Magical Cast Members: Figment Dries Tears

Over our many trips to Walt Disney World, we have been fortunate enough to meet many Cast Members who have gone To Infinity and Beyond to make our trip even more Magical than it already is. This is one of those stories:

Whether you have stayed at Disney for 2 days or 10, it is always so hard to say, "goodbye," when those final few moments come. My 5-year-old daughter took leaving the Most Magical Place on Earth particularly hard last summer. We had decided to spend the morning of our last day at Animal Kingdom, riding our favorite rides one more time and giving Mickey & Minnie and Chip & Dale some last big hugs for the road. As we began to make our way toward the park entrance, reality began to set in for my daughter - we were going home - and she lost it. She started crying so hard and so loudly, with enormous tears running down her cheeks. We gave her hugs and we gave her kisses but, unless we were going to be able to give her 1 more day, there was nothing that we would be able to do for her at that moment. She did mention that she would like some water (no kidding, with all of that crying), so we checked out Island Mercantile - the first store we came to. There was no water to be found in there but a kind Cast Member pointed us in the right direction, just across the way. She took a moment to check on my daughter, making sure that everything was okay, and then we continued on our path toward water, and then the busses. Just moments after we exited the store, however, that kind Cast Member popped back up again, calling for us to wait. She knelt down to my daughter and asked her if she liked Figment. Like Figment? My little girl loves Figment! And then the Cast Member proceeded to give my daughter a small Figment pin! Did it take away the sadness of leaving Disney? No, not really. But it did make my daughter feel so nice to know that other people cared about her, and were thinking about her. The tears came a little slower, the crying quieted to a silent sob, and my kiddo still has her Figment pin in her room to this day, to remind her of the kindness and compassion of others - which kind of just makes us all want to go back even more!

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