Magical Memories

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Magical Memories

So.....on this miserable day in England I decided to sort through some old memories and reminisce so to speak! as I was going through I find an autograph book off my first ever trip to WDW at the tender age of 6 however this autograph book is a little special because this is not the autograph I had at the beginning of the holiday........... I has spent 2 whole weeks going round and getting all my favorite characters autographs etc., however on the last day we realized that the autograph book was not in the bag and we had lost it, as you can imagine I was very upset about this so we went to guest services to see if anything had been handed in, unfortunately not but they did take our name and address and said if they ever found anything they would let us know (we didn't have high hopes).

then about 6 months (maybe longer) this envelope arrived at our doorstep with an international stamp on, what was it we weren't expecting anything??? so opening it up here was an autograph book and a letter explaining that they never found anything but because it was my first autograph book and they had our name and address that they compiled a new one and sent it to me!!!!

now looking at this 17 (on its way to 18) years later I'm realizing exactly how special this book is as I'm sure that some of the autographs in the book have probably never been available and may never be available

Sorry for this little ramble on of a story but I found it today and thought with it being Disney related I had to share it with my like minded friends on here!!!!!

Thanks for reading and not falling asleep in the process!

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Nice story, thanks for sharing. awesome

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I love that story. Just reminds you how magical Disney can be. Thanks I needed a smile today. wink

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I'm so pleased it made somebody else smile it did me when I was happily reminded of it!

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What a special memory Amy. Disney just knows how to do things right! mickey

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That is such a special memory! Disney is a magical place for sure! muchlove

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Wow what a great story! That made me smile as well Smile
I also found my very first autograph book from when I was around that age too (it's over 20 years old now eek ) I brought it on our November 2013 trip to add to it and the cast members were wondering where it came from because they had never seen one like it before. At first they asked if it was from DCL but then they saw WDW on it and I told them how old it was they declared it was vintage laugh

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Spook your story made me smile too! When I found mine I decided I would try and recreate it, however I've realised since then it is nearly impossible!!! But also makes me feel special that somebody thought to do this for me!

Disney really is magical!

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Every now and then, normally when we're planning our next trip or writing our daily part intinarary (or suffering the Disney Blues..... you know wat I'm talking about) we pull out the boxes containing all of the bits from previous trips to WDW, including our autograph books. I remember our 1st trip back in '00, we were 24 at the time and it kinda seemed daft at the time queuing for all those signatures, well at least when we started. By the end of the trip we had loads of pages in the booked signed and the photos to go with them and every trips it's part of our Disney traditions. Now everytime we look at them year after year, they always bring a smile to my face.

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Wow that's wonderful I've gotta say the past few years I've kinda just forgot about the characters and thinking that people will look at me weird, this trip I'm having a book and I'm going to meet as many as I possibly can and this is so exciting I never thought at 25 I would be excited about this but I'm more exited for this than anything else!!!!

Thanks everyone for sharing you're stories it's been a pleasure to read! X

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What fantastic stories! Thanks so much for sharing. mickey

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Very sweet!! Thanks for sharing, Amy!

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Coming from someone who has 3, yes, 3 autograph books for 3 different trips, I would definitely have been crushed if I left them or lost any of them on my trips. Each book I have represents a different trip and different memories. Yes, I'm getting a fourth one where I plan to meet more characters than I did previously.... if I have the time, of course! Anyway, great story and I appreciate you sharing it with all of us.

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