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

[bellenbuzz]

Its all about the Magic !!

 

[ACDSNY]

We're just back so I thought I'd share our experience at Epcot 11/1. We kind of got a late start that morning so we headed over to Soarin to get fastpasses. The standby wait was less than 20 min so we decided just to get in line. While we were in line the CMs started telling everyone they were taping for the Thanksgiving Day parade show around the corner in case anyone didn't want to be taped. We started to que up and we got the front and center row then the Dream Team came in and gave everyone the special mouse ears. After we were seated they were still taping so we might be on when the parade shows Thanksgiving Day.

The four of us adults had a blast wearing our special ears for the rest of the day. We were asked all day where did we get our ears. This was our first trip without kids and the first trip for the other couple with us.

 

[Haeg]

No dreams yet but 2 CM's with the black bags have spoken to us with no goodies. But having a great time none the less. Today was my wives Birthday, and my son was wearing a birthday button as well. we ordered three ice creams from a stand behind the castle, the CM only charged for one, I exclaimed but we purchased 3... She said yes, but it's there birthday, it's free for them. That was cool. And having the CM's wishing them a happy birthday all the time is really cool. My DS is loving, and the DW always loves this place. My other DS and I are jealous. Disney Magic no matter what...

 

[heatherbelle]

Whilst we were there, we received the YOMD lanyard whilst waiting in line for the star tours ride.

DH received another lanyard whilst in downtown

The best bit came on our last night in MK. A cast member asked my little boy if he could go up to one of the other ask members and make her smile by saying how are you doing!

He did, this and received a button making him an honourary member of Walt Disney World. He was made up. He kept touching his button all through the fire works.

Then when we were walking up main street, he said "Mummy this is the end of my holiday and lots of magical things have happened to me". I was close to tears. That's what Disney does best. He's 7.

 

[jordancej]

I traveled solo over Halloween, and i got 2 Million Dreams awards, about an hour apart in the same day!!

First I received the fast pass card for all the rides at MGM, i was in the que line ready to see the preshow for RNR, and they gave them out to us. Since MGM was not busy that day, i didnt get to use the fast passes, but it was cool that i won.

Then i went over to Tower of Terror, and was in the preshow room, and at the end of the Twilight TV part, they all gave us the lanyards with the 2 pins! Man was i stoked!! and very lucky that day!

Those were my magical moments!!
Here is my picture of them, also i'm with Mickey and Pluto in their new duds!!

 

[Chelley00]

We were there for our first trip 10/29 - 11/5. My daughter and I were in Innovations at Epcot on 10/30 and received Dream Fastpasses. Husband and son were off riding and very upset they missed it. However, on 11/3 the whole family got them in Animal Kingdom while walking through the Jungle Trek. The Dream Team lady said it's very unusual for someone to get them twice.

We were also chosen as the First Family for the monorail. We received a cerficiate, co-pilots licenses, stickers and they stopped the monorail to take our family picture in front of the castle.

 

[nicolita3]

 

[Mr.Bubbles]

We just returned from a 5 night stay at POFQ. We weren't sure what to expect after hearing about the YOMD. It turned out to be the most magical time we ever spent at WDW. The first day was a typical day at AK and EPCOT. Saw a few people with Dream Passes.

The next day on 11/7 we got to MK early. We thought it opened at 8 a.m. but it opended at 9 a.m. The CM at the turnstile said that only people with dining reservations were allowed in. We shrugged it off and decided to go take a few pictures and relax. We were in front of the Main Street Station taking pictures of our kids when a CM walked up and said she wanted to be in our picture. We played around taking pictures of her with our girls. Then she said to follow her. She took us through the turnstile and started talking to other CMs. She kept telling other CMs "They don't know anything". She put us on one of the old cars on Main Street and two CMs gave us a tour of the park with no one in it. They let us take pictures of the empty areas with our kids in them. Then they took us back to Toon Town. A few minutes later about a dozen characters came out to play with the girls. Mickey, Pluto, Stitch, Alice and many others that I have never seen like Clara Bell Cow. They all signed a certificate and took a group photo. We then all boarded the train that was parked there and rode to Main Street. We were told on the way that we were going to be the MK Family of the Day and would help Mickey open the park. Meanwhile, all of the characters played on the train. Stitch was especially out of control, jumping over seats while the train was moving and roughing up other characters! The kids were hysterical. We were given oversized confetti and given instructions about what we would need to do when we got to the main entrance. They introduced us along with Mickey and we did a countdown. After the opening we took several pictures and they gave us a voucher for free photos along with Honorary Citizen badges with Keys to the Kingdom on them. We went back to the turnstiles after the opening to thank the CM who chose us. She was so happy we had fun and then gave the girls each a Tinkerbell pin. The magic continued for days as people spoke to our girls in all of the different parks when they recognized them from the opening. They felt so special.

If that wasn't enough we received Dream Passes and YOMD lanyards with pins in MGM Studios. We also were chosen in Le Cellier to be the family for the day and were seated at a special table with activities, decorations, crowns and a certificate signed by all of the staff there.

It was a truly amazing trip. We saw lots of people throughout our stay with passes, ears and receiving special recognition. I hope those of you who are going soon get some special magic when you are there!

I tried to attach a picture, but the board says that I may not post attachments. Anyone know how I can get this turned on so I can put up a picture of this??

