has anyone stalked the Dream team?

[Robbnva]

has anyone seen one in the park and followed him/her around until they gave out dreams?

[iluveeyore]

Well I wouldn't say I stalked them, but I did hang around when I saw a couple of them on my solo trip two weeks ago. I was walking towards the exit at AK and saw them at the flamingo/kangaroo viewing area hanging out behind the viewing wall exit. Soooo, I proceeded to suddenly have the urge to watch flamingos and take some pictures:thumbsup2 . About three minutes later, I heard one say, "It's time", and the next person by them exiting the viewing area was handed a lanyard. So, I decided it was time I left - and surprise! Got a YOAMD lanyard:rotfl:
So if you see them just hanging around an area, find something to be interested in and just hang around near them until you see what they're up to - you might get a dream too!!:goodvibes

[scanmom]

I have spent 21 days in the parks since YOMD started. In all the parks, MK, EP, MGM, AK, DL, CA.... plus alot of time in DTD Fl, and DTD, Ca. I have never even SEEN the dream team!! And of course, have not gotten any dreams, but at this point, if I were to see them, and it were possible, I WOULD stalk them!!!

[disprincessatheart]

I tried but was unsuccessful. I saw them waiting near the exit of Snow White. We immediately got in line and rode. WHen we finished they were gone (there were only a few people in line ahead of us :confused3 ). I was bummed so we went into the store right next to the exit. When we came out they were back and had just awarded a prize to a little girl. I listened in and it sounded like she was getting a private meet and greet with whatever character she wanted, or something along those lines.

I do remember another diser saying they saw the dream squad at DTD so they sat down and waited to see what happened. Turned out they were waiting for someone to sit in a particular spot, and this person didn't get the spot right. No one sat in the appointed spot during the appointed window, so they had to give up and go to the next designated spot and time. They told the diser they would have won if only... Ever since then I imagine myself in a similar situation and I can picture that I'd be sitting in every spot and using every water fountian, phone booth, etc trying to see if I couldn't hit the designated spot. I'd look like a lunatic!!

[mykidslovesdisney]

yeah, you can say we 'stalked' them. We went last aug. Our last day we hit MK to finish a few rides. We did POTC and then headed to the train station to go to toon town. We went up the the platform and infront of us are 3 dream squad members. My dd 3.5 wanted to look at their pins for trading. I asked if she could check out their pins. They were really nice and she traded a pin, so did DS6. They got on the train and got off at toon town too!! We head for Goofy barnstormer. It was early 10 am. We went up the que and waiting to load when the dream squad showed up at the exit platform. They were counting the people coming off. DH and I kept saying keep counting, keep counting. We loaded - DH, myself, DS8, DS6 and DD3.
Ride ended and they were still there counting!! We got off and one of them says we won a prize to go down the ramp and meet another dream squad mbr. DD3 started crying that she didn't win a prize the whole way down to the other dream squad member. The dream squad lady is like -- Yes honey you did win a prize!! We won fast passes for MK. They ended the handouts about the same time and we exited the ride with them. They headed back toward the train and we were heading toward Space Mountain. One of them remarked jokingly that we were stalking them!! They waved to us as the train departed. We ended up spending most of the day at MK. DS8 and 7 and myself did 7 of the fastpasses. We did Space Mountain for the first time!! DH and DD did 5 of the fastpasses. We were able to do all the rides plus have counterservice lunch -starting at 1015 am and done by 230ish. No way would we have been able to do all those rides in such a short time plus spend about 45 mins on lunch!!

So yes 'stalking' them does work out!!

[suzimar57]

i'm laughing here, picturing people stalking the dream team!! :rotfl:

[EjandMD]

Yes we did for the first time ever :guilty: We saw them if Frontier Land and my DH said lets hang out here a while and finally I said we have to do something so we rode Thunder Mountain and saw them at the exit so we decided to ride again, but this time when we got off they were gone. I told him that we had lucked out before and let's just be thankful that we won something in the past. So with that we decided to ride Splash Mountain. When we were about to get on the boat we saw the DT at the exit and she stopped a little girl and said "congratulations!" Imedatiately, DH said cross over the boat and get out he so we did and got Dream Fastpasses. So before I get flammed I do feel a bit guilty. :scared:

[mygirl]

we did not stalk, but while at AK last year, my ds (14 mos) was very fascinated with one of the dream team members. we were at rafiki's planet watch and the dream team was just hanging around there. we were taking a break on a bench with a snack and watching the talking trash can. our ds was charming the pants off of the DT lady, but no dreams for us. ;) . it was pretty funny to watch our little romeo in the making, though:rotfl2: .

