Disney Workers Recover Wedding Rings Mistakenly Thrown Away

[WDWRox]

I don't know if this is allowed, but I thought I'd link to an MSNBCNews article that I noticed this morning, in which Wilderness Lodge cast members managed to do a seemingly impossible task for one couple:

Disney Works its Magic for One Couple (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24248787/)

[LottaLubes]

All I can say is, this husband is lucky - very lucky! :mickey: Way to go, Disney!

Disney Workers Recover Wedding Rings Mistakenly Thrown Away
Monday , April 21, 2008

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 hadn't 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."

[Diznee4Me]

Great story! Way to go Disney :thumbsup:

[Ed]

You can bet Paul Campanale has not heard the last of THAT little boo-boo! :nono:

[elmjimmlm]

This is another example of how Disney goes above and beyond...:thumbsup:

[DizNee143]

You can bet Paul Campanale has not heard the last of THAT little boo-boo! :nono:

haha..i know i would hound my fiance about that for a looong time!! lol

what a great story..glad there was a happy ending!!:mickey:

[shadowden]

...so help me, I would be a dead man walking if I had thrown my wife's rings out. It wouldn't be WDW staff wading through the trash bins, it would be me!;)

[IloveDisney71]

That is an amazing story! I can't believe Disney did that - that's a magical moment if I've ever heard of one!:mickey::thumbsup:

[McGoofy]

I can't imagine the sickening feeling that they both had when they realized what had been thrown in the trash. Yea for Disney working that magical moment for them!!:pixie: Talk about finding a needle in a haystack!!!

[Piglet822]

I saw this on WFTV's website this morning - it sure helps to restore the faith a little bit - hats off to these Mousekeepers:

Disney Workers Recover Rings Mistakenly Thrown Away (http://www.wftv.com/news/15954784/detail.html?treets=orlc&tid=2659131654813&tml=orlc_strange&tmi=orlc_strange_1_10000304222008&ts=H)

[WDWFanatic]

What a great story! It was so nice of the staff to go above and beyond to go through the trash...and not to pocket it!:thumbsup:

Way to go!!

[BluewaterBrad]

Another reason why we choose Disney!:mickey:

[Mackflava99]

This is a tremendous thing to see- especially in today's society:)

[buzznwoodysmom]

DH emailed me that story yesterday. I thought it was great to read that people still do good things for nothing these days. I bet that couple was just astonished when they got word of what WDW CMs did for them!

[cal5755]

That is amazing!! I knew we all loved Disney for a reason. I hope those who helped dig in the trash got rewarded by Disney!! That is amazing!!

[scottgr]

Thats cool.....Only at WDW :thumbsup:

[Sean Riley Taylor's Mom]

:cool: What a great story!

[SpecJoe Magic]

It's impressive that those Cast Members went to such great lengths to recover the rings.:thumbsup:

[Darbylew]

How wonderful.......the MAGIC still lives and
will always be there for us.....:mickey:

[WDWRox]

Apparently it's gaining a lot of news interest. Fox & Friends just interviewed the mother/wife in the story about it briefly.