Do older couples stand a chance?

[Lovin' Lorne]

I had no idea they were giving out so many prizes! DH and I are going to be there at the end of this month, and maybe the computer will see fit to spit out the location where a couple of "older" (37 and 43) guests will be sitting/standing/walking at the time.

 

[pooksma]

I had no idea they were giving out so many prizes! DH and I are going to be there at the end of this month, and maybe the computer will see fit to spit out the location where a couple of "older" (37 and 43) guests will be sitting/standing/walking at the time.

I hope so for your sake and mine. The same aged couple will be there in August!

 

[inkkognito]

A retired couple here in Celebration won the castle stay. It's all about being in the right place at the right time.

 

[markºoº]

For prizes with any value, like Dream Fastpasses, Dream Ears, and even the castle stay, the winners is not randomly selected out of the crowd. Winners are selected by being at a specific place at a specific time. The exact time and place prizes will be awarded is determined in advance.

For example, the first 100 people on a specific ride at a certain predetermined time will win Dream FastPasses. For individual winners, it could be the third row of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad returning to the station at 2:25pm.

Disney can't leave the selection process up to Dream Makers since this obviously could lead to discrimination or favortism allegations.

 

[Safari Princess]

Remember, the 'winners' in those commercials are most likely actors (i.e. not actual YOAMD winners) and for some reason, businesses think that by using a 28 year old they're appealing to a wide - read, aging baby-boomer - audience...

Wrong. Those are all real winners, they just carefully select the videos that they use. Most if not all of the bigger prize winners are videotaped or photographed.

Here's some good footage of the Spangler Family from the kickoff of the celebration.... prnewswire.com/mnr/disney/25613/

 

[Violet Crayon]

I'm sure they might not have wanted some ragamuffin college kids getting the Dining Experience, but we won thanks to the predetermined location and time.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Wrong. Those are all real winners, they just carefully select the videos that they use. Most if not all of the bigger prize winners are videotaped or photographed.

Here's some good footage of the Spangler Family from the kickoff of the celebration.... prnewswire.com/mnr/disney/25613/

We must be talking about different things.

Since I've never seen the (seemingly promotional) videos of the initial winning family, I'm referring to the widely-aired television advertising with a voice-over by a slightly gravel-voiced male, showing actors, and including special effects like swirling pixie dust, and listing some of the possible prizes. THAT'S the advertising to which I feel the OP is referring

 

[bbyee]

I'm sure they might not have wanted some ragamuffin college kids getting the Dining Experience, but we won thanks to the predetermined location and time.

Are you kidding? I think it's fantastic that you guys won! 4 "poor college students" being able to eat a very, very nice meal that they wouldn't normally have been able to enjoy seems to me a fantastic prize! From a marketing perspective, it's a great promo of, can't go to Vegas yet? Come to WDW!

My husband and I (late 30s, no kids) stand just as much chance as any of winning or not winning, and we would love to win the prize that you got! Honestly, a free dinner at Artist's Point (I think that's what the restaurant is called - looked it up earlier and we'll be dining there - WL, right?) would be an awesome freebee for us which we'd honestly appreciate more than a night at Cinderella's Castle.