[stepdisney]

:blush:

[Claymax]

This happened to me in December.

We just got off of Tower of Terror and were standing there past the gift shop just about to head towards the ToT entrance again when what do I see? Two Dream Teamers sort of looking over their shoulder, standing by the chained off path on the other side of the area outside the gift shop.

I casually turn around and tell my buddy, "Don't look! But there are 2 Dream Teamers and I bet they're heading into ToT."

Now what happened next is almost understandable. After all, we got Dream Passes the previous year and he absolutely freaked out on them. He spoke for the entire next year about how he hoped we'd get them again this year.

Back to the story. So no sooner do the words leave my mouth then he whips his head around 180 degrees to see where I was looking. Now fate was truly against us as at that exact moment (as I cringed and said "Don't look!!!" as quietly as possible) both Dream Teamers were taking one last look back at the crowd, a TOTALLY 'checking to see if anyone's watching' kind of look. The whole time they were moving very smoothly and surrepitiously. As soon as he whipped his head around, that motion attracted their attention. All 4 of us knew right then the gig was up.

They immediately turned on their heels and ran away disappearing behind the greenery. I smacked my friend in the back of the head "Um, I said DON'T look genious!". Now the race was on. We ran up the entrance, no line and got to the front where about 10 people were waiting. Rather than use one of our precious Fast Passes (yes, we're idiots) we saw the short line and immediately thought we could save them for later.

So the people in front of us were the last one in the right library pre-show room and then they closed the doors. We were first in the right library pre-show room and you can guess what happened. Midway through the Twilight Zone video I heard a muffled bunch of cheers. Sure enough as we exited our room, the people exiting the other room were all cheering, pumped and sporting nice new Dream Passes.

My buddy was crestfallen, we were so close.

To me it was almost as fun as winning. To be honest with you, when we won them last year it was at MGM as well and we didn't need them once. Seems like they give them out on days when you really don't need them. ToT was walk on almost all day.

Good luck.

[kalaim@charter.net]

First time looking at this forum!

What does the Dream Team wear? How do you know who they are?

:confused3

[KigerKat]

I read on another board that they might grant you a dream if you ask them. I would be too afraid to ask for something, but I'm wondering if anyone has ever had the guts to do so.

I think if I saw them, I might ask if I could help them give away a dream. It would be really cool to see the look of surprise and happiness on someone when you give them such a nice gift!

[Claymax]

First time looking at this forum!

What does the Dream Team wear? How do you know who they are?

:confused3

Whenever I've seen them they are wearing whites and there are two of them.

EDIT!!

Check out this thread where someone has a picture;

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1742997


Light blue shirts and light khaki shorts, but with a white vest.

Hey I got the white vest right!

[Chelley00]

I have pictures of a member of the Dream Team doing the hokey pokey with my DS and DD in Frontierland (putting his backside in even) and afterwards he said he'd love to give us something but he couldn't since he had a list of certain things that he could only to give to certain people at certain times and he didn't have anything at that moment. He did arrange for us to ride BTMR in the front and back seats to see which we like better.

We did win Dream Fastpasses twice that week, so we weren't too disappointed :)

[belleatheart]

We made T's that said "Will my Dreams Come True" in hope to win something...but not this time, maybe in may!

[kalaim@charter.net]

Thanks for the picture post!!

I'll be on the lookout in April, but I won't get my hopes up too high!:)

[DisneyCatMom]

So the team can't randomly pick people on their own? They are told which bench to pick the people from, or what number off the train? Like you are the 101st person kind of thing?

[DisneyPirates]

What a neat concept!

[jennifer293]

I just returned home last night after a week stay and I spoke to 5 of the DT cast members and I GOT NOTHING!!!! We were asked to be in the parade at Magic Kingdom by a normal cast member, but DD and I were injured pretty bad in a parade in August 07 so when she heard the word parade she answered with a loud NO!!! She told the lady she would rather go back to the hotel and swim. I was so upset..I really wanted to be in that parade!!! :rotfl: Oh and I was at Pizzafari and got the lucky meal ticket and got a free dessert.

[AmericanItGirl]

So the team can't randomly pick people on their own? They are told which bench to pick the people from, or what number off the train? Like you are the 101st person kind of thing?

Yup, they have an automated computer system, which gives every single person the equal chance to win a prize. I think it's neat because then adults have just as much of a chance as kids to win something that some people think that only kids would enjoy, such as a night's stay in the Cinderella Castle Suite.

[ligirlz]

I tried but was unsuccessful. I saw them waiting near the exit of Snow White. We immediately got in line and rode. WHen we finished they were gone (there were only a few people in line ahead of us :confused3 ). I was bummed so we went into the store right next to the exit. When we came out they were back and had just awarded a prize to a little girl. I listened in and it sounded like she was getting a private meet and greet with whatever character she wanted, or something along those lines.

