KristenFNJ
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 12, 2011
Only you people will understand why I'm sitting at my desk crying over a pressed penny case!
DS1 (11) lost his pressed penny collection-the entire full case with 2 years worth of WDW coins-at the Magic Kingdom last Friday. We didn't realize it was missing until I went to pack it up to leave our hotel on Saturday morning, about 15 minutes before check-out time.
Now, I think about the amazing, strong inspirational families who were there on Wish trips, traveling with loved ones who live with serious challenges, even surely some who suffered great losses back home in OK while we were there... clearly, a pressed penny collection doesn't even register on the list of things that matter, and we're grateful for our true blessings and have perspective about it.
But through my "mom" colored glasses, there was my baby, who LOVED this collection, which included his first coin from Ellis Island to his first pressed quarter to commemorate his first ride on Space Mountain that very day... there were precious memories in there. He was SO mature about it, he was so clearly disappointed but held it together emotionally so well, and didn't make a bit of a fuss (while I was in tears, frantically tearing apart all the bags I had just packed
). I was and am so proud of him for keeping a sense of perspective and acting so maturely.
We called the hotel when we got back, and after several searches they didn't find it. I don't know what even made me think that Disney had a Lost & Found, so I googled it and saw that some people had been able to get things back even weeks after their trip, so I gave it a try...
Well, thank goodness no one was standing outside my office to see me freak out and start crying! The poor operator! LOL I was absolutely shaking. They took our address and are going to ship it to our home. Unreal, just unreal. I cannot wait to get home and tell my son. He deserves this-he's a great kid, even though he lost it, everyone makes mistakes, and he deserves to get it back. My mom is calling it a miracle. LOL (over the top, maybe? lol)
So I simply have to acknowledge this amazing service by Disney! One website said they get something like 160+ pairs of sunglasses a DAY! Can you even imagine how much stuff they get from 4 parks, 2 water parks, and DTD? And yet, in 10 minutes they were able to locate my item, and she even opened it and told me what she saw-she had it in hand! By all logistical counts, this is nothing short of amazing to me. I am so impressed, and I really wanted to share this tremendously positive review with everyone!
(I also owe a huge debt of gratitude out into the universe for the individual who found it and chose to turn it in! Thank you, whomever you are!!!)
DS1 (11) lost his pressed penny collection-the entire full case with 2 years worth of WDW coins-at the Magic Kingdom last Friday. We didn't realize it was missing until I went to pack it up to leave our hotel on Saturday morning, about 15 minutes before check-out time.
Now, I think about the amazing, strong inspirational families who were there on Wish trips, traveling with loved ones who live with serious challenges, even surely some who suffered great losses back home in OK while we were there
... clearly, a pressed penny collection doesn't even register on the list of things that matter, and we're grateful for our true blessings and have perspective about it.But through my "mom" colored glasses, there was my baby, who LOVED this collection, which included his first coin from Ellis Island to his first pressed quarter to commemorate his first ride on Space Mountain that very day... there were precious memories in there. He was SO mature about it, he was so clearly disappointed but held it together emotionally so well, and didn't make a bit of a fuss (while I was in tears, frantically tearing apart all the bags I had just packed
). I was and am so proud of him for keeping a sense of perspective and acting so maturely.We called the hotel when we got back, and after several searches they didn't find it. I don't know what even made me think that Disney had a Lost & Found, so I googled it and saw that some people had been able to get things back even weeks after their trip, so I gave it a try...
Well, thank goodness no one was standing outside my office to see me freak out and start crying! The poor operator! LOL I was absolutely shaking. They took our address and are going to ship it to our home. Unreal, just unreal. I cannot wait to get home and tell my son. He deserves this-he's a great kid, even though he lost it, everyone makes mistakes, and he deserves to get it back. My mom is calling it a miracle. LOL (over the top, maybe? lol)
So I simply have to acknowledge this amazing service by Disney! One website said they get something like 160+ pairs of sunglasses a DAY! Can you even imagine how much stuff they get from 4 parks, 2 water parks, and DTD? And yet, in 10 minutes they were able to locate my item, and she even opened it and told me what she saw-she had it in hand! By all logistical counts, this is nothing short of amazing to me. I am so impressed, and I really wanted to share this tremendously positive review with everyone!
(I also owe a huge debt of gratitude out into the universe for the individual who found it and chose to turn it in! Thank you, whomever you are!!!)
By the way OP, you are a great writer!
aw, thanks! I appreciate that, since I know I'm not capable of telling a "short" story! I imagine most people see the number of paragraphs and just glaze over and hit the back button! LOL
that only WDW can do 
We had stopped to visit family before we went to WDW and she had gone with her uncle to Cabellas where they had all the animals and she took lots of pictures. I specifically mentioned one that looked like she had a polar bear coming out of her head. He laughed and said, "Then this camera definitely is yours - that's not the type of photo I usually see!" 
