OT : Millionaire for Life Lottery & My Disney Dreams...

[CanadianGuy]

So.. I was looking this new lottery - Millionaire for Life -- the top prize is a million bucks a year for 25 years.

That got me thinking.. Ok. Let's say I wanted to 'live' at Disney hotels. How much would that cost.

Well.. not as much as I thought at first.

A high season rate for a tower room at Contemporary is 550$ a night. So a year there would cost about $200,750.

A high season rate for a basic room at the Grand Floridian is 720$ a night.. So a year there would cost about $262,800.

A million dollars would buy you 11,363 DVC points at 88$ a point.

That's enough points to give you the full year .. EACH YEAR.. in a studio thru 2054 at Saratoga Springs with about 4000 points left over each year for special occasion upgrades.

Ahhh.. to dream.

Of course, you could just buy a house in Orlando. But what fun would that be.

J

[Kelly5538]

Oh wow - that was so funny!!!!!!!!! Good idea though

[CanadianGuy]

Kelly:

Thanks.

Of course I could cheap out and stay at a Value resort... at 131 a night it's a bargain at $47,815 a year.

Hmm.. The Disney Dining Plan is a bargain too. 39$ a day for a year is only $14,235 ... and I'd never have to buy groceries. :)

J

[SherylR]

I'll let you know which resort I choose!
And you can ALL come and stay for a week here or there!!
:rotfl2:

[CanadianGuy]

It got me wondering if you had enough money ... if the DVC people would just 'sell or lease you' the use of the accomodations of the DVC properties for your perpetual use ?

[Kelly5538]

Hey CanadianGuy - looks like we will be in WDW at the same time! I just booked this morning for a quickie Mon-Fri stay

[CanadianGuy]

Oh cool -- we're stayin at Pop Century. We got the 40% off email.

J

[Kelly5538]

Us too!!!!!!!! :)

[SaraMc]

See if I won that, I think I would buy 2 house in Celebration. One for DH and DS and myself and the other would be for guests to come and stay when they visit WDW.

[Disney_Mama]

:goodvibes After reading this dream I will have to go and get myself a ticket.:goodvibes

[CanadianGuy]

Disney Mama:

If you win.. I ask only for a reasonable 100,000$ in Disney dollars for referring you to the lottery.

Hee hee hee

[Kelly5538]

Lol

[Disney_Mama]

Disney Mama:

If you win.. I ask only for a reasonable 100,000$ in Disney dollars for referring you to the lottery.

Hee hee hee

:wave: Only if I get the same in return:wave:

[CanadianGuy]

ZING : Score one for Mama ... CanadianGuy = ZERO.

:)

J

[Disney_Mama]

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[mousy_in_canada]

Neat Lottery, but how much are the tickets?
I love to dream but not if they are $100 a ticket.

[CanadianGuy]

One Ticket = 5$. Three for 10$ or seven for 20$.

I got three for 10$.

If I can't win with three.. I probably won't win with seven either. :)

J

[CanadianGuy]

Hey Mama - I see you're in New Brunswick too .. I could drive you your check from my winnings! hahahaha.

J

[Disney_Mama]

CanadianGuy- I'll PM you after you....I mean I win.:thumbsup2 I will also buy three tickets to keep it even.

[CanadianGuy]

Looks like you're going to SSR the week after we back from POP.

:)

J

[Kelly5538]

My hubby is buying a ticket a day!!!!!!!! UGH! He better get something out of it! ha ha ha

The draw is at the end of Feb, right? My DD and I will be at Disney at that point...... maybe I'll get a call in my Pop room from him telling me to stay another week!

CanadianGuy - you'll hear me if I get that call! LOL I'd be screaming so loud that EVERYONE would hear me! LOL

[Disney_Mama]

Well I just bought my tickets....CanadianGuy.....You forgot to mention the earlybird draw!!!!! Are you holding out on me?:goodvibes

[CanadianGuy]

Mama: I know WAY better than to hold out on anyone named "Mama" -- that NEVER ends well. I did honestly forget about the early bird thing. Woops!

Now.. ok.. so lemme get this straight..

If I win the big draw... I owe Mama 100k and Kelly 100k (first year only).

This is getting expensive. :) One of us had better win!

Kelly - I'll be at Pop at the same time - as we discussed. I bought my tickets online at Playsphere so they send me an email if I win. Where can I check my email down there.. hmm..

