Year of Million Dreams -- anyone else get something yet? Post your wishes won here!

[tinkerbell87512]

This is my first posting to this board, but after my latest trip to Disney World I decided I had to write and tell about our special moment. My family, consisting of my husband, 6 year old DD and I, were there from September 29th through October 2nd. Sunday October 1st was Extra Magic Hours at Magic Kingdom and we were there having a fantastic time. I was on the teacups with DD while DH waited for us as he's not a 'spinner'. It must have been close to 11 pm and while he was waiting he was approached by a man I believe to be one of the YOAMD give-away people carrying the messanger bag. Anyway, they were talking about this and that and once my daughter and I got off the ride we went over and began talking to the man. My DD proceeded to tell him we were on our way over to Toon Town to visit Mickey and Minnie's house. Well, the cast member had to inform her that Toon Town was closed for the day but would reopen in the morning at 10. She was a bit disappointed, but as consolation he offered her one of his Minnie trading pins and my daughter offered to trade one of her's, but he said no, just to keep it and enjoy!

Our experience just gets better...

Before he can get away my DD asks him where she can get Winnie the Pooh's autograph as he really is her very favorite. She was supposed to get it earlier in the day, but didn't and was a bit disappointed. The cast member looks around the Pooh ride, but Pooh wasn't out that night. No big deal for my daughter... we ARE at Disney World for goodness sakes!

We then head over to visit Chip and Dale and while we are in line the cast member finds us and says he was just in touch with Pooh, and if he could get my daughter's book he would take it to Pooh and get his autograph for her. She was a little hesitant to give up her autograph book to someone she didn't know, but with a little persuading finally did.

Here's the best part...

When the cast member returned not only had he gotten Poohs autograph, but Tinker Bell's, Cinderella's, Piglet, Eeyore, Princess Jasmine, Chicken Little, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Princess Aurora, Belle, Snow White, Gideon, the Genie, and Mulan. And as he returned the book and was showing her the autographs Goofy (who was signing autographs nearby) and his cast member care-giver came right up and wanted to give DD a hug and autograph!

I don't think she'll ever forget that night. And neither will I!!

Sorry the post was so long...

A Disney Fan forever

ohhhh thats sooo wonderful!!! Like you said im sure she will never forget that and its something she will tell her kids. All this disney magic is making me all teary. I just wish other people could understand the magic of disney...rather than being like "ugh your going there again?".


PS Welcome to the disboards disneyfan2003

 

[Debbie6221]

THIS is why we love Disney so much and why we keep going back when people says to us "why don't you go somewhere else this time...."

WE LOVE DISNEY WORLD

EXACTLY..........
We have all heard all the quotes...
"aren't you sick of that place...
you already went there....
your kids won't even remember it...."

They just don't get it! I guess the pixie dust can't get sprinkled on everyone. Too bad!!!

That's why I am so happy I finally found DISboards!!!!

 

[eblack0409]

A mystery pin trade is when a CM has a pin backwards on his lanyard -- that is, only the pin back is showing. You trade for it, without knowing what it is. Often it is a really neat, maybe CM-only pin. DS got some Mickey CM-only pin that way, and he was so happy.

-gina-

Actually, the CM had a board that was numbered 1-30...he told me to pick a number and lifted the sheet covering the board and it was a CM only pin...I got a magical moment certificate too!!!!

 

[dis4angie]

I just thought I'd add this state that my DH wrote up heis a part of the Dream Squad to and this is justv something he thought would help everyone to understand there roll in all this. He loves doing it and has enjoyed meeting all the people he has met and giving smiles to all that he meets. So here is a little bit of info for you.

I am on the Inaugural Dream Squad team.

The Dream Squad has 2 main functions. These are as follows.

Dream Greeter
Prize Fulfillment

We perform these in the following costume.
Tan pants and blue button down shirts. We wear a white vest when we are in Prize Fulfillment mode.

Dream Greeter
Most of our time is spent in this role. We are assigned areas where we walk around talking to guests and cast making sure they are having a good time and attempt to settle or make better any guest or cast issues.

Prize Fulfillment
We perform this role once a twice a week and are scheduled for the whole day. This is the area that most of the discussions are about.
We have no choice in what, when or where we do this. In order to keep this sweepstakes legal, we have an outside agency supplying this information to us. We can't open the envelope containing this information until just before the prize is to be distributed. We then go to the location, await the exact time (with syncronized time pieces) and award the prize as stated.

When we prize fulfill we only know what the Low Tier Bulk prizes are. These are the Dream Fast Passes, Dream Ears, Dream Lanyards and such. The Mid Level and High Level prizes are not even known to us until we take the potential winner back to Guest Relations.

