We had the most AMAZING Magical Moment/Dream!!!!! Updated to add pics!

[antkim]

We were in MGM on Thursday all day. Ds's(8) FAVORITE ride/movie is Star Tours (wars). Well ds (3) is too little to ride so dh and I were going to do the "child swap" option. On the way into the attraction there were Storm Troopers everywhere "guarding the ride" and lo and behold there was Darth Vadar! That was thrilling in itself because we NEVER see them. Well....dh and ds(8) went on the attraction while myself and ds(3) waited. The Cm started chatting with us and we were talking about how uncrowded it was. She then excused herself only to come back and say "I know your little guy is too small the ride the attraction but how would you like to ride it without the motion simulator"? I said"SURE!!! Would my ds(8) and dh be able to ride as well"? She said "of course! The 4 of you can ride it by yourselves"!!!! My jaw dropped and I was just beaming thinking how cool that would be to ride the ride alone!!! She walked away AGAIN and came up to ds (3) and said"Would you mind if a few others rode with you"??? Of course he is CLUELESS and I spoke up and said sure...that would be fine with us....I had NO IDEA that the other few were 2 STORM TROOPERS AND DARTH VADAR!!! I about died...thinking that my ds (8) would just drop to the floor!! :thumbsup2 So the doors open and I see ds and dh getting out of their seatlbelts...I yell"stay were you are we are coming in to ride"!!!! My dh said "what is going on"? (almost nervous! lol) my ds (8) eyes just got as big as golf balls... I said "we are all riding the ride with MATT, STORM TROOPERS and DARTH" !!!!!!!! People getting off the ride were just staring and WE RODE STAR TOURS AS A FAMILY WITH STORM TROOPERS AND DARTH!!!! IF was AMAZING!!! My oldest was excited, nervous and just dumbfounded!!! My little guy had a blast and my dh was the biggest kid of them all! After the ride we were given a certificate and a coupon for 2 free ice creams!!!

THIS WILL BE A MOMENT WE WILL NEVER FORGET!!! :cool1: :cool1: I will post pics when I have them loaded in a few days!

Kim

[dvcfamily41801]

Very very cool!!!!:thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

[HSMndLKfan92]

Oh, wow. How magical. :goodvibes:

I love Darth Vader!

[hniki234]

That's awesome! And that's why Disney is the best place on earth!

[bluedoggy]

That must have been AWESOME! :goodvibes
Thanks for sharing it with all of us! :wizard:

[Skroops]

What an awesome Wish!! I am so jealous!!:woohoo:

[antkim]

It was AWESOME..the only down side is that Mattie (3) now thinks that he can ride the ride all the time! He does not realize that he was given a "special treat" the other day!!! He keeps saying "I want to go see Darf Vadrr":rotfl: Good thing the next time we come he should be tall enogh to ride! lol

[meeko_33785]

That's amazing. That's what really sets Disney apart. What a wonderful memory for your family!

[stacy6552]

I just love Disney.....

[xyzabc33]

OH how neat is that? What a nice magical moment and I can just picture your other half if he is anything like mine. All jaw dropping googly eyed. LOL

[MACfamily4]

How exciting for you! Disney magic - nothin' like it!

[kimkarli]

That is SO cool! Congrats!:thumbsup2

[momofdbsdc]

That is soooo cool! my kids would have freaked! In a good way!!!:laughing: Congrats!

[OceanAnnie]

You guys are lucky ducks! :) That's great! :thumbsup2

[MomofCKJ]

That is just too cool! What a special vacation memory!

Allyson :)

[Daisy14]

OMG!!! My DH would of flipped! He is such a Star Wars nut! In fact he is flipping right now reading this with me!!!:darth:

Congrats on the dream:wizard:

[MKWishesLo]

awwwh! I heard that if you have a dream like that you write it to WDW and they will publish all of the stories at the end of the 'year of a million dreams' and that would be a great one to have!!

[ntburns22]

Any pics yet? I even told my DH about this and he thought it was so cool. It takes alot for him to get excited about something.

[antkim]

Any pics yet? I even told my DH about this and he thought it was so cool. It takes alot for him to get excited about something.

I will try to get them posted by tomorrow!

[antkim]

Here is when we were first entering! He was SOOO excited just to see a Storm Trooper!

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t289/antkim2/disney1-25-2007016.jpg

Here we all are on the ride with the Troopers and Darth! I have to say that Darth was HUGE!!! HE must have been 6'6''!!!!

