, so we were ready to just leave and cut our losses.
But first we headed to Guest Relations to see if they might take pity on us and let us go to a different park. Without so much as an odd look, the woman we spoke to gave us a complimentary ticket to EPCOT, and re scheduled our dining reservations for that evening. I couldn't believe they were so accomodating. We took the Friendship boat over, and were in Future World within an hour (right at home
).
(in a Ron Popeil voice) But wait, theres more!
We visited GR once more, this time at EPCOT. Last month we took the unDISCOVERed Future World tour, and at the end our guide told us we could go to the VIP area to see Illuminations. We had to leave early that day, but our guide Robert told us that if we were coming back soon to let him know and he would get us in. So we were curious if the invitation still stood even though it was a month later.
It was!
Again, the wonderful Guest Relations rep. bent over backwards for us and put our names on the list for the VIP area. There were only a few people in there that day, so she said it wasn't a problem. Awesome!
The park wasn't crowded at all, and we got to do everything in just six hours. It was a day that started out as a dud, but was totally redeemed by the excellent G.R. people. My hat is off to them. I'll post up some pics later.
The backstory is that we visited Magic Kingdom on Saturday, and planned to visit the Studios on Sunday. Once we got to the park on Sunday we were pretty bummed that Rockin Roller Coaster, Indiana Jones and the Backlot Tour were all closed. We wanted to stay for Fantasmic, but it was gonna be a long 8 hours until then. The park was super crowded due to some kind of cheerleading event, so we were ready to just leave and cut our losses.
But first we headed to Guest Relations to see if they might take pity on us and let us go to a different park. Without so much as an odd look, the woman we spoke to gave us a complimentary ticket to EPCOT, and re scheduled our dining reservations for that evening. I couldn't believe they were so accomodating. We took the Friendship boat over, and were in Future World within an hour (right at home
). (in a Ron Popeil voice) But wait, theres more!
We visited GR once more, this time at EPCOT. Last month we took the unDISCOVERed Future World tour, and at the end our guide told us we could go to the VIP area to see Illuminations. We had to leave early that day, but our guide Robert told us that if we were coming back soon to let him know and he would get us in. So we were curious if the invitation still stood even though it was a month later.
It was!
Again, the wonderful Guest Relations rep. bent over backwards for us and put our names on the list for the VIP area. There were only a few people in there that day, so she said it wasn't a problem. Awesome!
The park wasn't crowded at all, and we got to do everything in just six hours. It was a day that started out as a dud, but was totally redeemed by the excellent G.R. people. My hat is off to them. I'll post up some pics later.