I do remember another diser saying they saw the dream squad at DTD so they sat down and waited to see what happened. Turned out they were waiting for someone to sit in a particular spot, and this person didn't get the spot right. No one sat in the appointed spot during the appointed window, so they had to give up and go to the next designated spot and time. They told the diser they would have won if only... Ever since then I imagine myself in a similar situation and I can picture that I'd be sitting in every spot and using every water fountian, phone booth, etc trying to see if I couldn't hit the designated spot. I'd look like a lunatic!!

We did the same thing at DL. We saw them at the end of Pinnochios ride with hats and DH wanted to walk right up. i just told him go ahead they wont give you one. :rotfl2: So we jumped on the ride quick and were able to get the hats at the exit. It was funny though because everyone saw then ran to the ride so the line got a little long but we were lucky.

[disneydance]

No I think we have only seen them once and they came up and talked to us since they saw first timer badges they asked where we lived and what brought us to disney then they left :(

[Mr. Stitch]

We did nothing our first trip but enjoy ourselves, on our second we stalked and won, on our third we did both and were those people that kept losing to the person in line behind you. Ug. Our next trip ... who knows. All Iknow is if you see the team and they have large black bags ... follow, follow, follow and luck may come your way. Or just enjoy your vacation and hope that soon it will all end so it is just the best place on earth again and not a contest.

[DisneyBarlans]

We stalked a dream team member with no luck last November. We saw her walking around Frontierland and I told my DS to go talk to her and see what happens. She didn't stop walking, so he walked next to her for about 10 minutes and finally she gave him a pin for answering a trivia question right or something. We hung around the area another 30 minutes or so while waiting on DH to finish riding Splash Mtn, but she never gave a dream to anyone.

[BabaGanoush]

We stalked a dream team member with no luck last November. We saw her walking around Frontierland and I told my DS to go talk to her and see what happens. She didn't stop walking, so he walked next to her for about 10 minutes and finally she gave him a pin for answering a trivia question right or something. We hung around the area another 30 minutes or so while waiting on DH to finish riding Splash Mtn, but she never gave a dream to anyone.

Unless the squad member has their white vest on, they will not be distributing any of the official prizes. They may give you a magical moment but with my experiences, I have learned that they rarely will do something like that for those seeking it out. So instead of directly asking for a prize, just strike up a conversation with them. Who knows what will happen.

[madalex]

We head for Goofy barnstormer. It was early 10 am. We went up the que and waiting to load when the dream squad showed up at the exit platform. They were counting the people coming off. DH and I kept saying keep counting, keep counting. We loaded - DH, myself, DS8, DS6 and DD3. Ride ended and they were still there counting!! We got off and one of them says we won a prize to go down the ramp and meet another dream squad mbr. DD3 started crying that she didn't win a prize the whole way down to the other dream squad member. The dream squad lady is like -- Yes honey you did win a prize!! We won fast passes for MK.

For what it is worth, when we were at MK last week, we also got the Dream fast passes for MK when we were coming off the Barnstormer about 10 am one morning. Maybe that is a time and a place that the Dream team revisits from time to time.

[ms.ojo]

Riding Star Tours early in the morning we discovered dd was not quite tall enough for the ride. She was so upset and a nice CM brought us to a stationary pod to watch the film while dh and ds "rode" the real ride. Mtg up in the gift shop we learned dh & ds were awarded the Super FastPasses for the park! We went back in and told the nice CM what happened and how difficult it would be for our family to have 2 w/ FP and 2 w/out. We had to wait for the dream team to come out of another pod as they were awarding another set. The lead Dreamer wasn't very interested in helping us out but the CM said no, I saw these people, this little girl was just shy of the height. I brought her over to the other pod. The whole family would have ridden together. (all of which I had said but apparently he needed to hear it from a CM) Anyway, voila, we were given 2 more FP sets. My dd was soooooo happy.

[deejay_linkz]

Dream team came up to us gave us two birthday pins talked to us and then left.
If you think that you can go up there and ask them for a dream and they say no i have proof that on most cases something not too extreme the dream can come true.
Best friend needed help in a proposal to his now wife. So we knew what the dream team looked like so we went around hunting for help. We found him and he was the nicest person ever. We told him the story that we would like if he can help us out with a dream by securing a place where he can propose to her and and also needed help. He then brought over 5 Dream team people and started asking us where we wanted to do it and it could be at any park ect. He said the castle some where would be nice. So the man secured the wishing well and the whole area was blocked off for an hour so that they can set up. man it was awsome! They gave us front seats to see the wishes fireworks and the parade. Also a ring holder and a painting of mickey and Minni mouse in a wedding dress! We had a great time!