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t289/antkim2/disney1-25-2007020.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t289/antkim2/disney1-25-2007021.jpg

AWESOME!!

[ntburns22]

AWESOME! Thanks for sharing!

[girlieeee]

WOW! What an amazing experience that must have been! My ds6 would have been sooo scared, but thrilled at the same time!
After reading all these great stories I am getting so excited about going!!!

[bar1jp]

wow how cool is that! Disney is just amazing even the lil things make the trip so much more magical!

:goodvibes

[kdkbrebel]

Awesome!!!!:cool1:

[ms_mckenna]

Very Very cool! They look overjoyed! :goodvibes

[Twingle]

OMG! Very, very COOL! What an awesome memory.

Thanks for sharing!

[Mickeyistheman]

What a great Disney treat for your family! Disney really does things well when they put their mind to it.

Thanks for posting the pics too!!:yay:

[dvcfamily41801]

That is so neat!! Thanks for sharing your pictures!!! :goodvibes

[arkansas mom]

:wizard: WOW!:wizard:

[Iansmom]

What a great story! My eyes are tearing at the excitement your son must have experienced!

[thptrek]

Awesome, the force was with you.

[doodlebugs]

My DS(9) would have loved that!! Congrats to your family and thanks for sharing the pics.:yoda: :chewy: :darth:

[Warmwinds]

That is SOOO Cool! :woohoo: But I have to ask...did Darth Vader make the breathing noises?? :eek:

[phisigprincess]

That's AWESOME!!! Dh and I would have been flipping out too. :)

[krista3030]

This happened in 2004 but it is probably a little girls dream come true for sure. I wrote a couple days ago on one of these threads that my 2 young daughters and my hubby and i were on the way across the lake by ferry. My daughters were 3 and 5 at the time. As we came around the bend and saw the castle in the distance my daughters just jumped up and down and were yelling "Cinderella is real!!!"One of the CM must have heard the noise as most of the people were laughin and smiling around us as my hubby taped it all on the video camera. I had tears in my eyes...they were hugging and hugging each other. Anyways we got off the boat and while waiting in line I noticed that CM walked past us and never said a word. We entered the gate and were standing under the railroad station putting on sunscreen...when we heard a voice ..."thats a very good idea putting sunscreen on...us princesses cant have sunburns!" We turned around and you guessed it...Cinderella!!!!! My daughters froze and so did I ...as my hubby stumbled for the camera....lol. She said "I hope you will see my show in front of the castle in a few minutes"...and my daughters nodded. Needless to say we went to the show....and she waved to our daughters as she passed us....my kids have never forgotten that.:) Got to love Disney!!!!

princess: princess:

[PistonsFan]

What a great story and I love the pics!

[OCD for WD]

Congrats and thanks again for the great pictures!

[kkevcamsmom]

WOW!!

How Exciting!!!

Great pictures too :)

Lori

[krista3030]

well kevcam mom...how was your trip????

:surfweb:

[tadamom]

That's awesome and the pics are awesome too!! That is a magical moment for sure!!

[wannabePRINCESS]

THAT IS TOO COOL!!! :cool1: I would have LOVED to hang with VADER And the stormtroopers!! my boys would have freaked too.

Disney World just ROCKS! where else can you do something like that?

[Luv Bunnies]

Oh my gosh! My boys would have split a gut with excitement! They're, like, the biggest Star Wars fans ever!!!!! Glad you won such a cool experience!

[Disney_Mama]

very Cool!!!

[Dawn77]

Absolutely marvelous:love: :love:

[NoKatMom]

That is so awesome !! My DS (7) I think would have just fell over, not to mention what DH would have done !!

[Lexxiefern]

That is so cool!!

[labdogs42]

WOW -- that is a super cool dream come true. I would LOVE to meet Darth vader! What a great memory for you and your family!

[Pixiedust34]

That's a fun prize! My ds would love to ride Star Tours with the characters. Your pictures are great!

[antkim]

It was the GREATEST!!! Funny thing...my ds(8) was a little nervous...he was not sure whether Darth would do the "death grip" during the ride or not!!!!:lmao:

[DeluxePrincess]

That has to be one of the best dreams I've heard of yet. What fun!:cloud9:

[tink,too]

Wow! That's a fantastic memory to have for you and your family!:goodvibes

I hope "Darf Vadrr" realises how happy he made your boys (DH included!):darth:

I'm hoping to finally get to a Star Wars weekend in 2008 - but I'll bet I'll never get to experience something as awesome as that! :chewy: :ewok: :yoda:

[jessica52877]

I think the best things about these stories is that they were so simple for disney to acheive and pretty much didn't cost them much, yet, left a wonderful memory in your mind and surely makes you want to go back! Good publicity for disney and wonderful memories. Win, win situation!

