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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bullgrit" data-source="post: 5182168" data-attributes="member: 31216">I went once when I was a child, (maybe around 8 years old), with my grandparents. Would have been in the mid 70s. I have only very vague and short memory snippets of that time.I went with my new wife on our honeymoon, in '95. This I remember pretty well, still. My wife picked WDW for our destination, and I didn't think it a good choice. "It's a kid's place," I said. Boy was I wrong -- it was a glorious vacation. We stayed four days, and it still ranks as the best vacation I have ever been on.Then we went back in 2008, this time with our kids, (then 3 and 7). We stayed a week, and again, this was a wonderful vacation. We decided, then, to put in the effort all year, every year, to go back annually.We went again in 2009 (kids 4 and 8) for a week, and we've already put in our week reservations for this year (kids will be 6 and almost 10 -- date is later in the year than previous trips).This is an astute observation. But I wouldn't even call it an illusion -- that sounds deceptive.The example I give people when I try to convey the unbelievable friendliness, helpfulness, and niceness of the WDW cast members:On our honeymoon trip, we had just checked into the resort. Although we were given directions and a map by the front desk, we were standing outside trying to figure out where our building and room was. A cleaning service woman, just walking by, noticed our confusion, and asked if we needed help."We're trying to figure out where our building and room is," I said. I expected, at best, to get pointed in the general direction.She asked what our number was. When I told her, she said, "Come on with me, I'll walk you over to it."She was as nice as could be, and we followed her. On our walk, another cleaning woman passed at a distance. This other woman commented, to our escort, "Oh, I thought you were on lunch.""I am," said our escort, "I'll be over there in a minute."My wife and I looked at each other, both thinking, "She's taking time out of her lunch break to show us to our room?"We got to our room, and the woman left us with, "Welcome to Walt Disney World. You're going to have a great time."Turned out that *everyone* at WDW is this friendly and helpful. We have never encountered a cast member that wasn't totally nice, and very patient -- even when a child (or dad) is onery because he's tired and needs a nap.My wife is a total WDW geek -- she's read all the guides and books, and she's a member of at least one WDW web forum.Bullgrit</blockquote>

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