Disney Workers Recover Rings Mistakenly Thrown Away

[Kor37 9]

Disney workers recover rings mistakenly thrown away

AP

Posted: 2008-04-21 21:55:15

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - 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."

Disney really should teach courses on how to give legendary customer service. Many companies would benefit from it.

[Theunicornhunter 2]

Those employees should get a bonus.

[VaBeachGuy 12]

That's pretty cool, I'm glad they got them back.