[antkim]

I think the best things about these stories is that they were so simple for disney to acheive and pretty much didn't cost them much, yet, left a wonderful memory in your mind and surely makes you want to go back! Good publicity for disney and wonderful memories. Win, win situation!


:thumbsup2 YOU KNOW IT!!! Very simple for Disney....no extra $$$ for them either BUT BOY OH BOY do my kids want to go back!! :lmao: :lmao:I know that in the back of their minds they have a plan (just like any business)"make the customer/guest happy and they will return"!! I have to say though that Disney sure does make the "little things" matter!!!!!!! Darth was already in costume walking the attraction....BUT the 10 minutes that he spent with US is a memory NEVER forgotten!!! That IS the DISNEY DIFFERENCE!!!

[dreams4disney]

That is so cool! My DH and 4 kids would have been so excited to have that. I am so happy for you and your family!

[MelanieC]

WOW WOW WOW WOW! That is so very very cool!

The closest we ever got to that is seeing Darth Vader walking down the hallway after you exit the Star Tours ride. My DS 7 or 8 at the time was so excited. A CM let us follow him down the hall but he dissapeared and we never saw him after that. For the rest of the trip including all since then we've tried to find him, but we never have.

I can't stop saying WOW - That is so totally cool!
Congrats on the once in a lifetime memory that your son's will never forget!

[chanchiluv]

Darth and the Stormtroopers ROCK!!! That's such a cool wish! Congrats! :-) xo Linda

[Suzflee]

antkim,
thanks for the link so I could read your report. How wonderful!

I want to re-ask the question...did Darth sound like Darth?

[marcyinPA]

That is so neat! My boys would have hit the floor!! They LOVE Star Wars!!!

[Sunny Soph]

Wow thats great, Love the pictures too

[happy2go2wdwmom]

:stir: Like a bolt out of the blue...fate steps in and sees you through! Congrats!

"Star Wars...nothing but...Star Wars!":love:

[Steph9072]

How cool! I bet your little guys loved it.

[LilGMom]

How cool!!!! Dh, ds (5), and I would have been jumping for joy. What a great memory for your family!

:chewy:

[eagles]

for my family that would have been the best dream givaway. better than a nite in the castle.

i am in awe of your family.

[kona-kraft]

My DH is SUCH a Star Wars geek (meant in the most ~loving~ way....luv ya hun !!! :love: )....he would have just FLIPPED over that experience !!!

[Brise Nannie]

That was too cool!!! Gestures like that make Disney so magical! :wizard:

[StephSFL]

That is soooo neat! Great pics. Congratulations!

[WDW Fan]

What a special memory you have now! I love hearing the magical moments stories. Thanks for sharing!:)

[kawaba]

I am happy for all of you that received a Magical Dream moment. We were at Disney World from Feb 10th - 18th but did not experience any Magical Dream moments. We had hoped to at least experience a small moment but to get nothing was really disappointing. We did create our own magical moments like riding in the front of the monorail 5 times.

[tubachick]

how magical!!!

glad your little one got to ride a "big kid" ride!!!

[vancesmom]

Stories like these are soooo wonderful that it just makes me made when I hear people bad mouthing Disney. There is no where else in the world that creates magic like this.

[bethmomoftwins]

That's awesome!! My boys would've loved that. We saw the storm troopers while waiting in line for Star Tours and took a picture with them, but riding with them (and Darth Vader), now that's Disney Magic at it's finest.
Beth

[lalalahollywood2003]

that is an absolutely magical moment to always remember!

[LoriMistress]

If that happened to my husband he would crap his pants.

[feenixfiya]

I would have passed out from the excitement! After all that, did they really have to give you the coupons for ice cream??? :laughing:

[LoriMistress]

I told my DH of your story and he just about died. Even thought its kids wearing costumes, but for that to happen would just make him head over heels happy.

[antkim]

I would have passed out from the excitement! After all that, did they really have to give you the coupons for ice cream??? :laughing:

AND they gave my little guy a "first flight" certificate and my older ds a "birthday certificate"!!!! When I say we were spoiled ROTTEN it does not come close!!:cool1:

[antkim]

I told my DH of your story and he just about died. Even thought its kids wearing costumes, but for that to happen would just make him head over heels happy.