[BabaGanoush]

Dream team came up to us gave us two birthday pins talked to us and then left.
If you think that you can go up there and ask them for a dream and they say no i have proof that on most cases something not too extreme the dream can come true.
Best friend needed help in a proposal to his now wife. So we knew what the dream team looked like so we went around hunting for help. We found him and he was the nicest person ever. We told him the story that we would like if he can help us out with a dream by securing a place where he can propose to her and and also needed help. He then brought over 5 Dream team people and started asking us where we wanted to do it and it could be at any park ect. He said the castle some where would be nice. So the man secured the wishing well and the whole area was blocked off for an hour so that they can set up. man it was awsome! They gave us front seats to see the wishes fireworks and the parade. Also a ring holder and a painting of mickey and Minni mouse in a wedding dress! We had a great time!

This is a PERFECT example of what the Dream Squad can do when they are not giving out prizes. They are out there trying to make magical experiences and when something like this presents itself, they can really go beyond what many cast members can do because they are not really tied to a specific position or ride. Furthermore, many of them are experienced CMs with multiple connections and can often arrange for special things to happen if the occasion arises.

So asking for prizes will probably not get you anything but giving them a reason to help you out and a way they can do it, they may respond to something like that. And they may respond in a way that is much bigger and more exciting than you possibly dreamed.

[CheshireCat3]

What exactly is a Dream Pass?

[DisneyBarlans]

We just returned Sunday from our Spring Break at DWorld, and we won dream fastpasses twice in one week! The first time was Wednesday at Epcot-I was walking through Innoventions East with my kids at around 10:25 and we saw the dream squad come in. I decided to hang around in the area for a few minutes to see what would happen because they were looking at their watches like they were waiting for something. At exactly 10:30 they started handing dream fastpass lanyards to everyone that walked by them, so we walked right up and got them. Then on Friday we were at Animal Kingdom and my DS2 wanted to stop and look at the Flamingos around the tree of life. At exactly 10:30 the dream squad walked over to the area where we were, so we decided to hang around for a little while. My DS11 asked a dream squad member a question about the flamingos and we won dream fastpasses again. This was our 4th trip to DWorld during the YOAMD, and the first time we have ever won anything. My DH joked that I had a "spidey-sense" about where to find the dream squad members.:rotfl:

[DisneyBarlans]

What exactly is a Dream Pass?

If you're talking about a dream fastpass, it's a plastic card with tear-off fastpasses to every ride that does fastpasses in that particular park. You can use them at whatever time you want (unlike a regular fastpass that gives you a time slot), but they're only good for the day you win them. It is attached to a lanyard so you can wear it around your neck.

[CheshireCat3]

If you're talking about a dream fastpass, it's a plastic card with tear-off fastpasses to every ride that does fastpasses in that particular park. You can use them at whatever time you want (unlike a regular fastpass that gives you a time slot), but they're only good for the day you win them. It is attached to a lanyard so you can wear it around your neck.

Thank you so much for the info. And great to hear that you had the "spidey- sense." Hopefully I will have the same luck with my family in May (which I am so excited about.)

[Tinkertini]

I have spent 21 days in the parks since YOMD started. In all the parks, MK, EP, MGM, AK, DL, CA.... plus alot of time in DTD Fl, and DTD, Ca. I have never even SEEN the dream team!! And of course, have not gotten any dreams, but at this point, if I were to see them, and it were possible, I WOULD stalk them!!!

Me too! I've only spent about 10 days in the park - but I've never seen the dream team either. At this point, I just want to see SOMEONE get something, I don't care if it's me! :goodvibes

[SunnieRN]

I think it would be fun to help the dream team give a prize away!! That would be the next best thing to winning!!! lol

[Vickie46]

I totally agree.. it would be awesome to be a dream team member!

[danceintherain]

I would totally stalk them if I saw them.:rotfl2:
Unfortunately, the last time I went was at the beginning of the YOAMD and I didn't know about it.
My family has never done a lot of research about stuff...Also, since we lived really close when I was really little I think my Dad is under the impression that he knows everything there is to know about Disney World.

Sadly, the next time I go the YOAMD will be over... at least theoretically. Hopefully, they come up with something equally amazing for next year.

[sasha's goofy]

this is just so cool- I have been to wdw many times during the yomd and never knew this was happening around me. I cannot wait for my next trip, I will keep my eyes peeled for sure.;)

[disney16]

Congratulations to all who "ran into" the Dream Team! Hopefully we'll have the same luck! :goodvibes