Date Posted:14:31:28 01/13/06 Fri Author:Rick West Subject: Kimmi
God, when I saw the subject line of Rod's email, I didn't think it would be good. And, naturally, it wasn't. I had no idea that Kim was sick; the last time I talked with Kim was when I worked at the Park a lifetime ago.
Most of my memories of Kim have been repeated here - dry comments to stupid guest questions, the horror of her picking up the phone in the scheduling office when calling in sick - and the petite, rated "G" commentary that would dance from her tongue like poetry. ;-)
I was not nearly as close with Kim as many of you were, but I did have the honor of working with her at Pirates and the other New Orleans attractions. She was always very kind to me, always brutally honest and was one of my favorite people to be in rotation with because she was truly hilarious.
This comes as a shock to me, as I am out of the loop. I mourn her passing as a former team mate and friend. And I send my most sincere sympathies to those of you closer to her. Kimmi was definitely a one-of-a-kind; a true Disneyland Original. And she will forever be one of the Cast Members I look back on and smile while thinking about. She was a wonderful person - my Disneyland experience, with all of its ups and downs, was certainly more rich because she was a part of it.