J

[Disney_Mama]

CanadianGuy. Your first million is almost gone! Instead of the $100,000 can I have a week at the Contemporary Concierge level.:cloud9: That would make me very happy.

Kelly and CanadianGuy....Have fun at POP. I am counting down the days till we leave. I need some Disney Magic & warm weather.:beach:

[CanadianGuy]

Ok.. you can have CR Concierge.. I wanna get the biggest suite at the GF on the concierge level. I'll rent a SeaRacer to come over and see you! :sail:

:)

j

[Disney_Mama]

Ok.. you can have CR Concierge.. I wanna get the biggest suite at the GF on the concierge level. I'll rent a SeaRacer to come over and see you! :sail:

:)

j

Sounds like a plan!

[Kelly5538]

Kelly - I'll be at Pop at the same time - as we discussed. I bought my tickets online at Playsphere so they send me an email if I win. Where can I check my email down there.. hmm..

J

I'll be waiting to hear your scream then too! :cool1:

[East Coaster]

CanadianGuy,

You have a sister who would most likely want to claim a bit of that prize, families are for sharing after all!! By the way I did buy a ticket 3-$10.

I would like to stay at the Poly in the King Kahennee Suite (don't know how to spell it)!!
So......that first million......you might have to stay at POP!:lmao: :lmao:

[SnowWhite]

Just got our tickets yesterday 7-$20. There are plenty of second prizes for you all to share as long as I win the $1,000,000/year for 25 years! :rotfl2:

Although, I could settle with the second place prizes of 1 million in cash. That would still buy some good DVC points!!!

Rob (Snowwhite's DH)

[CanadianGuy]

I beg of any of you.. if you win the mill a year for 25 years.. Take the 17 million payout. It's way smarter.

Proper financial advice and some smart investing and you make way more than 8 million dollars when you start with 17 mill ... in 25 years..

:)

J

[bunnyfoo]

I bought my ticket but I never win anything! Never hopes to dream though :)

[satman1962]

oooh, that lottery sounds good to me, will buy my tickets tomorrow! But moving onto Disney property would absolutely kill my diet!

[Scratch42]

Bought my ticket yesterday!

Need money for VAKL

j

[CanadianGuy]

CanadianGuy,

You have a sister who would most likely want to claim a bit of that prize, families are for sharing after all!! By the way I did buy a ticket 3-$10.

I would like to stay at the Poly in the King Kahennee Suite (don't know how to spell it)!!
So......that first million......you might have to stay at POP!:lmao: :lmao:

Yes.. my DarlingSister.. You come first ... always.

[BitsnBearsMom]

I got my ticket too - Don't think I could live at Disney but I sure would be getting more DVC points so I could feed my 'habit' more often!!

[CanadianGuy]

Well.. I didn't win. Not even 20$.

And my darling sister didn't call me to say she did.. So..

Bummer.

:)

J

[mermaid&cinderella]

I won nothing!:sad: :furious:

[bunnyfoo]

I won $20 but my ticket cost $20. At least I didn't lose anything. :rotfl:

[Scratch42]

NADA!

j

[Kelly5538]

Hey! We won nothing too!!!!!!!!!!!

Canadian Guy! How was your trip? It's funny - while we were at the POP, every time I saw a "dad" looking guy I wondered hey, is that canadian Guy? rofl

[SaraMc]

Nothing here too.. sigh.. Guess I'll have to keep working afterall... :(

[maryliz]

We won ZIP, zero, zilch ... and I had such great hope for this one. :sad1:

Oh well ... back to working for a living. YUCK.:crazy2:

[CanadianGuy]

Hey! We won nothing too!!!!!!!!!!!

Canadian Guy! How was your trip? It's funny - while we were at the POP, every time I saw a "dad" looking guy I wondered hey, is that canadian Guy? rofl

That's FUNNY.. cause I'm SO not a dad.. nor am I dad looking..

Hmm.. that's funny.

Trip was great.. four adults. Well.. four very immature adults anyway. We stayed in the 50's .. building 2. We were on the ground floor first room beside the jukebox to the right as you stand facing the jukebox. Room 2101.

I stopped at a Home Depot to get the lime green mickey thing.. but they were a lot bigger than I had anticipated and I never really figured out a way to wear it.

I don't have a lanyard & pin set thing.. and I wasn't about to get one. Apparently I'm very fashion conscious on vacation. Ha. Actually.. I just like to bring as little as necessary to the parks.

J

[Disney_Mama]

I still have to check my ticket. Here's dreaming:cloud9: