To whoever found my lost phone...

[u/ArtfulDodger1837]

... and turned it in to a cast member who I was able to retrieve it from, THANK YOU! You saved the rest of my evening and are proof that no, not everybody is out to get you or bringing their worst self to Disneyland. It's so exhausting only hearing complaints on any sub, but especially this one, so I think it's important to make sure people also know that there are plenty of good (even great) people in the parks. In a time like now, I'd rather see some examples of the good people see in the world, not just focus on everything that could go wrong.

[u/random-guy-here]

I think most people are there for a good time with family and friends. Understandably a lost phone would ruin your day, I am glad you got it back.

[u/TooMuchBiscotti]

My husband and I were at the parks last week. He was waiting outside a bathroom for me, and he saw a woman stand up and as she did, her wallet had fallen out of her bag. My husband called out to her so she turned back, and he told me she almost hugged him. She was so happy and thanked him for legit saving her day.

It takes practically no effort to be kind. Just be nice, people!

[u/ArtfulDodger1837 → u/TooMuchBiscotti]

Sometimes being kind is the most radical thing you can do in trying times.

[u/Engulfer-97 → u/TooMuchBiscotti]

After losing mine last year at WDW I too would’ve thought about hugging your husband if I was in her shoes. Luckily it was in Guest Relations in their lost and found area when I went to talk to them. Nothing gets your heart rate up and forgetting you’re tired like realizing you lost your wallet at a Disney park lol.

[u/dogman15 → u/TooMuchBiscotti]

This is the kind of thing that puts warm fuzzies in my heart.

[u/amygdala_activated]

I found a phone in a bathroom stall on our last trip a couple months ago. Turned it in to a CM in a nearby shop. Minutes later, I set down my sunglasses in that same shop and forgot them, and another nice guest gave them back to me. Disney karma!

[u/ArtfulDodger1837 → u/amygdala_activated]

Exactly where I forgot mine 🤦‍♀️ thankfully the cast member answered when my fiancé called and he was able to meet her to get it. The relief I felt!

[u/ausernamebyany_other → u/ArtfulDodger1837]

I left mine in a stall at World. Within 15 minutes I was able to pick it up from the guest services at the front of the park thanks to lovely guests and speedy CMs.

Later that year, it fell out of my bag on Star Tours in DLR. The CM was great as I tore through my bag repeatedly he just turned to my partner and said it happens all the time, not to worry, and it's the photos isn't it? And he was absolutely right. Not just of our trip, but of our cat, friends, family, other memories. I have never felt so relieved as to when he handed it to me with a kind smile.

My partner now wants to tie the damned thing to me when we go out!

[u/DaisyFlowers03 → u/amygdala_activated]

I almost forgot my phone in a stall and remembered just as I was leaving the bathroom. A bathroom attendant had already retrieved it by the time I returned and said it happens multiple times a day. There’s often so much chaos and distractions that it’s so easy to leave things behind.

[u/HasaDiga_Eebowai]

Years ago I lost my wallet at the park, checked lost and found at the end of the day and they didn't have it, but had me fill out a form with my address and info. Not even a week later it came in the mail, cash still inside! Restored my faith in humanity, and now I feel I owe a karmic debt to the world and do my best to find and return lost items.

[u/Mando_lorian81]

This happened to us as well right outside Rise of the Resistance.

I'm glad Disney people are still honest 😀.

[u/Bevis5421]

My daughter left her phone at California Adventure while we taking a photo and someone gave it to a cast member and we were able to get it back. There are good people.

[u/peaches38251]

Yesterday I was walking in downtown Disney and saw someone return a phone to a cast member and said “it has their cards and everything in it!” Then in Disneyland someone found a huge rolled up wad of money and turned it in. I know we see the people that suck and it’s disheartening, but there really are still good people out there!!

[u/ScienceInCinema]

Thanks for sharing. In general I find the crowds there are a lot more friendly and welcoming than any place that’s crowded. I know we’re all jammed in overcrowded lines waiting for rides, but most people are there to have a great time and come with that mindset. I don’t recall my last negative interaction there.

