Our "Almost-A-Dream" Incident

[iheartdisney]

Someone gave my DD her dream, kinda!
We were having a Turkey Leg down by the ROA, and one of the carnivorous birds was feling brave, and actually pecked the meat out of my DD's hand! She was 3 at the time, and scares very easily! It even pinched her a bit. Well, I was consoling her, and a young lady nearby gave us a cretificate for a free popcorn!

 

[MDAMCG2]

We had an ALmost the Dream in AK Sept 2008. We were in line for Dinosaur and were stopped at the turnstile. First ones in line for the next show. The CM went back into the room where you watch the video and came back really quite rude. So we went in to the movie on our turn. When we came out from the movie on the way to the ride.....
There was the Dream Team....LEAVING .......having handed out dream pin lanyards to the group in front of us....Always minute late and a dollar short
oh well!

 

[Mikelly1221]

We had an ALmost the Dream in AK Sept 2008. We were in line for Dinosaur and were stopped at the turnstile. First ones in line for the next show. The CM went back into the room where you watch the video and came back really quite rude. So we went in to the movie on our turn. When we came out from the movie on the way to the ride.....
There was the Dream Team....LEAVING .......having handed out dream pin lanyards to the group in front of us....Always minute late and a dollar short
oh well!

I had a similar incident last Saturday at AK. We were pulling into the station after having ridden EE, and there the dream team went...away from us after having handed out lanyards to the train right ahead of us!

That's the 2nd near miss in AK for us!

 

[Liltx]

We were in World Showcase just after it opened last June. We came out of the Mexico pavillion and Donald Duck and one of the caballero (sp?) walked out from the side. No one else was there so my girls 2 and 4 got to play with them for about 10 minutes dancing around. The photopass CM got a bunch of great shots. It was a great moment and I will always have wonderful memories of it.

Monica

 

[Mikelly1221]

Last Wednesday, my DD and I were getting on Peter Pan, and I saw the dream team CM standing at the exit clicking and counting. I knew what that meant..dreams were being handed out! I kept hoping through the ride..please let them still be there! Coming around the last turn into the light, I could see..YES...he's still there clicking. I hurried DD out of the ship onto the moving platform (still clicking!!!!)..stepped off the platform (STILL CLICKING!!!!)..

When the family ahead of me got to him, he said something like "That's it" and started talking to the family ahead of us (no more clicking!). He and they walked to the end of the exit ramp, he told them to have a magical day, and he and the rest of the dream team hurried backstage! My DD and I (and the family ahead of me) exited the ride into a crowd of excited new Dream Fastpass owners!!!

That would be my 3rd near miss! Frustrating, but I resolved that I would not let it get me down-and it didn't! Hey, anyone with more than 3 near misses? Maybe we could have a contest of our own!

 

[Tinkertini]

haha, i always think I'm about to win something when usually I'm just in someone's way and they need me to move

last month in the park, my family & I were in Frontierland sitting on a wall ledge, waiting for other family members and a CM came up to us. She said, "Are you folks staying for the parade tonight?". My mother in law started saying, "Yes probably, we're not sure..." and I practically jumped out my skin screaming "yes yes we'll be here!". Of course, I have heard the rumors that when you get picked to lead a parade or to be in one, they will ask you first if you're staying for the parade.

So I got all excited thinking we were going to be in the parade. Turns out she was just roping off the area and wanted us to move somewhere else to watch the parade. It was kind of almost exciting for a second.

 

[Mikelly1221]

haha, i always think I'm about to win something when usually I'm just in someone's way and they need me to move

last month in the park, my family & I were in Frontierland sitting on a wall ledge, waiting for other family members and a CM came up to us. She said, "Are you folks staying for the parade tonight?". My mother in law started saying, "Yes probably, we're not sure..." and I practically jumped out my skin screaming "yes yes we'll be here!". Of course, I have heard the rumors that when you get picked to lead a parade or to be in one, they will ask you first if you're staying for the parade.

So I got all excited thinking we were going to be in the parade. Turns out she was just roping off the area and wanted us to move somewhere else to watch the parade. It was kind of almost exciting for a second.

That's funny! I'm the one that thinks that I'm about to win when the dream team member just says "Hi", just being friendly! So, I start smiling and being outgoing, and generally acting like I'm auditioning for something!

 

[twinsr241]

In December 2007 we were in MK for the MVMCP. We were trying to find a place in Frontierland to watch the parade. There were already lots of people waiting for the parade, so we weren't having any luck finding anything in front. (Our 3 preschoolers were in strollers so we needed to be in front for them to see from the strollers) DH and I were standing in the street discussing our options and trying to figure out the best place for us to go. A CM came up to us and asked if we were looking for a place to watch the parade. When we said yes he took us over the bridge toward the castle and put us in a roped off area with three or four rows of benches. I was thrilled!! We sat down on the front bench with the kids. A few minutes later another CM comes over and informs us that the front bench was reserved for someone else. We get moved to the second row. My three kids start crying because they think they won't be able to see. DH was ready to leave and I convinced him to give it a try. The people behind us ended up standing to the side during the parade so we let our kids stand on our bench to see the parade. They ended up having a great time.
The most magical moment was when Santa went by and looked my 5 year old daughter in the eye and said "Be good little girl" She got this look on her face like "what does he know?" Priceless!!

 

[iKlo]

We were there April 2007 ... and they called a dream, they even gave my son a certificate ... but it was very lame. We were in a pin shop on Main Street, MK. The CM working there came over to DS12 with a cardboard with pins on it (9). She approached us with the pinbacks toward us. She asked DS12 to identify which pin he thought was Mickey Mouse. Surprisingly, he guessed right! He was pretty excited to have guessed correctly.

We thought the CM would follow with "for guessing correctly, you win ____". We thought maybe he would win THAT pin or a pin of his choice ... we thought he would win something. Not. Perhaps the CM was just so surprised that he got it right ... I don't know. She just said "great job!" and went behind the cash register and came out with a YOAMD certificate, signed it and said "Have a Magical Day!". Woop-de-doo. Of course, I didn't say that in front of DS12. We tried to downplay the whole thing as not a big deal at all. I hadn't really told him the whole concept of YOAMD anyway.

Pretty disappointing after having just watched a family get Fastpasses for the day though!

We've also sent in bunches of postcards, and won nothing. I know you shouldn't expect to win and we don't .... but the above scenario left a bad taste in our mouths.

Something like this happened to me!
They asked me to throw the MM basketball in the Hoop,
and I did after the 3rd try

So when I finally got it in, they gave me a signed certificate. whoooppeeee.

 

[madge]

my DS got a non-dream dream on Thursday

We were at the Epcot rope, waiting for the park opening ceremony to start. My DD was wearing one of last year's pin lanyards, and one of the plain-clothes CMs congratulated her for winning, and what a big deal it was. My DD very sweetly told the CM that she didn't win, her brother did - he was sharing the lanyard with her for this trip. The characters came out, and at some point the CM went back to work... or so we thought. About 5 minutes later, she came back with a Pirates pin set & lanyard for my DS. She introduced herself as the head of the Dream Team at Epcot, and went on to tell my son how touched she was that he shared his prize.... and that he was part of the Dream Team without even trying! She told him she hoped he'd come back and work for WDW when he was old enough it was a really nice moment.

We had a near miss on Buzz yesterday - The Dream Team was in the line area, looking for someone or something. There were 3 people, and one of them had a large black duffel bag. We weren't who they were looking for, LOL.