There's a reason why Disneyland is considered one of the most magical places on earth.
An 11-year-old was able to truly experience a wonderful moment when she visited the park with her family on July 16.
Zoe Tapley of New Braunfels, Texas, loves to meet all of the Disney animated characters when she visits Disneyland. So, when Zoe spotted Princess Anna greeting park-goers nearby, she went to line up to meet the 'Frozen' character.
"[Princess Anna] must have seen us signing to each other," Jesse Tapley, 38, said. "Sometimes the characters will know, like, 'What's your name?' or 'Nice to meet you' and that's awesome. But when she said, 'Can I sign?' I was like, 'Yeah, go ahead.'"
Upon meeting Princess Anna, the Tapleys were blown away when they saw the Disney princess fully interact with their daughter in American Sign language without the need of an interpreter. She asked Zoe what her favorite Disneyland rides were and even found out that Zoe had been adopted from Congo.
"I was like 'Wow!'" Zoe told "GMA" using ASL -- with Jeanette Tapley's help translating -- after realizing Princess Anna could communicate with her directly.
"We've been to Disney many times and by far it was our best interaction we've ever had," Jesse Tapley said. "It was one of those things where she got to feel the magic rather than being filtered through mom and dad."
This was a special moment for the Tapleys to witness the beautiful interaction, but it also showed how Zoe's ASL skills have improved since she first got adopted from Congo seven years ago.
Since then, Zoe has shown greater effort and interest in cultivating her ASL skills at school and with her parents.
"I was really quiet and shy and I didn't know how to learn language," Zoe said.
"I progressed, progressed, progressed. And now my language is just full ASL," Zoe said. "At Disney, I was so excited because I got to share with my friends and I got to sign and everything."
A Disney spokesperson said interactions like the one Zoe experienced are "what Disney is all about."
It's about "that feeling of belonging to the Disney magic, and the authentic, emotional moments of connection with our characters and our cast," the spokesperson said.
Zoe's mother Jeanette captured the memorable moment on video and posted it to Tik Tok where it got 2.1 million views.
"I'm happy to see that people love my video," Zoe said. "These people love it ... and there's no bullying. It's been really, really nice."
The video received a lot of positive comments, but most importantly it has raised greater awareness to ASL and what it's like raising a deaf child.
"There's just this joy of seeing ASL being celebrated and being the spotlight ... that's so beautiful and so important to our family and to her culture," Jeanette said. "It's been really special."
Source: ABC News