Check in here if you won a OMDD trip! UPDATE: We HAVE 16 (+1) Winners!!

[luvdiz]

The text entry isn't working for me the way it normally does... I usually get the immediate reply that I'm entered and still haven't received that reply today. hmmmm....

 

[Neelloc]

The text entry isn't working for me the way it normally does... I usually get the immediate reply that I'm entered and still haven't received that reply today. hmmmm....

I guess I'm not the only one with this issue.

 

[suevr]

I read your comment, and my first thought was, what a great idea. My second thought was, OMG, no, she will not get separated from me. I'm too controlling and paranoid.

lol Well I say the same thing about my daughter. She will only be 6 and a half when we go this fall. BUT I think having my cell # on her lanyard JUST in case is a very good idea.

It is a very good and smart idea. I'm more concerned about my 3 year old (who will be 4 when we go) running off. We were walking back to our house after a birthday party last weekend, and they both took off running down the sidewalk. My daughter stopped, turned and saw that I was getting mad, and came back. He didn't. My fear is that he would just keep going past our house and around the corner, but he went into our driveway. I still put them both in timeout and explained after that I don't like them doing that because if they did something like that at DL, they could get lost.

We always make sure our boys (4 and 7) have our cell phone numbers somewhere on them in case they get separated from us. I can't be 100% sure that they would walk up to a cast member and ask for help like we've told them to do. I can picture them getting separated from us and riding the rides alone all day long! LOL! Last year, in the rush to get to Toy Story Mania when the park opened, I lined up to get our Fastpasses while DH took the boys to the stand-by line. My then 3-year old decided he wasn't going to wait in line and took off on DH so with the huge crowd he was lost for a minute or two. Scary!

DH is military so he had the idea to get dogtags made for each boy with their names and both of our cell phone numbers on them. Sometimes they don't like to wear them around their necks so we just loop them around a belt loop and put them in their pockets. I feel better knowing that they have something on them with our phone numbers in case we get separated. We used to put a piece of masking tape with our phone numbers written on it on their shirts, right under their arms, but I had to re-do them every day and remember to take the tape off before washing the shirts (something I wasn't good at ).

 

[StEpHandMiKe<3Disney]

I entered by text this morning and didn't have any trouble.

 

[StacyMarie]

I was able to enter by text today and received my confirmation, no problem

 

[Jen12573]

I entered via text with no problems this morning either. Good luck everyone!

 

[Kristina1024]

question? i know u can only enter once a day per person..so i have been entering on the website with my email...me and fiance share a cell phone since he has a work cell he can use, the cell phone is technically in his name the bill comes to him even tho im the one to mostly use it, i have texted "disneyday" a few times from our cell figuring i would be entering for my fiance..im pretty sure i have that cell phone # down as my number under my info at disney...am i disqualifying myself by having that number under my info or does it go off of the cell phones address cause we do have seperate home addresses...i figured if we got a call from ventura on the cell that we won i would let him claim that and if i receive a email under my email that i will claim that one...do u think its ok 2 enter like this since we have different home addresses but i have the number under my info??

 

[moozle]

I had trouble entering by text today too. That's how I enter every day, but I didn't receive a confirmation text this morning. I know it took though, because I tried sending it again and it texted me immediately that I have already entered for today.

DH entered by text and did get a confirmation, but it took like 5 minutes instead of the normal few seconds.

Weird. Just know that even without the confirmation text, it probably went through.

 

[dbbydk]

We always make sure our boys (4 and 7) have our cell phone numbers somewhere on them in case they get separated from us. I can't be 100% sure that they would walk up to a cast member and ask for help like we've told them to do. I can picture them getting separated from us and riding the rides alone all day long! LOL! Last year, in the rush to get to Toy Story Mania when the park opened, I lined up to get our Fastpasses while DH took the boys to the stand-by line. My then 3-year old decided he wasn't going to wait in line and took off on DH so with the huge crowd he was lost for a minute or two. Scary!

DH is military so he had the idea to get dogtags made for each boy with their names and both of our cell phone numbers on them. Sometimes they don't like to wear them around their necks so we just loop them around a belt loop and put them in their pockets. I feel better knowing that they have something on them with our phone numbers in case we get separated. We used to put a piece of masking tape with our phone numbers written on it on their shirts, right under their arms, but I had to re-do them every day and remember to take the tape off before washing the shirts (something I wasn't good at ).

I've been reading all these great ideas about putting your phone number on your kids, and in the back of my mind I was wondering why I hadn't been worried about this before, and it's because the last time we went we had our double stroller with us (lovingly called the battle stroller), so we had Jason in the stroller most of the time, and Delaney could sit when she wanted to. My MIL was with us, so we had 3 adults to keep track of 2 kids.

I think even though the kids will be 8 and 4 when we go, I want to take the battle stroller with us. Plus, pushing it with their weight is really good exercise!

I will be putting our phone numbers on the kids though. What a smart idea.