Funny you should say that....the whole time we were experiencing this it NEVER dawned on us that it was just kids in costumes!!! It felt SOOOO real. It was not until we got home that I said to dh "pretty amazing that we got that excited about someone in a costume"!!! It was SOOO real! I think I mentioned that my ds was actually nervous because he thought Darth might do the death grip!!:lmao:

[neverland mom]

omg I think I would have died from excitement. That is definatly something to remember. My ds (5) would not have known what to do with himself. This is now the second time this morning I have teared up reading someone elses dream post. :)

[Jrabbit910]

great story! my husband is jealous!:rotfl: :laughing:

[LisaFB]

Awesome!!!!

[donaldtutter]

That must have been awesome.:thumbsup2

[bytheblood]

That is awesome - congrats to you and your family.

[ziggybaby]

That's why WDW is the most magical place on earth

:thumbsup2

[jenelope]

Here we all are on the ride with the Troopers and Darth! I have to say that Darth was HUGE!!! HE must have been 6'6''!!!!

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t289/antkim2/disney1-25-2007020.jpg

I know this is an older post, but it's just such a cool story, I had to comment! And I had to say something about your 6'6" comment! Those movies came out when I was in elementary school and I read all of the novelizations. One of the things I always remember about them is that they always referred to Darth Vader as being two meters tall (as is Chewbacca). Two meters is roughly 6'6" tall! So, not only is Disney really faithful in their depiction, but you're an excellent judge of height! ;)

[antkim]

:lmao: Well I had NO idea I was or Disney was SO on target!!! I should have known that Disney would be specific..but I was just guessing!!!:rotfl2:

[Tinkerbelle's Mom]

How awesome for your family! :goodvibes

[Princess_Melanie]

Loved this Dream story!! My brother would have died and gone to heaven if that'd happened to him lol!! He's 28 now but when he was only 4/5 we were in Hamleys toy store in London and there was a Star Wars promotion happening. We went to get in the lift and when the doors opened Darth Vada was in there....my brother refused to get in a lift with him!!!

I love reading all these dreams...I'm crossing my fingers a little pixie dust will be sprinkled my way for my 1st trip to WDW in 6 days!! :cheer2:

[Tinks1984]

How cool! Reading your story made the hairs on my arms stand up!

I'd have loved every second of that, the Star Wars films are my all-time faves!!!!

Congratulations on your dream!!!! I'm very jealous!!!

[BrerMom]

That was even better than Star Wars Weekend for your family! :darth:

[myAAbatteries&aTD]

Gives me goosebumps - what a once-in-a-lifetime!!! Your kids (or dh!) will never forget it!!!!

[Dizneydaz]

Wow, what an awesome moment! I too got goosebumps just reading it. We're going to be there in just over 2 weeks and maybe (just maybe) we'll get a little magic too! :wizard: Of course, no way would I expect something as truly once-in-a-lifetime as happened to you, happen to us, but who knows, right? :confused3

Just to be sure, we're bringing some of our own magic along. My DNiece, who is in grad school in Utah, will be joining us the 2nd half of our trip and it will be a complete surprise for my DD7! I'll tell her it's her special birthday surprise (she'll turn 8 a few days after we leave) I can't wait! Now, to just to be able to keep it a secret-Shhhhhh!:wizard:

[the4princesses]

Wow, what an awesome moment! I too got goosebumps just reading it. We're going to be there in just over 2 weeks and maybe (just maybe) we'll get a little magic too! :wizard: Of course, no way would I expect something as truly once-in-a-lifetime as happened to you, happen to us, but who knows, right? :confused3

Just to be sure, we're bringing some of our own magic along. My DNiece, who is in grad school in Utah, will be joining us the 2nd half of our trip and it will be a complete surprise for my DD7! I'll tell her it's her special birthday surprise (she'll turn 8 a few days after we leave) I can't wait! Now, to just to be able to keep it a secret-Shhhhhh!:wizard: Have a wonderful time!! Happy Birtday DD! I wish we had only 10 days we are counting Down!1
Can't wait!:woohoo: Have fun, Kathy

[MOMtoZachEvanGrace]

I know this is an old post but In just wanted to say that that was so AWESOME. My DH and DS would have died of excitement. Congrats again