[Amelia's Man]

Okay...here goes:
While in Epcot in 2003, we were caught in the worst rainstorm to hit the area in years (as we were told the next day by staff at the Contemporary)! We have never been that wet while still wearing clothes....EVER!
We finally made it to the Rose & Crown for our dinner reservation! Here's where the "fun" begins! Somewhere between the Rose & Crown and the rest of Epcot, I lost my wallet! Our first day in Disney! My money, credit cards, room key, drivers liscence,military ID, everything.....gone! to make this situation even worse, I didn't realize I'd lost my wallet until we were watching "Illuminations"! I did a wallet check by patting where the thing should have been, nothing! Panic ensued! So now the park is very dark due to the pyro-technics show, and I tell my wife and kids to stay where they are while I do an extremely frantic search of the park. Hampered by the darkness, and the fact that the folks in the France pavillion didn't quite know what I meant by lost wallet!
Well, my search of the darkened park came up with nothing, so I made my way to my family and the park manager's office to see if by some miracle, my wallet turned up! On the way, we checked at the Rose & Crown. Well, miracles DO happen, especially at Disney! My wallet was found, and turned in at the toy shop in the England pavillion! When I walked in, the 8 CMs let out a very loud cheer! (they recognized me from my military ID they said!)
Got my wallet back....with everything intact! EVERYTHING! Our waiter that night found it after we left and turned it in! I left a reward for him with the restaurant, as he left for the night!
Upon returning to Connecticut after our trip, I contacted Epcot, and the Rose & Crown, and told them the entire story here! They sent me an email telling me that our waiter recieved the reward I had left him, and Disney rewarded him as well! That made me feel great!
Only in Disney could this story have such a happy ending!