In order to keep things fair and legal, the prize fulfillment portion is even kept secret among ourselves. When we are in this mode, we dont tell each other or even our leadership where we are going, when we are going or what we are giving.

All 4 parks, water parks and even Downtown Disney are included as prize fulfilling areas. I cannot give the actual areas that we deliver the prizes, but I can say that all guest areas are potential places for awarding within the above areas.

I hope this answers any questions. If not, please respond and my wife (Tiggermania) will pass questions on to me. I will do my best to return from time to time to answer those that I can. Just remember that there will be some that I cannot answer due to the confidential nature of awarding prizes.

Tony
(aka - freetime)

Thanks for sharing!!! What a wonderful job you must have.

 

[vacation4me]

This is cool. Subscribing....

 

[mustangmike45]

we leave in about 3 weeks and i can't wait! all of these stories make it hard to wait, I want to leave now!!!! lol

 

[beeayekay]

any more???

 

[bellenbuzz]

Going for 8 days in November, I'll keep my fingers crossed that our family gets some of these surprises !!
Keep Posting Them !! It gets me so excited thinking about our upcoming vacay to WDW !!

 

[curiouser]

Leaving tomorrow morning and I am SO incredibly excited about this promo! I can't wait to see the magic happen!

Any more stories?

 

[JandD Mom]

I am loving these stories, but there is no way I am going to tell my kids about it. I know if they hear about this that they will EXPECT to get something special and they will drive us nuts if it doesn't happen! They already believe that Ty Pennington is going to come and makeover our house, even though we just bought a new one!

I can only imagine how many folks we will see "stalking" the poor CMs wearing the white vests. Can you imagine the crowd of people that will start following those folks around once guests get used to this?

Thanks everyone for sharing.

 

[UP Disney]

I am hoping to view a magical moment while at Disney. I'm not expecting to win and that is fine. To me, it would be just as magical to see the excitement in a families face when they won something. That is why I'm enjoying reading this thread. Disney is truly a magical place and the DIS is a close second.

 

[tripletots]

subscribing

 

[Kimberly815]

I will be there Jan 8-13th and I can wait!! I don't even need to win (though it would be nice), but I would love to watch the pixie dust get sprinkled on someone else!!!

 

[Quinn222]

The magic for me is going to be heading under that WDW arch on Oceola Pkwy. Anything else would just be icing on the cake. It'd be fun to see someone get a dream though. I'm going a lot in the coming months so I hope to see the Dream Team in action.

 

[MemoryMakers2669]

Congrats. I love the discretion disney gives the CMs. I went for my bday and wore my pin and I was given a free chocolate covered banana at AK for my bday and a free 8x10 photo on buzz light year when I bought my 5x7 because it was my bday and both times the CMs said it was for that. I love Disney.

The last two years we have gone, they have done this for my friend, just because it was her birthday.

 

[chrome64]

I don't want to sound pestimistic however....my ds and I go every year somethings twice a year. Nothing ever happens that is "special" when we go i.e. the housekeeping never made us towel animals however we would walk by rooms in the same area and see them in the window. I am wondering if maybe I should skip disney this year. I think it would be depressing to see everyone getting "magic" all around me.

Just curious but, did you leave Mousekeeping a tip? It's not suppose to matter but, I'm sure it does!

Plus you should never go expecting these little pieces of magic to happen, that way when they do they are that much better.

And maybe instead of sitting back and waiting for something great to happen to you and DS, you should create some of your own magic. You know spread the love, KARMA

"Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म from the root kṛ, "to do", [meaning deed] meaning action, effect, destiny) means "(the result of) action"
Karma is simply the golden rule: what you give out is what you receive - either in the same or in similar form. You reap what you sow - your actions create that which you do live out now, whether this relates to a past/future life situation or to the present date."

YMHO

 

[Ana~n~Joseph]

This is all so exciting. I'm going back in November for just a few days but my dream already came true as I'm going back with my mom and brother and I'm thrilled! We haven't traveled as a family to Disney in a while so I'm really excited about this.

Lots of pixie dust for everyone heading down there soon; may all your dreams to come true!

 

[Eeyoreloverforever]

I can't wait to go to our favorite spot on earth in just 8 days!!!! I hope I see and maybe even get to have some pixie dust of my own. I also hope I can share some pixie dust!! There is nothing like seeing the happy faces of people when you can do something for them, especially little kids!!

 

[edcrbnsoul]

I always enjoy other peoples Magic as much as my own, I love seeing kids getting excited seeing the Castle for the first time as you come around on the Monorail or watching the Characters interact with the other guests.

 

[Gymbomom]

LOVE the stories...keep them coming!!!