Disney World's 'Goofy' Of 25+ Years Shares His Most Emotional Memories Of Working At Disney

This guy experienced Disney magic for over two decades and now he is sharing it with the world

Ariana

• Published in Disney
• February 7, 2020

If you've ever worked in a theme park (or any kind of tourist destination) you would know from experience that the magic can be sucked right out of the place when you have to deal with the general public on a daily basis.

I worked at a State Zoo for almost 4 years. I won't say where, but what I will say, is that it went from being a fun, family-friendly magical place to a complete hell-hole within about 6 months.

Some people just have a beautifully unique way of siphoning the magic out of a place and it becomes 'just another job'. Similarly, the stuff that goes on in a place like that before the gates open (and once they close) isn't magical, special or glamorous. It's normal... and sometimes, it sucks.

Toilets need cleaning, offices need organising, money needs counting and Zoo animals die. Yep. They die.

I had good days. Don't get me wrong. Seeing the smiles on kids' faces when they saw their favourite animal, got to hand-feed a giraffe, or got to see penguin babies was kind of priceless, but overall it just felt like a job.

Recently, a man named Mikey Jacobs (who worked at Disney World as Goofy for over 25 years) offered people the opportunity to ask him anything on Reddit. He then shared a pretty remarkable memory.

Below was Mikey at work!

He worked at Disney World in Orlando Florida from 1989 to 2015 and gave people the opportunity to ask him anything.

He originally intended to spoil and shed some honest light on the 'Disney Magic' but he ended up doing something entirely different.

Someone asked him this question and he didn't hesitate to share

He began...

Trigger warning, this is actually quite a violent tragic story.

A VIP experience

Mikey's magic...

She smiled!

"We had a wonderful day...."

Mikey at work!

People reacted as you would expect after hearing the heart-warming story.

The saddest story

Scumbag!

Ariana