Disney to the rescue!!

[nebe]

ORLANDO, Fla. - Walt Disney World seems to have worked its magic on a Massachusetts couple who accidentally threw away three platinum and diamond wedding rings.

While tidying up their villa as they prepared to leave the park late last week, Paul Campanale dumped a cardboard bowl, not knowing the container inside it held his wife Karen''s engagement, wedding and five-year-anniversary rings.

Park employees warned the couple from Worcester, Mass., that recovering the jewelry was all but impossible. So on Friday, the Campanales and their two children loaded onto a Magical Express bus and headed to the airport.

Back at the Wilderness Lodge resort, executive housekeeper Drew Weaver realized that trash from the Campanales'' villa had not reached the industrial-size compactor yet. He and seven other volunteers donned protective clothing, emptied a parking lot bin and waded through bag after bag of rubbish to find the rings. And they did.

Paul Campanale, 37, a chemist, received the good news on his cell phone and Weaver met the family to deliver the rings. Karen Campanale, 35, a teacher, said she was shocked by the find.

"That''s not the first time we''ve gone through trash — oh, no," Weaver said. "We don''t always find things. Many times we come up empty. But we didn''t this time."





Now THAT''S so dedication! My grandmother once went on a cruise and someone stole her 2ct diamond bracelet (hidden in a travel soapdish in her room!), the cruise line had the nerve to tell her she must have thrown it away and hoped she had insurance!

Disney doesn''t sound bad now

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[Blair138]

WOW! So lucky-that''s why I LOVE Disney-they will do anything to make their guests happy...
I have 2 lost wedding ring stories (not my rings though thank GOD)

My dad lost his wedding band on Space Mountain at Disney years ago. We called and they said they would look later, but they rarely find things. They didn''t find it, but he claimed it on his insurance so it wasn''t so bad.

Second story-we were on a trip for New Years Eve this past year with a large group of people and we rented a huge cabin. On the first night, a few of the guys we were with started throwing snowballs down into the hot tub and one of the guys realized he threw his wedding ring with the snow!!!

We were quite a ways up north in IL and it snowed A TON this winter-so the snow was really deep and things just sunk to the bottom. We searched and searched-no ring. 5 minutes after we gave up-he runs screaming that he found it-on the railing of the deck-INCHES from where he was throwing snow!!! The next day his wife lost her brand new diamond and ruby earring while we were cross-country skiing-the resort staff found it in the parking lot

 

[ahappygirl]

Here''s one for you. 7 or 8 years ago my sister worked at a private museum with an enormous botanical garden as the surrounding grounds. She put on an outdoor concert series in the summer and at one of them there were thousands of people. One lady apparently decided that while she was in the latrine it would be a good time to remove her new multi-carat diamond ring her husband had recently given her. It did not just fall off - she explained she was looking at it. One of the poor guys who works at the museum volunteered to don the hazmat costume and he actually did find it "right on top." My sister said there was no way in hell she would have required any of her staff to do that job... they didn''t get paid enough.

Hope the guy got some sort of bonus.

 

[oobiecoo]

Wow thats really awesome! I remember going to Disney World when I was about 10 and I bought one of their autograph books and got maybe 8-10 autographs from the characters. We were on the Alien Encounter ride before they closed and I left it in the seat

We realized once we were about to leave so my mom repoted it to the Lost and Found desk. About a month later I recieved a package from Disney... they had sent me a new autograph book FILLED with every character''s signature. We were so impressed with their customer service and it definitely made a 10 year old girl very happy!

 

[choro72]

Wow...I guess there is a difference between Disney World and Disneyland. Disneyland staff are horrible!

 

[nebe]

Date: 4/22/2008 7:29:23 PM
Author: choro72
Wow...I guess there is a difference between Disney World and Disneyland. Disneyland staff are horrible!

Uh oh! Something to keep in mind, I guess.

 

[LegacyGirl]

Wow way to go Disney. For the most part they really will step up for their paying guests.

Not to put a spin on this thread but I''m mad at Disney for something they did a while ago. Give Kids the World, (assistance program for familes with children who have cancer and other terminal illnesses) use to be able to get free tickets from Disney to give to the children so they could visit the parks. Disney used to allow a family to go to the park twice a year, all they had to do was request tickets in advance and they could be used whenever the family wanted. The kids looked forward to it sooooo much. Now kids are only allowed to go once, they limit the ticket number (so I believe if you have a family over 4 they will not give you enough tickets), and they only allow you to go on a certain day, which is usually the hottest, most crowded day of the year. Most of the children cannot attend now, because they can never pick their good days. Most are very heat sensitive too. It''s just very sad to see these little kids look forward to their day at Disney and then they wake up sick on that day and can''t go and have to wait another year.

I remember my sister being so excited for 3 weeks that she was going to Disney and when she woke up day of she was so sick she couldn''t even walk. It ruined the rest of the year for her.

Being 9 and sick with cancer, she didn''t have a lot to look forward too most of the time.

 

[diamondfan]

That makes my day. That is really nice that they did that, for a stranger.

 

[rockzilla]

Talk about going above and beyond!

The couple is from my hometown too...weird coincidence