I won one Dream FP out of 3 trips and over 20 park days. On the last day of our December 08 trip, I was alone, yet again, at Epcot. I saw the Dream Team heading for TT and asked if it was a good time to be riding TT, one of them shouted back that for some, it was a very good time to be riding TT. So, I went up the single rider line, all the way to the top, even with a 20 min wait time posted outside. At first they didn't let me in, but then the guy recognized me from outside and invited me in.
Our December 08 trip that we planned for over a year and a half included Corey's mom. Her mom was all up for the trip. It was supposed to give them some mother daughter time. Make some great memories and such, but her mom wasn't as honest with us as she could have been about just how bad her health had become. I don't think that she has even accepted for herself about how little she is still able to do. Because of this, Corey spent a large part of our trip caring for her mom instead of enjoying her mom and our vacation.
When I won that Dream FP on the last day, I finally had something that I could give back to Corey to give her a little silver lining. When they finally arrived at Epcot sometime, just after noon, because her mom wasn't up and out to any park before noon the whole trip, after we finally got into the swing of hitting all of the Santas and Storytellers, I gave Corey the Dream FP and told her to go play and I took care of her mom. At first, she didn't want to take it, but she did and she was very glad that she did. She didn't like not being able to do stuff with me, which I totally understand that but she was glad to be able to do something, which was a freedom that she didn't have for most of the trip.
If I was only going to be blessed with just one Dream out of the promotion, I think that I got the best one possible. I was able to help my partner to enjoy a little Disney magic. For that, I will always be grateful to Disney's Dream Team!