Davy...Davy Crockett!

Back in 2003 I was a cast member at Walt Disney World as part of the WDW College Program. I worked at The Missing Link Sausage Company on Pleasure Island (very glamorous). The job wasn't that bad because my hours were from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. which meant I could wake up as late as I wanted and still go to the Magic Kingdom before work. Most of the time that is....

One week I had to work The Festival of the Masters which meant my schedule was now 7 a.m. to 7p.m. This wouldn't have been bad at all if it wasn't for Fess Parker, Disney's Davy Crockett being at Epcot at the same time. Fess owns a winery and was speaking at the Food and Wine Festival about his brand. The closest I was getting to Fess that day was selling his wine at a tent in Down Town Disney.

It was then that I decided I was going to contact Fess Parker by mail and hope that he would write me back. I contacted some people though his wines website and they gave me an address where I could write to Fess. A few weeks later guess what came for me in the mail......

How great is that! What a swell guy!

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