But last week, the rumor, or dream trip, came true for the shop’s 20 employees and their families.
Gilliam locked the doors to the restaurant for a couple of days and they all went to visit Mickey Mouse and the gang.
ICYMI: Kindness counts: This Raleigh restaurant owner took her staff to Disney World. For free. #wral https://t.co/tq2AVrGViA
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"It was so amazing. I cried a couple of times," Jasmine Kamel told WRAL. "I could cry right now. I don't think she'll ever understand how grateful we are for what she did for us."
Gilliam paid for everything: hotel, food, rides, everything. The only rule her guests had to follow was to have fun.
One worker, Jessica Burr, said she would never have been able to take her son on a trip like this.
Gilliam told WRAL she did the trip for one reason: to show appreciation to her employees, saying she was "blessed to be able to give them a little magic in their lives."
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