6/16/10 - 12
Running total of the number of time Ben has ridden Snow White's Scary Adventures, as of 6/16/10:
3,048

5/08/10 - 9

Running total of the number of time Ben has ridden Snow White's Scary Adventures, as of 5/08/10:

3,036

Back in the day I kinda-sorta blogged on Livejournal. Then I moved to Dreamwidth. Then I pretty much went all Twitter and Facebook. This is my new permanent blog.

Before I start the actual story, I need to specifically thank three people who made this all happen. Carl Bond is the Area Manager for Entertainment at Epcot, and it was his initial involvement that got the ball rolling. Without his help none of this would have ever happened. Scott Cook is Carl's counterpart at the Magic Kingdom, and he jumped into action as soon as Carl contacted him. Finally, David Storm is one of the lead Dream Team members at the Magic Kingdom. He really took this story to heart, and created an event that so far exceeded our wildest imagination that I cannot even begin to thank him enough. All three of them will be getting personal letters of thanks from us this week, both directly and to their supervisors so that they can get the recognition they deserve. Yesterday was simply an amazing day all around, a piece of magic that neither Ben nor the rest of our family will ever forget.

In case you somehow missed it, Ben made his 1000th ride on Snow White's Scary Adventures back on April 16th. It was a gala event that featured a meet-and-greet with Snow White herself, who then actually went on the ride with Ben.The week after the big event Ben and I were in the park when we were stopped by one of the regular CMs we see, and she asked me when Ben was going to hit the big 1000. I told her it had already happened, and told her about how it went off, and she said that the Fantasyland cast members still wanted to do something special for Ben. She asked for my phone number, and told me to expect a call in the next few days.Early last week I received a call from Theo Porter, the manager in charge of Fantasyland. He told me that all of the people in Fantasyland were very excited to hear about Ben's acheivement, and wanted to do something special for him. We agreed that Ben would stop by City Hall on Main Street yesterday at 1:30 for a special treat.So yesterday Ben, Kris and I arrived at City Hall...