Whenever a guest takes the time to write a complimentary
letter about a Cast Member, those letters go to the Vice President of the
according location. For me, while working at WDW in 2006-2008, any letters that
were written about me would be sent to Erin Wallace, former Vice President of
the Magic Kingdom, current Senior Vice President of Operations. Each VP would
make a copy of the guest letter and send it back to the Cast Member to share with
them. Each VP also sends a special recognition pin exclusive to Cast
Members at that location to recognize them for spreading the magic. Each VP has
their own unique pin and each year they get to update their recognition pins as
well! I would imagine the pins are highly collectible, but I’ve never
personally looked it up before. They’re priceless to me, anyway! I was lucky
enough to receive two pins from Erin Wallace for a complimentary guest letter
in 2006 and 2007.
One the back of the pin, you can see Erin’s signature and
below it some words saying “Thank you for creating Magic.”
Another special pin I have was given to me by one of my best
friends that still currently works at Walt Disney World: James “Tiny”
McAuliffe, Disney VIP-Tour Guide extraordinaire! If you’re lucky enough to have
James as your tour guide, you are in for a truly Magical treat. He is extremely
passionate about his job and extremely knowledgeable about Disney. He also has
a killer sense of humor to boot! I am very thankful to have met James while working at WDW because I truly consider him one of the best friends I've ever had. Miss you, James! J
Anywho, James gave me a special VIP tour guide pin that used to be given out to
guests from their VIP tour guide. To my knowledge, these pins are no longer in
use. The pin was special to me because James and I both worked at Magic Kingdom
Guest Relations and wore a very well respected costume, the blue plaid. I
was pretty excited to get a pin with Mickey in our honored costume. The back of
the pin says “Walt Disney World VIP tour.”
