Sweepstakes - have you ever won.

[Dsnymouse]

As I lurk these boards trying to find great ideas for my disney vacation, I wondered if anyone has won trips to disney? If so how, where from, and tell us your story. I am always entering contests related to disney hoping to win something to curb my obsession. Doesn't have to be trips either could be anything related to disney. Can't wait to hear.

 

[Stitchfans]

Never did, sure would be awesome and great if we could.

 

[Keli]

My dd won a trip last year for four people to disneyland. A local radio station was advertising the sweepstakes but a national affiliate was actually giving the prize away.
I believe it was three day tickets, two nights in the disneyland hotel and free flights there from our nearest airport to the John Wayne airport. We added some days to the trip so that's why I'm not entirely sure how much was free.
I wrote a trip report (or most of one anyway, lol!) on the disneyland board.
It was a wonderful trip, we loved it and dd's boyfriend proposed to her while we were there. On the storybook ride.
It is a great memory. The wedding is this June.

 

[Lil Lil]

I would love to know also. I've been entering sweepstakes for months and no luck. Only thing I've won is a free bag of candy.

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

never have won a trip to Disney, though I enter all the time! I have come close by winning runner up things: snowglobes, plush, DVDs, Cds, t-shirts, etc.

I have won other major sweeps, just not Disney related.

for any one who doesn't already know: sign up at mousesavers - they keep a list of Disney related sweeps! (under freebies, I think!)

 

[amyhughes]

I won one of the prizes in the Smucker's Share a Magical Memory contest in 2006. I had to write a 100 word essay on a magical memory that took place at Disney. I won a large Mickey sketchbook, sketching pencils, mickey silver pen, and a Disney diary. Received a really nice note as well.

 

[Enchanted_Mama]

I won 4 1 day hopper passes at a chance auction fundraiser for my daughter's school. We used them on our trip in October

 

[psammie1025]

I won a contest from McDonalds in 2005! I found out just before Christmas & got all the paperwork from FedEx on Christmas Eve. It was quite a surprise for me & my children!!!
I won a trip to either Walt Disney World or Disneyland for 4, plus airfare, hotel, park hoppers & transportation!!! We live in florida & get to go to Disney World fairly often, so we chose Disneyland! And they put us in the Grand Californian! It was a fantastic dream come true experience for us!!!

I enter contests all the time & hope to win another great vacation someday!
Good luck to everyone!

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

Last year I won 4-4 day park passes to WDW from a AAA contest I didn't even remember entering. When I looked at the passes, they said Florida residents on the back-which we are not. So I called and talked to a very nice CM at WDW..We talked about WDW, I gushed on and on about how much I loved WDW, and our upcoming December trip which would be great to use these tickets. I told her we would be attending MVMCP, too. She told me to return the tickets, and she would replace them with tickets we could use. When she returned the tickets, she also enclosed 4 tickets for MVMCP for the night we had spoken about.

So I got about $1000 worth of tickets. From a contest I don't even remember entering.

 

[PrincessParty]

When we lived in VA, I entered my DD, who was 3 at the time, for a breakfast with Scooby Doo for a local children's festival. She won, we went, but were told Scooby had "overslept." We did see other characters, but she was disappointed, yet polite. As we were leaving the sponsor of the breakfast asked DD when her birthday was. We talked for a while and later I got a phone call that Scooby Doo would be at her b-day party. (Didn't know I was having a birthday party!) Worked out better that we got personal Scooby Doo time with the dog himself in our own home. I just had 3 friends over and ordered pizza, cake, and ice cream. My 2 DD's used to win Radio Disney contests all the time and have lots of autographed stuff. We moved to Ohio and left all of our luck in VA. We keep trying tho! On a side note, we see Scooby Doo all of the time at Kings Island now.

 

[roseprincess]

I won 4 free round-trip airfare tickets to FL. over a yr ago, thru my local radio station! Took me 5 years to win something from this radio station. We used them to go to WDW and Universal this past June Unfortunately never won a full WDW trip thru any contests I have entered in the last few yrs.

I just won a $50 gift certificate this week to a local restaurant thru the same radio station that I won the airfare from!

I also won 2 free admission passes to Medieval Times by me over a yr ago, thru a different local radio station!


Anyone entering contests/sweepstakes, hang in there. It takes awhile at times to win something.

 

[luvmarypoppins]

I enter contests and sweepstakes all the time. Only Disney things I have won so far are a Chronicles of Narnia scrapbook and an enchanted phone call.

The biggest thing I won so far is a set of dishes, lst prize was a dishwasher I was trying to win.

My cousin just won the Regis and Kelly travel trivia thing the other day, a $6K trip to St. Croix and a $500 BBB gift certificate. Maybe his luck will rub off on me

 

[Disney Ella]

I am jealous of all of you winners! I want to win too, but they keep on skipping my entries. I've never even won a crappy little prize.

 

[miss missy]

Well not the same thing, but I won a trip to Disney at work when I was 22!! Top sales. I wasn't into Disney at all, and could of went anywhere, but I did go to Disney. I had fun, brought my 4 yr old son and my gf. I did not get the fever that trip, that came just 5 years ago with my 9 yr old DD. We became addicts. I cant explain why I didnt take to it as big then, maybe my age

It was fully paid trip with spending money Oh how I would kill for that now LOL!

 

[DawnA401]

My mother won a trip for 4 to Disney World and a 3 day Disney cruise, and airfare from Ames Dept. Store. It was in 2000, it was the first real vacation I had ever been on, I was 32. The whole time we were there, my mom kept thinking they were gonna hand us a bill . I have been there at least 5 times since 1 more additional cruise and a Grand Gathering for 18 this past August... so I think Disney knew what they were doing giving us that 1st trip...they have gotten their $$ back and then some....

I joke sometimes, I think my mother put Ames out of business,,, she was always winning something from them a diamond ring, tv, winter coat, rocking horse.. and she did win a trip to Las Vegas once too...

 

[luvmarypoppins]

Oh yeah, I forgot, I won 2 tickets to Tarzan on Broadway. I actually entered oldest ds name thinking he would take a date. He didnt want to but dh got a limo and they went into the city. Dh wanted ds lst Broadway experience to be special. This contest was posted on mousesavers. I sent them a little thank you e mail, telling them I won and thanking them for posting it etc.

 

[Dsnymouse]

Great posts..keep em coming.