{"id":137,"date":"2012-03-12T16:35:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T16:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.test\/2012\/03\/12\/magical-welcome\/"},"modified":"2019-10-12T15:15:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T15:15:48","slug":"magical-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/papersuasion.com\/tiki\/magical-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Magical Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"110\" width=\"210\" src=\"..\/images\/stories\/cast_members\/IMG_4342cm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4342cm\" class=\"img-border\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; float: left; margin-right: 5px;\" \/>Erin shared her story with me about a special Cast Member that went above and beyond what he needed to do as his daily job. Sometimes it takes more thought than effort to make a big difference in a persons visit to the resort. Here is her story of how a Cast Member made a difference in her visit to the Polynesian.<\/p>\n<p> <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"cast noopener noreferrer\" href=\"images\/stories\/cast_members\/IMG_2254c.jpg\" class=\"jcepopup\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"171\" width=\"200\" src=\"..\/images\/stories\/cast_members\/IMG_2254c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2254c\" class=\"img-border\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; float: left; margin-right: 5px;\" \/><\/a>On our recent trip, we were the only family on our Magical Express bus arriving at the Polynesian.&nbsp; When we stepped off the bus, CM Pete was waiting at the curb to greet us &#8212; which in and of itself is always very nice.&nbsp; What made the moment extra special, though, was that he directed the greeting at our 10-month-old son, Reed, welcoming him immediately <em>by name<\/em>, letting him know that it was so special that he brought his family to Disney, and telling him that Mickey couldn&#8217;t wait to meet him.&nbsp; Pete had Reed&#8217;s First Visit pin in hand, and after taking some group photos for us, helped Reed lead us all to the lobby.&nbsp; (Pete then stayed with us while we were checked in, helped our 5-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son conduct their very first pin trades, and even made sure that my son&#8217;s stuffed dinosaur got his own welcome&nbsp;lei.)&nbsp; Pete&#8217;s attention to detail made for such a special start to our trip &#8212; and the first time visitors with us were instantly&nbsp;wowed by&nbsp;the magic of&nbsp;the Disney experience.&nbsp; For me, it was a lasting and memorable moment &#8212;&nbsp;to have our littlest traveler immediately&nbsp;greeted by name,&nbsp;as if all of Walt Disney World&nbsp;had been just waiting for him to&nbsp;arrive!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Erin&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erin shared her story with me about a special Cast Member that went above and beyond what he needed to do as his daily job. Sometimes it takes more thought than effort to make a big difference in a persons visit to the resort. Here is her story of how a Cast Member made a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-cast-member-stories","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"turkmandu","author_link":"https:\/\/papersuasion.com\/tiki\/author\/turkmandu\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersuasion.com\/tiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersuasion.com\/tiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersuasion.com\/tiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersuasion.com\/tiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersuasion.com\/tiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/papersuasion.com\/tiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1985,"href":"https:\/\/papersuasion.com\/tiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions\/1985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersuasion.com\/tiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersuasion.com\/tiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersuasion.com\/tiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}