As previously discussed here, here and here, my son rides Snow White's Scary Adventures rather frequently (which is kind of like saying the ocean is rather damp). On April 16th he went on his 1000th ride, which was made very special through the efforts of several CMs and members of this board.
The week after the big event Ben and I were in the park when we were stopped by one of the regular CMs we see, and she asked me when Ben was going to hit the big 1000. I told her it had already happened, and told her about how it went off, and she said that the Fantasyland cast members still wanted to do something special for Ben. She asked for my phone number, and told me to expect a call in the next few days.
Early last week I received a call from Theo Porter, the manager in charge of Fantasyland. He told me that all of the people in Fantasyland were very excited to hear about Ben's acheivement, and wanted to do something special for him. We agreed that Ben would stop by City Hall on Main Street yesterday at 1:30 for a special treat.
You can read my full account of the day in my journal entry. The reader's digest version is that Ben was given a private meet-and-greet with Snow White and Dopey in a nice, quiet private room. Also present were the two cast members who arranged everything (both of whom are long-time CM's who have enjoyed seeing Ben over the past two years), and then a third CM I didn't recognize, but who I assume was some kind of manager or security person. Ben was given pile of gifts, including a prince's crown, a bag of pixie dust, a commemorative certificate, a beautiful picture frame, and...
...a genuine Cast Member nametag. It's one of the brand new "Happiest Celebration on Earth" nametags, with his name proudly engraved on it. He was stopped at least a dozen times during the day by other cast members, asking how he got a real nametag. Ben seemed pretty proud of the whole thing.
There were tons of pictures taken, so as soon as the film is processed and digitized I will post a photo gallery - probably around the middle of the week.
Oh, and for anyone who was concerned: the witch in the mirror scene on SWSA is finally back in sync. But Dopey and Sneezy are still MIA from the yodeling scene.
The week after the big event Ben and I were in the park when we were stopped by one of the regular CMs we see, and she asked me when Ben was going to hit the big 1000. I told her it had already happened, and told her about how it went off, and she said that the Fantasyland cast members still wanted to do something special for Ben. She asked for my phone number, and told me to expect a call in the next few days.
Early last week I received a call from Theo Porter, the manager in charge of Fantasyland. He told me that all of the people in Fantasyland were very excited to hear about Ben's acheivement, and wanted to do something special for him. We agreed that Ben would stop by City Hall on Main Street yesterday at 1:30 for a special treat.
You can read my full account of the day in my journal entry. The reader's digest version is that Ben was given a private meet-and-greet with Snow White and Dopey in a nice, quiet private room. Also present were the two cast members who arranged everything (both of whom are long-time CM's who have enjoyed seeing Ben over the past two years), and then a third CM I didn't recognize, but who I assume was some kind of manager or security person. Ben was given pile of gifts, including a prince's crown, a bag of pixie dust, a commemorative certificate, a beautiful picture frame, and...
...a genuine Cast Member nametag. It's one of the brand new "Happiest Celebration on Earth" nametags, with his name proudly engraved on it. He was stopped at least a dozen times during the day by other cast members, asking how he got a real nametag. Ben seemed pretty proud of the whole thing.
There were tons of pictures taken, so as soon as the film is processed and digitized I will post a photo gallery - probably around the middle of the week.
Oh, and for anyone who was concerned: the witch in the mirror scene on SWSA is finally back in sync. But Dopey and Sneezy are still MIA from the yodeling scene.