 

[Sydnerella]

I've been reading all these great ideas about putting your phone number on your kids, and in the back of my mind I was wondering why I hadn't been worried about this before, and it's because the last time we went we had our double stroller with us (lovingly called the battle stroller), so we had Jason in the stroller most of the time, and Delaney could sit when she wanted to. My MIL was with us, so we had 3 adults to keep track of 2 kids.

I think even though the kids will be 8 and 4 when we go, I want to take the battle stroller with us. Plus, pushing it with their weight is really good exercise!

I will be putting our phone numbers on the kids though. What a smart idea.

It is my understanding that while you can put your number on your kids (and we do those little bracelet thingys) the CMs who find the missing child DO NOT call the parents. And parents looking for children are directed to the place where lost kids are kept until parents come to get them. We always tell our kids that they need to find somebody with the Disney nametag behind a counter if they get lost and that they will bring them to a place for mom and dad to find them.

Sydnerella's Mama

 

[JetsetJAK]

LOL, I've been entering this sweepstakes everyday since January 1st via text...and this morning I had the realization that my mobile account is in my mom's name (she set it up way back when I first moved away to college, and even though I pay the bill now, we never switched the name on the account), so if I end up winning, I will have actually won my mother a Disney vacation.

She'd better take me!!!

And by the way - I entered by text this morning, got the usual response right away, no problems.

 

[missfigment]

reading some of you who won, wondering if you will be able to choose your hotel...I won a disney trip a few years ago (4night/5 day)...and we didnt get a choice...they put us up at Beach Club...ugh what a bummer...in all seriousness...it was beautiful!! My husband and I kept looking at each other saying, "we'll never be able to do this in a million years! We are so lucky!"

Good luck...pixie dust to us all!

 

[suevr]

It is my understanding that while you can put your number on your kids (and we do those little bracelet thingys) the CMs who find the missing child DO NOT call the parents. And parents looking for children are directed to the place where lost kids are kept until parents come to get them. We always tell our kids that they need to find somebody with the Disney nametag behind a counter if they get lost and that they will bring them to a place for mom and dad to find them.

Sydnerella's Mama

That makes sense that the CMs don't call parents, since a lot of them don't even have access to a phone. I can't be certain that my kids will walk up to a CM if they're lost. If another adult finds them, I'm assuming they would take them to a CM, but if not, they would at least have our phone number. It just makes me feel better that our phone numbers are somewhere on their body.

 

[surfergirl602]

So... the UPS guy brought an overnight express envelop this morning... for my mother. You guys are freaking me out over something I know I have a slim to none chance at winning. lol ACK!

 

[goldenears]

question? i know u can only enter once a day per person..so i have been entering on the website with my email...me and fiance share a cell phone since he has a work cell he can use, the cell phone is technically in his name the bill comes to him even tho im the one to mostly use it, i have texted "disneyday" a few times from our cell figuring i would be entering for my fiance..im pretty sure i have that cell phone # down as my number under my info at disney...am i disqualifying myself by having that number under my info or does it go off of the cell phones address cause we do have seperate home addresses...i figured if we got a call from ventura on the cell that we won i would let him claim that and if i receive a email under my email that i will claim that one...do u think its ok 2 enter like this since we have different home addresses but i have the number under my info??

I have this same exact situation. I ended up taking the cell number off my account and listed it under my husband's account. Since the cell phone is under his name with the cell company, I figured it is "technically" his. If have the cell number listed under your account and you are also entering with the email address listed under your account, I would assume one of your entries would be voided. I didn't want to take that chance. Good luck!

 

[ducky_love]

I hate Thursdays because the trash truck sounds like the FEDEX truck!!

 

[JetsetJAK]

@surfergirl, I know what you mean!

I pretty frequently get phonecalls from some debt collector looking for some guy that I've never heard of (It's damn annoying, I tell them I don't who it is they're looking for and they keep calling), and they usually call from different numbers, to the point that I usually just don't answer the phone if the call is from a number I don't recognize. They've called twice this week, and with this contest I've been paranoid that it's Disney calling to say that I won, so I've answered. No such luck, though.

Anybody who's won via texting and gotten a phonecall, can you say what the area code was that the call came from?

 

[Steph2527]

@surfergirl, I know what you mean!

I pretty frequently get phonecalls from some debt collector looking for some guy that I've never heard of (It's damn annoying, I tell them I don't who it is they're looking for and they keep calling), and they usually call from different numbers, to the point that I usually just don't answer the phone if the call is from a number I don't recognize. They've called twice this week, and with this contest I've been paranoid that it's Disney calling to say that I won, so I've answered. No such luck, though.

Anybody who's won via texting and gotten a phonecall, can you say what the area code was that the call came from?

Ive read in previous posts its a 212 (NYC) area code!

 

[bobbigrl27]

we are planning a trip to Disney World this summer and I have been holding off on purchasing airfare in case I win. I know it's completely irrational and it will probably come back to bite me in the butt if airfare prices go up. Is anyone else holding off on booking a trip in case the win, or am I the only crazy one??

BTW....Congratulations to all the winners so far!! It's awesome to see so many winners from the DIS boards.

 

[Coconuts]

I just have one question:

WHY HAVEN'T I WON YET???!!