 

[cybrkitn]

We were in room 3458 with LGM everywhere......as well as a notepad on my door - we were in the far corner on the 4th floor so not too much traffic...

Melissa

Ahhhh. We didn't check out the rest of the resort. We just went from our room to the main building. That's why I didn't see anyone (except for one). I even went to one family who had plastic LGMH luggage tags and said, "ahhh, the first LGMH I've seen" and then asked if they were on the DIS boards. I got the strangest look like I was crazy ! I didn't know there were LGMH luggage tags out there. Oh well

 

[DisneyGerry]

To Prize Patrol,

Hold off the good stuff until we arrive this week

Thanks

Gerry

 

[Scutapipig]

Mr. Bubbles...what a wonderful experience! Thank you for sharing it!

 

[Cass]

Mr. Bubbles!!!!!! what a a fabulous experience for your family, I think that deserves a thread of it's own so everyone gets to read it. Congratulations.

 

[irisbud]

Wow, Mr. Bubbles, what an awesome experience. I'm sure your girls will remember it forever.

 

[Mr.Bubbles]

Thanks Cass for the tip. I posted this as a new thread "A BIG Dream - Family of the Day" under the YOMD section. I also figured out how to upload pictures so I attached some photos in that thread.

 

[JFlo]

Wow, Mr. Bubbles!!! What a thrill for you and the kids, and memories to last a lifetime! Hearing that you got to meet characters that you don't usually see makes me a little more hopeful that my dream might be granted. My DD2's absolute favorite character is Tink. I know she doesn't make appearances, but who knows during the YOMD!!!

 

[kimpossible]

We were granted two dream wishes on our trip last week. It was our last full day, and in two years we had yet to ride soarin...lines too long. So we got up early and were rushing there at the opening. As we were racing past Imagination (Figment) there were some cast members outside saying that it was the place to be. We looked at each other and thought "no way". They responded to trust them, so we did. We were each given dream fast passes for EPCOT for the day. (One fast pass for each ride at any time of that day we chose). So we used our regular fast passes in the morning and returned with the dream passes in the evening. Needless to say, with fp and parent swaps DS(6) was able to ride Soarin 4 times that day.

The next morning (last one) DS6 and DH were hanging out in the 100 acre woods while DS1 and I were doing small world. By the time we made it back to them, the kids were named honorary members of the 100 aw and we were all given front of the line priv. for the Pooh ride (unfortunately DS1 fell asleep on small world and did not wake up until after the Pooh ride).

We were definitely blessed this week.

Thanks WDW

 

[AllisonG]

WOW! Everyones stories has got me so excited for our February trip. If we get a prize or not, I just can't wait to go! YOMD is just a bonus!

 

[silmarg]

I just got back with the family from a fun time at 'The World', but we did not get any real Million Year special treatment.

The only things we did get was..

at Primeval Whril we were on the Fast Pass line and the CM who would normally collect the Fast Pass said we could just go on and re-use the Fastpass. We ended up giving away the Fastpasses as my daughter was not interested in riding again (her first time).

The only other somewhat special thing that happened to us was the Fastpass machine at TestTrack gave us an additional fastpasses for Mission Space (and this happened twice for a total of 8 Mission Space fastpasses). My children are apprehensive about going on Mission Space so I gave those away as well (but the kids love Test Track).

I was suprised how few folks has the lanyards / special ears / special fast passes. I would guess less than 1 in 100 have one of these Million Dream prizes. Maybe something like 1 in 250.

In fact I only saw the "blue shirts" about 4 times in the 6 days I was in the parks.

There also was an instance when I was in MK's Guest Relations well after the park was closed (as we went for a late Dinner @ Liberty Tree) when my 4yo daughter was wandering around outside with wife when one of the "blue shirts" gave my daughter some Mickey Mouse stickers.

So while our trip was great fun... I was hoping to get one of the special prizes. Maybe next time (I am thinking about a trip in late August).

 

[Momof2goofys]

Just back form Disney and we were awarded the dream fast passes for the day at MK (11/4)! It was awesome!!!! In line for the Carousel ride, they took the next 25 people in line aside and gave us the passes. They were good on most of the big fastpass rides. What a great surprise!

 

[saschab]

Just returned from a 6 night stay.
We saw the "blue shirts" at almost every park.
Saw them in line for a Nemo Musical sneak peek, but my family didn't want to see it.
Saw lots of folks with DreamFastPasses, a few with lanyards and ears.

Our dreams weren't YOAMD related, but we did get free/comped take-out dinner at ESPN when there was a string of mix-ups.

We received 5 MK fastpasses for each of us, when we told a CM that the Disney site had SpectroMagic listed on it for a night we went to MK for that only. It didn't take place. I wanted to inform them so that they could keep track of the site better. Imagine all the other people that planned around it. The City Hall CM even made something special happen that will definately guarantee a future trip!

But the best Wish/Dream of all:
We moved this year from the place where my kids were born and raised. My DD14 is very sentimental. We watched the Wishes fireworks from CG one night. She was crying about missing her old friends.

The next morning, she received a text message from her best friend from Ohio. He had recently checked his email to find DD had mention going to Disney. His family happened to be on their way too! He text messaged her and she became hysterical. Crying laughing. Neither one had really known or planned this. It was a surprise to both of them. They had an opportunity to tour MK together.

DD told me, "Mom, during Wishes, I made my wish that J had been here with me!" She was totally freaked out. It was the best Dream we could have wished for. Talk about Disney magic!