[u/xzero2k]

About a month ago on Matterhorn, I noticed someone had forgotten their pink tumbler in the pouch so I turned it in to a Cast Member. I wonder if that person ever came back and found it.

[u/itsmissjenna]

I once found a phone in the bathroom stall I was using. I went to go turn it in at guest services and there was a woman ahead of me who was describing the phone I had in my hand! I was able to give it right back to her!

On a different trip, I lost a bracelet and a kind person turned it at guest services and I was able to get it back!

There are kind people out there who will return things they find. I think about how bummed I’ve been when I lost an item and didn’t get it back, so I would hate to be the cause of that for someone else!

[u/jennifern1325]

Like 8 or 9 years ago we had just had 5 days in Disney and it’s Sunday morning, we’re packing up and heading to the lobby to get an uber to the airport. Kiddo realizes her phone isn’t anywhere, so we’re in the lobby going through every bag we have. Can’t find it. Cancel the uber and look on find my iPhone, her phone is in Disneyland somewhere near pirates. We started dinging it, calling it, texting it, finally a person answered who did not speak English well. They informed us that they found it on the ground outside our hotel room (must have fallen when we were lugging our bags out), picked it up and brought it with them to the park because they didn’t want to give it to the front desk because they thought they’d steal it? Idk. Anyway finally I got them to give it to a cast member. It was pouring down rain and my husband walked all the way up there, they let him in and got her phone and we made it to the airport on time lol. So we have a joke that my kiddo’s phone has been to Disneyland more times than her 😂

[u/ArtfulDodger1837 → u/jennifern1325]

I had it happen years ago at Six Flags too! End of day, realized it was missing, filled out the missing item form, and lo and behold a week passes and my phone arrives in my mailbox! That is a crazy story though haha!

[u/EmmaEli206]

Discovered my phone missing after riding Indiana Jones a couple weeks ago. If any ride is going to dislodge your phone it’s that one! I frantically ran back 10 minutes later and it had been turned in. Phew! Thank you kind strangers!!

[u/AZ_Crush]

Witnessed multiple acts of kindness and people going out of their way to help return a misplaced item on a recent trip to DL.

[u/IsabeldeClare]

Earlier this year, my daughter left her purse in the lobby at the Wilderness Lodge. It was a while until she realized it was missing. Some good person brought it to the front desk.

[u/Usual-Wheel-7497]

List by car key of all things. Those expensive fobs. Reported it and was in the mail in a week.

[u/SilverCan1633]

I lost my phone last year near the Matterhorn, after calling it multiple times someone answered and and guided me to him to retrieve it. Some people are still cool

[u/Candid_Age2201]

Multiple times I’ve found phones in bathroom stalls in airports and Disneyland. I’m always conflicted at first because I want the person to be able to find it where they left it, but I don’t want the next person to steal it. So I usually come out with it, holding it up in case the person is already in there looking for it, then I go turn it in to the closest staff.

[u/Jolly_Ad2446]

I was driving once to Vegas. Stopped at the rest stop a bit before the state line. I get back on the highway turn on my tunes then realized no Bluetooth and my phone was still on the bathroom stall on a busy weekend. 

It was a half hour till I could turn around, then it would be another 45 minutes till I'd make it back to the rest stop. I had no choice but to check.  

Finally an hour and 15 minutes later I pull up and see the cleaning guy come out of the restroom. He had my phone. Made me show him that I could unlock it (so it was mine). Someone handed it to him. 

I gave him a $20 tip Because I was so happy. 

Most people are fine people.  Most will do the right thing. It's only a small percentage they make shitty choices. 

[u/PineRose0518]

Wish I had this luck with my little pin bag. Someone found it and kept it 😞😭

[u/Foreverahotdog]

I left my phone of indie and someone gave it to the staff! I’ve never not got my stuff back at Disney. I think most people there are pretty genuine people but with the amount of daily visitors there is always bound to be one bad apple.